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

Chapter 1 How dare you!

In the early morning, deep in the imperial city, in the cold palace.

Shrouded in mist, the courtyard of the Lenggong was full of life.The vegetable seeds just planted a month ago have sprouted, forming a patch of green in different shades in the yard.

In the vegetable field, dressed in plain clothes, Jiang Ning pulled out the last grass in the vegetable field, barely supported his back and stood up, looking at everything in this cold palace with a smile on his face.

This is her first month in the cold palace.

A month ago, this cold palace was still eerie and barren, but now it is showing a scene full of vitality.

"Your Majesty, I've already picked them, and today my maidservant will stir-fry vegetables for you!"

On the other side of the vegetable field, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl was holding a handful of vegetables and shouting at Jiang Ning with a smile.

The girl's name is Zhe Liu, and she is Jiang Ning's only personal maid.

Since Jiang Ning entered the palace, Zhe Liu has been by her side all the time, and also entered the cold palace with her, struggling to survive.

At this time, Zhe Liu was wearing a goose-yellow skirt with a simple bun, her face without makeup was a little blush from the morning frost, which added a bit of playfulness.

Jiang Ning was in a trance for a while, and the image of the girl holding a fat mouse not long ago appeared in her mind, kneeling in front of her with green eyes, crying and complaining that their poor life in the cold palace these days had cost her many years of savings. Exhausted, can only wait for the scene of death.

She smiled slightly, no matter where she was, life was getting better after all.

In the blink of an eye, Zhe Liu had already arrived in front of her. She deftly picked the vegetables in her hands, and looked in the direction of the palace gate with some worry, "Madam, tell me, can we really have meat to eat?"

Jiang Ning dragged Zheliu to the eaves, moved two boards and sat down, continued to choose dishes, "I think there should be no problem, and Lufeng can still rely on such a small matter."

Even though Jiang Ning said so, the uneasiness on Zhe Liu's face didn't fade away.

The man named Lu Feng was the deputy commander of the imperial guards, and also Zheliu's best friend in the palace.

Since Jiang Ning's master and servant entered, they have received a lot of help from Lu Feng. It is also because of this relationship that Jiang Ning can live so happily in the cold palace.

"But I still—"

Just when Zheliu was halfway through speaking, the Lenggong door was pushed open a small crack with a "squeak" sound.

Lu Feng poked a furtive head through the crack of the door, looked left and right, then pushed open the door and ran in, holding a huge mass in his arms.

"Your Majesty! I found it for you!" Lu Feng said, but ran to Zhe Liu in two steps, holding the things in his arms to Zhe Liu as if offering treasures.

The master and servant looked down, and saw Lu Feng holding a strange bird with a sharp beak and green feathers in his hand.

"what is this?"

Lu Feng scratched his hair, and smiled, "I don't know, I saw this outside the imperial dining room. I saw that the chicken's feathers were shiny, and it appeared in such a place again. It must be some kind of rare delicacy!"

Jiang Ning looked at the long emerald green feathers at the end of the strange bird's tail. The long feathers were bright in color and dotted with eye-like textures of different sizes. It looked like a rare thing.

She took the strange bird and weighed it, then shook her head helplessly, "This bird doesn't have much meat on it, so it would be a pity to eat it now." Jiang Ning casually pointed to an uncultivated space in the courtyard, "Let's go first Raise and raise, it’s not too late to eat after fattening up.”

As soon as the words fell, Lu Feng was about to set off to surround the ground to make chicken coops.

"Wait a minute." Jiang Ning tilted her head and looked at the chicken. Inexplicably, she saw a bit of fear in the chicken's eyes.

"You have caught this chicken, I have an important use for this feather."

Lu Feng nodded vigorously, and Jiang Ning immediately put down the vegetables in his hand and started plucking the chicken's tail.

During the whole process, the strange chicken screamed again and again, Zhe Liu couldn't bear to look directly at it, and Jiang Ning was terrified.

In the end, it took a lot of effort to finally pull out a few.

The strange bird with its tail feathers plucked was lying in Lu Feng's hands, making a hoarse cry, dying.

Lu Feng built a chicken coop in the yard to house the strange chickens, while Jiang Ning ordered Zhe Liu to find some jewelry-making tools and started tossing the few chicken feathers.

For the next few days, Zhe Liu went to feed the strange chicken every day, and used up all kinds of weird chicken food, but the strange chicken just refused to eat or drink.

Until the third day, the strange chicken was already skinny and dying.

In desperation, Jiang Ning had no choice but to find Lu Feng and prepare to kill chickens and make soup.

The three set up an iron pot to boil water, and brought bowls and machetes.

Lu Feng held the strange chicken tremblingly in one hand and the machete in the other. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva in anxiety, "Stay away when I'm going to cut it down, lest the blood splash on you."

The master and servant nodded seriously.

The strange chicken had a look of lovelessness, and had obviously given up resistance.

"Okay, okay!" Lu Feng gritted his teeth and raised the kitchen knife in his hand high.

The master and servant turned their heads away with sad expressions, and the strange chicken closed its eyes peacefully.

Suddenly, a commotion came from the door, a muffled sound came, the door of the palace was knocked open, and several people dressed as guards rushed into the cold palace.

The leading man glanced at Lu Feng, showing a little surprise, then lowered his face, and waved behind him, "Surround me all!"

