Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

In the gorgeous and spacious room, there were only three people: Ji Anni, Concubine An and Ningshuang.

Concubine An sat gracefully on the brocade couch with a smile on her face; Ji Anni stood at the door angrily, staring at Concubine An with a pair of eyes that seemed like they were about to spit fire; and the palace maid Ningshuang stood quietly behind Ji Anni, without saying a word.

The air seemed to be stagnant and no one spoke.

From Ji Anni's angry expression, Concubine An knew that she was not here for good reasons. Before Ji Anni could speak, Concubine An spoke first to break the tense atmosphere and asked, "What is the purpose of Concubine Zhao's coming here today?"

Ji Anni took a few steps forward, stood in front of Concubine An, and said in a low voice: "You know it in your heart."

Concubine An laughed when she heard this, and instead of answering, she asked, "Is this Concubine Zhao's first time to come to my East Palace?"

"So what?" Ji Anni responded fiercely, "Can't I come?"

Concubine An smiled and said, "Of course you can come, and I look forward to your coming every day..." After a pause, the smile on her face suddenly turned gloomy, and she lowered her voice and said, "I look forward to you coming to visit your little prince."

Ji Anni's heart tightened, and she remembered that Zhaoji's child, Prince Ming, was still being fostered by Concubine An.

Without waiting for Ji Anni to reply, Concubine An continued, "But I seem to have been wrong. I thought Concubine Zhao Cong came to visit the little prince today, but now looking at Concubine Zhao Cong's expression, it seems that she is here... to call for punishment?"

"Hmph, don't bring up the little prince to change the subject." Ji Anni really didn't want to talk more about Zhao Ji's child.

"Well, then please tell me why you are here today, Princess Zhao Congfei?"

"For the ugly thing you did!" Ji Anni roared.

Unexpectedly, Ji Anni spoke so directly. Concubine An felt as if she was slapped in the face. The smile on her face could no longer be maintained. The corners of her mouth twitched twice, but she never laughed.

Seeing Concubine An's expression, Ji Anni became even more proud. She seemed to have gained some pleasure from revenge and became bolder. She continued, "Concubine An, you have heard about what happened at the hunting meeting, right?"

Concubine An was so angry that she could hardly sit still. She wanted to stand up several times, but she finally held back. She tried her best to hold back her anger and replied, "I did hear that you, Concubine Zhao, fell off your horse. If you are not good at horse riding, don't follow Tianning and Concubine Kang and participate in hunting competitions. Be careful that next time you will not just fall off your horse."

"It's not just a fall off the horse. I was also shot by an arrow."

Concubine An looked up and asked, "Stray arrows?"

Ji Anni sneered and added, "Poison arrow."

Hearing this, Concubine An smiled grimly, finally knowing Ji Anni's intention. "So, you suspect that I had someone shoot you with a stray arrow?"

Ji Anni said: "Not only did you have someone shoot stray arrows at me, you also had someone put poison needles in Unnie's horse's hooves, making the horse go crazy!"

This time, before Concubine An could say anything, Ning Shuang stepped forward and scolded Ji Anni, "This is simply slander!"

Ji Anni turned her head and glared at Ning Shuang, and growled with a momentum that was no less than Ning Shuang's: "If there is no evidence, I would never dare to say anything nonsense!"

Ning Shuang followed up and asked, "Where is the evidence?"

Ji Anni took out the broken arrow feather from her belt and threw it on the small table on the couch, pointing at the feather and saying, "This is what I broke off from a poisonous arrow. The family mark is clearly printed on it. You can take a good look at it. Whose arrow is this?"

Concubine An only took a glance and laughed. She raised her voice and said with a hint of sarcasm: "Concubine Zhao, I think it's you, not me, who should take a good look at the arrow feathers. Open your eyes and take a good look. The dots are red, not yellow. The red ones are from the Bao family, and the yellow ones are from the An family. You were hit by an arrow from the Bao family, why are you running here to make trouble?"

Ji Anni sneered and said, "It's because I was hit by the arrow of the Bao family that I came to you to seek justice."

In fact, when she was shot, Ji Anni didn't know the logos of the seven teams. She just felt that the real criminal would never use an arrow with his team's logo to commit the crime. The criminal must have prepared other arrows in order to frame others. If Ji Anni hadn't broken off the mark on the arrow feather, I'm afraid this poison arrow case would have implicated the Bao family.

So after being shot, Ji Anni decisively broke the arrow feathers. She did this to prevent the real murderer from succeeding.

Ji Anni was unconscious after being shot by an arrow, but she still held the arrow tightly and refused to let go. It was not until she woke up that she learned from the emperor what the marks of each team were. Only then did she know that the arrow that shot her was from the Bao family. The Bao family had no reason to harm her, so it meant that the real murderer wanted to frame the Bao family.

Concubine An looked at the half-broken arrow feather on the table, and then looked at Ji Anni who was gasping for breath. She felt that Ji Anni was just being unreasonable, and sneered, "Concubine Zhao Congfei, are you going to use the arrow feathers of the Bao family as evidence to accuse me? This is too ridiculous, isn't it? You said that I sent someone to place the poison arrow, but where is the evidence?"

Ji Anni took a breath and said, "Yes, I do not have any evidence to prove that you are the mastermind behind this. But in this incident, I, Concubine Baogui, and Concubine Kang are all victims. And Concubine Gan's father is only a county magistrate and is not eligible to participate in the royal hunting meeting, so the most likely murderer is you!"

It goes without saying that Ji Anni is a victim. Unyema has always been Concubine Kang's mount. If it wasn't for the temporary decision to let Ji Anni ride, the person who fell off the horse would most likely be Concubine Kang. The poison arrow that shot Ji Anni was printed with the Bao family's mark, indicating that the murderer wanted to frame the Bao family. That's why Ji Anni, Concubine Baogui, and Concubine Kang are all victims.

After hearing this, Concubine An sneered and said, "What a joke."

"In short..." Ji Anni took another breath and tried to keep herself calm. "I don't want to investigate this matter any further. I know I have no ability to find out the truth, but I just want to warn you - this is exactly why I am standing here today - Concubine An, if your target is me, then come after me, don't involve innocent people! Don't frame Concubine Baogui, and don't hurt Concubine Kang. If you want to deal with me, just deal with me directly! I, Ji Anni, will not run away or hide. You can use any dirty tricks you want, I will never be afraid!"

After yelling out of venting her anger, Ji Anni grabbed the broken feather that she had just thrown on the wooden table, turned around and ran out of the East Palace.

She didn't want Concubine An to harm Concubine Baogui and Concubine Kang. If Concubine An was the one who wanted her life, then let Concubine An deal with her - don't use any despicable means to put the blame on others!

It was because Ji Anni was too angry that she didn't realize that she had just blurted out the three words "Ji Anni".

Ji Anni had run so fast that not even her shadow could be seen, while Concubine An was still sitting on the couch in a daze, unable to react.

She stared blankly at the door, repeating the words that Ji Anni had yelled over and over in her mind. Suddenly, she noticed something very strange. Three unfamiliar words had appeared in Ji Anni's words just now.

"Ji Anni..." Concubine An whispered these three meaningless words.

Why did the three words "Ji Anni" appear in Zhao Ji's words just now?

What exactly is Ji Anni…is it a person? Or a title? Why did So Hee call herself "Ji Anni"?

Thinking about these questions, Concubine An fell silent, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Strange, this Soji... is really too strange...