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

The executioner soldiers escorted Su Jingning away.

Su Jingning asked: "How many boards have you hit?"

"Replying to the second young lady, it's been thirty-one strokes." The soldier replied with his head down.

"Well, save her life. Don't let her die in the Su Mansion and make it dirty." Su Jingning's voice became colder.

The palace soldier was a smart man and immediately understood that their second young lady had always been gentle and kind.

"Yes, don't worry, Miss."

Su Jingning ignored him and just spoke softly to Yun Ya who was behind him.

"Yun Ya, let's go back, it's too cold outside!"

"Okay, miss." Yun Ya opened the umbrella and shielded Su Jingning from the wind and snow.

When he returned to his warm room, he saw Yue Xun who had been waiting in the room for a long time.

"Miss Yue is here?" Yun Ya slowly bowed to the girl in the purple dress in the room.

"Yun Ya, go out and don't let anyone disturb you." Su Jingning handed the fox fur coat to Yun Ya and told her. Then he and Yue Xun went into the inner room.

Yue Xun was a little beggar she rescued on the roadside when she was sick as a child and was recuperating at her maternal grandparents' home in Jiangnan. At that time, Yue Xun was almost beaten to death by someone for a steamed bun, and she happened to pass by and saved her. After that, Yue Xun followed her every day and depended on her. She had no choice but to keep Yue Xun by her side.

Later, she found that Yue Xun was very talented in accounting and business, so she found a teacher to teach her how to read and write, and gave her 50,000 taels of silver notes, asking her to try to do some business. Unexpectedly, this test produced the richest woman in Jiangnan. Now, except Yun Ya and Yun Qing, no one in the mansion knew the relationship between Yue Xun and herself.

In his previous life, the reason why Mu Ling was able to successfully ascend to the throne was inseparable from Yue Xun’s accumulation of gold and silver.

"Miss, how come you have lost so much weight in just a few months? I heard that you had a cold again, so I brought a lot of famous medicine from Jiangnan. I put it in Fengting Tower. Remember to have someone pick it up." Yue Xun is a typical Jiangnan girl, with graceful features and a soft voice. Seeing that Su Jingning had lost a lot of weight, she was very worried.

"I see. I called you here this time because I want to discuss something with you." Su Jingning poured a cup of warm tea and handed it to Yue Xun.

"Miss, if Yue Xun can do it, he will complete it for you at all costs." Yue Xun put down the teacup in his hand with a serious look.

"I want to know if we can open Fengting Towers all over the Great Zhou within two years, or even to the four border countries of the Great Zhou." Su Jingning looked at Yue Xun, with ambition in his eyes not concealed at all.

Yue Xun was shocked. Is Miss going to...

"I want to build a pavilion that can see the world." Su Jingning said in a deep voice what Yue Xun was thinking.

"Fengtinglou has been doing good business in recent years. More than half of the industries in Jiangnan are under the name of Fengtinglou. Back then, the young lady was afraid that being exposed would bring trouble to the Su family, so she kept me in Jiangnan. But Jiangnan is wealthy, and the savings accumulated over the years are enough to open a Fengtinglou in various towns and cities in Dazhou within half a year. As for the other four countries, except for the Nanyue Kingdom in the southern border, which will have faster business dealings with Fengtinglou, it will take about a year. As for the other three countries, I cannot guarantee that I can do it within two years." Yue Xun replied slowly. He was already seriously thinking about how to open buildings in various places, and he was just about to take out the abacus.

"Don't be too hasty. Expand slowly and don't arouse suspicion. It will be fine as long as you can control the intelligence of the Great Zhou within two years. Especially the border and the imperial capital. If there is not enough money or any other problems, send someone to notify me at any time." Su Jingning pondered for a long time before giving the order.

"Yes, Yue Xun will definitely be able to build a Fengting Tower for the young lady." Yue Xun looked expectant and excited.

Su Jingning found it funny. This girl didn't even ask him why he wanted to build an intelligence network, but was already rubbing her hands in anticipation of doing it.

"Why don't you ask me why I want to build an intelligence network?" Su Jingning asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Young lady has her own uses. Yue Xun just needs to do good things for you and share your worries." Yue Xun lowered her head and replied.

Su Jingning felt warm in her heart as she looked at the silly girl who was still alive and well. In the previous life, Yue Xun was stabbed to death while trying to save her. In this life, she would protect her well and let her earn money for her for the rest of her life.

"Okay, remember to be careful and put your own safety first." She reminded him softly.

"Got it, miss."

"I'm a little tired, you can leave first." She closed her eyes and waved to Yue Xun.

Yue Xun put on a black cloak, saluted her, and then climbed out of the window and disappeared in an instant. Su Jingning was not worried that she would be discovered, because Yue Xun was very good at calculating and her Qinggong was top-notch. The guards of the Su Mansion were almost no match for her.

