I just want to live a good life

Chapter 120: Changing Wedding Dress

The rumors about Lou Guang and Mu Yunting only lasted for a few days before being replaced by other things in the imperial city.

Su Nuan has been very busy these days, and Ying Shu brought her the account book for her to check.

The General's Mansion sent a message that Prince Yongping agreed to the marriage between Mu Yunshu and Xia Qingyao, and Mu Yunshu had come to propose marriage.

Considering that Xia Qingyao was pregnant, the two families set the wedding date for half a month later.

The Xia family will be very busy in the next half month, so Su Nuan uses this as an excuse to travel back and forth between the Prince's Mansion and General He's Mansion every day, and her life is quite fulfilling.

That day, Su Nuan accompanied Xia Qingyao to try on her wedding dress.

"I think the waist can be shortened a bit, and the flowers on the hem should all be made of gold thread. Didn't I say that all the materials should be the best?... Why do I feel that the red color of this dress is not bright enough..."

"Little sister, please help me check if there is anything wrong."

Su Nuan was leaning on the table with her hands on her cheek, thinking about something. She was suddenly asked a question and didn't react for a moment.

"what?"

"Little sister, what's wrong with you? I see you've been absent-minded these past two days. Did you have a quarrel with the Crown Prince?"

Seeing that Xia Qingyao asked seriously, Su Nuan smiled at her, "Do you think I have a chance to quarrel with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Xia Qingyao suddenly didn't know what to say. She took off her wedding dress and handed it to Baihe, then walked to Su Nuan and sat down to accompany her, gently holding Su Nuan's hand with one hand.

Su Nuan didn't expect that this cheap sister would actually comfort her, and she teased, "Sister, now you don't blame me for ruining your reputation and preventing you from becoming the Crown Princess?"

"You naughty monkey, you have been a worry to me since you were a child. You made me lose face. I am really mad at you. If I could beat you, I would really like to beat you up."

Xia Qingyao slapped Su Nuan's hand twice.

"Although I am angry with you, I also want to thank you. If you hadn't done that, I would have been the one marrying into the Prince's Mansion, and I would never be able to be with Brother Yunshu again."

"If you say so, sister, you shouldn't be angry with me. Instead, you should thank me. If I hadn't shamelessly asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to intercede for you, you wouldn't have been able to be together with your lover so quickly."

After Su Nuan finished speaking, she looked at Xia Qingyao with a smile.

"Yes, yes, I have to thank you very much. How do you want me to thank you?"

"It's simple. I just opened a silver shop and I don't have many customers yet. Can you help me promote it among the noble ladies in the Imperial City?"

Xia Qingyao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She thought her sister was joking with her, but she didn't expect it to be serious.

"How do you want me to help you promote?"

"You are getting married soon, so just pretend to be buying jewelry and stay in my shop for a while. I will give you a set of headwear and you can wear it around the Imperial City."

After hearing this, Xia Qingyao looked embarrassed. Her wedding was approaching and she had many things to do. Besides, if she was asked to move around in the imperial city, she would have to show her face in public. She had a bad reputation to begin with, and if she showed her face in public again, she would probably be disliked by her in-laws.

Su Nuan guessed what Xia Qingyao was thinking and said with a smile, "Don't worry, sister. I won't let you show your face everywhere. You also need to prepare some dowry for yourself. Just take this set of headwear and go to the most famous silver shops, cloth shops, and embroidery workshops in the imperial city. When you see someone you know, tell them where the headwear came from. That's all."

These places were frequented by women, and Xia Qingyao readily agreed as she was going there under the pretext of buying dowries.

But Su Nuan hadn't finished speaking yet. She pointed at the bright red wedding dress in Baihe's hand and continued, "If you help me, I promise to design the most beautiful wedding dress for you and make you the most beautiful bride in this imperial city."

"You?" Xia Qingyao looked suspicious.

"I can't, but my embroiderer can."

As Xia Qingyao, her elder sister, knew Xia Qingyan's abilities very well. In front of her, Su Nuan didn't dare to say that she could design wedding dresses, so she could only claim the credit by using the name of an embroiderer.

The reason why she wanted to alter Xia Qingyao's wedding dress was because she suddenly had the idea when she saw her trying on the wedding dress just now.

She had read the account books that Ying Shu had sent her in the past few days. In just two months, Ying Shu had earned nearly one thousand taels of silver for her.

She thought she could open a few more shops and let him help manage them.

As soon as she saw Xia Qingyao's wedding dress, she thought about opening her own embroidery workshop, designing the patterns herself, focusing on custom-made products, and making money specifically from the wealthy ladies in the imperial city.

"Are you talking about the embroiderer in the Prince's Mansion? Why didn't I think of that? The embroiderers in the Prince's Mansion are all employed by the royal family, and their embroidery skills are all top-notch. Please call the embroiderer to show me how to modify this wedding dress."

Xia Qingyao's face was filled with joy, and she wished that Su Nuan would call the embroiderer to her immediately.

"Don't worry, sister. I'll ask the embroiderer to draw the pattern for you when I get home today, and I'll give it to you to choose from tomorrow."

"Okay, if you help me to alter my wedding dress, I will have nothing to do today. Let's go to your silver shop now."

Su Nuan was startled and said quickly, "Don't be so anxious. The headgear I want to give you will be finished tomorrow. It won't be too late for us to go to the silver shop tomorrow after you choose the pattern of your wedding dress."

Xia Qingyao said with emotion: "Little sister, I really didn't expect that you would change so much after getting married."

"Really? I don't even remember what I was like before. How about sister, tell me about my childhood."

"Your forgetfulness hasn't changed at all."

"Sister, do you remember when I started to become forgetful?" Su Nuan began to lead the conversation to a topic that interested her.

Xia Qingyao thought about it and hesitated to speak.

Su Nuan asked tentatively: "Was it after the old house was burned down?"

"Did you remember something?" Xia Qingyao asked instead of answering.

"I remembered some things, I remembered Zhou Zhe, but I couldn't remember how I released the Kongming lantern and how I set the old house on fire."

Xia Qingyao sighed softly and replied, "Of course you can't remember, because it wasn't you who set the Kongming lantern on fire in the old house."

"What on earth happened then?"