Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

"Oh? What wish?" the emperor continued to ask.

"This... this... this, I haven't thought about it yet, but as soon as I think about it, I will tell the emperor immediately."

The emperor laughed after hearing this, "You didn't even tell me what you want, and you want me to agree to it?"

Ji Anni said hurriedly: "I guarantee that this wish does not violate the law or conscience, and it is within the emperor's ability to accomplish, and it will not cause harm to anyone. If Zhao Ji's wish violates any of these four points in the future, the emperor has the right to refuse to accept it."

"Okay, I promise you." The emperor was a straightforward man and agreed immediately.

The other party was so straightforward that Ji Anni was a little overwhelmed. After a few seconds of silence, she stammered, "Thank... Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Zhao Ji, there's no need to be so polite." The emperor's voice still had a hint of smile in it, but gradually, his voice became a little low. After a short pause, he said in a tone as if talking to himself, "Zhao Ji... I have been separated from you for less than a year, how come you seem like a different person..."

Oops!

Ji Anni couldn't help but shudder and wanted to slap herself twice.

Before coming to the Imperial Suburbs West Garden, I had reminded myself countless times not to show off, but I didn't expect that I still aroused the emperor's suspicion. This is terrible. If it was just a Yanniang, it would be fine. Now even the emperor has discovered that I am different from the previous Zhao Ji... I don't know how long I can keep my head.

Just when Ji Anni was so worried that her whole body was stiff, the emperor's voice, which seemed to be talking to himself, came from behind the curtain again.

This time, Ji Anni heard it clearly. What the emperor said was: "But... I like you more now."

what? !

Ji Anni had countless question marks and exclamation marks in her mind. Shouldn't this emperor be in love with Zhao Ji and have a little prince? Now that Zhao Ji's personality has changed, not only is he not worried, but he has also... fallen in love with someone else so quickly?

"Concubine Zhao Congfei, what are you daydreaming about?" Concubine Kang had come to Ji Anni's side without her knowing.

She suddenly spoke in her ear, almost frightening Ji Anni to death. She cried out, "Empress Kang, you scared me to death."

Concubine Kang said, "I was just shocked by your audacity, Concubine Zhao."

"Huh? What's bold?" Ji Anni didn't think she had done anything bold.

Concubine Kang said, "Isn't it bold to ask the emperor to agree to a wish you haven't thought of yet?"

"This..." How could this be considered bold... But in order not to appear too strange, Ji Anni had to hold back from saying the second half of the sentence. Otherwise, not only Yan Niang and the Emperor, but even this Concubine Kang would pay extra attention to her.

"Concubine Zhao, the archery ceremony has ended, and we are about to start hunting. Would you like to join us?" Concubine Kang made an invitation.

Ji Anni didn't have any better choice anyway, so she agreed without thinking: "Okay. But this is my first time participating in a hunting competition, so please teach me more about what I don't understand, Concubine Kang."

***

The hunting meeting finally kicked off with a burst of powerful drum beats.

There are a total of seven teams participating in this hunting competition. The team that catches more prey in the end will be the winner.

The person who shoots the most arrows will have the honor of conducting the archery ceremony at the next hunting competition.

Among the seven participating teams, Ji Anni could find a seat in the three teams related to the imperial concubine, namely "An", "Kang" and "Bao". Ji Anni also participated in the team of General Zhenyuan, which had the flag with the character "Kang" as its commander. Princess Tianning, Kang Fangting and Kang Xiaorong were all in this team. However, although they were all members of the same team, Princess Tianning was not very polite to Ji Anni.

As soon as the seven teams dispersed, Tian Ning rode his horse to Ji Anni and said, "Concubine Zhao, this is your first time participating in a hunting competition, right? Please don't hold us back. It doesn't matter if you can't hit the prey, but please don't miss the target and hurt someone. Otherwise, we will have to help you clean up the mess, which will be very troublesome."

Ji Anni was too lazy to argue with her, so she gave in and said, "The princess is reminding Zhao Ji to be careful and cautious, and not to shoot arrows if possible, to ensure that no one is injured by mistake."

"Hmph." Tian Ning was not satisfied with Ji Anni's answer. He raised his neck and said, "Before you came here, you were so arrogant that you said you would steal my limelight. Now you have turned into a coward who dares not even shoot an arrow. I think you should go back and have a rest as soon as possible, so as not to be in front of this princess and an eyesore."

Ji Anni felt wronged by the scolding. She thought to herself, it was you, Princess Tianning, who forced me to come here. Why do you think I am an eyesore now? Also, you are afraid that I will hurt others by mistake when I shoot arrows, but you say I don't have the guts if I don't shoot. Anyway, you have something to say about what I do. You clearly came here to quarrel with me today, right?

"Why are you staring at me?" Tian Ning seemed to have no idea what to do if she didn't have to argue with Ji Anni. Now that she saw Ji Anni become so docile and obedient, she felt even worse. As if she wanted to anger Ji Anni, she continued, "Just say what you want to say. What I hate most is cowards who don't dare to say what they want to say."

"Coward?" No one has ever called Ji Anni a "coward" since she was a child. Well, Princess Tianning, if I don't show my power today, you will really bully me like a sick cat, right? Thinking of this, Ji Anni's mouth curled up slightly, and she sneered, "Princess, although Zhao Ji's archery skills are not as good as yours, at least she has asked a master for some advice on archery before. Are you interested in listening?"

"Hmph, what profound insights can you have? It must be a bunch of nonsense." Princess Tianning regarded attacking Ji Anni as the greatest pleasure in her life.

"Then listen carefully, Princess." Ji Anni pointed to a pine tree in front of her and said, "If there is a squirrel on that tree and it happens to jump down from the tree when you see it, how should you shoot the arrow to hit the squirrel?"

Tian Ning answered without thinking: "Since the squirrel is jumping down from the tree, of course we should aim at a lower position. This way, when the arrow flies to the pine tree, it will hit the squirrel exactly."

Ji Anni smiled and said, "Princess, you are wrong. Although the squirrel is jumping down, you should still aim at the squirrel when you shoot the arrow. Otherwise, you will miss the squirrel."

Ji Anni remembered that she seemed to have done a similar physics problem before, and the answer was exactly like this.

"Hmph, how do you know that I can't hit the target? I'll deflect the arrow for you to see." Tian Ning was not convinced at all. She drew the bow and was about to shoot, but suddenly she heard a string sound beside her. Everyone turned their heads and saw that it was Kang Xiaorong who shot the arrow.

With a swish sound, the long arrow broke through the air and flew straight towards the pine tree thirty meters away.

However, what surprised everyone even more was that the arrow actually hit a squirrel's tail, pinning the little squirrel to the tree trunk.