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

Outside the palace gate, Mu Xi stood alone on the stone steps, looking into the distance, and the surging emotions in her heart gradually subsided. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath of the cool air, trying to inhale all those disturbing thoughts, and then slowly exhaled. But when she opened her eyes again, her eyes were still slightly red, with a blank look.

"Your Highness!" Qi Nanfeng appeared from nowhere and ran towards Mu Xi with a smile.

Mu Xi blinked, trying to conceal his emotions, but Qi Nanfeng still noticed it.

His playful expression gradually faded, and he saw her red eyes:

"What's wrong? But your Majesty is serious again?"

Mu Xi shook his head: "Father is fine, he was not poisoned, and he has woken up."

"Ah? Not poisoned?" Qi Nanfeng looked puzzled.

Mu Xi took a deep breath, didn't answer, and walked out.

"Where are you going?"

"Nanshan Bell Tower." Mu Xi walked towards Zhuque Street without looking back.

Qi Nanfeng frowned slightly, and the doubt in his eyes deepened, with a bit of worry. The last time Mu Xi went to the Nanshan Bell Tower, he locked himself up for three days before coming out.

He knew that she would only go there when she was in a very bad mood or when something big happened to her.

"Wait! I'll go with you." Qi Nanfeng looked at her back and followed her.

On the second day after the prince was imprisoned in the prison, his deeds were widely spread throughout the streets and alleys of the imperial capital. The prince's reputation as a benevolent and virtuous man collapsed in one day, and he was in disgrace from then on.

After Princess Xuyang turned the tide and stabilized the court that was hollowed out by the crown prince, the court officials were waiting for her to be rewarded, but she disappeared to everyone's surprise. Fortunately, His Majesty recovered from his illness and the court returned to normal.

At the Beiyang Palace, Su Jingning had just returned from outside the palace and entered the study.

Gu Yan'an was sitting alone in front of the black sandalwood desk, copying something with his eyes lowered.

Su Jingning approached him and found that he was copying the Qingyin Mantra again. Her eyes dimmed for a moment and she said nothing. After he finished copying the last word, she looked at him and whispered to him:

"Axi has been found, in the Nanshan Bell Tower."

"Would you like to meet him?"

Gu Yan secretly looked at the Qingyin spell he was writing, and Su Jingning saw that he was a little hesitant.

"Go and meet him. Ah Xi is innocent of the feud between you and His Majesty. And I can see that you care about Ah Xi."

Gu Yan was silent for a long time before he put away the Qingyin Curse in his hand and looked at Su Jingning: "Come with me."

Nanshan Bell Tower.

The bell tower is hidden on the mountainside, quiet and secluded. It was built in the previous dynasty. A huge bronze bell hangs in the center of the tower, facing the imperial capital. It is only rung during grand ceremonies every year.

In the side courtyard of the bell tower, Mu Xi sat cross-legged under the eaves, with many empty wine bottles piled around him.

She was leaning against the pillar, holding a glass of wine in her hand, but her face was very sober and she did not look drunk.

Qi Nanfeng was standing not far from her, watching over her. When he saw two people coming in from outside the yard, he went to greet them.

Gu Yan'an looked at the wine bottle at her feet with a slightly gloomy expression.

"I'll go take a look first."

Su Jingning frowned slightly, with worry in her voice, and walked towards her. She walked slowly, gently brushed away the wine bottle beside Mu Xi, and sat down.

He picked up a bottle of wine and looked at it, then said softly, "Drinking to drown your sorrows is not like your character."

Mu Xi glanced at her sideways, then saw the two people standing not far away.

When Mu Xi's eyes met Gu Yan'an, they paused for a moment, then quickly moved away. She gently sipped the wine in her hand, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and her voice was so faint that it was almost carried away by the wind: "Drinking to drown your sorrows? I just want to be quiet and sort out some things."

Su Jingning looked at Gu Yan'an standing under the pavilion in the distance, his eyes dimmed, and he explained softly:

"When you wrote to me and asked Ah Yan to come to the capital, he had already guessed that this was a trap set by His Majesty for the two of you. If you were not isolated and helpless in the capital, and his injuries were not healed, he would not have to go back to the capital. But you were in the capital, and he had a rift with His Majesty about the past, but he would not abandon you, so he had to go back to the capital."

Mu Xi's eyes trembled slightly as he looked at Su Jingning.

"You should know that there is a blood parasite in his body. The blood parasite has another name, the demon-attracting parasite. It attracts demons and attracts the most evil demons in the world. The blood parasite will lure and torture him every day in his body, misinterpret the sounds he hears as malicious, and constantly amplify them, driving him to become a demon and kill. Over the years, whenever the blood parasite attacks, he locks himself in an ice room, using the cold to keep himself awake. Even if he is not awake, he will hurt himself and will not hurt others."

"During the last battle in Yinzhou City, he had no choice but to force the blood parasite to activate. Since then, something went wrong with the blood parasite in his body. On the way back to Beijing, he had been suppressing his emotions and reciting the Qingyin Mantra to calm his mind. He had been hiding it from me, but I still noticed it."

"I have searched all the medical and poison books, but I still can't find a way to cure the poison. Do you know what will happen to him if this continues?"

Mu Xi listened to her soft description, his expression gradually becoming solemn and worried:

"What will happen?"

"You will gradually be controlled by the blood parasite, forget the past, forget your loved ones and friends, forget yourself, until you completely lose yourself and your humanity." Su Jingning's voice was slightly hoarse.

