The Ning family naturally did not want Ning Zixin to become someone's concubine. Since the emperor did not like her, that was even better; they would simply marry her off.
They immediately arranged a marriage for Ning Zixin and began preparing her dowry.
However, just as they were preparing everything, the emperor's decree arrived.
Tell the Ning family to make preparations and send Ning Zixin to the palace.
The imperial decree had already been issued, and even though the Ning family was reluctant, they could not stop Ning Zixin from entering the palace.
Despite Ning Zixin's glamorous and slutty appearance, she is actually extremely timid.
But she was willing to give everything for her family.
The day before entering the palace, she not only smiled and cooked a meal for everyone herself, but also comforted them, saying that she would be the emperor's woman from now on.
Qin Mu was handsome and talented, and she was extremely happy to be able to marry such a man.
Seeing Ning Zixin's efforts to make everyone happy, the Ning family naturally couldn't let her down. Even though they were unwilling, they happily sent her to the palace.
The Ning family thought that, out of respect for the late emperor and the empress dowager, the emperor would treat Ning Zixin a little better.
However, the reality is despairing.
Although the Empress Dowager liked Ning Zixin, she had been practicing Buddhism and vegetarianism since the late emperor's death, and basically no longer concerned herself with the affairs of the inner palace.
On her first day in the palace, she met the Empress Dowager, who took her hand and asked the Emperor to take good care of Ning Zixin. Qin Mu agreed, and afterwards, the Empress Dowager went to Wudao Mountain to meditate.
Ning Zixin had a very hard time in the palace.
Aside from her appearance, she was very naive and didn't know how to bribe palace maids or curry favor with the emperor. Ever since she entered the palace, Qin Mu had ignored her and barely paid any attention to her.
The palace maids and eunuchs in the harem were all particularly opportunistic. Seeing that Ning Zixin was out of favor, they basically ignored her. The four palace maids and eunuchs originally assigned to her almost all found ways to leave.
She only had the two maids she had brought to the palace left by her side.
It was only thanks to Ning Zixin's generous dowry that the three of them would have starved to death long ago.
It takes several taels of silver every day to get enough food for three people, and sometimes that's not even enough.
One of the maids, Hongxiu, came up with an idea: to have the Ning family send ingredients to the palace.
No matter what, Ning Zixin was a Jieyu, with her own palace and naturally a small kitchen.
Ning Hongze's purpose in entering the palace this time was to deliver ingredients.
All the nightmares stemmed from this incident.
Ning Hong sent in many valuable items as ingredients.
This made everyone in the harem extremely covetous.
Led by Consort Hui, people came one after another to demand it.
Ning Zixin couldn't possibly refuse.
The ingredients were delivered time and time again.
Later, a plague suddenly broke out in the palace, killing many concubines. The Blackwater Bureau, which belonged to the emperor, investigated and eventually found that the plague was caused by this batch of food.
The food was poisoned.
Qin Mu was furious and banished Ning Zixin to the cold palace, while the two maids were beaten to death.
This was originally a capital offense, but the Ning family has a special decree granting them immunity from the death penalty, though they cannot escape punishment.
Ning Hao was publicly flogged fifty times, leaving him covered in blood.
All of the Ning family's property was confiscated.
The imperial edict was naturally taken back as well.
Ning Zixin was filled with remorse; in the cold palace, despair almost consumed her.
Later, Ning Hao's injuries worsened, and Ning Zixin, in despair, hanged herself in the cold palace.
Ning Hong then held Ning Hao's ashes, and the whole family disappeared from the capital.
It wasn't until later that Ning Hong learned that the ingredients had been replaced by the Liu family. They were all fake, counterfeit goods craving the virus. The Liu family, envious of the Ning family's wealth and wanting those precious ingredients to help Liu Linglong recover, had secretly switched them.
As for what was changed?
The Ning family is incredibly wealthy. Their presence blocks others' path to riches. Ideally, the Ning family should be driven out of the capital. However, with the imperial edict and iron certificate in place, the Emperor won't kill the Ning family.
Therefore, they weren't going too far.
All they need to do is leave.
Liu Linglong later learned about this matter, so she dragged the emperor to the Cold Palace to pay respects to Ning Zixin, shed a few tears, and repented a few words.
Despite not having paid anything, Qin Mu felt extremely distressed and hurriedly pulled her back.
Of course, the emperor had no idea what was going on.
Although Liu Linglong wanted to repent, she dared not reveal what had happened.
However, even if she said it, Qin Mu probably wouldn't take it to heart.
The person who made the wish was the original owner of the body, Ning Hongze.
He hoped to protect his sister, that she could die peacefully in her old age, and that the Ning family could be well. Even if they had to leave the capital, he wanted everyone to be included.
Finally, the goal is to take revenge on the Liu family.
He didn't care about Liu Linglong, but he wanted the Liu family to be destroyed.
"Imperial Physician, thank you for your trouble."
"Hmph, I am very busy, and I hope that Consort will not waste my time."
"No, no, it will be fine soon, Your Majesty. It was Your Majesty's order."
Ning Zixin said in a low voice.
"Hmph," the imperial physician snorted coldly.
He knew, of course, that it was the Emperor's order; if it weren't for the Emperor's order, he wouldn't have paid any attention to her.
"In that case, there's no need to waste this imperial physician's time."
Ning Hong opened the door, grinning maliciously.
How dare a mere imperial physician speak to his sister like that?
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