Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

After leaving that last piece of advice, the Queen Mother turned and walked out of Ji Annie's room.

Concubine An and a group of eunuchs and guards hurriedly followed.

A large group of concubines had already gathered outside the door to watch the fun. After the Queen Mother left, they all went back to their rooms. Only Yizhen, who was closest to Ji Anni, walked into Ji Anni's room and asked with concern: "Xiao Zhao, what happened? The Queen Mother actually came to the Concubine Palace in person..."

Ji Anni said very easily, "It's okay, it's all settled."

"Xiao Zhao, why did you burn the evidence? Don't you want to know who in the palace wants to kill you?" Yizhen pulled Ji Anni to sit down at the table and asked solemnly and worriedly, "Why didn't you let the Queen Mother investigate further? Do you already know who the real murderer is?"

Ji Anni said, "Although there is no evidence, I can roughly guess who is hostile to me. Tracking down will only implicate other irrelevant people. It is better to let the matter go."

"Xiao Zhao, I really don't understand what you are thinking." Yizhen lowered her head and sighed softly, "You are the first friend I made after entering the palace. I don't want to see anything happen to you. The Queen Mother is right. If the criminal fails once, he may assassinate you a second or third time... Xiao Zhao, you must be more careful."

"Don't worry, I'm lucky and I won't die." Ji Anni smiled and comforted Yizhen. In fact, it's not that she's not afraid, she just doesn't want Yizhen to know that she's afraid. Because if she shows a little bit of cowardice, Yizhen will be more frightened than she is. In order to comfort Yizhen, Ji Anni can only pretend to be indifferent.

At this time, the voice of the palace maid Die'er came from outside the door: "Madam, dinner is served."

Ji Anni and Yizhen turned around at the same time and saw Die'er walking into the room with food.

Ji Annie's stomach had been growling with hunger for a long time, and when she smelled the tempting aroma of the food, she couldn't help but drool.

"Yizhen, why don't you have dinner at my place today? We haven't chatted for a long time." Ji Anni made an invitation.

Yizhen also said happily: "Okay, you must tell me about the hunting competition."

As soon as she finished speaking, Yizhen noticed a small bottle on the ground and asked, "Xiao Zhao, what's in this bottle?"

Ji Anni then realized that Princess Tianning had forgotten to take the painkillers she brought, so she said, "These are the medicines Princess Tianning brought. I wonder if there's anything strange in them."

Yizhen took the bottle in her hand, uncorked it and sniffed it.

Ji Anni hurriedly reminded: "Yizhen, be careful, it might be poison."

However, Yizhen smiled and said, "This is not poison, but a paste made from pepper and glutinous rice wine. It can be applied externally to treat injuries. I didn't expect Princess Tianning to be so attentive to you. This is the first time I've heard that Princess Tianning would give medicine to others."

But compared to Tian Ning's concern for her, Ji Anni was more curious about how Yizhen could identify the name of the medicine, and asked curiously: "Yizhen, have you studied medicine?"

Yizhen said, "Although I don't have a master to teach me, as the saying goes, a long illness can make a good doctor. I have been weak since I was a child, and I often deal with medicinal herbs, so naturally I understand some medical principles."

"That's perfect." Ji Anni pulled Yizhen to the bedside, then lifted her skirt to reveal a bruised calf and said, "Compared to Princess Tianning, I trust you more. Little Mizao, can you help me apply the medicine?"

Seeing Ji Anni's flattering smile, Yizhen couldn't help but laugh and agreed, "Of course, but seeing you can still walk around with such injuries, it's really a miracle."

"Oh, it's my fault that I have such thick skin and rough flesh." Ji Anni joked to herself.

***

After dinner, they chatted for a long time and both Ji Anni and Yizhen felt sleepy.

It was getting dark, and there was training tomorrow, so Yizhen said goodbye and went back to her room.

After sending Yizhen away, Ji Anni lay alone in bed, recalling all the bad things that happened today, and the monster hiding in some corner of the palace that was spying on her life, and she couldn't fall asleep. She tossed and turned in bed for a while, and suddenly remembered the demon-removing incense she got from Yun Zhen.

Although she was not used to the smell of the exorcist incense, she decided to try it again, adhering to the principle of "try more and you will get used to it". She turned over and slid down the bed, took out the exorcist incense and lit it on the candle flame, and a fragrance wafted out. From the small red dot with sparks on the top of the exorcist incense, a wisp of light green smoke rose. At first, the fragrance was fresh and refreshing, but after two or three seconds, Ji Anni immediately felt dizzy.

Is it true that I can't smell this fragrance?

Ji Anni hurriedly moved the magic-eliminating incense a few feet away. The previous fragrance suddenly became pungent, and she couldn't help coughing. Not only coughing, but as the smell of the magic-eliminating incense gradually became stronger, Ji Anni's dizziness symptoms became more and more serious. If she hadn't held on to the wall in time, she would have fallen to the ground with a "thump".

What exactly happened here?

Ji Anni didn't dare to try again, and quickly extinguished the exorcist incense, opened the window and breathed in the fresh air outside. After a long time of breathing, she finally felt that all the smoke she had just inhaled into her lungs had been expelled from her body, and her mind gradually became clear. Looking at the small piece of exorcist incense in her hand, Ji Anni thought: This is not an exorcist incense, it is simply a murder incense.

Forget it, maybe my natural constitution doesn’t match this scent, so I won’t light it.

Ji Anni finally gave up, locked the exorcism incense in the cabinet, and decided not to use it again.

***

The next morning, Ji Anni was still in a dream when she vaguely heard someone knocking at the door.

"Wait a minute, I'll be up in a minute..."

Ji Anni rubbed her eyes, thinking it was Die'er, who struggled on the bed for a long time before finally sliding off the bed. But when she opened the door, she found that it was not Die'er standing outside, but the lingering Princess Tianning and her two beautiful maids.

"Princess, Princess..." After two seconds, Ji Annie finally reacted.

Princess Tianning looked at Ji Anni from head to toe, and her originally relaxed expression gradually wrinkled into a ball.

Ji Anni sensitively sensed that this was a sign that Princess Tianning was about to explode. Before Tianning could get mad, Ji Anni lowered her head and said, "Princess, Zhao Ji knows that her appearance is not dignified, her clothes are not neat, her face is not clean, and her hair is not smooth, but you can't blame me. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for coming too early and just running into a girl who just got up and looked the ugliest. Give me some time to tidy up... By the way, where's Die'er?"

Without Dier, Ji Anni couldn't even tie up her hair.

"Die'er has been transferred away." Tian Ning stepped into the room and added, "From now on, Huarong will help you take care of it."

"What?" Ji Anni came to her senses instantly, thinking she had misheard.

Then Tian Ning announced in a clearer voice: "From today on, Hua Rong will be your personal maid."