Jiang Ning was taken aback, and opened his mouth to answer, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

Without waiting for her to answer, Mu Jingzhao stretched out his hand and pushed towards the temple door, and with a squeak, the temple door was pushed open by a small crack.

Jiang Ning's heart was beating like thunder, and he turned his head to look at Lin Zheng beside him, and not long ago, Lin Zheng's position was already empty, and only a window not far away was lonely.

"So you're here, so why don't you respond to me?" Mu Jingzhao pushed open the door and slowly walked into the Jiangning Palace, he slowly approached Jiangning, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at the wide open window not far away.

"I just got up and wanted to open the door for the emperor, but I didn't expect the emperor to open the door and come in." She smiled far-fetched, and there was panic on her face that could not be subsided, Mu Jingzhao looked at her face, and slowly sat down at the table next to her.

Inexplicably, Jiang Ning felt that his gaze at him gave him a feeling of being caught and raped in bed.

She exhaled heavily, barely letting her breath a little easier, and then turned her head to face him, "Why is the emperor here here?" ”

Mu Jingzhao lowered his eyes and smiled, an almost shy smile appeared on his face, "I wanted to ask you about the construction of the embankment. ”

Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, in fact, she only casually said what happened yesterday, and she never believed that Mu Jingzhao would really do what she said.

After all, how dare she, a common man, dare to think that His Majesty the Emperor would listen to her casual nonsense?

"Your Majesty, don't torture your concubines." Jiang Ning Shi Shiran turned his head and stood facing Mu Jingzhao, "The concubine is just talking nonsense, the emperor must not take it to heart." ”

Mu Jingzhao looked up at her, his expression was complicated, and after a long time, he still didn't continue the topic in the end.

He was silent for a long time, his eyes were gradually attracted by the list made by Jiang Ning on the table, Mu Jingzhao's gaze quickly swept over the paper, and then, he tilted his head and thought about it.

Pick up the pen and write on the paper smoothly.

As he wrote, he slowly spoke: "According to the etiquette system, in large-scale banquets, the arrangement of positions is very particular. In the middle of the seat, it is naturally me, and the concubines behind me are sorted according to their positions, with the right being the respect. ”

Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, and instantly realized that he was teaching him the etiquette in the palace, so he gave up the idea of stopping him from writing and memorized it attentively.

"Your own words." The movements in Mu Jingzhao's hand paused slightly with the tone of his voice, "You don't have to be too restrained, you can follow me or the concubine if you want to." ”

She felt a little inexplicable when she heard this, after all, she would definitely sit next to Liu Jinfu, and I don't know why Mu Jingzhao would add this sentence with a snake.

But she didn't bother to ask, for fear that she would divert the conversation and forget the business again.

"Since it's a family banquet, it doesn't need to be too formal, and the banquet can be divided into seats according to the family." After Mu Jingzhao finished writing a piece of paper, he casually took out a piece of white paper from the side, flattened it, put it on the table, and drew it on the paper again.

"There are a total of three people in the concubine's family who need to be invited, her father Liu Yue, her mother Jiang Yunshu, and her younger brother Liu Bing, it should be noted that the relationship between the concubine and Liu Yue and Liu Bing is not very close, and you arrange Jiang Yunshu to sit beside her."

"There are a total of four people in the queen's family, her father Shen Tong, her mother Chen Suyan, her brother Shen Qiyan, and her brother Shen Jiuming.

Mu Jingzhao's pen was extremely fast, the tip of his nose quickly swept over the paper, and the whole process was completed in one go.

But the tone of his speech was extremely slow and slow, as if he was deliberately leaving time for Jiang Ning to remember.

"As for the Jiang family behind you." Mu Jingzhao's brows furrowed, but then, he stretched out again, "You don't have to worry about this matter, Jiang Qingyuan doesn't dare to disown your daughter if you want to come." ”

"Why?"

Mu Jingzhao continued to write quickly on the paper, and the worry on his face was swept away, "If he denies it, it is equivalent to admitting in disguise that he is looking for someone to marry instead of his daughter, which is a big crime of bullying the king." ”

"The sin of deceit." Jiang Ning silently repeated, and in the flash of light, all the sporadic clues were instantly connected.

In this way, it seems that everything makes sense.

"The concubine seems to understand the true intention of the person who kidnapped the concubine into the palace."

Mu Jingzhao's expression was stunned, "You can talk about it." ”

Jiang Ning thought absentmindedly as he slowly spit out a few words, "Perhaps, killing the emperor is not the other party's true intention." ”

Seeing her very serious expression, Mu Jingzhao seemed to be instantly interested, he casually put down the pen in his hand, looked at Jiang Ning, and had a serious expression.

"Actually, the other party's real intention should be—" She exhaled deeply, "Prime Minister." ”

"In fact, they chose me by accident and necessity." She spoke slowly, and almost every word she uttered had to be considered for a long time.

"Because I am cheap, worthless, and have no father or mother, no one cares even if I die and disappear."

She said these words with a rather calm expression, which was heartbreaking.

"Therefore, they asked me to marry instead of the prime minister's daughter and threatened me to assassinate the emperor, at the beginning, they hoped that I would be exposed, so that the crime of killing the monarch could be detained on the prime minister, so as to get rid of their own henchmen." Saying this, Jiang Ning's thoughts instantly became clear, and everything in the past seemed to have a reasonable explanation.

"Once the matter is revealed, the prime minister admits that it is a rebellion, and denying it is a bully, no matter which possibility it is, it is enough to make him bear the great crime of beheading."

Mu Jingzhao's eyebrows, which had not been stretched for a long time, gradually tightened between Jiang Ning's words.

What he had to admit was that Jiang Ning's speculation sounded very reasonable and logical.

But all this is reasonable and logical, based on the premise that Jiang Ning's identity is not the daughter of a salt merchant back then.

If he had heard Jiang Ning's words before today, he might have believed it instantly, and according to what the other party said, he turned all his attention to Jiang Qingyuan's political enemies and the true daughter whose whereabouts were unknown.

But now, after he knew Jiang Ning's identity and understood that Jiang Ning's entry into the palace was no accident, everything changed.

Of course, Mu Jingzhao would not be stupid enough to point out his suspicions about her, so he continued to follow the other party's words, "If this is the case, then the other party may be waiting for you to show your feet at the concubine's birthday banquet, so as to affect the prime minister's family." ”

Jiang Ning's expression was solemn, and he immediately understood the seriousness of the situation, "Maybe we should prepare in advance." ”

(End of chapter)