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

After Prince Beiyang got on the carriage, he curiously asked the Duke of Zhenguo:

"When did you recognize Mo Linyuan? Young Master Mo Linyuan has always been arrogant. Even the King of Nanyue suffered at his hands. Today, he is very respectful to you."

The Duke of Zhenguo glanced at him and did not answer his question, looking depressed. There was an indelible sadness between his usually sharp and resolute eyebrows.

"One year, only one year left."

Prince Beiyang was stunned for a moment, looking at the Duke of Zhenguo, with some emotions hidden in his eyes, which disappeared in a flash, and that nonchalant smile appeared on his lips again.

"One year is enough. It's enough for me to avenge A Yao. I won't lose anything, Su Bo."

The Duke of Zhenguo looked at him and opened his mouth but couldn't say a word. The death of the princess has been like a thorn in his heart for many years, how could he not understand.

.........

That day, Song Ci'an prescribed a new medicine for Su Jingning. Su Jingning's external injuries healed very quickly, and in just a few days, he showed signs of recovery.

Princess Xuyang held a spring banquet in the palace and invited noble ladies and gentlemen from the capital to attend the banquet. When she heard that Su Jingning was feeling better, she specially sent her phoenix chariot to the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion to pick up Su Jingning and bring him to the palace for the banquet.

Su Jingning had been ill for a long time and was not very interested in the Spring Banquet, but the princess's phoenix sedan had already arrived at the gate of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and the princess's nanny was sent to pick it up in person, so she had no choice but to change her clothes and enter the palace.

Princess Xuyang is the most beloved and cherished child in the world, and she is rarely in the capital. The noble ladies and gentlemen in the capital rarely have the opportunity to marry the princess. It is good for them to receive her invitation, talk to Princess Xuyang, and get married.

Moreover, today I heard that Princess Xuyang had invited the legendary Chinese medicine fairy, Song Ci'an, the young master of Mo Linyuan. The medical fairy Song Ci'an was outstanding and beautiful, famous in the four countries. He was a handsome man, and the young master of Mo Linyuan, so he had a noble and special status. Since hearing that he came to the imperial capital, all the noble ladies and gentlemen in the capital did not want to meet him.

When Su Jingning arrived at the palace gate, many noble ladies and gentlemen were already waiting at the gate, waiting for the palace ladies and guards to check the letter. Su Jingning was riding in Princess Xuyang's phoenix sedan chair, a distinguished guest of the princess, and was personally picked up by the princess's nanny. She was injured, and Princess Xuyang specifically told them to let Su Jingning enter the palace directly without delaying at the palace gate. Therefore, the people at the palace gate respectfully sent her in, without even getting off the sedan chair.

"Hey, isn't that Princess Xuyang's sedan chair? How come it came back from outside the palace?" A noble lady looked at the phoenix sedan chair that went straight into the palace and asked curiously to the people next to her.

The man looked at the phoenix sedan that had already entered the palace, and envy flashed in his eyes: "The one sitting inside is the future Crown Prince's Consort of Beiyang Palace, of course, we can't compare to her."

The noble lady was stunned for a while before she reacted, "She is the only legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion? Second Miss Su?"

The betrothal gift sent by Beiyang Palace to Zhenguogong Palace shocked the imperial capital. Now everyone knows that the sickly daughter of Zhenguogong Palace will be the only mistress of Beiyang Palace in the future.

Princess Xuyang's palace was not in the harem. When she was ten years old, Emperor Zhou built another palace for her next to the East Palace, named after the princess' title, Xuyang Palace. Its specifications were only slightly inferior to the East Palace. It is said that if it were not for the incompatibility of the ritual system, the scale of this Xuyang Palace would have exceeded that of the East Palace.

When Su Jingning arrived at Xuyang Palace, Mu Xi was already standing at the palace gate waiting for him. She was dressed in a vermilion palace dress, looking gorgeous and beautiful. She was eagerly waiting for Su Jingning, and when she saw the phoenix sedan chair approaching, she couldn't stop being happy.

