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

That night, at Beiyang Palace.

Gu Yan'an stood in the study, holding a book in his hand, but thinking about what Su Jingning had said to him today, to pay attention to the people around his father and to protect his father's safety.

Did she want to remind herself that there were people with ulterior motives around her father? But how did she know? Gu Yan'an thought about it, then sat down, picked up a pen, and wrote a letter. He was currently tied up in his duties in the capital and could not return to the northern border, but since it was related to his father's safety, he could not be careless.

"Mo You."

"I'm here." Mo You pushed the door open and bowed to Gu Yan'an.

"Give this letter to Liu Feng, and have him go and personally deliver it to the Northern Frontier immediately. Don't let anyone else pass it through your hands and give it to your father. Also, tell him not to come back and to secretly protect your father."

"Yes." Mo You looked up at Gu Yan'an, took the letter but did not leave immediately. After hesitating for a while, he said:

"Master, tomorrow is the full moon. I have already notified everyone that no one is allowed to approach your yard in the next two days." Mo You's voice sounded a little worried.

"Got it. Send someone to ask for leave from the court on my behalf tomorrow. Go down now." Gu Yan'an replied casually while looking at the book in his hand, but his hand turned white from holding the book too tightly.

Mo You turned and left the study.

Gu Yan'an put down the book in his hand and looked down at his hands. His fingers were white and slender, with distinct joints. He just couldn't stop shaking. He slowly took off the white jade Buddhist beads from his wrist, held them for a long time, and then carefully put them into the dark sandalwood box.

He took off the Buddha beads from his wrist. Under his originally fair skin, his blood vessels were dark blue, which was not common on ordinary people. It was hideous and scary. But he covered it with his hand as if he didn't see it. He stood up and walked towards the nanmu bookshelf with various antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and lightly dimmed the relief on the left side of the bookshelf.

The bookshelf slowly moved to the right, revealing a secret door. After Gu Yan'an walked in, the secret door gently closed again.

Behind the secret door, the wall of the secret passage was inlaid with luminous pearls, illuminating the entire secret passage. Gu Yan'an walked to the end of the secret passage, which was a secret room.

The room was freezing cold, even the walls were covered with frost. The room was empty, with nothing in it. Gu Yan'an was wearing only a single layer of clothing, but he seemed to not feel the cold. He sat cross-legged in the middle of the room with a blank expression, meditating.

After an unknown amount of time, his forehead was already covered with fine beads of sweat, veins bulged at his temples, his eyes were bloodshot, and his hands were clenched into fists, as if he was enduring great pain.

The blood poison, Sala, devours people's minds and souls, and is the most evil poison in the world. As the person who is poisoned grows older, its toxicity becomes stronger day by day, until in the end, it completely destroys people's minds and souls, and makes people completely crazy.

When the poison attacks, the person who is poisoned feels like being in purgatory, suffering from the pain of burning all the internal organs, gnawing at the bones and burning the heart, but this is not the most terrible thing about the blood poison, which is also called the demon poison. The torture in the heart of the person who is poisoned is far greater than the physical suffering. The person who is poisoned suffers from nightmares all year round, which will magnify all the malice he feels, and he hates everything in the world, and even hates himself. It makes people evil and cruel, paranoid and terrifying, and gradually becomes an evil god, devil, and a heartless monster.

The day of the 15th day of the lunar month is the day when the blood parasite is most active. No matter how strong the mind of the person who is poisoned is, he will not be able to endure the torture of the blood parasite, will lose his mind, and become bloodthirsty and cruel. The extreme coldness of the ice room can suppress the blood parasite and prevent Gu Yan'an from completely losing his mind and hurting others.

Mo You was guarding the door of the ice room. Gu Yan'an had been in there for two days and was about to come out. Suddenly, the secret door was slowly opened, and Gu Yan'an walked out of the secret passage, bloodied and exhausted, as if he had been scratched by some evil beast. Mo You knew that there was no evil beast, he had scratched it himself in order to stay awake and not turn himself into a heartless, bloodthirsty and murderous monster.

"Master! How are you?"

"nothing."

Gu Yan'an supported Mo You and shook his head. After getting through this time, he could rest for three months.

Mo You frowned, helped Gu Yan'an change his bloody clothes, cleaned his wounds and put on clean clothes, then helped Gu Yan'an to the bed to rest. As his master grew older, the blood poisoning became more frequent, and now it would occur once every three months. If he didn't find a way to cure it, he was worried that his master would lose control and go completely crazy.

At the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, it was getting dark. Su Jingning had just come out of the old lady's Songhua Courtyard. His second uncle and the court took leave to recuperate. This morning, he took his second aunt, Ating and Xiaowan to Jiangnan. He said that he wanted to take his second aunt back to her parents' home in Ancheng under the pretext of recuperation. His second aunt had not been back for many years.

After sending them off, Su Jingning stayed at his grandmother's house until the evening.

"Miss, you're back. The fourth lady is waiting for you inside." Yun Ya said softly when she saw Su Jingning coming back.

"Shu'er? Why is she here?" Su Jingning asked as he walked into the warm room.

In the warm room, Su Luoshu sat by the stove, flipping through the military book in his hand out of boredom, and it was obvious that he was not reading it carefully.

"Shu'er? Why are you here?" Su Jingning smiled, took out a plate of soft pear cakes that he had just taken from his grandmother from his lunch box, placed it on the low table next to the stove, and then sat down.

"Second sister! You're back." Su Luoshu looked at Su Jingning with surprise in his eyes.

"Try this soft pear pastry that I got from my grandmother." Su Jingning pushed the plate of pastries towards Su Luoshu.

"Wow, I haven't eaten the soft pear cake made by Nanny Su for a long time. Thank you, second sister!" Su Luoshu's face was full of surprise. He took a piece and put it in his mouth.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?" Su Jingning looked at her with a smile.

Su Luoshu finished a piece of cake, clapped his hands, and laughed: "Second sister, have you received the birthday invitation from the third lady of the Jiang Mansion?"

Su Jingning received a lot of posts in the past few days, and she was not quite sure what they were, so she looked at Yun Ya.

"Miss, the third lady of the Jiang family did send an invitation the day before yesterday. I didn't have time to ask you, and she hasn't replied yet." Yun Ya replied softly.

"Second sister, third sister and Xiaowan have all gone to Ancheng. Please accompany me to the Jiang Mansion tomorrow." Su Luoshu said while holding Su Jingning's hand.

Su Jingning glanced at her with a smile. Normally, she would stay in the equipment room, drawing her blueprints and didn't want to go out at all. What happened today?

"Don't you usually hate going out? Why do you want to attend Miss Jiang San's birthday party?"

"Second sister, you don't know that Shen Zhiyi is going to hold a poetry tea party tomorrow. Most of the noble ladies in the capital will go to the Duke Qing's Mansion to attend her poetry tea party. No one went to Third Miss Jiang's birthday party. Third Miss Jiang is one of Shu'er's few friends, so I want Second Sister to accompany me to the Jiang Mansion to attract more people and make it more lively, so that it won't be too difficult for her." Su Luoshu explained. Third Miss Jiang is beautiful and a very nice person. Second Sister will definitely like her.

"Since you said so, second sister will definitely accompany you tomorrow!" Su Jingning looked at Su Luoshu and smiled dotingly.

"That's great! Thank you, second sister!" Su Luoshu immediately exclaimed happily.