I just want to live a good life

Chapter 567 Class Master

After watching the spectacle, Su Nuan felt no joy whatsoever.

She felt that, given the Prince of Guang'an's personality, he would be extremely harsh on the Princess Consort of Guang'an in the future.

To her utter surprise, the Princess of Guang'an died three days later, having hanged herself.

Having likely experienced suicide the first time, this time she sent everyone away, and by the time she was discovered, she was already dead.

Su Nuan was quite surprised when she received this news. Three days ago, after leaving the Guang'an Prince's Mansion, she had been keeping an eye on the movements of the Guang'an Prince's Mansion.

Princess Consort of Guang'an proposed a divorce. At first, Prince Guang'an disagreed, and the two argued for two days. Later, Princess Consort of Guang'an used some means to persuade Prince Guang'an to agree.

On the day the Prince of Guang'an entered the palace to request a divorce, the Princess of Guang'an had just left the palace when something happened to her.

Her wish was about to be fulfilled, so she had absolutely no reason to commit suicide; there must be something fishy going on.

Su Nuan wanted to go to the Prince of Guang'an's residence to see what was going on, but Mu Yunting objected, for a simple reason: this was the Prince of Guang'an's private matter.

Su Nuan scoffed at this, saying it was a private matter of the Prince of Guang'an, but now the whole city was saying that the Princess Consort of Guang'an was forced to death by the Prince of Guang'an. It was said that the Princess Consort of Guang'an was caught having an affair by the Prince of Guang'an, and in a fit of rage, the Prince of Guang'an ordered her to be hanged.

This has become a murder case; if it were an ordinary citizen, the government would be coming to question them.

Although no one dared to come and question him, such rumors brought a lot of trouble to the Prince of Guang'an. In the next few days, he would have to face questioning from the Emperor and the Lu family.

The Prince of Guang'an was a man who cared a lot about his reputation, and he refused to admit that his wife had an affair with an actor. So, Lord Lu Jingzhi went to the Emperor every day to plead for justice for his daughter.

The emperor was so annoyed that he issued an imperial edict sending the Prince of Guang'an to guard the imperial mausoleum for a month.

Just as everyone's attention was focused on the Prince of Guang'an, the opera troupe leader was brought before Su Nuan.

This man left the city on the day Princess Guang'an had her accident and was chased all the way. When Liefeng and Lieying found him, he was only half alive.

Standing before Su Nuan now, he was utterly disheveled, yet Su Nuan was still shocked at just one glance.

This person looked remarkably like His Highness the Crown Prince, even sharing the same aloof demeanor. If it weren't for the Crown Prince's high position and inherent air of authority, this troupe leader would almost be mistaken for the real one.

No wonder the Princess of Guang'an took a liking to him; she found a substitute!

"What's your name?"

Su Nuan asked him.

"Zhou Jin, a commoner, whose name means 'brocade' in 'brocade zither'."

"Do you know who I am?"

"This humble subject is unaware of the truth, only knowing that Your Excellency is my savior."

Zhou Jin spoke with a respectful expression.

Seeing this expression on such a face was quite novel to Su Nuan.

She walked up to Zhou Jin, carefully examined his face, and even touched his neck and jaw to make sure he wasn't wearing a human skin mask.

This action startled the two hunters, Hunter and Falcon, who stared wide-eyed.

“My lord, this is my real face; I’ve looked like this since I was a child.”

The ingratiating and charming manner she displayed while speaking made Su Nuan even more interested.

"Smile at me."

Zhou Jin smiled and showed her teeth as instructed.

"Call me 'sister' so I can hear it."

Zhou Jin sweetly called out "Sister" again.

Su Nuan was in a playful mood, making people pretend to cry, laugh, and do funny things from time to time, which left Lie Feng and Lie Ying speechless.

Zhou Jinyue became more outgoing and even took the initiative to learn the sounds of several small animals.

After playing around for a while, Su Nuan suddenly stopped smiling and asked coldly, "Who told you to seduce the Princess of Guang'an?"

Zhou Jin was stunned by the question and stared blankly at Su Nuan.

Su Nuan sneered. This man's expression was indeed alluring, far more vibrant than Mu Yunting's. Most importantly, his eyes seemed to speak volumes, clearly conveying the word "seduction."

Su Nuan immediately understood why the Princess of Guang'an had fallen for this kind of man. He was really too good at seducing people. If she didn't have the real deal to compare herself to, she might have fallen for him too.

Seeing that Zhou Jin did not answer, Su Nuan continued, "If you don't talk, I'll let you experience the methods of the Crown Prince's secret guards. They will have a hundred ways to make you confess. I advise you to tell the truth as soon as possible to avoid physical suffering."

As soon as he finished speaking, Falcon put his hand on Zhou Jin's shoulder and said angrily, "You dare to do such a despicable thing with that face? I hope that Your Highness will let us brothers teach you a lesson first."

As he spoke, he tightened his grip, and Zhou Jin immediately felt a sharp pain, his handsome face turning pale.

"Please spare my life, I'll talk, I'll talk."

Su Nuan gestured for Falcon to let go, and Zhou Jin paused before saying, "It was a beautiful woman who made me do this."

"Be specific."

Su Nuan shouted.

Zhou Jin then explained the whole story clearly.

More than a month ago, someone approached him and said they wanted to do a business with him. All he had to do was go to the capital to perform for a family and find a way to get close to the lady of the house, and they would give him a large sum of money.

That's a huge sum of money; the deposit alone was one hundred taels.

When money was mentioned, Zhou Jin's eyes lit up involuntarily.

He was originally just an ordinary actor in the opera troupe, not even a lead actor, but after receiving one hundred taels of silver, he immediately bought the troupe and became its leader.

Because of his status, it was difficult for him to get close to the nobles in the capital, unless he was performing at someone's residence. Only when he controlled the opera troupe could he decide which residence to perform at.

A month ago, Zhou Jin led his opera troupe into the capital, intending to complete the task assigned by his employer. However, his employer only allowed him to wait for an opportunity in the capital, and even gave him the expenses for the opera troupe during the waiting period.

With money to be made and no "work" to be done, the entire opera troupe was happy to stay in the capital with Zhou Jin.

It wasn't until a few days ago that Zhou Jin received a message from his employer, asking him to perform at the Prince of Guang'an's Mansion. Only then did Zhou Jin realize that his target was the Princess of Guang'an.

What happened next was pretty much as Su Nuan had predicted. The Princess of Guang'an was immediately attracted by Zhou Jin's appearance and called him aside to speak with him.

Zhou Jin was clever; with just a few words, he pleased the Princess of Guang'an, who rewarded him with a lot of silver.

The task was completed unexpectedly smoothly, and Zhou Jin happily went to settle the money with his employer. However, his employer made a new request: to seduce the Princess of Guang'an.

That's outrageous. She's a legitimate princess, not someone who's just an actress on stage. If you seduce her, you could lose your life.

But before he could even refuse, a stack of silver notes blocked his way.

He just wanted to seduce her; if he did it carefully, he might not be discovered.

This led to the later incident where the Princess of Guang'an had an affair and was caught red-handed by the Prince of Guang'an.

Su Nuan had two questions in her mind: First, who was the employer? Second, how did he escape after being caught by the Prince of Guang'an having an affair with the princess?