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

Chapter 2 Cooperation
The queen's words seemed to trigger some specific memory mechanism.

Everyone in the hall looked at the petite girl kneeling in the hall with a little more awe.

That's right, no matter how she is the daughter of the prime minister Jiang Qingyuan's family, the emperor would not dare to do anything to her even if he thought Jiang Qingyuan was a bit mean.

Mu Jingzhao coughed twice, "What the queen said is very true. It's normal for Concubine Ning to be ignorant of the rules when she first arrives. If you want to be harsh, it will seem that we are a little unreasonable." He turned his head and looked at Liu Jinfu with a slight smile. Apologetically, he reached out and shook Liu Jinfu's shoulder, "I'm also very sad that something like this happened to Jinxiu, and I will definitely compensate you more afterward, okay?"

Having said all this, Liu Jinfu couldn't continue to make trouble, so he could only twitch his shoulders and nodded.

"Okay, everyone back down."

The people around began to disperse, Jiang Ning heard the sound and pulled Zhe Liu to prepare to leave.

"Concubine Ning, you stay."

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Mu Jingzhao took Jiang Ning to a side hall, dismissed his servants, and ordered Jiang Ning to close the doors and windows.

In the room with the doors and windows closed, Jiang Ning and Mu Jingzhao faced each other silently.

The curling light smoke kept rising from the incense burner on the side, dissipated in the air, and was inhaled by her nostrils.

This was originally a fragrance used by the nobles in the palace to calm their minds and rest their minds, but at this moment, instead of making Jiang Ning feel a little bit of peace, this fragrance reminded her of some bad memories.

Seeing her distracted, Xu Shi took a step forward and patted her lightly on the shoulder.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Ning bounced away like a frightened bird.

"Don't worry, I came to you today to discuss something important."

Jiang Ning looked at him with lingering fear, but despite this, she found a square stool far away from Mu Jingzhao and sat down, "What's the matter?"

Seeing her reaction, Mu Jingzhao didn't say much, and sat down with her.

Mu Jingzhao tapped his knuckles on the table, "I won't talk nonsense anymore, I hope I can cooperate with you."

"Cooperation?"

There was a heavy breathing sound in the air, "To put it simply, I hope you can kill me."

Jiang Ning raised his head and met Mu Jingzhao's uneasy eyes unexpectedly.

Inexplicably, she thought of her identity as the prime minister's daughter, and she felt a little more confident.

Therefore, Jiang Ning put forward his suggestion to Mu Jingzhao very sincerely, "If you are sick, go to the imperial physician."

Mu Jingzhao didn't speak, but just stared at her expressionlessly.

Inexplicably, Jiang Ning felt a burst of imperial air rushing towards her like a tide, Jiang Ning's feet softened, she slid off the chair, and knelt down in front of Mu Jingzhao.

"The villain knows his mistakes, the villain deserves death!" Jiang Ning fell on the ground, nodding his head like garlic.

Seeing her like this, Mu Jingzhao's eyes softened a little, "Do you still remember what you said to me on your wedding night?"

The girl who was trembling like chicken cubs trembled suddenly, and looked up hesitantly, "Does the emperor believe what the villain said?"

Mu Jingzhao was noncommittal, "With a family like Jiang's, it is impossible for a daughter to be taught to kill chickens, farm land, and twist hairpins." He paused slightly, got up, and walked towards Jiang Ning, "You are in the cold palace. I will listen to the book I said every day."

A chiseled face approached Jiang Ning unexpectedly, at that moment, she seemed to have forgotten how to breathe.

Fragmentary fragments flashed alternately in Jiang Ning's mind.

"The emperor and I are childhood sweethearts who grew up together. The first time the emperor saw me, he clamored for me to be his wife."

"That year at the Lantern Festival during the Lantern Festival, the red lights were thousands of miles away. When I was still young, I climbed up the city wall and fell down accidentally. It was the emperor who was not afraid of life and death, and used his body as a shield to protect me in his arms. At that moment, I was determined not to be him. Do not marry."

"That year when I was young, I almost burned the kitchen to make soup for the emperor. The emperor ate a whole table of scorched food without changing his face, but his eyes turned red when he saw the burns on my hands."

……

The nonsense that she had uttered in front of the palace people in the past overwhelmingly hit Jiang Ning, and she was dizzy, as if she understood what it means to say that disaster comes from the mouth.

Seeing Mu Jingzhao's face getting closer, Jiang Ning suddenly understood everything.

This so-called cooperation is nothing more than the emperor wanting her to pay for the offense she did not know the severity of before.

She looked at Mu Jingzhao's approaching face, trembling almost to the point of tears, "The villain knows that he has wronged the emperor, and the villain no longer dares to make arrangements for the emperor."

Mu Jingzhao didn't speak, but squatted down not far from her. He looked at Jiang Ning and put his hands in his arms.

Jiang Ning backed away tremblingly, his eyes widened in horror. Could it be that he wanted to kill people to silence him?
She shielded her head with her hands, curled up into a ball with difficulty, but the expected knife did not land on her body.

