Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 152 A critical moment

Wunie had always been Concubine Kang's mount. Whenever Concubine Kang went hunting or outing, she would always go out with Wunie. Kang Xiaorong was Concubine Kang's brother, so he must have had a good relationship with Wunie. But Wunie didn't know what was wrong with him. He just kept running and ignored Kang Xiaorong's shouts.

Ji Anni lay on the bumpy horse's back. With Kang Xiaorong's protection, she was no longer afraid of falling off the horse. The only thing she was worried about was Yun Zhen's condition. She looked up at the horizon. The sun had already risen. The warm red light of the rising sun dyed the eastern sky brilliantly.

"Empress, are you okay?" Seeing Ji Anni suddenly silent, Kang Xiaorong thought she had been frightened to faint.

"I'm fine." Ji Anni whispered.

"My lady, why are you on Une's back?"

"Because I'm going to the hunting ground in the Imperial Suburbs West Garden."

"What are you going there for?"

"Don't you know either?" Ji Anni turned around and stared at Kang Xiaorong in surprise. From Kang Xiaorong's serious expression, she could tell that he really knew nothing. "Aren't you the guard who protects Qinglong Gate? Don't people who enter and leave Qinglong Gate have to pass under your nose? How could you not know?"

"Your Highness, please forgive me for not understanding what you are saying. I don't know who passed by me, but just now when I was changing my shift, I saw Your Highness riding a black horse and breaking through the Qinglong Gate. I chased after her at all costs, just to bring Your Highness back safely, but Your Highness said she wanted to go to the Western Garden of the Imperial Suburbs..."

It turned out that the guards of Qinglongmen had just handed over their shift. No wonder Kang Xiaorong didn't know that the Queen Mother and others had left the palace.

"Major General, you've come just in time. Do you think this road leads to the hunting ground?"

"The road is correct, but my lady, you are too reckless! Now we have no choice but to wait until Une is exhausted and stops on his own, otherwise there may be no chance to dismount."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Anni suddenly saw several flags appear in front of her.

The flag is bright yellow with red tassels fluttering on the edge, making it very eye-catching.

There were words printed on the flag, and Ji Anni took a lot of effort to recognize that it was the word "刑".

"It's the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Criminal Department." Kang Xiaorong lowered his voice and recognized the flags.

"It's there as expected." Ji Anni gritted her teeth.

"It's so early in the morning. Is the Ministry of Internal Affairs going to execute someone?" Kang Xiaorong then realized the seriousness of the problem.

Without waiting for Ji Anni's answer, Wu Nie had already rushed through the woods with them and rushed to the execution ground. The guards outside the execution ground did not expect a wild horse to suddenly jump out, and they were all so scared that they forgot to stop it. When they saw the wild horse carrying two people rushing towards Xingtai, they shouted anxiously. Their roars alarmed the giants on the execution platform, and everyone turned their heads to look in the direction of Ji Anni.

Ji Anni saw that the executioners were already in place on the simple Xingtai.

"Spare his life!" Ji Anni shouted a very standard line for escaping a prisoner from the execution ground.

"Stop them!" the Queen Mother stood up and shouted.

A group of guards immediately rushed over and blocked Wunieti.

Wunie let out a long neigh, and its body suddenly tilted and it braked suddenly. Ji Anni and Kang Xiaorong were thrown off the horse.

Fortunately, Kang Xiaorong hugged Ji Anni tightly, and the two rolled on the ground twice, and neither of them suffered serious injuries.

As soon as the rolling body stopped, Ji Anni suddenly rushed out of Kang Xiaorong's arms, rushed straight to the execution platform, pointed at the executioner, and shouted breathlessly: "Put down the knife... Put down the knife! I order you to put down the knife!"

"Your Highness..." Yun Zhen, who was kneeling on the execution platform, raised his head, and was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time. He was wearing thin clothes, his hair was messy, and his eyes were full of bloodshot. Ji Anni almost didn't recognize him. It must be that Yun Zhen was interrogated by An Zongguan of the General Office of the Internal Affairs when he was still sleeping in the early morning, so he didn't have time to dress properly.

"That's great... Yun Zhen, that's great..." Ji Anni couldn't help but rush forward and hug Yun Zhen's shoulders, moved to tears, "I was afraid that I was too late, I was afraid that I would never see you again..."

