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

Gu Yan'an ignored Shen Zhiyi who was crying uncontrollably behind him, and left the Jiang family garden with big strides.

As soon as he turned around the Jiang family corridor, he saw Su Jingning coming towards him, and then he slowed down his pace.

"Why are you here?" Gu Yan'an's cold expression softened a lot.

"I just accidentally dropped my hairpin in the pavilion over there, so I came over to look for it." Su Jingning raised the white jade hairpin in his hand.

She took another half step closer to Gu Yan'an, and indeed smelled a very faint scent of medicine on him. She then looked at Gu Yan'an's slightly pale lips and the thin bloodshot in his eyes.

"How did you get hurt? But someone is chasing you?"

Su Jingning looked at Gu Yan'an, his almond-shaped eyes were slightly cold, his face was tense, and his expression was serious.

Gu Yan'an's heart trembled. She saw through it. He concealed it very well. Even Jiang Hechuan didn't see it. How did she find out?

Seeing that he hadn't said anything, Su Jingning suddenly reached out and placed his hand on his wrist.

Although he knew she wouldn't find out anything, Gu Yan'an was still a little panicked.

"Why, you're worried about me."

Gu Yan'an gently avoided the girl's slightly cold fingertips, looked at her wicked smile, and spoke in a low and charming voice.

Su Jingning's outstretched hand trembled, but his cold and calm expression did not change. Instead, he grasped Gu Yan'an's fair wrist.

"do not move."

Gu Yan'an did not struggle this time. He obediently let her feel his pulse. He lowered his eyes to look at her slightly furrowed brows with a smile in his eyes.

Su Jingning's face turned slightly cold, and after a while, he let go of Gu Yan'an's hand.

His pulse was normal, and was even stronger than that of an ordinary person. He was very healthy.

"I don't want to personally rescue someone who doesn't live as long as I do."

Su Jingning looked at him, her bright and beautiful face filled with a confident and proud smile, trying to ease her embarrassment.

Gu Yan'an secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looked at her and smiled, his expression gentle and doting.

"For your life-saving grace, I will definitely live longer."

"It's just a minor injury, don't worry."

The smile on Su Jingning's face paused, the tips of his ears suddenly turned red, and he said unnaturally:

"Who is worried about you?"

Gu Yan'an looked at her and saw that she was feeling uncomfortable, and the smile on his face became more obvious.

Neither of them noticed Shen Zhiyi standing under a tree in the distance.

Shen Zhiyi looked at Gu Yan'an and Su Jingning in the corridor, clenched his fists tightly, his eyes full of hatred.

Why? She had liked Gu Yan'an for three years, and her heart and eyes were filled with Gu Yan'an, but he rejected her mercilessly without even listening to her finish her words, making her so embarrassed.

But Su Jingning could shake his hand so shamelessly in public, and not only did he not refuse, he also smiled so happily.

It was Su Jingning again! She was a sickly girl from a military family who didn't know how long she could live. How could he be inferior to her?

She is the niece of the most favored Concubine Shu, and the cousin of His Royal Highness Prince Chen. Who is she, Su Jingning?

Mu Xi, Su Luoshu and others waited in the flower room of Jiang Mansion for a long time, but Su Jingning did not come back. Around noon, Madam Jiang sent someone to tell them that the banquet was about to start and asked them to move to the banquet hall. So they prepared to go back to the banquet hall of Jiang Mansion first.

They happened to run into Su Jingning and Gu Yan'an who were walking towards them. The two walked side by side. The man was tall and handsome, with a noble aura, and the girl was delicate and gentle, with a cool temperament. They were like a pair of people walking out of a painting.

Mu Xi looked at Gu Yan'an, who had a gentle smile on his face and was staring at the girl beside him with a relaxed look on his face. She felt strange because she rarely saw Gu Yan'an so relaxed. For some reason, she always felt that there was some indescribable warmth in the way Gu Yan'an looked at Jing Ning.

"Jingning, have you found the hairpin?" She spoke and walked towards Su Jingning.

