Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 110: Fox Steals Fragrance

It was a rare opportunity for her to be named an imperial concubine, so she certainly couldn't go to see Yizhen empty-handed. Ji Anni walked around the room for a few times, thinking: What should I bring as a gift for Yizhen? She picked up a vase, then unfolded a scroll of calligraphy and painting, but she was not satisfied with any of the choices. Finally, she went to the closet and picked out a few light-colored skirts for Yizhen as a gift.

"Your Highness." Hua Rong didn't know whether to say it or not, so she just reminded him, "Your Highness is now the imperial concubine. If you want to see Concubine Su Cong, I can just invite Concubine Su Cong here. You don't have to go there in person."

"Since we're free anyway, we might as well go out for a walk." Ji Annie was in high spirits. She folded the three selected clothes and handed them to Die'er while combing her hair.

It's sunny outside, it's a good day for traveling.

Affected by the bright sunshine, Ji Anni felt very relaxed. She was so angry about Concubine An's incident yesterday, but after a good night's sleep, she suddenly became more open-minded. Anyway, the brand-name incident was over, and there was still a bright future waiting for her. It was a pity for Die'er...

Whenever she saw the scars on Dier's face, Ji Anni felt indescribable pain. However, Dier did not pretend to be pitiful in front of Ji Anni to gain sympathy. She still did what she should do, just like before.

Ji Anni felt a little lonely when she thought that she would not be able to hear Die'er's voice for a long time. She still remembered the morning when she first saw Die'er. She accidentally broke a bowl outside the door and begged for mercy tremblingly. She looked so timid. But yesterday, Die'er acted so brave in front of Concubine An and the Queen Mother. Not only did she not tremble with fear, but she also comforted herself with her eyes.

Since Dier is so strong, I must be strong too.

Ji Anni secretly encouraged herself in her heart.

The rule of the imperial harem of the Holy Heavenly Blessing Dynasty is that a concubine is only entitled to one maid to serve her and live separately from the concubine. However, once she is promoted to an imperial concubine, she can select 20 maids to serve her, and these 20 maids live with the queen in the corresponding four palaces and eight courtyards. Although the number of maids is large, their main job is to clean every corner of the palace. There are only about two maids who serve the queen personally.

Ji Anni's two personal maids were Huarong and Dieer.

If Ji Anni had not become the imperial concubine, she would only be able to keep Huarong as a palace maid by her side. Fortunately, the emperor still had feelings for her and made her the imperial concubine ten days after entering the palace. This allowed Ji Anni to keep Die'er by her side.

After walking for about half an hour, Ji Anni and her three companions finally returned to the Dong Congfei Palace.

The Concubine Palace was still the same. As soon as you stepped into the threshold, you could see a U-shaped front porch. The concubines' rooms were distributed along this front porch, which looked like a large courtyard. Although Ji Anni had only lived here for ten days, she had a deep affection for this place. As soon as she walked in, she suddenly felt as if she had returned to her hometown.

The palace of concubines seemed a little deserted at this time, and the doors of the concubines' rooms were mostly closed.

Hua Rong said, "The ladies have just finished their palace training and submitted their name tags the night before yesterday. I'm afraid they have all gone to the four palaces and eight courtyards to pay their respects to the imperial concubine and the noble concubine today."

Handing in a name card means officially becoming a concubine and having the right to serve the emperor. As long as you can please the emperor and win the honor of having a moment of love, you will have the opportunity to be proud of yourself. Therefore, it is absolutely beneficial to establish a good relationship with other concubines early and find a sister to take care of you.

Ji Annie walked along the front porch and stopped to look at the room she used to live in. Seeing the closed door, she had the urge to push it open and take a look.

She just raised her hand, but Hua Rong stopped her and said, "My Lady, you must not do that."

Not only Huarong, but even Dieer gently pulled Ji Anni's hand, frowned tightly, and shook her head at her.

"What's wrong with you?" Ji Anni was puzzled. She thought that she just wanted to take a look at her old room, but why were Huarong and Die'er so nervous as if she was going to open a bomb depot?

Hua Rong said, "My Lady, you have been promoted to the Imperial Concubine. You should not be attached to the things in the Concubine's Palace. It's not that I don't want you to go back to your previous room, but it's a bad omen. My Lady, if you open this door today, it means that you will come back one day... In other words, my Lady will be exiled."

"Die'er, do you think so too?" Ji Anni looked at Die'er.

Dier nodded seriously.

"Oh, why are you so superstitious?" Ji Anni didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She thought it was probably a bit like a prisoner who was released from prison and couldn't look back, because if he looked back, it meant that he would commit crimes again and go to jail again.

In fact, Ji Annie didn’t take these superstitious words to heart at all, but seeing that Huarong and Dieer looked very worried, she didn’t make things difficult for them and took back her hand from the door.

Just as Ji Anni was about to turn around and leave, she suddenly heard a crisp "pop" sound coming from the room.

Ji Anni was startled, thinking that some suspicious person had sneaked into her room, so she subconsciously pushed the door open despite Huarong and Dieer's attempts to stop her.

"Empress!" When Huarong shouted, it was already too late.

Ji Anni had already rushed into the room.

I saw a furry black shadow quickly rushing out of the rear window, it looked like some kind of animal. From the size of the body it looked like a dog, but from the agility of its movements it looked like a cat.

what exactly is it?

When Ji Annie rushed to the window to see what was going on, the black shadow had disappeared.

It was then that Ji Anni discovered that there were fragments of the vase on the ground. She thought that the crisp "pop" sound she heard outside the door just now must have been the sound of the vase breaking.

There were also a few sticks of incense scattered around the fragments.

Ji Anni picked up the incense and found that it was the demon-removing incense she got from Yun Zhen.

At this time, Huarong and Dier had come to Ji Anni's side. Ji Anni was bending over to pick up the incense from the broken porcelain pieces.

Hua Rong was worried that Ji Anni's fingers might be cut by the fragments, so she stopped him and said, "My Lady, be careful."

"It's okay." Ji Anni picked up the scattered magic-removing incense sticks one by one and held them in the palm of her hand.

Yesterday, her luggage was moved directly to the right courtyard by the eunuchs. Presumably, the eunuchs didn't know that the exorcism incense was also part of Ji Anni's luggage, so they forgot to take it away when they moved.

However, the amount of demon-removing incense was much less than when Yun Zhen gave it to him.

Ji Anni said to herself, "Strange, could it be that the animal that was either a cat or a dog just now took away the magic-eliminating incense?"

"My Lady." Hua Rong stepped forward and said, "The black shadow just now was neither a cat nor a dog..."

"What is that?" Ji Anni asked.

"It's a fox..." Hua Rong said with a gloomy face.

"Fox? Why is there a fox in the palace?"

"Since there are wild cats and wild dogs in the palace, there must be wild foxes."

"Why is the fox stealing the fragrance?" This is what Ji Anni doesn't understand the most.

Hua Rong didn't know either, so she shook her head and whispered, "My queen, three years ago, there was a fox disaster in the palace. Wherever foxes frequently appear, people either go crazy or die."

Although Hua Rong did not say it explicitly, Ji Anni had already vaguely guessed it.

Three years ago, before and after the late emperor established his empress...

The crazy person is Concubine Baogui, and the dead person is Concubine Shuicong.

But what does their madness and death have to do with foxes?