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

Chapter 27
Mu Jingzhao was sitting by the bed, looking down at Jiang Ning, who was sleeping soundly. Her face was pale, and there was still a little sweat on her forehead. Liu Ye frowned, as if she was having a nightmare.

He hesitated for a moment, and stretched out his hand to tuck the corner of the quilt for her.

The quilt was made of the most common cotton cloth, and the gray color was like this cold palace that had been in disrepair for a long time, giving people a sense of old and dilapidated.

Mu Jingzhao sat down on the stool again, almost glanced casually, and he saw the peacock feather hairpin in her hair.

The peacock feather hairpin was crookedly pinned in her messy hair, as if it would break free from the shackles of the black hair in the next second and fall to the side of the bed.

Mu Jingzhao thought for a while, reached out, took off the hairpin from her hair, and held it in his hand.

In fact, after he lifted the ban on Jiang Ning, he rewarded her with many things, including food and clothing.

But this cold palace is still the same as before, without any change.

He held his chin, and looked at the small mole under Jiang Ning's eyes in a daze.

He found that he couldn't understand this girl more and more.

"Dong dong—" There was a knock on the door, and then the door was pushed open with a "squeak".

Mu Jingzhao heard the reputation and saw Li Zinian sticking his head out from the door, and shouted to him in a low voice, "Your Majesty—"

He hastily made a silent gesture, and Li Zinian immediately shut up.

Li Zinian's eyes fell on Jiang Ning who was sleeping soundly on the bed, he nodded, and pushed the door lightly to enter.

Holding a brand new piece of clothing, he walked quickly to Mu Jingzhao's side, "Your Majesty, I have brought the clothes you ordered me to."

Mu Jingzhao glanced at the clothes, then got up and opened his arms, Li Zinian hurriedly came to his side and untied his clothes.

Mu Jingzhao watched the clothes peel off from his body, and unconsciously glanced at a darker stain on his right shoulder.

His face gradually darkened, thinking of the soft and slightly itchy wonderful touch when her head rubbed against his shoulder when he carried Jiang Ning into the cold palace.

At that time, he even naively thought that Jiang Ning was acting like a baby.

As the clothes were stripped off, Mu Jingzhao saw the stains on the clothes and two clear footprints on his buttocks.

He felt himself having difficulty breathing.

"Mother, I'm back—" Zhe Liu hummed a little song, and pushed the door in with a red face. The moment she pushed the door and entered, she saw Mu Jingzhao's gloomy and terrifying face.

Zhe Liu trembled all over, and quickly exited the room.

"I'm sorry to disturb the emperor and empress, slaves deserve to die."

Mu Jingzhao nodded to the eunuch, motioning for him to let Zheliu leave.

The eunuch came out of the palace, fully dressed in his own clothes.

When he looked back at Jiang Ning again, the softness in his eyes was gone, and he tilted his head, as if he was thinking of some ghost idea.

Li Zinian was about to leave with his clothes in his arms, but was stopped by Mu Jingzhao in time, and the dirty dragon robe was put aside.

Li Zinian just opened the door, before he took a step, he turned his head to look at Mu Jingzhao, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Zhang is here."

Mu Jingzhao nodded, opened the door and walked out.

"Go in." Doctor Zhang heard the sound and entered the hall carrying the medicine box.

Doctor Zhang gave Jiang Ning a pulse, and went out with Mu Jingzhao carrying the medicine box.

The two walked to the courtyard together.

"How is Concubine Ning?"

Physician Zhang arched his body, the beard on his chin kept shaking with his nodding movements.

"Your Majesty, it's nothing serious. She's like this. It's just because she drank rat poison and ate cold food, plus running, which irritated her spleen and stomach. Take a little rest and drink more warm water, and she will recover slowly."

Mu Jingzhao let out a long breath, and then he turned his head to look at Imperial Physician Zhang inexplicably, "Run."

A smile appeared on the face of Imperial Physician Zhang, "Your Majesty is kind-hearted, and she came here specially to tell my ministers that if the emperor investigates, put the responsibility on her."

Mu Jingzhao's gloomy expression finally loosened, and he subconsciously turned towards the bedroom with soft eyes.

"It's just." Doctor Zhang's voice recalled Mu Jingzhao's thoughts again.

"I can't guarantee how much medicine the empress has added to the soup. The specific situation can only be known after observation."

Mu Jingzhao nodded slightly, "I will guard her here, you step back first."

The old doctor took his leave after responding.

Mu Jingzhao summoned Zheliu to take care of Jiang Ning, while he himself was out of limbo.

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At night, on the gazebo by the koi pond.

Mu Jingzhao sat at the stone table with a tired expression, while Lin Zheng stood in front of him.

"Go ahead."

Lin Zheng seemed to have not recovered from his encounter with Jiang Ning in the imperial garden. He looked at Mu Jingzhao, his lips moved slightly, and he spoke hesitantly.

"Your Majesty, she was originally a little vagrant on the streets of the imperial capital. She was lonely and helpless, and she almost fell into a place of prostitution. Fortunately, my Majesty escaped because of her fate."

"Perhaps because she was pitiful, an old beggar took her in and raised her as his granddaughter. The two of them lived in a ruined temple south of the imperial city."

"The old beggar taught his wife to beg, and the two of them started begging and wandering together, until one time, the old beggar angered a small policeman on the street, and was beaten up, and his wife also suffered. The old beggar tried his best to save his mother, but he lost his life."

"Then Empress was alone again. She had nothing, but she didn't want to beg, so she could only rely on storytelling to earn some scraps of money to make ends meet."

"During the years of her storytelling, she also encountered being driven away, beaten and scolded, and

"During these years of storytelling, my mother lived a very simple life. She left early and returned home every day. Apart from going to a restaurant to have a good meal occasionally, she didn't do anything special. I rarely heard that my mother had any intimate contact with other people."

Mu Jingzhao rested his chin, Jiang Ning's thin and stubborn back gradually appeared in his mind.

"And before that?"

Lin Zheng's expression dodged for a moment, but only for that moment, he was covered by the hazy moonlight.

He finally shook his head firmly, "No one knows."

"Then, how many years ago did she start appearing here."

Lin Zheng pursed his lips unnaturally, and he turned his head away slowly, looking at the reflections of the two facing each other on the lake, "About ten years ago." He added with some hesitation, "It seems that everyone is not sure."

"Ten years." Mu Jingzhao said these two words in a deep voice, as if he had exerted a lot of strength.

This period of time, no matter which person it is on, is an experience long enough to crush that person's life.

But Jiang Ning, a girl, has lived a wandering life alone for so long, but she still faces everything firmly and bravely.

Mu Jingzhao suddenly felt a warm current rising from his heart and spreading to his nasal cavity, making it slightly itchy.

"I still don't understand." He suppressed all strangeness, "If you want to assassinate, it doesn't make sense to find an unknown storyteller on the street."

(End of this chapter)