I just want to live a good life

Chapter 174 Prison Break

"Your Highness, can we still go home tonight?"

"Of course, we'll be there soon."

Mu Yunting answered somewhat unnaturally, then urged his horse towards the Prince's Mansion.

This time we arrived at the destination in no time.

When the two men dismounted, there was already a servant waiting to lead the horses.

Su Nuan got off the horse and quickly returned to her Duiyue Residence.

What she was thinking was that Dong Jingshu was in the mansion, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should show up anyway, so naturally His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would have someone to serve him, and she didn't have to worry about it. She just wanted to soak herself in the hot water and take a comfortable bath.

Duiyueju was quiet. Apparently Chunliu and the other three had already gone to bed. Su Nuan thought that she could boil water for a bath by herself, so she didn't plan to wake others up for help.

But as soon as she entered the kitchen and lit the fire in the stove, she was surrounded by people from behind.

"Miss, you are finally back. I was so scared. I wanted to see you but was stopped outside the Dali Temple. I went back to the General's Mansion and begged the General to save you, but the General has been in the barracks and has not returned. Madam is so anxious but there is nothing she can do. The Third Young Master is planning to go to the Dali Temple tonight to break out of the prison."

After Chunliu said these words, she was already crying loudly.

"The emperor only wants to lock me up for a few days, not to kill me. How can it be as serious as a jailbreak?"

"It's true. Before I came back from the General's Mansion today, I heard the Third Young Master say that he was going to visit the Dali Temple at night."

"Third brother said he wants to visit the Dali Temple tonight?"

Chunliu nodded vigorously.

"It's broken!" Su Nuan exclaimed, not even bothering to take a shower, and ran out in a hurry.

"Mother, where are you going?"

Meixiang called out from behind.

"Help me boil some water, I'll be back soon."

After leaving a word, Su Nuan ran out of Duiyueju.

She ran straight to the stable, picked a fast horse, and rode to the Dali Temple.

The Dali Temple is heavily guarded, and it would be troublesome if Xia Changze really tried to jailbreak.

We must stop him!

On the other side, Mu Yunting returned to Lanyue Pavilion, took a hot bath, changed into clean clothes, and was about to go to Duiyue Residence.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw a maid holding a lantern walking towards him hurriedly.

The maid looked unfamiliar and was stopped by the guards before she could even get close to Lanyue Pavilion.

"Your Highness, my concubine is ill. Please go and see her."

Mu Yunting's heart tightened, and he ordered loudly: "Go and get the imperial physician."

The guard took the order and went to invite him, while Mu Yunting walked quickly towards Duiyueju.

"Your Highness, I am wrong, I am wrong."

The maid called after him.

Mu Yunting stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Wrong direction, it's this way!"

Mu Yunting asked suspiciously, "Why is she going there?"

The maid didn't understand why he asked this, and murmured, "The Concubine has always been here!"

Mu Yunting thought that the maid was new, so he didn't bother with her and let her lead the way.

When he hurried to Furong Courtyard, Mu Yunting suddenly realized that the concubine the maid was referring to was Dong Jingshu.

He couldn't help but frown. These few days when he was outside, he only thought about two things. One was to catch the person who sent him the letter and led him out of the city, and the other was to control himself from thinking about Xia Qingyan.

But before he could accomplish either of these two things, he heard the news that Xia Qingyan was imprisoned in the Dali Temple.

Then he hurried back, and no one told him along the way that Dong Jingshu had already entered the Prince's Mansion.

Now Dong Jingshu not only entered the Prince's Mansion, but also tricked him in under the pretext of being sick. When he was young, he often saw his father's concubines using this method to compete for favor, and he was extremely disgusted by it.

"Your Highness, we are here. Why don't you go in?"

The maid asked him timidly.

Mu Yunting replied impatiently: "If she is sick, she can go and ask the imperial physician. I can't treat illnesses, so what's the point of asking me to come?"

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards Duiyueju.

Pan Tao wanted to chase Mu Yunting, but he didn't dare. He stood outside and hesitated for a moment before going back to report.

"You said that His Highness has walked to the door and refused to come in?" Dong Jingshu asked with a frown.

"Yes, His Highness walked to the door and said that he could not treat illnesses, and asked me to find the imperial physician, and then he left."

"Why? If he didn't want to see me, why would he go on this trip with you?"

"I think His Highness is too embarrassed to see the young lady. He didn't go to pick up the bride and made the young lady laugh. He must feel sorry for the young lady!"

"Is that true?"

Dong Jingshu murmured to herself.

Mu Yunting obviously didn't think so. He had just mistakenly thought that something had happened to Xia Qingyan, and he was anxious. Although the misunderstanding was now resolved, his desire to see her became even stronger.

I quickly walked to Duiyueju, where the lights were on.

Not knowing whether she was waiting for his arrival, Mu Yunting felt an inexplicable sense of anticipation in his heart.

"Your Highness, why are you here?"

Meixiang asked when she saw Mu Yunting, only to realize she had said something wrong after she asked, and quickly knelt down to apologize.

"Get up." Mu Yunting ignored Meixiang and went straight to Concubine Xia's room.

"Didn't Your Highness go out with the Concubine?"

Meixiang continued to ask.

"She went out? Where did she go?"

"The third young master of the Xia family is going to the Dali Temple tonight to rob a prison. When the concubine heard about it, she went to stop him."

"She went alone?"

"If outsiders knew about this, it would be bad for Master Xia, so the concubine went alone."

In fact, what Mu Yunting wanted to ask was why she didn't come to him for help, but he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips. If she didn't come to him, she might treat him as an outsider.

The problem that could have been solved by the secret guards now required him to make another trip himself.

So after an incense stick of time had passed, a team of patrolling soldiers met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the third time that night.

"Your Highness, is this a case of sleepwalking?"

"You are talking about the Crown Prince behind his back. You don't want to live anymore!"

"But this is too weird. It happened three times!"

"Eight times has nothing to do with us. Just mind your mouth and do your own thing, and you will live a long life."

"..."

Su Nuan rode to the Dali Temple on horseback and walked around outside but didn't see Xia Changze.

She is alone now, and she doesn't know where Xia Changze will enter the Dali Temple from. The chance of catching him by waiting outside is too small.

The only way he could think of was to make some noise in the Dali Temple to let Xia Changze know that he had been released.

She faced the two inky black doors of the Dali Temple, took a deep breath, and walked forward to knock on them.

As soon as I raised my hand, someone grabbed my wrist.

"Go back with me."

A cold voice sounded beside her ears, and Su Nuan turned back in surprise, "Why are you here?"