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

Chapter 91
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, even if Mu Jingzhao wanted to calm things down, he was really powerless. He shouted to Li Zinian who was beside him, "Quick, hurry up and bring me all the people in the Queen's Palace to the pavilion to interrogate them carefully. Be sure to check and find out!"

Seeing this, Li Zinian nodded repeatedly, and ran away in a hurry.

There was an uproar in the hall, Shen Qingrong leaned against Mu Jingzhao's arms and sobbed endlessly.

Everyone gathered in front of Shen Qingrong one after another, the expressions on their faces were either joking or sarcasm, as if they were just waiting for the two father and daughter to present all the chips they had carefully prepared.

Jiang Ning turned to look at Liu Jinfu, and saw that the other party was bringing a cup of tea to his mouth with an indifferent expression, and even the slightest expectation of watching a good show disappeared.

Inexplicably, Jiang Ning's heart tightened, and Liu Jinfu's expression made her feel a little uneasy.

She stepped forward in two steps and walked to Liu Jinfu's side, "Your Majesty."

Liu Jinfu put the teacup casually, and the moment she looked at Jiang Ning, a faint smile appeared on her face, "What's the matter, girl, do you want to find me to watch the fun with you? I don't have melon seeds here. Hit you."

Jiang Ning was silent, not knowing how to reply for a while.

The farce in the hall was still going on, and Shen Qingrong's intermittent sobs seemed extraordinarily sad in such a night.

Li Zinian led people to escort the palace ladies and eunuchs into the pavilion.

At this moment, Jiang Ning no longer cared about whether the program she prepared could go on smoothly, and she looked anxiously at Liu Jinfu.

"Ma'am, aren't you in a hurry?"

Liu Jinfu was still drinking tea slowly, seeing Jiang Ning so anxious, her eyes seemed a little moved.

"What's the use of being anxious, girl, don't you understand that so many things happened today? They are all using excuses to celebrate my birthday to embarrass me. They have been preparing for so long , there is no reason not to let people appear on stage."

Jiang Jing was silent for a moment, and she had to admit that what Liu Jinfu said was indeed the truth, and what happened today was too obviously targeted.

Of course, as the king of a country, it is impossible for Mu Jingzhao not to see the intention of the other party, but now, in front of so many ministers, it is difficult for Mu Jingzhao to turn a blind eye.

Jiang Ning stood up suddenly, raised his foot and walked towards the center of the crowd.

"Girl, what are you doing? Don't act recklessly!" Liu Jinfu stretched out his hand to pull Jiang Ning, but Jiang Ning took a step faster and let her miss.

"Your Majesty, there are a total of 74 court ladies and eunuchs in Changle Palace, all of whom have been brought here."

Li Zinian said something sharply.

The maids and eunuchs in various palace attires in the palace knelt neatly on the ground, each with varying degrees of fear on their faces.

Mu Jingzhao patted Shen Qingrong, who was weeping in his arms, and entrusted her to Shen Tong's arms beside him. He got up, and walked slowly to the palace people who were kneeling on the ground.

"Today is the birthday of the noble concubine. The noble concubine has a kind heart and proposes to reward everyone in the harem. Everyone in the palace will be rewarded. Today, I am grateful for the careful care of the queen by the people of Changle Palace when the queen was injured. Therefore, I decided to give Changle The palace people will reward you generously."

As soon as Mu Jingzhao's words came out, the panic on everyone's faces eased a little, but there were still a few clever servants trembling because of it.

Mu Jingzhao's gaze slowly swept across the faces of every Changle Palace servant in the palace, his gaze was fixed on the face of a court lady, and a clear expression appeared on his face.

He continued to speak, and walked slowly in front of a row of palace people, "Especially the matter of the queen's hand injury, I have really missed it for a long time, and now I am very grateful to see the queen's injury, so I decided to give these The palace servants who take care of the queen's injuries will be rewarded."

With a bright smile, he tilted his head and looked at the palace man whom he had set his sights on first.

"These days, it's really thanks to you for working so hard."

The palace maid raised her head and looked at Mu Jingzhao unexpectedly, then she tilted her body and fell to the ground.

In this way, everything becomes clear.

Seeing that the woman's expression was wrong, Jiang Ning was startled, and quickly shouted: "Stop her, she is going to kill herself!"

While speaking, she had already stepped forward in two steps, threw him to the ground in an instant, and pinched the opponent's cheeks with one hand, making his teeth unable to bite together.

Jiang Ning has been among the people for such a long time, among other things, he has never lacked brute force.

The maid was caught by Jiang Ning, struggled twice, then gave up.

Seeing this, everyone was shocked, Mu Jingzhao frowned, "What are you doing in a daze, go and help your mother!"

