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

"So what!" Liu Xiang looked at Su Jingning with deep hatred in his eyes.

Su Jingning looked at her coldly, and a chill suddenly rose from her body. Even Mu Xi, who was standing beside her, could feel the coldness from her.

"Jingning, do you know her brother?" Mu Xi asked puzzledly.

"I don't know him." Su Jingning said coldly.

However, Liu Xiang seemed to be stimulated. She suddenly struggled to break free from the guards who were holding her and rushed towards Su Jingning desperately.

"I don't recognize you, hahahaha, is this how your Su family is! My brother died, he died trying to save Su Jingchen! But why don't you recognize him! Why is Su Jingchen a major general who is famous among the six armies, but my brother's name can't even be mentioned in the news of victory when returning to the capital! Why is my family broken up, but your Su family is so happy! Doesn't Su Jingchen treasure you as his sister the most? I want you to die, so that Su Jingchen can also have a taste of what it feels like to lose a loved one! I want the Su family to also have a taste of what it feels like to have their family broken up!"

"If Su Jingchen hadn't been so fond of victory, how could my brother have died tragically on the battlefield! Su Jingchen must have died a horrible death!" Everyone was looking at Liu Xiang who was like crazy, some were frightened, and listened to what she said with surprised expressions. Didn't General Liu's only son die in the battlefield a few years ago? What secret was there between this and the Prince of Zhenguo?

Everyone looked at Su Jingning, trying to read something from her face, but the result disappointed everyone. The woman in a plain blue brocade dress stood in the middle of the crowd, her expression becoming more and more stern. Her almond eyes looking at Liu Xiang were dark and bottomless.

"Heh." She sneered at Liu Xiang who was still struggling desperately, and slowly approached her.

"Liu Xiao saved my brother? Oh? Who told you that Liu Xiao died because he saved my brother?" Su Jingning glared at her, his eyes no longer as clear and peaceful as before, and his voice was full of sarcasm.

Liu Xiang paused and looked at Su Jingning. She was a little flustered when she saw the people around her looking at them. She was the first to speak out, "What do you want to say? Do you want to defend Su Jingchen? Just say it! I believe that justice is in the hearts of the people. One day, someone will expose the hypocritical true face of your Su family!"

Su Jingning looked at her with a smile on his face, but the smile was not reflected in his eyes:

"You really don't give General Wuwei any face, and you don't think about your general's mansion. You are so reckless, impulsive, and self-righteous. You really deserve to be Liu Xiao's sister."

Su Jingning paused for a moment, then continued, "Today you are the one who broke the window paper that protected your brother, you can't blame anyone else."

"Do you know why Liu Xiao died in Luoyan Valley in the northern border that year? He disobeyed military orders and led a team of troops without authorization to pursue the Beiyan invaders, and fell into an ambush set by Beiyan in Luoyan Valley! He is the only son of General Wuwei, and the general placed him in the northern border army for training. My eldest brother couldn't let him get into trouble in the northern border army. So when my eldest brother learned that Liu Xiao disobeyed military orders and sent troops without authorization, he still rushed into Luoyan Valley to save him regardless of the danger."

"My eldest brother was trapped in Luoyan Valley by the Northern Yan army for five days. He was covered in wounds and almost died in Luoyan Valley. Just because of Liu Xiao, thousands of soldiers of the Great Zhou were harmed. How can your brother be included in the military newspaper! On what basis can he be included in the military newspaper where all the heroes of the Great Zhou are! Your family is destroyed! Which of the thousands of soldiers who died in the northern border because of Liu Xiao did not lose their families!"

After listening to what Su Jingning said, Liu Xiang was filled with anger, his eyes were red, and he looked like a madman: "Bah! You are lying! You are confusing right and wrong! It was obviously my brother who saved Su Jingchen! If it is true as you said, why didn't anyone punish my brother!"

"That's because your majesty is merciful. General Wuwei has been loyal and brave for the Great Zhou all his life and has saved countless people. His reputation cannot be ruined by a useless son! It is because your majesty pities the Liu family and General Wuwei that he does not punish Liu Xiao! But now it's all ruined in your hands!" Su Jingning said sternly.

