After the two finished eating relatively silently, Mu Jingzhao got dressed and prepared to leave.

By this time, it was already late at night. The two of them were already yawning as they spoke. In the end, I finally gave up the small talk and finished the meal relatively silently.

Mu Jingzhao stood at the door, looking at her quietly, with a thousand words in his eyes.

His gaze slowly fell on the flesh mole on Jiang Ning's face, and in a trance, he suddenly thought of a legend that his mother had told him a long time ago.

The Queen Mother said that every mole that grows on a person's body has its own unique meaning.

For example, his father, the emperor, stepped on the seven stars, which is the symbol of the true dragon son of heaven, and the flesh mole under his eyes is the crystallization of countless tears.

At this moment, Jiang Ning didn't know what Mu Jingzhao was thinking, she only knew that she could finally sleep peacefully.

So she smiled brightly and shook her hand at Mu Jingzhao vigorously, trying to drive this living ancestor away in this way.

But what she didn't know was that at the moment she beckoned to Mu Jingzhao, Mu Jingzhao saw a weed-like vitality on her face.

Such a moment left an unprecedented shock in Mu Jingzhao's heart.

He just looked at Jiang Ning blankly, for a long time, he finally spoke slowly, "You, rest early, I have sent someone to protect you these days, don't worry." ”

Jiang Ning still maintained that bright smile and waved at Mu Jingzhao vigorously.

"If you feel unwell, remember to go to the doctor." ‘

Jiang Ning was still smiling brightly and couldn't stop nodding.

"Don't investigate that matter, so as not to startle the snake."

Jiang Ning nodded like pounding garlic, and she felt that her face was sour.

"Then I'm gone."

Jiang Ning nodded, eager to kick Mu Jingzhao out of the cold palace.

"Remember to do my laundry."

She couldn't laugh anymore, just waved her hand at him.

Mu Jingzhao finally left, she quickly closed the door, lay back on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

It was another dream, a raging fire, dead parents, a hoarse sister, and the man with blood on his hands.

The next day, Jiang Ning slept until noon, and when she woke up, Zheliu came to her with anticipation to gossip about last night's related matters.

"Niangniang, were you happy with the emperor last night?"

"Niangniang, why did the emperor leave suddenly in the middle of the night last night, why didn't he stay here for the night?"

"Niangniang, why are there so many Praetorian guards outside our palace, are you having trouble with the emperor?"

"Niangniang, why did you let the emperor come to admire the moon last night, don't you know the rules in the palace?"

……

One question after another smashed towards Jiang Ning, making Jiang Ning, who was not sleeping enough and feeling unwell, more and more dizzy.

She rubbed her aching temples and lowered her head to take a sip of porridge.

She drank the porridge casually, and said casually as if talking to herself, "Happy." ”

"Because this palace wants to be captured."

"Because the emperor is worried about the safety of the palace."

"Because I think the emperor is the emperor."

…..

She made up a bunch of nonsense almost without a second thought.

"Wait, what's the rule?"

Zheliu's eyes widened in surprise, "Niangniang, don't you know?" The emperor will go to the queen's palace on the fifteenth day of every month, which is an unwritten rule in the palace. ”

Jiang Ning's heart skipped a beat, oh my God, she can really do it, she has only been in this harem for two months, the concubine has been cold to her, the emperor is eager to cut her with a thousand knives, and the leader of the Praetorian Guard has swords against her, now it's okay, she even offended the queen.

"Folding willow girl." She called out to Zhiliu in a little panic, "You go and take out a peacock feather hairpin from the box in the palace, and the palace will visit the concubine Niangniang later." ”

Zheliu hurriedly said yes, then got up from his position, and soon packed the peacock feather hairpin in a delicate small box and sent it to Jiang Ning.

She put away the peacock feather hairpin, and was just about to get up and freshen up, and sat back in her seat.

"No, there are more important things in this palace today." She waved her hand at Zheliu, "Prepare a storytelling platform, this palace wants to tell stories." ”

Zheliu was stunned, she didn't dare to forget what Mu Jingzhao told her to take care of Jiang Ning's body.

"Niangniang, you are not feeling well, it is better to cultivate more."

"Go quickly, don't listen to Hongu, do you?"

Jiang Ning's words came out of his mouth, and only then did he realize that his tone was a little stiff.

Zheliu, who had never heard her speak so bluntly, was also slightly stunned, and then walked out of the hall door and said no more.

——

When Shen Shi arrived, it was the day of Jiang Ning's daily storytelling.

Xu is because the news of Mu Jingzhao's presence in Jiangning Palace last night has already spread throughout the palace, so there are a lot more people who come to see the excitement today than in the past.

The exhaustion of the night made Jiang Ning have no intention of caring about everyone's gossip, and he also had no heart to argue for himself.

She took her seat, cleared her throat and began to tell the story.

"That was the first time that the palace and the emperor were separated, when the emperor was still the crown prince, he was ordered to come to the people to deal with the floods, and the palace ran away from home and set up his own door by the river, living in seclusion and farming."

"That year, the Li River was seriously flooded, and the farmland planted by the palace also suffered heavy losses under the severe flooding, and there was no harvest, so I had to keep selling the jewelry brought from the house to barely survive."

"The palace relies on its illustrious family background and barely survives, but the people who have taken root by the river can be said to be in dire straits, and they are in pain."

"The palace tried its best to set up porridge sheds to help the people, but it was only a drop in the bucket. Later, the emperor came, and he became the hope of everyone, including mine. ”

"At that time, the emperor was still young, and he was the age when he dared to fight, and as soon as he came, he waved his hand and decided to build a dam on the Li River."

"This is a good thing, but if the emperor wants to build a dam, he must occupy farmland. And the location of the palace house is an excellent location for building a dam in the eyes of the emperor. ”

"The emperor found me and told me that I should give up my house for the sake of the overall situation and the people of Dawn. But I refused, because the house embodies the hard work and energy I have, and I don't want to give up, but the emperor said that I don't know the general situation and is selfish. ”

"The two of us were at a stalemate, and in the end, the emperor sent people to tear down my house, forcibly occupy my farmland, and kill all my livestock. From that moment on, I vowed that I would stand up to him. ”

This time when telling the story, Jiang Ning no longer took into account the audience's emotions and expressions, and she said everything in one breath as if she was venting something.

She looked up at the audience, and there was still a bit of anger in her eyes that she hadn't had time to rein.

Just as soon as she looked up, she saw the door of the cold palace, and after the crowd, Lin Zheng was looking at her intently, with a look of compassion.