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

Su Jingning turned and left the execution ground. The sky was gloomy and suffocating. It was very cold and it seemed like it was going to rain. There were fewer pedestrians on the street than usual, and they all rushed home.

Before she had taken a few steps, raindrops began to fall. Su Jingning still walked with her head down. The raindrops hit her body and soon soaked into her dark blue cloak. It was a bone-chilling cold, but Su Jingning walked forward aimlessly as if she didn't feel it. After all, she, Su Jingning, had become the person she hated the most in her previous life.

Suddenly, she stopped. Did the rain stop? She looked up and saw someone holding a light yellow oil-paper umbrella for her.

Su Jingning turned his head and looked at the man holding the umbrella. The man was wearing a gray-blue cloak, with his black hair tied up high. He was meticulous, cool and noble. His eyebrows were sharp, and the red teardrop mole at the corner of his eye made him look soft and stunning. He was so handsome that Su Jingning was amazed every time she saw him.

"Gu Yan'an." She called him softly, her voice soft and shallow.

Gu Yan'an lowered his eyes and looked at the girl whose nose was red from the cold. The girl's eyes were a little red, and there was a kind of loneliness in her eyes that was hard to see, which made people feel distressed.

"Why don't you have an umbrella?"

"Oh, I forgot." The girl shrugged.

"Gu Yan'an, let me treat you to tea. I haven't thanked you for helping me last time." Su Jingning smiled at Gu Yan'an with her curved eyes, which was touching. She didn't want to go home and wanted to find a place where no one knew her to stay for a while.

"it is good."

Gu Yanan felt that something was wrong with her mood. She seemed to be suppressing her emotions, but she had nowhere to vent them. He followed her all the way from the execution ground to here. She was always alert, but she didn't notice it even though he had been following her for so long. If it wasn't for the rain and she didn't hold an umbrella, he wouldn't have disturbed her because he was worried that she would catch a cold.

Su Jingning walked beside him with her head down. Gu Yan'an held an umbrella with the umbrella tilted towards Su Jingning to protect her tightly. Neither of them spoke, and they walked quietly towards the teahouse.

The teahouse was in a secluded alley, owned by an old couple. It was quiet and peaceful, with a comfortable environment and few people. Su Jingning sat opposite Gu Yan'an, lowering her head and quietly brewing tea. She was pretty, with delicate and bright features when she smiled, and as cold and distant as a dark orchid when she didn't smile.

Su Jingning was taught the tea ceremony by her master, who loved drinking tea. However, her fellow brothers and sisters did not have any talent for the tea ceremony and did not like drinking tea, so the master taught her all his tea ceremony skills. The master also loved drinking the tea she brewed the most.

Gu Yan'an looked at Su Jingning, whose movements were gentle and graceful, with her hair on her temples gently lifted by the breeze. Gu Yan'an suddenly selfishly hoped that she could make tea just for him.

"Try it. Although this tea is not very good, the tea I brew is rare in the world." Su Jingning handed Gu Yan'an a cup of tea. Her fair and slender little hands held the white porcelain teacup, which was exquisite and beautiful.

Gu Yan'an smiled and took the tea from her. The tea was in a jade-white porcelain cup with a tender green color and a faint fragrance in the blue night. He took a sip and it was full of rock flavor, leaving a lingering fragrance on his teeth and cheeks, fresh and distant.

"It is indeed rare in the world." Gu Yan'an's voice is low and gentle.

Su Jingning smiled and poured him another glass of wine. Gu Yanan looked at her. She was smiling, but he seemed to see the inexplicable sadness in her eyes. But he didn't ask, he just accompanied her quietly.

Su Jingning said that she wanted to thank Gu Yan'an for saving her last time, but after she poured tea for Gu Yan'an, she just sat there quietly, staring out the window in a daze, not saying a word. She didn't know why, but there was always a kind of temperament in Gu Yan'an that could calm her down, and staying by his side would make her feel peaceful.

