Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 226 Murderer

Concubine Yu was sleeping soundly. Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door and thought she was dreaming.

When he opened the door, he saw Shui Furong covered in blood standing outside the door. He screamed in fear.

Fortunately, Shui Furong explained in time, which made Concubine Yu calm down.

Shui Furong borrowed two clean clothes from Concubine Yu, and asked her if she had any medicine to stop the bleeding.

Since moving to Qingle Palace, Concubine Yu has become much more restrained in her previous arrogance. She eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist scriptures every day, and occasionally goes to Wenhuayuan to listen to great scholars preaching. She has already implanted the heart of "saving the suffering and the distressed" in her body. When she heard Shui Furong say that Zhaoji was injured, she worriedly took the wound medicine and gauze and followed Shui Furong.

After arriving at Ji Anni's resting room, the two pushed the door open and saw Ji Anni lying on the bed, gasping in pain.

"Concubine Zhao?" Shui Furong called out softly and hurried over to help her up.

Ji Annie's head tilted back slightly and fell on Shui Furong's shoulder.

At this time, she was still not conscious, her eyes were closed, and she was having difficulty breathing. As she raised her head, her long, smooth hair fell down like water flowing downwards, revealing two small triangular ears on top of her head.

Shui Furong was used to seeing her like this and was not afraid at all, but Concubine Yu behind them screamed. Then there was a "pop" sound, and the golden wound medicine bottle fell to the ground and shattered.

"Empress Yu, listen to me..."

Shui Furong was about to explain to Concubine Yu that Ji Anni was possessed by evil spirits, but Concubine Yu ran away.

Shui Furong quickly grabbed her and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Concubine Yu, Concubine Zhao will be back to normal in a short while."

According to the experience of Ji Anni being possessed by evil spirits last time, she would be able to recover as long as she left the Demon Temple. The reason why Ji Anni has not recovered yet is probably because she was injured and unconscious. As long as she rests for a while, she should be able to recover her human form.

"No, no..." Concubine Yu had an abnormal expression and her eyes were extremely panicked. Finally, she squatted on the ground with her head in her hands.

"Empress Yu, what's wrong with you?" Shui Furong was very confused. Before coming here, she had clearly explained to Concubine Yu that Ji Annie was possessed by evil spirits. Concubine Yu should have been mentally prepared. How could she be so scared?

Concubine Yu hugged her body tightly, curled up like a hedgehog, and trembled constantly, looking very scared. This fear was not just the fear of ordinary people when they see a monster, but the fear of a mouse when it sees a cat and faces a mortal enemy that will take its life.

"Empress Yu, what's wrong with you?" Shui Furong didn't know what to do with her, so she just shook her shoulders gently.

To the right of Shui Furong was the unconscious Ji Anni, and to the left was the insane Yu Guifei. She was so anxious that she didn't know what to do.

At this moment, Imperial Concubine Yu suddenly raised her head, like a witch possessed by a ghost, and suddenly grabbed Shui Furong's shoulders, saying with a horrified expression: "Furong, Furong...she, she...she is..."

Shui Furong often came to Qingle Palace to visit Concubine Yu, and she was already familiar with Concubine Yu, so Concubine Yu called her "Furong".

"What is she?" Seeing Concubine Yu pointing at Ji Anni beside the bed with trembling fingers, Shui Furong's brows gradually frowned.

"She, she...she is the monster that killed your sister..." Concubine Yu tightly grasped Shui Furong's shoulders, and a layer of mist suddenly rose in her eyes. After the voice fell, the mist had condensed into water droplets, which slid down her face continuously.

"What?" Shui Furong's mind exploded and buzzed. After entering the palace, she had been asking Concubine Yu about what happened three years ago, but Concubine Yu's memory was very confused. She either couldn't remember anything or could only remember some fragmented fragments. This was the first time that Concubine Yu pointed out the murderer with such certainty.

"Furong, your sister was killed by her...she was the one who killed her...I saw it with my own eyes..." Concubine Yu was in tears, and it was unclear whether they were tears of anxiety or fear.

She looked crazy, Shui Furong didn't dare to believe her rashly, and whispered: "No, this... this is impossible..."

Ji Anni had only been in the palace for a short time, so how could she have killed her sister three years ago?

Shui Furong thought about it and felt that there were only two possibilities. One was that Concubine Yu remembered it wrongly, and the other was that the fox demon attached to Concubine Zhao killed her sister. Suddenly, she changed her mind and remembered the sword that chopped Ji Anni in the Demon Temple. The peach wood sword was a magic weapon that only hurt monsters and not living people, but Ji Anni was chopped by the peach wood sword. Does this mean that the problem lies with Ji Anni...

Shui Furong was lost in thought when Concubine Yu beside her suddenly murmured, "This monster can change into human form. Don't be fooled by her."

"Even if she is really a monster, she has never harmed anyone." Shui Furong felt more and more puzzled. Recalling the various things that happened after Ji Anni entered the palace, she only felt that her behavior was suspicious and her personality was strange, but she never thought that she would harm the world.

