Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 129 Raising troops to investigate crimes

There is no point in talking if you don't agree. Ji Anni was upset by Hua Rong's words and simply stopped talking.

Hua Rong also knew that she had said too much and did not dare to say anything else. She just silently put on the crown that indicated Ji Anni's status as an imperial concubine.

"Where is Die'er?" Ji Anni has a better impression of Die'er.

Huarong always brought her an invisible pressure, but Die'er was different. Not only did she not feel any pressure, she also felt very kind. It was a pity that such a good girl was made dumb by Concubine An. When Ji Anni thought of this, she was still annoyed.

Hua Rong said, "I will go and call Die'er in right now."

Seeing Hua Rong's sad expression, Ji Anni felt bad and stopped her, saying, "Hua Rong, I'm not blaming you. I know you're just worried about me and want to remind me... But I know what to do... Although I'm not as experienced as you, and I haven't gone through as many trials as you, can you trust my own judgment a little? I don't think Yizhen is a bad person. From the first time I saw her, I knew she wasn't a bad person..."

Hua Rong didn't answer anything, but just lowered her head slightly and quietly retreated.

Ji Anni watched her figure disappear from the door before she turned to look at the mirror and sighed at herself in the mirror.

In a blink of an eye, it has been more than half a month since I entered the palace. The initial novelty has completely worn off, and what remains is a deep sense of fatigue.

When can I go home?

Although I have gradually adapted to the unfamiliar face in the mirror, I still can't get used to the life here.

Ji Anni opened a small box on the dressing table, and inside was an exquisite jade hairpin with peach blossoms. Looking at the hairpin, she seemed to see the scene when Yun Zhen gave the hairpin to Concubine Baogui ten years ago. This was not a gift she could accept - especially after knowing the oath of Yun Zhen and Concubine Baogui, she was more determined to return the hairpin to Concubine Baogui.

Recalling Yun Zhen's facial expressions when he talked about Baogui Fei, even if Ji Anni was thick-skinned, she could feel his sincere feelings for her. Baogui Fei also talked about Yun Zhen in front of Ji Anni, and similarly, she could hear the helplessness and heartache in her words. If Baogui Fei had not entered the palace ten years ago, if Bao'er was not a concubine, but just a simple Bao'er... maybe they would have been married long ago?

Who should he blame? The Queen Mother who planned for Concubine Baogui to enter the palace?

Did the Queen Mother break up Concubine Baogui's marriage unintentionally, or did she do it on purpose?

Although Ji Anni also had a one-sided love for Yun Zhen, she felt very sorry for the relationship between Yun Zhen and Baogui Fei.

Her fingers gently brushed the jade hairpin, and the cool temperature gradually calmed Ji Anni's heart. Suddenly, she heard a fierce sound of footsteps outside the house. Without even thinking about it, Ji Anni could tell the identity of the person just from the footsteps.

Who else in the entire palace, except the Queen Mother, could have such a powerful aura, such that a pit could be created on the ground with every step she took?

Miserable... From the sound of footsteps, one could tell that the Queen Mother was angrier than ever before, and there were a lot of people coming, probably twenty or thirty.

Ji Anni quickly closed the box containing the jade hairpin and hesitated whether to climb into bed immediately and pretend to be sick to avoid this disaster.

Before she could put this idea into action, she heard a "pop" and the door was pushed open by the Queen Mother.

The sound was so loud that it almost shook Ji Annie off the stool, and even the golden crown on her head was shaken to one side.

"Good luck to the Empress Dowager..." Ji Anni quickly lay on the ground, not daring to look up at the Empress Dowager.

Just from the Queen Mother's heavy breathing, you can tell that the fire on her head must be burning hotter than the Flaming Mountain this time.

Ji Anni was puzzled. What had she done to anger the Queen Mother again? Was it because of what happened to Princess Tianning last night? But Huarong clearly said that Tianning did not complain to the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother brought a large number of people to this small right courtyard early in the morning. What was going on?

The Queen Mother ignored Ji Anni's greetings, raised her right hand, and said only one word: "Search!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a large group of eunuchs in gray clothes began to rummage through Ji Annie's room.

Although Ji Anni was angry, she didn't dare to lose her temper. She had to lower her head and grit her teeth and said fiercely, "Damn it, even the police have to show a search warrant before searching the room, right? Even if you are the queen mother and can be exempted from the search warrant, at least tell me the reason for the search? Do you suspect that I have a man hidden in the room?"

Just as I thought of this, I heard a young eunuch report: "Queen Mother, we found it. It's here."

Ji Anni was curious about what they had found, so she looked up and found that the young eunuch was holding the playing cards she had made.

The Queen Mother took the cards from the eunuch, glanced at them briefly, and threw them at Ji Anni, angrily saying, "Zhao Ji, you still don't plead guilty!"

Ji Anni lowered her head hastily, and the cards fluttered down beside her. She was completely stunned, and had no idea what she had done wrong.

"Zhao Ji!" The Queen Mother saw that Ji Anni had been silent for a long time, so she shouted again.

"Zhao Ji is here..." Ji Anni answered in a low voice, but she never dared to look up.

"How are you going to deny it now?"

"Zhao Ji... Zhao Ji... I don't want to deny it..." Ji Anni didn't know where she was wrong, so how could she want to deny it? She asked, "Queen Mother... Is there something wrong with this card?"

"Hmph, you bold Soji, why are you still playing dumb in front of me?"

"Soo-ji really doesn't know..." If she knew, she would have hidden the poker card long ago.

"First, can you tell me what these cards are?"

"These are playing cards, for playing games."

"Why are there words like Emperor, Princess, Prince, and Queen Mother written on it?"

"No reason? It's just the face of the cards..." Ji Anni vaguely realized where the problem was. It must be that this deck of cards violated some taboo of the empress dowager. But in the rules she set, it was clear that the empress dowager was older than the emperor.

The Queen Mother is the eldest, what could she not be satisfied with?

Suddenly, Ji Anni's eyes fell on the other two cards, and she saw the words "black" and "white" written on them, representing the big king and the little king. In order to help Tian Ning and a bunch of ancient people understand, Ji Anni also deliberately explained these two cards as "black and white impermanence".

Ji Anni suddenly realized that this was the problem!

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "How dare you, Zhao Ji! I didn't even know you were committing such a rebellion in the palace! You actually dared to let the Black and White Impermanence eat the Emperor and the Princess! How dare you do that?"

"Queen... this is just a game..." You don't have to take it so seriously, right?

"And more." The Queen Mother stared at Ji Anni fiercely and said, "Did you do something last night...what is the so-called 'burning three treasures'?"

Ji Anni was shocked when she heard this, and wondered how the Queen Mother knew about this?

"Zhao Ji, you are so bold that you dare to burn the Three Treasures of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Do you still have the Dharma in your eyes?"

Buddhism? Ji Anni broke out in a cold sweat and explained, "Queen Mother, this has nothing to do with Buddhism. Zhao Ji did not burn any Buddha, Dharma, or monks. The three treasures Zhao Ji burned were just chicken skewers, dried tofu, and steamed buns."

The Queen Mother shouted coldly: "The skewers are the flesh and blood of the Buddha, the dried tofu are the scriptures, and the steamed buns are the monks!"

"Queen Dowager, it's unfair..." Ji Anni's cry was even more unfair than Dou E's. She argued, "Queen Dowager, you said the skewers were the flesh and blood of Buddha, which is understandable. You said the dried tofu was scriptures and books, and we can roughly think that they are similar in shape. But as for the steamed buns and monks... You can't just say I am hinting at metaphors just because they can both be described as 'white and fat', right?"

This is so unfair.