Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

"That's perfect." Tian Ning sneered, pointed at Yizhen's head, and said fiercely, "Since you are worried that this princess will bully Concubine Zhao Cong, why don't you follow me all the way and see if this princess bullies her?"

Having offended Princess Tianning, Yizhen was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she hurriedly said, "Princess, please spare my life, please spare my life."

"Spare my life?" Tian Ning couldn't help laughing. "This princess doesn't want your life. I just want to give you two some special guidance. The fact that you can be guided by this princess is the result of the good deeds of your ancestors for three generations. You should be grateful to them now. Why are you talking about sparing my life? Humph."

"Princess!" Ji Anni could no longer bear it and stood up and said, "This matter has nothing to do with Yizhen. Whatever you want to do, just come to me, don't take it out on others."

It would be fine if Tianning was only targeting her, whether it was kneeling or serving tea, even if Princess Tianning made her stand in the sun with a teapot on her head for three days and three nights, Ji Annie could grit her teeth and endure it.

But the only thing he couldn't tolerate was seeing Tianning trying to bully Yizhen as well.

"What? What? Are they all rebelling?" Tian Ning was angered by Ji Anni's attitude again, pointing at her and saying, "What do you mean by coming for you? Who do you think you are? This princess doesn't take you seriously! Come on, Hua Rong, go get the tea set from yesterday. This princess wants to teach this little concubine how to serve tea!"

Hua Rong responded and turned to get the tea set.

When the others saw Princess Tianning was angry, they were all so scared that they dared not breathe. They all knelt on the ground with their heads down, fearing that Princess Tianning would vent her anger on them. Even Shui Furong was no exception. Although she did not tremble with fear like the other concubines, she kept her head down without making any sound or movement, as if she was waiting to see a good show.

"Princess!" Ji Anni took a step forward and wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Yizhen.

Yizhen frowned, tears welled up in her eyes, and she was almost crying. She shook her head at Ji Anni and said, "Xiao Zhao... don't say anymore, Xiao Zhao..."

Seeing her like this, Ji Anni was speechless and had to swallow back her anger.

***

Not long after, Hua Rong brought the tea set, the same set from yesterday. I guess the tea in the pot was still hot.

Princess Tianning shouted to Ji Anni, "Kneel down."

Ji Anni took a deep breath, and for Yizhen's sake she held back her outburst, then knelt down.

Yizhen had been kneeling on the ground without getting up, not even daring to raise her head, tears welling up in her red eyes.

At this time, Tianning handed a teacup to Yizhen and said, "Hold it carefully and raise it above your head."

"Princess!" Ji Anni glared at Tian Ning and said in a low voice, "This matter has nothing to do with Yizhen. Why did you ask her to hold the teacup?"

As she was about to snatch the cup from Yizhen's hand, Princess Tianning pushed her away and said, "Whoever I want to take it will do it. It's not your turn to teach me how to do things."

"Xiao Zhao, stop making trouble." Yizhen cast a calming look at Ji Anni, and raised the teacup above her head. "It is Yizhen's blessing to receive personal guidance from the princess."

"Yes, that's more like it." Tian Ning smiled with satisfaction, picked up the teapot and poured tea into the cup.

The tea was already very hot, and Yizhen was not as thick-skinned as Ji Anni, so her hand holding the teacup kept shaking. Princess Tianning only wanted to fill up the teacup, and didn't care whether Yizhen could bear it or not.

Suddenly, Yizhen let out a scream, her hand trembled slightly, and the teacup broke to the ground.

The boiling water in the teapot was poured all over Yizhen's head. There was a "sizzle" sound that made people's hair stand on end.

"Yizhen!" Ji Anni rushed over, hugged Yizhen in her arms and said, "Are you okay? Are you burned?"

Yizhen just shook her head, unable to say anything, tears streaming down her cheeks, and soon her whole face was covered in blood. The part of her scalp that was splashed with boiling water quickly turned red, and Ji Anni's heart ached, so she hugged Yizhen tighter. Yizhen sobbed in her arms, feeling extremely wronged, and the cry made Ji Anni's last bit of calmness disappear.

