Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

"What?" Ji Anni couldn't believe that Huarong was the daughter of the Grand Secretary.

How many people can understand the pain that Hua Rong went from being the daughter of a wealthy family to being a lowly palace maid serving others overnight?

Ji Anni looked at Hua Rong again, and this time she saw indomitable spirit and stubbornness in her eyes.

What a strong girl she is, who endures the pain of losing her family and suffers a sudden downturn, but firmly defends the imperial power of the Holy Dynasty in her heart.

For a modern person like Ji Anni, she didn't quite understand the importance that the ancients attached to the imperial power, but now seeing Hua Rong's resolute and persistent expression, she couldn't help but be moved. She felt that Hua Rong's life was more valuable than hers. If Hua Rong was Zhao Ji, she might really be able to become the queen and take the imperial power from An Shi.

Hua Rong continued, "Originally, Yuemao and I were doomed to die, but Princess Tianning saw that we looked exactly alike and was very curious, so she asked the Queen Mother to let us stay as her maids. It was because of Princess Tianning's childlike nature and willful temper that Yuemao and I escaped death. Princess Tianning is our lifesaver, and Yuemao and I swear to be loyal to her for the rest of our lives."

This style of doing whatever she wants is in line with Princess Tianning's personality. If it were any other time, Ji Anni would definitely laugh a few times, but now, under Hua Rong's scorching gaze, she couldn't laugh at all.

Hua Rong's throat choked, and her voice became a little hoarse because of excessive grief. She said softly: "My queen, my father's last wish before his death was to prevent the Tianyou Dynasty from falling into the hands of outsiders. He wanted to drive out the foreign relatives and enhance the prestige of the country. But Hua Rong knows that her ability is limited, and it is impossible for her to help her father fulfill his last wish, queen..."

At this point, Hua Rong once again held Ji Anni's hand tightly: "Are you just going to watch the throne of the queen being snatched away by An's people? Your Majesty..."

"Stop talking. I have never had the heart to be a queen, nor do I have any plans to assist the emperor, nor do I have any ambitions to drive out the foreign relatives. If you are looking for a force that can support you, don't look for me, because I am not the one you are looking for, and I will not provide you with any help." Ji Anni lowered her head. Although she knew it was cruel to say this to Hua Rong, she really didn't want to be a queen.

Ji Anni pulled out the hand that Hua Rong was holding tightly, and made her position clear: "Hua Rong, I admire your courage. I will not tell anyone what you said to me today. I will pretend that I didn't hear anything. But I hope you know that I am not the person you are looking for, and I can't help you with anything. If you want to help the emperor seize power, you should find other more suitable candidates."

"Why?" Hua Rong's eyes were already red, as if she was about to cry.

Ji Anni thought she would lower her head and wipe away her tears, but Hua Rong kept looking at Ji Anni's face firmly, her eyes filled with tears without even blinking, which made Ji Anni very heartbroken.

"Your Majesty, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about Prince Ming. Prince Ming is the eldest son of the emperor. If you become the queen, Prince Ming will be the eldest son, the crown prince, and the future emperor. Don't you want to see Prince Ming wearing a dragon robe?"

"Huarong, I hope you understand that I have no interest in the position of Queen... nor in Prince Ming..." Although it was very unfair for Zhao Ji to say this, Ji Anni really had no interest in the five-year-old prince.

Whether Prince Ming can become emperor has nothing to do with her.

Besides, what's so good about being an emperor? According to Hua Rong's words, the Tianyou Dynasty has long been corrupted. Even if Prince Ming really becomes the emperor in the future, what's the point of being a puppet emperor? It's better to be a little prince and live a carefree life.

"Your Majesty..." Hua Rong grabbed the hem of Ji Anni's skirt and knelt down at her feet to beg, "Your Majesty, although Hua Rong knows that her power is limited, she serves Princess Tianning closely, so she must be able to help you in some way. Your Majesty, are you willing to be trampled under the feet of Concubine An? You should be the queen of the Holy Tianyou Dynasty..."

"Okay, stop talking. I've already told you clearly that I don't want to be a queen at all. If it weren't for some reason, I wouldn't even want to enter this palace!" Ji Anni's voice was a little harsh.

She originally had some sympathy and admiration for Hua Rong, but now seeing Hua Rong kneeling on the ground begging her, her previous feeling of being touched gradually disappeared, and she felt that Hua Rong was being too troublesome.

"Empress..." Tears welled up in Huarong's eyes and no sound could come out of her hoarse throat.

Ji Anni couldn't bear it, so she helped Huarong up, wiped the tears from her face and said, "Okay, Huarong, wipe your face and go find the princess quickly."

When Princess Tianning heard that Ji Anni had fallen off a horse and had leg pain, she immediately volunteered to go find painkillers, but now she has disappeared.

"Your Majesty, Hua Rong has one last question..." Hua Rong gently wiped away the tears on her face, stopped crying, and regained her original composure, and asked: "Your Majesty, do you really not know who broke the poison arrow?"

After hearing about Hua Rong's life story, Ji Anni felt extremely sympathetic towards her and couldn't bear to lie to her anymore, so she told the truth: "Actually... I broke the poison arrow. Although I didn't know what the mark on it meant when I was shot, I intuitively guessed that someone wanted to frame someone else, so I resolutely broke the arrow feathers to hide the mark."

Hua Rong was not surprised after hearing this, she just nodded slightly and asked, "So how many people know about this?"

"Even the emperor doesn't know about this..." Just when she said this, Ji Anni was suddenly stunned. She remembered that she had just been to the East Palace. She impulsively took out the arrow feathers and confronted Concubine An. This was bad. It was all her fault for being impulsive. What if Concubine An told the emperor about this and the emperor came to her for the arrows? If she handed over the arrow feathers honestly, Concubine Baogui would definitely be implicated.

Thinking of this, Ji Anni couldn't help but become anxious.

From Ji Anni's uneasy expression, Hua Rong had already vaguely guessed what had happened. She stopped asking and only gave Ji Anni some advice: "My queen, now that things have come to this, you should dye the mark on the arrow feather black. This way, even if the emperor asks you for the arrow, it won't involve any concubines in the harem."

"Why dye it black?" Ji Anni didn't quite understand.

Hua Rong said, "For this hunting competition, the An family's mark is a yellow dot, the Bao family's is a red dot, and the Kang family's is a green dot. These three colors cannot appear on the arrow feathers. The Changsun family's is a blue dot, the Liu family's is a purple dot, and the Zhuang family's is an orange dot. It is difficult to find pigments for these three colors. The Tang family's is a white dot, which is even more difficult to dye. Then there is only one Yang family left. The Yang family is a black dot, which is the easiest to dye and is not easy to reveal. Your Majesty, there is no time to hesitate. This is called sacrificing a pawn to save a chariot. The Yang family can only blame themselves for their bad luck. They chose black as their mark."