She had to keep all the information circulating in the world in her hands, so that she could be on guard against the overt and covert attacks from all sides against the Su family at any time, and protect the Su family from being reduced to pawns to be manipulated by anyone in the gloomy court.

"Miss, it's time to take your medicine." Yun Qing walked in holding the black medicine.

"Leave it there, I'll drink it myself later." Su Jingning got a headache when he saw the medicine.

"No, Madam told me to watch you finish drinking it. This medicine is a bit bitter, but this prescription was specially prepared by the Second Madam at the request of a famous doctor from Jiangnan. It will work wonders for your cold. Miss, if you insist on drinking it for another half a year, maybe your cold will be cured." Yun Qing advised earnestly. The young lady was good in everything except taking medicine.

"I know, I know, I'll drink it right away." Su Jingning knew that this girl would keep nagging, and he was too lazy to listen, so he took the bowl and gulped down the medicine. The bitterness made his tongue astringent.

Yun Qing hurriedly handed Su Jingning a candied date to help her change the bitter taste in her mouth.

Only by holding a candied date in my mouth did I get rid of the bitterness.

"Yunqing, I'm tired. I want to take a nap." I got up too early this morning and I feel very sleepy now.

"Then I will help the young lady to sleep for a while."

Su Jingning slept until it was time for dinner.

Su Jingning slept for the whole afternoon and felt groggy, so he got dressed and wanted to go to the yard to clear his head.

As soon as she went out, she saw a few girls peeking in front of her gate.

"Second sister" and several others were discovered and shouted at the same time.

Su Jingning curved his eyebrows and said softly, "Come in quickly. It's so cold, what are you doing in the snow? I'm worried that you'll get cold."

"Come and sit down. It's so cold. Come and warm yourself up." Su Jingning asked them to sit next to his heater, and then he sat down himself.

Su Jingning looked at the three girls and felt a little pain in her heart. These were her blood sisters, but in her previous life, she had hurt them so deeply for two outsiders.

The Su family has only five daughters, and she also has a concubine's sister, the eldest daughter of the Su family, Su Luojing. Her sister treated her very well since she was a child, but she married Pei Qingxiao, the second son of Chengyang Marquis two years ago. Pei Qingxiao was young and promising, and now he was sent to be an official in Qizhou, the southern border. Her sister followed him and could only go home at the end of the year every year.

These are the two daughters of my second uncle, the fourth daughter of the Su family, Su Luoting, and the sixth daughter of the Su family, Su Luowan. And the fifth daughter of my third uncle, Su Luoshu.

The Su family has always attached great importance to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. The status of concubines in the Su family is lower than that of servants, so the children born to illegitimate children in the Su family can only be raised by their legitimate mother. As a result, the Su family has always had a clean family lintel and a peaceful home, and has never had any disputes.

The Su family has been a military family for hundreds of years and are the pillars of the country. Therefore, all the children of the Su family have to learn military books and martial arts, and the ways of deploying troops. The brothers and sisters have practiced martial arts and studied together since they were young and have a very good relationship.

"What are you doing peeking at the door?" Su Jingning said softly.

"Second sister, I heard what happened today from mother. I wanted to come and see you, but I was afraid of disturbing your rest." Su Luoting was dressed in a smoky green brocade jacket and skirt. She had a pretty face and a gentle temperament. She was raised by her second aunt and was well-mannered.

"Second sister, you're getting better now. We wanted to come and see you these days, but mother kept stopping us, saying that we were too noisy and would disturb your recovery. We sneaked out today." The youngest, Su Luowan, had neatly combed her hair into her hair, and wore a light pink brocade peach blossom jacket and skirt. She had a red bone whip on her waist, and her little face was round, looking mischievous.

"This girl, when she heard that it was Chen Ruofu who caused her second sister to fall into the water, was so angry that she took her red bone whip and wanted to avenge her second sister. It was difficult to stop her. Second aunt punished her to copy books, but she sneaked out." Su Luoshu, who was as big as Su Luoting and wore a goose yellow velvet skirt, with bright eyebrows, looked at her little sister and shook her head and smiled.

"Really? Wan'er made Second Aunt angry again?" Su Jingning looked at Su Luowan lovingly. She was the youngest girl in the Su family. Although she was born out of wedlock, Second Aunt had given birth to three sons in a row and no daughter of her own, so she treated the two daughters of wedlock as her own and taught them carefully. But this little girl had been spoiled by her brothers and sisters since she was young, and her lively personality really gave Second Aunt a headache.

"No, I just wanted to avenge my second sister. Chen Ruofu turned against me and hurt my second sister. It's a pity that I called her the third sister for so many years!" Su Luowan's eyes were filled with resentment. She never liked the delicate and artificial third sister, who did not have the military spirit of her Su family at all.

"You! No wonder Second Aunt is angry. Although Chen Ruofu hurt me, my father expelled her from the Su family, and my mother punished her with seventy lashes. These are enough for her to bear. From now on, she is an outsider. Why do you have to be angry with an outsider?" Su Jingning stretched out his hand and touched Su Luowan's forehead, and said softly to comfort her.

