"If, after three days, you can't give me a satisfactory answer—"

Mu Jingzhao's words fell on that word, and he quietly hidden.

Shen Qingrong's expression was still the same, she bowed and saluted, "The concubine will definitely investigate to the end, if you can't satisfy the emperor, let the emperor punish her." ”

Just when the conversation between the two reached an impasse, Jiang Ning always stood beside Mu Jingzhao in a daze, with a somewhat wooden expression.

She hadn't recovered from the shock of the moment she saw Poria's body.

Ever since she witnessed the tragic death of her parents, she had developed an unwarranted fear of corpses.

This fear did not dissipate over time, but was ingrained in her heart for many years.

The night breeze was slow, blowing and the veil was shaking, and the amplitude of the swaying from side to side made Jiang Ning a little dizzy.

Because Xu noticed her discomfort, Lin Zheng slowly paced in front of her, blocking her gaze at the veil.

She barely suppressed the fear in her heart, and felt a little better in her heart.

Jiang Ning glanced up at Lin Zheng gratefully, but unexpectedly, as soon as she raised her head, she bumped into Mu Jingzhao's searching gaze.

Mu Jingzhao glanced at Lin Zheng, and his gaze slowly moved to Jiang Ning's pale lips, and thoughts flooded in his eyes.

Finally, he let out a light cough to everyone present, "Then there will be Queen Lao." ”

After Shen Qingrong responded affirmatively, he continued to instruct, "Ah Zheng, dispose of the corpse." He turned his head to look at Jiang Ning again, "I'll send you back." ”

"Yes." The people received their orders and began to scatter in all directions.

When Jiang Ning returned to the cold palace under the escort of Mu Jingzhao, Zheliu had been waiting for her at the door for a long time.

"My mother, you're finally back, but I'm worried about it!" Zheliu immediately greeted her, surrounded her body, and after carefully checking that there was nothing unusual, she exhaled with relief and pulled Jiang Ning towards the hall.

It was only then that she saw Mu Jingzhao standing behind Jiang Ning, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty is auspicious." ”

"No courtesy." Mu Jingzhao's voice was very soft, "You step back first." ”

Zheliu nodded again and again and exited the main hall, leaving only Mu Jingzhao and Jiang Ning.

The two sat down around the table, and Mu Jingzhao poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Jiang Ning.

She took it, holding it in both hands, but she didn't mean to drink it, the mist condensed into a little droplet on her eyelashes, but the miserable white face was not soothed by the moisture of the moisture.

"The palace maid who bit her tongue and committed suicide was the one who added acacia seeds to the braised pork last night."

Jiang Ning seemed to have finally come back to her senses, she raised her eyes slightly, "What is the basis?" ”

"When Li Zinian went to investigate today, the acacia on her body accidentally fell out, and it happened that Li Zinian saw it."

She was slightly stunned, and let out a chuckle with a somewhat helpless expression, "A concubine is such a stupid and careless person, she knows that after doing bad things, she must destroy the corpse, and this person who tries to kill the king will not know?" ”

Mu Jingzhao nodded slightly, agreeing with Jiang Ning's statement, and then, he brought the tea to his lips, "Li Zinian told me when he reported that the palace maid ran in the direction of Changle Palace like crazy when she just showed her feet, and she was still calling the queen before she died. ”

Jiang Ning shook her head slightly, she really didn't believe that the culprit who couldn't let Mu Jingzhao find the slightest handle for so long would do such a flawed thing.

"It's not like the queen did it."

"I also believe that the queen would never do such a stupid thing."

Jiang Ning's brows furrowed slightly, "But there is one more thing I don't understand." ”

Mu Jingzhao took a sip of tea and motioned for her to continue.

"Why did the people behind the scenes learn that I went to Changle Palace in such a short time, and they are eager to use me to create alibi evidence for the queen."

Mu Jingzhao was slightly stunned, obviously, he had actually thought about this problem, but he still didn't come up with anything.

In the fifteenth night assassination, only Jiang Ning, Mu Jingzhao, Lin Zheng and the mastermind behind the scenes really knew the truth.

If the mastermind behind the scenes wanted to shift all his attention to the queen in this way, why did he step on the right time for Jiang Ning to go to the queen's palace for dinner?

This approach is like planting a blame while excusing her.

It's so paradoxical that it's unpredictable.

"Perhaps, it's just a coincidence." Jiang Ning said with some hesitation.

When this sentence came out, even Jiang Ning himself didn't even believe it.

"Or, is the mastermind behind the scenes someone from the queen's palace?"

She tried to analyze two sentences, but she really felt that her brain had a little headache.

Although she is good at business, it is only some simple interest exchanges and numerical calculations, which are really a bit beyond the scope of the brain.

While Jiang Ning was speaking, Mu Jingzhao kept staring at her intently.

He made a special trip to accompany Jiang Ning back today, firstly, because he was worried that Jiang Ning would be targeted by someone and had an accident, and secondly, because everyone was suspicious before the matter was concluded.

Being on the throne made Mu Jingzhao form a restrained and suspicious character.

As for the assassination, it is a matter of the state and society.

Even if he killed 10,000 by mistake, he would never let go of one.

Mu Jingzhao looked at it for a long time, and he finally nodded slowly, "You have a point, how careful you are these days." ”

Jiang Ning nodded, didn't say more, she rubbed her temples, but the headache still didn't relieve half a point.

"Why did the emperor hand over this matter to the queen to investigate?" She asked as if muttering, and then she replied as if she had thought of something, "Actually, you still doubt the queen mother." ”

A bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the originally cloudy night sky, illuminating that small piece of sky and Mu Jingzhao's heavy face.

"Anyone is possible until there is definitive evidence." He paused slightly, got up, and looked out the window, "I want to see how the queen will deal with this matter." ”‘

At this moment, the night wind howled, and the night wind carried the dead leaves into the house through the large open window, leaving a mess on that small piece of ground.

The smell of fresh earth in the wind seemed to herald a rainstorm.

Jiang Ning looked at Mu Jingzhao's well-defined face and sighed slightly, "It's really hard to be the emperor." ”

Mu Jingzhao, who was reaching out to close the window, stiffened, he had heard too many voices over the years.

Some people scolded the emperor for being incompetent, and some people envied the emperor's monstrous power, but no one ever put himself in his shoes and sighed how hard it was to be an emperor.

He looked at Jiang Ning in a daze, trying to see a bit of flattery from Jiang Ning's childish face.

However, Jiang Ning's big eyes were as clear and transparent as ever.

Mu Jingzhao turned his face away, he even felt a little ashamed of his suspicion of Jiang Ning.

However, Jiang Ning didn't think of it so much.

Her straight-line thinking can't form the opinion that "Mu Jingzhao sent himself back because he doubted himself".