Lu Feng stepped forward in two steps, protecting the master and servant behind him, "Deputy General Chen, I don't know if you are—"

"This subordinate is ordered by the emperor to look for the missing pet of the imperial concubine."

Jiang Ning smiled and waved his hands, "Misunderstanding! Oh, it's all a misunderstanding! Where did we get such a pet here?"

Deputy General Chen reached out to take the dying chicken from Lu Feng's hand, and carefully held it in his hand, "My Lady, this is Jinxiu's favorite pet."

Without waiting for everyone's reaction, Deputy General Chen looked around at the machete and iron pot by his side, "I will take away even people with knives!"

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The three of Jiang Ning were escorted to a palace.

Deputy General Chen, holding the seized strange chicken and knife, stepped forward to explain what he saw and heard in the cold palace.

Zhe Liu was trembling all over, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, what should we do!"

Jiang Ning didn't say anything, but raised his head slightly, looking at the three people sitting in front of him.

"Girl, tell me who are the people in power in this palace now."

Zheliu sniffled, trying to calm herself down, "The most honorable person in this palace is naturally your husband, who is the current sage Mu Jingzhao."

Jiang Ning's eyes turned, and slowly fell on the man in the dragon robe sitting in the middle of the hall.

The man was listening to Vice General Chen's report while frowning, while looking at Jiang Ning with contempt.

It's like looking at the Chinese cabbage that costs a penny on the street.

This face brought back some not-so-good memories for Jiang Ning, and she turned her face away embarrassingly.Don't look at him anymore.

"The emperor has just ascended the throne not long ago, and there are not many concubines in the palace. Including you, there are only three concubines in total. The empress is the daughter of the Minister of the Household Department, with a gentle and pure personality, and the concubine is General Liu. My daughter-in-law, with a sharp and sharp temper, is known as the most beautiful woman in the world."

Before Jiang Ning could match her words with others, her thoughts were interrupted by a scolding.

"The matter has come to this, and the stolen goods have been obtained, what else do you have to say!"

Jiang Ning looked up, and saw the beauty in red staring at her with hatred.

The dying strange bird was twitching and lying in the arms of the beauty.

The glamorous and unparalleled imperial concubine caressed her face lovingly, tears fell like rain in an instant, her delicate body tilted, and she leaned into Mu Jingzhao's arms.

"Your Majesty, you must be the master for my concubine. You specially gifted this peacock to my concubine. I have always cherished it and cared for it with delicious food and drink. I didn't expect—"

Concubine Liu Gui winked, "I didn't expect it to be captured by traitors! Concubine Ning dared to disturb you for a day after entering the palace, and now she is still restless after being thrown into the cold palace. If you don't punish me severely, there will be endless troubles!"

Mu Jingzhao glanced sideways at Jiang Ning, "Concubine Ning, what can you say?"

Jiang Ning immediately leaned over, tears streaming down his face, "Your Majesty, I am wronged! I am just living in a cold palace, living a hard life. I happened to see this strange chicken standing outside the cold palace that day, thinking that I could finally get some meat—"

Before Mu Jingzhao could speak, Liu Jinfu's sharp voice sounded again, "Life is hard? My palace sees you bewitching people in the palace every day, but you earn a lot of money."

What Liu Jinfu was talking about was about Jiang Ning being cornered in the cold palace and forced to make money by storytelling.

In order to make his own story sound vivid and tortuous, Jiang Ning fabricated many rough and bizarre love stories between himself and Mu Jingzhao.

"It's the first thing to harm a beloved pet, and it's the second thing. It's the second thing to deceive the public and humiliate the emperor." Liu Jinfu swept his eyes, and slowly landed on Lu Feng who was beside Zheliu.

She curled her lips into a smile, "Collude with the guards to give and receive privately, this is the third."

"Concubine Ning, you are so bold!"

Jiang Ning's heart beat endlessly, "I, I have my reasons!"

"Tell me what's wrong with you."

"The Emperor—"

"emperor!"

Just as Lu Feng's words came to the fore, he was interrupted by Zhe Liu, and Jiang Ning took a quicker step, kneeling and moving in front of Liu Jinfu.

"Actually, in fact, I have admired the imperial concubine for a long time!"

Jiang Ning said a word, and the surroundings fell into dead silence for an instant.

"I've heard for a long time that the imperial concubine is the most beautiful woman in the world. That day I saw the peacock standing at the gate of the cold palace with smooth and shiny tail feathers, so I thought of making a rare treasure for the imperial concubine."

Jiang Ning took out the peacock feather hairpin that was just made yesterday from his bosom and handed it to Liu Jinfu, "Ma'am, I made this with my own hands!"

Suspiciously, Liu Jinfu forgot to take a look at Jiang Ning, and then took a look at the hairpin in Jiang Ning's hand, his expression relaxed a lot.

Just when Jiang Ning breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't think that I will forgive you if you say that!"

"Concubine Ning is new here and doesn't understand the rules. The noble concubine should not lose her sense for a mere beast."

"The Empress put it lightly, you don't feel bad if it's not your pet."

"I still have a lot of peacocks in my palace. If the imperial concubine likes it, I can give you all of them."

Unyielding, Liu Jinfu turned to look at Mu Jingzhao, "Your Majesty—"

"Please, Your Majesty, let Concubine Ning go for the sake of Concubine Ning's mother's family."

(End of this chapter)