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

"Axun, do you know about this Qingsheng Bank?" She raised her eyes and looked at Yuexun.

"Qingsheng Bank? Qingsheng Bank is a well-known bank among the many banks in the southern border. It was opened by a family surnamed Chu in Yizhou. Especially in Yaozhou and Yizhou, almost all merchants have money deposited in Qingsheng Bank. The daily money exchange with Nanyue is also handled by Qingsheng Bank. The official silver of Nanyue needed for Fengting Tower's currency with Nanyue was exchanged with Qingsheng Bank."

"Miss, could it be that the counterfeit silver came from the Qingsheng Silver Company? Wouldn't my business in Nanyue be affected?" Yue Xun frowned, with worry in his eyes.

If the Fengting Towers in those four states had also used counterfeit silver without realizing it and were discovered by the government, they would probably be implicated.

"If you want to put such a large amount of counterfeit silver into the market, only the largest local silver bank can do it. This Qingsheng Silver Bank is not simple." Su Jingning said in a deep voice.

"An Xia, maybe we can find something from this Qingsheng Bank."

An Xia's eyes showed interest: "I'll have someone check Qingsheng Bank right away."

After An Xia left, only Yue Xun and Su Jingning were left in the room.

Yue Xun glanced at Su Jingning, who was still looking at the account book of the Southern Territory carefully beside the candlestick, then stood up and walked to the side. He opened a locked cabinet and took out a half-knee-high wooden box sealed with black iron.

She bent over and opened the lock on the wooden box.

"Miss."

Su Jingning raised his eyes and looked at her.

"what happened?"

"Don't look at the account book. I'll show you something good." Yue Xun waved at her with a smile on his face.

Su Jingning stood up and walked to her side.

"What is this?" Su Jingning looked at the knee-high wooden box filled with various accounts and deeds, and was a little puzzled.

"Miss, I heard that the date of your wedding with the Prince of Beiyang has been set. I don't know what gift I should give you for your wedding. This is the private property that I have saved for you over the years, in addition to Fengting Tower. I thought that when you get married, I will give it to you as my dowry."

"Although it's not much, with these, Miss will have more confidence when she marries into the palace in the future."

Su Jingning lowered his eyes and looked at the box full of deposit accounts of various banks, house deeds, land deeds, shops, and farms.

Not much though!

I'm afraid that the box of things that Axun has is worth all the wealth of the marquisates and earls in the capital.

What young lady would have such horrible dowry when she gets married?

Su Jingning looked at the box of things, her eyes slightly reddened. There were so many things. No matter how capable Ah Xun was, it would take her many years to save up so many things. So she was giving her everything she had saved.

She leaned over and took a few deeds to the farm.

"The dowry that my mother has prepared for me is already enough. I don't need so much. These are enough for me. You can keep the rest."

She smiled, raised the deed in her hand and looked at Yue Xun.

When Yue Xun saw that she only took a few land deeds, her eyes darkened and instantly turned red, and her already gentle face looked even more aggrieved.

"A Xun has no relatives. Miss rescued me from the beggars. Miss is the only relative of A Xun. Everything A Xun has now is because of Miss. Apart from these, I have nothing else to give Miss. If Miss doesn't even accept these, then I..."

Yue Xun choked up as she spoke, and tears kept falling as she looked at Su Jingning.

Seeing her crying out of grievance, Su Jingning hurriedly wiped her tears.

"Please take it, take it, I'll take all these things now, Xun, please stop crying!"

"Really?" Yue Xun looked at her with tears in her eyes.

"Really!" Su Jingning nodded vigorously. This was the first time she saw this girl crying and forcing someone to accept a gift.

"Okay! I'll send someone to deliver all these to the young lady's residence. A batch of rare treasures and famous medicines arrived from the sea not long ago, so let's send them over as well."

Yue Xun stopped crying immediately. She knew that the young lady would be soft-hearted. Her face was full of smiles. The aggrieved look just now disappeared instantly, and her eyes were full of shrewdness. She turned around and went out to order people to send all the things away.

Su Jingning looked at her rapidly changing expression and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Shaked his head, this A Xun.

She glanced at Shenwu Street outside the house. It was dark at night, the street lanterns had been lit, the streets were crowded with people, and vendors were hawking their wares. Shenwu Street was indeed the most lively place in the capital.

She bent down, picked up the veil beside her and put it on, preparing to go home.

Out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of a few people in the dark alley on the street.

The two women were helped out from the back door of the restaurant next door and put into the carriage.

Su Jingning stared at the woman in red and felt that she looked somewhat familiar.

Who is that? Princess Xiliang, Feng Ziyan?

Why is she here?

Su Jingning frowned slightly and hesitated a little, but when he saw the carriage driving out of the dark alley, he quickly left Fengting Tower.

Fortunately, there were many people on Shenwu Street and the carriage was not moving fast, so she caught up after walking for a short distance.

Su Jingning followed the carriage all the way. After the carriage drove out of Shenwu Street, it entered a remote alley. She glanced in the direction of the alley and saw that all the dignitaries in the capital lived there.

The carriage was driven by two strong young men who looked quite skilled. There should be no one else in the carriage.

Su Jingning gently clicked the silver bracelet on the bowl, aimed it at the two people in the car, and shot out the small needle inside silently.

