Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 289: Sending You Away

After seeing Prince Ming finish the whole bowl of porridge, Yun Zhen completed his mission and said goodbye.

From the moment he turned around to the moment he walked out the door, Ji Anni's eyes followed him closely.

Ji Anni had a lot of questions in her mind, but Yun Zhen came and went in a hurry, so Ji Anni couldn't find a chance to speak. Seeing Yun Zhen's back disappearing in front of her, Ji Anni got excited and didn't care about anything else. She said to Long Mohan, "Your Majesty, I will see the Imperial Master off," and then chased after him without looking back.

"Zhao Ji?" Before Long Mohan could react, Ji Anni had disappeared.

Long Mohan stood up subconsciously and looked in the direction where Ji Anni was chasing, undecided whether to chase her or not. At this time, Concubine An, who had just put down the porridge bowl, said a few words to Long Mohan again, worrying about Prince Ming's health. After Long Mohan dealt with her, it was too late to chase Ji Anni, so he had to sit back in front of Prince Ming's bed.

"Father..." Prince Ming saw Long Mohan frowning in deep thought, as if he had a lot of worries, so he called him softly with concern.

Long Mohan smiled at him, but this forced smile made Prince Ming even more worried.

"Father...I will definitely eat well in the future, you don't have to worry about me..."

The words of a child were like a hot spring, instantly warming Long Mohan's desolate heart. After returning to the palace, he was isolated and helpless, and he wanted to turn things around but was powerless. In addition, there were demons rampant in the palace recently, and his wife and children were injured one after another. These troubles brought him infinite melancholy, but after listening to Prince Ming's words, all his troubles disappeared, and warm spring seemed to appear in front of his eyes again.

The ordinary happiness in the Qi Palace in the past seemed to have returned...

If we can still enjoy the family life of three like in the past, it doesn't matter whether we become king or not.

Ever since returning to the Tianyou Holy Dynasty, Long Mohan has always been uneasy, with an ominous premonition tightly entangling him.

Especially in recent days, he has been having the same nightmare over and over again.

In the dream, Zhao Ji and Prince Ming were taken away by the fox demon, leaving him alone, shouting helplessly in the darkness.

Even though they shouted till they were hoarse, even though they were heartbroken, Zhao Ji and Prince Ming did not turn around to look at him again...

Every time I wake up from a dream, I break out in a cold sweat.

He didn't know what was wrong with him. Was he also invaded by evil spirit and possessed?

"Your Majesty..." Concubine An beside him saw that Long Mohan's face had turned blue and there was some cold sweat on his forehead, so she took out a handkerchief and wiped it for him.

Obviously, it was a good intention, but Long Mohan was deeply immersed in the memory of the dream. When touched by Concubine An's fingertips, he subconsciously slapped her away. Concubine An took three steps back and almost fell on the bed.

Long Mohan hurriedly stood up and helped her up, saying guiltily: "I'm sorry... I was just startled just now, I didn't mean to hurt you..."

It would have been better if he didn't apologize. After he apologized, Concubine An felt even more heartbroken.

"If it was Zhao Ji... you wouldn't have pushed her away..." Concubine An suddenly raised her eyes, her eyes misty. It was because she was pushed away unconsciously by Long Mohan that Concubine An felt that Long Mohan's rejection of her was deep in her bones.

Seeing Concubine An looking so pitiful and hurt made Long Mohan feel like a bad guy.

At this time, Prince Ming was still in the room. Although he did not say anything, the two surprised and suspicious gazes made Long Mohan feel pain all over.

The five-year-old Prince Ming probably didn't quite understand what the harem was, what the emperor's family was, and the four palaces and eight courtyards were.

But at this moment, he already vaguely felt that his father was no longer just his...

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On the other hand, after hearing Ji Anni's shout, Yun Zhen stopped and turned to look back.

Ji Anni chased to Yun Zhen, touched her chest, and asked breathlessly: "Yun Zhen... are you, are your wounds healed?"

From the outside, Yun Zhen looked as if he had never been injured, but Ji Anni suspected that Yun Zhen was hiding the wound on purpose.

Yun Zhen smiled faintly, bowed to Ji Anni, and thanked her, "I'm sorry to have worried you, your Highness. Those minor injuries have already healed."

"Minor injury? What minor injury? If it were someone else, they would probably still be lying on the hospital bed groaning." Ji Annie couldn't help but curl her lips. She clearly remembered that night that Yun Zhen was bleeding like a faucet that was not turned off, and he dared to say it was a minor injury.

"As for your own wound, has it healed?" He lowered his head to look at Ji Annie's ankle.

Ji Anni deliberately lifted her skirt and raised the injured foot a little so that Yun Zhen could see it clearly.

Yun Zhen didn't need to look at her feet. Just by looking at Ji Anni's lively appearance, he knew that her foot injury was no longer a problem.

"My queen, be careful recently, maybe the fox demon will come back..." At this time, Yun Zhen lowered his voice and warned, "I heard that Yan Niang has not returned to the palace yet, and everyone in the palace thought she was missing... I guess she was injured in the vital parts by Taoist Yuan Rong that night, so she is hiding somewhere in the woods to recuperate. I searched in the woods for a whole day yesterday and didn't feel her demonic aura. But as long as she is still alive, she will definitely come back to the palace to find you. You must be more careful and don't let her take her away again."

