Early in the morning, deep in the imperial city, in the cold palace.

Under the mist, the courtyard of the cold palace was full of life. The vegetable seeds that were planted just a month ago have already sprouted, and they are patched together in the yard in different shades of green.

In the vegetable field, Jiang Ning, who was dressed in plain clothes, pulled out the last grass in the vegetable field, barely held his waist upright, and looked at everything in this cold palace with a smile on his face.

This was her first month in the cold palace.

A month ago, this cold palace was eerie and desolate, but now it is full of life.

"Niangniang, I've picked it, and the slave maid will fry vegetables for you today!"

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

The girl's name is Zheliu, and she is Jiangning's only personal maid.

Since Jiang Ning entered the palace, Zheliu has been by her side, and she has also entered the cold palace with her, struggling to survive.

At this time, Zheliu was wearing a goose-yellow Luo skirt, combing a simple bun, and her face was a little red from the morning frost, which added a bit of playfulness.

Jiang Ning was in a trance for a while, and the picture of the girl holding a fat mouse in her hand not long ago knelt down in front of her with green eyes, crying about their rotten life in the cold palace these days, which had exhausted her savings for many years and could only wait for death.

She smiled slightly, no matter where she was, life was finally better.

In the blink of an eye, Zheliu had already arrived in front of her, she skillfully selected the vegetables in her hand, and looked at the direction of the palace gate with some worry, "Niangniang, you say, can we really have meat to eat?" ”

Jiang Ning pulled the folded willow to the eaves, moved two boards and waited to sit down, and continued to choose vegetables, "I think, there should be no problem, this little thing Lu Feng can still be relied on." ”

Despite Jiang Ning's words, the uneasiness on Zheliu's face still didn't wear away.

The man named Lu Feng is the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, and he is also a good friend of Zheliu in the palace.

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

"But I'm still—"

Just when Zheliu was halfway through his words, the cold palace door was pushed open with a small crack with a "squeak".

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

"! I've got you! Lu Feng said this, but he ran in front of Zheliu in two steps, and held the things in his arms in front of Zheliu like a treasure.

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, this is what I saw outside the imperial dining room, I see that this chicken has shiny feathers, and it appears in such a place, it must be some rare delicacy!" ”

Jiang Ning looked at the emerald green long feathers at the tail end of the strange bird, which were brightly colored and dotted with eye-like textures of different sizes, which looked like a rare thing.

She took the strange bird and shook her head helplessly, "This bird doesn't have much meat on it, if you eat it now, it would be a pity." Jiang Ning casually pointed to an uncultivated open space in the courtyard, "Let's raise it first, and it's not too late to fatten up and eat." ”

As soon as the words fell, Lu Feng was about to set off to make a chicken pen in the ground.

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

"You've got this chicken right, and I've got an important use for this feather."

Lu Feng nodded vigorously, and Jiang Ning immediately put aside the green vegetables in his hand and began to pluck the hair of the chicken's tail.

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

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

The strange bird with its tail feathers plucked lay in Lu Feng's hands, making a little hoarse cry from its mouth, and was dying.

Lu Feng built a chicken pen in the courtyard and raised the strange chickens, while Jiang Ning instructed Zheliu to find some tools for making jewelry and began to toss the few chicken feathers.

In the next few days, Zheliu went to feed the strange chicken every day, and all the strange chicken food was used, and the strange chicken just didn't eat or drink.

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

In desperation, Jiang Ning had no choice but to find Lu Feng to prepare a chicken stew.

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

Lu Feng trembled with one hand and held a machete in the other, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva rather uneasily, "I will stay away from you when I will cut it, so as not to splash blood on you." ”

The master and servant nodded earnestly.

The strange chicken looked helpless, and apparently had given up resistance.

"Good, good!" 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 his eyes peacefully.

Suddenly, a commotion came from the door, a muffled sound came, the door of the temple was slammed open, and several people dressed in guard clothes broke into the cold palace.

The man at the head glanced at Lu Feng, his face showed a little surprise, and then he lowered his face and waved his hand behind him, "Fence me all up!" ”

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

"The subordinates are on the orders of the emperor to find the missing pet of the concubine."

