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

Chapter 38 frame the blame
This greeting from the imperial guard stopped the conversation in that small area instantly, and then, a guard stepped aside to make a small gap.

Mu Jingzhao walked out of the gap holding the lantern.

He looked at Jiang Ning, and then took another look at Shen Qingrong beside her.

Shen Qingrong and Jiang Ning bowed to Mu Jingzhao.

Mu Jingzhao waved his hands casually.

"Why are you here? Why are you two?"

Before Jiang Ning could respond, Shen Qingrong spoke first, "It was the concubine who invited Concubine Ning to have dinner in Changle Palace. Concubine Ning said she heard something going on outside the palace and wanted to come and see the excitement. Concubine Ning Come with her."

The flickering candle in his hand cast a shadow on Mu Jingzhao's face, and he nodded slightly without saying much.

When Jiang Ning saw Mu Jingzhao, she suddenly forgot the rules. She stepped forward, walked to Mu Jingzhao's side, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, what happened? Can my concubine take a look?"

Mu Jingzhao didn't answer, she only thought that the other party was acquiescing, she made a gesture of silence, and cautiously moved forward.

"Don't look!" Before Jiang Ning could get close, Mu Jingzhao covered her eyes, pulled her back, and dragged Jiang Ning back.

Jiang Ning was pulled for no reason, stumbled twice, and almost lost his footing.

She put her hands on her hips and looked at Mu Jingzhao speechlessly.

Obviously, he was the one who acquiesced that he could go forward and watch just now, and he was also the one who stopped him from coming back.

"Be obedient." Mu Jingzhao said to Jiang Ning in a tone as if coaxing a child.

However, Mu Jingzhao's behavior did not dispel Jiang Ning's desire to join in the fun, on the contrary, it made her more curious.

"Give me a look, Your Majesty." She begged, "Otherwise I will never forget it in this life, and I will still be worried about it after drinking Mengpo soup in the next life."

Jiang Ning is not really a difficult person, but today's fact has aroused her curiosity to the extreme.

If she doesn't know, she will think about it day and night, unable to stop.

Mu Jingzhao was helpless, but still didn't look at her.

Just when the two were in a stalemate, Li Zinian held a stack of veils and ran to Mu Jingzhao and Jiang Ning in small steps. Behind him were several young eunuchs who seemed to be inexperienced.

"Your Majesty, the veil is here."

Mu Jingzhao nodded slightly to express his agreement.

"Go, go, surround this, make sure no one knows what's inside!"

Li Zinian gave an order in a shrill voice, and immediately, the little eunuchs behind him began to move after hearing the sound, and each of them pulled a piece of veil, like a wrap, and surrounded the imperial guards tightly.

The lengths of the blocks are all the length of mopping the floor, and they are in the form of blocks that tightly wrap the small area.

At this moment, the closely surrounded imperial guards finally dispersed, revealing the inside, looking carefully at Lin Zheng, who was lying on the ground with the corpse of a court lady.

Across Shaman, Jiang Ning couldn't judge whether the maid was dead or alive. In her eyes, what she saw was Lin Zheng squatting on the ground, holding the palm of a court lady who was lying on the ground to examine herself.

It was getting late, and there was only one lantern around Lin Zheng that was still barely illuminating.

Coupled with Shaman's cover-up, people can't really see the situation.

Jiang Ning thought that the palace lady was unwell and unconscious, thinking that it would be inconvenient for a big man like Lin Zheng to do such a thing, so he stepped forward, ready to help.

She stepped forward, lifted the Shaman, and then revealed the maid's bloodless face and the bright red blood at the corner of her mouth.

Jiang Ning was startled, and then staggered back two steps, almost falling to the ground.

At this moment, Mu Jingzhao wrapped his arms around Jiang Ning and hugged Jiang Ning in his arms, "I just said, don't look, don't listen."

Jiang Ning, who was overly frightened, no longer had the mind to argue with him. She was covered in cold sweat, and turned her face away with difficulty, not looking in Shaman's direction.

"What's going on?" Seeing Jiang Ning like this, Shen Qingrong also stepped forward to lift the gauze man, and retreated to Mu Jingzhao's side in two staggered steps.

However, no one grabbed her shoulder in time.

"How could such a thing happen in this harem?" Shen Qingrong frowned.

Such a sentence seemed to remind Jiang Ning instantly that there were other people present in this matter. She opened Mu Jingzhao's arms in an instant, and stood beside him again.

Mu Jingzhao, who lost his arms for a moment, was startled, then patted the air in his arms as if holding his respect, and withdrew his hand.

Mu Jingzhao didn't speak, but his gaze was always fixed on Shen Qingrong.

Xu Shi noticed Mu Jingzhao's gaze, Shen Qingrong bowed and saluted him.

"What happened in the palace is due to the negligence of the concubine. The concubine must thoroughly investigate this matter and give the emperor an explanation."

Mu Jingzhao nodded, and looked away from Shen Qingrong's face.

As Mu Jingzhao expected, he didn't see any strange emotion on Shen Qingrong's face.

At this moment, Lin Zheng finished inspecting the corpse, lifted the Shaman and came to Mu Jingzhao, "Your Majesty, the corpse has been inspected."

He raised his head slightly, signaling Lin Zheng to continue.

"Now it can be preliminarily concluded that the cause of death was indeed suicide by biting her tongue. This court lady is Fu Ling who is in charge of doing odd jobs in the imperial dining room. She has only been in the palace for one year. She is an honest person. She is usually taciturn and has no special family background, nor does she have any enemies."

"The minister just found this thing on the maid."

Lin Zheng spread out his hands, and in his palm lay a small handful of crimson small fruits, which did not look much different from the usual edible red beans.

"According to the investigation, it has been confirmed that the court lady did lift the lid to check when Miss Zheliu came to pick up the meal."

"As for anything else, we need to discuss it further."

Mu Jingzhao nodded slightly. Before he came here, he had already expected it. All these actions were planned in advance. No matter how hard they investigated, it was impossible to find any key evidence.

"What does the queen think?"

Shen Qingrong's waist bent down a bit in an instant, "I don't know what happened, but all of this must be due to my negligence of duty. Please give me some time, Your Majesty, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly!"

Mu Jingzhao was completely dumbfounded, as he expected, Shen Qingrong's rhetoric was still so flawless that no one could find any flaws.

"Before this maid's accident, she kept saying that all this is the servant's fault, don't blame the empress, empress, what do you think about this?"

As soon as these words fell, Jiang Ning's eyes widened.

Although she was surprised, she was not an idiot.

This is obviously framing, deliberately leading all the clues to Shen Qingrong.

Shen Qingrong's expression was slightly taken aback, but immediately, she still bowed and saluted, her tone neither humble nor overbearing, "All this is my concubine's dereliction of duty, please give me time to find out everything."

She has fulfilled the bearing and duty that a queen should have.

Jiang Ning secretly sighed, the queen is still the queen, if she is framed, she will immediately cry and beg for mercy.

Mu Jingzhao finally looked away from her, "Okay, I will give you three days."

(End of this chapter)