Mu Xi lowered his eyes and looked at the bluestone slab at his feet. He was silent for a long time, and then he looked at Su Jingning. His eyes were sincere but also a little relieved:

"Auntie, I should have called you that a long time ago. Thank you for letting me know these things today."

Mu Xi knew that her brother would never tell her about these things. She had always thought that her brother had disliked her since she was a child because of her father, the emperor, and her mother, the empress. So every time she went to see him happily and tried to please him carefully, he would always have a blank expression on his face, and it was hard to tell whether he liked her or not. He even ignored her. But she never gave up, and still cared about him secretly and liked to follow him.

Until the day before yesterday, she still thought that she was an insignificant person to her brother, so he would use her together with his father to get her out of the game without hesitation. But today, she learned that the truth was not what she thought, and the distress in her heart for the past few days was suddenly relieved.

"Brother's Gu, even my sister-in-law can't do anything about it?"

Su Jingning's expression paused, his dark eyes were calm, but the words he said seemed to be comforting himself:

"We'll find a way."

"I have said everything I need to say. Ah Xi, if you have anything else you want to ask or say, just tell him. If both of you are stubborn, this knot will never be resolved."

"I understand, sister-in-law." Mu Xi smiled, looked at Gu Yan'an, and her eyes regained their former brightness.

Su Jingning saw that the haze on her body had faded a lot, so he slowly exhaled, stood up with a gentle smile, and said to Mu Xi:

"By the way, don't mention to him that I know the blood parasite is out of control. If he wants to hide it, let him keep it a secret."

Mu Xi nodded, and Su Jingning walked out.

She walked closer to Gu Yan'an and whispered to him:

"I'll wait for you outside."

"it is good."

Gu Yan'an shook her hand, nodded, and walked towards Mu Xi.

Su Jingning exchanged a few words with Qi Nanfeng and then left the side courtyard. A huge bronze bell stood in the center of the bell tower, looking majestic and solemn.

Su Jingning looked up at the bronze bell quietly, but her eyes were a little absent-minded and her thoughts were wandering. No one knew what she was thinking about.

It wasn't until the person behind her called her twice that she came to her senses.

"Ningning? What's wrong with you?" After Gu Yan'an finished talking to Mu Xi, he went straight to find her. Seeing that she had not responded, he walked towards her and asked softly.

Su Jingning calmed down, stretched out his hand and held his arm: "It's okay, have you finished talking to Axi? How is she?"

"Yes, she went back to the city with Qi Nanfeng."

Su Jingning's dark eyes sparkled, and he smiled softly, "Really?! I'm finally back."

Seeing that she was in a good mood, Gu Yan'an chuckled with her, took her hand and walked down the mountain. His fingertips touched the strange vermilion bracelet on her wrist. His eyes dimmed for a moment, but he quickly concealed it.

That bracelet seemed very important to her. She always wore it with her as if it was her treasure and never took it off. He had asked her about it before, but she just looked at him and said with a smile that it was a gift from an important person. She never explained. But he could feel that sometimes when she stared at her bracelet in a daze, sadness would always appear in her eyes, and even the look she gave him was filled with inexplicable pity.

That look always gave him an illusion that she was looking through him and seeing another person. Whenever this happened, he would blame it all on the blood parasite, which gave him bad thoughts, and use it to convince himself.

His eyes grew darker and darker, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on her hand, squeezing her fingertips until they turned white.

"What's wrong?" Su Jingning whispered to him how to resolve the issue of the prince. Noticing something was wrong, he looked up at him.

Gu Yan'an came back to his senses, brought her closer to him, and said softly, "It's okay. It's getting late and the mountains are cold. Let's walk faster."

.......

Princess Xuyang returned to the court three days after she disappeared, and was granted the title of Princess Regent by Emperor Zhou to assist the country.

The first thing he did after returning to the court was to use his position as regent to deal with the officials who had colluded with the prince in rebellion with swift and ruthless means, cutting off the roots and uprooting the prince's lineage. Hua Wen and others who had colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country were imprisoned along with the Hua family and executed in the autumn.

The Emperor of Zhou personally gave the prince poisoned wine, and the prince died in the Tianlao. The injustice that had been concealed in the border town for several years finally came to an end.

Liu Xiang went to Emperor Zhou to plead guilty and was willing to sacrifice himself, but was stopped by Mu Xi, who pleaded for him. In consideration of Liu Xiang's hard work in the past, Emperor Zhou dismissed Liu Xiang and allowed him to retire. After this incident, all the officials in the court fully recognized Mu Xi's ability, and no one dared to look down on her because of her female body.

The King of Beiyang made great contributions in destroying the Yan army and later sent reinforcements to rescue the emperor, making great contributions. Your Majesty wanted to order a reward for him, but he refused. Instead, Your Majesty requested pensions and rewards for the Northern Frontier soldiers who died in this battle.

Since then, peace has finally returned to the capital.

Xuyang Palace.

The palace maids hurried into the central hall. Mu Xi lowered his head and fiddled with the magical flower from the Western Regions that Su Jingning had sent him.

"Your Highness, the child from the East Palace is dead."

Mu Xi paused and looked at the palace servant: "What's going on?"

"When the Crown Princess was pregnant, she came into contact with several medicinal herbs that were harmful to the fetus. She also died of dystocia during childbirth. The child was born weak, and it is difficult to keep him alive for three months." The palace servant replied in a low voice.

Mu Xi's expression was gloomy and filled with regret. Regarding the matter between her and the prince, although she had threatened the prince at first, the child was innocent and she had never thought of blaming him. It was a pity that the child was unlucky.

"Bury the child with them."

"Yes."