Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 136: The Sorrow of the Dragon Son

"Dragon fetus?" Ji Annie was so frightened that her mind went blank. She even doubted whether she had not woken up yet and whether this was still a dream.

I pinched my fingertips subconsciously, and the sharp pain quickly traveled along the nerves to my brain.

It hurts, it’s not a dream... So, is Concubine Baogui really pregnant with the Emperor’s child?

sky……

Apart from this word, Ji Anni didn't know how to express her shock.

Although she had only met the emperor twice, she intuitively believed that the emperor should be a man of affection and righteousness. He was gentle and considerate to Zhao Ji, and was also very gentlemanly. Even when she, as a concubine, refused to sleep with him, he agreed and gave her a golden medal of immunity from death. Therefore, in Ji Anni's heart, she had already turned the emperor into a friendly party.

But now, I suddenly heard the news that Concubine Baogui was pregnant...

Well, although he is the emperor, and although the women in the harem are prepared for him, it is his freedom to favor any woman, but... Baogui Concubine is different. Baogui Concubine is the concubine of the previous emperor. It is unreasonable to keep Baogui Concubine in the palace, and now there is news that Baogui Concubine is pregnant... I really don't know whether to be happy or sad.

Is this a happy event or a scandal? Ji Anni couldn't judge, but she was worried about Yun Zhen.

"Huarong, does Yunzhen know about this?" Ji Anni held Huarong's hand with her brows lowered.

She remembered what she had said to Yun Zhen last night, that she would plead with the Emperor to release Concubine Baogui and Yun Zhen from the palace after she was released from prison. But she had just been released from the dungeon and had not yet returned to the right courtyard when she heard from Hua Rong that Concubine Baogui was pregnant. Now, she knew without even asking for mercy that the Emperor would never release Concubine Baogui from the palace.

Hua Rong said, "The news of Concubine Baogui's pregnancy was only spread in the palace yesterday evening. At that time, the Imperial Master seemed to be in the dungeon, accompanying you, Your Majesty. He then stayed in the dungeon all night and just said goodbye to Your Majesty, so I guess... the Imperial Master probably doesn't know about Concubine Baogui yet. But now the news has spread in the palace, and I believe it will reach the Imperial Master's ears within half an hour. Your Majesty, you should not worry about the Imperial Master, but worry about yourself. Although the Queen Mother agreed to release Your Majesty from prison, she asked Your Majesty to submit a three-page letter of repentance, saying that if Your Majesty does not hand it in before dark, she will issue another punishment."

"Confession?" Ji Anni felt a headache when she heard it. She thought that the glorious tradition of writing self-criticism was still preserved in this different time and space.

Her mind was in a mess, and her heart was like a pot of fire. She was anxious and worried, and she wanted to rush to the West Palace to see Baogui Concubine immediately, and forget about writing the self-criticism.

Seeing Ji Anni turning around and rushing towards the West Palace, Hua Rong hurriedly stopped her and said, "Your Highness, let's not talk about what happened to Concubine Baogui for now. The most important thing now is to deal with the confession ordered by the Queen Mother. Your Highness, if it weren't for Princess Tianning's plea this time, you would have been beaten. Now that you have finally been released from prison, if you make the Queen Mother angry again, the consequences will be disastrous."

Huarong's words were reasonable and her expression was serious. After speaking, Ji Anni finally calmed down. She shifted her gaze to look at Die'er, who was also looking at her with a worried look. The concerned and worried look seemed to be persuading Ji Anni to go back to the right courtyard and write a letter of repentance first.

Seeing this, Ji Anni didn't want to embarrass them. Even though she was worried about the situation with Concubine Baogui, she had to suppress her nervousness and said to Huarong and Die'er, "Okay, I understand. I will write a letter of repentance first, and then go to the West Palace."

***

Ji Anni has only picked up a pen twice since she entered the palace. Once was when she stayed up late to draw playing cards, and once was now.

A confession... A confession...

Ji Anni bit the pen, her mind went blank, and she couldn't write a single word. No matter how she forced herself to calm down, the faces of Baogui Concubine, Yun Zhen, the Emperor, and the Queen Mother kept appearing in her mind. Such a big thing happened in the palace, and not only could she not care about Baogui Concubine's situation, but she was also suffocated in the room by the three pages of the confession. She was so anxious and depressed that she wanted to crumple the paper.

On the side, Huarong and Dier looked calm, in stark contrast to Ji Anni's agitation. One of them was grinding ink, the other was arranging papers, serving diligently.

A quarter of an hour had passed, and Ji Anni was unable to write even a single drop of ink on the blank paper.

"Hua Rong, how should I write a letter of repentance?" Ji Anni was so stifled that she couldn't put pen to paper. Suddenly she remembered that Hua Rong's father seemed to be a university scholar. As the saying goes, a good father will have a good son. Since his father is so talented, Hua Rong should also be talented in writing. Not to mention a mere letter of repentance, even if it was to write a poem or a lyric, she would definitely be able to do it easily.

Hua Rong didn't seem to want to help Ji Anni, and only said, "Your Highness, what the Queen Mother wants to see is not a fancy and flashy confession, but the repentance of your true self after you realize your mistakes. As long as you really want to write, there is no reason why you can't write it. Hua Rong is not the Queen, and can't guess your clever mind. If I presumptuously write for you, I'm afraid that the writing will not be as good as I want, and there will be omissions everywhere, so the Queen Mother will recognize it at a glance."

"Oh, forget it, I can't argue with you." Ji Anni waved her hand and gave up the idea of ​​asking Hua Rong to come out. She wrote with a big brush, leaving two lines of thick ink on the paper, and read as she wrote: "Confession... To the Queen Mother, colon..."

Unfortunately, I got stuck again just after writing this.

"Hua Rong, help me..." Ji Anni wailed, and even felt like crying. She lay weakly on the table and said dejected words, "I might as well cry three basins of tears and show them to the Queen Mother. This will definitely prove my repentance better than writing three pages of repentance."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. We still have an entire afternoon. Just take your time and write." Huarong consoled in a relaxed tone.

"Ah..." Ji Anni lay on the table unable to straighten her back. She somehow remembered the fact that Concubine Baogui was pregnant again, and said unintentionally, "If Concubine Baogui gives birth to a prince, then he would be Prince Ming's younger brother, that is, the second prince. The emperor and the queen mother agreed to establish the queen this autumn, and there are less than three months left. Although it is not known whether Concubine Baogui is pregnant with a prince or a princess when she is established, she is pregnant at this time... Doesn't the possibility of her ascending to the throne increase?"

Ji Anni was probably talking to herself, but she didn't expect to hear Hua Rong's answer: "Your Majesty, I dare not say that. Because of the special status of Concubine Baogui, if she becomes the queen, it will definitely cause a lot of complaints from the old officials of the central government."

Although Hua Rong did not explain it clearly, Ji Anni could tell that the words "special status" referred to the fact that Guibao Concubine served the late emperor.

Ji Anni frowned and asked, "Hua Rong, do you think it's a good thing or a bad thing that Concubine Baogui is pregnant with a dragon fetus?"

Hua Rong said: "Your Majesty, the same thing means different things to different people. Pregnant and raising a dragon son and continuing the dragon bloodline are good things for the royal family and the world, but... for Concubine Baogui, I'm afraid it's not something to be happy about."

As he spoke, he frowned worriedly.

After hearing this, Ji Anni nodded in agreement.

If the person Guibao Fei likes is Yun Zhen, then this child is undoubtedly like a cruel wall, separating her from the person she truly loves. The distance between Guibao Fei and Yun Zhen seems to be getting farther and farther...