Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 220: Mystery in the Box

At the same time, outside the palace, Yun Zhen raised his head.

Just now, he seemed to hear Ji Annie's lonely and helpless cry for help.

"Yun Zhen?" Liu Guang, who was standing opposite Yun Zhen, waved his hand in front of his eyes and asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"

"I suddenly heard Zhao Ji's voice just now..." Yun Zhen looked up at the sky.

The sky was azure blue, without a single cloud. The view should have been clear, but it was that pure blue that made me feel dizzy the more I looked at it, as if I was sinking into it. Just like many things in this world, if you see them too clearly, you can't see them clearly.

"Are you missing Zhao Ji so much that you are having auditory hallucinations?" Liu Guang joked with him.

Liu Mansion is three streets away from the Imperial Palace, and it is impossible to hear Zhao Ji's voice here.

"I hope nothing happened to her in the palace..." Yun Zhen sighed worriedly. His chest tightened for no reason, and a certain ominous premonition always loomed in his heart. He always felt that... something seemed to have happened in the palace, around Zhao Ji.

Seeing Yun Zhen frowning, Liu Guang leaned over and asked worriedly, "Yun Zhen, I think you must be hiding something from me."

Yun Zhen smiled, pushed Liu Guang's forehead away and said, "What can I hide from you?"

Liuguang asked perceptively, "Yunzhen, tell me the truth, is there any secret between you and Zhaoji?"

I didn't expect that this man who usually looked wild and uninhibited actually had a delicate side. But Yun Zhen didn't want him to get involved, so he deliberately laughed off his worries as nonsense.

"Yun Zhen, aren't we good friends who can talk about anything?" Liu Guang decided to "move him with emotion" and gazed at Yun Zhen affectionately, forcing him to confess. Because his eyes really looked like an abandoned dog on the roadside, Yun Zhen actually laughed.

"Don't laugh, I'm serious!" The more he explained, the more it sounded like a joke.

"Okay, I know you are serious, and I am also serious about telling you that there is no secret between Soji and I."

"Well... since you don't admit it, forget it." Since Yun Zhen is tight-lipped, further questioning will not yield any results, so just give up.

It was better if he didn't ask, and Yun Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment Liuguang suddenly sighed like a poet: "Yunzhen, Yunzhen, why are you always entangled with women who are destined not to belong to you..." First it was Baoer, and now it's Zhaoji, each of them is the emperor's woman, a married woman.

His unintentional words of emotion once again aroused Yun Zhen's longing for Baoer.

Baoer's departure seemed to have completely taken Yun Zhen's heart away.

Now that the topic has come to the issue of the palace, Liuguang can't help but think of the choice that the Queen Mother left for Yun Zhen.

"Yun Zhen, today is the deadline, you...really want...to..."

There was nothing more to say after this, but Yun Zhen’s calm and composed expression had already given Liuguang the answer.

Since Yun Zhen has already made up his mind that cannot be shaken, no persuasion will be of any use.

"Yun Zhen, if you really choose to go back to the palace this time, Uncle Yang will definitely sever the father-son relationship with you." Liu Guang couldn't bear to watch things come to this point, but Yun Zhen and Yang Jingtian were both stubborn people, and neither of them would bow their heads and give in.

When Yang Jingtian was mentioned, Yun Zhen's face darkened. He replied coldly, "He said the same thing ten years ago."

Ten years ago, when Yun Zhen followed Bao Er into the palace, Yang Jingtian threatened to sever the father-son relationship. In the past ten years, Yun Zhen had almost no contact with his family. Now no one calls Yun Zhen by his real name anymore, as if everyone has forgotten that he is from the Yang family.

Since the relationship between the two parties has reached such a deadlock, it seems that there is no substantial difference whether the father-son relationship is severed or not.

Liuguang advised: "Yunzhen, Uncle Yang only has you as his son... You should also think about him..."

If Yun Zhen were to enter the palace after being castrated, the Yang family would have no descendants.

Yun Zhen stood up suddenly and said ruthlessly: "Ever since my mother died, I no longer consider him my father."

After saying this, he left without looking back.

Liuguang stroked his forehead and sighed behind him, then slapped himself hard on the mouth.

He clearly wanted to persuade Yun Zhen to turn back, but who knew that he was only adding fuel to the fire.

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Palace, dinner time.

