Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Inadvertently, Ji Anni and Liu Yingying's eyes met.

Before Ji Anni could turn her eyes away, Liu Yingying walked towards her in a pretentious manner.

Ji Anni's mind instantly flashed with the words "Those who come with bad intentions, those who come with good intentions do not come" and she pulled Yizhen to dodge, but Liu Yingying called out to her first, "Concubine Zhao Cong, long time no see, how are you?"

Since Ji Anni was dragged by Tian Ning to participate in the hunting competition, she has never participated in the etiquette training in Renhe Hall. In the past few days, except for frequent visits and chats with Yizhen, she has not even seen other concubines. What's more, Liu Yingying still lives in the West Concubine Hall, so it is even more difficult to meet. So Liu Yingying's words "Long time no see" are not wrong.

"Thanks to the Queen's blessing, Zhao Ji is living a very good life." Ji Anni also had a fake smile on her face.

After hearing this, Liu Yingying nodded, her eyes slightly narrowed, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth. Although that expression looked like a smile, there was always a hint of gloom in the smile, which made Ji Anni feel a little chill in her heart.

At this time, Liu Yingying shifted her attention to Yizhen again. She deliberately looked Yizhen up and down slowly. Finally, her eyes stayed on the pearl hairpin on Yizhen's head. She sneered and said, "Are you wearing this fake pearl hairpin again to embarrass yourself?"

Yizhen was born in a humble family, had an ordinary appearance, and was timid by nature. She always accepted everything that happened, so she was easily bullied. Anyone dared to step on her, not to mention the valuable Liu Yingying. If Liu Yingying spoke to Ji Anni with a hint of false politeness, then when she spoke to Yizhen, she showed undoubted contempt.

Ji Anni didn't want to argue with her in front of Xuantian Hall, so she pulled Yizhen away and whispered, "Ignore her."

Ji Anni really didn't want to say anything more to someone like Liu Yingying.

But the other party chased after them relentlessly, blocking Ji Anni and Yizhen, and said in a tone full of sarcasm: "Zhao Congfei, I heard that the Queen Mother came to the Dong Congfei Palace the day before yesterday just to see you."

Being blocked from going forward, Ji Anni had to stop and correct her mistake: "The Queen Mother didn't come to see me, but to interrogate me."

Liu Yingying said, "I also heard that you have persuaded the Queen Mother to stop investigating the poisoned arrow incident at the hunting competition."

"Concubine Liu Congfei is really well-informed." Ji Anni's hard training of putting a fake smile on the wall yesterday finally paid off. After talking so much to Liu Yingying, she was still able to keep a smile on her face.

"It's not that I'm well-informed, but you, Concubine Zhao, are too eye-catching. What happened last night has already spread throughout the palace."

"It's not that exaggerated..." The speed of the spread was far beyond Ji Annie's expectations.

Liu Yingying smiled coldly and lowered her voice, "Everyone says that you, Concubine Zhao, clearly knew who the criminal was, but you deliberately shielded the real murderer."

"What a joke." Ji Anni didn't even bother to explain. She pulled Yizhen around Liu Yingying and walked towards a quiet place.

"Concubine Zhao Cong." Liu Yingying did not stop them, but whispered behind them, "The Taoist priests of Taijue Temple said that there is evil spirit hovering in the palace. I'm afraid some unclean things have mixed in. Concubine Zhao Cong, you were shot by a poisonous arrow but you didn't pursue it. Could it be that you were bewitched by some evil spirit?"

Liu Yingying's words aroused Ji Anni's interest. Too many trivial things had happened recently, causing Ji Anni's life to be in a mess. She almost forgot her primary mission when she entered the palace, which was to find out what kind of monster was hiding in the palace.

So Ji Anni turned around and asked, "What do you mean?"

Liu Yingying smiled lightly, took two steps swayingly, came to Ji Anni, and whispered in her ear: "Three years ago, Shui Furong's sister died in Concubine Concubine Palace, and Concubine Baogui was possessed by an ungrateful spirit. There are still rumors among the servants that the West Palace is not very clean. In addition, I heard a more interesting rumor, saying that the poison arrow that shot you, Concubine Zhao, was printed with the Bao family mark, but the strange thing is that you gave up the investigation... Concubine Zhao, I kindly remind you, if you go to Concubine Bao's West Palace again, be careful that the rumors will spread even more."

The meaning of this statement is very clear, it simply means that Concubine Baogui is a monster.

"Don't worry about it." Ji Anni also lost her good expression. She rolled her eyes at Liu Yingying and pulled Yizhen away.

The arrangement of the tables and chairs in front of Xuantian Hall was just as Princess Tianning had said yesterday. The seats of the Queen Mother and the Emperor were placed side by side in the center of the hall door in front. The seats of the Imperial Concubine and the Imperial Concubine were on the east and west sides, and then the concubines were seated. However, none of the Imperial Concubines or the Imperial Concubines had arrived yet, and the concubines who had arrived earlier did not dare to take their seats. They all gathered in groups of three or five to chat.

All the concubines were extremely beautiful, forming an extremely beautiful scenery in front of the Xuantian Palace.

But Ji Anni pulled Yizhen to a quiet place as she didn't want to attract too much attention.

Yizhen was a little worried after listening to Liu Yingying's warning. She asked Ji Anni in a low voice, "Xiao Zhao, is what Concubine Liu said true? Are you really shielding the criminal? Is there really a monster in this palace?"

Ji Anni was afraid that if she told Yizhen that there was a monster in the palace, she would be so scared that she couldn't sleep, so she had to tell a white lie: "What monster? I think Liu Yingying is a big monster, spreading rumors all day long. Didn't she say it herself? Those are all just rumors. I guess she is jealous of our relationship with Baogui Concubine, so she said that on purpose to make us afraid to get close to Baogui Concubine."

"Why?" Yizhen's reaction was even slower than Ji Anni's.

"That's easy." Ji Anni glanced at Liu Yingying a few times, thinking she had seen through her completely, and said, "Didn't you hear what she said to Shui Furong in Renhe Hall? She has big ambitions and wants to be the queen. After entering the palace, she probably wanted to curry favor with some queen to get her help, but unfortunately she didn't succeed, so she's jealous that we're too close to Concubine Baogui."

Yizhen objected, "But she is the daughter of the governor of Cangzhou. Her father is a powerful person. She doesn't need to curry favor with anyone."

"This..." Ji Anni couldn't put it into words.

At this moment, they suddenly heard a small commotion coming from the place where the concubines gathered not far away. Ji Anni and Yizhen looked curiously in the direction of the commotion and saw a familiar figure.

At this time, the other concubines bowed and greeted, "Good luck to the Queen Mother Bao."

It was after hearing these greetings that Ji Anni became even more certain that the figure was none other than Concubine Baogui.

Baogui Concubine was like everyone's elder sister, always smiling and approachable to everyone. She responded to the greetings from the concubines while walking towards Ji Anni and Yizhen.

Ji Anni hurried over and said, "My Lady Baofei, you look so beautiful tonight."

This was not a polite remark, but a sincere compliment. Concubine Baogui had an excellent temperament and looked extremely dignified no matter what she wore.