The imperial guards obeyed the order, rushed forward and instantly controlled the maid.

Inside the pavilion, the maid was taken the poison from her mouth, bound her hands and feet and knelt down in the center of the pavilion.

"If I remember correctly, you seem to be the maid of honor given to the empress by a noble concubine."

Jiang Ning was stunned. Not long ago, she was still lamenting that Mu Jingzhao's eyes were as bright as a torch, and he could instantly catch the poisoner from so many court ladies at a glance. Now, she was surprised to find out the reason for this.

"Yes, that day the queen saw the servant by chance, and said that she looked pleasing to the eye, and the concubine was generous, so she sent the servant directly to the queen's palace."

There was an uproar in the audience.

Jiang Ning was ashamed, she originally thought that Mu Jingzhao himself lived alone with his eyesight and could see the abnormality of this palace goddess from the crowd at a glance.

Unexpectedly, it was so.

Mu Jingzhao's face was gloomy, and even the eyes he looked at the queen became a little colder.

"Are you responsible for the queen's hand injury?"

"Yes."

"Now that the queen is in such a state of injury, what can you say?"

The maid trembled unceasingly, and she fell to the ground, knocking her head on the ground uncontrollably.

"Your majesty, my servant has been wronged, I really don't know this servant."

"I don't know?" Mu Jingzhao smiled instead of anger, he gritted his teeth slightly, and the veins on his neck were slightly protruding, "Okay, you don't know."

He turned his head and looked at Li Zinian who was at the side, "Drag it for me, and torture her until she remembers."

As soon as Mu Jingzhao finished speaking, Lu Feng quickly walked into the palace with two imperial guards, raised the maid's arms and dragged her towards the outside of the pavilion.

The palace maid was frightened and struggled uncontrollably.

"The emperor spares my life, the emperor spares my life."

Mu Jingzhao's expression was stern, and he remained silent. The court lady turned to Liu Jinfu with a terrified expression, "My lady, please save my slaves, my lady, please."

Liu Jinfu looked stern, she glanced at the maid indifferently, and let out a cold snort, with a contemptuous expression.

The palace lady seemed to be enraged instantly, her eyes widened, and she struggled to rush forward.

"I recruit, I recruit!"

Mu Jingzhao raised his head slightly, and Lu Feng and the others carried the maid back into the pavilion.

Throwing the court lady in front of Mu Jingzhao.

The maid looked up at Liu Jinfu carefully, and gritted her teeth, "It's the imperial concubine, it's the imperial concubine who threatened the lives of the servants and servants' family members, and the servants have no choice but to do so, Your Majesty!"

The pavilion fell into a dead silence, Shen Tong's expression was twisted, he rushed forward in two or three steps, and raised his foot to kick the trembling little maid.

"You bastard! You don't mention murdering the queen, but you dare to falsely accuse the imperial concubine!"

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Lu Feng quickly stretched out his hand to support Shen Tong's arm and pulled it back as hard as he could.

Shen Tong couldn't break free, and after cursing a few words, there was no more sound.

Mu Jingzhao's expression was grim. He turned his head and looked at Liu Jinfu who was beside him.

Liu Jinfu sat in the same position, fiddled with his nails casually, as if he didn't care what happened here.

"My lord, what do you have to say?"

Liu Jinfu raised his hand, casually blew on his nails, and never looked at Mu Jingzhao from the beginning to the end.

"Well, I did it, you kill me."

Jiang Ning was startled, she looked at Liu Jinfu who was still fiddling with her nails in disbelief.

The other party said it lightly, but Jiang Ning was shocked when he heard it.

In front of the emperor, she said such disrespectful words, but she didn't feel arrogance at all.

On the contrary, it gives people a casual and indifferent feeling that she really doesn't care whether she lives or dies.

It was as if she was really waiting there for Mu Jingzhao to issue the imperial decree and send himself to the execution ground with his own hands.

The night wind blew up and filled the pavilion instantly with a strong smell of water. Magnolia petals fluttered down with the wind, Liu Jinfu's hair fluttered, and her bright red dress fluttered.

Magnolia petals fluttered all over Liu Jinfu's body. Her skin was as white as snow, her lips were bright red, and she raised her eyes expressively. There was a lifeless silence in her eyes.

In a trance, Jiang Ning felt as if he could see the banners flying like fire under the lonely smoke of the desert, the magnolia forest blooming like colorful clouds under the bright sun, and Liu Jinfu, who was holding a long sword and vigorously, through his hunting dress.

"It was you who poisoned the queen's medicine, causing the queen's hands to fester?"

"it's me."

