Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 422 Lie or Not

This sentence brought Ji Anni half happiness and half pain.

The sweetness and bitterness are mixed together, and it is hard to tell what the taste is.

Isn't it often said that we only realize the value of something when we are about to lose it, and we have the courage to keep it when it is about to leave, but we still want to cling to it when it is about to end, and finally we get deeper and deeper into it, with no chance of recovery.

"Yun Zhen, why do you let me see this little bit of hope... You know very well that when hope is shattered, I will be even more miserable and in pain..." Ji Anni murmured softly, and the sadness she felt when she watched Baogui Fei pass away resurfaced in her mind.

She told herself over and over again that Yun Zhen never belonged to her, in the past, present, and future... never belonged to her, but she could never resist the temptation from his casual words and actions.

It is the same now. At this moment, he can say these heart-touching words to me with deep affection, but when he calms down, he will calmly keep a distance from me.

If we just keep repeating this game of being close yet distant, far yet near...

Otherwise, it’s better to break off completely than to never see each other again.

Such thoughts kept coming to my mind, but I kept rejecting them.

After all, I still can't let him go...

After all, I still can't accept the love...

"At the execution ground, I gave up a chance to return to my original world for you. That was because I couldn't leave you behind. I didn't want to return to my original world and remember you with only your painful expression in my mind... Do I have to stay for the same reason now? Even if I stay... what am I?" Ji Anni lost herself again. In this world where Xue Lan and Long Mohan didn't recognize her, was there any need to stay?

"My queen, what do you want me to do to make you stay?" Yun Zhen could hear from Ji Anni's words that she was reluctant to leave. He was just a little bit away from keeping Ji Anni. But Yun Zhen couldn't take this last step.

"Don't you know?" Ji Anni smiled bitterly, staring into Yun Zhen's eyes that looked a little flustered and uneasy, "Yun Zhen...if you really want to keep me now, tell me a firm and irresistible reason."

I don't want to threaten him with my disappearance, but I really want to hear him admit my importance...

Even if it's not a vow like "I like you" or "I love you", just a sentence like "I need you" or "I don't want to leave you" is enough. But...

Looking at Yun Zhen's tightly closed lips, Ji Anni sighed slightly. She knew that he would not let her have her way, knew that he would not betray Baogui Fei in the slightest, and knew that he... would always be separated from her by an insurmountable gap.

"My queen, I can't promise you anything, because I can't forget Baoer..." Yun Zhen could gradually see Ji Anni's translucent body floating in the air. She didn't know if this was a sign that Ji Anni wanted to return.

Hearing the expected answer, Ji Anni was not too disappointed.

On the contrary, Yun Zhen's words made her more calm. She no longer forced Yun Zhen to keep her, but said: "I understand, Yun Zhen... I know you can't forget Baogui Fei, but can you separate a small space from your heart that is filled with Bao'er, which belongs to me? I don't want you to forget Baogui Fei, because the one I like... is the Yun Zhen who is deeply in love with Bao'er, the Yun Zhen who has always loved Baogui Fei and can't extricate himself... I never regret loving you like this..."

This plain sentence, because the person who said it was too serious, sounded full of infinite sorrow and sadness.

Yun Zhen closed his eyes in pain, unable to speak.

Ji Anni slowly approached Zhao Ji's body and reached out to touch the cold shell. Her fingertips were like a piece of smoke, unable to touch Zhao Ji at all. As soon as she touched, she immediately passed through. What should I do? I don't know how to return to Zhao Ji... Even if I hugged Zhao Ji with all my strength, I couldn't let my soul return to Zhao Ji's body.

"What should I do, Yun Zhen... I really can't seem to go back..." Ji Anni looked at Yun Zhen and smiled bitterly. At this moment, she felt so powerless.

Yun Zhen let go of Zhao Ji's hands, laid Zhao Ji's body flat on the bed and said, "Try again, Madam..."

Ji Anni lay where So Ji was, and let her transparent body overlap with So Ji. But the overlap was just an overlap, and the two could not be merged into one.

Ji Anni was a little anxious. She kept repeating the movements of lying down, sitting up, lying down, and sitting up, hoping that when she sat up again, she could see Zhao Ji's body sitting up with her.

But the reality is always disappointing. After trying more than ten times, Ji Anni finally gave up. She lay flat on the bed weakly, looking at the gauze curtain hanging from her head and said, "Yun Zhen... Is this the so-called will of heaven? It is the will of heaven that I cannot return to Zhao Ji's body, and it is the will of heaven that I disappear..."

"Empress." Yun Zhen's hand suddenly reached down and placed it on the back of Zhao Ji's hand.

Ji Anni's hand overlapped with Zhao Ji's hand, and Yun Zhen's hand on the back of Zhao Ji's hand was just like the hand on the back of Ji Anni's hand.

Ji Anni, who had no form, should have no sense of touch, but strangely, she could actually feel the warmth of Yun Zhen's palm at this moment.