"No, it's impossible, you're talking nonsense! My brother wouldn't do such a thing! You're a girl who has never been to the battlefield, how do you know what happened back then! You want to make amends for Su Jingchen, right? You Su family are all such ungrateful people!" Liu Xiang's face was full of anger, but there was a flicker in his eyes. He didn't dare to look into Su Jingning's eyes.

Su Jingning suppressed the anger in his eyes and sneered at her:

"Heh, it seems that General Wuwei has never told you the truth all these years. If what I said is false, then why has your father never been willing to mention Liu Xiao, nor to move Liu Xiao into the Liu Family Ancestral Hall all these years!!"

Liu Xiang's movements suddenly froze and his face turned pale.

Su Jingning looked at her and said firmly, "For so many years, your father didn't want to mention your brother, and you had long been suspicious, so you already knew why your brother died, but you just didn't want to believe it!"

"Whether you believe it or not, the truth behind your brother's death is this. What you did today can't hurt me, let alone anyone in my Su family! It will only harm General Wuwei and your General's Mansion!"

Su Jingning looked calm as he looked at Liu Xiang, whose face was pale. His almond-shaped eyes were calm without a trace of ripples.

Why should she pity someone who asked for his own death? Just because her elder brother and father didn't pursue the matter doesn't mean she won't. She is a vindictive person. Her mother cried so hard that her eyes were injured and she fell seriously ill because of this matter. Her father and elder brother are kind, but since Liu Xiang didn't know what was good for her and met her, she is not as kind as her father and elder brother.

Liu Xiang was eventually taken away by Mu Xi's guards. As for what her fate would be, she destroyed the divine flower planted by His Majesty himself and ruined Princess Xuyang's spring feast. Even if she was the daughter of General Wuwei, she would not have a good ending.

Royal study room.

"How's the Xuyang Palace?" Emperor Zhou was reviewing memorials with a red brush when he saw Sheng Fu coming in and asked casually.

"Your Majesty, someone has come to pass on a message. After the sacred flower was destroyed, His Highness sealed off Xuyang Palace and did not allow anyone to enter or leave. It was the second young lady of the Su family who found out who destroyed the flower. That person was the young lady of General Wuwei. Because of the incident with General Wuwei's only son a few years ago, she hated the Su family and wanted to use today's incident to frame the young lady of the Su family. In addition to the second young lady of the Su family, she also wanted to let the Su family have a taste of the feeling of having their family destroyed and their people destroyed. Now she has been imprisoned."

Emperor Zhou put down the memorial in his hand and looked at Sheng Fu: "Oh?"

"How did the girl from the Su family find out who destroyed the flowers?" Emperor Zhou raised his eyebrows and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Sheng Fu smiled and said, "I heard that the second young lady of the Su family knew the nature of the sacred flower and knew that it would be difficult to clean the flower once it was touched. That's why she found the person who destroyed the flower."

Emperor Zhou nodded and motioned Sheng Fu to continue.

“…But, that young lady from the Liu family cursed Prince Su on the spot and spoke rudely to the Su family. The second young lady Su told the story of the only son of General Wuwei in public. This…” Sheng Fu looked at the expression on Emperor Zhou’s face and continued, hesitating a little while speaking. After all, this matter was concealed by His Majesty in the beginning.

Emperor Zhou remained silent and lowered his head to blow away the ink that had not yet dried on the letter.

Then he said slowly, "I've said it. General Wuwei failed to educate his son well and damaged the imperial property. He will be punished to serve for half a year. As for the girl from the Liu family who destroyed the flower, let Xi'er deal with it herself. The girl must be very angry that the sacred flower was destroyed."

Emperor Zhou paused, as if thinking of something, and then said, "If Prime Minister Liu comes to plead for mercy, don't see him and send him away."

General Wuwei was the nephew of Prime Minister Liu. The events of that year were kept secret, and Prime Minister Liu was involved in the mediation.

