I just want to live a good life

Chapter 473 Her Most Prosperous Days

"Why do you ask this, Concubine Xia? You don't want Xun Zheng to marry into the Crown Prince's Mansion early, do you?"

Mrs. Shen said with some confusion.

Su Nuan shook her head. "Why would I want her to marry here early? I just want to know if His Highness has any other choice for the wedding date."

Still didn't understand Su Nuan's intention, but Mrs. Shen didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she said, "Then I'll take you to my father and ask him in person."

Su Nuan thought about it and felt that this was a good idea. It would be faster to ask Lord Liu directly than to let Madam Shen pass the message in between.

So the two of them got up and rushed to the Imperial Observatory.

It was an hour later that I met Lord Liu. Firstly, the Shen family was quite far from the Imperial Observatory, and secondly, I had to wait for a while after arriving at the Imperial Observatory.

New Year's Eve is just a few days away, and the Emperor will offer sacrifices to his ancestors. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory needs to give detailed times for everything from getting up to eating to going up to the altar. Just now, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites was discussing the details of the sacrifice with Lord Liu.

Sacrifice is a big event and Su Nuan didn't want to interrupt the two adults because of her own affairs, so she waited until the Minister of Taichang Temple left before reporting it.

Lord Liu was quite enthusiastic when he met the prince's concubine for the first time.

It was also the first time that Su Nuan met Lord Liu, and she was a little curious. After all, in her previous life, palm readers on the street could be called masters, and she didn't know what tricks this director of the Imperial Observatory had.

The two exchanged some pleasantries and then got down to business.

"Master Liu, I came here today to ask you something."

Lord Liu sat up slightly and said, "Please speak, Concubine Xia."

"Why is the date of the Crown Prince's wedding so far away, next May? Isn't there a closer date to choose from?"

"this......"

Lord Liu was unsure of the true intention behind this question and hesitated to answer.

"Dad, Concubine Xia is the closest person to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If you have anything to say, just tell her directly. Don't hide it from her."

Mrs. Shen on the side said to her old father.

Lord Liu glared at his daughter, then after a moment's silence, he said, "Can you tell me the truth about Concubine Xia's purpose in asking this question?"

Su Nuan thought for a moment and said, "I just want to know if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a closer date to choose from, and if he is in a hurry to marry Miss Xun."

"If there is a closer date and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not choose, what does Concubine Xia plan to do?"

Lord Liu continued to ask.

Su Nuan thought about it seriously and replied, "I don't think he will do anything. He just wants to relieve my doubts."

She didn't lie. If it was verified that Mu Yunting was not in a hurry to marry Xun Zheng, she would indeed not do anything. After all, the wedding date was just postponed, not impossible. It's just that she might still have a chance to fight for it and expose Xun Zheng's true face in front of Mu Yunting.

Lord Liu said, "Concubine Xia, don't think too much. The day chosen by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the wedding is a rare good day in the past three years. That day is the most compatible with Miss Xun's horoscope and will bring her the best fortune."

Su Nuan was stunned for a moment. She and Liao Xinyi both thought that Mu Yunting did not choose the recent date because he was not so eager to marry Xun Zheng. However, they did not expect that he wanted to choose a day that would be the most auspicious for Xun Zheng.

She had come here with joy, but this huge gap took Su Nuan a long time to recover from.

"Dad, why are you saying this? Just tell me if there is an earlier date for His Highness to choose from."

Mrs. Shen saw Su Nuan's expression change and hurriedly spoke to Lord Liu.

Lord Liu glared at his daughter again, then slowly said, "There are three alternative dates, both earlier and later."

If Lord Liu had said this at the beginning, Su Nuan would have left happily by now, but she couldn't be happy at all when she heard this sentence again.

Mu Yunting chose a date that was further away not because he was not eager to marry Xun Zheng, but because he did it for her own good. Looking at it from another angle, for the sake of a more prosperous day for Xun Zheng, he would rather endure so long, doesn't this further prove his love for Xun Zheng!

Su Nuan felt very depressed, so she said goodbye to Lord Liu and left in a hurry.

Come with good fortune and return with bad fortune.

Sitting in the carriage, Su Nuan pinched her arm hard, and the pain helped to relieve some of the anger in her heart.

Not having time to laugh at herself, Su Nuan asked Ye Xiaobai to drive to Piaoxiang Tea House.

The tea house has been doing good business recently. The previous manager Qiu managed the tea house very well. Now that Su Qingmo has taken over, he has taken the tea house to a higher level in a short period of time.

After Su Nuan returned to the imperial city, she has been looking for the group of shopkeepers trained by Fusheng including Shopkeeper Qiu. It doesn’t matter whether they come back to be her shopkeeper or not, as long as she knows that life is good.

Although she felt that Xun Zheng would not be so cruel as to kill these people, and letting Fusheng take these people away was more like a preparation for taking over the Xun family's shop in the future, Su Nuan did not dare to be so optimistic before confirming that these people were still alive.

After entering Piaoxiang Tea House, several people went straight to the backyard.

As expected, Su Nuan saw Chu Qi. Perhaps he was frightened by what happened last night, and he looked listless.

As soon as he saw Su Nuan, Chu Qi rushed to her side, pulled her aside, and asked nervously: "Concubine Xia, are my senior brother and your third brother really... a couple?"

Su Nuan deliberately teased him and asked, "What do you think?"

Chu Qi had a look of despair, and sighed, "How could a person like Senior Brother... Alas, Third Young Master got lucky."

"How come my third brother got the upper hand?" Su Nuan didn't like what he said. "Apart from his martial arts skills, how is Ye Yin better than my third brother?"

Chu Qi didn't answer, but gave Su Nuan a look that said she was better than him in every way.

Su Nuan originally intended to tease Chu Qi and then tell him the truth, but she changed her mind when she saw the look of contempt in his eyes that showed him looking down on her third brother.

The naughty kid has to be punished by his senior brother.

As the two were whispering to each other, Song Qi came in from outside, looking exhausted.

"Boss, I have some idea of ​​what you asked me to do."

"Which one?" Su Nuan asked.

It’s no wonder she asked this, it’s because she asked Song Qi to do too many things.

"Those people of Shopkeeper Qiu."

"Are they still alive?"

“Alive and well.”

"Where are they?"

"Some people from a farm outside the city have been sent away."

Then Song Qi told out all the information he had heard.

It turned out that Fusheng had arranged these people in an inn in the south of the city that day. No one knew what his plan was. Then Su Qingmo escaped, and these people were transferred to a farm outside the city by a man named Yue Yuanwai.

Mr. Yue, when Ying Shu approached him, he also played the role of his cousin.

Su Nuan suddenly remembered what Baozhu had said to her. She said that she had met Mr. Yue in the Prince's Mansion.

So all this was instructed by Xun Zheng.

While Su Nuan frowned and thought, Song Qi spoke again, "Boss, we have found some clues about the fake banknotes."