Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 363: There Will Be Good Luck in the Future

"Hey! You man are so shameless!" Ji Anni pushed him away with a hand. Only today did she finally see his true face.

"Ouch, ouch..." Long Mohan covered his wound and groaned, not knowing whether he was really hurt by Ji Anni's push or he was deliberately using a self-torture trick to gain sympathy.

Seeing him groaning non-stop, Ji Anni really didn't dare to use rough hands anymore. She supported him slightly and asked, "Where does it still hurt? Let me help you apply medicine."

It happened that she had the medicine bottle in her hand, so she unscrewed it, poured the medicine on her hand, and applied it to Long Mohan's wound.

However, because the action was too rough, it not only failed to heal the injury, but instead made it worse.

When Long Mohan was touched by her hand that was applying the medicine, his wound suddenly felt like it was split open. The pain was so excruciating that he kept shouting, "Be gentle, be gentle, ouch, do you know how to apply the medicine?"

"Don't make a noise. I helped you apply the medicine last night. You closed your eyes and didn't even breathe. You were deader than a dead pig. Why are you crying in pain today?"

"What do you mean deader than a dead pig? I fainted from the pain last night, how could I still feel pain? Today I finally regained my consciousness, do you want to make me faint from the pain again?"

The emperor has always been compared to a "dragon". Who would dare to use a "dead pig" to describe the emperor?

Not only did Ji Anni do this, she also stuffed the medicine bottle into Long Mohan's hand, clapped her hands and called it a day, leaving only one sentence: "Then you wipe it yourself."

"Just rub it yourself..." Long Mohan took the medicine bottle, poured out the medicine, and slowly rubbed the bruises on his shoulders and neck like applying shower gel.

He struck with measured force and skillful movements. He did not look like a delicate and useless royal at all. Instead, he looked like a wanderer who had gone through many hardships and was often injured.

"To be honest, after being with you these past few days, I don't feel at all that you are... the emperor." He deliberately lowered the word "emperor" a little, for fear that others would accidentally hear it.

"Yes, because a few months ago, I was just a proton sent far away."

Although this sentence was said in a leisurely tone, it still sounded a little heavy to Ji Anni.

Indeed, Long Mohan's fate had changed dramatically because of the death of the previous emperor. Otherwise, he would still be just an insignificant hostage in the Qi Palace who was almost forgotten by everyone.

"Actually, I regret it now... If I had refused to return to the palace, Ming'er wouldn't have been anorexic, and Soji wouldn't have disappeared..."

Recalling the happy family life I had with Zhao Ji and Prince Ming in the Qi Palace a few months ago, I suddenly felt as if it was a lifetime ago. I can no longer remember it clearly. What comes to mind is always the depression and helplessness during this period. Perhaps it is because the happiness at that time was too plain that the memory is not deep. Now that I have lost it, I think back and really realize the preciousness of that plainness.

"Yes, if you had refused to return to the palace, I wouldn't have traveled to this weird place for no apparent reason..." Ji Anni added casually. She wasn't complaining about Long Mohan, but just naturally thinking of her own experience as he said.

If Long Mohan had not agreed to return to the palace to be the king, Zhao Ji would not have followed him back to the imperial city. If Zhao Ji had not returned to the imperial city, Yan Niang and Yun Zhen would not have fought. If they had not fought, time and space would not have changed, causing an innocent citizen like me who was just going to the archery club to practice to be involved in all the troubles that followed.

Thinking about it carefully, Ji Anni really felt that she was the most innocent victim. Just by looking up at the moon, she was pulled into an unknown time and space. However, it was precisely because of this unusual experience that she met more people and experienced more extraordinary encounters. If she was lucky enough to return to her original world, it would be a valuable experience worth showing off.

Ji Anni patted Long Mohan on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to think too much... It's destined. Since it's already like this, just make the best of it and let nature take its course."

These words were both to comfort Long Mohan and to comfort herself.

Long Mohan said: "Whether you believe it or not, I returned to the palace not for the throne, but to find out the cause of my mother's death. Her death was too strange. Why did she suddenly jump into the well for no reason? If the truth is not found out, she will die with hatred. As a son, I have not been able to stay by her side for more than ten years. I am extremely unfilial, so I must not let her be framed by traitors and die innocently..."

"Why do you think I don't believe it? In fact, I completely believe that you didn't come back for the throne." Ji Anni felt that the first eight words of Long Mohan's sentence were completely redundant.

Long Mohan smiled and whispered, "Because sometimes even I don't believe it myself. I didn't come back for wealth and glory... Saying that I came back to find out the truth sounds like I'm trying to cover up my original intention of greed for wealth and glory. However, sitting in my current position for a long time, I will forget my original intention. In addition, I have been back to the palace for several months, and there has been no progress in the cause of my mother's death. I am increasingly unsure of why I came here..."

