The Evil Emperor's Favorite: The Sickly and Poisonous Concubine Goes Crazy

The Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Xiefang Palace.

"Waste! So many people can't kill him. All my efforts have been in vain. No matter what, you must kill him before he returns to Northern Frontier." Concubine Shu looked at the guards kneeling below with a ferocious expression, her eyes red with anger. She spent so much money, but she got such an answer.

"Your Majesty, if His Majesty finds out about this..." the guard was a little worried.

"Then don't let him notice." Concubine Shu's voice was cold.

"Also, today a woman accidentally walked into the trap we set. That woman had strange skills and was extremely powerful. We wanted to silence her, but we were no match for her, so she and Gu Yan'an escaped." The guard said nervously again, stiffening his neck.

"What! Useless thing! Has she discovered you?" Concubine Shu raised her voice suddenly and looked fiercely at the man on the ground.

"No, she seemed to have been mistakenly dragged into the assassination attempt on His Royal Highness Prince Chen at Qingfo Temple. She didn't see me when I was at the back." The guard whispered.

"That's good. Find her and deal with her cleanly. Don't leave any hidden dangers for me." Concubine Shu's beautiful eyes were full of murderous intent.

“Also, Concubine Xian and the Crown Prince assassinated Heng’er and had someone leak the news to the Ministry of Justice. Humph - let’s see how Your Majesty can protect the Crown Prince and Concubine Xian this time.” Concubine Shu’s eyes were full of calculations.

"Yes"

After leaving Wutong Villa, Su Jingning kept looking at the man in front of him with stern brows and handsome face.

He is the only one in the Great Zhou Dynasty who was crowned as a king with a different surname. He is the only son of the King of Beiyang, who controls the important northern border. He is of noble status, handsome, arrogant, and intelligent as a demon. He is deeply trusted by the current emperor and is the second-rank general personally appointed by the emperor. He can be said to be a young genius with unlimited glory.

But Su Jingning had seen him at his most miserable and helpless. Six years ago, in Jiangnan, her cold worsened and she was sent to her ancestral home outside Yucheng, Jiangnan, to recuperate. She would always remember the first time she saw Gu Yan'an. Before that, she had never thought that a person could survive such torture. Every time she thought of that scene, she trembled with fear.

At that time, she always liked to go out and play with her second cousin from her maternal grandparents. Her second cousin was a notorious troublemaker and he even visited brothels under the pretext of taking her out to play.

That was why she found Gu Yan'an in the dark room of the brothel. The square dark room was filled with a pool of blood, which flowed into the dark room through a pipe. The dark and cold dark room was filled with an unpleasant smell, a mixture of blood and fish, which was nauseating.

Twelve-year-old Gu Yan'an was tied up with thin fishing lines and tied in the middle of a pool of blood. Because he kept struggling, the thin lines dug into his skin, leaving no intact part of his body. Half of his body was submerged in blood, and the wounds all over his body had eroded.

Su Jingning was frightened. She had never seen such a bloody scene before. She stood there in a daze until she saw the boy's wolf-like and eagle-like cruel eyes, and then she woke up.

She endured the nausea and went down to the blood pool, took out the dagger she carried with her, and loosened the fishing line for him. Then she supported him to escape from the dark room, but when they were leaving the dark room, they were discovered. In panic, she stuffed the dagger into him and hid Gu Yan'an, who was about to faint, in the vat in the back kitchen.

Then I ran desperately to my second cousin's room. My second cousin found that I was missing and was looking for me. When he saw that I was covered in blood, he was almost scared to death. He thought I was injured, so he hurriedly took me back home without saying a word.

After she returned, she fell seriously ill and was in a coma for five days. When she woke up, the brothel had been burned down, along with the people inside, and the fish market next to the brothel.

Su Jingning realized that the blood pool in the dark room was actually the blood of fish slaughtered in the fish market next door. She thought the boy she saved was also dead and was sad for a long time.

Until later, she met him again in the suburbs of Yucheng. A boy who was not much older than her, holding the dagger she gave him, stood in the middle of the pile of corpses, covered in blood, and the murderous look in his eyes was even heavier than that of a general bathed in blood on the battlefield.

Seeing the seriously injured boy, Su Jingning secretly took him to the manor of her grandparents that had been unused for a long time, and asked a doctor to treat his injuries. He stayed in the manor for a long time, and then she learned that he had a nice name, Gu Yan'an.

Later, her cold suddenly worsened and she was so sick that she couldn't even leave the house. Her grandfather no longer allowed her to go out. It was not until she changed to a very good doctor that she gradually got better.

After she recovered from her illness, she went to Zhuangzi to find him. Unfortunately, Gu Yan'an was assassinated again that day, but this time, someone protected him.

Gu Yan'an told her that he owed her a life and made a promise to her that no matter when in the future she wanted something, she could send someone to Beiyang Palace to find him and he would make it happen for her.

It was then that she knew that Gu Yan'an was the prince of Beiyang Palace. They hadn't seen each other for five years since that separation.

Gu Yan'an closed his eyes and rested in the carriage, but Su Jingning's gaze on him was too scorching to be ignored.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" The man's voice was cold and low, and his eyes as deep as a cold pond looked at Su Jingning.

Su Jingning quickly turned his eyes away, looked around the carriage, and changed the subject.

"You seem to have a very good relationship with Princess Xuanhe? Aren't you afraid that I will tell others?" she asked. Gu Yan'an was a very suspicious person and cold-hearted. She had never seen him close to anyone in her previous life.