The needle was coated with a very strong sleeping drug, and they would faint if they couldn't get out of the alley.

She tapped the time.

Sure enough, when they counted to fifteen, the two people in the carriage fell to the ground with two bangs.

Only then did Su Jingning come out of the alley and climb onto the carriage.

The two people in the carriage had their hands tied behind their backs. Feng Ziyan had woken up, but her mouth was blocked and she couldn't speak. When she saw someone getting on the carriage, she stood in front of the unconscious girl with a vigilant look.

Su Jingning was wearing a veil and did not say a word. He took out a dagger and cut the ropes that bound them.

"Who are you?" Feng Zi Yan took the cotton cloth from her mouth and looked at the mysterious woman who suddenly appeared, her eyes full of vigilance.

Su Jingning glanced at her and did not answer. Instead, he stood up and walked out of the carriage, walked to the side where the two people had fainted, and picked up the knives they had dropped.

I took a look at the pattern on the handle of the knife and it was a python totem.

They are two princes' guards.

Su Jingning handed the knife to Feng Ziyan:

"This is a golden python totem. Only the guards of the princes and princesses can be equipped with this sword."

Feng Zi Yan held a knife and glanced at her. She couldn't see the woman's face because of the veil and the darkness in the alley. She only felt that her voice was cold and calm, as if she had heard it somewhere before.

"Prince?" Feng Zi Yan frowned, as if she had guessed something.

It was the Prince of Chen! Yesterday, the Prince of Chen proposed a cooperation with her, promising her that as long as she married him as his princess, he would lend him 100,000 Xiliang cavalrymen, and when he ascended the throne in the future, the six states and ten cities in the western border of the Great Zhou could be given to Xiliang as a betrothal gift.

If it was the former Prince, she could still consider it, but the current Prince had lost the emperor's favor and only had the Queen Mother behind him. The Queen Mother of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not on good terms with the Emperor, and she knew that after having been in the Great Zhou Dynasty for so long.

She didn't dare to gamble with such a weak and unintelligent prince. She refused immediately, but she didn't expect that he would use such a despicable method today to knock her unconscious and seal her inner strength to force her to submit!

"Thank you for saving me, young lady! I am Feng Zi Yan, the eldest princess of Xiliang. I will stay in the capital for a while. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to Xiliang Mansion to find me. I will definitely repay you for your kindness today!" Feng Zi Yan and Su Jingning performed the Xiliang salute, looking relaxed and open-minded.

She was helping Feng Ziyan today because she was the one who informed Ah Yan that she was still in the hunting ground that day, so Ah Yan found her in time. She always remembered this favor.

"This medicine can release the princess' sealed internal energy." She handed Feng Zi Yan a porcelain bottle.

Feng Zi Yan took it, surprise flashing in her eyes. Could she sense that her internal energy was sealed?

Su Jingning heard the noise behind him, said something to her coldly, then turned around and hurried over.

"Go straight from here, and you will reach Shenwu Street after exiting the alley. The princess's inner strength has not yet been released, so you'd better go back early. The people who are arresting you will find out that you have not been sent yet, and they will come here soon."

Feng Zi Yan glanced at her receding figure, got on the carriage and helped her maid down from the carriage.

In the dark alley, a group of people dressed in black and holding short knives looked vigilantly at the man in front of them who was hiding in the dark and whose face could not be seen clearly.

The leader gave a look to his men beside him, and several of them raised their knives and slashed at the man in the dark.

Gu Yan'an's lips curled slightly, "Let's do it together, it will save a lot of trouble!"

He put his hands behind his back to avoid the dagger that was slashing towards him, and with a backhanded palm, he knocked several people away without even drawing the sword at his waist.

The figure quickly passed through them, and the group of men in black soon fell to the ground.

He glanced at the group of people, contempt flashed in his eyes, clapped his hands, and turned to look into the alley.

The smile on his lips had not diminished, there was a little more warmth in his eyes, and his voice unconsciously became a little gentler.

"Why, everyone has blocked it for you, and you still want to watch the show?"

Su Jingning smiled, stopped hiding, and walked out from the darkness towards him.

"Are they all royal guards?"

Su Jingning glanced at the group of men in black lying on the ground and asked.

"It's someone from Prince Chen's Mansion." Gu Yan'an said to her.

"Prince Chen?" She turned and glanced at the dark alley behind her.

Is it Prince Chen who wants to capture Feng Zi Yan?

"Well, let's go, let's leave here first." Gu Yan'an glanced at the guards there nonchalantly, stretched out his hand to hold hers, and walked with her to the other end of the alley.

Su Jingning let him lead him, raised his eyes to look at the person beside him, and suddenly asked:

"No, I'm wearing a veil. How did you know I was here? Tell me! Are you following me secretly again?" She asked him softly, pretending to be angry.

Gu Yan'an glanced at her, held her hand tightly, chuckled softly, and joked: "I counted with my fingers and knew you were here."

Su Jingning curled his lips, glared at him from under the veil, and agreed with him: "Yes, yes, if Lord Gu has magical powers, I admire him."

Gu Yan'an was amused by her, and his hearty laughter came from the alley.

They didn't notice that behind them, where Su Jingning had just stood, Feng Ziyan turned back because she heard the sound of fighting and was worried about Su Jingning.

That man? Is he Gu Yan'an, the prince of Beiyang?

Who was the person who just saved me?