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

In the second half of the banquet, everyone's enthusiasm increased instead of diminishing. They knew what was going to happen next, but they still couldn't help but look forward to it.

At the beginning, Mu Jingzhao began to express his best wishes for the next year. The content of the wishes was nothing more than some words about the prosperity of the country, the safety of the people, and the happiness of the family.

When it was her turn, she directly took a paragraph from the speeches of the previous two people, pieced them together, and said it.

Because the attention was not on her at all, so for the first time, no one paid attention to her.

When it was Shen Tong's turn to speak, he cleared his throat again, and stood up with a fighting spirit.

Jiang Ning didn't notice what he said next, her attention was completely attracted by the pastry presented by the maid.

The pastry, which is less than the size of the palm, is made into the shape of a flower, with a faint fragrance of plum blossom, which is probably the plum blossom crisp in Liu Jinfu's mouth.

The saliva in her mouth was secreting crazily, she immediately moved her index finger, and couldn't wait to pick up a piece of plum blossom cake.

Just when she was about to send it to her mouth, she heard a clear "grunt" from her stomach behind her, followed by the sound of swallowing saliva.

She turned her head and was looking at Zheliu with green eyes looking at the plum blossom crisp in her hand.

Jiang Ning sighed silently, it is indeed true to say that you have enough water to drink.

She held the pastry in her palm, carefully blocked it with her cuff, and sent it towards the Zhe Liu behind her.

Zhe Liu took the cake and said happily, "Thank you, Ma'am." Then, there was the sound of chewing.

When he was about to grab a piece of plum blossom crisps, Jiang Ning finally heard Shen Tong's chattering speech, "Auspicious snow heralds a good year, and this snowfall, which is rare in ten years, seems to be a sign of the prosperity of our country. At this time, I would like to congratulate you emperor--"

Before he finished a sentence, his eyes widened in horror, and he couldn't say another word.

Then, Jiang Ning heard a muffled "boom" from behind her, and something seemed to rub against her dress and fell off.

The smell of blood entered Jiang Ning's nostrils, and everyone present looked at her almost at the same time.

The screams of the palace maids resounded in unison.

Jiang Ning was cold all over, and she looked behind her with a stiff neck.

"Ning'er!"

When Mu Jingzhao called her, it was Liu Jinfu's slender and cold hands that rushed forward to cover her eyes.

It's a pity that Liu Jinfu's action was still a step too late. Before everything was turned into darkness, she saw Zhe Liu lying behind her, blood continuously spilling from her mouth, her eyes widened in bewilderment, and her hands were still clenched. There is still half a piece of plum blossom cake left.

Then, there was Lu Feng's hoarse shout, "Zheliu!! Call the imperial physician! Call the imperial physician!"

The arena seemed to be in chaos, some shouted to catch the assassin, some called the imperial doctor, and some shouted to escort them.

Jiang Ning's ears were buzzing, her mind went blank, but she could clearly feel that the blood of the folded willow had stained the corners of her skirt, continuously spread to the corners of her clothes, infecting her whole body, making her whole body warm down to freezing.

In the chaos, only Liu Jinfu stayed close to her, holding her shoulders tightly with his slender and cold hands.

She said, "Don't be afraid."'

However, these two short words obviously have no consoling effect on Jiang Ning.

Her eyes were covered, but she could still see the bloodstains spreading all over Zhe Liu's body from the increasingly thick bloody smell at the tip of her nose, and she could still tell from the imperial doctor's soft sigh that Zhe Liu was powerless to recover.

The broken willow, her broken willow.

Her younger sister, she is the only relative in this world who shares weal and woe.

died.

She died in the year she was going to get married, and died under a piece of plum blossom cake that she personally gave.

She imagined countless times, preparing a dowry for Zhe Liu herself, and watching her get married in a red dress.

But she can't see it anymore, because Zhe Liu is dead, because of her.

Dead, she is dead, dead.

Jiang Ning trembled violently, tears slid down his eyes and seeped into Liu Jinfu's fingers, silently.

Liu Jinfu clings to her, holding her shoulders harder, as if he wants to pass on some strength to her.

A dull pain came from Jiang Ning's heart, and it spread to her whole body in an instant. She was paralyzed and almost leaned on Liu Jinfu's body. Howling of the lungs.

"what!!!"

The voice was shrill and sharp, echoing throughout the hall, making one's heart palpitate. All the pain and resentment accumulated in her heart for so many years seemed to vent out with her crying.

And Liu Jinfu hugged her silently and tightly all the time.

Until many years in the past, when all the people attending the banquet recalled today, Jiang Ning's hoarse wailing still echoed in their ears.

It's horrifyingly poignant, and heartbreakingly sad.

They all only knew that Concubine Ning was deeply affectionate and treated her servants sincerely, but they didn't know that that was her only relative.

That night, she lost everything.

Jiang Ning didn't quite remember what happened afterwards.

She couldn't hear any sound in her ears, and she still wantonly vented the anger and sadness gushing out of her chest.

Until the end, her voice was hoarse and she could no longer make a sound. Then, she lost all strength and passed out.

And the banquet that night ended in a hasty ending.

Shen Tong failed to announce that his daughter was pregnant with the eldest son until the end, and Jiang Ning failed to discuss Zhe Liu and Lu Feng's marriage with Mu Jingzhao.

Jiang Ning had a serious illness, and after she fell into a coma that day, she developed a high fever.

The high fever lasted for two full days, no matter how the temperature was lowered and given medicine, the high fever just couldn't go away.

Even the imperial physician Zhang, the most experienced in the palace, asserted that if she continued to burn like this, Hua Tuo might not be able to recover even if she was alive.

Thankfully, under the medicine and treatment given by the imperial physician, she finally had her fever subsided on the afternoon of the third day.

Even so, she was still unconscious, as if she had fallen asleep.

After diagnosis and treatment, the imperial physician came to the conclusion that there was no major problem with her body, and the reason why she remained in a coma was because she did not want to wake up.

Her body lost weight rapidly at an astonishing speed, her originally pink and round cheeks began to turn yellow and blue, and her cheeks were sunken, making her look shocking.

Mu Jingzhao sent a new maid to her, and he would visit her from time to time, and when he found that the situation hadn't changed in the slightest, he left with a sigh. Most of the people who stayed with Jiang Ning were Liu Jinfu.

She sat by Jiang Ning's bed and told her her own stories every day.

From watching his father practice martial arts with ideals when he was young, to getting married in the army because of avoiding the marriage with the prince.

Until later, when she mentioned that she was taken to the execution ground and broke her leg in public, Jiang Ning's drooping eyelashes trembled suddenly.