Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 464 Successful Rescue

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door. Ji Anni, who was on the verge of death, shuddered and quickly got up.

Then she heard the sound of the door lock being opened.

"Great, finally a living person has come!" Ji Anni forced herself to stay awake and opened her eyes which were almost closing into a line.

Footsteps came in from outside the door and went straight to the iron cage where she was imprisoned.

The iron cage was covered with black cloth, so I couldn't see who was coming, but I could guess who it was from the steady footsteps.

It must be the general. He locked himself up for three days and finally remembered to take action.

With a "whoosh", Kang Qingyuan lifted the black cloth from the top, and the dazzling sunlight shone straight in.

Ji Anni, who had not seen the light for three days, was so frightened that she let out a short scream. Unfortunately, she was a fox, so her scream was just a "squeak", which had no deterrent effect, and Kang Qingyuan could not hear her protest.

"Monster, although you are the imperial concubine, you are still a monster after all. Keeping you alive will only bring harm to the world. It is better to take your life now." Without any hesitation, Kang Qingyuan drew out his sword and stabbed Ji Anni in the iron cage.

I knew that meeting him would be bad news. He really came to kill me to silence me! Ji Anni was so frightened that she burst out with amazing strength at the last moment of her life. She jumped up suddenly, and although she couldn't break the iron cage open, she made it fall to the ground.

With a loud "clang", the iron cage almost hit Kang Qingyuan's feet.

Kang Qingyuan kicked the iron cage away.

Ji Anni in the iron cage felt dizzy and could not tell east from west. She fell heavily into the corner of the wall along with the iron cage.

She hadn't eaten for three days and was already dizzy from hunger. Coupled with the shock just now, her consciousness quickly became blurred. If she hadn't forced herself to open her eyes, she would have fainted.

"You old bastard! What on earth do you want to do!" Ji Anni screamed anxiously, regretting that she had been too honest in the past three days and had not racked her brains to find a way to escape. This was why she ended up in this passive situation where she was at the mercy of others. Alas.

Kang Qingyuan held the sword and walked towards Ji Anni quickly. He knew that Ji Anni was a fox demon with profound skills and was not easy to deal with, so he did not give her any chance to struggle and attacked her vital points with every move. She had just avoided a move by luck, but she would not be able to escape this time!

Seeing the sword blade flashing with cold light about to pierce the iron cage, Ji Anni was trembling with fear. For the first time, she felt the fear of death being so close. Although she was very scared, her eyes seemed to be frozen and could not be closed.

She stared blankly at the sword stabbing towards her, with only the last four words remaining in her mind - my life is over.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the general's movements suddenly stopped and he slowly lowered the sword in his hand.

He seemed to notice some unusual noise outside the door and tilted his head to stare at the crack.

Ji Anni, who had finally saved her life, followed the general's gaze and looked towards the crack in the door.

Although I couldn't see anything, I could hear a few subtle conversations:

"Is there any movement? Is there any movement?"

"Stop making noise! ​​Stop making noise!"

"You're squeezing me. Ouch."

It seemed to be the voices of two children. In the palace, Ji Anni only knew two children with such courage.

Zhuang Xiaomeng and her eldest grandson Mingri.

But they are just children, how could they possibly follow the general?

Before Ji Anni could figure it out, Kang Qingyuan heard the voice of someone outside the door, walked forward and opened the door suddenly.

The two people who were eavesdropping with their ears pressed against the door immediately lost their balance and fell into the room.

"Ouch." With the groan, Ji Anni finally saw clearly that the two people were Zhuang Xiaomeng and Changsun Mingri.

At the same time, Zhuang Xiaomeng also recognized the miserable Ji Anni in the cage and shouted, "Little fox!"

Ji Anni, in fox form, had a brief relationship with Zhuang Xiaomeng and Zhang Sun Mingri. Although the memories were not very pleasant, Ji Anni had a good impression of them. Especially when Zhuang Xiaomeng and Zhang Sun Mingri knew that Prince Ming was a fox demon, they immediately thought of themselves as Zhao Ji, but they did not embarrass themselves, but let themselves go to save Prince Ming.

Unfortunately, he failed to live up to their expectations. Not only did he fail to rescue Prince Ming, he also fell into Hua Rong's hands and was presented to Kang Qingyuan as a reward for canceling the engagement between Princess Tianning and Kang Xiaorong.

Zhuang Xiaomeng and Chang Sun Mingri suddenly appeared here. I’m afraid it was not a coincidence, but they were instructed by someone to come and find me.

Kang Qingyuan had the same idea as Ji Anni, and asked with a straight face, "What are you doing here?"

"Grandpa, we just saw you walking on your way with a serious face. We didn't know what made you so angry, so we followed you here out of curiosity. We didn't expect you to come to the Xianke Pavilion." Zhuang Xiaomeng pretended to be cute and explained with a smile.

Hearing him call Kang Qingyuan "Grandpa", Ji Anni suddenly remembered that Zhuang Xiaomeng was the son of Kang Qingyuan's eldest daughter and the Minister of Justice.

If the two of them were really instructed to follow Kang Qingyuan, the instigator would definitely want to take advantage of the fact that Kang Qingyuan would not harm Zhuang Xiaomeng.

In addition, what Ji Anni cared about most in Zhuang Xiaomeng's words were the four words "Xianke Pavilion".

After being locked up for three days, I finally realized that this was the Xianke Pavilion.

