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

Chapter 58 Wool comes from sheep

Late at night, in the side hall of the cold palace.

Under the flickering candlelight, Mu Jingzhao was holding the book that Jiang Ning was peeking at during the day, and the page was turning to the page that Jiang Ning was reading during the day.

He frowned, and his eyes quickly scanned the words on the page. Every time he read a line of words, his brows deepened a little.

As if recalling some not-so-good memories, Mu Jingzhao took a deep breath, closed the book forcefully, and stuffed it back into the bookshelf.

But then, he pulled it out again, tore off the page he was reading not long ago, put it under the candlelight, lit it, and threw it on the ground.

It's like throwing out a bunch of garbage.

"Your Majesty." Lin Zheng had already entered the palace at some point, and beside him, the pages of the book were quickly reduced to ashes, but he just kept his eyes fixed and bowed to face Mu Jingzhao.

Mu Jingzhao's gaze eased a lot when he saw Lin Zheng, he pulled the chair behind him and sat down, and raised his chin at Lin Zheng.

"Neither the empress nor the imperial concubine had any special reactions, and neither of them seemed to be affected by what happened during the day."

There was no surprise on Mu Jingzhao's face, he nodded to show that he knew.

Although the inner courtyard of the palace has been harmonious and stable for many years, he has never felt that his concubine in the harem is a fuel-efficient lamp.

"Your Majesty." Lin Zheng's voice was very shallow, and he pursed his lips lightly, as if he was hesitating, "It's better for me to find the missing 'true' Concubine Ning first, so as to investigate the truth."

Obviously, finding the prime minister's daughter is the most appropriate and labor-saving investigation direction at present, but Mu Jingzhao hesitated.

"The emperor is worried that finding the original prime minister's daughter will implicate Concubine Ning?"

Mu Jingzhao didn't answer, but just watched the small ball of book pages on the ground turn into ashes, "I have my own plan, and you can tell Zhe Liu to pay special attention to the diet of Leng Gong, and check every meal in advance before entering Concubine Ning mouth."

"Yes."

Lin Zheng bowed and stepped back.

On the second day, before dawn, Jiang Ning got up and started harvesting in the courtyard with a sickle.

Although she can be regarded as a profiteer, she has always put the needs of customers first. Therefore, since the money has been collected, she must entrust this vegetable field as soon as possible.

However, Mu Jingzhao specifically asked not to ask the imperial guards for help.

Although Jiang Ning, who lost Lu Feng, a free labor force, was sad, he finally resigned to his fate and started to do it himself.

In fact, this place in the yard is not too big, and she planned it very clearly for a small area.

One piece is used to grow green leafy vegetables, usually eaten with wontons or noodles as side dishes; one piece is used to grow beans, which can be dried and stored for eating anytime and anywhere; Easy to save, many ways to do it.

Other things are easy to deal with, but Jiang Ning really doesn't know what to do with this leafy vegetable.

Eat it, but you can’t finish it; if you want to store it, you can’t find so many ice cubes; you can’t bear to feed it to chickens and ducks.

Or take it and sell it.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning pressed down with his right hand, and the fat vegetable bun was tilted to one side, exposing the short and thick vegetable stem at the bottom of the vegetable bun.

Jiang Ning raised and lowered the knife, the movement was so fast that it was not clear, the knife and sickle in her hand fell on the vegetable stem.

The thick vegetable stalk was cut with a huge gap, Jiang Ning did not pause at all, and landed with another knife, the huge vegetable bag instantly broke free from its restraints and rolled to the ground.

Jiang Ning held the vegetable bag in one hand, while turning the vegetable bag in his hand with five fingers, he quickly cut off the end of the vegetable bag with a sickle.

The green vegetable leaves fell immediately, revealing the tight green inside.

Jiang Ning casually threw the sickle on the ground, held the cabbage in both hands and carefully placed it in the vegetable basket beside him, and picked up the scattered vegetable leaves on the ground.

In such a short time, she had already thought up a plan.

She went to borrow a relatively large cart, stacked all her cabbages on the cart, looked at the abundance of the cart with a smile, and felt a strong sense of pride spontaneously.

This is all the result of her hard work.

As a low-level commoner in the Kingdom of Gong, she knows that she has always been the target of oppression by the nobles, but now, she wants to use this cartload of cabbages to ruthlessly cheat the emperor.

