I just want to live a good life

Chapter 115: One fight

"I want to remake the scabbard for your Highness, making sure it is steady, majestic, and high-end."

Su Nuan planned to make a new scabbard, and use the one inlaid with gems to offset her design fee.

Mu Yunting looked at the Hongji Sword over and over again, and said, "This scabbard is indeed not satisfactory. If you want to make a new one, just make one. If you need anything else, go to the treasury."

Su Nuan really wanted to ask what to do if there was nothing in the treasury.

But then again, I have been the prince's concubine for more than half a year, and I have never seen what the storehouse in the prince's mansion looks like. Maybe I can take this opportunity to go in and take a look.

The two people in the carriage were still concentrating on studying the sword when suddenly someone stopped the carriage.

The person who came was a guard from the Prince's Mansion.

It turned out that an imperial decree came from the palace, saying that the Empress Dowager wanted to see the Crown Prince's concubine.

Although Su Nuan didn't want to enter the palace at all, since it was the Empress Dowager's decree, she had no say in whether to enter the palace or not.

The Queen Mother disliked her and was full of hostility towards her. No one knew what she wanted to do by summoning her this time.

At this moment, Su Nuan wanted to ask Mu Yunting to take Dong Jingshu in! Please, don't make things difficult for me!

She couldn't help but look up at Mu Yunting, and a hint of pleading unconsciously flashed in her eyes.

Mu Yunting was stunned for a moment, then said: "I haven't reported the progress of the repair of the imperial mausoleum to my father yet, so it's a good opportunity to go to the palace with you."

What's the use? Su Nuan complained in her heart that she was asked by the old witch to rub her, and Mu Yunting went to see the emperor and couldn't help.

But no matter what, Su Nuan still felt a little relieved that Mu Yunting entered the palace with her.

The wheels rolled on the bluestone road, making a rumbling sound. After an unknown amount of time, they finally stopped.

Mu Yunting got off the carriage and went straight to the imperial study.

Su Nuan was led to the Queen Mother's bedroom by a little palace maid.

She was still thinking about how to deal with the old witch when suddenly, several old maids came out of Yongshou Palace. When they saw Su Nuan, they pulled her to the side hall without saying a word.

"What are you doing? Let me go!"

Su Nuan struggled hard, but the other side had more people and greater strength. Plus, this was the Empress Dowager's palace, and the leader was Nanny He, who was by the Empress Dowager's side. She didn't dare to act rashly, and was dragged into an empty room by several people.

As soon as the door was closed, several old maids pushed Su Nuan down on the couch, and one of them even came up and pulled Su Nuan's pants.

Su Nuan was not going to stand this anymore. There was a limit to tolerance. Who could tolerate such bullying?

She gathered her strength and kicked the old lady hard, sending her flying far away.

Then she struggled with her arms to free herself from the old woman who was holding her down.

She moved swiftly, breaking free from the grasp and rushing towards the door before the maids could react.

At this moment, she no longer thought about how the old witch, the Queen Mother, would deal with her. She must have had no good intentions when she was pressed upon as soon as she entered the room and her pants were pulled up.

She was afraid of getting into trouble, but she couldn't let herself be bullied. Besides, she was Xia Qingyan now, and she had a good reputation in the outside world. Even if she did something out of the ordinary in the Empress Dowager's palace, it would be in line with her personality.

Su Nuan wanted to run, but the nanny tried to stop her. Then a fierce battle broke out between the two sides in this small room.

Half an hour later, Mu Yunting came to pay his respects to the Queen Mother.

Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had a strong aura in front of outsiders, was stunned by the scene before him.

In the main hall of Yongshou Palace, palace maids and maids knelt in a row.

The one kneeling in the front with disheveled hair and a bruised face was his concubine.

The Empress Dowager, who was sitting at the upper seat, was now leaning back in her chair with her eyes closed and her brows frowned. Some of the palace maids around her were busy stroking her chest to help her calm down.

"Grandma!"

Mu Yunting couldn't figure out what was going on, but seeing that the Queen Mother seemed to be in great pain, he quickly grabbed a young eunuch and asked, "What happened? What happened to the Royal Grandmother?"

"Your Highness, this is the Queen Mother, this is..."

The young eunuch stuttered for a long time but couldn't utter any useful information.

Mu Yunting pushed him away and walked straight to the Queen Mother, saying softly, "Grandmother, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? I'll call the imperial physician for you right away."

After that, he shouted to the eunuch who had just stuttered, "Why don't you go get the imperial physician?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the young eunuch ran out of Yongshou Palace, and the Empress Dowager slowly opened her eyes.

For a moment, Mu Yunting saw grief, anger and grievance in the empress dowager's eyes. Although he couldn't believe it, when he glanced at his concubine out of the corner of his eye, he believed it again.

"Yun Ting, you've come just in time. Take your concubine away from me now. I don't want to see her again!"

Mu Yunting took a deep look at Su Nuan and said, "Grandmother, Xia is naughty. If she makes you angry, I will apologize to you on her behalf."

After saying this, he lifted his robe and knelt before the Queen Mother.

His kneeling was so painful to Su Nuan.

"She was wrong, why do you have to kneel down? Hurry up and get up. You are the prince, how can you kneel down for such a shrew?"

"Grandmother, no matter what, Xia is still the concubine of the Crown Prince's Mansion. Her fault is the fault of the Crown Prince's Mansion, and it is my grandson's fault. I should accept your punishment."

The Queen Mother looked at Mu Yunting with a complicated expression for a while, then pointed at Su Nuan and said angrily: "What kind of blessing did you get in your previous life? Hurry up and get up!"

"Madame He, take her to clean up."

Nanny He was very reluctant, but the Empress Dowager had spoken.

"Please follow me, Concubine Xia!"

Su Nuan looked at Nanny He whose hair was messy after being beaten by her, and knew that her image would only get worse, so she needed to clean it up.

The battle just now was so intense that five maids could not beat her alone, so they called four palace maids over, and then the two sides fought evenly.

Moreover, Su Nuan became more and more courageous as the battle went on. If the empress dowager had not come in person to stop her, she would probably have wiped out all the palace maids in Yongshou Palace.

As she followed Nanny He to tidy up her appearance, a palace maid, at the instruction of the empress dowager, told Mu Yunting about her glorious deeds in vivid detail.

The more Mu Yunting listened, the tighter his brows furrowed, and he was almost hurt from trying so hard to hold back his laughter.

After the palace maid finally finished speaking, Mu Yunting took a deep breath, and then took another deep breath to suppress his smile.

"Grandmother, I will never bring Xia into the palace again and I won't let her anger you again."

"Is that all?" The Queen Mother looked displeased.

"..."

"Demote her to be a concubine."

As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking viciously, Su Nuan had just returned from dressing up. When she heard these words, her eyes sparkled and she was very excited.

"Why don't you let the Queen Mother decide and let us divorce!"

In Su Nuan's opinion, this status as a concubine restricted her freedom too much. If she could get a divorce, she could stay away from the imperial city and become an ordinary rich person.

By then, she would expand her business, make as much money as she wanted, live the life she wanted, and maybe even find her sweetheart and have a passionate love affair.

Once such thoughts started to develop, they were out of control, and I couldn't hide my excitement.

Seeing Su Nuan's expression, Mu Yunting could not convince himself to regard her words as just words spoken in anger.