"Yes." Sheng Fu responded in a low voice.

Emperor Zhou finished reviewing the memorial in his hand, closed it, looked at Sheng Fu and asked, "Is the banquet at Xuyang Palace about to end?"

"It's over now. His Highness only left the second daughter of the Su family in Xuyang Palace." Sheng Fu replied.

"Come with me to Xuyang Palace." Emperor Zhou's eyebrows were slightly cold. He pinched his brows and said with a tired look.

"Yes."

Sheng Fu bent down and followed Emperor Zhou sideways.

He glanced at Emperor Zhou and asked carefully, "Your Majesty, what did Young Master Mo Linyuan mention?"

Emperor Zhou paused for a moment, a solemn look flashed in his eyes, and he frowned slightly and said:

"Tomorrow you will personally deliver what he wants, so as not to offend him."

How could it be possible that Young Master Mo Linyuan entered the Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty just to attend a banquet for outer disciples?

Attending the banquet was just an excuse to meet Emperor Zhou, but Emperor Zhou couldn't understand what Song Ci'an mentioned today.

Song Ci'an exchanged one thing with him for all the secret bases of Nanyue in the Great Zhou.

When the late emperor was alive, he had told him not to offend Mo Linyuan, nor to look down on him. Although he had followed the late emperor's instructions over the years, he had never taken Mo Linyuan seriously in his heart, thinking that it was just a place of civil and martial arts that had been passed down for thousands of years. Although he respected Mo Linyuan, he never took him seriously.

Until today, when he saw the young but unfathomable Master Mo Linyuan and what he brought out, he truly saw how terrifying Mo Linyuan's strength was.

Today he could take out the map of Nanyue's secret agents in the Great Zhou as a bargaining chip.

In the future, Nanyue will be able to eliminate all the secret agents that the Great Zhou has painstakingly cultivated in Nanyue, and it will control all four countries. No wonder Nanyue was tortured into such a miserable state. This Mo Linyuan has been passed down for thousands of years, and his strength should not be underestimated.

But Song Ci'an exchanged such an important map for two Poria seeds.

In fact, the Poria grass is not some magical herb. It just has extremely special and harsh growing conditions and is almost impossible to cultivate. Therefore, the Poria grass became extinct in the four countries several years ago. He got these two by chance.

Today, Song Ci'an actually used such a big bargaining chip to exchange with him. Then, apart from these two Poria cocos seeds, there may not be a third one in the world.

Although this seed is a rare treasure, it is useless to him. So why doesn't he agree to Song Ci'an's proposal?

But he didn't understand in his heart why Song Ci'an would spend such a huge price and even expose Mo Linyuan's strength to him in order to get these two Poria cocos seeds.

Xuyang Palace

Mu Xi was carefully taking care of the destroyed magical flower, with a trace of sadness in his eyes.

Su Jingning stood beside her. If the Udumbara flower was damaged in its growth, it would be fatal. I'm afraid the flower would not survive.

She patted Mu Xi's shoulder gently, not knowing how to comfort her for a moment.

Mu Xi came to his senses and smiled at Su Jingning:

"I'm fine, but today I almost got you into trouble when I called you into the palace."

"Liu Xiang originally came for the Su family. This matter has nothing to do with you." Su Jingning's eyebrows were gentle and his voice was soft.

"By the way, Jingning, can you go with me to see my father? My father wants to see you."

She had planned to take Jingning to see her father after the banquet today, but she didn't expect something like this to happen.

"Your Majesty wants to see me?" Su Jingning asked after a slight pause.

"Yes. Father watched Gu Yan'an grow up, and now he is going to be engaged to you, and father wants to meet you." Mu Xi explained.

There was a flash of hesitation in Su Jingning's eyes. His Majesty wanted to see her?

"Your Majesty is here!"

"Why did my father come here in person?" Mu Xi looked outside.

Emperor Zhou arrived as soon as he was called. Mu Xi went to greet him, and Su Jingning saluted Emperor Zhou.

