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

Chapter 31 Powerless
In the evening, in the cold palace, Lin Zheng and Jiang Ning stood facing each other across the gate of the cold palace.

Ever since Mu Jingzhao ordered to strictly protect Jiang Ning, outside the walls of the cold palace, the imperial guards guarded by Lin Zheng are guarding them every day.

Lin Zheng stood outside the door, and the imperial guards stationed beside him were all attracted to the side door by Jiang Ning's sonorous and forceful voice.

The slight sideways of the two caught Lin Zheng's attention, he lowered his voice, and whispered in Jiang Ning's ear.

"Your Majesty, this matter should not be made public."

Jiang Ning was startled, and then led Lin Zheng into the courtyard knowingly.

The two stood at the edge of a vegetable field. This is the cabbage that Jiang Ning just planted some time ago. The inner leaves of the cabbage are slightly curled, forming a fist-sized bag in the center, and it will be fully mature in a few days.

Lin Zheng looked at the fresh and tender cabbage at his feet, and slowly moved his gaze away to every corner of the cold palace.

There was a bit of undisguised admiration and praise on his face.

In the end, his eyes slowly fell on Jiang Ning's face, "Mother, I am here today to apologize to you."

Jiang Ning didn't care about Lin Zheng's questioning aside.

Soon, her expression returned to normal, and the smile on her face was indifferent and alienated.

"Master Commander, what you are talking about is the confrontation with my palace the night before yesterday?"

Lin Zheng was noncommittal, and he handed the gold ingot in front of Jiang Ning again.

"It is a serious crime committed by the minister above, and please forgive me, the empress."

She was not stubborn, she just took the gold ingot from Lin Zheng's hand and put it into her bosom.

Jiang Ning has always been able to bend and stretch, no matter what time it is, he will never get in trouble with Yin Zi.

"I understand that the Commander is the Emperor's man, and it is the Commander's responsibility to act for the Emperor and protect the Emperor. It is reasonable for you to be wary of this Palace."

Such a sentence, not only did not make Lin Zheng feel relieved, on the contrary, it made him taste something different from it.

He opened his mouth, and with some difficulty highlighted four words, "What happened back then." These words seemed to have exhausted all of Lin Zheng's strength, and he paused for a long time, "It has nothing to do with the emperor."

Jiang Ning lowered her eyes and smiled. In the direction of her eyes, a green caterpillar was struggling to climb up the young leaf with fists and laughing in the center.

She kicked the leaf vigorously, the whole cabbage shook violently, and the caterpillar immediately rolled down and fell into a drop of water.

"You said that if the caterpillar drowned in the water drops, whose fault would it be?"

Lin Zheng was startled, he looked down at the caterpillar struggling in the water drop, then got up stubbornly again, and crawled towards the top of the cabbage.

"Is it my fault? But I don't know that it will drown and die. I am just an accomplice."

The little caterpillar slowly climbed to the top of the cabbage, propped up its front body, and faced Jiang Ning, as if scolding her for what she had done.

"However, even if it wasn't what I did, I still can't escape the responsibility."

She raised her head and looked at Lin Zheng with clear and resolute eyes, "Because, all of this started with the kick I kicked, didn't it?"

Lin Zheng heard the deep meaning in her words, pursed his lips, and did not argue.

"I never thought of asking my mother to be tolerant and magnanimous, so as to forgive all the pain in the past." Lin Zheng sighed secretly as he looked at the gnawing gnat on the top of the cabbage.

It seemed so stupid and powerless, but it still tried its best to climb to the position closest to the enemy, allowing her to see her determination to take revenge.

"It's just that the poisoning a few days ago was really strange. I'm worried that my mother will be blamed for it. This matter in the palace is much more complicated than what you saw, my mother."

She laughed dumbly.

"So you stared at Ben Gong to get the rat poison, and then watched Ben Gong add it to the emperor's chicken soup with his own hands, and finally drank it by himself. All this, just because you want to protect the safety of Ben Gong?"

"It's the minister's dereliction of duty." Lin Zheng's voice was very low.

Jiang Ning had no patience to continue communicating with Lin Zheng, she turned around and was about to enter the room, "You big men are always so high above you, your hands are covered with blood, but you still want to pretend to be dignified. For the sake of the other party."

Lin Zheng stepped forward in two steps and stood in front of Jiang Ning, looking quite excited.

"The minister did not say that the minister and the emperor have no responsibility at all. If the minister had arrived one step earlier, perhaps nothing would have happened."

"If the emperor hadn't issued such a decision, perhaps nothing would have happened."

"We are guilty, each of us should be responsible for what happened to you, but empress, don't you think that those who should pay for it are those with butcher knives in their hands?"

Jiang Ning was taken aback by his sudden excitement.

Although she didn't intend to shift all responsibility to Lin Zheng, she always wondered in her heart whether he might be the culprit who slaughtered her entire family.

Before today, Lin Zheng was just a faint, vague shadow in her heart.

He was the switch that turned on a memory, he was an inescapable part of his hatred.

But now, he has become a living person.

Standing in front of Jiang Ning, he showed his misunderstood sadness and helplessness.

She began to shake the unshakable cognition in her heart, trying to separate Lin Zheng from that hatred.

Jiang Ning was confused for a moment.

She had never witnessed the tragic scene of her whole family being slaughtered. When she rushed to the scene, only Lin Zheng was left with a white knife covered in blood, and he took her to escape.

She couldn't tell whether all this was a chivalrous man who drew his sword to help, or the momentary soft-hearted conscience of the executioner.

However, relying on this little uncertainty, she concretized those deep-seated hatreds on Lin Zheng alone.

It is with this deep-rooted hatred that she supports herself in countless dangers and dangers.

She told herself countless times, you can't die, you have to live to avenge your loved ones and parents.

Then she really survived tenaciously again and again.

"Do you have any..." She pondered for a long time before she could barely utter a few words, "Clues."

A bit of guilt appeared on Lin Zheng's face, "I don't know." His voice suddenly became a little anxious, "The tragedy had already happened when I arrived, and it was too late to stop it. Follow-up investigations, all the evidence points to your family Deliberate revenge on the family. The case can only be dismissed hastily."

Jiang Ning let out a deep breath, "Then, first, this palace, let's investigate by ourselves."

Lin Zheng was a little stunned, "Your Majesty, don't you blame me?"

She smiled slightly, "It's strange, of course it's strange. You pointed a knife at Ben Gong's neck last night, which frightened Ben Gong a little."

"I hope that I can make up for my mistakes." Lin Zheng lowered his head heavily.

She smiled brightly, "Go pick up the dung over there, and I'll treat you to dinner later."

　Woohoo sorry my angels!Yesterday, because I was not in a good mood, my mood was not right. What I wrote deviated from the feeling I wanted as a whole, so I re-wrote it and uploaded it again.There will be no abuse here, there will be no abuse here (sincere face -^-
　　
　
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