It rained heavily for three days and the roads were muddy. Chu Younan was eager to go home.

The reason was simple: there were scar-removing medicines collected from all over the capital, and he wanted to try them when he returned.

He wanted to leave, so Su Bei went to discuss the departure with Empress Dowager Mei.

Empress Dowager Mei was taking a breath in the courtyard. When she saw her coming, she greeted her warmly. But before they could talk for a few words, someone at the door said, "I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager!"

It's Gu Rui! Queen Mother Mei panicked immediately.

Although Gu Rui didn't explain it to her, she had already sensed something strange about him in the imperial mausoleum. His burning gaze, his vague intimacy, and when she was frightened by a mouse, he naturally hugged her tightly...

At that time, his heart was beating like a drum, and so was hers...

But she knew that she was the Queen Mother, the woman of the late Emperor, and was pregnant with the late Emperor's posthumous child, and Gu Rui was only in his early twenties...

"I'm tired..." She didn't even bother to say hello to Gu Rui, and turned around and walked back.

The yard was slippery after the rain, and she slipped without paying attention...

She was already more than six months pregnant, and it was obvious that she had fallen quite hard. The maid was horrified, and Su Bei also became nervous.

"Quick! Call the court doctor!"

Gu Rui wanted to step forward, but seeing how flustered she was just now, he hesitated.

Moreover, Su Bei came over and glared at him, saying, "What are you doing here? Go back!"

Gu Rui left in disgrace.

He fell quite hard, and the court doctor advised him to stay in bed and rest. Chu Younan's plan to return to Beijing was ruined.

However, Su Bei gave him a good idea. He asked him to go back and give a message to Chu Youyang first, and then return after Empress Dowager Mei's pregnancy seemed stable.

This idea is not very good! Chu Younan is not happy!

"Just let Prince Jingnan send someone to deliver the letter!" he said in a deep voice.

"What's the matter? Are you still afraid that I will run away with Cheng Shi?" Su Bei curled his lips.

"Wait until I find the right medicine to remove all the scars. He wants to compete with me? Humph!" Chu Younan said arrogantly.

"What if it can't be removed?" Su Bei asked deliberately.

It drove him crazy that he couldn't read her mind!

Fortunately, although he has scars, his body functions are still good.

That night, Cheng Shi quietly appeared at their place. He wanted to listen to Su Bei's voice through the window, but he only heard the creaking of the bed board...

He was even more furious, and he wanted to rush in and beat Chu Younan up! But Chu Younan's martial arts were slightly better than King Jingnan's, and if he really rushed in, it would be like an egg hitting a stone.

The injury I suffered from King Jingnan a few days ago hasn’t healed yet!

He left angrily.

Back in the bedroom, Su'er came over with the medicine and bowed her head and said, "Sir, it's time to apply the medicine."

Cheng Shi looked at the face that looked like Su Bei, and his heart was filled with anger. He grabbed Su'er's wrist and pulled her into his arms.

Su Er did not panic, she laughed mockingly, "What are you listening to and watching, Prince? Didn't you say that you only have Princess Su in your heart and you want to stay with her?"

The fire in Cheng Shi's eyes gradually died down. He pushed Su'er away with a dull look on his face, "Apply the medicine!"

Su'er remained calm, picked up the medicine bottle, undressed him, and applied the ointment bit by bit.

"Why are you doing this, my prince? You're obviously even more unhappy just by looking at me..."

"I do!" Cheng Shi said hoarsely, "This is not something you should worry about! Ah Bei is wearing a lavender dress today, ask the embroidery room to make one in the same style tomorrow!"

"I don't want to." Su'er paused, "I don't want to dress like her, I don't want to be used as a stand-in..."

"Do you want to be the Crown Prince's Consort?!" Cheng Shi turned his head, his eyes full of ridicule.

"I want freedom!" Su'er said coldly.

Cheng Shi immediately clenched his teeth and said, "You want to leave? Impossible!"

Su'er was about to speak when he suddenly covered his chest and squatted down, his face full of pain.

Cheng Shi slowly stood up, took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve pocket, poured a pill into her mouth.

"If I don't let you go, you can't leave!" He pinched Su'er's chin.

If it were in the past, Su'er would not have taken his moves seriously at all, and would never have been poisoned by him. But since she had lost all her internal strength, she could only let Cheng Shi control her.

He was not always so vicious. Whenever he missed Su Bei, he would tell Su'er in a very gentle voice about the first time he met Su Bei and every detail of his time with Su Bei in Fengyuan.

Su'er is a killer. She has no emotions and should not care about life or death. But for some reason, when she saw Cheng Shi talking about Su Bei, she wanted to leave immediately.

She didn't expect that Cheng Shi actually poisoned her.

Although her internal strength was completely exhausted, she should have gone back long ago. Someone had already found her. If she didn't go back, the Jingnan Palace would not be at peace.

"You! Smile!" Cheng Shi ordered.

Su Er curled the corners of her lips coldly, "If you don't let me go, you will regret it!"

"I will regret it if I let you go!" Cheng Shi's eyes were cold.

Finding another one who looks so similar would be extremely difficult.

"Do you know? When I first met her, she was still a little maid..." Cheng Shi said slowly.

This lecture lasted until midnight, and Su'er could almost memorize the content, and he never got tired of it.

Late at night, Su'er walked out of his room and returned to his own residence. Everything was the same as usual, except for the sound of someone else's breathing in the room.

She stopped, untied the soft sword at her waist, and just as she drew her sword, she saw a man in night clothes pointing a sword at her throat.

"Tan Yan, your martial arts have declined." The man in black moved the tip of his sword slightly, leaving a bloody line on Su'er's neck.

Su Er was calm, "Are you here to see me?"

"The mission time has long arrived, but you haven't returned yet..." The man in black put away his sword, "The leader suspected that you had defected, so he asked me to take you back!"

"I can't go back. My martial arts are useless." Su'er said lightly.

"I know. I've been following you for three days."

"Then what are your plans?" Su'er was prepared to die.

Anyway... in the Black Mountain Sect, there is no family affection, no humanity, and no emotions are allowed.

The man in black had cold eyes. He raised his hand, as if he wanted to slap Su'er, but his palm was raised heavily and landed lightly on the top of her head. "Su'er, this name is good. You can live with this identity. It's good."

Su'er looked at him in disbelief, "Tan Xuan, you..."

"Don't meddle in my business! Just live with this face and this identity. That man actually has you in his heart!" After Tan Xuan finished speaking, he flashed away.

The window lattice is wide open, and a gentle breeze is blowing in.

Su'er couldn't believe it. Although Tan Xuan was her senior brother, he had always been her master's dog, strict and ruthless. How could he let her live well?! Conspiracy! It must be a conspiracy!

Suer's brain began to work rapidly.

Could it be that the leader of the sect had issued a new order, targeting Cheng Shi? So he asked her to stay with Cheng Shi? She touched the wound on her neck, but unexpectedly found that the blood flowing out of the wound was not red, but black! The sword was poisonous!