These true feelings that had never been revealed to anyone were spoken out so naturally at this moment. Perhaps subconsciously, he had already regarded Ji Anni as a confidant in whom he could confide.

Ji Anni remained silent. From Long Mohan's few words, she deeply felt his helplessness and loneliness.

There was no progress in what should be done, and instead, his wife and children suffered misfortunes one after another. Anyone would be as depressed as he was. Thinking of this, Ji Anni felt for the first time that Long Mohan's depression was not innate, but was gradually developed after returning to the palace. Because based on the feeling of getting along with him in the past few days, he should have been a very cheerful person, but sometimes he would suddenly become gloomy.

"As the saying goes, if you survive a disaster, you will have good fortune in the future... Although I don't know if this experience can be considered a disaster, I hope that the road ahead will be smoother and smoother, without any more twists and turns..." Long Mohan's voice seemed a little distant, as if he was describing an unreal dream. In fact, he and Ji Anni knew in their hearts that Tianning was still in the hands of the rebels and had not been rescued, and it was impossible to have a peaceful future.

Ji Anni said: "Whether you have good fortune in the future or not, you have to promise me one thing, that is, never faint casually again, and leave everything to me. I am not a capable person, what if I can't save you and kill you? Just like last night, you didn't have to strangle the rebels with all your might. If you hadn't exhausted all your strength, you wouldn't have fainted..."

Even now, Ji Anni is still terrified. If they hadn't been able to push the rebels down the slope, and Long Mohan had suddenly fainted, Ji Anni alone would not have been a match for the rebels. Not to mention escaping back to the inn safely, they might have been executed on the spot and turned into two corpses.

Facing Ji Anni's worry, Long Mohan just smiled and said, "Since I have entrusted my life to you, whether you can save me or not is up to God and you. I am no longer able to control it, so I leave it to you. However, the fact that I am still alive and can open my eyes shows that I have entrusted my life to the wrong person. Shouldn't this be something worth celebrating?"

"What the hell is there to celebrate? I almost lost my life." Ji Anni pouted, but the strange thing was that she was not angry at all in her heart. Instead, she felt a little sweet.

"Well, now that it's over, don't think too much about it. We're all safe now anyway, so why do you always imagine that we've died a violent death? If you have the time, you might as well dry our wet clothes as soon as possible." Long Mohan said, pointing to the two people's wet clothes thrown into a pile on the ground.

They talked for such a long time, but in fact, they were both only wrapped in a blanket. Long Mohan was a man, so it didn't matter, but Ji Anni was a girl, she couldn't spend the whole day wrapped in a blanket.

Moreover, the blanket was not wrapped tightly at all, and Ji Annie's white long legs and slender neck were half hidden and half exposed, which was actually testing Long Mohan's self-control.

Long Mohan tried his best not to let his eyes sweep across Ji Anni's exposed legs, but as soon as he thought of the beautiful and attractive body under the blanket, he felt his blood boiling.

However, Ji Anni was completely unaware of the other person's gaze on her. After Long Mohan reminded her, she finally remembered that she should hang the clothes out to dry. She hurriedly picked up the wet clothes on the ground and hung them on a wire stretched by the window. While hanging them to dry, she said, "I would have forgotten if you hadn't reminded me. Thank you for reminding me. It seems that you are more suitable to be a wife than me."

As I was talking, I inadvertently caught a glimpse of the sunlight coming in through the window.

The action of hanging clothes stopped. Ji Annie stood still and wondered, "By the way, why didn't it rain today? Is Princess Tianning safe?"

Last night's rain was summoned by Taoist Yuan Rong. He would not stop raining until he was sure that Princess Tianning was safe.

Long Mohan glanced out the window and said, "Maybe the Anti-Imperialism Association has withdrawn."

"Quit? Quit so easily?" Ji Anni found it unbelievable.

The Anti-Imperialist Association's action seemed to be very powerful this time, and they actually buried a lot of bombs in advance. Unexpectedly, it was like a storm, coming quickly and going quickly.

Long Mohan said: "The reinforcements have arrived. They have no chance to succeed, so of course they will retreat."

It was then that Ji Anni noticed that there was indeed no more white smoke in the direction of the palace. This at least proved that the Anti-Imperialist Society had not started a fire in the forest again.

"Now that reinforcements have arrived, should we return to the palace?"

Although Ji Anni didn't like the palace very much, she had to go back and report her safety, otherwise Yizhen, Shui Furong and Prince Ming would be worried.