Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 302 The beginning of love

Then, Princess Tianning wiped her tears and recalled to Ji Anni the scene when she first met Kang Xiaorong.

That was when Princess Tianning was as old as Prince Ming and had just entered Wenhua Academy to begin her studies.

At that time, Kang Xiaorong was already a student, and he gave a speech to the freshmen as a senior.

Unlike other students of Wenhua College who were dressed in white scholarly attire, Kang Xiaorong wore a riding and archery suit with arrow sleeves and a narrow collar, and a pair of high leather boots. As soon as he appeared on the stage, he became the most eye-catching person in the crowd.

Many years later, Princess Tianning still remembered the scene when Kang Xiaorong appeared in front of her.

At that time, in the eyes of the little Princess Tianning, there was only Kang Xiaorong, and no one else was visible. His expression, his voice, and his every move made Princess Tianning feel an incredible emotion.

From that time on, Princess Tianning had a pure admiration for the young general.

In order to get closer to him and understand his world, Princess Tianning also began to learn horse riding and archery, and was delighted to wear the same clothes as him. The Queen Mother always doted on Princess Tianning very much. Even though Princess Tianning's hobbies became more and more wild, she did not forcefully stop them, but introduced another girl with the same hobbies to Princess Tianning.

This girl was Kang Fangting. Princess Tianning later found out that she was Kang Xiaorong’s sister.

The two of them naturally became best friends, often going horse racing and hunting together. Occasionally, Kang Xiaorong would also join in, which was what made Princess Tianning happiest.

Later they grew up slowly, and suddenly one day, Princess Tianning heard the news that Kang Xiaorong had already been engaged to another girl.

This news made Princess Tianning depressed for a long time, but she did not tell others about her sadness. At that time, even Kang Fangting did not know this little secret in her heart. When she was alone, Princess Tianning was always anxious and sad, but when she met Kang Xiaorong again, all the anxiety and sadness were swept away, and they talked and laughed like usual.

At that time, Kang Xiaorong's engagement seemed like just a vague statement rather than a real thing.

Gradually, Princess Tianning also forgot about the existence of the engagement. Later, when Kang Xiaorong brought Huarong to the racecourse for the first time and introduced her to Princess Tianning, she suddenly realized that the engagement did not exist, but she had deliberately ignored it.

Seeing Kang Xiaorong and Huarong chatting and laughing, Princess Tianning whipped her whip and left angrily.

It was not until then that the Kang siblings realized what Princess Tianning was thinking.

After that, the relationship between them became very delicate. Kang Xiaorong deliberately kept his distance from Princess Tianning, Kang Fangting did not dare to mention Hua Rong's name in front of Princess Tianning, and Hua Rong tried not to meet Princess Tianning.

The world of Kang Xiaorong and Princess Tianning, the world of Kang Xiaorong and Huarong, these two worlds are completely separate, without any intersection. Because of this, it has been peaceful for many years.

Just three years ago, the tragedy of the Xi family suddenly made Huarong face a crisis of life and death.

In the end, Princess Tianning, who didn't want to see Kang Xiaorong suffer and sorrow, saved the lives of the two beautiful sisters.

The princess who had always been willful would actually put aside her love rivalry and make a righteous choice at this critical juncture. It is no exaggeration to say that Princess Tianning's move was beyond the expectations of all those who knew about it.

Princess Tianning did not expect that Kang Xiaorong would fall in love with her, nor did she expect to get any reward from Huarong. She just followed her instinctive choice and made an instinctive decision. It can be regarded as another kind of willfulness.

After that, Hua Rong became a maidservant beside Princess Tian Ning. At this time, Princess Tian Ning really began to understand Hua Rong.

The more she understood, the more she felt that she was not as good as her, and the more lonely she felt. However, Princess Tianning did not bully Huarong by relying on her status. She treated Huarong equally, which made the Kang brothers and sisters, who were worried about Huarong at the beginning, feel relieved.

From these things, we can see that Princess Tianning is actually more mature and kinder than they imagined. Because of this, the relationship between Kang Xiaorong and Princess Tianning has always been very ambiguous.

Princess Tianning's consideration for Kang Xiaorong made it impossible for Kang Xiaorong to reject and hurt her cruelly.

Since it is impossible to refuse, there is only one way left - Huarong withdraws.

This idea had been slowly growing in Huarongyuemiao's mind, and now the Queen Mother's arrangement of marriage had really pushed things to this point.

Based on Princess Tianning's story, Ji Anni re-arranged the cause of this love triangle.

In the matter of love, you can't have the best of both worlds. You always have to give up one side to fulfill the other. Under this cruel rule, Princess Tianning, as a princess, should be invincible. But it is precisely because of this that she is more miserable.

If you get everything you desire easily, you will become more confused about what should belong to you and what should not belong to you but you have snatched it away.

