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

The two of them had just rested for a while, and Zhe Liu went out to find Lu Feng.

Similarly, Jiang Ning couldn't take any time off. She changed her clothes and went straight to Changle Palace.

After entering the palace for such a long time, Jiang Ning actually didn't know much about Changle Palace.

The most profound memory she had was probably the bloody and tragic scene on the day of the palace coup.

What was a nightmare day in her eyes was every day in the future for Shen Qingrong.

When Jiang Ning stepped into the Changle Palace, he did not receive much resistance. The once magnificent Changle Palace has now become a scene of decline.

The palace wall is still the dark red palace wall, and the wall tiles are still the glazed tiles that reflect the colorful luster.

But the courtyard was empty, echoing with the rustle of swaying leaves. The lotus vat at the entrance of the palace had withered, and the bare painting pole hung weakly into the mud that had been stranded. There were still a few flies lingering on it.

Although he was relegated to the cold palace, Mu Jingzhao did not deliberately restrict Shen Qingrong's freedom. There was not even a guard guarding the entrance of the palace.

Even so, the doors and windows of Changle Palace were still tightly closed, using this almost tough attitude to isolate himself from the outside world.

When Jiang Ning pushed the door open and walked in, a musty smell mixed with flying dust hit his face. Jiang Ning was caught off guard and choked, lowered his head and coughed.

"Have you ever lived in a house like this before?" Shen Qingrong's tired and cold voice came. Jiang Ning followed the sound and saw her sitting by the window in a light gray plain dress.

The sunlight faintly fell into the room through the window paper, falling just right on the side of her face, making her skin as smooth as jade without any makeup, giving her a natural beauty without any ornaments.

Jiang Ning stopped coughing and walked slowly to sit opposite Shen Qingrong.

"It's not a house like this." Jiang Ning shook his head, "Since I came out to wander, I have almost never lived in a house with a roof."

Shen Qingrong lowered her eyebrows and looked away sideways, as if she was running away from something.

"It's my family that can't forgive you." Her voice was very soft, but it was very resounding.

"this is not your fault."

Jiang Ning said something lightly, and raised his hand to pour the tea on the table, until he poured it down, only to find that it was too thirsty to squeeze out any tea.

She put the teacup back in her hand, and when she looked up, she saw Shen Qingrong looking at her quietly, with something in her eyes.

"Thank you." Shen Qingrong spoke for a moment, but her eyes moved at an alarming speed. She lowered her eyes and gently wiped the corners of her eyes with her fingertips.

"In all these years, no one has ever said that to me."

She looked up at Jiang Ning, with tears flashing in her eyes, "If it had been a step earlier, maybe it wouldn't have turned out like this."

Jiang Ning dragged his chin and looked calm, "I have blamed myself before. Maybe if I had gone home earlier, I could have saved my parents and sister. Until later, when I saw myself going through so much suffering, I couldn't find it. There’s no reason to blame yourself.”

She rubbed her eyes, "Just being alive is already amazing, I have no reason to blame myself."

"Yes." Shen Qingrong smiled lightly. This time, she showed two rows of teeth and no longer cared about whether her smile was appropriate. "Especially when you are under the control of the emperor, you have no control over everything. If you can't do it, you can't do it. Anyway, there is no regret in failure."

She casually tucked a strand of hair on her shoulder behind her ear. The moment she raised her eyes, the two of them glanced at each other unexpectedly, and then chuckled together.

"Actually, if it weren't for meeting you, maybe I wouldn't have thought that I could still do this."

"Ok?"

"The first time you held out that peacock feather hairpin, I was surprised."

Jiang Ning lowered her head and touched her nose shyly. She never thought that something she made casually could shock people so much.What's more, it is the empress empress who is the mother of the world.

"Actually, to be honest, that thing isn't pretty at all."

The moment he heard these words, Jiang Ning was not disappointed at all after being denied.

"At that time, I thought it was very novel. They were also the daughters of officials. Why didn't I think that I could make such a hairpin."

Jiang Ning knew clearly in his heart that since he was raised as a royal queen since he was a child, Shen Qingrong could not make any mistakes in terms of food and clothing.

In her opinion, only totems like the Phoenix can be worn as accessories. This is not because she likes them, but because someone told her that this is the only way to be worthy of the status of a queen.

She was convinced of it.

Until she met Jiang Ning and gave Liu Jinfu a strange-shaped hairpin, which Liu Jinfu wore every day.

Such behavior had a huge impact on her.

She and Liu Jinfu were not the same person before. They had little communication and never looked at each other.

One thinks the other is pedantic, the other thinks the other is vulgar.

Liu Jinfu didn't like to dress up, was extremely simple, and was indifferent to everything, but Shen Qingrong did everything within the constraints of the queen's status.

Originally, there was no conflict between the two people, and they had lived in peace for many years.

It wasn't until the emergence of the heretic Jiang Ning that everything was broken.

She is also a harem empress, but she can set up a storyteller stall, hold hairpin auctions, farm and sell vegetables, or climb walls and roofs late at night.

But it was such a role that was not on the stage, and he gained Mu Jingzhao's trust and love so easily.

This was what Shen Qingrong could not have wished for.

This made Shen Qingrong have great doubts about herself.

Her mother had told her before that as long as she behaved according to the rules and put her husband first in everything like her mother, she would receive supreme favor and status.

But even though the mother had done her best, the father still brought other women into the Shen Mansion without hesitation.

Despite her best efforts, Mu Jingzhao fell in love with another woman.

She doesn't resent Jiang Ning, but she has great doubts about her father and mother because of this. Is all this really right?
When doubts are deeply rooted in your heart, all resistance and sobriety will seem reasonable.

So step by step, we got to where we are today.

Jiang Ning laughed dumbly, not knowing whether all this was a good thing or a bad thing.

From another perspective, if she had not appeared, maybe Shen Qingrong would have spent her life peacefully as she had imagined.

After all, it is good fortune to trick people.

When Jiang Ning told Shen Qingrong of Mu Jingzhao's will, she was not surprised or unwilling, on the contrary, her eyes were full of peace of mind.

She said, "Now I can finally get rid of all that, thank you."

When Jiang Ning left, he happened to meet Zheliu who was returning at the door. The master and the servant had their own thoughts and walked silently in the same direction. (end of this chapter)