Opening his eyes hesitantly, Jiang Ning saw a huge gold ingot lying safely in Mu Jingzhao's open palm.

"Most of the scenes in the story in your words took place in the folk. As far as I know, Jiang Qingyuan's daughter does not go out of the door. It is impossible to fabricate such a vivid picture if it is only fabricated."

Jiang Ning seemed to be unable to listen to Mu Jingzhao's words anymore, she stared at the gleaming gold ingot in Mu Jingzhao's hand.

"I will find someone to investigate everything you said, and it is true."

Mu Jingzhao looked at him with interest, and suddenly closed his palms, as if holding Jiang Ning's entire fate in his hands.

"I know everything about you."

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A month ago, in the imperial capital, at an inconspicuous corner of North Street.

Dozens of residents of different ages and different clothes were sitting on neatly arranged low benches with melon seeds and tea, and were looking intently at the corner of the wall.

In the depths of the crowd, a girl in plain sackcloth——Jiang Ning, cleared her throat, and said to the crowd nervously, "I saw the thief holding a long gun and yelled, and the long gun stabbed straight at the front of the female general. The tip of the gun pierced through the air, and there was a sharp sound, and a gust of air rolled up in the air, which made the female general's hair fly."

Everyone held their breath for an instant, and even the old man at the end of the crowd who was eating melon seeds most vigorously held the empty melon seed shell in his hand and held his breath.

"However, the spear stopped suddenly when it was about an inch in front of the female general's forehead. The thief was shocked and looked up at the female general, only to see—"

Everyone's eyes widened instantly, and they stretched their necks to look in Jiang Ning's direction.

But Jiang Ning, at this time, quietly closed his mouth, took a big gulp of the tea at hand, and stopped talking.

"What did you see?" The girl in the front row got up angrily, took out a copper coin and threw it on the bamboo tray in front of Jiang Ning.

As protests continued to sound, the audience in their seats got up one after another, and reluctantly took out copper coins and put them on the bamboo plate in front of Jiang Ning.

"What do you see?"

"Good girl, just say a little bit later, just a little bit."

As the cries continued to sound, the mood of the crowd continued to become passionate and indignant.

What's more, he grabbed Jiang Ning's clothes and began to beg.

But even so, Jiang Ning just smiled lightly, and resolutely gave up.

Ignoring the moaning audience, Jiang Ning happily packed up his outfit and prepared to leave.

"Tomorrow at the same time, I will meet you here again."

Jiang Ning packed the money carefully, moved his sore limbs, waved to the audience, and walked towards the alley behind him.

Jiang Ning was walking in the alley with the bulging money bag in her hand. At this time, she usually went to a wonton stand deep in the alley to finish eating hot wontons.

It was getting late, and the color of the sky on a small patch of the alley began to become richer. The aroma of food from nowhere permeated the entire alley. Occasionally, a few hawkers passing by carrying poles in a hurry.

Jiang Ning walked quickly towards the corner with a joyful face. The moment she turned the corner, she heard a muffled sound coming from the back of her head, and then she lost consciousness.

She didn't know how long she had been in a coma.

When she woke up again, the dull pain in her head hadn't completely faded away.

After a while of dizziness, Jiang Ning raised his hand subconsciously, wanting to rub the back of his dull and painful head, but suddenly realized that he couldn't move his hands and feet.

A hot tingling sensation embedded in her wrist, Jiang Ning looked down, and saw that her hands and feet were being tightly bound by finger-thick hemp rope.

To be precise, her whole body was tightly tied up with hemp rope.

Jiang Ning tried to struggle and found that there was no room for the rope to loosen.

She opened her mouth and wanted to call out, but found that her mouth was tightly stuffed with sackcloth.

Jiang Ning took a deep breath, trying to calm down his emotions.

Soon, she accepted the fact that she had been kidnapped.

But what Jiang Ning couldn't figure out was that she was just a storyteller living on the street, with no money, no power, no color, no good looks, what was the reason for the person who kidnapped her so hard.

She lowered her head, tried to adjust her breathing, and suddenly realized that she was too flustered just now, and she didn't realize the unusualness of this kidnapping at all.

Although there was a piece of cloth blocking her vision, she could vaguely tell from the subtle light shining through the cloth that it was a piece of red cloth.

And what she was wearing at this time was a red wedding dress with exquisite embroidery.

The ground under his feet was shaking, and the sound of cheers and suona was endless.

Jiang Ning was shocked suddenly, she suddenly realized that she was on the sedan chair.

She was in the procession to be sent off.

She carefully sorted out the memory before she fell into a coma, trying to find some clues.

However, no matter how she recalled, she couldn't find any information related to the kidnapping.

In desperation, Jiang Ning suddenly tilted his body and fell to the side.

Even so, the hijab on her head was still firmly on her head, and only a little red light leaked out.

Just as Jiang Ning was lying helpless in the sedan chair, the sedan chair gradually stopped and fell to the ground.

The curtain of the sedan chair was slowly lifted.

(End of this chapter)