"Gu Yan'an, how were you when you were a kid?" Su Jingning suddenly turned around and looked at Gu Yan'an and asked. Gu Yan'an was still so reserved and noble at this moment. Although he was proud, he was still a spirited young general.

She couldn't figure out why Gu Yan'an in his previous life would become such a bloodthirsty killer. Thinking of how he looked when she saved him, she still didn't know why the prince of Beiyang would be tortured to such an extent.

Gu Yanan didn't expect her to ask him this suddenly. He thought she wouldn't talk about her childhood again. Her eyes were filled with concern for him.

"Very good." Gu Yan'an replied in a hoarse voice.

Su Jingning frowned. Pretty good? Then why did he suddenly change his character in his previous life and become the King of Beiyang, who was violent, cruel, bloodthirsty, and feared by all forces?

Prince of Beiyang! Gu Yan'an was the Prince of Beiyang at that time! Not the Prince of Beiyang's son! The old prince seemed to have passed away in June of the seventeenth year of Long'an. The old prince died suddenly. Some people said that he died of illness, while others said that he was assassinated or poisoned, but no one knew the real cause of death of the old prince.

But after Gu Yan'an inherited the throne of Beiyang, he seemed to have become a different person, cold and ruthless, bloodthirsty, and violent. He was in charge of 500,000 troops in the northern border. When Emperor Zhou was critically ill, he issued an incomprehensible imperial decree to appoint him as regent.

Everyone thought he would be disloyal, even Mu Ling and herself were on guard against him, but Gu Yan'an did not even set foot outside the Northern Frontier after receiving the imperial edict, and did not even return to the Imperial Capital to mourn when Emperor Zhou died. It was not until she later gave him the Su family's military token and formation and asked him to fulfill his childhood promise to kill Mu Ling and Chen Ruofu for her that he left the Northern Frontier.

So, the reason why he changed so much was because of the death of the old prince? It was January now, which meant that the old prince died five months later. If he had saved the old prince, would he have remained a young general who was noble and flamboyant like he is now? Flamboyant and arrogant, but very dazzling.

"Is the old prince in good health?" Su Jingning asked with a serious look.

This time, Gu Yan'an failed to keep up with her change of thought. She jumped too fast and he was stunned for a moment.

Su Jingning suddenly realized that her question was too direct, and he smiled awkwardly and added, "I'm just asking casually."

"My father is in good health." Gu Yan'an was a little surprised, but still told the truth.

In good health? How could he suddenly die of illness? How could ordinary assassins get close to him in a place as well-defended as Beiyang Prince's Mansion? How did the Beiyang Prince die?

"Gu Yan'an, do you believe me?" Su Jingning looked at Gu Yan'an with a firm expression. Gu Yan'an is doing well now, and she doesn't want him to become like he was in his previous life.

Gu Yanan looked at her carefully, with a smile in his eyes and a soft voice:

"I believe."

In this world, I don't trust anyone except you.

His answer was too straightforward and too firm. Su Jingning looked at his eyes and suddenly felt panicky.

"From now on, pay attention to everyone around the old prince, especially those who are close to the old prince. Send more people you trust to the old prince to protect him." Su Jingning said seriously.

"Why?" Gu Yan'an looked a little serious after hearing this. She would not tell him these for no reason.

Su Jingning was silent for a moment. She couldn't explain it to him clearly. But was there any other way to remind him better?

"I can't explain it to you, but I just want to help you." Su Jingning was a little embarrassed. He lowered his head and didn't know how to talk to Gu Yan'an.

Gu Yanan looked at her in silence for a long time. She didn't want to say anything, and she seemed to have many more secrets. But when he heard that she wanted to help him, he had no way to make her say anything she didn't want to say.

"I understand. I will pay attention. Thank you." Gu Yan'an looked at the girl who had kept her head down, smiled, and spoke softly.

Su Jingning immediately raised his head, his almond-shaped eyes smiling, hoping that this time, he could always be the noble and proud young man he is now.