"Princess! I found it. It fell in the pavilion." Su Jingning held up the jade hairpin and shook it towards Mu Xi. Her eyes were curved with a smile, and she looked very cute.

"That's good. How did you meet Yan'an?" Mu Xi walked to Su Jingning and asked Gu Yan'an.

"We met in the corridor." Gu Yan'an said in a deep voice.

"Since we have met, Princess, Master Gu, and Miss Su, let's go to the banquet hall together. The banquet is about to start." Jiang Heling took Su Luoshu and said to them.

The banquet hall at Jiang Mansion was already full of guests when they arrived.

Shen Zhiyi's eyes were slightly red. She sat in the seat of noble ladies who were well-matched with the public buses of Qing State, looking at Su Jingning who was sitting with Princess Xuyang. The hatred in her eyes could not be concealed. Su Jingning, wait a minute, I will make you show your true face in front of Master Gu and Princess Xuyang, your hypocrisy.

The banquet held at the Jiang Mansion was no different from any other banquet held in the capital. After lunch, there was nothing more than some poetry reciting and painting by the ladies and gentlemen. There was nothing new.

Su Jingning had no intention of participating, so he just watched from the side while basking in the sun. Mu Xi stood beside her and looked at the girl who was basking in the sun with a comfortable expression. After a moment of hesitation, he asked:

"Jingning, did you know Gu Yan'an before? Or did Gu Yan'an recognize you?"

Su Jingning turned to look at Mu Xi, who was half a head taller than him and had a noble temperament in his bones. He recalled that in his previous life, after Gu Yan'an inherited the throne, Beijiang was like a city made of copper walls and iron walls. At that time, he was bloodthirsty, cruel, suspicious and violent. Many ministers who offended Beiyang Palace were killed by him openly or secretly. Beiyang Palace was even more closed to foreign flies, but Princess Xuyang could come and go as she pleased. I think she is special to Gu Yan'an.

"Why do you ask that, Princess?"

Su Jingning did not answer her question, but just turned his head to look at Gu Yan'an who was with Jiang Hechuan and Qi Nanfeng in the distance and asked.

Mu Xi also looked in her direction, looking somewhat melancholy:

"Nothing, I just feel like the way he looks at you is like someone you've known for many years. And when you're not smiling, your temperament is very similar to his."

Because they have similar temperaments, she fell in love with Su Jingning at first sight.

After hearing her words, Su Jingning looked down at himself, and for a long time he couldn't find any resemblance between himself and Gu Yan'an.

Does this princess like Gu Yan'an? She hurriedly explained:

"Princess, please don't misunderstand me. I have nothing to do with Master Gu."

Mu Xi looked at Su Jingning, who looked a little nervous, and immediately realized that she had misunderstood that he liked Gu Yan'an. He moved closer to her and softened his voice.

"Oh, you misunderstood. I just think you and him look like a good match. I rarely see him look so relaxed, and there is always a smile in his eyes when he looks at you."

"This is not a joke, Princess, please stop joking."

Su Jingning suddenly woke up. It seemed that she and Gu Yan'an had been seeing each other too frequently recently. If Gu Yan'an really had feelings for her, what should she do?

Mu Xi looked at the dazed Su Jingning, and sized her up and down. The more he looked, the more he felt that only a woman as stunning and gentle as Jingning was worthy of the cold and arrogant Gu Yan'an.

It was just that Jing Ning was not in good health. She heard that the ladies in the Zhenguo Mansion were all good at both civil and military affairs, but when she held Jing Ning's hand today, she found that she did not look like a martial artist. She could not detect any internal force in her body. She thought it was because her body was not suitable for martial arts.

But it doesn't matter, Gu Yan'an is so powerful that he can definitely protect her.

It was almost evening when the banquet at Jiang's house ended. When leaving, Mu Xi's eyes kept lingering on Su Jingning and Gu Yan'an, and he even asked them to meet at Qi's house tomorrow. There was a hint of matchmaking in his eyes.

Su Jingning agreed helplessly. She used to think that Princess Xuyang was a cold, dignified princess, a free-spirited woman, but today she discovered that she had such a lovely side, lively and talkative, and liked matchmaking.