Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

"What?" Ji Anni thought she had misheard. Princess Tianning would actually return the little maid she had snatched away?

"Your Majesty, from now on every morning, I will wake you up, help you wash and dress, and serve you breakfast." The little palace maid spoke in a soft voice, like a frightened little animal, and was very lovable.

After hearing what she said, Ji Anni realized that Concubine Consort also had to eat breakfast? Because no one had ever brought her breakfast, she thought that people here only had two meals... Alas, thinking of being hungry for two days, Ji Anni really felt sorry for her stomach.

"My lady, I will bring you another bowl of soup right away."

After she finished speaking, she picked up the debris on the ground and hurriedly turned away. Ji Anni couldn't stop her. She thought to herself, this Dier is really strange. Why is she so afraid of me? I don't hit her or scold her, but she keeps her head down even when she talks to me. It's really strange... Could it be that Princess Tianning said something bad?

Just as I was thinking about it, a figure suddenly appeared at the door.

Ji Anni thought it was Die'er who came back, and was about to ask, but she found out that the person who came was not Die'er, but Yizhen.

Ji Anni suddenly remembered that Yizhen's scalp was burned, and hurriedly pulled her into the house and asked, "Yizhen, does your head still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore, Xiao Zhao, don't think you're too weak." Yizhen said as she pulled Ji Anni to the dressing table and said, "Xiao Zhao, please sit down. I'll comb your hair, or you'll be late again today."

Ji Anni then remembered that Yizhen said yesterday that she would help her comb her hair every day.

"Oh, Yizhen, don't bother. Firstly, I don't have to go to Renhe Hall to practice today, and secondly, I already have a palace maid to serve me."

"Really?" Yizhen was stunned.

Ji Anni said, "Aunt Yang said that I got caught in the rain last night and she was afraid that I would get sick, so she let me rest today."

"Getting caught in the rain?" Yizhen's eyes widened again, and she hurriedly touched Ji Anni's forehead and asked, "Xiao Zhao, are you okay? Are you sick?"

"I'm still strong." Ji Anni winked at Yizhen, signaling her not to worry.

Yizhen took Ji Anni's hand and said, "Xiao Zhao, that's perfect. We don't have to go to Renhe Hall today."

"You don't have to go either?" Ji Anni didn't expect it to be such a coincidence.

"Yes." Yizhen nodded with a smile, "Because I was burned yesterday, I am also considered an injured person, so Aunt Yang showed some mercy and gave me a day off."

Ji Anni stared at Yizhen again and laughed, "By the way, Yizhen, do you have any plans for today?"

Yizhen shook her head and said, "I'm free."

"That's perfect." Ji Anni wanted to hear what Yizhen said, so she suggested, "Why don't we go visit Concubine Baogui?"

Yun Zhen told Ji Anni last night that Baogui Fei felt guilty for slapping Ji Anni. So Yun Zhen asked Ji Anni to visit Baogui Fei in the West Palace when she was free.

It was a rare day that both she and Yizhen had time, so Ji Anni decided to go to the West Palace to visit Concubine Baogui. But she didn't know where the West Palace was, so she asked Yizhen, "Yizhen, do you know where Concubine Baogui's West Palace is?"

Yizhen was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are you really going to the West Palace? What are you going to do there?"

Ji Anni chuckled and said, "What else can I do? Of course I have to go and pay my respects to Concubine Baogui and express my gratitude. By the way, Yizhen, do you know where the West Palace is?"

"I know, I know..." Yizhen said in a low voice, with a hint of worry in her expression.

But as soon as Ji Anni heard Yizhen say that she knew, she didn't care about anything else and immediately decided on today's schedule: "That's great, let's go after breakfast?"

"But Baogui Fei and I have never met before..." Yizhen wanted to refuse, not knowing whether she was shy or something else.

Ji Anni was unwilling to give her a chance to refuse, so she grabbed Yizhen's hand and said coquettishly, "Okay Yizhen, just go with me."

Yizhen couldn't stand up to her, so she finally agreed: "Okay, but...is it too abrupt for us to visit so suddenly? Or should we prepare a gift..."

"Gift?" Yizhen's words reminded Ji Anni. She had received many gifts from Concubine Baogui, such as skirts and hairpins, but she had never given Concubine Baogui anything. Thinking about it, she felt a little guilty.

But I have nothing...what can I give to Concubine Baogui?

Yizhen said, "I have a few boxes of Nanhu County specialty cakes in my room. Please wait for me to get them."

Ji Anni felt a little embarrassed. She was obviously going to meet Concubine Baogui, but now she had to trouble Yizhen to give her a gift.

"Yizhen, thank you..."

Yizhen smiled at her and said, "We are sisters, why should we be polite?"

After saying that, she walked out. Looking at Yizhen's back, Ji Anni felt warm in her heart, thinking that coming to this world was not a bad thing, because at least she met Yizhen, a good sister.

***

After drinking the morning soup brought by Die'er, Ji Anni and Yizhen took the cakes and set off for the West Palace.

In fact, the architectural layout of this palace is very simple.

In the center is the bedroom of the emperor and empress, surrounded by the four imperial concubines' palaces in the east, west, south and north, which are the so-called four palaces.

Outside the four palaces, there is another circle of eight courtyards.

Outside the eight courtyards are all the scattered palaces, such as the Concubine Palace where the concubines lived, the Leisure Palace where the former emperor's concubines lived, and so on.

The four palaces and eight courtyards are all named after directions such as east, west, south, north, up, down, left and right, making it easier to find them.

For example, if you want to find the West Palace of Concubine Guigui, just go west.

Although Yizhen had just entered the palace not long ago, she had received a lot of palace education before entering, so she knew the palace structure much better than Ji Anni.

There is a river called "Qinglan" in the palace, which is the river that Ji Anni saw on the day she first entered the palace. This river runs through the palace, and it is said that most of the water used in the palace comes from this river. The scenery along the river is very beautiful, with fragrant grass and green grass on the ground. Just walk a few steps along the river bank, and the beautiful scenery will make your mood better.

After walking along the river bank for about half an hour, Ji Anni found that the scenery in front of her was becoming more and more familiar. She thought that the West Palace was approaching.

After walking a few more steps, the gate of the West Palace appeared in front of Ji Anni.

It is still so magnificent and solemn that when people stand outside the door and look at it, they can't help but be impressed by its grandeur.

Yizhen looked at the palace door and sighed softly, "It's also the imperial palace, but compared to the Concubine's Palace, this is heaven."

From the way Yizhen looked up at the palace gate, Ji Anni saw her yearning and asked, "Yizhen, do you want to be a concubine?"

Yizhen smiled faintly, looked at the towering gate of the West Palace, and sighed softly: "Who among the concubines who entered the palace doesn't want to live a better life? Who doesn't want to enjoy the emperor's grace? But my family background is too low, I'm afraid I can only be a concubine for the rest of my life."

"Do you like the Emperor?"

"I have never seen the emperor, how can I like him?"

"But why do you want to be a concubine?"

"Because I also want to be like them, to be served by a large group of palace maids, to wear the best clothes, to wear the best jewelry, to eat the best food, to sit in the most prominent position at the banquet, and to be surrounded by splendor. Otherwise... I don't know why I entered the palace."

At that moment, for some reason, Ji Anni always felt a pain in her heart.

She didn't quite understand Yizhen's idea, but she knew that most of the concubines who entered the palace had the same idea as Yizhen. It was just that Ji Anni, a concubine who was content with the status quo, was too strange.