Yuan Rong and Yun Zhen had already left, and Yun Zhen's little apprentice Xuan Jizi was probably the only one left here. Xianke Pavilion was originally a quiet place, so it was no wonder that I hadn't heard many human voices in the past few days. Ji Anni had always found it strange.

"Grandpa, what did this little fox do wrong? Why did you lock it up?" Zhuang Xiaomeng asked even though she knew the answer, pretending to be so innocent that it made people unable to get angry.

Kang Qingyuan was famous throughout his life and had killed countless enemies. He had seen all kinds of big scenes, but he was the worst at dealing with children.

On the one hand, he wanted to maintain his image as a loving grandfather; on the other hand, he couldn't let Zhuang Xiaomeng stop him from eliminating Zhao Ji.

"This is none of your business. Get out." Kang Qingyuan didn't explain. He picked up Zhuang Xiaomeng and Zhang Sun Mingri, who had fallen to the ground, and pushed them out the door like kittens.

Zhuang Xiaomeng and Zhang Sun Mingri had no power to resist. They retreated out the door involuntarily, shouting for mercy.

However, when Kang Qingyuan drove the two children away, closed the door, and prepared to deal with Ji Anni again, he suddenly discovered that the iron cage that had fallen against the wall had disappeared, and Zhao Ji in the iron cage was also gone.

What the hell? Kang Qingyuan felt a chill on his spine.

He quickly regained his composure as he was well-informed and guessed that some monster had rescued Zhao Ji. Zhuang Xiaomeng and Changsun Mingming, the two little ghosts, must be the monster's accomplices, deliberately helping the monster to divert his attention so that the monster could take the opportunity to rescue Zhao Ji.

Although he lost Zhao Ji, there was not much resentment on his face.

He walked calmly to the door and stared through the crack at Zhuang Xiaomeng and Chang Sun Mingri, the two children who were running farther and farther away.

How do they know monsters?

Kang Qingyuan suddenly thought of Zhao Ji's child, the Prince Ming, who was also a fox demon, and his expression became more serious. He suspected that Zhuang Xiaomeng and Changsun Mingri, the two children who were close to the Prince Ming, might know something that he didn't know.

While Zhuang Xiaomeng and Chang Sun Mingri were still there, Kang Qingyuan found Xuanjizi and asked him to send a Shikigami to follow them to see if he could find out the inside story.

Although Xuanjizi has magical powers, his control over Shikigami has not reached the level of perfection. Because it involves Zhuang Xiaomeng and Changsun Mingming, two sons of powerful nobles, he dare not act rashly, fearing that his little Shikigami will accidentally hurt the two nobles, so he had to send Yun Zhen's most proud Shikigami Canggui to go.

Let’s talk about Ji Annie.

She had no idea what was happening. Soon after she saw Zhuang Xiaomeng and Chang Sun Mingri, a thick white mist suddenly appeared around her. The mist seemed to carry the smell of a drugged incense, and soon her consciousness became blurred.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw green grass and some lovely yellow flowers swaying in the wind.

It turned out that she had been transferred to a secluded yard without realizing it.

Because of the incense, my head is still dizzy and I'm not quite clear-headed.

Rubbing her eyes with her front paws, she saw a white figure and two children.

The child must be named Zhuang Xiaomeng and Changsun, but who is that man in white?

Just as she was thinking about it, the man in white discovered that she had woken up. He turned to look at her and smiled.

It was a strange yet familiar face. Ji Anni took a lot of effort to finally remember that she was the personal maidservant beside Concubine Gan. Her name seemed to be... Xiaoxue?

In the past, Concubine Gan brought Xiaoxue to visit Wenhuayuan, saying that Xueer was interested in her and must meet her. The most incredible thing was that she and Concubine Gan seemed to know that she was a monster from the beginning.

Thinking of this, Ji Anni couldn't help but become alert and guard against Xiaoxue.

At this moment, Zhuang Xiaomeng suddenly called Xiaoxue in a sweet and lovely voice, "Master."

Master? Ji Anni's eyes instantly widened as big as bells.

"Master, is this little fox okay? Prince Ming told us to treat it well." Zhuang Xiaomeng kept pestering Xiaoxue with questions. He was neither a demon nor a Taoist, and could not communicate with Ji Anni. He only hoped to learn about Ji Anni's true identity through Xiaoxue.

Xiaoxue squatted beside Ji Anni, gently stroked her head, and said softly: "My lady, I'm sorry for making you suffer."

Then, he took the bowl of water from his eldest grandson Mingri behind him and fed it to Ji Anni.

Ji Anni, who hadn't eaten for three days, finally came back to life after a drop of water touched her lips. It was incredible to think about it. If I were in human form, I would have lost my human form after three days of starvation. But if I were in fox form, my ability to resist hunger was much stronger than that of a human, so at least I wouldn't feel the fear of starving to death.

"Empress? Did you call it Empress just now?" Chang Sun Mingri was so scared that he took two steps back.

Ji Anni suddenly remembered that Zhuang Xiaomeng had once asked her to teach him magic, and also said that Teacher White Rabbit praised him for being smart.

At that time, Ji Anni felt strange that Zhuang Xiaomeng seemed to know some monster...

Could it be that the White Rabbit Teacher he was talking about was Xiaoxue?

This would explain why Xiaoxue and Concubine Gan knew that she was a monster. If Xiaoxue was a monster, she could certainly feel her own monster aura.