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

Chapter 24 The Emperor's Assassination Plan ([-])

"emperor!"

With a rough and powerful call from the man, the gate of the palace was knocked open from the outside to the inside.

Dozens of Imperial Guards, led by Deputy General Chen, rushed into the palace in an instant, encircling the dining table.

Mu Jingzhao looked at everything in front of him, let out a sigh of relief, and put the spoon in his hand that hadn't touched his lips into the bowl again.

"What's the matter?"

Deputy General Chen stepped forward, bowed and bowed to Mu Jingzhao and Jiang Ning, "Forgive me for taking the liberty, I have heard that the palace of the empress has been troubled by rats for a long time, and I am worried that the emperor and the empress will be disturbed by this beast, so I made up my mind Bring people to get rid of the rats."

Mu Jingzhao was a little confused by this statement, he knew that the guards in his palace were definitely not such reckless and impulsive people.

He was very familiar with the technique of throwing stones, and when the first stone fell, he already understood who made it.

He believed that the other party must have discovered the hidden clues of this table meal, so he secretly stopped it.

But why didn't he personally lead the army to stop it?
Mu Jingzhao couldn't figure it out.

Even so, he was secretly relieved that this farce was interrupted in time.

He turned his head and looked at Jiang Ning, as if he wanted to get some clues from her expression.

But what Mu Jingzhao didn't expect was that Jiang Ning didn't have any special reaction at the moment, but just sat in the same position in a daze, with dull eyes and numb expression.

On her pale lips, there were some oil stains, a few sporadic pieces of solidified grease particles stuck to her lips.

And the bowl in front of her was already empty.

Mu Jingzhao's eyes widened, and he quickly reached out to pull her.

"Concubine Ning, get up quickly, Deputy Chen is going to get rid of rats in the palace for you, let's make way first."

With such a tug, Mu Jingzhao finally came back to his senses.

Long before the imperial guards entered the cold palace, she only wanted to drink something to suppress the uneasiness in her heart.

At that time, her mind went blank, she completely forgot about the fact that the chicken soup was mixed with rat poison, and also forgot that the bowl of soup was already cold.

She just held the soup in both hands and swallowed it whole.

The cold taste with greasy particles woke her up instantly.

At the same time, it also awakened the memories related to the chicken soup and rat poison.

However, it was too late, and she could clearly feel the strange feeling of the chicken soup sliding down her throat.

The coolness reached her stomach and swept her whole body in an instant.

Jiang Ning was stunned, she didn't know how to react for a moment.

She even forgot that she should find a way to spit it out immediately.

Driven by the coolness, cold sweat broke out on her body, and all senses became clear all of a sudden.

Her heart was beating like thunder, as if she was waiting in time for the judgment to come.

But for a long time, she still didn't notice anything strange in her belly, until Mu Jingzhao stretched out his hand to pull her, and she finally came back to her senses.

"Okay, okay!" She got up and stepped aside with Mu Jingzhao.

Not only Jiang Ning was paying attention to her, but Mu Jingzhao's attention was always on her.

He naturally knew why Jiang Ning specially invited him to dinner today.

He also thought that the poison must have been added to the chicken soup, but seeing Jiang Ning drink the chicken soup so decisively, he suddenly doubted his judgment.

Mu Jingzhao looked at Jiang Ning's lips stained with grease particles, and couldn't bear it, he leaned into her ear and whispered, "Mouth."

Jiang Ning was taken aback, she quickly turned around, took out a handkerchief and began to wipe her mouth.

Mu Jingzhao cleared his throat, raised his chin to Vice General Chen, "I'll trouble you then."

"Yes." Deputy General Chen took the order, and then raised his voice to his subordinates, "You all! Clean it up carefully, and if I miss one, I will ask you!"

"Your subordinates take orders!" Everyone responded in unison, and immediately dispersed from the main hall in an orderly manner, running towards the surroundings of the cold palace.

As for Vice General Chen, he stayed alone in the main hall, centered on the dining table, and began to search around.

I don't know if it's because Deputy General Chen is really not good at catching mice. He bent down and tried his best to get under the dining table again and again, but was blocked by the intricate wooden strips at the bottom of the dining table again and again, causing the dining table to sway from side to side.

Once again, he got out of the dining table and accidentally bumped his head against the foot of the table. Vice General Chen poked his head out, stretched his neck, and the back of his neck happened to be stuck on the edge of the table.

The force of the impact made the table tilt, and the dishes on the edge slid along the edge of the table, pulling the tablecloth into a large fan-like fold.

A few dishes by the table slipped and fell to the ground, the porcelain fell to the ground, there was a crackling sound, and the dishes spilled all over the floor.

Deputy General Chen rubbed his head, and smiled embarrassedly at Mu Jingzhao and Jiang Ning.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I heard that this mouse is very smart, and I can smell it as soon as I smell it, so I want to take a closer look at the table."

Mu Jingzhao and Jiang Ning didn't say much, and looked at all this with their own thoughts.

Vice Admiral Chen didn't speak anymore, just stood by the table and stretched his neck.

He looked around the dining table, only to see the direction in which the food was spilled, and the tablecloth was already dragged to the floor by the dinner plate.

Deputy General Chen let out a sigh of relief, and finally got under the table again.

He slowly moved to the direction where the tablecloth was hanging down, stretched out his hand and pulled up a corner of the tablecloth, and stuck it in the gap between his boots.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I think there is nothing wrong with this place. I will check other places."

As Deputy General Chen said this, he got out from under the table, and the tablecloth was stretched continuously under the pull of his boots.

He seemed to be ignorant, walking in the opposite direction.

With the big movement of pulling, the tablecloth kept breaking off the table, and the dishes and tableware on the table were scattered on the ground.

The sound of "crackling" continued to sound, and the shards of dishes, meals, and soup mixed together, leaving a mess on the ground, and on the table, only a small piece of tablecloth was still dying.

At this moment, Deputy General Chen widened his eyes as if realizing what had just happened, and tore the tablecloth off his boots.

He walked up to Jiang Ning and Mu Jingzhao in two steps, knelt down on the ground with a "plop", kowtowing his head continuously.

"I deserve to die! I deserve to die! I didn't notice that the tablecloth got stuck on my boots and ruined the dinner between the emperor and the empress. I am ashamed! Please punish me!"

At this time, Mu Jingzhao and Jiang Ning had no time to take care of the commotion caused by Vice General Chen.

Because as early as the moment when all the meals fell to the ground, their attention was completely attracted by the black smoke rising from the direction of the food.

The sound of "Chi Chi" was accompanied by a pungent breath in the room.

On the messy ground of the food, in a broken casserole, the originally scorched and plump braised pork was constantly bubbling with the sound of chirping.

Jiang Ning was cold all over, his cheeks were pale, and his nails were deeply embedded in his palms.

Toxic.

She was [-]% sure that she had never touched that portion of braised pork.

So, who poisoned it?

Deputy General Chen also seemed to realize that something was wrong, he raised his head hesitantly, and subconsciously looked in the direction of the braised pork.

"Kneel down!"

With Mu Jingzhao's low shout, Deputy General Chen straightened up on his knees in an instant, not daring to act rashly again.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the subordinates have all caught up—" the voice of the Imperial Guard came from behind.

(End of this chapter)