I just want to live a good life

Chapter 552 Not My Biological Mother

Su Nuan threw the blame Xiao Qionghua had thrown at her back, and without waiting for Xiao Qionghua to say anything, she asked, "When did you poison me?"

Xiao Qionghua replied with a smile: "When you are asleep."

"What kind of poison did you give me?"

"It's nothing, just ordinary Heartbreak Powder, but I added a few poisonous herbs that I cultivated myself."

In other words, the key is these poisonous weeds. She emphasizes that she cultivated them herself just to say that others can't solve them. How hateful!

Su Nuan turned around and went back to the house, then took over the only bed without any hesitation.

It was dark and I didn't know what time it was. I definitely couldn't fall asleep if I continued sleeping, and I was still hungry.

Xiao Qionghua didn't want her to continue sleeping, so she followed her into the house and said, "Let's go, it's time for us to get on the road."

Hearing this, Su Nuan was shocked. Why did he "go on the road" without keeping her to threaten others?

Xiao Qionghua walked to the medicine furnace and started packing up her bottles and jars.

Su Nuan finally realized that "get on the road" meant to hurry on, and couldn't help but ask, "Where to?"

"Of course I have to leave here. Since Ying Shu has come here once, I will definitely be fully prepared next time. I don't want to be caught off guard by him."

When Su Nuan saw Xiao Qionghua say this, her face was filled with relief and joy, and she actually felt like an old mother who thought, "My son has grown up."

She was really curious about their relationship, so she asked, "Are you Ying Shu's mother?"

Xiao Qionghua smiled faintly, neither admitting nor denying.

Su Nuan hated it most when people didn't explain things and had to guess, so she expressed her dissatisfaction directly: "What's the point of not answering? You want me to guess? Then I'll take a guess. Let's start with appearance. Ying Shu is good-looking, and his eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to those of Prince Yongping, but he is far inferior to the Yongping Prince. Because the Yongping Princess was a great beauty when she was young, the Yongping Prince's peerless appearance was half inherited from his mother. In this regard, Ying Shu is at a disadvantage."

She said this with malice. Xiao Qionghua was so happy when she was praised for her beauty before, but now she must be heartbroken to hear these words.

Sure enough, Xiao Qionghua stared at Su Nuan fiercely, like a poisonous snake spitting out its core, which could suddenly bite people at any time.

Seeing this, Su Nuan spoke even more excitedly, "There's nothing you can do if you don't accept it. You just aren't as pretty as Princess Yongping. Ying Shu feels bad for having you as her mother."

Seeing Xiao Qionghua about to open her mouth to refute, Su Nuan quickly changed the subject: "Prince Yongping is really not picky about food. He has a beautiful woman at home, but he still has an affair outside. I don't know what he likes about you. I heard that he disturbed the peace of Fanli and was later imprisoned. Is he forced to be with you?"

Su Nuan used such vicious words to humiliate Xiao Qionghua just to provoke her. When people are angry, they tend to lose their rationality and speak without thinking.

As expected, Xiao Qionghua became furious and yelled at Su Nuan, "Shut up! How can a woman as holy and noble as the Princess be compared to the Princess of Yongping? That old scoundrel, the Prince of Yongping, deceived the princess's feelings. He deserves to be hacked into pieces. If it weren't for him, how could the princess have suffered such a miserable end? I will send him to hell."

Having said this, the speaker could no longer continue. The hatred in his eyes was slowly replaced by sadness, and finally turned into two clear tears that rolled down.

This statement contained a lot of information. Su Nuan blinked for a long time before reacting. "So you are not Xiao Qionghua, then who are you? What's your intention in pretending to be Xiao Qionghua?"

The woman who called herself Xiao Qionghua wiped away her tears and put on a fierce face again. She replied, "It's okay to tell you. I am Liuyin, the princess's personal maid. I am here to avenge the princess."

After saying that, Liu Yin grabbed Su Nuan's wrist and pulled her up from the bed, "Let's go, if you keep dawdling, I'll kill you right now and then make you an obedient one."

Su Nuan shuddered at what she said, and did not dare to resist. She followed Liu Yin obediently.

Outside the house, a carriage was coming towards this side. Su Nuan had sharp eyes and recognized at a glance that the person driving the carriage was Zhao Zong. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart at the man's strong vitality.

The two of them quickly got on the carriage. In the carriage, Su Nuan started talking to Liu Yin again. This time, Liu Yin answered whatever Su Nuan asked without leaving any room for negotiation.

Su Nuan combined Liu Yin's words with what she knew about the inside story and finally got a glimpse of the full picture of what happened that year.

Twenty years ago, when the previous emperor was still in power in Nanzhao Kingdom, the fourth prince Muchen, who had just been enthroned as Prince of Yongping, made an agreement with the then crown prince Muheng, the current emperor, that whoever conquered the vassal state first would succeed to the throne in order to compete for the throne.

The two brothers adopted different methods. Crown Prince Mu Heng had the support of military generals and used force to attack, while Prince Yongping Muchen could only use tactics to disintegrate from within, and the person who gave him advice was Xun Yu, who was an official in the prime minister's office.

Let’s talk about Muchen alone. He hid his identity and went to Fanli alone. Following Xun Yu’s plan, he gained a foothold in Fanli within a few months and became the aide of Xiao Duo, the third son of King Fanli.

Xiao Duo is a cruel and ruthless person. Mu Chen advises him to get rid of the prince and take his place. However, Prince Fanli is seriously ill at that time, and Xiao Duo, at Mu Chen's instigation, kills his father and seizes the throne.

His throne came to him in an illicit way, which aroused opposition from several forces in Fanli. Mu Chen secretly communicated with the two most powerful forces and conspired to force Xiao Duo to step down.

The two forces were originally at odds with each other due to Mu Chen's instigation, but under Mu Chen's lobbying, they temporarily put aside their grudges and united to deal with Xiao Duo.

The two sides formally declared war.

Xiao Duo, who had just taken office, had not yet established a firm foundation, and with Mu Chen colluding with his opponents, he was quickly defeated in this battle.

On the day when the rebels captured the palace, Muchen tried to alienate the two rebel leaders. Unfortunately, his plan was discovered by them long ago, and they threw him into jail, intending to use him as a sacrifice to the gods when the new king ascended the throne.