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

East Palace.

The prince looked happy and pleased.

Seeing Prince Chen's ugly face and Duke Qing's fear of saying a word at the court meeting today, he felt very refreshed. In the past, when Concubine Shu was in power in the palace and the Shen family had the support of the Queen Mother, he always avoided Prince Chen in the court. Now it is finally his turn to be proud.

"The Crown Prince is a man of foresight. South Vietnam has not had a suitable marriage partner for a long time, but he has met the Queen Mother and the Prince of Chen in private. Today, I, an old minister, have gone one step ahead of them and proposed that the Concubine Xian hold an autumn banquet to make this matter public. With the Queen Mother watching over it, it will be difficult for the Prince of Chen to take any action."

Prime Minister Liu looked at the prince standing behind the desk, bending over to write, with a look of satisfaction on his face. The prince was now doing things more steadily.

"Thank you for your praise, Minister Liu. However, there is one thing that I have been unable to figure out. From the last Wushao case, which affected the foundation of the Shen family, to this time when he told us that the Queen Mother had private contact with Nanyue. Although what this person has done has always been beneficial to me, I still feel uneasy." The prince stopped writing and thought of the mysterious person who had delivered the message to them before. He always felt that something was wrong.

Prime Minister Liu nodded: "This person is very powerful, but there is no trace of him. However, his targets both times were the Queen Mother and the Shen family. At least now, he is not a threat to us. I will send more people to investigate and try my best to win over this person."

"Thank you for your hard work, Prime Minister Liu."

Five days later.

The autumn chrysanthemums were in full bloom in the palace, and Concubine Xian invited the young and powerful families of the imperial capital to a banquet in the palace in the name of appreciating the chrysanthemums.

The invitation was delivered to the Beiyang Palace. Su Jingning knew what Concubine Xian meant when he saw the invitation.

Her marriage to Ah Yan pushed her to the forefront of the circle of the imperial capital's dignitaries. She had the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion behind her, and now the Beiyang Palace. The Duke of Zhenguo Mansion and the Beiyang Palace were not ordinary military families, but real aristocratic families with a very rich foundation. Anyone with a little ambition wanted to get close to them. If it were an ordinary person, she would have made an excuse to refuse. But if Concubine Xian refused, she would be afraid that it would only cause trouble, so she had to accept it.

"You really don't need me to accompany you?" The carriage of Beiyang Palace slowly stopped in front of the palace gate. Gu Yan'an and Su Jingning asked in a gentle voice.

"No need! I'm only going to the palace for a banquet. Nothing will happen. You should leave now. Don't you have something to see His Majesty about?"

Su Jingning pushed the person who was clinging to her. This person was getting more and more clingy. He wanted to follow her wherever she went, as if he was afraid that she would get lost. He had been asking her all morning whether he wanted to accompany her to the banquet.

"It's not a big deal. It's okay to let him wait. I think it's more important to accompany my wife." Gu Yan'an leaned to the side and said indifferently. Looking at Su Jingning in a light pink dress, his eyes were full of undisguised tenderness and love.

Su Jingning blushed slightly and glared at him: "You are so smooth-talking, hurry up and go to the palace!"

Then he stood up and got off the carriage.

Gu Yan'an chuckled and followed her out of the carriage.

The two of them got out of the car and immediately attracted the attention of people around them.

A young woman in a light pink dress and a bun got off the carriage first, followed by a tall man in dark blue clothes. He followed the woman in a few steps and reached out to skillfully fix her furry cloak.

I don't know what the woman said, but the cold-looking man smiled warmly. Then he took the woman's hand and walked into the palace together.

After they left, everyone suddenly realized that it was the prince of Beiyang Palace and the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo who got married a few days ago. There were too many people attending the wedding that day, and many people didn't see the new couple's appearance. Unexpectedly, when they saw them today, they were such a perfect couple. And didn't they say that the two families were just getting married, and there was no love between the two? How come the usually cold and ruthless prince of Beiyang was smiling and gentle today? This doesn't look like he has no feelings!

As soon as Gu Yan'an and Su Jingning entered the palace, they saw a red figure hurriedly coming towards them not far away.

