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

Back in the banquet hall, Chen Xu thought about the place where Gu Yan'an had just appeared, and his uneasiness became stronger. He stretched out his hand to call a waiter, whispered something, and the waiter quickly left the banquet hall.

Gu Yan'an raised his eyes to glance at the waiter who hurried out of the banquet hall, patted his wrinkled hem, stood up, exchanged a few polite words with Chen Xu, and left the Governor's Mansion with his men.

Just after Gu Yan'an left for a while, the person that Chen Xu had just sent out walked in hurriedly.

"Lord, forgive me, the man is gone."

Chen Xu's face changed drastically. He didn't care that there were many guests in the mansion. He stood up suddenly and walked out with a grim look on his face.

Ye Ling glanced at Chen Xu, who had a grim expression on his face and hurried out, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Waste! Where are the people? So many people can't keep an eye on him!" Chen Xu's roar was heard from the study in the Governor's Mansion.

"I failed in my duty, please punish me, Lord!"

"Seal the city gates and search immediately. You must search the entire Qingzhou city to find the person for me!" Chen Xu's eyes turned red with anger and his voice was violent.

"Yes!" The subordinates immediately stood up and went to look for someone.

"and many more!"

"Don't alarm the person in Foyin Mountain." Chen Xu said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

Fengting Tower in the south of Qingzhou City.

The Fengting Tower in Qingzhou City had just opened half a month ago. Fengting Tower has long been known as the number one tower in Jiangnan and has long been famous in Da Zhou. Therefore, the Fengting Tower in Qingzhou City was very popular among the nobles of Qingzhou as soon as it opened, and was full of guests every day.

"Brother, are you saying that the Queen Mother wants to use Chen Xu to cause chaos in the East Territory, and then use this as an excuse to keep the military power in the East Territory in her hands?"

In Fengting Tower, Su Jingning changed her clothes and sat opposite Su Jingchen in a light pink embroidered gauze skirt with confusion in her eyes.

Su Jingchen nodded and said, "Chen Xu has a daughter who has been serving the Queen Mother. Over the years, the Queen Mother has threatened Chen Xu with his daughter and asked him to do things for her. Most of the crimes written in the blood letter of the Hundred Generals were committed by him at the Queen Mother's behest."

"He knows he is guilty of a capital crime, but he doesn't want his young daughter to be implicated. Chen Xu knows that even if the Queen Mother keeps the military power of the East Territory, she will never let his daughter go after he dies, so he wants to make a deal with my Su family in exchange for me. He also said that he is willing to be the first to do the work of the Su family in suppressing the rebellion in the East Territory and hand over the military power of the East Territory, on the condition that the Su family protects his daughter in front of His Majesty and guarantees his daughter's safety for life."

Su Jingning's eyes flashed with disgust, and he frowned and said, "Chen Xu is cunning and sophistry by nature, and he has no loyalty. How much can I trust his words? If he really wants to cooperate with the Su family, why did he lock up my brother for so many days? He said this to my brother, but if my brother agrees to this, he can turn around and tell this to the next person who can benefit from it. I don't trust him. Besides, my Su family doesn't lack the credit of the East Territory."

She really disliked Chen Xu.

"It is true that Chen Xu cannot be trusted, but the Queen Mother wants to use him to create chaos and retain the military power in the East Territory, which is somewhat credible." Su Jingchen's brows darkened and he said in a deep voice.

"Now we just have to wait for Ayi to send the blood letter of the hundred generals back to the capital as soon as possible, so that the court can have a reason to send troops to the East to control Chen Xu before chaos breaks out in the East."

"Fourth brother has been gone for almost four days. If nothing happened on the way, he should be back soon even if he rides at full speed." Su Jingning looked at the gradually darkening sky outside the window. His voice was soft, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

Su Jingchen looked out the window with her, then glanced at Su Jingning, who looked a little pale after running around for several days. With self-blame and pity in his eyes, he said to her softly:

"The city gates have been sealed by Chen Xu. You will definitely not be able to leave the city today. You have been running around for days and your health is not good. Don't think too much. Rest for a night first. You will leave Qingzhou City with your senior sister tomorrow."

Su Jingning frowned and looked at Su Jingchen: "Brother, please leave Qingzhou City with me tomorrow. You came to the East Territory for the blood letter of the hundred generals, and now the blood letter has been sent by the fourth brother. What else does brother want to do?"

"Knock Knock Knock-"

Before Su Jingchen could say anything, he was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"who!"

Su Jingning stood up from the stool and looked towards the door vigilantly, signaling Su Jingchen to hide first, and secretly tightened the soft sword at her waist. Her people would not knock on the door like this.

"It's me." A deep and hoarse male voice came from outside the door.

Su Jingning was stunned for a moment, then surprise appeared in his almond-shaped eyes. He loosened the soft sword at his waist, walked quickly to the door and opened it.

Outside the door, Gu Yan'an was wearing a navy blue brocade robe with gold patterns, holding a turquoise Taotie sword in his hand. He had a tall figure, dark sword-like eyebrows, and thin lips. He lowered his eyes slightly and looked at Su Jingning who had not yet had time to put his hands away inside the door.

"How did you know we were here?" Su Jingning looked at him with curiosity in his eyes and turned sideways to let him in.

She had originally planned to take her elder brother out of Qingzhou City today, but as soon as they arrived near the city gate, they saw the guards of the Governor's Office hurried to the city gate and blocked all the exits in Qingzhou City. They couldn't leave the city directly, so they came to Fengting Tower first. Fengting Tower was full of high-ranking nobles in Qingzhou City. If they wanted to investigate, the people of the Governor's Office would not dare to be as rude as they were in other places.

But Gu Yan'an didn't know they were here, so how did he find this place?

"I was afraid something might happen to you, so I let Mo You follow you." Gu Yan'an walked in, turned around and closed the door, his voice clear.

When Su Jingchen heard Gu Yan'an's voice, he walked out from behind the screen and nodded to Gu Yan'an.

"Prince Gu."

Gu Yan'an glanced at him, nodded, then turned to look at Su Jingning. His cold eyes unconsciously showed warmth. Seeing that she looked a little unhappy, he asked softly:

"What's wrong with you? You look so bad, but your previous injury hasn't healed yet?"

Su Jingning shook his head with a smile on his face, looked up at Gu Yan'an, and said softly, "I'm fine. My injury has healed a long time ago. Don't worry."

Gu Yan'an frowned slightly, a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes, thinking that she was not in good health, her previous injuries must not have healed, and she was running around so much. He wanted to meet her and talk to her properly.

But now, seeing her pale face looking at him, with surprise in her eyes, he could not bear to say a single word to her of the draft he had prepared before coming.