Princess Tianning gradually calmed down as she recalled the happy and sad events of the past.

She no longer cried and shouted excitedly, but lowered her head and stared quietly at her toes, speaking slowly in a calm voice.

Ji Anni was just a listener and rarely interrupted. She could fully feel the princess's emotions from what she said. When she talked about happy things, Ji Anni would smile; when she talked about sad things, Ji Anni would frown. In fact, all Princess Tianning needed was a quiet space and someone who would listen to her quietly.

Maybe she didn't tell those past events to Ji Anni, but to herself, because only in this way could she get a little relief from the pain during this period.

Princess Tianning stayed in Ji Anni's room until noon and said everything she wanted to say.

Just at this time Hua Rong also came to deliver the meal. This was the first time Princess Tianning met Hua Rong after the marriage.

Huarong, who had greeted Yuemao outside the door, already knew that Princess Tianning was in the room, so she was very calm when she saw the princess and greeted her as usual. However, Huarong's appearance really scared Princess Tianning.

After seeing Hua Rong, Princess Tian Ning immediately stood up and said goodbye to Ji Anni, and fled in a hurry like a defeated soldier. Maybe it was because Princess Tian Ning always regarded herself as a bad person who took away someone's love, so she was ashamed to face Hua Rong, whose lover she had taken away.

However, Hua Rong seemed to not care at all, and her every move was the same as usual, which made Ji Anni worried that she couldn't find an opportunity to comfort her.

Hua Rong brought Ji Anni some latest news from the Concubine Palace, saying that the guards had given up looking for the missing Yan Niang. Now the East and West Concubine Palaces have new aunts in charge, who are the Yu and Yang aunts who were there when the training of Renhe Palace just started. After Yan Niang disappeared, they were transferred back to continue to take over their previous positions.

Ji Anni listened quietly without expressing any opinion. She only hoped that after Yan Niang left, the palace would return to peace.

Looking up at the Bagua pattern hanging on the window to ward off evil spirits, my heart is always weighed down by some ominous premonition.

That premonition seemed to remind Ji Anni that even though Yan Niang had left, the disaster in the palace predicted by Taoist Yuan Rong had not been eliminated.

Perhaps, Yan Niang is just a starting point, and the real prelude to the fox disaster is just about to begin.

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After Huarong left, Ji Anni was the only one left in the room. But this loneliness did not last long. Soon, Shui Furong came back. This time, he was in a very good position, as he was led in by the hand of the eunuch Lian.

The slow pace she walked was really somewhat like the style of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

After Eunuch Lian sent Shui Furong to the door, he congratulated her and bowed, as if he had really met the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Seeing this urgent situation, it is not difficult to guess that Shui Furong's operation was successful.

It seems that the emperor has not forgotten his original promise and really arranged an imperial physician in the Imperial Hospital who could detect Shui Furong's pregnancy, otherwise Shui Furong's trip would not have been so smooth. Now that the first step has been achieved, we only need to wait for the emperor's order to make her a concubine.

After watching Eunuch Lian leave, Shui Furong turned around with a smile and said to Ji Anni, "Xiao Zhao, how is it? Now I'm going to be a concubine." Then she pointed to her belly and said, "As a woman, you still have to show your strength here."

Ji Anni poked his temple and whispered, "You are still so happy, aren't you afraid of being exposed?"

As he said this, he pulled Shui Furong into the room, fearing that their conversation would be overheard by others.

"What am I afraid of? Anyway, I have the emperor's support." Shui Furong still said the same old words. She had long regarded the emperor as her indestructible shield.

"Then when will the emperor confer you the title of imperial concubine?" Ji Anni was concerned about why Shui Furong moved out.

"I don't know yet, but the emperor should have known that I'm pregnant. I think an imperial edict will be issued soon." Shui Furong said as she fixed her hair and clothes in front of the mirror.

Suddenly, he glanced upwards and saw a painting hanging on the wall.

Upon closer inspection, the painting turned out to be Ji Anni, whom he had painted not long ago.

"You, you, you... this, this, this..." Shui Furong was so anxious that she started to stutter. She pointed at Ji Anni, then at the painting on the wall, and her fingers and eyes went back and forth between Ji Anni and the wall for more than ten times.

"What's wrong?" Ji Anni asked ignorantly.

I don’t know what Shui Furong is so nervous about. Doesn’t he like showing his paintings in front of people?

In order to boost Shui Furong's self-confidence and show her appreciation for her talent, Ji Anni praised her loudly: "Furong, you are amazing. It's a pity to hide such a beautiful painting. Why not hang it on the wall? You can appreciate it every day when you look up..."

Before Ji Anni could finish her words, Shui Furong suddenly threw herself at the wall like crazy and tore down the painting in anger.