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

Chapter 40

Another bolt of lightning strikes down, and a muffled thunder rolls across the sky.Mu Jingzhao gathered his cloak and closed the window.

"Then I'll go back first and take care of myself."

Jiang Ning nodded. Obviously, she didn't notice so many emotional changes in Mu Jingzhao, and she didn't have any special thoughts.

She just felt that what she was forced to accept today was too much.

The excessive operation of her brain caused her to fall into a kind of extreme exhaustion.

She just wanted to send away the living ancestor in front of her quickly, wash up and get ready to rest.

Hearing Mu Jingzhao's words, Jiang Ning breathed a sigh of relief. She quickly got up and ran to take Mu Jingzhao to the door.

With an eager look on his face, he even wanted to kick Mu Jingzhao out.

Seeing Mu Jingzhao stepping out of the threshold, Jiang Ning was ready to close the door with a happy face, but he turned around as if thinking of something, and looked at her intently.

"there's one more thing."

Jiang Ning's footsteps stopped, and his body almost bumped into Mu Jingzhao due to inertia.

The smile on her face froze instantly, and she began to think in her heart where she should kick Mu Jingzhao so that she could kick him out easily.

"Is there a shortage of people in your palace?"

"There is no shortage." She thought that Mu Jingzhao wanted to put people in her palace again, so she refused without thinking, "There are so many people in the palace of concubines that are enough."

"Then why do you use my imperial guards to work for you?"

"Oh, Lu Feng." Jiang Ning waved his hand, and looked at Mu Jingzhao with a look of hatred for iron and steel, "This is no excuse, he is a friend of Zheliu, and he is also half of the Lenggong."

"I'm not talking about Lu Feng."

Jiang Ning thumped in his heart instantly, and his expression showed a trace of unnaturalness.

Before she could make sure that Mu Jingzhao was killing all her enemies, she felt that it was better not to let the other party know about her acquaintance with Lin Zheng.

"Oh, it was because I was about to irrigate that day, and Lufeng and Zheliu were not there. I couldn't carry it on my shoulders or hands. I must find someone to help."

Jiang Ning laughed, trying to put the matter aside.

Mu Jingzhao looked her up and down, a little helpless, "If you need someone next time, just come to me."

After Mu Jingzhao finished speaking, he began to regret it. He hardly doubted that this woman really dared to send him to weed and plow the land for her.

A bright smile slowly emerged on Jiang Ning's face, and Mu Jingzhao's words seemed to have turned into countless priceless gold ingots, which were thrown towards Jiang Ning.

In that short moment, thousands of money-making ideas emerged in Jiang Ning's mind, which could maximize the value of Mu Jingzhao's farming.

Before Mu Jingzhao had time to repent, she quickly patted Mu Jingzhao's hand, "Deal, a gentleman's words are hard to follow."

Mu Jingzhao originally wanted to scold someone, but he slowly held back when he saw the smile on her face that was too bright.

After a long time, he finally said slowly, "Then I'm going first."

Just as Mu Jingzhao stepped out of the palace gate, Jiang Ning instantly recalled the real purpose of looking for Shen Qingrong today.

"Your Majesty, wait a minute." She stepped forward, took out a peacock feather hairpin from her bosom, and handed it to Mu Jingzhao, "This is a gift that the concubine originally planned to give to the empress. She upset her, remember to give this to her."

Mu Jingzhao didn't take the box away, but just glanced at Jiang Ning with some hesitation.

The smile on Jiang Ning's face was still bright and innocent.

Mu Jingzhao nodded, raised his legs and stepped out of the palace gate.

Jiang Ning waved his hand brilliantly and bid farewell to Mu Jingzhao. After washing up, she soon fell asleep.

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On the other side, in Changle Palace.

Shen Qingrong was sitting on the couch, her eyes were slightly closed, her expression was indifferent, she was holding a string of small sandalwood rosary beads, and fiddled with them unhurriedly, the rosary beads collided with each other and there was a rhythmic sound The muffled sound of "click, click".Beside her, Ling Yue stood obediently with a look of resentment.

"The emperor made it clear that he wanted to embarrass you, empress." Ling Yue said angrily.

She has been by Shen Qingrong's side since she was a child, and she knows Shen Qingrong's character better than anyone else.

She knew how much effort and energy Shen Qingrong had put into being a good queen, so she was quite dissatisfied with Mu Jingzhao's behavior of putting Shen Qingrong in a difficult situation for the sake of probing.

"All these clues point to Bengong. The emperor doubts Bengong, doubts Bengong. This is a matter of course."

Shen Qingrong's face was indifferent, and the gentle smile that always existed on her face had long since disappeared.

A flash of lightning illuminated half of the sky in an instant, making Shen Qingrong's face pale, the thunder was rolling, the shower fell like a drumbeat, and the fragrance of the moist soil floated into the hall, completely covering the scent of sandalwood in the house.

Ling Yue looked puzzled, "If that's the case, why did you do this?"

Shen Qingrong smiled gently, "The Emperor is too suspicious. If he is so suspicious, sooner or later he will suspect Ben Gong. It would be better for Ben Gong to take the initiative and take the opportunity to get rid of the suspicion first."

She plucked the last rosary bead vigorously, and there was a crisp sound when the rosary struck, and then, a muffled thunder rolled past.

"One is to get rid of his doubts about me, and the other is to delay the time for father to divert the emperor's attention, killing two birds with one stone."

As soon as Shen Qingrong finished speaking, the anger on Ling Yue's face had completely disappeared.

She looked at Shen Qingrong with a proud smile on her face.

Although she believed in Shen Qingrong's wisdom and ability, in her eyes, dealing with such a matter was still as difficult as walking a tightrope.

"My lady, what should we do?"

"Check." Shen Qingrong casually put the rosary in her hand on the table, "Check thoroughly, make the movement as loud as possible, the emperor must feel the anger of this palace, the anger of being trampled on self-esteem .”

"Yes." Ling Yue nodded in response, "From tomorrow onwards, the servants will conduct a thorough investigation starting from the people around Fu Ling."

"My lady, what kind of result do you think it should be?"

It was raining heavily outside the window, and the sound of the rain unscrupulously covered up the conversation between Ling Yue and Shen Qingrong, as if they were covering for the master and servant.

"In the end, it was found in the palace. It was an old man in the palace who was ordered to do it. When she was found, she committed suicide in fear of crime."

"Yes." Ling Yue never questioned her master's decision. As Shen Qingrong's most loyal servant, it was her job to follow all of Shen Qingrong's orders unconditionally.

"Is your empress trying to disturb the emperor's thinking, making him feel that there are eyeliners everywhere in the palace?"

Shen Qingrong nodded slightly, she looked at the heavy rain outside the window, "Sometimes, a man's guilt is also a weapon."

"Then Concubine Ning?"

She was still looking at the rain curtain, without looking back, "Leave her alone." She paused, sighed slowly, and shook her head, "I really like that little girl, it's a pity."

Ling Yue didn't reply, but followed the direction of Shen Qingrong's gaze and looked out the window.

(End of this chapter)