I just want to live a good life

Chapter 128 A Small Wooden Box for Temporary Storage

When Mu Yunting arrived at the Ministry of Justice, Lou Guang was already waiting there.

"Your Highness, according to Xun Wang's confession, I have found evidence that Cheng Ji bribed him. Now that the evidence is solid, I can finally overturn the case for my adoptive father."

"Give me the evidence, and I will go to the palace and ask my father to order a retrial of the teacher's case of treason."

"The Emperor has already gone to bed at this hour. Your Highness should look at the evidence first. It won't be too late to ask for the Emperor's order during the morning court tomorrow. You have waited for so many years, haven't you?"

"It is because I have waited for so many years that I do not want to wait any longer. The teacher was loyal to the emperor and patriotic all his life, but he was framed by a villain and died with hatred. I swore in front of the teacher's grave that I would clear his name.

The teacher has waited for me for too long.

She's been me for too long.

I promised her that when I became the crown prince, I would leave the position of the principal consort to her. As long as the case is overturned, I can openly let her be my crown princess."

"Your Highness, if you think this way, I'm sure my foster father and Yue'er will be very pleased to know it. But Your Highness, there is no need to rush at this moment. Cheng Ji is in a high position of power now. I'm afraid the evidence we have now is not enough to bring him down."

"These evidences are enough for the emperor to issue an order to overturn the verdict. It is not necessary to rely on this case to bring down Cheng Ji."

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

"I have collected a lot of evidence of Cheng Ji's corruption and abuse of power over the years. I just lack an opportunity to bring it out."

"Your Highness is wise. Xun Wang's confession is the opportunity now."

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A major event occurred in the court the next day.

Crown Prince Mu Yunting angered the emperor because of a memorial he wrote to the emperor and was punished to kneel in the imperial study.

No one knew what was written in the memorial, so no one dared to plead for mercy.

Even the Queen could only send a bowl of ginseng soup to test the Emperor's attitude.

In the next few days, after court every day, the prince would kneel outside the imperial study for the entire day.

Finally, on the third day of kneeling, the emperor called the prince into the imperial study, and the father and son had a long talk.

After that, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince became busy and was not seen for days on end. Even the people in the Crown Prince’s Mansion could not see him.

Su Nuan really wanted to ask Mu Yunting if he had found any clues from the records compiled by Ying Shu, but let alone Mu Yunting, she couldn't even find any trace of the secret guards.

It just so happened that Xia Qingyao sent someone to pass on a message, saying that Princess Yongping's birthday was approaching, and she wanted to give her mother-in-law a set of jewelry as a gift, and wanted Su Nuan to pick out a few good sets from the store and bring them to the Yongping Palace for her to choose.

Since there was business coming, Su Nuan was naturally happy to make the trip, not to mention that the destination was the Prince Yongping's Palace, and she was just looking for an excuse to go there.

If she only recognized the back of Prince Yongping in a dream, she could still say it was just a dream. However, when the housekeeper of Prince Yongping's mansion was involved with Zhou Zhe's house, she could no longer ignore Prince Yongping.

So she wanted to meet this Prince Yongping.

After selecting several sets of jewelry designed by herself, Su Nuan came to the Yongping Palace.

Although it was Xia Qingyao who received her, as a junior, Su Nuan should go to pay a visit to Prince Yongping and his wife first.

But unfortunately, Prince Yongping went to Jing'an Temple and heard that the abbot was giving a sermon today.

The protagonist was not there, so Su Nuan simply exchanged a few words with Princess Yongping and went to Xia Qingyao's bedroom.

"Sister, I'm giving you all my treasures this time. You won't let me make a loss, will you?"

Su Nuan placed the jewelry she brought one by one in front of Xia Qingyao and said proudly.

"Girl, when did you become so greedy for money?"

"What's wrong with being greedy for money? If a woman has money, she can rely on herself and doesn't have to rely on others for everything."

"You are of noble status, so you don't need to rely on others even if you don't have money!"

"That depends on whether the "others" you are talking about include His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If that person doesn't like me, my noble status will only bring me imprisonment."

"So you have to capture the heart of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Do you think I can catch him? To be honest, I haven't seen him for several days."

"We have to catch you even if we can't. You are his legal wife. Although you are only a concubine, you are married according to the standards of a wife. Besides, we all know the person in his heart. You will never be married to him anyway. What are you afraid of?"

"Although he can't marry his sweetheart, as a prince he can marry many women. By then I will have money in hand and I won't be afraid of being bullied."

"You've always been the one bullying others, and I didn't know you were afraid of being bullied."

"Things change, and there will always be tough guys that I can't handle."

"You have really changed a lot. The old Miss Xia was fearless. To be honest, has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince been treating you badly?"

Su Nuan thought about it and replied seriously: "It's good, good food and good clothes."

"Gone?"

"Gone."

"Little sister, listen to my advice and focus more on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. As a woman, you should rely on men. Your man is the most noble in the world. As long as he treats you well, why bother to work so hard to earn money? You have everything you want!"

Although Su Nuan disagreed with this, she knew that Xia Qingyao said this out of genuine good for her.

This is how women really live in this era, and it is very difficult to get them to accept the idea of ​​women's independence.

"I understand. I will pay more attention to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"That's right. Give birth to a legitimate son as soon as possible. You will be honored by the son in the future. You don't have to be afraid of anyone! If you can't figure it out, think about the current Queen Mother."

"Okay, my dear sister, are you still going to choose jewelry? If not, I'll take it away."

"Pick, pick, pick, but I don't know which one to choose. I think all of these are beautiful."

"I shouldn't give you a choice if you have a fear of making choices. I should just give you one set."

Although Xia Qingyao didn't understand what "fear of choice" meant, she could guess it roughly.

"Why don't you help me choose? I believe in your taste. You chose the wedding dress very well. My princess's sister-in-law likes it very much."

Su Nuan smiled and chose a set of gold and jade headdresses. "This set is the most dignified and elegant. I think it is most suitable for the princess. It's just that it's missing a brocade box. I'll have someone send one to you later."

Xia Qingyao took the headdress and gestured to it on her head, "I'll listen to you and choose this one. Speaking of the brocade box, I suddenly remembered that you left a box with me before and asked me to keep it for you. I'll bring it back to you today."

"What box?"

"It's just a small wooden box, locked and kept secret. You forgot about it yourself? I knew it wasn't anything important and it was just a joke."

Su Nuan couldn't find the original owner's memory, but her intuition told her that this box was probably related to Cui Shaoyuan.

"Give me the box now."

"I'll have Lily get it for you right away."

After Xia Qingyao finished speaking, she called her maid Baihe to get the box.

After a long time, Lily still didn't come back.

Su Nuan was so anxious that she turned around and around, "Sister, why hasn't Lily come back yet?"