Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 196: Privileged Class

Although the place Shui Furong went to was very strange, it was not completely unrelated. Both Xian Palace and Li Palace seemed to have something to do with the palace case three years ago. It seemed that her purpose of entering the palace this time was indeed to deal with the strange death of her sister three years ago.

With the tragedy of the Xi family happening before, is Shui Furong really not afraid of the Queen Mother’s revenge?

Ji Anni and Yizhen chatted about all sorts of things for a while, and suddenly they heard footsteps outside the house.

Ji Anni curiously opened the window and looked outside, only to find that it was the palace maids who brought lunch to the concubines.

Each palace maid held a wooden tray in her hand, and they went into their respective queen's rooms.

Ji Anni discovered an interesting phenomenon. Two palace maids were always walking together and stopped outside the door of the same room. Huh? Who has such a good appetite that he can eat two portions of food by himself? And more importantly, he actually took up two palace maids' food...

Looking more closely, I realized that the place where the two palace maids stopped was right outside Shui Furong's door.

Ji Anni didn't think much about it, she just sighed and said, "This Concubine Shui really thinks this is her governor's mansion? She is really a privileged class... She is not afraid of being an eyesore..."

The more she watched, the more bored she became, so she simply stopped watching. Ji Anni closed the window and sat down next to Yizhen again.

At this moment, Yizhen's expression suddenly became a little strange. She hurriedly urged Ji Anni, "Xiao Zhao, you go back first. I will come to find you after dinner."

After saying that, he pulled Ji Anni up from her seat and pretended to push her out the door.

Ji Anni felt a little strange and wondered why Yizhen, such a good-tempered person, would drive her away?

Even though it's dinner time now, there's nothing wrong with eating together, right?

Yizhen panicked and tried to drive herself away, as if she was deliberately trying to hide something...

Seeing that she was about to be pushed out by Yizhen, Ji Anni suddenly realized what was going on and grabbed Yizhen tightly and said, "Yizhen, why didn't the palace maid bring you food?"

The palace maids who delivered the meals had left the concubine's palace one after another, but no one came to knock on Yizhen's door.

Wasn't there a palace maid to bring food to Yizhen? What was going on?

The more Ji Anni thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. After seeing Yizhen's sad and helpless expression, she became more certain of her guess and asked in a deep voice, "Yizhen, tell me the truth, where is your maid? Why didn't she come to bring you food?"

Yizhen said, "Maybe I'm late. It's okay. I can go to the imperial kitchen and get it myself."

"What? Go get it yourself? Why?" Ji Anni raised her voice, always feeling that Yizhen was hiding something from her.

"Xiao Zhao, you go back first." Yizhen opened the door and pushed Ji Anni to the outside.

Ji Anni refused to leave and stood at the doorway, asking, "Yizhen, tell me the truth. What's going on? If you don't explain it clearly today, I will stand here and not leave."

Yizhen knew that Ji Anni was a person who would keep her word. If she didn't tell her the truth, she was afraid that she would keep pestering her.

"Xiao Zhao, please don't ask anymore..." Yizhen sighed deeply, as if she had something to hide.

"Yizhen, even if you don't say anything, I can guess what's going on..."

Ji Anni's tone suddenly turned cold, and she turned and rushed towards Shui Furong's door regardless of Yizhen's attempts to stop her.

At this time, the two palace maids who had served meal to Shui Furong just came out of the room.

Ji Anni pointed at them, rushed over, and shouted like a police officer arresting a criminal: "Stop!"

The two young palace maids were both timid and fearful. They knew that Ji Anni was the empress. After being yelled at, they were so scared that they trembled all over as if they had committed a heinous crime and dared not even utter a word.

"Xiao Zhao! Xiao Zhao!" Yizhen was also very afraid of things. Seeing Ji Anni rushing towards the palace maid, she quickly followed her.

But she could never outrun Ji Anni. Ji Anni seemed to have used the "Shadow-shifting Technique" and instantly appeared in front of the two young palace maids, leaving Yizhen far behind.

"Don't leave, you two. I have something to ask you." Ji Anni blocked the two palace maids' retreat.

Seeing the two little palace maids shaking like sieves, Ji Anni felt uncomfortable as well. She felt as if she had done something bad and a strong sense of guilt arose.

Not wanting to be the bad guy, she softened her tone and asked softly, "In such a big palace, why is it that only Concubine Shui needs two maids to serve her? Who asked you two to bring her food?"

Although Ji Anni had softened her voice, the two young palace maids were still too frightened to speak.

"Forget it, forget it..." Ji Anni was too lazy to waste time waiting, so she simply changed the way she asked and asked in a more direct way, "Then let me ask you, where did Concubine Su Congfei's maid go? Why didn't I see any trace of her?"

At this moment, a young palace maid suddenly wiped her eyes and shrugged her shoulders a few times, as if she had been crying.

Ji Anni was startled, not knowing what she had done to offend her, and hurriedly said, "What's wrong? Stop crying and talk properly. I didn't scold you, I was just asking..."

"Xiao Zhao, stop asking, let's go back." Yizhen, who finally caught up, hurriedly pulled Ji Anni back.

They were now standing outside Shui Furong's door. Yizhen was afraid that Ji Anni's voice would wake Shui Furong up, so she had to pull Ji Anni away from this high-risk area as quickly as possible.

Unexpectedly, I was still a step too late. With a creaky sound, the door opened.

Then a proud female voice was heard: "What are you arguing about? Are you going to let people eat?"

Shui Furong deliberately inserted herself between Ji Anni and the two palace maids, like a mother bird protecting her chicks, and protected the two little palace maids behind her. Her actions made Ji Anni feel more and more like a bad person, and she was so angry that she stared.

"You guys go back first." Shui Furong sent the two young palace maids away with just one sentence.

"Wait! Wait!" The more Ji Anni shouted, the faster the two little palace maids ran away, and later they even started jogging.

Ji Anni couldn't stop them, so she had to turn her attention to Shui Furong and asked, "Shui Concubine, I want to ask you clearly, why do you have two maids? We are all concubines, and it is stipulated that we can only have one maid by our side. What privileges are you seeking here? - Where is Yizhen's maid?"

This last sentence clearly indicated suspicion about Shui Furong's extra palace maid, who was originally supposed to serve Yizhen.

Shui Furong glanced at Ji Anni and retorted, "Humph, didn't you bring two palace maids with you? What right do you have to say that to me? Do you really think of yourself as the queen? Alas, it's a pity... I was demoted back after just two days as an imperial concubine..."

After saying that, he sneered, not bothering to pay attention to Ji Anni, and turned back to his room.

Ji Anni was determined to make her point clear, so she stopped her and said, "Die'er will only help for one day and will leave tomorrow, so don't use me as an excuse. Today I just want to ask you, where is Yizhen's maid?"

Shui Furong did not answer, but just exchanged glances with Ji Anni.

Yizhen tried her best to pull Ji Anni back, and kept persuading her, "Xiao Zhao, forget it... forget it..."

Ji Anni pushed Yizhen away and continued, "Shui Congfei, you must take responsibility for your actions. What are you hiding in your tortoise shell for?"

This sentence angered Shui Furong. She glanced at Ji Anni, her mouth twitched, and raised her voice and said, "I'll tell you the truth. I just robbed Concubine Su Congfei's maid, so what?"