Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 374: Good and Evil Are Hard to Distinguish

"Hey, hey..." Ji Anni shouted as she chased after him. She ran so fast that she almost stepped on the hem of her skirt and fell.

After Ji Anni steadied herself from the sway, she discovered that Princess Tianning had stopped in front of her and was standing upright and gracefully about five steps away from her.

Looking at Princess Tianning's graceful back, Ji Anni felt as if she saw another person... That's right, this momentum, this demeanor, how similar is it to Yan Niang back then? Could it be...

Ji Anni swallowed her saliva and was about to speak when she heard Princess Tianning ask first, "Concubine Zhao Cong, you deliberately sent Prince Ming away. Do you think this princess has something private to say to you?"

Princess Tianning said as she slowly turned around and stared at Ji Anni quietly. Her eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a mature charm that was inconsistent with her age.

Seeing this, Ji Anni felt that the Princess Tianning in front of her was more and more similar to the former Yan Niang. The sound of her heart beating violently could be heard clearly. Ji Anni pretended to be calm and replied: "I don't think you have anything private to say to me, but... you probably don't know that I saw Princess Tianning being tied up by the Anti-Imperialist Society in the woods outside the palace. If you are the princess, then who is the princess I saw?"

The aggressive words made Tian Ning speechless and his face turned pale. Tian Ning's gaze at Ji Anni suddenly added a bit of surprise and vigilance.

"How strange, how do you know..." Tian Ning did not refute, but murmured to herself in confusion. Such a reaction actually acquiesced to the existence of the real and fake Princess Tian Ning.

Even though Yan Niang's magic was powerful, she could never have expected that inside the imperial city, in the Ebony Escort Agency, there was a secret base of Tang Jinglan, a person from the future.

It was this secret base where Ji Anni accidentally saw an unexpected scene - she saw the real Princess Tianning.

Yan Niang did not delve into how Ji Anni knew that Zhen Tianning was captured by the Anti-Imperial Society, and instead asked: "Since Concubine Zhao Cong knows that there are two princesses, then we must judge who is real and who is fake. From what Concubine Zhao Cong said just now, it seems that she thinks... this princess is fake?"

She lowered her voice to an extremely low level, and her deliberately raised tone carried a strong sense of threat.

Although the other party was standing five steps away, Ji Anni always felt a sense of fear and oppression as if someone was holding a gun to her head. She opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.

Yan Niang slowly approached Ji Anni, her bewitching eyes staring straight at Ji Anni's pupils, as if she wanted to suck her into her eyes.

Feeling a powerful force approaching her, Ji Anni subconsciously took a half step back, clenched her fists and stared at the fake princess who was approaching step by step, and growled: "I don't care who you are, but what did you do to Tianning? Where is Tianning now?"

Rather than investigating the identity of the fake princess, Ji Anni was more worried about the whereabouts of the real princess.

Yan Niang covered her mouth and chuckled twice, and said with a half-sighing tone: "Concubine Zhao Cong, you really haven't changed."

This sentence actually hinted that this fake princess had known Ji Anni for a long time. Ji Anni felt a chill on her spine and asked cautiously, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Yan Niang smiled and said, "I said I was here to visit you, but it's absolutely true. Now that I see you can run and jump, roar and shout, I feel much more relieved. Since you don't welcome me very much, I will take my leave now."

After saying that, he turned around and tried to leave, but Ji Anni yelled, "Stop!"

I don't know where the courage came from, and I don't know where the confidence came from. Ji Anni looked at the back of the fake princess, choked up a few times in her throat, and asked with a trembling voice: "You, are you, are you... Yan Niang?"

The last word "Yanniang" was spoken in a very gentle voice, as inaudible as a mosquito's whisper, because Ji Anni herself did not dare to believe her own judgment, and could not believe that Yanniang actually returned to the palace as Princess Tianning. When Yanniang was injured by Taoist Yuan Rong, her demonic power was damaged and she could not break into the palace where magic tools were set. With her disappearance, the identity of Yanniang was also linked to death. At that time, Ji Anni had already predicted that if Yanniang wanted to return to the palace, she would have to change to another identity. However, Ji Anni could never have dreamed that Yanniang actually chose to become Princess Tianning.

After hearing Ji Anni reveal her identity, Yan Niang stood still without turning around or replying. Her body seemed to be stiffened by shock, and her expression was a little unnatural. However, Yan Niang quickly calmed down. She did not refute or explain, but turned back and smiled at Ji Anni. That smile seemed to praise Ji Anni's courage, but also seemed to mock Ji Anni's recklessness.

When Ji Anni was looked at by her, she suddenly felt cold all over and turned her head away quickly to avoid the coldness that was more terrifying than the sword energy.

