Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Ji Anni was led back to the Dongcongfei Palace by an old eunuch. As soon as she stepped into the palace door, she saw Yan Niang's figure.

Ji Anni quickly lowered her head, afraid of meeting Yan Niang's eyes.

For some reason, she was quite afraid of Yan Niang and always felt that Yan Niang could see through everything about her.

But the more Ji Anni hid, the more Yan Niang came towards her.

"Yanniang only heard that Concubine Zhao fell off the horse and sprained her foot, but I didn't hear that the queen even broke her neck." As she spoke, Yanniang had already stood in front of Ji Anni. Her voice was gentle and slow, but it contained a kind of imposing aura. "The queen? Why can't you raise your head?"

"I...I..." Ji Anni had no way out, so she had to bite the bullet and bowed a little, "The light was too dim, I didn't see clearly that it was Aunt Yanniang, please don't blame me. Zhaoji greets Aunt."

"Your Majesty, you are so polite. Yanniang can't bear it." Yanniang laughed, but her laughter sounded cold.

Ji Anni didn't know whether to leave or not, she just stood there frozen, not knowing what to do.

At this time, Yanniang said to the old eunuch who sent Ji Anni back, "Eunuch Hua, go back and tell the emperor that Empress Zhaoji has returned safely. From now on, I will take care of her. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

Eunuch Hua responded politely: "Then I'll leave the rest to you. I'll go back and report now." Then he turned and left.

This eunuch Hua was probably in his 50s or 60s, and he was a eunuch serving the emperor, so he must have a high status in the harem. However, when he saw Yan Niang, he was still respectful, as if he dared not neglect her. It seemed that Yan Niang was indeed not a simple person.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Yan Niang's voice coming from above my head.

"Your Majesty, you have just recovered from your injury. Go back to your room and rest early today. You don't need to come to Renhe Hall to practice tomorrow. It is important for you to take care of your health first. Yan Niang will ask the palace maid to bring you a few bowls of tonic medicine later."

Yan Niang's attitude was quite cordial, but Ji Anni subconsciously kept a distance from her.

When she heard Yanniang wanted the maid to bring her a tonic, she couldn't help but think of the palace poisoning case she had seen in TV dramas before. If Yanniang also poisoned the medicine, wouldn't she be doomed if she drank it? So Ji Anni hurriedly declined, "Aunt, I appreciate your kindness. I feel weak all over and very tired. I just want to go back to my room and take a shower and go to bed. As for the tonic... I won't bother you."

Hearing this, Yan Niang did not force it, and said gently: "Then your Majesty, please have a good rest. Yan Niang will also go back to her room."

In the past, the East and West Concubine Palaces were taken care of by two aunts respectively. Aunt Yang, who took care of the East Concubine Palace, lived in a room near the door of the East Concubine Palace; Aunt Yu, who took care of the West Concubine Palace, lived in a room near the door of the West Concubine Palace. Although Yan Niang has now taken over the duties of the two aunts and is taking care of all the concubines in the East and West Palaces at the same time, it is impossible for Yan Niang to live in the East and West Concubine Palaces respectively. So she lives in the West Concubine Palace, but comes to the East Concubine Palace every evening to inspect.

After saying goodbye to Ji Anni, Yan Niang returned to her residence in the Xi Congfei Palace.

Looking at her graceful back, Ji Anni was filled with melancholy. Whenever she met this Yan Niang, her heartbeat would speed up several times. If she continued like this, she would die sooner or later.

Ji Anni came to the door of her room and was about to go in, but she saw that the light was on in Yizhen's room next door. So she went to Yizhen's room to chat for a while, and returned to her room when she felt sleepy. After a simple wash, Ji Anni fell on the bed and fell asleep.

***

In a daze, she had a nightmare.

She dreamed that she was walking in the darkness, and countless hands stretched out from the darkness trying to grab her. She screamed in fear, but those hands chased her like big snakes.

Suddenly, a long arrow shot towards her. She screamed in fright and black blood flowed from the place where the arrow hit her heart.

Faintly, she heard a strange sound. It was not a human sound, but the sound of an animal. Looking forward in the direction of the sound, she saw a furry tail. A white shadow flashed by, and it seemed to be... a fox?

Ji Anni was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat. She suddenly opened her eyes and found that it was already bright outside.

There was the sound of Die'er knocking on the door and her anxious shouting. Ji Anni hurriedly responded, "Wait, I'll open the door right away."

Die'er cried outside the door, "My Lady, you finally responded. If you don't respond again, I will ask someone to knock on the door."

Ji Anni opened the door with a smile and said, "Bumping the door? How can it be so serious? I'm fine, right? Die'er, you're making a fuss out of nothing."

Die Er wiped the tears from her eyes, put the breakfast on the table, and said to Ji Anni, "Madam, you were hit by a poison arrow. What if the poison has not been completely eliminated? I knocked on the door for so long just now, but Madam didn't respond. I thought Madam had an accident..."

"Silly Die'er, I was just sleeping too deeply and didn't hear your voice." Ji Anni comforted Die'er while drinking porridge, "Don't worry, I have recovered a long time ago, and now I am in good health and can swallow a cow."

"My queen, please stop joking. You look pale. You should have a good rest today." Die'er said worriedly.

"Am I very pale?" Ji Anni even ran to the bronze mirror to look at herself, and indeed she found that her face was paler than frost. Not only was it pale, but there was also some cold sweat seeping out of her forehead.

Thinking of the nightmare she had just had, Ji Anni was sure that the cold sweat must have been caused by that nightmare.

Although Ji Annie seemed to be fine on the surface, the poison arrow incident yesterday undoubtedly left a deep shadow in her heart, making her truly feel that behind this palace - there really was someone who wanted her dead.

"My queen, are you okay?" Seeing Ji Anni staring at the bronze mirror in a daze, Die'er became even more worried.

"Die'er, please help me comb my hair. I'm going out right away." Ji Anni pulled Die'er to her side, found a comb and put it in Die'er's hand.

Die'er took the comb and stood still, kindly advising: "Your Majesty, your health has not yet recovered, so don't go out today, just rest in your room, okay?"

"No, I have important things to do." Ji Anni looked at Die'er with sharp eyes, leaving Die'er no room to refuse.

Die'er was just a little palace maid, so of course she didn't dare to disobey the Concubine's wishes. She only looked at Ji Anni worriedly, and then compromised, "Then you must take care of your body, Madam. If you feel anything is wrong, ask the imperial physician to treat you immediately. Don't delay."

"I know, I know." Ji Anni nodded quickly, feeling that Die'er was like her mother.

While Ji Anni was eating, Dier was combing her hair.

Die'er said as she combed her hair, "My Lady, you are the most incredible master Die'er has ever met."

"Incredible?" Ji Annie tilted her head, thinking that it was incredible that Die'er would use the word "incredible" to describe herself.

Die Er continued, "If it was any other queen who was shot by a poisonous arrow, she would definitely have to stay in bed for ten days or half a month before she could walk. She would also take the opportunity to cry to the emperor and ask him to catch the mastermind and take charge of the matter for her."

"Alas..." Ji Anni sighed, "It's better to rely on yourself than on others."

It's not that Ji Anni didn't want to investigate, but she didn't rely on the emperor's power. First, she didn't want to have too much contact with the emperor who might know her identity; second, she didn't have much confidence in the stupid emperor who had a pretty face.

Compared to the emperor, I am more reliable.

Now that she knew the color of the poison arrow, she knew which team it came from. The next thing to do was to find out why Une went crazy.

That's why she asked Die'er to comb her hair, because she had to go to Yusiyuan.