"Jingning! Jingning! I finally see you!" Mu Xi rushed towards Su Jingning with a smile on his face and was about to hug her, but was blocked by Gu Yan'an.

"What are you doing! Stand still." Gu Yan'an looked at Mu Xi with a wary and indifferent expression.

Mu Xi immediately took a step back, stood up straight, and gave him a flattering smile.

"Hey, I'm here to pick up Jingning."

Seeing that Mu Xi was just like an ordinary girl in front of them, without any princess airs, Su Jingning softened her heart. She came out from behind Gu Yan'an and took her arm.

"Ayan, please leave quickly. I will follow Axi into the palace."

Gu Yan'an nodded softly: "I'll pick you up after I finish my work."

"it is good."

Su Jingning responded to him and entered the palace with Mu Xi.

As soon as Mu Xi saw Gu Yan'an walking away, he immediately complained to Su Jingning: "Jingning, you don't know that I have been rejected by Beiyang Palace these days. It was just that person just now! He treasures you so much that even if I want to see you, I can't even take a step into Beiyang Palace!"

"Hmph, you're afraid that I'll kidnap you!" Mu Xi recalled that the day before yesterday, when she was about to go to Beiyang Palace to find Su Jingning, she was scared away by Gu Yan'an who was standing at the door like a demon. She felt angry in her heart.

Seeing her frustrated and angry expression, Su Jingning chuckled and comforted her softly, "He is like that. Next time if you want to come, just say that I am looking for you, and he won't dare to stop you."

Mu Xi was immediately satisfied: "Then I will definitely tell you your name next time and see how he stops me."

"By the way, I heard that it was the nanny beside Concubine Xian who personally brought the invitation to the banquet to you. It must be the prince's idea. He wanted to get close to you. You are by my side today, so she dare not make things difficult for you." Mu Xi reminded her.

"Yeah." Su Jingning nodded. With Mu Xi around, a lot of troubles could be avoided.

When the two arrived at Ju Garden, there were already many powerful ladies and gentlemen there.

The garden was full of bright chrysanthemums, which was indeed a magnificent sight in autumn, but the strong fragrance of the flowers still stimulated Su Jingning and made him feel uncomfortable. He frowned slightly. The maid who came to pick them up led the two into the flower hall.

Several imperial concubines were already seated in the flower hall. The woman in the lead was dressed in a palace dress of indigo blue. Her facial features were plain, but she exuded a sense of tranquility and dignity that was in line with this palace. She was the prince's biological mother, Consort Xian.

"Your servant Su greets the Empress Dowager Xianfei and pays respects to all the other ladies." Su Jingning had an elegant expression and bowed to the Empress Dowager Xianfei.

Mu Xi, who was beside her, walked to the side and sat down without any greeting. She even looked at Concubine Xian only because Su Jingning and Concubine Xian were greeting each other. Concubine Xian smiled and nodded at her without saying anything, and the concubines below did not dare to say a word.

The virtuous concubine then looked at Su Jingning with a kind expression and said with a smile: "No need to be so polite, get up quickly, I have always wanted to see Yan'an's new wife, but I heard that you were weak, so I didn't disturb you. Are you feeling better?"

Su Jingning stood up and thanked her, "Thank you for your concern, Madam. I feel better now."

Concubine Xian nodded and said, "That's good. I know a little bit about pharmacology, and the palace always has some famous tonic herbs, all of which are excellent. I'll have someone send some to the Beiyang Palace later."

Mu Xi listened with a frown on his face, and then he started to try to be polite, but was interrupted when he was about to speak.

Su Jingning's face was gentle and her voice was cold: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but my body is really strange. The doctor said that I can't take any tonic medicine. I'm afraid that would ruin your kindness."

The eyes of Concubine Xian darkened slightly. The Beiyang Prince's wife looked weak and sickly, but unexpectedly, she was not someone who was easy to control.

She still had a smile on her face: "It's okay, I was negligent in this matter. I will find some better ones to send to you later. Please take a seat first."

Su Jingning bowed slightly to her and walked to the empty seat next to Li Muxi and sat down.