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

Shen Qingrong presided over the allocation of rooms, and according to the usual practice, the best room was reserved for Mu Jingzhao, while Shen Qingrong and Liu Jinfu lived on the left and right sides of Mu Jingzhao's room, followed by Jiang Ning.

Everyone went back to the house to rest. Jiang Ning had few things, so it didn't take much effort to clean them up. After packing them up quickly, she opened the door to observe, and saw that the doors of the neighbors on the left and right were closed.

Knowing that everyone was still tidying up, she had nothing to do, so she took Zhe Liu, pushed open the door and walked out, wanting to walk around in the yard at will.

Jiang Ning just took two steps out when he felt like he smelled a faint smell of paint.

In fact, this smell is also present in the house, and it is even stronger than the smell outside the house.

It's just that Jiang Ning's nose hadn't recovered from the smell of corpses along the way, and he was busy cleaning the house, so naturally he didn't pay much attention to the smell in the house.

And when she really came out, the night wind blew by, gradually waking up her mind and nose, and then she realized the unusualness of this smell.

"Did you smell it?"

Zhe Liu sniffed vigorously in response, "It seems to smell a little fresh lacquer."

After confirming that there was no problem with his nose, Jiang Ning looked around. At this time, it was getting late, and the whole mansion was shrouded in a dark blue night, and even the originally brightly colored exterior walls seemed to be covered by a layer Dull tulle.

At this moment, Jiang Ning suddenly realized something.

When she came to this house today, she felt a little strange, because it was so new, and even the pillars on the walls still had fresh paint marks.

And the house was so lonely, it didn't look like anyone had lived in it at all.

While looking around, Jiang Ning thought casually. In fact, even if this house looks new, it is not surprising. After all, Shen Tong spent most of his time in Kyoto. Maybe he just bought a house here at random many years ago. I don't have time to live here, and I just finished my rest recently, so I can't say for sure.

Jiang Ning and Zheliu walked slowly along the path towards the backyard. Occasionally, a few servants with lanterns passed by in a hurry, but they did not salute.

Zhe Liu was annoyed, fixed his eyes on the two maids who passed by, and couldn't help muttering, "What kind of attitude, you don't even salute when you see our empress."

Jiang Ning didn't think there was anything at first, but when she heard Zhe Liu's words, she widened her eyes in astonishment. This surprise was not for the two rude servants, but for Zhe Liu.

"You little girl, how can you have such a high spirit?"

Jiang Ning didn't have much airs at all, plus he often got into fights with his servants, so he naturally didn't care about other trivial things like whether others would pay her a favor.

Seeing her indifferent face, Zheliu stomped her feet, feeling a little anxious. She pulled Jiang Ning's arm, forcing Jiang Ning to stop, and whispered something in Jiang Ning's ear in a low voice.

"Ma'am, this is Master Shen's mansion."

"What happened to Mr. Shen's mansion?"

Zhe Liu looked almost fainted by her anger, "Lord Shen, is the empress's father."

When she said this, Jiang Ning instantly understood that they were now in the territory of the empress and Shen Tong. In the court hall, Shen Tong and Jiang Qingyuan were not at odds. In the harem, the empress even set her in traps many times.

Now in other people's territory, the attitude of every servant represents the empress and Shen Tong.

So, naturally, this should not be taken lightly.

"The servants will go find them and come back."

Jiang Ning didn't pay much attention to these matters of etiquette, and she didn't like extravagance in her daily life, her clothes were simple and plain, and she didn't have any so-called royal bearing.

So she didn't care much about others treating her as an ordinary maid.

She doesn't need those fancy superficial efforts to numb herself and gradually make herself forget her true identity.

She was about to stop her, but Zhe Liu was in a hurry, so she broke away from Jiang Ning and walked towards the two little maids.

"Why are you rude when you see our wife?!" Zhe Liu's attitude was not good, and his voice was not low. This voice caught the two little girls off guard and trembled, almost falling down.

The two girls turned their heads and carefully glanced at Jiang Ning behind them, apologetic.

But Zheliu still wanted to hold on.

Jiang Ning had no choice but to take two steps forward and walked to Zheliu's side, "It's all right, let's go."

The two little girls turned and left with a sigh of relief, walked two steps before turning around as if suddenly thinking of something, and saluted Jiang Ning awkwardly before leaving.

"Your Majesty, you can't do this." Zhe Liu looked helpless, "I really don't know where Mr. Shen found these little girls, and they can do this with a single salute. What do you say?"

Jiang Ning was helpless, "We are here to deal with the rebellion this time, not a game, and Qingshui County is the first in everything."

Just as she was speaking, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a black figure on the roof not far away.

Although it was only for a short moment, Jiang Ning was sure that he saw it. It was a figure.

With a look of surprise on her face, she even walked towards the direction where the shadow disappeared.

"My lady, what's the matter with you? Where are you going!"

Zhe Liu and Jiang Ning ran to the place where they left not long ago.

It was already late at this time, candles were lit in each room, and the warm orange firelight was reflected on the windows.

Jiang Ning walked under the eaves, slowly walking from one room to another.

Zheliu was originally confused by Jiang Ning's sudden change, but it can be seen that Jiang Ning is so serious and cautious, so she stopped talking and followed her quietly like Jiang Ning,
In the candlelight, she could vaguely see a figure in the house, and when she arrived at Mu Jingzhao's room, she saw Mu Jingzhao sitting alone, as if drinking tea.

And in the next second, a figure that appeared from nowhere appeared behind Mu Jingzhao out of thin air.

Jiang Ning's eyes widened in astonishment, almost without time to think, she pushed open Mu Jingzhao's door in an instant, "Your Majesty!"

The moment the door was pushed open, both Mu Jingzhao and Lin Zheng behind him looked at her with a little surprise on their faces.

After a brief surprise, Mu Jingzhao spoke first, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Ning looked at those two people, feeling a little embarrassed at once, she stammered and explained, "I, I just saw Commander Lin's figure flashing past, and thought it was—"

There was a faint smile in Mu Jingzhao's eyes, and he nodded slightly, "It's okay, don't worry, ordinary assassins can't touch me yet."

Jiang Ning nodded, turned around and was about to leave without saying a word.

Just when she was about to close the door, Mu Jingzhao called her suddenly, "Wait a minute, come in, I have something important to do with you." (End of this chapter)