Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 313 A life for a life

"Xiao Zhao, you must be extra careful. I always feel that... you seem to be easily affected by that monster." Shui Furong said with a serious expression. He had witnessed Ji Anni's transformation with his own eyes and knew that Ji Anni and the Zhen Yao Temple were not compatible. So when he found out that the Zhen Yao Temple fox monster feeds on humans, he immediately ran to remind Ji Anni to be more careful.

Ji Anni was not afraid of becoming the fox demon's food, but was more worried about becoming a man-eating monster. She anxiously asked, "Furong...how many people did the fox demon eat?"

Shui Furong said: "No specific number was left, only that 'several' maids were devoured by her."

Ji Anni's heart sank, and her thoughts became even more confused. There was more than one dead person... but multiple...

Xuelan is Zhaoji's grandmother. Does Zhaoji also have this kind of blood flowing in her body? So scary, so scary...

Shui Furong continued, "If she hadn't committed these murderous crimes, perhaps Taizu wouldn't have been so cruel as to kill her."

At this moment, Ji Anni finally understood the meaning of "life for life" in Xue Lan's words. I still remember Xue Lan said: If "life for life" is the rule of the human world, then I am willing to abide by this rule and die for this rule.

No wonder Xue Lan refused to escape, no wonder Xue Lan died in the sea of ​​fire...

All of this was just to pay for the lives of the people she killed.

Ji Anni was lost in thought when Shui Furong said, "Recently, there are rumors in the palace that Yan Niang's disappearance is also related to the fox demon queen... Maybe Yan Niang has been eaten by the fox demon queen..."

"Stop talking nonsense, it's impossible." Ji Anni frowned and interrupted Shui Furong's nonsense.

In fact, Yizhen had mentioned this not long ago. It seems that the rumor that Yanniang was killed by the fox demon queen has become a well-known news in the palace. No wonder the guards did not dare to report Yanniang's affairs to the queen mother, probably because they were afraid that the queen mother would be frightened by the fox demon again and couldn't sleep.

"Anyway, everyone in the palace is spreading the news, and people are panicking. I'm a little scared too..." Shui Furong held her chin with one hand and sighed tiredly, "Although someone did come to exorcise the demon for the West Palace yesterday, but, alas... I can only rely on that half-baked guy. It's better to rely on myself than on him..."

"Half-baked?" A figure appeared in Ji Anni's mind, "Could it be that Xuanjizi?"

As far as I can remember, ever since Xuanjizi chased the fox with gold powder, Shui Furong always used words like "half-baked", "half-baked", "unskilled" to refer to Xuanjizi. Xuanjizi was really pitiful. He failed once and was looked down upon for the rest of his life.

"Besides him, who else could it be?" Shui Furong seemed very impatient when talking about Xuanjizi. "The palace has been filled with evil spirits recently. In addition, Baogui Fei and Xiaoyao in the West Palace have just left. I am afraid that there might be wronged spirits lingering around, so I specially sent Xuanjizi to protect me. It's good to have someone to protect me, but, alas... at least send someone capable..."

"Furong, don't look down on him. I think he's quite capable." Ji Anni spoke up for Xuanjizi. Judging from the few tricks Xuanjizi used when he captured monsters in Li Garden next door, he can be considered an expert in his own right, not as bad as Shui Furong said.

Now, the people who understand Taoism in the palace, besides Xuanjizi, are the two masters Yun Zhen and Taoist Yuan Rong.

The West Palace is a very special place for Yun Zhen, and it is easy for him to be reminded of the past when he sees it, so it is impossible for him to send Yun Zhen to protect Shui Furong; and Taoist Yuan Rong is the Empress Dowager's personal Taoist priest, and all his energy is spent on protecting the safety of the Empress Dowager's palace.

Therefore, there was only Xuanjizi left in the palace, who could be sent to protect Shui Furong.

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As they were chatting, they suddenly heard the voice of the guard outside the door greeting Concubine An. As soon as the guard finished speaking, Nuanhong also knelt down and shouted, "This servant greets Concubine An. May the Concubine be blessed."

Shui Furong in the room was stunned and asked, "Concubine An? Why is she here?"

"You probably don't know yet, but she moved here last night..." said Ji Annie.

"Move here?" Shui Furong was really shocked, her eyes almost popped out of the window.

"She moved here with Prince Ming and lives in the next room." Ji Annie pointed to the opposite wall.

"Prince Ming is here too?" Shui Furong hadn't heard anything about it, so she was surprised. He had only been away for a day, and Taoyuan had undergone tremendous changes.

"I'll explain it to you later. Please wait a moment while I go out to find out what happened." After saying that, Ji Anni pushed the door open and walked out, wanting to ask whether Prince Ming was late.

When Concubine An saw the red outside Ji Anni's room, she knew that there was a guest in Ji Anni's room. When she saw Ji Anni push the door open, she asked in a sarcastic tone, "Concubine Zhao Cong, are there any guests?"

Ji Anni said, "It's Concubine Shui who is here. She forgot something in her room yesterday and came to take it away today."

