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

Fengting Tower is also on Shenwu Street, just opposite Yunmiao Pavilion. The sisters quickly arrived at Fengting Tower.

In recent days, Fengtinglou's business has been very good. When they arrived, the first floor was already crowded, and there was no empty seat anywhere.

Su Luowan's face was filled with disappointment, thinking that she would not be able to eat stuffed chicken with flowers today.

"Ladies, you have arrived just in time. There is a private room on the second floor. Please come this way." A servant saw them and politely led them to the private room on the second floor. During this time, he secretly looked up at the woman in a smoky blue dress with a cool temperament. He remembered this woman. The shopkeeper personally received her yesterday.

"We are so lucky. We found an empty private room as soon as we arrived. We can also just happen to see the hustle and bustle of Shenwu Street." Su Luowan stood by the window, looking at the bustling street downstairs with a happy expression.

"No wonder Fengting Tower has such good business. The decoration layout is also unique, just like being in a small pavilion in the south of the Yangtze River." Su Luoting looked at the private room decorated like a small building in the south of the Yangtze River, and there was admiration in his eyes.

Su Jingning sat aside and ordered some of their favorite dishes with Su Luoshu, then sat quietly by the window, propping up his chin and looking at the street.

As the year draws to a close, the streets are crowded with people, vendors shouting, and jugglers performing, making it very lively indeed.

Soon the waiter brought the dishes. Su Luowan looked at the Fengting Tower's unique chicken stuffed with flowers, which was so beautiful and tempting that his mouth was watering, causing Su Luoting and Su Luoshu to laugh at him.

Su Jingning was not hungry, he just took a few bites and put down his chopsticks. He found an excuse to leave the private room.

Outside the private room, a maid with delicate features was waiting at the door. When she saw Su Jingning coming out, she bowed to her respectfully.

"girl."

"What's the matter with you calling me here?"

Just now in Yunmiao Pavilion, Su Jingning saw her standing in the corner and gestured to her.

"Miss, the young man from yesterday has woken up and he said he must see you." The maid whispered to Su Jingning.

Su Jingning lowered his eyes and thought for a moment: "Where is he?"

"In the backyard. Please come this way, young lady." The maid lowered her head and took Su Jingning to the backyard of Fengting Tower.

The backyard was quiet and peaceful, and it was a good place to recuperate. Lu Zhifan was seriously injured and needed to rest, so Uncle Yan arranged for him to recuperate in the innermost side yard.

"Girl, this is it."

"Well, you go down." Su Jingning ordered softly.

"Knock knock--" She knocked lightly on the door.

"Come in." A clear and low voice came from inside.

When Su Jingning pushed the door open, he saw Lu Zhifan, who was dressed in a green shirt and had a slender figure, standing in front of the only green plant in the room, as if he was carefully combing the dead leaves of the plant. His face looked sick, but much better than yesterday.

"I heard that you wanted to see me?" Su Jingning crossed his arms over his chest, and did not approach him. Instead, he leaned against the door panel, tilting his head to look at the man with a calm expression and handsome face.

When Lu Zhifan heard the woman's cold and distant voice, he looked up at the woman standing at the door with her back to the light.

The woman was wearing a simple and elegant smoke-blue silk dress, covered with a snow-white fox fur cloak. She looked refined and noble, with a somewhat nonchalant expression. She crossed her arms and looked at him. Her skin was transparent and clean. Her dark and lively eyes looked at him openly, making him unable to see through her.

"Young lady, why did you go to so much trouble to save me and then let me go?" Lu Zhifan asked directly without beating around the bush.

His eyes were fixed on Su Jingning, not missing a single expression on her face.

But after hearing what he said, Su Jingning just looked at him with a frank expression, smiled, and said in a half-truthful way: "If I say that you helped me before, and I saved you just to repay you a favor, would you believe it?"

"Do not believe."

Lu Zhifan looked determined. He was sure that he had never seen her before. The girl was delicate and beautiful. If he had seen her, he would never forget her.

"If you don't believe it, forget it." Su Jingning shrugged. There was nothing he could do if he didn't believe it.

"Uncle Yan should have given you the indenture. If you don't want to stay in the Imperial Capital after your injury heals, or if you have somewhere else to go, that's up to you. If not, you can stay here forever. You can leave whenever you want."

"Whether you believe it or not, I saved you just to repay you a favor. I didn't intend to use you for anything. Besides, you are of no use to me now, aren't you?" Su Jingning looked at him with an open and honest expression.

Lu Zhifan saw that the woman didn't look like she was joking, so he lowered his guard. He was a man who always distinguished between gratitude and resentment, and didn't like to owe others anything.