As long as Yun Zhen is not dead, everything will turn around.

At this time, the Queen Mother roared from the execution platform: "What the hell is going on? Take her away!"

At the Queen Mother's command, all the guards rushed to the execution platform and surrounded Ji Anni and Yun Zhen.

"Don't come over! No one can touch me!" Ji Anni roared, her roar was more powerful than that of the Queen Mother, so that all the guards were stunned.

Ji Anni raised her head in the direction of the Queen Mother and said, "Queen Mother, you can't kill this man."

"Zhao Ji, get down here!" The Queen Mother was so angry that her neck began to cramp. She wanted to jump off the execution platform and rush directly to the execution ground to drag Ji Anni down from the platform.

The two middle-aged men standing next to the Queen Mother, who looked similar and of similar age, looked at each other in bewilderment. They must have been confused by the sudden appearance of Ji Anni. One of them looked familiar to Ji Anni. She had seen him once at the archery ceremony of the hunting competition. He was the Prime Minister. Then the other one must be the chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Ji Anni shouted to the steward, "Sir, you are in charge of all matters in the harem. Human life is at stake, how can you rush to close the case? Now most people in the palace don't know what happened, and you just killed people like this. Aren't you afraid of being cursed? This case is unclear, and even the emperor is unaware of it. Do you want to kill the imperial teacher without telling the emperor?"

"Hmph." Without waiting for the butler to answer, the Queen Mother snorted coldly, "Do they want to make the whole city know about the ugly things they did? The emperor is busy with all kinds of affairs, how can he have the time to think about these absurd things? Zhao Ji, if you don't come down, don't blame me for being rude to you!"

This last sentence was clearly a threat. The Queen Mother clenched her fists tightly, shaking with anger.

The Queen Mother was not the only one who was angry. Ji Anni was also so angry that she wanted to throw the Queen Mother into the oil pan and fry her. She shouted, "Is killing a person a trivial matter? The Imperial Master is also a person of noble status. Just because you three sneaked around like rats and sentenced him to death, if the verdict was wrong, how can you pay for your life?"

The Queen Mother said, "Humph, the two judges have come together to try the case, and the evidence is irrefutable. What else is there to doubt?"

"The doubt is... the doubt is..." Ji Anni panicked, because she couldn't find any doubts at all. And to be honest... even she didn't dare to guarantee that Yun Zhen and Baogui Fei were absolutely innocent. If nothing happened, why would Yun Zhen suddenly say that he wanted to take Baogui Fei away from the palace? Maybe the case was not wrong, but she was wrong to break into the execution ground without permission.

However, even though she knew she was wrong, Ji Anni was determined and did not want to look back.

If she were to watch Yun Zhen die here today, it would be more painful than chopping off her own head.

Ji Anni raised her head high with an expression as if she was ready to die.

"Take her away and don't delay the execution!" The Queen Mother was too lazy to say more and simply gave a few glances to the guards.

"Stop! Let me go!" Ji Anni's shoulders were grabbed by the guards. She was about to be dragged off the execution platform when her elbow accidentally hit something - it was a sign that fell on her belt.

My memory suddenly regressed and many images flashed through my mind.

In the scene, the emperor handed her a jade token, saying that this jade token was the token that proved his identity as a prince when he was in the Qi Palace.

That’s great. I didn’t expect that I still have the golden medal of immunity from death that I obtained from the emperor!

Ji Anni immediately calmed down, broke free from the guards who were holding her shoulders, rushed to Yun Zhen again, pried open Yun Zhen's hands, stuffed the jade token into them, and said excitedly: "That's great, Yun Zhen, you don't have to die... That's great, that's great..."

Yun Zhen stared at Ji Anni blankly, not knowing what the jade token in his hand was.

Ji Anni turned her head and growled at the guards and executioner behind her: "None of you can kill him today! If you want to kill him..."

As he spoke, he grabbed Yun Zhen's hand, raised the hand holding the jade tablet high, and announced not only to the executioner, but also to the Queen Mother and others on the execution platform: "If you want to execute Yun Zhen, you must first execute this tablet. However, this jade tablet is the emperor's token. If you execute this tablet, you will behead the emperor!"