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

Chapter 92 Between Life and Death
During the whole process, Jiang Ning's expression was dull, and the hand hanging by his side was trembling.

She let out a heavy breath, barely suppressing the discomfort in her heart.

Jiang Ning looked around, and saw that the banquet was full of joy and harmony, and even Shen Qingrong, who was sobbing just now, was sitting and drinking tea.

She suddenly felt an almost weird sense of absurdity.

Accidentally aware that someone was looking at him, Jiang Ning turned his head to look, only to see Mu Jingzhao nodded slightly to her.

Jiang Ning understood, raised his hand and snapped his fingers. A firework dragged its long tail and rushed towards the sky. It exploded in the night sky in an instant, illuminating half of the sky.

Everyone looked towards the top of the pavilion after hearing the sound.

A small piece of sky at the top of the pavilion happens to be able to see a lot of fireworks blooming.

The fireworks that bloomed with the sound of the explosion seemed to dilute all the tit-for-tat and unhappiness in the hall, and everyone looked up at the fireworks on the top of the pavilion.

Jiang Ning himself lost his mind following the blooming fireworks.

Originally, she still wondered if her preparations would fail to achieve the expected results.

Blossoming fireworks bloomed in Jiang Ning's eyes, and Jiang Ning's cheeks were shining brightly.

Vaguely, she felt that her mood seemed to bloom in the night sky along with the blossoming fireworks.

Just when she was absent-minded, she vaguely felt that someone was watching her.

Jiang Ning followed that gaze, and saw Mu Jingzhao staring at her intently, with fireworks blooming in his eyes.

Jiang Ning saw that Mu Jingzhao was staring at her intently, fireworks bloomed in those bottomless black eyes, and even his whole face was a little radiant.

Inexplicably, she shivered in shock from Mu Jingzhao's eyes, and turned her head away quickly.

Jiang Ning turned his head to look at the small piece of sky on the roof, thinking that it must be more beautiful outside.

So she turned her head, looked at the people in the pavilion, and said in a loud voice, "Everyone, why don't you go outside the pavilion to enjoy the beautiful scenery on such a beautiful day?"

Everyone hurriedly responded.

Mu Jingzhao got up first, and Li Zinian hurried forward, took the cloak and put it on Mu Jingzhao.

Mu Jingzhao raised his feet and walked towards the magnolia forest outside the pavilion.

The people behind quickly got up and followed.

Seeing this, the servants hurried up to greet her, carried Liu Jinfu's stool and carried her towards the pavilion.

Everyone stood still at the edge of the magnolia forest, and looked up at the fireworks above their heads.

The moonlight is like water, and the fireworks in the sky continue to bloom in the sky, illuminating half of the sky.The fireworks in the sky and the reflections blooming in the water under the bridge complement each other, making it hard to tell where is the sky and where is the water.

As the breeze blew, the magnolia petals floated down with the evening wind, causing ripples in the lake water.The circles of ripples crushed the fireworks in the water into countless tiny light spots, pushing the magnolia petals away again.

Jiang Ning looked at Liu Jinfu's side face beside him, wondering what Liu Jinfu saw through the blooming fireworks.

"Your Majesty is really ingenious." Shen Tong couldn't help admiring, "It's the first time I've seen such a grand fireworks in so many years."

Liu Yue's voice on the side was still cold and stiff, he snorted coldly with dissatisfaction, "It's really outrageous to make such extravagance while the country is not yet leveled."

As if Jiang Ning hadn't heard of it, she vaguely felt a rubbing sensation coming from her shoulder. Jiang Ning turned her head to look, and saw Mu Jingzhao was taking a cloak and draping it towards Jiang Ning.

In fact, long before Jiang Ning came out of the pavilion, Zhe Liu took the cloak and wanted to put it on Jiang Ning.

Helpless, Jiang Ning was really suffocated at the banquet. She wished that the night wind would be colder this night, so that she could relax and catch her breath, so she refused Zhe Liu and left the pavilion in her unlined clothes.