"You saved me, I can do something for you if you need it." Lu Zhifan looked at Su Jingning, and the sense of alienation in his voice was much less.

"Okay." The woman's voice was clear and crisp.

Lu Zhifan felt disappointed. As expected, there is no one in the world who treats others well for no reason.

"Then you should take care of your injuries. This will be considered as something you've done for me." The woman's voice sounded with a smile.

Lu Zhifan looked at the woman with a bright expression in some surprise.

Her smiling voice seemed to dispel the haze in her heart at some point.

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first." Su Jingning glanced at Lu Zhifan who was a little dazed, stood up straight, turned around and prepared to leave.

I heard a man behind me say "thank you" in a low voice.

She paused for a moment, then walked straight out of the yard.

She has been out for a while, and they can't find her. Ating and the others must be worried.

Lu Zhifan looked at the woman's departing back, feeling a little confused.

This girl was too strange. He couldn't see through her, but he couldn't help wanting to believe her, even though he had only met her twice.

Su Jingning quickly left the backyard of Fengting Tower, avoided the crowd and returned to the private room of Fengting Tower.

At the Duke of Qing's Mansion, Shen Zhiyi was still unconscious when Mu Heng sent him back to the mansion.

"Oh, how come she got injured when she went out for no reason?" Mrs. Shen looked anxious. She was so worried that tears were about to fall from her eyes when she looked at her unconscious daughter.

"Don't worry, let the doctor take a look first." Duke Qing, who was standing aside, was not too anxious. He comforted Madam Shen and turned to Mu Heng.

The doctor who had been waiting on the side hurried forward to check Shen Zhiyi's injury. He gently lifted Shen Zhiyi's hand and carefully opened Su Jingning's bandaged wrist. He pressed it a few more times, frowning. After a while, he bowed to the Duke of Qing and said, "Sir, the young lady's hand is seriously injured. Her wrist bone is broken. Fortunately, the doctor's technique was very good and he straightened the young lady's bone. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous."

"What! The wrist bone is broken? Can it be cured?" Mrs. Shen was so frightened that her face turned pale and she was extremely distressed.

"Don't worry, ma'am. It can be cured. But it is the pain of broken bones after all, and the broken bones are wrist bones. Even if it heals in the future, it may leave some sequelae. It cannot be cured." The doctor looked embarrassed.

"What should we do, Master! Yi'er...how could this happen?" Madam Shen looked at Duke Qing helplessly.

"We understand. Lai Fu, take the doctor to get the medicine." Duke Qing was silent for a while before giving the order and turning to look at Mu Heng beside him.

"Your Highness, you were there when Yi'er was injured today. Do you know what happened? How did Yi'er get injured?"

Mu Heng told Duke Qing what happened today truthfully.

The more Duke Qing listened, the tighter his brows furrowed. This girl has been spoiled to the point of being lawless. She dares to do anything and provoke anyone!

The people in the Duke Zhenguo Mansion are all a bunch of crazy people who protect their own people. If they really offend them, the Duke Qing Mansion will also suffer.

"It's really ridiculous! It's time for her to learn a lesson!" Duke Qing's expression was serious. He was reprimanded by His Majesty a few days ago. There couldn't be any more accidents in the Duke Qing's Mansion.

"Your Highness, please return home as soon as possible. You should not have come out today. If someone with ulterior motives spreads the news to His Majesty's ears, it may be detrimental to Your Highness." He frowned and looked at Mu Heng.

"Yes, uncle, I will go back home first. I will come back to see you in a few days." Mu Heng also felt that he should not leave the house today, and now he wanted to go back home quickly.

"By the way, uncle, today we are all very grateful to Miss Su from the Zhenguo Mansion. If she hadn't let bygones be bygones and straightened Yi'er's bones, Yi'er's injury would have been even more serious." Before leaving, Mu Heng reminded Duke Qing that the Zhenguo Mansion should not be their enemy.

"I understand. I will send someone to the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion tomorrow to apologize and express gratitude on Yier's behalf." Duke Qing's expression understood. He naturally knew what Prince Chen meant. The Duke Zhenguo's Mansion was powerful. If there was a rift with the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, it would be detrimental to Prince Chen's future career.

The next morning, Duke Qing personally wrote a letter of apology for Shen Zhiyi and a gift of apology to Su Jingning and sent them to the Duke Zhenguo Mansion. However, the Duke Zhenguo Mansion did not accept the gift and letter, nor did it reply, but just politely returned the gift.

After that, the Duke of Qing sent several more gifts, but the Duke of Zhenguo did not take them and just politely returned them, making it clear that they did not accept their apology. The Duke of Qing had no choice but to give up.