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

Chapter 39

"If after three days, you can't give me a satisfactory answer—"

When Mu Jingzhao's words landed on that word, they quietly disappeared.

Shen Qingrong's expression remained the same, she bowed and saluted, "The concubine will definitely investigate to the end, if the emperor is not satisfied, I will let the emperor punish me."

When the conversation between the two fell into a stalemate, Jiang Ning stood beside Mu Jingzhao in a daze, with a dull expression on his face.

She hadn't recovered from the momentary shock when she saw Fu Ling's body.

Ever since she witnessed the tragic death of her parents and clansmen, she had developed an unreasonable fear of corpses.

Not only did this fear not dissipate over time, but it was deeply rooted in her heart for many years.

The night wind was blowing gently, and the veil swayed, and the swaying range made Jiang Ning a little dizzy.

Perhaps because he noticed her discomfort, Lin Zheng slowly walked up to her, blocking her gaze from looking at the veil.

She barely suppressed the fear in her heart, and immediately felt better.

Jiang Ning looked up at Lin Zheng gratefully, but unexpectedly, when she raised her head, she met Mu Jingzhao's searching gaze.

Mu Jingzhao glanced at Lin Zheng, then slowly shifted his gaze to Jiang Ning's pale lips, his eyes flooded with thoughts.

Finally, he coughed softly to everyone present, "Then there will be Queen Toil."

After Shen Qingrong responded affirmatively, he continued to order, "Ah Zheng, deal with the corpse. Then he turned his head and looked at Jiang Ning, "I will send you back. "

"Yes." Everyone took orders and began to disperse.

When Jiang Ning returned to the Leng Palace under the escort of Mu Jingzhao, Zhe Liu had been waiting for her at the door for a long time.

"My lady, you are finally back, you are so worried about me!" Zhe Liu immediately went up to meet her, surrounded her body, and after carefully checking that there was nothing unusual, she let out a sigh of relief and pulled Jiang Ning Walk towards the hall.

Only then did she see Mu Jingzhao standing behind Jiang Ning, and hurriedly bowed to salute, "Your Majesty is auspicious."

"Excuse me." Mu Jingzhao's voice was very soft, "You step back first."

Zhe Liu nodded again and again, and exited the main hall, leaving only Mu Jingzhao and Jiang Ning behind.

The two sat down around the table, and Mu Jingzhao poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Jiang Ning.

She took it and held it in both hands, but she didn't intend to drink at all. The dense mist condensed into little drops of water on her eyelashes, but her pale face was not relieved by the moistness of the water vapor. .

"The maid who bit her tongue and killed herself was the one who added acacia to the braised pork last night."

Jiang Ning seemed to have finally come to her senses, she raised her eyes slightly, "What is the basis?"

"Today, when Li Zi Nian went to investigate, the lovesickness child on her body accidentally fell out, and Li Zi Nian happened to see it."

She was slightly taken aback, and let out a chuckle with a helpless expression, "A stupid and careless person like Chen Qie knows that after doing bad things, he must destroy the corpse and wipe out the traces. Doesn't this person who is trying to kill the king know?"

Mu Jingzhao nodded slightly, expressing his approval of Jiang Ning's statement, and then, he brought the tea to his lips, "Li Zinian told me when he reported back that the court lady went madly towards the direction of Changle Palace when she just showed her feet. Run away and still call the queen before you die."

Jiang Ning shook her head slightly. She really didn't believe that the culprit, who hadn't been able to get Mu Jingzhao to find anything for such a long time, would do such a flawed thing.

"It's not like what the empress did."

"I also believe that the queen will never do such a stupid thing."

Jiang Ning frowned slightly, "But there is one more thing I can't figure out."

Mu Jingzhao took a sip of tea and motioned for her to continue talking.

"Why did the people behind the scenes learn that I had gone to Changle Palace so quickly, and were eager to use me to create alibi for the queen."

Mu Jingzhao was slightly taken aback. Obviously, he had thought about this question, but he still couldn't figure out why.

The only ones who really knew the truth about the assassination on the fifteenth night were Jiang Ning, Mu Jingzhao, Lin Zheng and the person behind the scenes.

If the person behind the scenes wanted to divert all attention to the Queen through this method, how could he step on the right time for Jiang Ning to eat in the Queen's Palace?
Such an approach is like setting the blame on her while at the same time making excuses for her.

It's so contradictory that it's hard to understand.

"Perhaps, this is just a coincidence." Jiang Ning said hesitantly.

When this sentence was said, even Jiang Ning himself didn't even believe it.

"Or, the mastermind behind the scenes is someone from the empress's palace?"

She tried to analyze a few sentences, but she really felt that her brain was a little headache.

Although she is good at doing business, it is just some simple interests and calculations. The consideration of such things is really beyond the range of the brain.

While Jiang Ning was speaking, Mu Jingzhao kept staring at her intently.

He made a special trip to accompany Jiang Ning back today. First, he was worried that Jiang Ning would be targeted by someone and cause an accident. Second, everyone was suspicious before the matter had a definite conclusion.

Being on the throne, Mu Jingzhao formed a restrained and suspicious character.

Regarding the assassination, it is related to the country and the community.

Even if he killed ten thousand by mistake, he would never let one go.

Mu Jingzhao looked at it for a long time, and finally nodded slowly, "You are right, you are so careful these days."

Jiang Ning nodded and didn't say any more. She rubbed her temples, but the headache still didn't relieve a bit.

"Why did the emperor entrust this matter to the queen for investigation?" She asked as if muttering to herself, and then she answered her thoughts as if she had thought of something, "Actually, you still doubt Empress Empress."

A bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the originally cloudy night sky, illuminating that small patch of sky and Mu Jingzhao's gloomy face.

"Before there is no definite evidence, anyone is possible." He paused slightly, stood up, and looked out the window, "I want to see how the queen will handle this matter."'

At this time, the night wind howled, and the night wind carried dead leaves and poured into the house from the wide open window, leaving a mess on the small piece of ground.

There is a fresh earth aroma in the wind, and all of these seem to indicate that a heavy rain is coming.

Looking at Mu Jingzhao's sharp face, Jiang Ning sighed slightly, "It's really hard to be an emperor."

Mu Jingzhao, who was reaching out to close the window, froze. He had heard too many voices over the years.

Some people scold the emperor for being incompetent, some people envy the emperor's power, but no one ever puts himself in his shoes and sighs how hard it is to be an emperor.

He stared blankly at Jiang Ning, trying to see a bit of flattery from Jiang Ning's childish face.

However, Jiang Ning's big eyes were as clear and transparent as ever.

Mu Jingzhao turned his face away, he even felt a little ashamed of his suspicion of Jiang Ning.

However, Jiang Ning didn't think so much.

Her straight-line thinking couldn't form the view that "Mu Jingzhao sent him back because he doubted himself".

(End of this chapter)