But this time, Jiang Ning did not refuse for the first time.

Until Mu Jingzhao completely helped her put on the cloak, his profile brushed against Jiang Ning's ear, and said softly in front of Jiang Ning, "Happy birthday, I hope everything goes well for you, and you will be safe every year."

The warm breath caught Jiang Ning's ears unexpectedly, and Jiang Ning couldn't help shivering all over.

She turned her head slightly, and Mu Jingzhao's well-defined face was close at hand, and she could even see the fine fluff on his face.The constantly blooming fireworks made Mu Jingzhao's face flickering brightly and darkly, and the fireworks burst into bursts of loud noise, which mixed with Jiang Ning's heartbeat.

A magnolia petal fluttered down Mu Jingzhao's forehead, brushed the back of Jiang Ning's hand, and fell onto the bridge.

The tingling sensation made Jiang Ning step back a little uncomfortably, and she said softly to Mu Jingzhao, "Today is not my concubine's birthday."

"I know." Mu Jingzhao curled his lips slightly, looked up at the fireworks blooming in the sky, "It's just that I don't know when your birthday is. But at this moment, I just want to give you all my blessings."

Jiang Ning's heart trembled, she looked up at Mu Jingzhao, but Mu Jingzhao was looking at her with serious eyes.

His thin lips parted slightly, and his voice was low.

"Ning'er, I wish you peace every year."

The sudden "Ning'er" made Jiang Ning blush instantly.

Subconsciously, she took two steps back, rubbed her cheeks casually with her hands, looked around, and coughed twice.

"It's such a beautiful day, why don't the imperial concubines release some water lamps to make a wish, so as to please the good fortune."

Seeing her like this, Mu Jingzhao lowered his head and burst out laughing.

"Yes, yes, I almost forgot, would my concubine be willing to light a lantern and make a wish with me?"

Liu Jinfu looked at Jiang Ning's blushing face and laughed, "Okay, since it's already prepared, why not let it go?"

As soon as Liu Jinfu finished speaking, Jiang Ning waved his hand, Zhe Liu led a group of court ladies and eunuchs to rush into the pavilion.

The maids and eunuchs moved water lamps and low tables from the pavilion, and ran out quickly with pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

Under Jiang Ning's signal, Zhe Liu distributed the water lanterns to all the female relatives present.

Mu Jingzhao watched the crowd distributing water lanterns, but he didn't have the slightest intention to give him one.

Mu Jingzhao coughed a few times in displeasure, "cough cough."

Zhe Liu was about to leave with the remaining water lamps, but when she heard Mu Jingzhao's light cough, she paused, then turned her head to look in Mu Jingzhao's direction.

"Give me one."

Although she also deeply felt that this was something from her daughter's house, since the emperor said so, she couldn't say anything.

She handed the water lantern, pen, ink, paper and inkstone to Mu Jingzhao's hands, and then collected the rest and left.

Jiang Ning held the lamp in his hand and looked at it carefully under the light.

The petals are white and red, and the texture is clear, which is very realistic.

As a result, Jiang Ning was a little bit in trouble. She hesitated for a long time, and took a pen to write a sentence on the wishing paper.

Make a fortune early and make a fortune.

Then he carefully folded the paper on which the wish was made and put it in the water lamp.

Holding the lamp in his hand, Jiang Ning saw that everyone around them was immersed in writing their wishes, especially Mu Jingzhao and Liu Jinfu who wrote them seriously.

Only she and Shen Qingrong were holding lanterns, looking idle and relatively speechless.

The paper in front of Liu Jinfu was even more densely written.

Jiang Ning was curious, and unconsciously looked at the paper in the hands of the two of them.

She glanced at the two of them, both of whom were guarding the paper in their hands vigilantly.

After about half a cup of tea, the two finally wrote the letter paper and packed the water lamps.

Mu Jingzhao took the water lantern and walked towards the river first.

