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

Chapter 219 Tianqing
A thunderbolt struck across the sky, seeming to wake Jiang Ning up instantly.

She thought Zhe Liu, who was as close as a sister to her, was actually just a spy and lackey that Mu Jingzhao kept by her side.

She can complete the mission given to her by Mu Jingzhao regardless of her own feelings.

She is subject to the imperial power, not to herself.

"Niang Niang, are you alright?" Zhe Liu showed concern, and stretched out his hand to comfort her.

She dodged subconsciously, avoided Zheliu's touch, and said almost stiffly, "Don't touch me."

Zhe Liu was shocked by her blunt and alienated tone, she froze in place, not knowing whether to move forward or backward with her frozen hand.

"Ning'er! Neither I nor Zheliu meant to hide it from you——"

Jiang Ning felt her ears buzzing, and every word Mu Jingzhao said to her was extremely harsh in her ears.

Sure enough, I was still too naive.

A bitter smile escaped from Jiang Ning's lips. She reluctantly stood up holding the table and bent down to salute Mu Jingzhao.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. You have a low name and a low life, and you are not worthy to be by your Majesty's side."

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Ning turned his head and left, without looking at Zhe Liu from the beginning to the end.

In a trance, she stumbled and walked on the long street.

At this time, the dark clouds in the sky had covered the sky in a way that concealed the sun, and there was a strong earthy smell in the air.

It's strange, it's really strange, why I have never had anything, but now I feel as sad as if I lost everything in an instant.

This reminded her of the time when she first wandered to the edge of Kyoto. She was homeless and could only barely stay in a dilapidated temple on the edge of the city.

The dilapidated temple was dilapidated, rats and wild cats were frequent visitors, and many homeless people like her also stayed here.

During that time, she was frightened day and night, and she would be terrified at the slightest disturbance, because she knew that if she was not careful, she might become a tool for others to vent their emotions or become their meal.

But now, she had no worries about food and clothing, but she was still as frightened as a frightened bird every day.

She could never predict whether it would be herself or someone around her who would suffer in the next second.

She can never predict where she will be deceived and betrayed in the next second.

Jiang Ning couldn't understand it, and she couldn't figure it out anyway. She clearly treated others with sincerity and tried her best in everything.Why did it end up like this in the end?

The rain finally fell.

Huge raindrops hit Jiang Ning's face one by one, densely packed and painful.The sparse raindrops soon turned into a heavy downpour, soaking Jiang Ning completely.

The clothes on her body were tightly attached to her skin, outlining countless gullies of different shades on her body.

The rainwater flowed down her clothes, bit by bit, gradually exhausting her strength.

"Niang Niang!" Behind him, Zhe Liu's shout came from far and near, and was soon drowned in the sound of rain.

Zheliu ran hard in the rain holding a bright red oil-paper umbrella. The bright red umbrella was tossed around by the strong wind, and the rain took advantage of the opportunity and hit her.

Another gust of wind blew by, and the oil-paper umbrella in Zhe Liu's hand was thrown away, drawing a beautiful arc in the rain.

"Niang Niang!" She stumbled and ran against the rain, trying her best to close the distance between herself and Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning paused as she staggered forward, she glanced behind Zhe Liu, then turned around with an expression on her face, and continued on her way.

"Plop—" Zhe Liu's kneeling action caused a burst of water to fall on Jiang Ning's trousers, and Jiang Ning's trousers were tightly grabbed.

She still turned her back and didn't look at Zhe Liu. She just tried her best to move forward.

The two were uncompromising and stalemate in the rain. "Zhe Liu was wrong, Zhe Liu was wrong, please forgive Zhe Liu."

Jiang Ning's back was stiff and he didn't respond at all.

"My lady, please, please don't want me!"

The begging voice of Zhe Liu was embellished by the sound of rain, making it extremely sad.

However, Jiang Ning never had the slightest intention of turning back.

She stiffened her body, "Go." The voice was cold and piercing.

"Slaves don't go, slaves don't go!" Zhe Liu jumped forward, hugging Jiang Ning's legs tightly with both hands, "Where can slaves go! There is no father or mother, only the empress! Where is the slave?" If you don’t go, the servants are like staying with the empress, and the servants will go wherever the empress goes.”

Jiang Ning closed his eyes tiredly.

The pouring rain made her thoughts clear for a short time.

She gradually understood that all her complaints and accusations against Zhe Liu came from Zhe Liu's deception of her. But under the absolute pressure of the imperial power, what could she, a little palace maid, do?

She turned around, faced Zheliu who looked dull, knelt down and hugged her.

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Jiang Ning and Zhe Liu were carried back to Shuanghua Palace by Liu Jinfu.

Liu Jinfu can be said to be very contemptuous of the scene of two master and servant embracing and crying in the rain.

"What kind of bitter drama is it? When you catch a cold, you will know the severity." Liu Jinfu said.

As for Zhe Liu's fake death, she wasn't too surprised, it seemed that she was used to Mu Jingzhao's behavior style.

Fortunately, Zheliu and Jiang Ning did not catch a cold after being drenched in heavy rain.

Probably I have experienced too many twists and turns, so I also hardened my name.

Jiang Ning is optimistic about everything.

At this time, both Zhe Liu and Jiang Ning had changed into clean clothes and were wiping their hair with towels.

Zhe Liu couldn't rest for a moment, she and Xueqiu hadn't seen each other for a long time, she was really overwhelmed, squatting on the side, wiping her hair and teasing the cat.

Perhaps it was because the time of separation was too long, Xueqiu looked very uncomfortable, and stretched out his paws to break the back of Liu's hand from time to time.

Fortunately, it knows how to measure, and its strength is not great.

The rain outside the house had just fallen for a while before it turned into dense rain.

Jiang Ning held the hot tea from Liu Jinfu in both hands, tilted his head and looked at Zhe Liu who was playing with Xueqiu.

"Have you seen Lu Feng during this time?"

Zhe Liu stiffened, then shook his head.

Jiang Ning took the tea and drank it slowly, a warm feeling went straight to the spleen and stomach, "Go and see him later, he has suffered no less than me during this time, tell him well, he can understand."

Zhe Liu nodded slightly, but he was no longer interested in teasing the cat, he just walked to the table, imitating Jiang Ning's movements, holding a cup of hot tea, wondering what he was thinking.

The showers had stopped, the dark clouds gradually dispersed, and a clear daylight appeared on the horizon.

Jiang Ning drank the tea in her hand in one gulp, Liu Jinfu took the teacup in her hand, poured another full cup and handed it to her.

Now, the sky should clear up, Jiang Ning thought.

(End of this chapter)