After the sedan stopped, Mu Xi ran towards Su Jingning with a smile on her face. Princess Xuyang was young and intelligent, and grew up in this cannibalistic palace. She was always dignified and steady. The palace servants who had served her since she was a child rarely saw her lovely and charming side.

"Princess, slow down!" A group of palace maids behind her hurried to catch up with her.

"Jingning!"

Su Jingning helped the nanny slowly get off the carriage, and saw Mu Xi running towards her. A gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she bowed to Mu Xi.

"Meet Princess Xuyang."

Mu Xi quickly helped her up and said, "You are injured, don't worry about these empty formalities, just follow me in."

Mu Xi took Su Jingning's arm and entered Xuyang Palace. He talked to Su Jingning all the way. The palace servants followed them from a distance.

"Jingning, do you know the Medical Immortal Song Ci'an?"

Su Jingning raised his eyebrows slightly and said softly, "Yeah."

"He is my uncle-master. You have been weak since childhood and you were seriously injured this time. He has outstanding medical skills and is the direct disciple of Master Yuan. I asked him to take a look at you. Maybe he can cure your old illness." Mu Xi looked at her already weak body, which was now thinner, and sighed softly.

"You must take good care of your body."

Su Jingning heard that Mu Xi had also invited his senior brother to the palace today and thought that the emperor wanted to win over his senior brother. She didn't expect that Mu Xi had invited him for her. No wonder he sent a car out of the palace to pick her up early this morning.

Su Jingning's heart softened: "My body is like this, neither good nor bad, there won't be any big problems."

"Master uncle is a famous medical genius in the four countries. If he can really cure your illness, that would be good. But you can't think like that. You have to listen to me." Mu Xi frowned slightly and said to Su Jingning.

Su Jingning smiled at her with a doting look in his eyes: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

Mu Xi was satisfied this time. Smiling, he took Su Jingning to the garden to appreciate the flowers. The garden was filled with rare flowers and plants that Emperor Zhou had specially sent people to find for her from all over the world. They were extremely precious.

The protagonist of today's spring banquet is the rare flower that the Emperor of Zhou sent people to find from the Western Regions in his early years - the purple palm flower.

Legend has it that it was transformed from the Buddha's body when the Buddha of the Western Regions sat in meditation under the Bodhi tree. People in the northern Western Regions worship it as the Buddha's sacred flower. The flowers always bloom in pairs, and the flowers are like purple clouds filling the sky of the Nine Regions, shining with rosy clouds, and are very sacred under the sunlight.

This tree is the only one in the entire imperial capital, Xuyang Palace. It never bloomed in previous years, but this year it blossomed with two beauties, becoming the one-of-a-kind beauty in Xuyang Palace.

Su Jingning came early, and no one has arrived yet.

Mu Xi first pulled Su Jingning to the purple hibiscus flower. The flower was surrounded by an exquisitely crafted golden cage carefully built by the flower slave.

The flowers sparkle in the light.

"This is the sacred flower of the Western Regions, the Purple Dove Flower. It was my mother's favorite flower when she was alive. When I was little, she always told me how beautiful this flower was. Her eyes lit up whenever she talked about it. I never took it seriously. Later, when I grew up, I realized that my mother was from the Western Regions, and this flower bloomed all over the mountains and fields in her hometown."

"It's not that my mother loves this flower, she just misses her hometown. When I see this flower blooming, I seem to see my mother again."

Mu Xi looked at the flower and spoke softly, with a hint of melancholy between his brows.

Su Jingning thought of their late queen who had passed away early and was from the Western Regions. She was a saint from the Western Regions. It was said that she and Emperor Zhou had gone through a lot before they were together. Unfortunately, the late queen was not blessed, and she died a few years after His Majesty ascended the throne.

Su Jingning gently held Mu Xi's hand, looked at the purple chrysanthemum flower shining in the sun, and said softly: "The purple chrysanthemum flower is a sacred flower from the Western Regions. It has the meaning of protecting all living things. Now this flower is blooming in the Great Zhou where it would not bloom otherwise. It is the Queen who is protecting you and staying by your side all the time."

The depression in Mu Xi's eyes faded a little, and he gave Zitan Bharahua a bright smile: "Yes, my mother has always been protecting me."