"It seems so. What second sister said makes sense. It was Wan'er who misunderstood. However, if mother finds out that I sneaked out instead of copying books in my room, she will definitely punish me. Second sister, I want to sleep with you tonight. You have to save me." Su Luowan hugged Su Jingning's arm and said coquettishly, looking playful and cute.

"No, my second sister has not been in good health, and now she has a cold again. Don't even think about it. Just come back with me obediently later." Su Luoting frowned slightly, looked at her sister seriously and threatened.

Su Luowan has always been afraid of her sister. She trembled, held Su Jingning's hand tighter, and hid behind Su Jingning.

"I do not!"

"Su Luowan!" Su Luoting became even angrier.

"Hahahaha, come on, why are you two sisters still quarreling like you did when you were little?" Su Jingning pulled her out from behind him and spoke softly to Su Luowan.

"Second Aunt is so kind, how could she bear to punish you? She just wanted you to read more books and write more."

"I don't want to spend the whole day reading, writing, playing the piano and dancing. My Su family is full of talented generals, and my brothers and sisters all have special skills. I also want to practice the Red Bone Whip well, because in the future I will have to go into the battlefield to kill the enemies and become an invincible female general." Su Luowan pouted and said dissatisfiedly.

Su Jingning, Su Luoshu and others looked at her with amusement and were unable to refute her for a moment.

Su Jingning looked at her and thought of her past life. Wan'er really went to the northern border, wielding her red bone whip, Xiaoyong was invincible, and became the little general of the Su family. But later, a traitor was born in the Su family army, and her father and brothers died in the battle. It was she who risked her life to bring the military token out of the northern border and handed it to herself. She was only seventeen years old when she died. She should have been a brilliant and dazzling age, but she died on that barren land.

She was right. The Su family was full of talented generals and had never produced a useless one in the past hundred years. In their generation, the six sons of the Su family all went into battle at the age of ten. They were all young heroes who guarded the Great Zhou.

The girls of the Su family were also proficient in both civil and military affairs since childhood, and were proficient in military tactics and formations. The fourth sister was a genius in formations. The Su family formation manual that Mu Ling had been searching for in his previous life was just a random formation compiled by the fourth sister out of boredom. The fifth sister was very sensitive to weapons and equipment. After she improved the bows and crossbows used by the Su family's armored army, they could shoot through the air from a hundred steps away, making the Su family's armored black crossbows famous in the northern border.

But in her previous life, these brilliant sisters of hers all died tragically because of Mu Ling's order that the Su family was guilty of treason and the entire family should be killed.

In this life, she wants to protect her younger sisters so that they will be carefree and happily do what they like.

The sisters had dinner together in Su Jingning's warm room, and happily talked about their private matters for a long time before returning home.

The next morning, the snow stopped and the sun came out.

Su Jingning was having breakfast when Yun Ya hurried in.

"Miss, Chen Ruofu is not dead. She was just beaten to a bloody mess. She was seriously injured and is unconscious."

Su Jingning paused and asked.

"How are Dad and Mom?"

"After the Madam found out, she had someone send her to a farm in the suburbs and told her to leave as soon as she woke up. The Madam said she didn't want to see Chen Ruofu again."

"The master and Uncle Xu announced this morning that the adopted daughter of the Su family, Su Ruofu, disregarded the Su family's ten years of raising her and murdered her elder sister, repaying kindness with hatred. Therefore, from today on, she will drop her surname Su and change back to her real name Chen Ruofu. From now on, she will have no connection with the Su family anymore."

"Most of the noble families in the capital know that the master and his wife adopted Chen Ruofu. Everyone knows how the Su family treated her over the years. Now people outside despise Chen Ruofu as a venomous snake who repays kindness with enmity. Even if she wants to stay in the capital, I'm afraid she won't be able to survive." Yun Ya said softly.

"Okay, got it. Keep an eye on the people in the mansion these days. If anyone shows any unusual movements, don't show mercy and give the mansion to them." Su Jingning put down the dishes in his hands and wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief.

"You go out, I'll be alone for a while." Su Jingning's voice was light and shallow.

"Yes." Yun Ya glanced at Su Jingning. The lady seemed to be in a bad mood.

Su Jingning sat alone on the couch by the window, the cold wind blowing in, chilling her bones. Su Jingning held the teacup in his hand, his fingertips turning white.

Chen Ruofu cannot die yet. She wants Chen Ruofu and Mu Ling to live a life worse than death. She wants them to watch helplessly as the things they care about and cherish are destroyed bit by bit by her. She wants them to feel the pain that corrodes their bones and burns their skin. She wants them to go to hell together and never be reborn!

In her previous life, she would not let anyone who harmed the Su family go. Even if she had to use despicable means, even if she had to become someone she hated and despised in her previous life! She would not hesitate!