Ji Anni looked gloomy and had no appetite. She only touched a little of each dish and then stopped eating.

Huarong saw that she was hiding something in her heart and asked with concern, "My Lady, what's wrong?"

"You won't understand even if I tell you..." Ji Anni bit her chopsticks, having no appetite at all, her mind full of thoughts about foxes.

"If your majesty doesn't tell me, how can you know that I don't understand?"

The tone of this sentence was aggressive, as if Hua Rong had already guessed what was bothering Ji Anni, but unfortunately she guessed wrong.

"My lady, are you thinking about the Imperial Master? If it is related to the Imperial Master, I did ask around a little bit..."

Having said that, he deliberately stopped talking, staring at Ji Anni's expression with his deep eyes.

Only then did Ji Anni suddenly remember that today was the deadline for Yun Zhen to reply to the Queen Mother.

Judging from Hua Rong's attitude, it seems that she has already inquired about Izumo Zhen's answer to the Queen Mother.

Ji Anni hurriedly asked, "What happened to Yun Zhen?"

In contrast to Ji Anni's hurried tone, Hua Rong's answer seemed very slow, and she said calmly: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Master refused."

"Reject?" Ji Anni's ears suddenly exploded. Even though this was an expected answer, it still shocked her greatly.

At this moment, no matter whether the answer was yes or no, it would bring the same blow to Ji Anni.

Hua Rong continued, "Your Majesty, the affair between the Imperial Master and Concubine Baogui has been exposed to the world. Since the Imperial Master entered the palace for Concubine Baogui ten years ago, now that Concubine Baogui is dead, what reason does the Imperial Master have to stay in the palace?"

"Yes, yes..." Ji Anni murmured to herself, looking dazed.

After Concubine Baogui left, what reason did Yun Zhen have to stay in the palace?

When her last hope was dashed, Ji Anni became more open-minded and accepted the reality silently.

In the quiet room, only Hua Rong's voice was heard slowly: "Your Majesty, you can think about it the other way around. If the Imperial Master is willing to purify himself to stay in the palace, isn't it very suspicious? It's like announcing to the Queen Mother that there are still some concerns in the palace. Maybe the Queen Mother is deliberately testing the Imperial Master to see if he has any other purpose."

Ji Anni could no longer listen to Hua Rong's words and stared blankly at the wall in front of her.

For Yun Zhen's health, Ji Anni didn't want him to enter the palace again. However, she couldn't help but feel deeply sad when she thought that she would never see Yun Zhen again. After all, Yun Zhen was the only one who knew her true identity. If even this person gave up and left, then in this vast world, she would really have no one to rely on...

Hua Rong saw that Ji Anni looked sad and was about to comfort her when there was a knock on the door.

The door was ajar. Ji Anni looked up and saw an unfamiliar little palace maid standing by the door.

Ji Anni had just entered the palace and didn't know many maids. Fortunately, Hua Rong had more connections than Ji Anni. She recognized the maid and asked, "What's wrong?"

At this time, the little palace maid held up a small wooden box that was two inches square and said, "Just now, someone from Liu Mansion came to the palace and said that the queen left something behind when she stayed at Liu Mansion the night. They returned it." It seemed that the returned item was in that small wooden box.

Hua Rong took the wooden box, sent the palace maid away, and stared at the wooden box suspiciously for a long time.

If Zhao Ji really left something in Liu Mansion, why did it take so long to deliver it? The more I thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed.

"My queen, what did you drop?" Hua Rong asked with ulterior motives.

Ji Anni shook her head in confusion, staring at the wooden box in Huarong's hand. She didn't remember what she had dropped.

Hua Rong put the wooden box on the table, waiting for Ji Anni to deal with it. Ji Anni didn't react for a long time, just staring at the wooden box.

"Empress, don't you want to open it and take a look?" Hua Rong urged.

Ji Anni knew that Hua Rong wanted to wait and see what was inside. Well, let's see, who is afraid of who?

So he opened the wooden box. Before he could see what was inside the box, he smelled a fragrance.

Ji Anni knew nothing about incense, but Huarong beside her murmured thoughtfully, "...It's Yunxiang."

The word "Yun" in "Yunxiang" seems to vaguely contain a hint of "Yunzhen".

Not only Hua Rong, but even Ji Anni realized that this wooden box was not sent by Liu Mansion, but by Yun Zhen.