I just want to live a good life

Chapter 179: Delivering Food is Happy

It seems like the days when I ate radishes were just yesterday.

Su Nuan asked Chunliu to go to the kitchen and tell Butler Kang that starting tomorrow, His Highness' meals would be prepared by Duiyueju.

She wanted Dong Jingshu to have a taste of the radish banquet at the Prince's Mansion.

Su Nuan's anger dissipated when she thought that Dong Jingshu would be filled with the smell of radish in the next few days.

The next morning, Madam Wang prepared some porridge and side dishes and put them into the lunch box.

The porridge is white rice porridge, and the side dishes are shredded radish, radish strips and radish cubes. There are both refreshing and spicy flavors, which seems rich at first glance.

Su Nuan will go and deliver the first radish feast herself.

Carrying the food box, I came to Lanyue Pavilion. Mu Yunting was practicing martial arts in the yard, and Dong Jingshu was standing beside him, clapping and praising him like a little fan girl.

"I never thought that His Highness's skills are so good. I'm afraid no one among the noble families in the imperial city can be His Highness's opponent."

Su Nuan couldn't help but click her tongue twice, not knowing whether to say that Miss Dong was ignorant or that she didn't know how to praise people. It would be strange if he was willing to listen to her comparison of the prince with a group of young masters.

Sure enough, Mu Yunting didn't give Dong Jingshu a good look. He put away the sword in his hand and went back to the house.

When he caught a glimpse of Su Nuan at the gate of the courtyard, his brows relaxed.

He walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard, and the guards hurriedly stopped him.

"presumptuous."

The guard knelt down hurriedly and said with great fear, "Your Highness, His Majesty will not let you leave the Moon-Raising Pavilion. Please don't embarrass me."

Of course Mu Yunting would not make things difficult for a guard. He stood in front of the courtyard gate and looked at Su Nuan affectionately through the guard.

At this time, any smart guard would have moved aside long ago, but the guard sent by the emperor seemed to have no eyesight and stood between the two of them without moving.

"Your Highness, I am here to bring food to you and Concubine Dong."

Mu Yunting took the food box with a smile on his face and asked softly, "Did you make this yourself?"

Su Nuan nodded. She felt that Madam Wang would not mind her taking the credit. The main reason was that she was afraid that the simple meal would make Mu Yunting unhappy, and she was afraid that he would hold a grudge if he knew that it was Madam Wang who cooked the meal.

Anyway, the only difference between what she ordered personally and what she did personally was the actual action.

"I'll eat it all."

"Your Highness, can I prepare all your meals for this month?"

"Just cook one meal a day. Let Kang Dahong cook the other two meals."

"Your Highness, are you worried that my cooking won't taste good?"

"I'm afraid you'll be tired!"

How could it be tiring to cook a few radishes? Besides, she wasn't the one doing it herself. "How could I be tired cooking for Your Highness? Yesterday, Sister Jingshu said that the food I sent was delicious. I'll take this opportunity to show my cooking skills to Sister Jingshu. Your Highness, please give me a chance."

When Mu Yunting heard her mention Dong Jingshu, he was a little unhappy, but he still agreed to Su Nuan's request.

After delivering the meal, Su Nuan happily returned to Duiyueju. After instructing Madam Wang to prepare a table of radish feast for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Concubine Dong at noon, she went out.

She was going to meet Ying Shu this afternoon and would go to Liangyi Zhai, so she went to UBS Building in the morning.

When Shopkeeper Chen saw Su Nuan, he smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.

"Boss, where did you hire this artist? His drawings are so good that the jewelry he made is in great demand. Can you invite him to the store and let him draw whatever we need? You can give him more money."

Su Nuan originally wanted to confess to Shopkeeper Chen that she had drawn all those pictures herself, but when she heard that Shopkeeper Chen wanted to give her more money, she gave up the idea.

Providing design is also a kind of labor and should be paid. She did not take this part of the compensation before because she wanted to improve the efficiency of the UBS Building and to prove her talent. Now she has proved that her design is valuable, so she should take the money.

What's more, the Queen Mother has shares in the UBS building. The old hag is taking money for free and still looks down on her. There is no way she can save money for her!

"How much do you think my drawings are worth?"

Shopkeeper Chen thought about it and stretched out a hand.

"Five taels of silver?"

Su Nuan was a little angry. One picture was a set of jewelry, which could bring more than three hundred taels of profit in the UBS building, but giving her only five taels was too little.

Shopkeeper Chen smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's fifty taels. A set of jewelry is worth fifty taels. I wonder how much silver the master gave to the painter?"

"One hundred taels."

Su Nuan wanted to fight for her own interests, so of course she had to offer a higher price.

One hundred taels is indeed a bit high. She continued, "I want to give our UBS Building a new start, so the price I give will be higher at the beginning. I want to keep improving.

If you want to work with her for a long term, the price can be lowered.

So, Shopkeeper Chen, please make a list, draw a design for each type of jewelry and mark the price. After you have made the list, show it to me, and I will settle the bill based on this price in the future."

Shopkeeper Chen readily agreed and went downstairs to make a list.

Su Nuan sat in the lounge looking at the account book.

"I heard that Dong Jingshu gave the Queen Mother a set of jewelry worth ten thousand taels of silver, so the Queen Mother sent her to the Prince's room. I don't know if she can get pregnant with the Emperor's eldest grandson as she wished."

Two gorgeously dressed women were whispering in the VIP area on the third floor. Su Nuan automatically pricked up her ears when she heard what they said.

"I think it's difficult. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't want to marry her, how can he have a child with her?"

"That's hard to say. Even a saint wouldn't be able to bear being alone with a man and a woman in the same room for a month."

"That's bad enough. Don't forget that our prince is a homosexual. If he wasn't a homosexual, how come Concubine Xia, who has been married for more than half a year, is still pregnant? In my opinion, the Dong family spent the ten thousand taels in vain."

"There are so many ways to make a man fall in love. How can the Dong family spend so much money to bribe the Queen Mother and miss such a good opportunity!"

"That's right. The Dong family has lost all their shame in order to send their daughter to the prince, and they still care about this little trick."

"What's the point of saving face? If she really gives birth to the emperor's eldest grandson, the Dong family's wealth will take another step forward."

"This Ruiyin Building is now the shop of the Second Prince. Let's not discuss the Crown Prince's family affairs here. It would be bad if the Second Prince heard about it and offended that scoundrel. Don't forget that he is deeply in love with Miss Dong."

The two women laughed for a while and began to choose the jewelry they liked.

Su Nuan took this gossip to heart.

After returning to the Prince's Mansion, she asked Falcon to find out when Dong Jingshu had entered the palace to meet the Queen Mother and who Dong Jingshu had met yesterday.

I went back to Duiyueju to check the progress of the radish banquet.

Mrs. Wang has good cooking skills and can make more than a dozen dishes from just one radish.

What Su Nuan was most satisfied with was the peony flower she carved out of radish. It was lifelike and even more beautiful than the one she had given herself.

A layer of honey is sprinkled on the peony flowers, and the amber petals are crystal clear, without any trace of radish, looking very tempting.

Su Nuan was very satisfied with the radish banquet. If she didn’t have some reservations about radishes, she would have wanted to try them herself.

He personally put plates of delicious radish into the lunch box, and went to deliver the meal with brisk steps.