Not knowing if it was her own sense of touch, Ji Anni lay on the bed blankly, not daring to move. She was afraid that if she moved even slightly, the touch and temperature she had worked so hard to feel would suddenly disappear.

"My queen, don't be anxious, don't give up..." Yun Zhen could vaguely see Ji Anni's translucent expression, "I like you... For me, stay, you can do it..."

"What? What did you say?" Ji Anni felt dazed and suspected that she was hallucinating.

Yun Zhen's "I like you" was mixed in with "Don't give up" and "You can do it" and didn't stand out at all, so it sounded a bit empty. Ji Anni couldn't believe it at all.

"I don't know if it's destiny, but I always seem to be entangled with the emperor's women..." Yun Zhen smiled bitterly and shook his head gently, his eyes moving from Ji Anni's face to the edge of the bed, "With Bao'er's previous experience, I should have repented, but... Madam, you made me make the same mistake again..."

"Yun Zhen, what did you just say? Can you say it again... Let me hear it clearly..." Ji Anni lay on the bed and dared not move. Yun Zhen's hand was like a nail, firmly nailing her to the bed, unable to move. On the back of her hand, the touch became clearer and clearer, and the temperature became more and more obvious, as if the hand had returned to Zhao Ji's body.

"My Lady, I like you and don't want to lose you..." Yun Zhen repeated it again. Excluding the preface and the postscript, only the most important few words were left, which made Ji Anni unable to doubt that there was something wrong with her ears.

"Fake! Fake! You must be lying to me!" Ji Anni's voice suddenly became sharp, mixed with a hint of crying, and she attacked Yun Zhen at a very fast speed.

"What do you want me to believe?" Yun Zhen's tone was very calm, not showing any panic when being questioned. He just slightly increased the strength of his hand and held Ji Anni tighter.

"I will never...never believe it..." Ji Anni closed her eyes and felt two lines of hot tears sliding down her face.

I don't know why I am so sure, I don't know why I try so hard to deny Yun Zhen's words. Isn't that the answer I have been dreaming of? Isn't that the long-cherished wish I have longed for? Maybe it's because all this happened too quickly, like a light lie, without any weight. Whether it is true or false, whether to believe it or not, Ji Anni, who is in confusion, can't tell it clearly.

At this time, Yun Zhen noticed that Zhao Ji's face was stained with tears, and subconsciously raised his hand to wipe them away for her.

Suddenly, Yun Zhen stopped moving and said excitedly, "My Lady, you're back?"

If not, how could Zhao Ji shed Ji Ani's tears?

Ji Anni could no longer hear Yun Zhen's voice, and she kept muttering, "I won't believe it, I won't believe it... You lied to me, you must have lied to me to get me to come back..."

When she raised her hand to wipe her tears, she lifted Zhao Ji's hand. When Zhao Ji's hand fell on her face, Ji Anni suddenly came to her senses and finally found that she had returned to Zhao Ji's body. Back? ! It was hard to tell whether she was surprised or happy, Ji Anni was suddenly stunned.

At this moment, the hand that was wiping tears from her face was suddenly held by Yun Zhen. The real touch made Ji Anni's mind go blank.

"That's great..." Yun Zhen's voice was a little choked up, and his face still had that familiar smile, but there was a little more touching in the smile, "My queen, you are finally back... I can finally hold your hand again..."

The emotion of regaining what was lost made Yun Zhen's expression look full of heartache.

Ji Anni was a little nervous and shy, and tried eagerly to pull her hand out of Yun Zhen's palm. But after trying several times, she found that she could not easily break free from Yun Zhen's strength. At this time, her heart felt even sweeter.

Yun Zhen’s words just now echoed softly in his ears, no longer as empty as before, as if they suddenly became real.

Maybe Yun Zhen really has a place of her own in her heart...

On the other hand, Prince Ming was taken back to the palace by Long Mohan and locked up.

Prince Ming was dissatisfied with Long Mohan's indifferent attitude towards Zhao Ji, and he became angry and shouted, "Father, why didn't you save mother? Don't you like mother anymore?"

As he said this, he grabbed Long Mohan's robe with one hand and started hitting Long Mohan's leg with the other hand.

He didn't have much strength, and the blow on Long Mohan didn't hurt at all, but it scared the eunuchs who were waiting on the side.

The eunuchs rushed forward, picked up Prince Ming, and begged with a sad face, "Prince, the Emperor cannot hit you," while pulling Prince Ming away from Long Mohan as quickly as possible.

"Father! Father!" Prince Ming was not obedient at all in the eunuch's arms. He struggled continuously, changing from his usual docile appearance like a little rabbit to a little tiger, almost knocking the eunuch who was holding him to the ground.

The noise of Prince Ming and the eunuchs' consoling voices echoed throughout the palace.

Long Mohan frowned in annoyance, raised his hand high, and said to the eunuch, "Let him go! All of you go down and serve outside."