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

Chapter 86 The Grasshopper on a Rope
No matter how stupid Jiang Ning is, she also understands in her heart that she and the prime minister's family can be said to be grasshoppers tied to the same rope.

"Since the empress got married, the old man has had trouble sleeping and eating. Now seeing that the empress is favored by the emperor, the old man is relieved."

Jiang Qingyuan said tremblingly, the beard on his upper lip trembled with the movement of his lips when he spoke.

Jiang Ning was a little stunned, obviously as a prime minister, why this Jiang Qingyuan was neither as smooth and sophisticated as Shen Tong, nor as straightforward and tough as Liu Yue.

On the contrary, he has a simple and honest look on his face.

In Jiang Ning's perception, it is impossible to sit in the prime minister's position for a long time without falling down.

Looking at the appearance of Jiang Qingyuan in front of her, no matter what, she could not confuse him with the mastermind behind the planning of her marriage.

Jiang Ning hesitated for a moment, knowing that if he didn't ask again, he might never have the chance to know the truth.

She swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and carefully looked at Jiang Qingyuan's expression.

"My lord, do you know why I married Ling Qianjin instead?"

Jiang Qingyuan pursed his lips, hesitated to speak, and did not say a word for a long time.

In the end, he looked at Jiang Ning and let out a heavy breath.

"In fact, the old man doesn't know about this matter." He sighed deeply, and he lowered his head slowly, the silver-white hair on the top of his head was fully exposed in front of Jiang Ning, which made him a little older.

"Actually, Ning'er is quite dissatisfied with this marriage, and begged the old man several times to call off the marriage. But the marriage is a matter of parents' order and matchmaker's words, and she can't help it. Ning'er had quarreled and quarreled, and was forcefully suppressed. In the end, she let it go and gave up her resistance."

Jiang Qingyuan lowered his head and said to himself, as if he was caught in some not-so-good memory.

Jiang Ning did not interrupt, just quietly listening to him.

"Until the wedding night, there was nothing abnormal. Although Ning'er was quite dissatisfied with being depressed all day long, she finally chose to compromise under pressure."

"Even when she was dressing her up that day, there was nothing wrong. It wasn't until the sedan chair arrived at the gate of the prime minister's mansion that Ning'er's mother was really worried and was about to go to see her. Only then did we find out that our daughter had been replaced. You have become a concubine."

"At that time, we were completely panicked, and quickly sent people to look for Ning'er. However, the team to meet the bride had already arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. We didn't dare to miss the auspicious time, so we could only send you to the bridal sedan chair by mistake."

"Afterwards, we also sent people to search for Ning'er's whereabouts. Unfortunately, hundreds of government soldiers searched all over the capital, but we couldn't find Ning'er's whereabouts."

"Your Majesty, at that time, our family really had no choice but to lose our minds. We didn't ask Your Majesty to forgive me, but also asked Your Majesty to protect us in this deep palace."

Jiang Ning herself couldn't say whether to complain or not. After all, she knew in her heart that the prime minister was not responsible for this matter to this point.

Besides, if she hadn't entered the harem by mistake, she probably wouldn't be able to earn as much money as she has now in her entire life.

Listening to Jiang Qingyuan's words, Jiang Ning couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

Sure enough, as she expected, the breakthrough of all this was in the real prime minister's daughter.

Although it is said that there is no emperor in the world, but this matter has passed for so long, hundreds of soldiers from the prime minister's mansion have searched all over the capital, but they have not found it.

Besides, such a long time has passed, it is almost impossible to find such a person in Gong Country.

"Perhaps, the prime minister's daughter has someone she likes?" Jiang Ning asked tentatively.

Jiang Qingyuan was slightly taken aback, "My lady asked why?"

Hearing the other party's words, Jiang Ning immediately realized that he had hit the right track.

Jiang Ning changed the subject, and turned to Jiang Qingyuan and said, "Prime Minister, do you still remember the poisoning in the harem that the emperor said today?"

Jiang Qingyuan was slightly taken aback, but still nodded slowly.

"The food was actually put into the food of the palace and the emperor." Jiang Ning took a deep breath, and now she still feels lingering fear when she thinks about that night.

"The meal was made by the palace himself, and it was included in the emperor's favorite meal."

Following what Jiang Ning said, Jiang Qingyuan's eyes widened.

"Your Majesty, what you mean is that there may be some connection between these two things?"

Jiang Ning nodded slowly, "Both the emperor and I feel that the real purpose of the other party should be to put the blame on this palace and implicate the prime minister's family."

She casually buried her head in drinking tea, seemingly not paying attention, but her eyes kept sweeping across Jiang Qingyuan's face inadvertently.

Jiang Qingyuan lowered his eyes, as if he was thinking about something. He looked up at Jiang Ning for a long time, his cloudy eyes kept widening.

"The emperor, the emperor knows, knows who you are?"

"Yeah." Jiang Ning nodded, "The emperor already knew about it from the first day I entered the palace."

Jiang Qingyuan was silent for a moment, and finally exhaled slowly, "That's it, that's good."

"As the empress guessed, Ning'er is indeed the one she likes." When Jiang Qingyuan said this, there was a heavy sigh in his words.

Presumably, the prime minister himself felt a bit of self-blame for the disappearance of the real daughter.

"Ning'er has been in poor health since she was a child. She has been suffering from serious diseases since she was born. The doctors she saw were at a loss. They all said that she would not live to be 20 years old. Until the year before last, it was rumored that a famous doctor came to Kyoto. The disease was cured. So we took Ning'er to see the legendary famous doctor with the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor."

"That famous doctor really lived up to his reputation. After coming and going, Ning'er's complexion became better day by day, and his temper became more lively day by day. My wife and I were happy to see it, until one time, we were accompanying Ning'er. When we went to see a doctor, we suddenly found that she was flirting with the apprentice of the doctor's school, and we panicked."

As Jiang Qingyuan said this, the sigh in his words became more and more intense.

"The next thing, I think the empress can probably guess."

Jiang Ning nodded and said no more.

The next thing was probably to prevent his daughter from being bewitched by this medical apprentice, so Jiang Qingyuan and Mu Jingzhao hit it off and finalized the marriage between the prime minister's daughter and Mu Jingzhao.

"Prime Minister, did you go to a famous doctor to look for Ling Qianjin?"

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Ning immediately regretted it. The first choice of normal people must be to go to a famous doctor to find him. Presumably the prime minister must have chosen this way.

"I have looked for it, but according to the person who stayed behind, the doctor has already traveled around the world with his apprentice, and no one knows his whereabouts."

(End of this chapter)