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

Chapter 30
However, everyone who listened to the book was obviously not satisfied with this vent-like story.

Today, they all put down what they were doing and came to listen to the book. The purpose was to spy on Jiang Ning's relationship with Mu Jingzhao last night.

And everyone in the palace knew that the emperor had to go to the empress's palace on the fifteenth of every month. This was an unwritten rule in the palace, and it had always been like this since ancient times.

But this rule was personally broken by this empress who was raising chickens and growing vegetables in the cold palace just last night.

Although everyone is also very puzzled, why does Jiang Ning, who seems to be so indifferent, insist on competing with the queen on this matter.

However, this is not something these eunuchs and maids should care about.

The palace has been calm for many years, the empress and the imperial concubine have always kept the water in the water, and finally a newcomer came to break the situation, and give everyone a new look, why not do it?

What's more, for this kind of thing, if you are lucky enough, you might see the Empress Empress and Concubine Ning vying for favor, so why not do it?

As soon as Jiang Ning finished speaking, the people in the audience unanimously began to express their dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, such a good person as our emperor would never do such a thing!"

"Yeah, could it be that, madam, did you quarrel with the emperor last night? No wonder the emperor left last night."

"Your Majesty, why don't you tell me what happened between you and the Emperor last night? The servants love to hear it."

"Yes."

"Yes."

Responses sounded in time, and they slammed towards Jiang Ning. This time, even Lu Feng and Zhe Liu in the auditorium didn't respond, but just looked at Jiang Ning with the same blank expression.

Jiang Ning felt a little tired, she waved her hand casually, "That's it for today, everyone is gone, I'm tired, so I won't charge money today."

As soon as the words fell, the crowd became noisy again.

Jiang Ning didn't speak anymore, she turned her face away and stopped looking at Lin Zheng.

In the end, the people in that palace seemed to be tired too, they stopped struggling and left resignedly.

Soon, only Jiang Ning, Lu Feng, Zhe Liu, and Lin Zheng were left in the cold palace.

Zhe Liu and Lu Feng each occupied one of the seats and sat in opposite corners. Without Jiang Ning's order, the two of them didn't know how to react, they just sat there with a dazed look on their faces.

"Okay, Zhe Liu, Lu Feng, you should go away first, I will clean up this thing myself later."

Although still puzzled, Lu Feng and Zhe Liu nodded obediently, got up and left.

Only Lin Zheng and Jiang Ning were left in the cold palace, looking at each other through the gate of the cold palace.

Jiang Ning took a deep breath and walked slowly towards Lin Zheng.

Jiang Ning lowered her head, naturally she wouldn't see Lin Zheng looking into her eyes with the nostalgia as if from a lifetime ago.

The afterglow of the evening fell unscrupulously on Jiang Ning's slightly yellowed hair, dyeing her hair with a fluffy halo, and Jiang Ning seemed to be integrated into one body by this halo.

It wasn't until Jiang Ning raised his head and looked straight into his eyes that he finally came back to his senses, and looked away unnaturally.

He took out a gold ingot from his pocket, spread his hands, and handed it to Jiang Ning.

She stared intently at the gold ingot in Lin Zheng's hand, the light refracted by the metal fell on Lin Zheng's palm, deeply embedded in the texture of Lin Zheng's palm.

Jiang Ning was stunned, and the golden luster in the texture instantly turned into a rich blood red, and the blood red stared into a liquid, flowing down Lin Zheng's palm.

She didn't reach out to pick it up.

Xu Shi saw her distracted, Lin Zheng spoke softly.

"What is the purpose of your empress attracting me here with such great fanfare?"

Jiang Ning looked up into his eyes, "I only want the truth."

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On the other side, in the imperial study room, Li Zinian held a thin piece of paper and presented it in front of Mu Jingzhao.

"Your Majesty, according to Imperial Physician Zhang, the toxin in the braised pork is called acacia, which is quite similar to red beans. Its seeds are highly poisonous and are often ground into powder for use. If a certain amount is ingested, death will undoubtedly occur."

Mu Jingzhao was going to grab the sesame balls on the table, but when he heard Li Zinian's words, he withdrew awkwardly.

"Like a red bean?" He asked back as if muttering to himself.

"Yes. 'Red beans are grown in the southern country, and a few branches come out in spring. This is what they are talking about.'"

Mu Jingzhao laughed softly, "This person is clever, he just found a cook from the imperial dining room and said that he mistook Acacia for ordinary red beans, so he was free from suspicion."

Li Zinian bowed, "According to Doctor Zhang, no one has asked him to take this thing recently." He glanced at Mu Jingzhao cautiously, and said tremblingly, "It should have nothing to do with Concubine Ning."

Mu Jingzhao's face was a little playful, and he probably didn't quite understand why Jiang Ning could easily gain the trust of so many people in the palace after entering the palace for such a short time.

"You also think Concubine Ning is innocent?"

Li Zinian passed the paper forward again, "This is the news from Concubine Ning's palace."

Mu Jingzhao glanced sideways and scanned the paper.

I saw a lot of different names written on it, including what position the other party held, what palace and what courtyard they were in.

Dozens of courtyards are written eloquently on it, and there are people from all palaces and courtyards.

"These are all people who have been exposed to food during the process of being sent to the cold palace."

Mu Jingzhao frowned, feeling very headache.

If the investigation continues according to this list, I am afraid that before the investigation of the mastermind behind the scenes, they will already be alarmed.

Seeing that he had a headache, Li Zinian said comfortingly, "Your Majesty is loved by servants."

However, it still did not achieve the effect of half a comfort.

"Let's do this first." Mu Jingzhao put the thin paper aside casually, and subconsciously reached out to grab the sesame balls. His gaze was fixed on the black, bright and round sesame balls, but Jiang Ning's faint smile gradually appeared in his eyes. Yellow dry hair.

And, that stubborn face.

"Send this sesame ball to Concubine Ning." Mu Jingzhao waved his hand.

"Yes." Li Zinian hurriedly held the porcelain plate, "The emperor seems to be quite concerned about Concubine Ning recently."

Mu Jingzhao was slightly taken aback, and he turned his head slightly, as if he was asking Li Zinian, but also as if he was asking himself.

"is it?"

"Yes."

Mu Jingzhao froze, until Li Zinian said this, he seemed to realize that since Lin Zheng said that to him last night, Jiang Ning's stubborn face always inadvertently broke into his mind .

He originally thought it was because he was worried about the poisoning, but it wasn't until Li Zinian said this that he realized that he was worried about Jiang Ning.

"Maybe it's because I feel ashamed of her." Mu Jingzhao didn't know whether he was telling Li Zinian or himself.

He vaguely felt that he seemed to regard all of Jiang Ning's past misfortunes as his own sins.

As a monarch, he should benefit the people, and what happened to Jiang Ning was a slap in the face on his face.

Sonorously denounced his incompetence as a monarch.

"Forget it, I'll go by myself." Thinking of this, he called Li Zinian back, and took the plate of sesame balls in his hand.

(End of this chapter)