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

Chapter 23 The Emperor's Assassination Plan ([-])

Mu Jingzhao looked at the table full of dishes, looking very interested.

She sat down next to Mu Jingzhao, but still didn't know where to start.

At this time, the sky was getting late, the candles were flickering, and the aroma of food filled the whole room.

The doors and windows in the hall were closed tightly, and Jiang Ning didn't dare to look at Mu Jingzhao's smiling face, but his whole body was tense, his face full of bewilderment.

A thin layer of oil floated on the chicken soup on the table, and the heat from the food was dissipated in the stagnant air.

Mu Jingzhao was not in a hurry, he just sat beside her quietly without moving his chopsticks.

Jiang Ning felt that her thoughts seemed to be entangled in the air with the smell of food scattered in the room, which made her dizzy for no reason.

Her whole body was tense, her hands trembled slightly, and her cheeks were slightly hot from the stuffy air.

She even felt that her thoughts became confused, she couldn't remember where she was, how much rat poison she added to the chicken soup, whether the rat poison was lethal, and what the old doctor told her.

The parrot in the cage in the house also seemed to realize that the catastrophe was coming, and kept flying and jumping in the cage, disturbing the cage to swing from side to side, making stinging noises one after another.

It disturbs people's mind.

She was dizzy, her mouth was dry, and after struggling for a long time, she finally got up resolutely and pushed open the window.

The cold wind instantly poured into the cold palace, blowing away all the dullness and depression in the room.

The blow made Jiang Ning shiver uncontrollably.

Vaguely, she felt that outside the dark window, there was a pair of eyes staring intently at everything that happened in the house.

But Jiang Ning had no time to take care of these at this time, she turned around and sat back next to Mu Jingzhao.

She swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, got up and filled a bowl of chicken soup for herself.

Her mind was in a mess, her hands trembled a few times and she almost spilled the chicken soup.

She hadn't expected that enough rat poison had been added to the bowl of chicken soup.

At this moment, right now, she just felt that she needed to drink something to suppress the uneasiness in her heart, and her mouth was dry.

But out of politeness, she still brought the soup in her hand to Mu Jingzhao.

"Drink some soup to moisten your throat first, Your Majesty." She struggled to squeeze out a few words from between her teeth.

Mu Jingzhao also seemed to be aware of her anxiety and embarrassment. He didn't say much, just nodded slightly, then lowered his head, picked up the spoon, scooped up a spoonful of chicken soup, and sent it to his mouth.

At this moment, an invisible stone, covered with moonlight, hit the parrot cage straight from the window with the force of the wind.

The parrot cage shook violently in the air, and then fell to the ground with a muffled "boom".

The parrot in the cage seemed completely unaware of such a change, let out a sharp howl, and struggled to break free from the shackles of the cage.

The parrot's feathers fluttered to the ground.

Jiang Ning and Mu Jingzhao both held the spoon and trembled almost at the same time. The spoon was released from their hands, and the chicken soup spilled out on the table, leaving a mottled stain.

Jiang Ning didn't have time to take care of so much, but trembling his hands again, he took out two new spoons from the cutlery tray beside him, handed one to Mu Jingzhao, and put the other into his own bowl.

Her smile was far-fetched, and she was out of her mind. "It should be that the quality of this cage is not very good. Just replace it with a new cage later."

She was absent-minded, and had no time to look at Mu Jingzhao's face, nor did she have time to care whether the bowl of chicken soup was completely cold.

Trembling, she scooped up a spoonful of chicken soup, brought it to her mouth, and blew it casually.

Perhaps it was because the force of the blow was too strong, and the soup in the spoon that had completely solidified was splashed in the direction of her blow, and all of it fell into the bowl in front of her.

In the blink of an eye, there was only a fingernail-sized piece of yellowish grease left in the spoon.

But she still acted as if she had never heard of it, and brought the spoon to her mouth.

Another stone, with a loud bang, passed through the window and hit the porcelain spoon in Jiang Ning's hand straight.

The porcelain spoon made a crisp sound, and instantly shattered.

"what--"

Jiang Ning let out a scream, and instantly bounced away from his position.

On the table at this time, a piece of broken porcelain spoon was already scattered.

And that small stone was falling at Jiang Ning's feet.

Mu Jingzhao seemed to have realized something, and looked up out the window.

It was the [-]th day at this time, the night of the full moon, and the bright moonlight shone unscrupulously on every corner of the cold palace, making the cold palace look like daytime.

But he still didn't notice anything unusual.

But he found that small stone at Jiang Ning's feet, which can be seen everywhere in the palace.

Jiang Ning was still in shock. Looking at the mess on the table, she seemed to have no idea what happened.

Mu Jingzhao couldn't bear it, he got up slowly, walked to Jiang Ning's side, put his palm on her shoulder, and squeezed hard.

"Concubine Ning." His lips twitched, as if he was considering his words, "Why don't we stop eating today."

He patted Jiang Ning's shoulder lightly, trying to suppress the trembling on her body.

"My ancestors said that when you do everything and God keeps obstructing you, it means that God is telling you to stop in time and not to continue."

It seemed extremely difficult for him to confide every word.

Mu Jingzhao was in a daze. Every day when he faced the overwhelming problems of the officials in the court, he always talked endlessly.

But why did he suddenly become clumsy when he came to Jiang Ning?

But what Mu Jingzhao didn't expect was that instead of comforting Jiang Ning, these words aroused some kind of unyielding tenacity deep in Jiang Ning's heart.

She was pale, bit her lower lip with difficulty, and shook her head desperately.

"No, I don't believe it." She exhaled with all her strength, trying to calm down the trembling in her heart.

"I never believe in God's will." She slowly pushed Mu Jingzhao's hand away, and walked back to the dining table step by step.

She looked at the table of delicacies that were already completely cold, and a trace of almost cruel determination flashed in her eyes, "I only believe that man can conquer nature."

Jiang Ning sat down at the dining table again, and Mu Jingzhao stared blankly at everything she did. The biting coldness from Jiang Ning's palm made him startled.

When he looked up again, Jiang Ning had already cleaned up the mess on the table, and placed brand new tableware in her and Mu Jingzhao's place.

So he could only follow suit, walk to his seat and take a seat.

Jiang Ning refilled a bowl of chicken soup and handed it to Mu Jingzhao. This time, her hands no longer trembled.

"Your Majesty, let's eat."

She looked at Mu Jingzhao with determination in her eyes that she had never seen before.

Mu Jingzhao quietly looked at Jiang Ning's firm side face, hesitated for a moment, picked up a spoon to scoop up a spoonful of cold chicken soup, and brought it to his mouth.

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