I just want to live a good life

Chapter 161 Tit for tat

"Isn't this Miss Dong?"

"What Miss Dong? She is the Crown Prince's concubine."

"Haven't you gotten married yet?"

"The marriage that the Emperor personally decided is a done deal. It doesn't matter whether the marriage is over or not!"

"You can't say that. What if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince disobeys the Emperor for Concubine Xia?"

"You're out of your mind. Why would you give up a beautiful and virtuous woman like Miss Dong for that vulgar and barbaric Xia Qingyan?"

"That's hard to say. Haven't you heard that Concubine Xia forced the Crown Prince to marry her maid to Dong Youning just to annoy this Miss Dong who has never been married yet?"

"Didn't they say that the maid fell in love with Young Master Dong and they went to Zuixianju to have an affair?"

"Who went to the restaurant to have an affair? That was a trap set by Concubine Xia using her maid."

"Didn't they say that Concubine Xia was a fool? How could she be so scheming!"

"No matter how stupid a woman is, she will have to behave herself when she is thrown into the backyard to fight for a man. Don't underestimate Concubine Xia. I heard that she has tricked the Crown Prince into a frenzy."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has a very unusual taste. He can even lay his hands on a woman like that."

"Only a woman like that can let go. How can His Royal Highness tolerate her slutty and despicable behavior?"

"Hey hey hey..."

Su Nuan was so angry that she gritted her teeth. She could hear the discussions in the lobby. Many people compared her to Dong Jingshu, but this was the only one who spoke so badly of her.

She recognized this man. He was the illegitimate son of King Ankang, named Mu Yunbai. He could not inherit the title and had no achievements. He was idle all day long and lingered in red-light districts. However, because of his not noble status, he was not even considered a dandy.

People like this only dare to gossip and talk behind people's backs.

But Su Nuan has sharp ears, and she knows gossip behind people’s backs is no different from gossiping to their faces.

It was Mu Yunbai's bad luck. He was standing right in front of the lounge where Su Nuan was. Su Nuan opened the window and poured a cup of tea, which splashed Mu Yunbai directly.

"Ouch, who, who poured water on my head?"

Mu Yunbai shouted, and everyone in the lobby's attention was drawn to him. Then everyone's eyes followed Mu Yunbai and looked towards the window of the room where Su Nuan was.

Su Nuan stood in front of the window without dodging or avoiding, accepting everyone's attention.

She smiled at Mu Yunbai, raised the teacup in her hand, and said, "I'm so sorry, I accidentally knocked over the teacup when I pushed the window."

Mu Yunbai refused to believe that he accidentally knocked over the teacup, but he should not hit someone who smiled at him. Since the other person had already said sorry, what else could he say? He could only let the waiter take him to wipe the water off his head.

After venting her anger, Su Nuan walked downstairs with brisk steps.

Everyone was looking at her, and she became the focus of attention for a moment.

She walked quickly to Dong Jingshu, took her hand, and said with a smile: "I was wondering who was so beautiful like a fairy, it turns out to be Sister Jingshu."

Dong Jingshu was wearing a plain dress today, with only a light blue belt around her waist adding some color.

The jade headdress makes her look noble and elegant, and from a distance she looks like a fairy.

But she happened to meet Su Nuan in this outfit.

Because today was a festive day, Su Nuan wore a red dress to suit the occasion, and on her head she wore a gold-inlaid red jade plum blossom hairpin of her own design, which echoed the red dress and was both fresh and charming compared to Dong Jingshu's plain outfit.

Dong Jingshu bowed to Su Nuan and took the opportunity to withdraw her hand without leaving a trace. "Your servant greets Concubine Xia."

"Hey, we are all family, why do we need to do these empty formalities! I just saw some nice jewelry sets on the third floor that are suitable for you. If you like them, I will send someone to deliver them to your home."

Su Nuan's "give" was just a literal meaning, but to everyone it meant that she was going to give Dong Jingshu a few sets of jewelry.

"This is the UBS building, the things here are extremely expensive, but Concubine Xia is really generous and gave away several sets of things as soon as she asked."

"Don't forget that this UBS building was opened by the Second Prince. Concubine Xia must have gotten a bargain by buying it."

"No matter how cheap it is, you still have to pay real money. I think Concubine Xia is a real person, not as bad as people say."

"..."

Su Nuan glanced at the person who was speaking and silently gave him a thumbs up in her heart. Such an honest and kind person is worth making friends with, and she should deal with more people like him in the future.

Taking Dong Jingshu to the third floor, female customers began to arrive in the store.

Su Nuan had someone pass a message to Mu Yunyi, asking him to use any means necessary to force each female customer who entered the store to buy a piece of jewelry before they could leave.

Mu Yunyi has been in a bad mood since Dong Jingshu appeared. If he had any inappropriate behavior or words in such an occasion, a royal scandal would be reported tomorrow.

After all, he is her partner. Su Nuan can't bear to see him make a fool of himself. So she gave him a task so that he wouldn't have time to think about anything else and it would also increase the store's revenue, killing two birds with one stone.

She took Dong Jingshu into the lounge and looked after her personally.

"Concubine Xia, aren't we going to look at jewelry?"

"Wait a minute, it's not time yet."

"How long will it take?"

"You'll find out soon."

Su Nuan said this with a mysterious smile, then leaned over the window and looked down.

Dong Jingshu also came over to see, "I heard that the Second Prince is the new owner of this Ruiyin Building. I didn't expect Concubine Xia to be so close to the Second Prince."

"Coming to show our support is considered close? Then does Miss Dong's coming here count as seducing the Second Prince?"

Hearing this, Dong Jingshu's pretty face turned cold and she said angrily: "What does Concubine Xia mean?

"Don't get excited, it's just a joke."

"Concubine Xia's jokes are not funny at all. I don't mind seeing it."

"Miss Dong, this is meaningless. I didn't even bother with you when you went to the Queen Mother and told her that I had an affair with the Second Prince. But you got angry when I made a joke with you. You are too narrow-minded. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't like narrow-minded women."

"I, I didn't."

"You didn't go to the Queen Mother to complain or you didn't participate in Zuixianju's attempt to frame me?"

"..."

Dong Jingshu tightly twisted the handkerchief in her hands, and her face turned pale and blue.

“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once asked someone to take that little rascal named Zhang Xing to the Marquis Zhongyuan’s residence to identify the person who framed me, but he failed to recognize him.

I wondered if the fair-looking servant Zhang Xing mentioned was actually dressed as a woman, so I asked someone to take Zhang Xing to wait outside the gate of Marquis Zhongyuan's Mansion for a few days.

Guess what, he actually identified the daughter of the Zhongyuan Marquis's mansion as that servant. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

"So you asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give that slave girl to my brother as a concubine?"

"It's Aunt, not Concubine, Miss Dong, please don't make a mistake."

"What a vicious plan you have. You sent this lowly maid to make others look down on my brother and make him unable to hold his head up in front of others. Does His Royal Highness know that you are so vicious?"

This woman is so hypocritical. She only allows herself to use tricks to harm others, but when others fight back, she thinks they are vicious.

Su Nuan looked at Dong Jingshu with contempt and replied calmly, "Of course I have to hide this ugly side of mine. How can I let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince see it? Sister Jingshu, you must also hide your ugly face well. Don't let it show."

As the two women were arguing, someone downstairs shouted, "The Crown Prince is coming!"