Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Concubine Baogui asked with concern, "Sister, I heard that you fell off your horse and were shot by an arrow?"

Alas, why is it that the first thing everyone asks when they see her is about this matter? Although the other party is Baogui Consort, Ji Anni also seems a little impatient and sighs, "Don't mention it, it's all in the past anyway. The Queen Mother has promised not to investigate this matter anymore, so don't ask, Your Majesty."

Concubine Baogui nodded and said, "Since my sister doesn't want to talk, I won't force her. As long as I see that you are safe and sound, I will be relieved."

Then Concubine Baogui started chatting with Ji Anni and the others. After a while, the other concubines from the four palaces and eight courtyards also arrived one after another, and everyone took their seats according to their seniority.

The sky gradually darkened, and a brilliant red glow shrouded the distant green hills. The breeze brushed my face, making me feel extremely comfortable.

At this time, melodious music came, and the palace maids and eunuchs walked back and forth, arranging plates and adding tea, and the Xuantian Hall immediately became lively.

The other concubines all squeezed to occupy the seats near the center, but only Ji Anni pulled Yizhen to sit at a table farthest from the main venue and most remote. From this position, even the imperial concubines' faces could not be seen clearly, let alone the emperor. Ji Anni only prayed that the night would pass safely and no more emergencies would occur. Just as she was thinking, her body was suddenly pushed by Yizhen.

Yizhen used her eyes to signal Ji Anni in a direction and whispered, "Yanniang..."

As soon as Ji Anni looked up, her eyes met Yan Niang's.

Yan Niang was standing only ten meters away from Ji Anni, surrounded by several young palace maids. She seemed to be the head maid, and was now instructing the young palace maids to do things. After accidentally meeting Ji Anni's eyes, Yan Niang dismissed the palace maids and walked towards Ji Anni alone.

Seeing Yanniang approaching her, Ji Anni could not help but look a little flustered, not knowing where to look. In this palace, the first person Ji Anni did not want to meet was the Queen Mother, and the second person she did not want to meet was Yanniang. The former made her grit her teeth, and the latter made her frightened. Because from Yanniang's eyes, Ji Anni always felt that she had already seen Zhaoji's changes.

"Your Highness." Yan Niang had already come to Ji Anni's side and asked, "Your Highness, are you feeling better?"

Ji Anni hurriedly apologized with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, auntie. I'm fine now."

"That's good. I thought Concubine Zhao couldn't attend the dinner today." Yan Niang smiled lightly, and then changed to an expression as if she suddenly remembered something, and asked with concern: "By the way, Concubine Zhao, when I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pick up the name tag today, I found that your name tag had been taken away. Your Majesty, tonight is the day to hand over the name tag, did you bring the name tag with you?"

"What?" Ji Anni was stunned. Although she knew she had to hand over her name tag tonight, she had never seen whether her name tag was round or square. If Yan Niang hadn't mentioned it, she would have forgotten about the name tag.

Ji Anni looked at Yizhen beside her, and saw that Yizhen was also at a loss. She said anxiously and worriedly, "Oh no, I didn't get my name tag either. I really forgot..."

"Don't worry, Concubine Su," Yanniang gave Yizhen a comforting look, took out a small rectangular wooden sign from her sleeve and handed it to Yizhen, saying, "I originally wanted the palace maid to give it to the queen, but the queen was not in the room all day today, and the palace maid couldn't find the queen, so she returned the nameplate to Yanniang. Fortunately, I met the queen here in time and didn't delay the ceremony of handing over the sign."

Yizhen took the name tag, breathed a long sigh of relief, and kept thanking Yanniang.

Yizhen's name tag was obtained, but what about Ji Anni's? Although Ji Anni didn't want to hand over her name tag to the emperor, if she lost it, she was afraid that the Queen Mother and others would take advantage of it. As long as she thought of the Queen Mother's angry face, Ji Anni felt weak all over and hurriedly asked Yanniang, "Aunt, where is my name tag?"

Yan Niang said, "Your Majesty, think about it again. Have you asked any palace maid to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get it?"

"I didn't even know that I had to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get the name tag, so how could I have asked a maid to go and get it?" Ji Anni only had a maid named Die'er by her side, but Princess Tianning came to tell her yesterday that Die'er had been replaced, and from now on, Huarong would serve her instead of Die'er. Did Die'er take the name tag? But she didn't ask Die'er to get the name tag?

What on earth was going on? Ji Anni had no idea.

At this time, Yan Niang blamed herself and said, "Please don't blame me, Your Majesty. I didn't handle this matter well. It would have been better if I had confirmed it with the Ministry of Internal Affairs." She sighed softly and her tone gradually became anxious. "Your Majesty, why don't I go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to confirm it now?"

As Yanniang was about to turn around and leave, three palace maids came up to her and asked for her opinion on the details of the dinner. As soon as Yanniang answered the question of the palace maid, another palace maid asked a new question.

Seeing that Yanniang was too busy to do anything else, Ji Anni was too embarrassed to ask her to help her ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs about the brand name, so she had no choice but to step forward and ask, "Aunt, you do your thing. Just tell me where the Ministry of Internal Affairs is and I'll go ask myself."

Yan Niang said a lot of polite words with an apologetic look on her face before finally telling Ji Anni the location of the Imperial Household Department.

It turned out that the Imperial Household Department was built near the Imperial Horse Courtyard. Ji Anni was quite familiar with the roads there and was not worried about getting lost at all.

Without further ado, as the banquet was about to begin, Ji Anni said goodbye to Yizhen and ran out of Xuantian Hall.

Yizhen originally wanted to go with Ji Anni, but Ji Anni made an excuse that Yizhen was weak and would definitely not be able to keep up with her running, and would only be a hindrance if she went, so she made Yizhen stay at the venue and wait for her to come back.

But in fact, Ji Anni knew in her heart that someone must have secretly manipulated the loss of the name tag this time, and deliberately did not give it to her. They just wanted her to run around before the dinner and be exhausted. In this way, when she rushed back to the venue, they would have the opportunity to ridicule her for not knowing etiquette and breaking the palace rules.

It is easy to go to the Imperial Household Department, but the difficult part is returning to Xuantian Palace, as you will inevitably feel angry.

Since she would be scolded whether she got the name tag or not, how could Ji Anni bear to drag Yizhen to go with her? So she used the excuse that Yizhen was slow to let her stay at the venue, so that she would not be scolded and trained together with Yizhen.

***

The sky was getting darker and darker, and even the guards patrolling the road lit torches.

Ji Anni followed the direction Yanniang told her and saw a building that looked solemn and majestic. At the entrance hung a plaque with three large golden characters "Neiwufu".

Although Ji Anni was exhausted and out of breath, she finally reached her destination safely and felt relieved.

Two rows of lightly-armored guards stood outside the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Each of them had a serious expression and the skin on their faces was as hard as stone.

When Ji Anni saw this group of door gods, she was so scared that she dared not move forward.

Suddenly, she spotted a familiar figure among the guards guarding the gate.

Lai De? Ji Anni suddenly remembered this name and felt that she and this little guard had some fate.