Jiang Ning smiled and stepped forward and waved his hand, "Misunderstanding! Oops, it's all a misunderstanding! Where do we get some pets here? ”

Vice General Chen stretched out his hand to take the dying strange chicken in Lu Feng's hand, and carefully held it in his hand, "Niangniang, this is the concubine's favorite splendor." ”

Without waiting for everyone's reaction, Vice General Chen looked left and right at the machete and iron pot on his side, "Even if someone brings a knife, take it away for me!" ”

——

The three of them were escorted to a palace.

Vice General Chen held the captured strange chicken and knife, and stepped forward to explain what he had seen and heard in the cold palace.

Zheliu trembled, lowered his voice and asked, "Niangniang, what can we do!" ”

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

"Girl, tell me who is in power in this palace now."

Zheliu snorted, barely calming himself down, "The most noble person in this palace now is naturally your husband, that is, the current saint Mu Jingzhao." ”

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

The man was frowning as he listened to Vice General Chen's report while looking at Jiang Ning with disdain.

It's like looking at the penny cabbage on the street.

This face evoked some not-so-good memories of Jiang Ning, and she turned her face away. Look at him no more.

"The emperor has just ascended the throne not long ago, and there are not many concubines in the palace. With you, there are only three concubines, the queen is the daughter of the household book, with a gentle and pure personality, and the concubine is the daughter of General Liu, with a spicy and refreshing temperament, and is known as the first beauty in the world. ”

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

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

Jiang Ning looked up and saw that the beauty in red was glaring at her with hatred on her face.

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

The glamorous and incomparable concubine Niangniang caressed with pity, tears fell like rain in an instant, her delicate body was crooked, and she leaned into Mu Jingzhao's arms.

"Your Majesty, you must be the master of the concubine, this peacock was specially given to the concubine by you, and the concubine has always cherished it, taking care of it with delicious food and drink, I didn't expect——"

Liu Guifei winked, "I didn't expect it to be taken captive by traitors!" Concubine Ning dared to disturb you one day after entering the palace, and now she is still restless when she is beaten into the cold palace, if you don't punish him heavily, there will be endless troubles! ”

Mu Jingzhao squinted at Jiang Ning, "Concubine Ning, what do you have to say." ”

Jiang Ning immediately leaned over, tears raining down, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged!" I was just in the cold palace, and my life was difficult, and that day I happened to catch a glimpse of this strange chicken standing outside the cold palace, thinking that I could finally get some meat-"

Without waiting for Mu Jingzhao to speak, Liu Jinfu's shrill voice sounded again, "Life is difficult? This palace sees that you bewitch the people in the palace every day, but you make a lot of money. ”

What Liu Jinfu said was that Jiang Ning was desperate in the cold palace and was forced to tell stories to make money.

In order to make his story sound vivid and twisty, Jiang Ning made up a lot of bumpy and bizarre love stories between himself and Mu Jingzhao.

"Killing the beloved pet is the first one, and the evil words confuse the public and insult the emperor, this is the second." Liu Jinfu's eyes swept and slowly landed on Lu Feng's side of Zheliu.

She hooked her lips and smiled, "Collusion with the guards to give and receive privately, this is the third." ”

"Concubine Ning, you are really bold!"

Jiang Ning's heart was beating, "I, I'm in trouble!" ”

"Tell me what you're struggling with."

"Emperor—"

"Your Majesty!"

As soon as Lu Feng's words appeared, he was interrupted by Zheliu, and Jiang Ning took a step faster and moved to Liu Jinfu on his knees.

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

Jiang Ning said a word, and the surroundings instantly fell into a dead silence.

"I have long heard that the concubine Niangniang is the first beauty in the world, that day I saw the peacock standing at the door of the cold palace, the tail feathers are smooth and shiny, so I thought about making a rare treasure to give to the concubine Niangniang."

Jiang Ning took out the peacock feather hairpin that had just been made yesterday from his arms and handed it to Liu Jinfu, "Niangniang, this is what I made with my own hands!" ”

Liu Jinfu forgot Jiang Ning's glance suspiciously, and then took the hairpin in Jiang Ning's hand and glanced at it, his expression eased a lot.

Just when Jiang Ning just breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't think that if you say so, this palace will forgive you!" ”

"Concubine Ning doesn't know the rules when she first arrives, don't lose her sense of proportion for a mere brute."

"The queen said lightly, if it's not your pet, you naturally don't feel distressed."

"There are still a lot of peacocks in this palace, if the concubine likes it, this palace can give you all of them."

Liu Jinfu didn't give up, and turned his head to look at Mu Jingzhao, "Your Majesty—"

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