Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

After finishing her makeup, Ji Anni set out for Yusiyuan alone.

Originally, Die'er wanted to go with her because she was worried, but Ji Anni refused to let her, so Die'er had no choice but to obey the concubine's order and leave.

The reason why Ji Anni didn't let Die'er come with her was, firstly, because she had been used to walking alone since she was a child and was not used to being served by palace maids, and secondly, she didn't want her investigation of the poison arrow to be publicized.

When Ji Anni left, there was no one in the Concubine Palace. I guess everyone else must be practicing in Renhe Hall? Ji Anni had just been hit by a poison arrow, so she got a day off to rest and recuperate. How could she bear to waste this hard-earned holiday on sleeping? Of course, she had to hurry up and investigate the truth of the poison arrow.

Fortunately, I had been to Yusiyuan with Princess Tianning yesterday. Although Ji Anni was a complete idiot when it came to directions, she was able to successfully arrive at the royal ranch yesterday based on her little memory.

She had just looked around for a moment when a young eunuch came up and asked, "Is there anything wrong, Madam?"

"I...I want to find a horse."

"Are you going on a trip, Madam?"

"I'm not going out for a trip. I just want to see that horse. I think its name is... Unie. I rode it yesterday."

"Your Majesty, you are talking about the black horse." The young eunuch suddenly realized and said with an apologetic smile, "Your Majesty, the horse went crazy yesterday and almost threw you off your feet. You are here to teach it a lesson, right? You don't have to do it yourself. That horse, Wunie... will be killed soon."

"What?" Ji Anni screamed in fear. He killed the horse just because he went crazy. Isn't this too cruel?

"Your Majesty, Wunie's temperament has changed drastically, and the Imperial Horse Courtyard can no longer contain him. He kicked and rammed last night, and almost broke the Imperial Horse Courtyard. We have reported this to Imperial Concubine Kang, and she agreed to kill Wunie."

"Did Concubine Kang agree?" Ji Anni was surprised again. She still remembered the way Concubine Kang looked at Wu Nie yesterday. It was clearly the way she looked at an old friend. Concubine Kang and Wu Nie had been partners for many years, and they must have a very deep relationship. But now she was so heartless that she agreed to let these little eunuchs kill her beloved horse.

Ji Anni didn't care about anything and stepped forward to grab the eunuch's wrist and said, "Take me to the place where the horse is killed. You can't kill it, Wunie. If you kill it, I... I will punish you."

When the eunuch heard that he was going to be punished, his face immediately turned pale. He almost knelt down to Ji Anni and begged in fear, "My queen, please don't punish me. I killed the horse only on the orders of my master."

"Master, which master?" Ji Anni asked hurriedly.

"Of course it's the owner of this horse farm. Yesterday, Unie made a scene in the Royal Horse Courtyard and almost kicked the house over. We asked a horse doctor to take a look but he didn't know what was wrong with him. The only option left was to kill him."

The more Ji Anni listened, the more she found it strange. How could a horse like Unnie, who was so docile, suddenly go crazy? Moreover, when it went crazy, it went so violently that even the horse doctor was helpless. There must be some other story behind this.

Thinking of this, the detective blood in Ji Anni began to boil again. She grabbed the eunuch's hand tightly and said in a voice that could not be refused: "Take me there quickly."

The young eunuch was afraid of death and did not dare to offend any empress. But seeing Ji Anni was so insistent, he obediently became the guide.

***

Ji Anni followed the young eunuch to the place where horses were slaughtered, which was a small wooden house similar to a slaughterhouse built on the edge of the pasture.

There was a pungent smell of blood in the air, almost making Ji Anni vomit. Holding back the great discomfort in her body, Ji Anni looked up into the house, but before she saw anything, she heard a familiar horse neigh.

The horse's neighing was so miserable that everyone who heard it felt pity.

Ji Anni didn't care about the smell of blood, she rushed into the house, breaking into the door and shouting, "Spare the horse! Don't kill him!"

There were two eunuchs sharpening knives in the room. When they saw Ji Anni suddenly rush in, they were so scared that they opened their mouths but couldn't ask a word.

At this time, the young eunuch who led Ji Anni came out and introduced: "This is Concubine Zhao Cong. Wu Nie was the one who fell off his back yesterday."

The two eunuchs who were sharpening their knives finally reacted, put down their knives and saluted Ji Anni.

Ji Anike didn't care about all these etiquettes, her whole mind was on the horse Unnie.

Wu Nie was tied to a pillar with five hemp ropes, and he could only move two or three steps. The bloodstains on his back were clearly visible, and the ground was also dripping with blood, which made Ji Anni feel distressed. Although Wu Nie did throw her off the horse yesterday, she believed that Wu Nie must have been framed by a bad guy, otherwise why would such a gentleman like Wu Nie suddenly go crazy?

Ji Anni walked closer to Unnie, trying to calm her down.

But unfortunately, Unnie did not realize that Ji Anni wanted to help it, but thought that Ji Anni was a bad person who wanted to kill it. He screamed loudly and raised his front hooves to kick Ji Anni away.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" The eunuch who led the way hurriedly stood in front of Ji Anni, fearing that Ji Anni would be kicked by Unie.

"Your Majesty, your servants are going to slaughter a horse..." The eunuch who was sharpening the knife also came forward. Although the second half of the sentence was not spoken, Ji Anni could hear that the other party wanted her to stay away.

How could Ji Anni watch Wu Nie die tragically? She firmly told the eunuchs, "You can't kill it."

"My queen, please don't make things difficult for us. If we don't kill this horse, the whole ranch will never have a peaceful life again."

"Wait a minute, there must be a reason why Unnie went crazy." Ji Anni stopped the eunuchs and did not allow them to approach Unnie, warning, "If you dare to kill it, I will never let you go!"

"My lady, the horse doctor came to check yesterday and couldn't find the cause of the disease."

"That's because he doesn't know how to collude with Unnie." While scolding the eunuch, Ji Anni tried to get closer to Unnie and whispered to comfort Unnie like comforting a child, "Unnie, don't make trouble. I'm not a bad person, I'm here to help you. Do you remember me? I'm Zhaoji who you threw off your back yesterday. I know you didn't mean it. Be good and don't make trouble. If you make trouble again, you will be killed..."

But Ji Anni's earnest advice did not fall into Unie's ears. Unie raised his front hoof high and kicked Ji Anni on the arm, knocking Ji Anni two or three steps away.

The eunuchs were so frightened that they rushed forward to support her and asked, "Madam, are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay..." It was a lie to say that she was okay. Ji Anni struggled to stand up, covering her right arm that was kicked with her left hand, her facial features wrinkled in pain.

But when she slowly opened her left hand and revealed the wound on her right arm, she found that blood was already flowing from her arm and her clothes were soaked red.

"Your Majesty, you are bleeding!" the eunuch shouted in panic, losing his composure.

"It's okay." Ji Anni forced a smile and comforted them not to panic.

But suddenly, an idea flashed through my mind.

If you get kicked by a horse, it would just be a bruise at most, how could it bleed?

So Ji Anni looked at her wound carefully again and felt that the wound was not caused by a horse's hoof, but was scratched by something sharp...

That’s strange, is there something sharp on the horse’s hoof?