Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Hua Rong was right. Once this case was investigated, a murderer would definitely be found.

Regardless of whether the murderer is the real murderer or not, someone will eventually pay the price for this incident.

If the murderer finally found is the real murderer, it can only be said that he reaped what he sowed. But what if the murderer finally found is not the real murderer, but an innocent person who was framed by someone?

When she thought of this, Ji Anni couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Hua Rong continued to whisper in her ear, "Your Majesty, there is no need for me to explain the relationship between the Queen Mother and Concubine An. Your Majesty should be very clear about it. Since the Queen Mother has agreed to thoroughly investigate the case, then the murderer who is finally found out must not be Concubine An."

That’s right, this is what Ji Anni fears the most.

Everyone knew that the Queen Mother and Concubine An were in cahoots. If they were allowed to investigate the case, the criminal they found would definitely not be themselves. Ji Anni had already determined that Concubine An was the criminal. If the criminal was not Concubine An, then it meant that someone would be wrongly accused and become their scapegoat.

Hua Rong analyzed for Ji Anni, "Your Highness, the most intense competition in the harem right now is the battle for the throne, and the deadline given by the Queen Mother is this autumn. In other words, there are at most three months before the ceremony of crowning the queen. In order for Consort An to ascend the throne smoothly, the Queen Mother will definitely clear all obstacles for her before that. During this hunting competition, your horse was frightened, and then was secretly injured by a poisoned arrow. It is obvious that the murderer is targeting you - that is, the murderer is targeting the throne. In the harem, the people who are most capable of competing for the throne are of course the four concubines. If Consort An, who is protected by the Queen Mother, and Consort Gan, who has nothing to do with this hunting competition, are excluded, then the remaining ones are Consort Baogui and Consort Kang... In other words, Consort Baogui and Consort Kang are most likely to be identified as the murderers of this poisoned arrow incident."

"Nonsense! How could they be the criminals!" Ji Anni couldn't help but growl. In fact, Ji Anni knew better than anyone that the person Concubine An wanted to frame was Concubine Baogui, because the poison arrow that shot her had the Bao family's mark printed on it.

Hua Rong continued, "Your Majesty, if you don't want to see either Concubine Baogui or Concubine Kang become the culprit in this incident, then there is another way. That is to find the broken feather and stain it with the mark of a family other than the three families of 'Bao', 'An' and 'Kang'. This way, we can separate this poison arrow incident from the fight for the throne, and save Concubine Baogui and Concubine Kang."

"Why?" Ji Anni was increasingly confused about Hua Rong's actions. "Why don't you want Concubine Baogui and Concubine Kang to be wrongly accused, but don't mind letting other families become scapegoats?"

"Because one of Concubine Baogui and Concubine Kang has been killed, the possibility of Concubine An ascending to the throne has increased."

"Why can't Concubine An be allowed to ascend the throne?"

This question seemed to touch Hua Rong's sore spot. She suddenly frowned, turned around and closed the door with a "click".

Ji Anni was startled by her action and stood there in a daze.

Hua Rong didn't care about the difference between the upper and lower classes. She grabbed Ji Anni's hand and pulled her to the center of the room where her conversation would be least likely to be overheard. She lowered her voice and said solemnly, "Your Highness, the current government is controlled by An Zhonghuan, and the harem is completely controlled by An Yiru. If An Ruoxuan becomes the empress, then where will the emperor be? The emperor is now obedient to the empress dowager and the prime minister, and has no power to stand on his own. If An Ruoxuan takes the throne, then I would like to ask, who is the one with the surname "Long" or "An" in this world?"

Hua Rong's conversation was righteous and made Ji Anni's heart tighten suddenly.

Although Hua Rong's words just now included several unfamiliar names, Ji Anni could roughly guess that "An Zhonghuan" was the prime minister of the current dynasty, and "An Yiru" seemed to have been mentioned by Lai De once before. It was the maiden name of the empress dowager.

How dare Huarong, a little palace maid, comment on state affairs so loudly?

Ji Anni increasingly felt that Huarong, the palace maid, was no ordinary person and seemed to have great ambitions.

"Your Highness." Hua Rong held Ji Anni's hand tightly, and said sadly but sincerely, "Can you bear to see the emperor's kingdom fall into the control of outsiders? Can you bear to see the emperor being manipulated by the An family and becoming a puppet in their hands? Your Highness... you are the emperor's wife in need. The emperor and you were married when he was a hostage in Qi. Hua Rong believes that your Highness must have a very deep affection for the emperor, and she will never bear to see the emperor's prestige being hollowed out and the imperial power falling into the hands of others. Hua Rong believes that your Highness can definitely lend a helping hand to the emperor and help him regain the imperial power and authority that belong to the Long family."

Hua Rong spoke sincerely and held Ji Anni's hand tightly, conveying a burning power.

Ji Anni was slightly stunned, because this was the first time she saw Hua Rong reveal the truest expression in her heart.

In the past, I always saw Hua Rong smiling indifferently, but there was no warmth in that smile. But now Hua Rong is different, her eyebrows are tightly knitted, her expression is anxious, even the listeners are moved by her words and expression, and there is no doubt that those words are not from her heart.

If Ji Anni is really Zhao Ji, then she will definitely be encouraged by Hua Rong's words.

But unfortunately, the real So Ji died long ago, and the current Ji Anni is just a girl from another world living in So Ji's body. She doesn't care what the country becomes, nor does she care about the imperial power and prestige.

All she cares about is how to return to her original world.

Therefore, the long conversation that Hua Rong just talked about has no practical value at all to Ji Anni.

Although Ji Anni was also very moved and admired Hua Rong's concern for the country and the people, she was just admiring her. She was not moved enough to help the emperor regain the imperial power. Compared with seizing power, Ji Anni was more curious about the background of this little palace maid named Hua Rong, who had the ambition to regain the imperial power.

Ji Anni met the emperor once and felt that the emperor lived a leisurely life and did not seem to have any political ambitions. He was the type who just lived his life from day to day.

It was totally unexpected that this little palace maid named Hua Rong actually possessed the ambitions and aspirations that should have belonged to the emperor.

Ji Anni had to look at Hua Rong with new eyes.

Seeing that Ji Anni's eyes were filled with astonishment, without any indignation or fighting spirit, Hua Rong could not help but worry, and confessed her life experience, "Your Majesty... You are from Qi State, so you may not be very clear about the political affairs of the Holy Tianyou Dynasty. In fact, my father is Xi Jinde, the Grand Secretary of Wenhua Academy. He was sentenced to death and his three clans were exterminated just because he wrote a few words in the history books expressing his concerns about the monopoly of power by foreign relatives..."