At this moment, Ji Anni's body squirmed and a soft "Hmm..." came from the depths of her throat.

Although she knew her identity was suspicious, she subconsciously supported her when she saw that she was about to wake up, and asked worriedly, "Concubine Zhao Cong, are you feeling better?"

When Concubine Yu saw that Ji Anni was about to wake up, she screamed in fear, dodged backwards as if she had been electrocuted, and huddled in the corner trembling.

At this time, the fox ears on Ji Anni's head gradually disappeared, and she completely returned to her human form. She had no idea what had happened, and leaned weakly in Shui Furong's arms and asked, "Shui Congfei, I...what's wrong with me..."

"You're injured. Don't move. I'll bandage it for you."

Seeing Ji Anni regain her human form, Shui Furong was no longer afraid, and she seemed to have completely forgotten what Concubine Yu had just said, and she helped Ji Anni deal with her wound again. Although the golden wound medicine had already broken on the ground, fortunately, Ji Anni's wound had stopped bleeding, so she just bandaged it again with gauze.

"Concubine Zhao Cong, are you still in pain?" In fact, Shui Furong felt very guilty, after all, it was she who injured Ji Anni.

Ji Anni shook her head and asked, "Shui Congfei...where is this..."

As she spoke, Ji Anni's eyes fell on Concubine Yu who was huddled in the corner.

Concubine Yu didn't dare to look at Ji Anni at all. She hid in the corner with her head in her hands, trembling all over.

Shui Furong said, "This is the Qingle Palace in the Xian Palace, which is also the residence of the late Emperor's Imperial Concubine Yu."

At this point, Shui Furong's eyes also fell on Concubine Yu in the corner. Seeing that Concubine Yu was very scared, she walked over to help her up and said, "Concubine Yu, I will take you back to your room."

Concubine Yu's mind has been somewhat disordered for the past three years. She has never stopped taking medicine. Her memory of time is particularly confused. What happened today may be forgotten tomorrow. What happened ten years ago may be remembered as what happened yesterday. Moreover, there are many upside-down and disordered parts in her memory, otherwise Shui Furong would have asked about the truth of three years ago.

So when Concubine Yu pointed out Ji Anni as the murderer just now, Shui Furong just thought that she was frightened by the evil spirit of Ji Anni and didn't take it seriously.

Shui Furong wiped the cold sweat off Concubine Yu's forehead and helped her walk out the door. Before leaving, she turned around and said to Ji Anni who was leaning against the bed, "Concubine Zhao, you rest here for a while. I will take Concubine Yu back to her room first and come back to help you change clothes later."

Only then did Ji Anni realize that she was covered in blood, as if she had just come out of a murder scene.

I couldn't remember what happened before or why I was injured.

She watched Shui Furong and Yu Guifei leave. Yu Guifei was like an obedient child, not making any noise or fuss, and tightly grasped Shui Furong's sleeve. Yu Guifei's dependence on Shui Furong seemed to stem from her fear of Ji Anni.

Ji Anni didn't understand why Concubine Yu was afraid of her. It was obviously the first time they met...

As she thought about it, her head started to hurt again. Ji Anni leaned quietly against the bed, staring blankly at the wall in front of her.

Her wounds no longer hurt, but her thoughts were very confused. Especially the paleness in her memory that she could not recall made her feel deeply helpless and terrified. She only remembered that the brocade bag on her waist suddenly caught fire, and then she knew nothing. Thinking of this, her fingertips subconsciously touched her waist. The brocade bag was no longer there, leaving only a charred burn mark.

What on earth was going on…Why did the talisman for warding off evil suddenly catch fire?

Could it be that the demonic power in his body was too strong and even the talisman was destroyed? If that was the case, why did the talisman not burn earlier or later, but suddenly burn when Shui Furong opened the lock?

I always feel that there is something hidden in the room of the Demon-Suppressing Temple that can trigger my transformation.

Thinking of this, Ji Anni was too tired to think any further.

At this moment, a very soft voice suddenly sounded in my ears: "My Queen...My Queen..."

This voice was so familiar, so familiar that Ji Anni thought it was an illusion. No matter how tired or confused she was, she knew that the owner of the voice could not be here. Everything was just an illusion caused by missing "him" too much...

Ji Anni tried to convince herself and slowly closed her eyes. But the voice in her ear did not disappear, but gradually became clearer. The more she listened attentively, the clearer it became.

Ji Anni gradually realized that the voice came from her heart.

She subconsciously reached towards her heart and suddenly felt a small stone.

This stone was the pearl rose that Yun Zhen sent her. Ji Annie made it into a necklace and hung it around her neck like a talisman. Unexpectedly, she heard Yun Zhen's voice coming from this small rose.

"Empress, Empress...are you hurt?" Yun Zhen's voice sounded very anxious.

If he was really right next to me, would he not be able to see my injuries?