Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 399 Finding the Princess

Concubine Gan entered the palace not to become a concubine or queen, but to find someone.

However, after being in the palace for so long, there was no news of the person she was looking for. Concubine Gan was eager to find the person, so she had to ask Long Mohan for help.

Concubine Gan told Long Mohan that she had the Yin-Yang Eyes, which could see all kinds of demons and monsters. She told Long Mohan that Princess Tianning was a fox demon Yan Niang. She had a simple idea, hoping that this would make Long Mohan grateful to her and help her find someone.

But Long Mohan wanted to use Yan Niang's reputation of protecting Concubine Hui to pin all the blame on the Queen Mother.

Long Mohan asked Concubine Gan if there was any way to control Yan Niang, but he did not say what he wanted to do by controlling Yan Niang.

The simple-minded Concubine Gan did not think much about it. After thinking for a while, she said that Yan Niang might listen to Zhao Ji. In fact, she did not know the true relationship between Yan Niang and Zhao Ji. She simply thought that Yan Niang and Zhao Ji were both fox spirits, and they were both in the palace. They often met and did not get along. They were probably friends. Of course, she would listen to her friends. She did not know that Long Mohan wanted Zhao Ji to persuade Yan Niang to plead guilty.

From beginning to end, Concubine Gan never revealed that Ji Anni was a fox demon.

Because she knew too many stories about monsters hiding their identities in order to fall in love with humans, she thought So-ji was one of them and couldn't bear to ruin their marriage.

Outside the palace, Kang Mansion.

Under the shade of the tall trees, a small attic loomed. The attic was very old, and the paint on the window sills and pillars was peeling. The surrounding environment was quiet, even the birdsong was almost inaudible, it was terrifyingly quiet.

The sound of footsteps broke the silence.

Kang Xiaorong carried a bowl of medicine, walked up the steps, and came to the closed door. He was very hesitant and did not dare to push the door and go in. He looked down at the medicine bowl in his hand, worried that if he hesitated any longer, the medicine would get cold. Helplessly, he had to go in.

The room is not wide, but with only a bed and a chair, it looks very empty.

Although the area where the bed and chair were located had been cleaned, there was still thick dust around the walls. It was easy to tell that this area had just been cleaned. In a hurry, the people were hastily moved in before the smaller areas were cleaned.

As soon as the person on the bed heard someone opening the door, he woke up immediately, like a frightened hedgehog, with all his spines standing up.

"Don't be afraid, it's me." Kang Xiaorong said softly.

If the surroundings were not so quiet, one would not be able to hear what he was saying.

The person on the bed slowly let down his guard only after he carefully confirmed that he was Kang Xiaorong.

"Hyoyoung...Hyoyoung brother..." The uncertain voice, with a slight tremor, sounded particularly sad.

Who would dare to believe that this pitiful girl is Princess Tianning, who is known as the Little Queen Mother?

"It's me, Princess. It's time to take your medicine." Kang Xiaorong closed the door and walked gently to the bedside.

No one except Kang Xiaorong could get close to her. The maids who were sent to bring her medicine several times before were all scared away by her screams. Otherwise, the room would not be empty. I don’t know what happened outside the palace that made her so afraid of contact with people. Kang Xiaorong once tentatively asked her about her experience outside the palace, but she couldn’t remember anything. At first, Kang Xiaorong suspected that she didn’t want to say it, but later he saw from her frightened and confused eyes that she really couldn’t remember anything.

On the wedding day, the anti-imperialists will disrupt the wedding.

Kang Xiaorong was indeed relieved, because it was a gift from God, so that he didn't have to fulfill his duties as a royal consort. But later he gradually discovered that Princess Tianning in the palace was very strange. She no longer pestered him or cared about him, and even rarely appeared in front of him as if forcing him. His intuition made him suspect that Tianning had been replaced, and he began to look for Tianning secretly.

Just yesterday, a strange man suddenly came to the Kang Mansion and insisted on seeing him at all costs.

After the meeting, the man actually told Kang Xiaorong that he knew the whereabouts of Princess Tianning.

Kang Xiaorong certainly didn't believe it, but the man took out the nameplate of the Ebony Escort Agency and swore that if he was lying, he would smash the nameplate and be expelled from the sect.

The Wumu Escort Agency has a great reputation and the people in it are all upright, so Kang Xiaorong couldn't help but believe it a little.

This strange man is Tang Jinglan.

He had seen Princess Tianning once on the big screen in the secret base, and later discovered Princess Tianning's whereabouts through the secret base. But there was really too little he could do for Princess Tianning, so he had to ask for help from the prospective son-in-law Kang Xiaorong, hoping that Kang Xiaorong could save Princess Tianning.

Kang Xiaorong followed Tang Jinglan to the Wumu Escort Agency, and Tang Jinglan took him to an abandoned woodshed.

The woodshed was pitch black and nothing could be seen. Kang Xiaorong thought he had been tricked by Tang Jinglan and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a miserable scream coming from the woodshed. Kang Xiaorong was very familiar with this scream, it was the scream of Princess Tianning.

Kang Xiaorong hurriedly ran towards the direction where the shouting came from.

He didn't want to recall the scene when he saw Princess Tianning.

Makeup washed away by tears, clothes torn and wrinkled, and blue scars on the arms and calves.

