Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Ji Anni asked casually, "By the way, Lai De, when did all this happen?"

Lai De said: "Three years ago."

"It was three years ago again..." Ji Anni has now become more sensitive to the concept of time.

Three years ago, the harem was just like now, caught up in a battle for the throne. In the end, the Queen Mother won, the Shui family concubine and the little prince died, Yan Niang left the palace, Baogui Concubine was possessed by evil spirits, Yun Zhen's hair turned white, and now there was the catastrophe of the Xi family.

Is it all just a coincidence? Or is there an invisible thread quietly connecting all of this?

Ji Anni vaguely felt that there seemed to be some connection between the series of events that happened three years ago, and asked again: "Did anything else major happen in the palace before and after Xi Jinde was imprisoned?"

Lai De thought for a moment and said, "There were many major events during that period. First, a concubine died, then the emperor crowned his empress, and then the precious concubine was possessed by evil spirits. Not long after the evil spirits were possessed, the little prince fell into a well and died. Then, the Grand Secretary Xi was imprisoned."

After listening to Lai De's statement, Ji Anni discovered that these events indeed occurred at a very concentrated time.

There must be some connection.

"Oh, right." Ji Anni became curious again, "What did Xi Jinde write in the history books?"

Lai De sighed and said, "How would we servants know? Those books were burned long ago. Who knows what he wrote? It was probably a satire on the monopoly of power by foreign relatives. As a result, he angered the prime minister and the queen mother, and brought about his own death."

As Ji Anni listened, she fell silent, turned around and slowly walked back.

"Madam?" Lai De saw Ji Anni's lost look and asked worriedly, "Madam, are you okay? Where are you going? Do you want me to take you there?"

Ji Anni turned around and smiled at him, using that smile to tell Lai De that she didn't matter.

It was just that after hearing Hua Rong's story just now, I felt a lot of emotion in my heart, and I suddenly became depressed. I didn't even want to ask about the brand name thing, anyway, it must be the Queen Mother and Concubine An's doing. They spent so much effort, just to prevent the emperor from receiving their brand name. Anyway, I didn't expect to spend a good night with that Long Mohan. Concubine An and the others thought they had done me a favor, but who knew they just did me a big favor - Ji Anni couldn't thank them enough.

***

Say goodbye to Lai De and leave the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Ji Anni had no intention of attending the dinner in Xuantian Palace and went straight back to Concubine Palace.

Today is a special day for the concubines. Only by handing over their name tags to the emperor at the dinner tonight can they officially become concubines and have the rights and responsibilities to sleep with the emperor. So the concubines all went to Xuantian Hall, which was particularly quiet. Not only was there no sound of people, but there was not even a single light.

There were only two red lanterns hanging on the left and right of the gate. After stepping over the threshold, the only light was the stars and the moon above.

Ji Anni walked all the way back from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, looking a little tired. Recalling the incident of losing the nameplate today and the story of Hua Rong she heard from Lai De, she felt tired not only physically but also mentally.

When I first entered the palace, I felt that everything was new and novel, but now that I have been in this harem for a long time, I feel more and more a very depressing atmosphere, and a sense of tension that almost makes people breathless.

Ji Annie walked along the front porch to her room. She began to miss her grandfather, father, mother, and many friends.

Suddenly, in the darkness, Ji Anni vaguely saw a ray of light. The light came from a room, very faint, if it wasn't so dark around, you wouldn't notice the faint light at all.

Strange, is there anyone who didn’t go to Xuantian Palace to attend the dinner?

Ji Anni stared at the faint but somewhat terrifying light in the darkness, and suddenly realized that the room was where the concubine who died three years ago lived! It was also the room where Yizhen lived when she first entered the palace. Later, Yanniang said that the room was full of resentment and was haunted, so she changed Yizhen's room. After Yizhen changed her room, the room was empty.

But now, the light was on in the room that was obviously uninhabited.

It was dark, no one was around, and the night was quiet. There was only a faint red light reflected on the window. Nothing could be more terrifying than this. Even someone like Ji Anni, who was born with more courage than brains, was scared and broke into a cold sweat. She wanted to turn around and run, but her legs seemed to be nailed to the floor and she couldn't lift them up at all.

Oh my god, I'm not seeing a ghost, am I? Heaven and earth, please help me, Taishang Laojun, please show up.

No matter whether it is Zhong Kui or Black and White Impermanence, please send a master quickly to exorcise ghosts and demons!

Ji Anni had never prayed for Buddha's blessing so sincerely in her heart.

Suddenly, there was a slight "creak" sound, and the door of the haunted house actually opened a small crack.

Ji Anni was so frightened that cold sweat broke out. She subconsciously took two steps back, pressed her back tightly against the wall, and was ready to run away at the slightest movement.

As the gap in the door widened, Ji Anni saw a dark figure walking out of the room. The dark figure was holding a candlestick in his hand, and he didn't notice Ji Anni's presence, and was lowering his head to lock the door. After locking the door, he saw the dark figure was about to turn around and walk towards him. Ji Anni's fear suddenly reached the extreme, and he couldn't hold it back any longer and burst into a scream: "Ah!"

Unexpectedly, this shout also scared the black shadow.

There was a "bang" as the candlestick fell to the ground, and the black shadow let out a scream that was no less loud than Ji Annie's.

As she was calling out, Ji Anni was stunned, because she had seen the shadow's face clearly and recognized who it was.

These eyebrows, these eyes, this mouth, this nose, who else could it be if not water lotus?

But Shui Furong is really strange. Why did she stay in Concubine Palace alone instead of going to Xuantian Palace to hand over the card to the emperor? And she even went into that haunted house...

At the same time, Shui Furong also recognized Ji Anni, and slowly closed her wide-open mouth, stopped screaming, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and shouted angrily, "Why are you here?"

Ji Anni calmed down and took a few deep breaths and said, "That's what I wanted to ask you. What were you doing in the room just now?"

"Is it your business?" Shui Furong sneered, not wanting to explain at all. She bent down to pick up the extinguished candlestick on the ground, and brushed past Ji Anni without even glancing at her.

After the shock just now, Ji Anni's heartbeat has not returned to normal yet. She was too lazy to say anything more to Shui Furong. After making a face at Shui Furong's back, she continued to walk towards her room.

Just after returning to her room, Ji Anni suddenly remembered that Shui Furong asked to exchange rooms with Yizhen on the first day she entered the palace. At that time, Yizhen lived in that haunted house. Later, in Renhe Hall, Shui Furong also told Yanniang that the concubine who died three years ago was her sister.

Three years ago, Shui Congfei died in a very strange way. Not only was there no culprit, but even the cause of death was not found.

No wonder Shui Furong didn't attend the dinner today...it turned out that she wanted to secretly search the room while everyone else was gone.