It can be regarded as reincarnation of cause and effect.

She thought happily, then pushed the cart full of vegetables and walked towards the outside of the hall.

But she didn't want to, she had just walked to the door of the cold palace and bumped into Mu Jingzhao who had just returned from court.

Jiang Ning pushed the cart with her waist bowed, and the cabbage piled up too high completely blocked her view, making her completely oblivious to the presence of a person in front of the cart.

Seeing that the car was about to hit him, Mu Jingzhao staggered two steps to narrowly avoid it. His Majesty the emperor, who was still in shock, just thought it was some short-sighted servant who didn't notice him.

A wave of anger rose from his heart.

"Bold!"

The guards beside him hurriedly helped him, and he waved his hand, staring at the cart full of cabbages with a gloomy face, wishing he could kick it over.

However, the cart still didn't stop. It turned a corner and turned to one side, presenting Jiang Ning, who was pushing the cart behind, in front of Mu Jingzhao.

"It's the emperor."

Jiang Ning didn't realize that he offended the emperor not long ago.

She turned her head and smiled brightly at Mu Jingzhao who was beside her, her mind was full of the money she was going to get in the pocket soon,

Mu Jingzhao was slightly taken aback. It was approaching noon, the weather was getting warmer, and there was already a breath of spring in the wind.

After working all morning, Jiang Ning's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and her cheeks were flushed with traces of mud and sand.

Mu Jingzhao's expression eased a little bit. He looked at the cabbage in front of him and Jiang Ning who was sweating profusely behind him, and he suddenly understood.

"What are you going to do?"

"Yesterday, a concubine promised to give up the cultivated land to the emperor, so he harvested it as soon as possible, and planned to take these vegetables to the imperial dining room."

Mu Jingzhao looked at the cart full of cabbages, and then at the overly bright smile on Jiang Ning's face, with undisguised suspicion on his face.

"deliver?"

Knowing in her heart that she had already been seen through by the imperial dining room, she simply didn't hide it, "Of course, it would be nice if I could make a little money."

"If you plan to sell these things to the Imperial Dining Room, it's really a wrong idea."

Jiang Ning scratched her head. Although she knew from the beginning that there must be a fixed supply chain for the things in the imperial dining room, she planned to put these things on the grounds that Mu Jingzhao planted them herself.

Of course, she didn't dare to tell Mu Jingzhao, "Why does the emperor say that?"

"There is a fixed supply of items in the imperial dining room in the palace, and no private purchases are allowed without approval."

Jiang Ning was silent and didn't intend to tell his original plan, but said stubbornly, "Then I'd better try it, otherwise it would be nice to send it for free."

"Actually, it's not impossible." Mu Jingzhao raised his lips, "For example, you can go with someone who can change the supply of the imperial dining room."

Mu Jingzhao tugged at his sleeves and stood up straight, "For example, how about you?"

Jiang Ning squinted his eyes and looked at him. It was not a good idea. The person in front of him must have seen through his intentions and deliberately made trouble.

"Thank you for the kindness of the emperor, the concubine will not waste the precious time of the emperor." Jiang Ning grinned, bent over and pushed the cart and continued walking towards the imperial dining room.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she took two steps, Mu Jingzhao rushed to catch up, "Trust me once, and I will definitely help you get a good price."

Jiang Ning looked at Mu Jingzhao for a moment, and finally, she finally compromised.

Or, it can also be said that Jiang Ning thought of what Mu Jingzhao did before, and realized that what he said should be the truth.

"Then there will be Emperor Lao."

So Jiang Ning continued to push the cart towards the imperial dining room, while Mu Jingzhao followed her leisurely.

His posture was still elegant and calm, in stark contrast to Jiang Ning, who was panting while pushing a cart.

A concubine pushing a cart, and a concubine following her, placed in the harem, can be described as a spectacle.

But at this time, no one dared to discuss anything.

"Aren't you going to give me a push?"

I don't know if the comfortable life has worn down Jiang Ning's physical strength, but after walking for a while, she began to be out of breath.

"If I'm seen, how can I show my prestige?"

Jiang Ning stopped talking, just continued to push his car, thinking in his heart that he must earn enough!
After a while, the two walked into the imperial dining room together.

(End of this chapter)