"Your Highness greets me, Father. Why are you here?"

"Your servant Su Jingning greets His Majesty."

Emperor Zhou was dressed in a black and gold uniform with dark patterns, and he looked majestic and solemn as an emperor who looked down upon the world.

He glanced at Su Jingning, who was standing behind Mu Xi and bowing to him with a calm and dignified look on her face, dressed in simple and elegant clothes, and with a slender figure. There was a gleam of darkness and some coldness in her eyes.

He said to Su Jingning calmly, "Get up."

Then he turned and looked at Mu Xi.

"Something happened in your palace today, so I came to see you." Emperor Zhou looked at Mu Xi with gentle eyes.

"I have already put the person who destroyed the flower in prison. You have the final say on how to deal with her."

"I understand, father." Mu Xi nodded in response, but his expression was still not happy.

Emperor Zhou looked at his daughter who looked depressed, smiled, and continued softly: "Are you still unhappy? I have asked someone to find seeds of the Udumbara flower. When the seeds arrive, I will plant another patch for you."

The gloom on Mu Xi's face finally faded a little.

"Well, thank you, Father."

Su Jingning stood quietly aside, listening to the conversation between Emperor Zhou and his daughter.

She vaguely felt that the look that Emperor Zhou had just given her was chilling and frightening.

"Father, this is the second daughter of the Su family, Su Jingning, whom I always told you about. Didn't you say before that you wanted to meet her?" Mu Xi saw Su Jingning standing quietly aside and said to Emperor Zhou.

Emperor Zhou looked at Su Jingning with a cold and murderous look in his eyes, and his imperial aura pressed down on Su Jingning.

Su Jingning's expression remained unchanged. He bowed slightly towards Emperor Zhou. He looked weak and frail, but he showed no fear in front of the king of an entire country.

It seemed that she did not feel the Emperor Zhou's murderous intent towards her at all.

Emperor Zhou looked at her with a hint of surprise in his eyes. This kind of coldness was not something that an ordinary woman could possess.

"Xi'er, please go out first. I want to have a few words with the second young lady of the Su family." Emperor Zhou said to Mu Xi.

"Father?" A look of worry flashed across Mu Xi's eyes.

"Nothing, father just wants to ask the second young lady of the Su family a few questions." Emperor Zhou said in a deep voice.

Mu Xi had no choice but to nod to Su Jingning comfortingly, then turned and walked out.

After Mu Xi left, Emperor Zhou walked to the main seat in the hall and sat down.

"Do you know why I left you alone?" Emperor Zhou glanced at Su Jingning with his dark eyes and gently rubbed the ring on his hand.

"I don't know." Su Jingning shook her head slightly, elegant and graceful, gentle and charming. It seemed that she really didn't know why Emperor Zhou left her alone.

Emperor Zhou looked at her and remained silent for a long time. Then he said coldly:

"If I arrange a marriage for you, are you willing to break off the engagement with the Prince of Beiyang?"

Su Jingning's eyes flashed with annoyance. Her bright and gentle face was calm. She knelt down in front of Emperor Zhou, her voice cold:

"I don't want to."

Emperor Zhou didn't expect her to refuse so decisively. He was a little annoyed, but he couldn't really scare Su Jingning. She was the precious daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo. If anything happened to her in the palace, the Duke of Zhenguo would fight him to the death.

The chill in Emperor Zhou's voice faded a little: "If I tell you that if you insist on being with Yan'an, you will lose your life, will you still be willing to be with him?"

"I am willing, and I hope Your Majesty will grant my wish." Su Jingning answered Emperor Zhou without thinking, her gentle voice very firm.

A Yan died once because of her, and now she can live again, all because of A Yan.

"But you are destined to suffer a disaster. Yan'an will die because of you!" Emperor Zhou looked at Su Jingning with eagle eyes, his eyes full of hostility.

Su Jingning was stunned for a moment after Zhou Di finished speaking, and then the color on his face instantly faded as if he thought of something.

She looked down at the blood bead bracelet on her wrist, and her little hand trembled slightly.