"The eldest princess and my mother are old acquaintances." Gu Yan'an replied in a deep voice.

Su Jingning thought of the Princess of Beiyang who died in childbirth. She seemed to have been the tutor of Princess Xuanhe, and the two had a deep relationship. No wonder the princess was so kind to Gu Yanan.

I don't know what Gu Yan'an remembered. His eyes softened as he looked at Su Jingning. He said seriously:

"You won't tell."

Su Jingning was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Gu Yan'an to say that. She smiled slightly, propped up her head with her uninjured hand, looked at Gu Yan'an and asked:

"Do you trust me so much?"

"I believe you." Gu Yan'an looked into Su Jingning's eyes with his dark eyes, his voice low but somewhat gentle.

"I won't say anything nonsense, don't worry."

After Su Jingning finished speaking, she quickly turned her head away and stopped looking at Gu Yan'an. Although Gu Yan'an was no longer her enemy and posed no threat to her, she still couldn't look at him for too long.

Su Jingning inadvertently caught a glimpse of the white jade Bodhi Buddha beads that he kept fiddling with in his slender, fair, and bony hands.

In his previous life, he had never taken off this white jade bodhi bead. At that time, he was full of murderous sins and was called the God of Killing. But for some reason, he believed in the Buddha so devoutly. Wearing this white jade bodhi bead, he seemed to be a Buddha who was not stained by the mundane world in the nine heavens. People were intimidated and dared not approach him.

After Su Jingning looked away, Gu Yan'an closed his eyes again, resting his mind and no longer talking to Su Jingning.

The carriage was extremely quiet. When passing through the city gate, the guards at the gate were checking people entering the city. When they saw that it was Princess Xuanhe's carriage, they immediately and respectfully let it pass.

At the gate of the Zhenguogong Mansion, the lights were on. Su Jingchen led a team of palace soldiers and rushed out in a hurry. Today, the Prince of Chen was assassinated in the Qingfo Temple. His Majesty was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the Qingfo Temple. They were stopped in the Qingfo Temple and questioned for a long time, but they never saw Ning'er.

He asked Yun Ya and found out that Ning'er disappeared after being called away by Master Huihai. He searched the Qingfo Temple but couldn't find Ning'er, so he had to go back to the mansion to get people to look for her together.

As soon as Su Jingchen went out, he saw a magnificent carriage coming towards the Zhenguo Mansion. A closer look revealed that it was the carriage of Princess Xuanhe, and Aunt Zhiqiu, the princess's maid.

The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Aunt Qiu walked to the side of the carriage and said softly, "Miss Su, we have arrived at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion."

Su Jingning stood up and prepared to walk out of the carriage, but Gu Yan'an grabbed his wrist. Su Jingning looked at him with puzzled eyes and whispered, "What's the matter?"

"Thank you for what you did today. Remember not to let your wound come into contact with water. I will send someone to bring you some medicine so that you won't have any scars." His thin lips parted slightly, and his voice was low and mellow. He looked at the girl, who was already in poor health and whose face looked very bad due to the blood loss caused by the injury.

Su Jingning chuckled, his voice a little light: "You should thank me. But now I have to go, Master Gu!"

Su Jingning joked, glanced at his hand that was tightly holding his wrist, then looked outside the carriage and reminded him.

Gu Yan'an still didn't let go. He looked at her with his dark and cold eyes. There were some emotions in his eyes that he himself was not aware of. He opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by the voice outside.

"Madam Qiu, what's going on? My sister is in there?" Su Jingchen heard Su Jingning's voice, and hurriedly walked towards the carriage and asked Madam Qiu.

"Don't worry, Prince Su. Today, the Princess also went to the Qingfo Temple to worship Master Huihai. When she was about to return home, she encountered an assassin. Miss Su was injured while saving the Princess, so she was taken back by the Princess to heal. So the Princess ordered me to personally send Miss Su back." Qiu Zhi explained patiently.

"Injured! How could he be injured!" Su Jingchen was shocked when he heard it.

Those who were watching the eldest princess's carriage stop at the gate of the Su Mansion and those who were watching the excitement also heard what she said.

For a moment, she envied Su Jingning. Miss Su had saved Princess Xuanhe, and the princess even sent a car to escort her back. You know, Princess Xuanhe was the younger sister of the current emperor, and was deeply loved by his majesty. Even her Wutong Villa was not allowed to be entered by the princes and princesses without her consent.

Su Jingning heard his elder brother's anxious voice and said to Gu Yan'an, "Let's talk about it later. My elder brother is here and I have to go first." After that, he broke free from Gu Yan'an's hand and hurriedly got off the carriage.

Gu Yan'an looked at his empty palms and slowly clenched his fists.

"Brother!" Su Jingning called out in a tender voice as she looked at Su Jingchen who looked anxious, and quickly got off the carriage.

"Ning'er, where are you injured?" When Su Jingchen heard that Su Jingning was injured, he anxiously checked Su Jingning from head to toe.

"I'm fine, brother." Su Jingning patted Su Jingchen's hand and comforted him.

"Since Miss Su has been brought here safely, I will go back and report to the princess." Nanny Qiu said to Su Jingning with a smile.

"Thank you very much, Aunt Qiu, for today. Please ask Aunt Qiu to thank the princess on behalf of Jingning." Su Jingning bowed slightly to Aunt Qiu and thanked her softly.

Only after they watched Princess Xuanhe's carriage leave did they enter the palace.