Jiang Ning followed closely behind, and followed Mu Jingzhao to the water's edge. Behind them, a group of female relatives followed.

He stood still at the water's edge, and Li Zinian trotted to help Mu Jingzhao light the water lamp with a fire bag.

Mu Jingzhao's face was instantly illuminated by the flames, "May my country have good weather and the people will be happy."

Mu Jingzhao spoke loudly, and while he was speaking, Jiang Ning quietly walked behind him, the distance between him and Mu Jingzhao was only a punch away.

As long as Jiang Ning reaches out and pushes gently, Mu Jingzhao can be pushed directly into the pool without much effort.

She took a deep breath, and stretched out her hand silently towards Mu Jingzhao.

Just when Jiang Ning's hand was about to touch Mu Jingzhao's back, Jiang Ning was pushed from behind violently, his whole body bumped forward, and he fell into the lake with Mu Jingzhao.

"emperor--"

"Mother--"

This was the last sound Jiang Ning heard before being submerged by the lake.At night, there was a commotion by the koi pond, and the maids dancing with lanterns ran around in a panic, looking around and shouting loudly.

"emperor--"

"Mother--"

"Hurry up and save people!"

Jiang Ning only felt that the icy lake water rushed towards her from all directions in an instant, and the biting chill instantly enveloped her.

The moment she pushed her down, Mu Jingzhao grabbed Jiang Ning's arm subconsciously, trying to drag her towards the shore.

Reluctantly, Jiang Ning drowned in the water, so he panicked for a moment, and his hands fluttered unconsciously on the water.

Mu Jingzhao was accidentally slapped several times by her thumping movements, and was finally pushed away by her in the struggle. When he came back to his senses, Jiang Ning had already struggled to swim far away.

On the shore, Lin Zheng jumped off the koi pond without any hesitation, and swam towards Jiang Ning swiftly.

Jiang Ning has already unknowingly thumped to the middle of the water, she thumped upwards with all her strength, but the cloak on her body was filled with water, and she strangled her neck heavily and took it down.

The lake water confused her eyes and nose, and a strong smell of water hit her, choking her almost out of breath.

Jiang Ning's hand slapping the water became weaker and weaker. The more she coughed, the more water gushed into her nose, until she had difficulty breathing, and her hands lost strength and sank.

Mu Jingzhao took the shirt off his body and swam towards Jiang Ning again. Seeing that Jiang Ning was still a step away from him, Lin Zheng had already come to Jiang Ning's side.

Half asleep, half awake, she seemed to see Mu Jingzhao's face.

"Ning'er!"

She seemed to recall when she was very young.

Her home was still a whole family back then.

Although she is the eldest lady of a wealthy family, she doesn't have the slightest arrogance of an eldest lady. When summer comes, she and the little boy in the neighborhood will go to the water's edge to fish in the water.

At that time, she was not good at water, so she just thought it was fun, so she plunged into it, but she was unlucky, and happened to meet the high tide in the evening, and her feet slipped, and she was washed away by the river.

Fortunately, when her father arrived immediately, he jumped into the water without any explanation, and picked up her who was almost drowning.

In the chaos, she saw her father.

"Le Yin!"

Jiang Ning opened her eyes suddenly, and she saw Lin Zheng's face close in front of her eyes, his hands were supporting her neck, and he was taking off the cloak on her body.

After a brief waking up, she fell into a coma again.

Lin Zheng swept Jiang Ning into his arms and swam towards the lake.

On the shore, everyone was waiting nervously. When they saw Lin Zheng helping Jiang Ning to float to the surface, there was a burst of cheers from the crowd.

Mu Jingzhao hurried to meet him, took Jiang Ning, who was completely soaked, from Lin Zheng's arms, hugged her horizontally, and ran towards Leng Gong.

"Quickly pass on the imperial physician!" Before leaving, Mu Jingzhao turned his head and gave Lin Zheng a look of indeterminate meaning.

