I just want to live a good life

Chapter 173 Lend Me Your Horse

Su Nuan thought the footsteps she heard were the prison guards checking the night and didn't pay any attention to them.

On the other side, Mu Yunting, who saw her sleeping with her arms folded against the fence, was on the verge of a rage.

The jailer was much more perceptive than the yamen runners. Seeing that the Crown Prince had an unfriendly look on his face, he took the initiative to open the cell door without being told.

Su Nuan was finally awakened.

I opened my eyes and felt that the light behind me was brighter than usual. I turned around and saw Mu Yunting's dark face.

Su Nuan jumped up from the ground, and couldn't wait for the jailer to open the cell door. Her eyes seemed to be full of stars as she looked at Mu Yunting. She shouted excitedly across the wooden fence: "You are finally back. If you don't come back, I will get lice!"

Mu Yunting's dark face instantly cracked.

Just now, when he saw her back leaning on the ground, looking so helpless, he was silently imagining his concubine throwing herself into his arms and crying in grievance. But then she said she was going to get lice!

For a moment, Mu Yunting didn't know how to respond.

The jailer was quick and agile, and quickly unlocked the door, opened the cell door, and invited Concubine Xia out.

Su Nuan was not pretentious and walked out of the prison door happily. Suddenly she thought of something, turned back and found a stack of drawings under the straw, folded them carefully, and put them in her sleeve pocket.

When he walked out of the prison again and passed by Mu Yunting, he urged, "Hurry up, hurry up, go back and take a shower, I can still have a good sleep."

After saying this, she walked out happily without any tears in her eyes. If it weren't for the wrong place, people would have suspected that she had encountered some happy event.

Mu Yunting came back to his senses from his initial shock, and his originally frighteningly dark face became as bright as a spring breeze. Seeing that the pretty figure was about to walk out of the prison, he hurried to catch up.

After rescuing Su Nuan from prison, Lord Lu, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, rushed over in a hurry.

As soon as he saw Mu Yunting, Lord Lu bowed.

"Your Highness, I am sorry that I failed to welcome you here. Please forgive me."

"Ignorance is not a crime. I came to the Dali Temple to ask Lord Lu how the trial of Concubine Xia's case is going."

Lu Jingzhi glanced at Concubine Xia standing beside him and replied, "Your Highness, I will follow your Majesty's order to imprison Concubine Xia and wait for your Highness to personally hear the case."

He pushed the responsibility onto the emperor and cleared himself of all blame. Su Nuan even wanted to give Lord Lu a thumbs up.

"Did the emperor ask you to put me in prison? Did he also ask you to put me in death row?"

Lu Jingzhi remained calm and said, "The Dali Temple does not have a fixed death row. What we have the most in the Dali Temple is death row prisoners. There are prisoners in every prison. It's just that there are more in the prison where Concubine Xia lives. Concubine Xia, please don't misunderstand me because of this."

Su Nuan smiled faintly and said nothing more. Lord Lu must have been prepared to put her in the same room with the death row prisoners.

Mu Yunting just frowned. Seeing that his concubine was safe and sound, and even alive and well, his anger was finally suppressed by reason.

"Since my father has entrusted me with the trial of Concubine Xia, I will take her back with me."

"That's right. I will ask someone to escort His Highness back to the palace."

"No need."

After saying this, Mu Yunting took Su Nuan’s hand and walked out.

"Farewell to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Lu Jingzhi's voice came from behind, and Mu Yunting tightened his grip on Su Nuan's hand.

After they left the Dali Temple, Su Nuan quickly shook off Mu Yunting's hand and said unhappily, "Your Highness, why do you take it out on me when you are unhappy with Lord Lu? You're almost breaking my hand."

"I'm sorry, I hurt you, do you want me to rub it for you?"

Su Nuan couldn't believe her ears. Was this what the arrogant Crown Prince said?

Are you still trapped in Bai Yueguang's gentleness and kindness these days and still can't get out of it?

Yes, that must be the case.

Thinking of Miss Xun, Su Nuan's heart sank, and her words became colder, "I'm tired, I'd better go back quickly."

"it is good."

Mu Yunting and others came here on horseback, and they couldn't go back to catch the carriage so late, so Su Nuan had to ride a horse.

She walked up to a secret guard and pulled his reins, saying, "Lend me your horse, so you can squeeze in with the others."

The secret guard didn't dare to snatch it from her, but he also knew that the concubine should ride on the same horse with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so he looked at Ye Yin for help.

Ye Yin glanced at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and actually saw the same expression in his Royal Highness the Crown Prince's eyes. He almost couldn't help laughing.

"Well, Concubine Xia, they have a mission to complete and cannot lend you their horse."

Ye Yin winked at the secret guard as he spoke. Secret guards are smart, and at this moment they would know they should cooperate even if Ye Yin didn't wink. He quickly snatched the reins from Su Nuan and jumped on the horse.

"I'm sorry, Concubine Xia, I have a mission to complete, so I'll take my leave now."

Before he finished speaking, the horse had already galloped forward.

Su Nuan's gaze fell on the horse of the next secret guard, and that person quickly followed the example of the one in front of him and said goodbye to Su Nuan.

After the two men left, the others didn't dare to stay any longer and found excuses to ride away on horseback.

In a moment, only Mu Yunting and Ye Yin were left in front of Su Nuan.

Ye Yin got on the horse and said solemnly, "Concubine Xia will not let me walk back, right?"

"You can ride with the prince——"

Before he even uttered the word "horse", Ye Yin had already urged his mount to rush out like an arrow.

There is no choice now. There is only Mu Yunting and his horse. Su Nuan can either ride back with him or walk back by herself.

It’s so late and I’m so tired. It’s not like we haven’t ridden together before.

She walked up to Mu Yunting and mustered up the courage to ask, "Can I ride your horse back?"

The one who answered her was Mu Yunting who climbed onto the horse, then stretched out his long arms and pulled her onto the horse's back.

This move would have been so cool if you saw it on TV, but Su Nuan almost vomited because of it.

His Royal Highness's arm was around her abdomen, and the squirrel mandarin fish she had eaten in the evening was almost squeezed out.

Su Nuan rolled her eyes and sat up straight, regretting secretly in her heart.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no sympathy for women at all, and it seems that he is unhappy that he came back to save me.

After she sat on the horse, she carefully lay down and hugged the horse's neck, fearing that she would be thrown off if the horse started running.

But before she touched the horse's neck, Mu Yunting's arms went around her waist from behind, holding her in his arms.

Then the horse's hooves were raised, and a sound of footsteps suddenly rang out on the bluestone road.

Under the influence of inertia, Su Nuan leaned back and fell into Mu Yunting's arms.

This feeling is really sweet and sad!

The distance from Dali Temple to the Prince's Mansion didn't seem that far, but the horse seemed to have run for a long time.

Su Nuan became suspicious when she saw that a team of patrol soldiers did not come forward to stop them. The team of soldiers three streets away still had to check their identities, so why didn't this team do the same?

These people are so irresponsible!

Ma ran up to the group of soldiers, and the leader clasped his fists and shouted "Your Highness the Crown Prince". Su Nuan recognized that this man was the one who had just checked their identities.

Based on the time and the speed at which these people were moving, there was only one possibility, that is, Mu Yunting had just made a circle.

Su Nuan's face was filled with black lines.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so happy in love that he can’t even recognize the road!