If possible, he would rather believe that the Tianning in the palace was the real Tianning, because the Tianning in front of him was like a completely different person. Except for the familiar appearance, the pride between his brows had completely disappeared.

Kang Xiaorong wanted to get closer, but Tianning kept trying to hide, hiding in the corner and refusing to come out.

That strange look was as if he had completely forgotten who Kang Xiaorong was.

"Tianning, it's me..." Kang Xiaorong stretched out his hand to Princess Tianning with heartache.

Princess Tianning stared at him in a daze, then looked at Tang Jinglan. She was not afraid of Tang Jinglan, but more afraid of Kang Xiaorong. When she saw Tang Jinglan smiled at her, she was finally not so afraid of this "strange" man in front of her.

"What's wrong with her?" Kang Xiaorong was very surprised to find that Tianning didn't recognize him.

"I'll tell you slowly..." It's a long story, Tang Jinglan sighed.

"Tianning..." Kang Xiaorong stretched out his right hand and tried to touch Tianning.

"Don't come near!"

Tang Jinglan wanted to stop him, but she was not able to do so in time. Tianning had already opened his mouth and bit Kang Xiaorong's hand, causing Kang Xiaorong to scream in pain. If Tang Jinglan had not rushed to help, Kang Xiaorong's hand would have been bitten off by Tianning.

"Princess, you really can't remember him? He is your prince consort." Tang Jinglan introduced Kang Xiaorong to Tian Ning.

"Princess consort?" Princess Tianning didn't understand and stared at Kang Xiaorong blankly.

"Princess, what happened to you? How did you become like this?" Kang Xiaorong's heart had already begun to bleed.

"Princess...Princess..." Muttering these two words, Princess Tianning suddenly covered her ears and screamed, "Not a princess, not a princess...Don't hit me..."

When Kang Xiaorong heard the word "beat", he immediately exploded, grabbed Tang Jinglan without knowing the reason, and yelled, "Who beat her?"

"It's not me, I promise it's not me." Tang Jinglan shook her head and waved her hands, fearing that Kang Xiaorong would punch her.

"Don't hit him, don't hit him..." Tian Ning rushed over, hugged Kang Xiaorong's legs tightly, and started crying.

Since Tian Ning pleaded for Tang Jinglan, he was not the one who beat Tian Ning.

Thinking of this, Kang Xiaorong, who still had some rationality, let go of Tang Jinglan.

"Let's go outside and talk." Tang Jinglan led Kang Xiaorong out.

If you provoke Tianning again and make her scream, be careful not to attract other people in the escort agency.

Kang Xiaorong nodded and came to the door of the woodshed with Tang Jinglan.

Here you can observe whether there are passers-by nearby, and see whether Tianning in the woodshed is safe.

"What on earth happened? Why did Tianning go crazy?" Kang Xiaorong was so annoyed that he wanted to fight to vent his anger.

"My Lord, don't be impatient. Do you want to hear the truth?"

"Of course it's the truth!"

"I'm afraid you'll become even more angry after hearing the truth..." Tang Jinglan was worried that she would become a target.

"Are you going to tell the truth or not?" Kang Xiaorong directly grabbed Tang Jinglan's collar, as if he was going to smash his mouth if he didn't tell the truth.

Since she was going to die anyway, Tang Jinglan decided to give it a try.

"Prince Consort, the princess was found in Ruanxianglou. I bought her from Ruanxianglou and hid her here. But I swear to you, I have never touched her. She is so pitiful, how could I have the heart to take advantage of her?"

"What?" Kang Xiaorong's legs went limp. "Ruanxianglou is not... not..."

Although he had never been there, he had long heard of its name.

Tang Jinglan nodded and said solemnly: "...It's a brothel."

It was as if a bolt of thunder struck from above his head, and Kang Xiaorong's eyes turned black.

Tang Jinglan thought she would be knocked away by this punch, and had already closed her eyes and waited for death, but Kang Xiaorong's fist did not fall yet.

After a while, Tang Jinglan opened her eyes and found Kang Xiaorong squatting on the ground with his head in his hands, without saying a word.

"My dear Prince Consort, don't be too sad. Fortunately, the princess is safe now." Tang Jinglan patted his shoulder to comfort him.

"Is this what you call peace and safety? She's crazy! She's already crazy!" Kang Xiaorong could no longer control his emotions and roared heartbreakingly.

Tang Jinglan quickly covered his mouth and said, "She's not crazy, she's not crazy, she's just a little confused. It's said that she'll be fine after a period of rest. Take her back home and treat her well. I also hope to see the princess recover soon..."

"But...but she is very afraid of me..." Kang Xiaorong was afraid that Tianning would not go with him.

"At the beginning, she was afraid of me, but as long as I treated her well and spoke softly, she would not be afraid anymore. However... although she is no longer afraid of me, she is unwilling to take off her clothes. She is still wearing the clothes from Ruanxianglou."

Kang Xiaorong recalled Tianning's attire and regretted that he had not realized that it was exactly the attire of a brothel.

"She is in Ruanxianglou...what exactly, what exactly..." Kang Xiaorong couldn't ask the following questions.

Tang Jinglan said, "I don't know what happened either. I never asked her. But... she seems to have forgotten everything... But it's okay this way. Looking at the scars all over her body, I know it's not a happy memory... It's okay to forget it..."