Ji Anni didn't want to say that Shui Furong came to give her a message, so she made up an excuse.

At this time, Shui Furong also came out and greeted Concubine An.

Concubine An hummed indifferently, perhaps because she was jealous that Shui Furong was pregnant with the emperor's child.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Ji Anni hurriedly asked, "By the way, Concubine An, are you late tomorrow?"

Concubine An said, "He was late for half a quarter of an hour, but the master didn't punish him this time because it was his first offense. In fact... it wasn't Prince Ming's fault this time, but your negligence." Having said that, she glanced at Ji Anni out of the corner of her eye.

Ji Anni felt unhappy, bitter and astringent, but she had to admit that Concubine An did not wrongly accuse her. It was indeed because of her negligence that Prince Ming was late today.

Concubine An said it lightly just now, but in fact, she had already looked down on Ji Anni by three points in her heart.

Ji Anni bowed her head and apologized: "Sister taught me a lesson... Zhao Ji promises that she will never do it again next time..."

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Ji Anni, who was under house arrest, was not only unable to send Prince Ming to class, but also unable to pick him up. Therefore, the task of picking up Prince Ming was completed by Concubine An's maid Ningshuang.

From this point of view, Concubine An's move to Taoyuan was not unreasonable, but helped Ji Anni a lot.

However, because Concubine An helped too much, Ji Anni's existence seemed redundant. Although Prince Ming had returned to her side, Ji Anni still felt that Prince Ming was being looked after by Concubine An and she could not help at all. Apart from sleeping with Prince Ming at night, Ji Anni really didn't know what this "mother concubine" could do.

As long as Ji Annie is by his side, Prince Ming can always fall asleep quickly.

Prince Ming did not complain about being late today, but Ji Annie felt very sorry for him and secretly vowed in her heart that she must get up early tomorrow. It's a pity that there are no alarm clocks in this era. If you want to get up early, you can only rely on your willpower and biological clock. Ji Annie was almost lazy after being confined to Wenhua Courtyard for a while.

Before going to bed, she used an ancient method to remind herself to get up early, which was to hug the pillow and pat it three times, while chanting like a mantra: "I must get up early tomorrow! I must get up early tomorrow!" Okay, ready, go to bed.

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It's quiet at night.

Ji Annie and Prince Ming leaned against each other tightly, their even breathing rising and falling rhythmically, and they both slept soundly and sweetly.

The window was ajar, and a slight cool breeze blew in, taking away the heat of the summer night.

Suddenly, two golden lights appeared through the window.

Then, a rope-like creature twisted its slender body and crawled in through the window, slid along the wall to the ground, and finally climbed onto the bed, twisting and crawling along the warmth exhaled by human breathing.

This was a rare poisonous snake, which spit out bright red tongue and crawled towards the sleeping Prince Ming. When the disaster was imminent, Prince Ming and Ji Anni were still sleeping soundly, and no one noticed that such an uninvited guest had come into the room.

The cold, slender body of the poisonous snake snake snaked forward on the bed sheets, and soon it reached Prince Ming's head.

Prince Ming turned over unconsciously, and there was a rustling sound in the bed sheets. The poisonous snake almost slipped off the bed.

"Ouch..." Prince Ming frowned slightly, not knowing whether he had sensed the approaching danger. However, his eyes were still tightly closed, with no sign of opening.

At this time, the poisonous snake had come to Prince Ming's pillow, spitting out bright red tongue and moving around Prince Ming's ear.

As if hearing the hissing sound of the venomous snake, Prince Ming suddenly opened his eyes and saw the triangular head of the venomous snake less than half a foot away from him. Prince Ming suddenly woke up, and the venomous snake seemed to be startled and even forgot to attack.

With a scream of "Ah!", Prince Ming sat up from the bed.

At this time, the poisonous snake finally reacted, opened its mouth wide, and bit towards Prince Ming's neck.

The speed was as fast as an arrow shot from a bow, and Prince Ming had no way of dodging it.

Just as the poisonous snake was about to bite him, in the blink of an eye, Prince Ming's eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness.

With a cry of "Ah", he opened his mouth and bit the poisonous snake!

As his eyes changed color, Prince Ming's consciousness as a human being completely disappeared. The beast instinct in his body suddenly awakened, and sharp claws suddenly grew on his fingers, pressing the poisonous snake firmly to the bed.

Ji Anni, who was sleeping soundly, opened her eyes drowsily and sat up after hearing the noise on the bed.

"What's wrong?" She rubbed her eyes, not knowing what had happened.

Suddenly, the terrifying eyes of Prince Ming in the darkness woke her up.

Ji Anni's gaze moved down along Prince Ming's eyes to Prince Ming's mouth.

A bright red blood streamed down the corner of Prince Ming's mouth, and a long snake hung from his mouth. The snake's head was gone, because Prince Ming was biting it tightly in his mouth. Prince Ming gritted his teeth, and the poisonous snake struggled a few times before it stopped moving.