Since the other party did not deny it, Ji Anni took it as a tacit agreement. If the other party was really Yan Niang, Ji Anni would not be as scared as before, because she was sure that Yan Niang would not hurt her. The reason was that she was still playing the role of Zhao Ji, and Zhao Ji was the descendant of Xue Lan, whom Yan Niang loyally protected. Thinking of this, Ji Anni breathed a sigh of relief. She buried her head and whispered with a hint of complaint: "Why didn't you say anything? I was right, you are Yan Niang... Taoist Yuan Rong's magic tools have been taken down these days, probably to make it easier for you to enter and exit the palace, but..."

Having said that, Ji Anni suddenly raised her head, glared at Yan Niang, and rushed to her room at lightning speed.

She was originally standing very close to the door, and she only trotted three or four steps to reach the door.

After a loud "bang", the half-closed door was pushed open by her palm.

This series of actions took only one second. Before Yan Niang could react to what Ji Anni was trying to do, she felt a beam of dazzling light shooting towards her.

Like a snowman suddenly exposed to the scorching sun, Yan Niang felt that her whole body was enveloped by a scorching heat. Her limbs and torso seemed to be melted, becoming weak and almost unable to stand.

Fortunately, Yan Niang raised a stream of true energy in time to protect herself, and barely overcame the discomfort in her body. After adapting a little, Yan Niang raised her eyes fiercely and glared at the object that almost exposed her true form.

It would have been better if she hadn't looked. When she looked, the true Qi that Yan Niang used to protect her body was suddenly dispersed by a terrible force. She was so frightened that she screamed, covered her forehead, and took three steps back before she finally stood firm.

After only taking three steps back, the terrifying force attacking Yan Niang weakened by seven or eight points. Yan Niang finally got a chance to catch her breath, re-gathered her internal strength, and stood up with her back straight.

"Zhao Congfei, you are so hateful..." Yan Niang glared at Ji Anni who was hiding in the room with resentment. She had no intention of hurting Ji Anni, but Ji Anni treated her as a monster and tried to defend herself.

In fact, Ji Anni was a bit innocent in this regard. She had not expected that the power of the Bagua pattern on her window was so strong that even Yan Niang did not dare to get close to it. Seeing Yan Niang covering her chest as if in great pain, Ji Anni was also a little worried and closed the door slightly so that the Bagua pattern on the window would not directly enter Yan Niang's eyes.

Ji Anni leaned against the door and said, "Although all the magic tools set up by Taoist Yuan Rong in the palace have been taken down, the Bagua on my window was hung by Yun Zhen's disciple Xuan Jizi, so it was lucky enough to survive. I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted to use this method to confirm whether you are Yan Niang..."

"So are you sure now?" Yan Niang snorted in anger. She stood outside the door, fearing the magic weapon on the window, and was too timid to approach.

Ji Anni didn't want to quarrel with Yanniang, but she couldn't face the criminal who used Princess Tianning to enter the palace calmly. As long as she thought of Princess Tianning still outside the palace, her life or death was uncertain, Ji Anni's tone became stiff. She questioned Yanniang: "Whether you returned to the palace to seek revenge on Taoist Yuan Rong or to kidnap me out of the palace again, you shouldn't hurt Tianning. Where is Tianning?"

Yan Niang didn't want to answer Ji Anni's questions. Faced with Ji Anni's endless entanglement, Yan Niang just snorted coldly as if it had nothing to do with her.

"Yanniang, I know you are not my enemy, and I don't want to be your enemy. But if Princess Tianning doesn't come back, I will never give up." Ji Anni was originally very afraid of Yanniang, but just now she found that Yanniang was almost injured by Bagua and almost collapsed to the ground, so she gradually became braver. She thought, in fact, Yanniang is not invincible. Didn't Yun Zhen and Taoist Yuan Rong seriously injure Yanniang before?

Yanniang didn't want to answer the whereabouts of Princess Tianning, so she deliberately beat around the bush and said, "Isn't Tianning standing in front of you? Concubine Zhao Cong, you don't have to worry about Princess Tianning so much, because soon, Princess Tianning will completely disappear from this world. The name of Princess Tianning will soon be forgotten by everyone, so you should forget about her as soon as possible."

"What? What did you say!" Ji Anni could no longer remain calm and her voice rose several degrees uncontrollably.

What she feared most now were words like "disappear" and "forgotten", but Yan Niang insisted on using these terrible words to stimulate her, making her want to rush out of the palace immediately to look for Tian Ning's trace.

Yan Niang said, "Concubine Zhao Cong, you will know the true identity of Princess Tianning in a short time. She is not the child of the late emperor, and she is not a princess at all. She carries a sinful life and has unfaithful blood flowing in her veins. She is destined to pay the price and be punished. And this punishment is very likely to be her life. Whether you believe it or not, I have to tell you. I moved her out of the palace not to harm her, but to save her life. Otherwise, when her life story comes to light, everything will be too late..."