I just want to live a good life

Chapter 178 The Real House Arrest

"Concubine Xia, this is bad. The Emperor has confined Your Highness to the Lanyue Pavilion and you are not allowed to go out."

On the way back to Duiyueju, Cai Ya caught up and reported.

Su Nuan curled her lips. What's the big deal about house arrest? She was already under house arrest for half a month by him.

"The Emperor only allowed one concubine to go in to accompany His Highness, and Concubine Dong has already gone."

Su Nuan felt uncomfortable. The emperor was not punishing the prince at all. It was obvious that he wanted to lock him up and make a villain out of him.

In order to have a grandson, the old emperor tried his best, using one method after another.

"My lady, you should go too!"

"Didn't the emperor say that only one concubine was allowed to accompany him? Concubine Dong has already gone, so why should I go?"

"Then you should go and take a look. Concubine Dong was able to get the upper hand because you were not in the mansion. If you go, His Highness might kick her out and keep you."

These words made Su Nuan even more uncomfortable. She dismissed Cai Ya and returned to Duiyueju.

In order to prevent the people in Duiyue Residence from persuading her, like Cai Ya did, to compete with Dong Jingshu for the opportunity to accompany Mu Yunting, she called all four of them to her side as soon as she entered the courtyard, and made it clear to them that she had important things to do and would not enter Lanyue Pavilion to accompany His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

At dinner time, Chun Liu prepared a food box and placed it in front of Su Nuan.

"My lady, I know you have many things to do and cannot accompany His Highness, but you should at least send some food to His Highness!

Regardless of anything else, just because His Highness was willing to go to the Dali Temple in the middle of the night to rescue you and the Third Young Master, you should go and say thank you, right? "

Chun Liu was right. It was reasonable for Su Nuan to go see Mu Yunting.

So she took the food box from Chunliu.

The lights in the Lanyue Pavilion were turned on early, and there were many guards guarding outside. These people looked unfamiliar.

Su Nuan was stopped as soon as she reached the gate of the courtyard.

"Who are you? Why are you stopping me?"

"Your Majesty has ordered that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be confined here and no visitors are allowed."

"I'm the prince's concubine, so I can't go in?"

"Your Majesty allows one concubine to accompany you, and no one else is allowed to enter."

"Then help me take this food in."

The guard took the food box and asked hesitantly, "You are Concubine Xia, right? Do you have anything to tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Su Nuan wanted to say thank you to Mu Yunting, but it would seem insincere if she asked someone else to convey her words, so she shook her head to indicate that she had nothing to convey.

The guard entered the yard carrying a food box. Su Nuan also wanted to leave, but when she turned around, she saw Ye Yin.

Ye Yin was standing about ten feet away from her at this moment. She thought she had sharp hearing, but she didn't hear the sound of Ye Yin approaching. She was even more impressed by his elusive skills.

"Concubine Xia, don't you want to go in and accompany His Highness?"

Of course she didn't want to, but Su Nuan couldn't say that. She knew Ye Yin was not an ordinary guard. She was Mu Yunting's confidant, and she couldn't tell him everything when talking to him.

After thinking for a moment, Su Nuan showed a resentful look and said softly: "Your Highness should not need me now that he has Concubine Dong to accompany him. What I can do is to take good care of the affairs of the mansion and let Your Highness feel at ease."

"Your Highness does not want Concubine Dong to accompany him, but His Majesty has ordered that once you go in, you cannot come out. You can only leave after Your Highness's confinement is over."

"Did the Emperor say how long His Highness would be confined?"

"One month."

Su Nuan felt a little suffocated when she thought about the fact that they would have to live together day and night for a month.

Dong Jingshu is a famous beauty in the imperial city. Which man would not be tempted after seeing such a beauty for a month? The emperor is really calculating!

But why didn't he use this strategy on himself? This is too biased.

Thinking about the wasteland he rewarded to the Xia family, Su Nuan felt that the emperor did not value Xia Lian as much as the outside world said, and all he did for Xia Lian was superficial.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his unhappiness, and said to Ye Yin: "Since it is a foregone conclusion that Concubine Dong will accompany His Highness to be confined, I wish His Highness and Concubine Dong will live in harmony."

After saying such sour words, I felt even more sad.

Su Nuan wanted to leave as soon as possible, but suddenly remembered that her third brother was going to challenge Ye Yin.

He spoke again: "Where did you stop my third brother last night?"

The topic changed too quickly. Ye Yin was slightly startled, and then replied: "After your highness gave the order last night, I went directly to the general's mansion and told Mr. Xia in his room that Concubine Xia had left the Dali Temple."

"My third brother has admired you for a long time and wants to see you again. Can you give him a chance for my sake?"

Su Nuan felt it was safer to say this. She felt that Xia Changze was no match for Ye Yin. If she said that Xia Changze had challenged him, Ye Yin might not accept the challenge. Who would be willing to fight an opponent weaker than themselves? If they won, there would be no applause, and if they lost, they would lose face.

But she didn't expect that Ye Yin misunderstood her words, and his eyes were full of resistance when he looked at her.

"I have to protect your Highness and cannot leave without permission."

"He has so many people protecting him, he won't be in danger. Besides, it won't take you too long. Third Brother won't be able to hold on for long."

Su Nuan had seen Xia Changze in action, and he was very powerful. However, Ye Yin had just stood silently behind her, and she firmly believed that Xia Changze was no match for Ye Yin. After the two of them fought, Xia Changze could not last more than a few moves.

"Concubine Xia, you, you..."

Ye Yin's face turned red and he couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

"What's wrong with me? Are you unwilling? Well, forget it. I asked someone to reject it, brother San. Don't be angry!"

After holding it in for a long time, Ye Yin said, "I'll take my leave!" Then he jumped onto a paulownia tree behind him, and used the branches as a stepping stone to fly to another tree. In just a few leaps, he disappeared.

Su Nuan was left standing there, looking confused.

Su Nuan returned to Duiyueju, feeling uncomfortable. All she could think about were the images of Mu Yunting and Dong Jingshu together.

I have no appetite for dinner.

Just as she was daydreaming, a servant came to report that Dong Jingshu liked the food she sent and wanted to ask for some more.

Su Nuan was so angry that she refused and wanted to drive the servant away.

Chun Liu stopped the servant and asked him to pass a message to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, saying that there was not much food prepared tonight and there was no extra, and Concubine Xia would prepare more and send it tomorrow.

"Why should I prepare food for her!"

As soon as the servant left, Su Nuan threw the food box on the ground and spoke loudly.

"It's all my fault. I only thought about asking you to bring food to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but forgot that Concubine Dong could eat with him. When I go to deliver food tomorrow, I will make sure Concubine Dong doesn't want to eat anymore after eating."

Chun Liu took the responsibility on himself, hoping to calm Su Nuan down.

Su Nuan was reminded by her words. Since Dong Jingshu wanted to eat the food she sent, let her experience what real house arrest was like.