Jiang Ning was startled, she saw the continuous magnolia forest in front of her wither and wither in an instant, and Liu Jinfu's face, which was as bright as a cloud, also instantly returned to death.

Mu Jingzhao's chest heaved violently, his jaw tightened, and he looked at Liu Jinfu silently, "Come here, escort the noble concubine back to Shuanghua Palace!"

"Yes." With a wave of his hand, Lu Feng rushed towards Liu Jinfu with dozens of imperial guards.

Jiang Ning watched Lu Feng and others approaching Liu Jinfu continuously.

"Concubine Ning, what are you doing?"

When Jiang Ning came back to her senses, she was already standing in front of Liu Jinfu.

When she came back to her senses, she saw that everyone was looking at her together. She took a deep breath, and turned her eyes to the trembling maid beside her.

"Since you said that the imperial concubine ordered it, then may I ask, when did the imperial concubine give you the poison, what is the dose each time, and how did you put the poison on the empress's wound?"

The court lady was suddenly called out, and her whole body couldn't stop trembling.

"Yes, it was late at night about ten years ago, the imperial concubine invited me to the bamboo forest outside the Shuanghua Palace, and then...

"She said tremblingly, while looking at the queen at the side from time to time.

She spoke a few words intermittently, her lips trembled for a long time, but she couldn't say a word anymore.

"Slave, I can't remember! But I swear, I didn't lie, all this was done by the imperial concubine, you can search if you don't believe me!"

Jiang Ning looked indifferent, "There is no half a lie? I see, there is no half truth in your mouth! If you ask you the details, you can't answer at all, and you can tell such a lame lie! Tell me, who did you suffer? Instigated by you, you dare to falsely accuse the imperial concubine!"

She bent down slightly, and the tip of her nose was almost touching that of the little maid.

Her eyes were wide open, her usual approachable and lazy appearance was gone, and her face was full of aggressive expressions.

The palace maid trembled all over and fell to the ground, "Servant, servant..."

Her eyes were flustered, sometimes she looked at Shen Qingrong, and sometimes she looked at the aggressive Mu Jingzhao and Jiang Ning.

"Murdering the empress is a serious crime that affects the entire family." Mu Jingzhao frowned slightly, "I'm afraid that you will get the benefits but die at the end of it."

The palace maid showed a tangled look, she looked around, and finally, with some difficulty, opened her pale and dry lips, "It's actually——"

"Your Majesty—" At this moment, Shen Qingrong, who had been sobbing softly in Shen Tong's arms, suddenly broke away from Shen Tong's arms. She wiped the tears from her face, and said to Mu Jingzhao, "The Emperor and Concubine Ning In this way, I just feel that the concubine directs and acts on her own, and the concubine knows that she is incapable of being favored like a younger sister, and she is a stupid servant."

She casually wiped away the tears on her face, and bright red blood oozes out from the freshly wrapped gauze, which looks particularly shocking.

"Since this is the case, then let's regard it as the concubine directing and acting on her own. Don't ruin my sister's birthday party just because of the little grievance the concubine has suffered."

The corner of Shen Qingrong's mouth raised a somewhat forced smile, she supported Shen Tong's arm and struggled to get up, turned around and returned to her seat, her back was quite lonely.

Shen Tong, on the other hand, looked at Jiang Ning and Mu Jingzhao with a resentful expression.

In this way, Jiang Ning and Mu Jingzhao were put in the position of bad guys.

Jiang Ning was taken aback, she tilted her head and thought for a long time, carefully recalling everything she had done not long ago, she was a little unclear why she had never done anything wrong, but she seemed to have become a bad person all of a sudden.

Just at the moment when Jiang Ning was stunned, Shen Qingrong had already returned to her original position, regaining the posture of a virtuous queen, as if nothing happened not long ago.

She smiled gently, and her lips outlined a sweet arc towards Jiang Ning, "Hurry up and start again, Concubine Ning, I am still waiting to see what new tricks you have behind you."

Mu Jingzhao was blacked out, and waved to Lu Feng and the others, "This maid, drag me down and die immediately."

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, my servant's wish, Your Majesty—" With the muffled sound of sticks hitting the flesh one after another, the hoarse and exhausted screams continued until they gradually disappeared.

All the guests returned to their seats one after another. Jiang Ning turned to look at Shen Qingrong who was on the side. The expression on the other side was still sweet and moving.

Jiang Ning was in a trance for a while, she felt like she couldn't hear anything.

My ears are filled with the screams of the palace lady

"Let's go, I need you to preside over the overall situation for me." Mu Jingzhao said so, grabbed Jiang Ning's shoulders from behind, and sent her back to her seat in person.

(End of this chapter)