"I know, I will be extra careful." Ji Anni also lowered her voice. Now in the palace, only she and Yun Zhen knew Yan Niang's true identity, so they were extra careful when discussing Yan Niang.

No... not only the two of them, maybe the Queen Mother also knows Yanniang's secret...

"Isn't the Queen Mother worried about Yan Niang's disappearance?" Ji Anni regretted asking the question as soon as she asked it. The Queen Mother is already worried about Princess Tianning, so how can she have the time to worry about Yan Niang?

At the same time, the news that the Queen Mother has recruited Kang Xiaorong as her consort and will soon marry the princess and him is spreading inside and outside the palace walls at a speed faster than the spread of the cold virus - but it has not yet reached the ears of Ji Anni and Yun Zhen.

The Queen Mother, who had to worry about Princess Tianning's injuries and arrange her wedding, had probably forgotten all about Yan Niang, right?

"Your Majesty, Yun Zhen is taking his leave." After Yun Zhen said everything that needed to be said, he prepared to leave.

"I...I'll give you a ride..." Seeing Yun Zhen was about to leave, Ji Anni followed closely.

She followed so closely, like a child pestering an adult to buy candy.

Yun Zhen couldn't help but laugh and reminded her, "My queen, don't forget the queen mother's house arrest order."

Ji Anni was able to come to the East Palace to visit Prince Ming, all thanks to the emperor. Now the emperor is still in the room, but Ji Anni is walking around everywhere, which is a bit unreasonable.

"I'll only take you a short distance, and I'll be back soon..." Ji Anni was afraid of being rejected by Yun Zhen, so she subconsciously took another half step forward, pushing Yun Zhen closer, and stammered, "I... I have something else to ask you..."

Judging from Ji Anni's hesitant look, it seemed that she felt that this yard was too crowded and not a good place to talk.

The Emperor and Concubine An were in a room not far away and could come out at any time.

Yun Zhen thought about it and nodded, "Then let's change places."

Because Ji Anni was still under house arrest, she didn't dare to go too far. They walked out of the small courtyard side by side, but did not leave the East Palace, but walked to a quieter corner.

This corner is surrounded by high walls on both sides and a green lawn behind it. If someone approaches, they can see them from twenty or thirty steps away, so there is no need to worry about their conversation being heard by others.

After choosing a good position for the conversation, Yun Zhen was the first to ask, "My Lady, what do you want to ask?"

Yun Zhen went straight to the point and got straight to the point, just because he didn't want to waste time.

Since Yun Zhen asked directly, Ji Anni couldn't hesitate. She took a deep breath and asked with determination: "Yun Zhen...you must answer me honestly, what is the string of beads you just gave to Prince Ming used for?"

Yun Zhen just told the emperor that the string of black beads was used to ward off evil spirits and exorcise ghosts, but Prince Ming himself was a little fox demon, and carrying a magical instrument to ward off evil spirits and exorcise ghosts would only lead to his own destruction, wouldn't it? So those words were said by Yun Zhen to deceive the emperor and Concubine An.

"What exactly does the queen want to say?" Yun Zhen did not answer directly, but asked Ji Anni's real intention, because he heard that Ji Anni was hiding something in her words. And those hidden words were the key to what Ji Anni really wanted to ask.

Ji Anni said: "Prince Ming is originally a fox demon, so the necklace is not used to drive away the demonic energy, but to suppress it, right? The reason why Prince Ming has anorexia is because he was affected by the fox beads in the demon-suppressing temple, and his body has undergone abnormal changes. And the necklace you gave Prince Ming is a magic weapon used to help Prince Ming suppress the awakening of the demonic energy in his body, right?"

After listening to Ji Anni's speculation quietly, Yun Zhen admitted without any excuse: "Yes."

Ji Anni already knew the identity of Prince Ming, so there was no need to hide the true purpose of the black bead from her.

Yun Zhen asked in confusion: "But what's the problem?"

"There is a problem, of course there is a problem!" Ji Anni suddenly became excited, staring at Yun Zhen and asked, "Yun Zhen, why do you have a magic weapon that can suppress evil spirits?"

The necklace that Yun Zhen gave to Prince Ming was not taken from somewhere else, but was taken off from Yun Zhen herself.

In fact, Ji Anni had already noticed the string of black beads on Yun Zhen's neck. She had seen Yun Zhen wearing them before.

However, Yun Zhen had quite a lot of small accessories on his body, so Ji Annie didn't pay much attention to them.

Just now, when Yun Zhen took off the necklace from her neck and gave it to Prince Ming, Ji Annie suddenly realized: the ornaments on Yun Zhen's body were not just ornaments, they were all magical weapons infused with some kind of power.

What Ji Anni couldn't believe was that the power of the black bead could suppress the evil spirit.

Suppressing evil spirits? They would carry instruments that could suppress evil spirits with them...

What else could it be besides a monster?