Ji Annie stood up quickly, raised her right hand and waved away Tian Ning's hand holding the teapot.

With a "bang", the teapot fell to the ground.

"You...you..." Tian Ning's wrist was tightly held by Ji Anni, and she couldn't pull it out. She was so anxious that she stared and shouted, "How dare you be rude to this princess!"

"Not only do I dare to be rude to you, I will also discipline you!" Ji Anni had forgotten her promise to Concubine Baogui at this time. She just wanted to teach this princess who dared to bully Yizhen a lesson. She shouted, "If your mother doesn't care about you, I will take care of you for your mother!"

As he said this, he dragged Princess Tianning's hand and pulled her to a wooden bench nearby.

There were two bamboo whips on the wooden bench, which were bestowed by the Empress Dowager for Aunt Yang and Aunt Yu to discipline the concubines.

"What do you want to do?" Princess Tianning was angry and scared, and she was so nervous that she even stuttered.

"Hmph." Ji Anni sneered, picked up a bamboo whip bestowed by the Queen Mother and held it in her hand, saying, "Do you recognize what this is? This is the 'Imperial Bamboo Whip' bestowed by your mother. I am using this to beat you today, just to beat you on behalf of your mother!"

"You dare!" Princess Tianning widened her eyes and her voice became shrill, she was angry and scared.

"See if I dare!"

Ji Anni's eyes were wider than Tianning's. As soon as she finished speaking, she whipped Princess Tianning's legs with a whip.

Tian Ning had never been beaten since he was a child, and he cried in pain after being whipped like this. But Ji Anni held his wrist, so he couldn't escape at all, and was whipped several times in a row.

At this time, the dazed aunts and concubines finally reacted and rushed forward. Some hugged Ji Anni, and some hugged the princess. There was a lot of crying and clamoring, and it was difficult to separate the two of them.

Tian Ning was crying so hard that he threw himself into Hua Rong's arms.

Ji Anni seemed to have not beaten me enough. She raised the small bamboo whip high and shouted at Princess Tianning: "If you have the guts, don't hide in a woman's arms. If you have the guts, stand up. I will fight you one-on-one today. If you have the guts, don't ask your mother for help. If you have the guts, knock me down with your own hands. Come on, aren't you a princess? Is this all you can do? Aren't you very powerful? Don't everyone kneel down when they see you? You look like a coward, and I want to beat you up."

Princess Tianning was also angered by Ji Anni's words. She wiped her tears, pushed everyone aside and rushed towards Ji Anni, slapping her on the left cheek. "Say it again! Do you think I am a coward? Do you think I can beat you down?"

After being slapped by Tian Ning, Ji Anni completely exploded. No one knew where she got the strength from, but she broke free from all the concubines who were hugging her and pounced on Princess Tian Ning.

"Princess Tianning, I hate people slapping me, and you are addicted to it!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Anni had already pushed Princess Tianning to the ground, raised her right hand high, and was about to slap her, but who would have thought that at this moment, Princess Tianning burst into tears in desperation, and shouted in a low voice: "No, I was wrong, don't hit me..."

Presumably, Princess Tianning had just been slapped by Ji Anni not long ago, and the aftereffects of fear had not yet healed, so when she saw Ji Anni swinging her hand just now, she was so scared that she admitted her mistake and begged for mercy.

Ji Anni was already furious, but for some reason, after seeing Princess Tianning's pitiful face, she couldn't bear it anymore. Her right hand was still raised high in the air, as if she was under a spell and couldn't move.

Not only Ji Anni, the whole world stopped.

The aunt, concubines, palace maids, guards and eunuchs who rushed over after hearing the noise, all stood there like sculptures, motionless.

God...Princess Tianning admitted her mistake?

That arrogant Princess Tianning actually said the three words "I was wrong" to Ji Anni?

This is even more shocking than the current emperor saying "I don't want to be an emperor anymore."