Jiang Ning felt as if he had had a long, long dream.

After dreaming that she was rescued by her father that day, not only did her father not scold her, but instead took the time to teach her how to swim.

But since that drowning, Jiang Ning has developed a sincere fear of water. No matter how much her father taught her, she failed to learn to swim.

I dreamed that her family was happy, and she bargained with the merchants in a youthful spirit.

She dreamed that her whole family was killed, and she became an orphan with bloodshot eyes.

I dreamed that she was displaced and was bullied and humiliated but was not trampled deeply into the soil.

Dreaming of Lin Zheng's sad eyes under the water, and the raving words: "Le Yin!"

Jiang Ning sat up instantly, clutching his chest and panting heavily.

The movement of her getting up instantly woke up Mu Jingzhao, who was drowsy with his head propped up beside the bed. Mu Jingzhao showed surprise, and the sleepiness on his face disappeared instantly, "Are you awake?"

Immediately, he stood up and yelled to the door, "Send the imperial doctor!"

Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was in the cold palace, wearing plain clothes, sitting on the bed.

She lifted the quilt and was about to get up when she saw an old doctor rushing into the cold palace.

"You just drowned, lie down quickly, don't move around." Mu Jingzhao yelled, Jiang Ning nuzzled a little displeased, and finally lifted the quilt and lay down again.

"My minister is here to take the pulse of your empress."

The old doctor saluted Jiang Ning respectfully, put the medicine box and squatted down beside her bed.

Hearing this, Jiang Ning obediently rolled up his sleeves and stretched out towards the imperial physician.

The imperial doctor took the pulse and showed surprise on his face, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is really strong, and you are destined to be a rich and powerful person!"

Mu Jingzhao's fussy look made Jiang Ning wonder for a second whether the other party had become a father.

But in fact, Jiang Ning knew clearly that what the imperial physician meant was that it was a miracle that nothing happened to him after soaking underwater for so long.

"What's the matter?" Mu Jingzhao stepped forward, looking at Jiang Ning with undisguised worry.

"Your Majesty is healthy and there is no serious problem. You can live a normal life tomorrow."

Mu Jingzhao looked at Jiang Ning with a strange expression for a moment, "Your Majesty spent a full cup of tea in the water late at night today, how could nothing happen? Quack doctor! If something really happened to her, such a trouble, I only You are asking!"

The imperial doctor turned pale with shock, and fell to the ground in an instant, lying in front of Mu Jingzhao trembling uncontrollably.

He glanced at Jiang Ning suspiciously, as if he didn't believe in himself, he stretched out his hand again, and signed on Jiang Ning's wrist, "Your Majesty is indeed all right!"

"How dare you say it!"

The old doctor fell to the ground, trembling all over.

Seeing Mu Jingzhao's unrelenting expression, Jiang Ning smiled helplessly. If he is not sick, he is not sick. There is no reason to insist that he is sick.

"Okay, go down." Jiang Ning waved his hands and lay down weakly.

The old imperial doctor looked at Mu Jingzhao cautiously, and seeing Mu Jingzhao nodding slightly, he finally trotted away in relief.

Once again, only Jiang Ning and Mu Jingzhao were left in the hall.

Mu Jingzhao looked her up and down, stretched out his hand suspiciously, and touched her forehead, showing confusion.

"It's strange, after soaking in water for so long, you didn't even catch a cold."

Jiang Ning leaned back, and leaned lazily against the bed, "My concubine has been climbing trees and catching birds since she was a child, and she can do anything by going up and down the water, how can her body be so fragile."

Mu Jingzhao glanced at her with complicated eyes. In the end, he smiled helplessly, sat down by the bed, and tucked the blanket for Jiang Ning casually.

"Since you don't understand water, why do you use this method? I asked you to kill me, but I didn't want you to risk your life."

Jiang Ning frowned slowly, "Someone pushed the concubine from behind."

(End of this chapter)