After being forced to marry as a substitute, I became famous in the limbo

Chapter 14: Hairpin Auction ([-])
It was evening, and the warm orange sunlight penetrated through the obstruction of the eaves of the umbrella, and fell on the peacock feather hairpin, leaving a little bit of light on the hairpin.

The palace man held his breath for a moment.

Jiang Ning showed a rare gentle smile, "I know everyone's inner desires, so I went to the imperial concubine and asked for peacock feathers, and made this hairpin by myself."

Seeing that the crowd was still looking at the hairpin in her hand obsessively, Jiang Ning's gentle smile gradually froze on her face, she flicked her fingers, and after a muffled "bang", the box closed in response.

Only then did everyone look up at her as if waking up from a dream.

"Your Majesty, you only have one hairpin. There are so many people here, how can we divide it?" A court lady in yellow asked in the crowd with a distressed face.

"The hairpin made by the empress herself, the slaves dare not wear it." A little eunuch with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks bent his body and retracted his head.

"Your Majesty made it with her own hands. Isn't that priceless!" An old eunuch's eyes widened instantly.

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone present covered their purses in an instant, with heartache on their faces.

Jiang Ning blinked at the crowd, Zhe Liu instantly nodded understandingly.

She shrank her neck, and said in a sharp voice, "Your Majesty went to ask for the peacock feather from the imperial concubine herself, we must not disappoint Your Majesty's wishes!"

Lu Feng quickly nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, this is not an ordinary hairpin, but a hairpin bearing the blessings of Goddess Guanyin!"

As if thinking of something, a blush quickly climbed up Lu Feng's cheeks, instantly staining his ears and neck red.

His voice was a little lower, "If I had this hairpin, Zhe Liu might be willing to marry me."

Zhe Liu was slightly taken aback, she subconsciously looked towards Lu Feng's direction, their gazes crossed the crowd unexpectedly and collided with each other.

Zhe Liu quickly retracted his head, lowered his head, a shy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth,

Soon, the noise of the crowd drowned out the ogling couple.

Jiang Ning dropped the board at the right time, "I understand what everyone wants. Tomorrow, at the same time, I will be here with everyone to bid for this hairpin."

The palace maid in yellow scratched her cheek in confusion, "What is the auction?"

"To put it simply, everyone is free to bid for this hairpin, and the one with the highest price will get it." She tilted her head and smiled slightly, "The starting price is one tael of silver."

At this time, Zhe Liu had recovered from the shyness of being confessed, she put her face in her hands, and looked at Jiang Ning expectantly.

"Wow, Your Majesty is really sympathetic to the servants. At such a low price, I'm afraid that the jewels and emeralds on the hairpin are more than this amount of silver."

"Yes, yes, even if it is increased ten times, it is completely acceptable." The crowd echoed quickly.

"Your Majesty is truly sympathetic to the servants."

"Having a master like your empress is really a blessing for slaves."

"I have to go back and get the money ready."

"Thank you madam."

"Thank you ma'am—"

Jiang Ning nodded contentedly, holding the wooden box, and waved to the servants, "That's it for today, everyone should leave first."

The workers seemed to realize belatedly that they came out to join in the fun while they were working, and rushed back in a hurry.

The people dispersed, the cups and plates were messed up, Lu Feng began to pick up the broom to clean up the ground consciously, and Zhe Liu began to clean up the melon seed shells left by Jiang Ning.

"Your Majesty, this servant doesn't quite understand."

At this time, Jiang Ning was humming a ditty and cleaning up the low stools that the palace servants had sat on.

"Ok?"

"You've already talked about this today, why don't you just sell the hairpin?"

Jiang Ning folded the low stool in his hand, reached out and touched the wooden box in his arms, and smiled contentedly.

If there is no accident, she should sleep with this hairpin in her arms tonight.

"The real rich haven't come yet."

she said so.

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Day two.

The door of the cold palace, the corner of the wall.

Lu Feng was trying all his strength to walk towards the gate of the Leng Palace, but no matter how he moved forward, the Zheliu in front of him refused to move halfway.

This burly man with a height of eight feet was helpless in front of this petite girl. He couldn't force his way through, so he could only plead in a low voice.

"Just let me in, the empress is still waiting inside."

Unexpectedly, Zhe Liu had a recalcitrant look on his face, and he opened his arms and refused to back down.

"I made it very clear, you hand me the money bag on your body, and I will let you go there."

Lu Feng was helpless, he really didn't know what to do, but he still said to Zhe Liu in a good voice
"It's not that I don't want to give it to you, it's just that my monthly salary is not high now, and I'm afraid you'll dislike me, so I'll save some and give it to you, okay?"

Zheliu folded his hands on his chest, his expression became a bit aggressive.

"You know I don't mean that!"

The dispute between the two is still going on. At the main entrance of Lenggong not far behind them, Jiang Ning is holding a door with his forehand, leaning against the door frame and watching the two of them tugging with interest.

An apple the size of a palm lost more than half of it in a blink of an eye.

After being in the cold palace for a long time, she is not surprised by the flirting and cursing between the two of Zhe Liu, and she even thinks that just watching it like this is a good choice to pass the time.

Before the time for storytelling came, palace people kept coming to the gate of Lenggong with chairs and tea.

It only took Jiang Ning to eat half an apple, and the courtyard in front of the Lenggong was already full.

Jiang Ning gnawed down the last big bite of the apple, and walked towards Zheliu with the core of the apple.

Before making money, big things have to be put aside first.

She walked to a position about an arm's length behind Zhe Liu and stood still, tilting her head and thinking about how to speak.

At this time, Zhe Liu had given up communicating, and was pulling Lu Feng's purse towards his side with all his might.

Lu Feng, on the other hand, was worried that he would accidentally hurt Zhe Liu during his resistance, so he kept clutching his purse, his face contorted.

"Okay Changfeng, give it to her."

Hearing these words, the two of them froze for a while, and turned their heads to look at Jiang Ning behind them.

Zhe Liu smiled awkwardly, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, "My lady, why are you here?"

"You two are making such a big noise, it's hard to know." Jiang Ning said helplessly, "You don't care about the many guests in this palace, and there are so many people coming and going to quarrel in front of you. Later, others don't know what to say in private. .”

Zhe Liu quickly lowered his head, his face turned red and green again.

"Okay, Lu Feng, you can give it to her." She played with the apple core in her hand, "I believe Zheliu girl is not unreasonable."

Lu Feng looked anxious, "But your mother!"

"You trust me."

Jiang Ning stopped talking, Lu Feng untied the purse from his waist and handed it to Zhe Liu, "I just want to give you a surprise."

Lu Feng's voice was as thin as a mosquito, and it happened to fall into the ears of the three present.

Jiang Ning is not an uninterested person, she took the apple core, turned around and was about to leave.

When he turned his head, he bumped into a tall figure.

She looked up, but saw Mu Jingzhao looking at her with a gloomy expression.

Jiang Ning's brain hadn't turned yet, but his mouth had already made a sound, "Hey, what wind brought you here."

The tone is extremely yin and yang.

Instead of being angry, Mu Jingzhao smiled. His eyes fell on the apple core in Jiang Ning's hand, and he looked down at his clothes. "Concubine Ning, is that how you welcome me?"

(End of this chapter)