Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 413: Broken Friendship

Hua Rong's voice sounded again: "Master, tonight is the night of the full moon, will Yuan Rong come out to participate in activities?"

Yun Zhen stopped Hua Rong and said, "Hua Rong, you don't have to say more. I have my own plan for everything."

Hua Rong saw that Yun Zhen was deliberately avoiding her questions and knew that even if she continued asking, she would not get any results, so she left.

Hua Rong told Ji Anni what Yun Zhen said, saying that tonight was a full moon night, Yuan Rong might be out and about, and he couldn't leave Xianke Pavilion. Ji Anni was a little worried about Prince Ming, so she asked Hua Rong to bring Prince Ming and Yi Zhen to Xianke Pavilion so that they could gather together and take care of each other. Hua Rong did as she was told, and in the evening, Prince Ming and Yi Zhen appeared in front of Ji Anni.

They had probably heard from Huarong about the dangers of the full moon night, and their tense faces were clearly filled with fear.

"Xiao Zhao, why is Yuan Rong so obsessed with you and Prince Ming?" Yizhen was completely puzzled.

The person who betrayed Yuan Rong was the Queen Mother, the person who framed Yuan Rong was Liu Guang, and the person who captured Yuan Rong was Yun Zhen. Why didn't Yuan Rong seek revenge on these people, but instead kept his eyes firmly on Ji Annie?

Ji Anni signaled Huarong to close the door, leaving only Yizhen, Prince Ming, Huarong and Ji Anni in the room.

"I don't want to hide it from you anymore because you are my closest people. I put your lives in danger. If I don't explain the reason now, the guilt in my heart will become stronger and stronger..." After a slight pause, Ji Anni took a breath, "Yizhen, Ming'er... Yuan Rong is targeting me because he wants to take me as a shikigami."

"Shikigami?" Yizhen and Prince Ming looked at each other, and Huarong stood there silently.

Ji Anni continued, "I am not a human, but a fox demon... Yuan Rong is convinced that I can deal with the Ghost King, so he wants to get my name and make me submit to him..."

"Fox demon?" Yizhen and Prince Ming's faces turned pale instantly.

"Ming'er, I'm sorry. If mother was not a fox demon, Yuan Rong would not have hurt you." Ji Anni gently stroked Prince Ming's soft hair, and there was a bit more love belonging to Zhao Ji in her eyes as she gazed at Prince Ming.

"I... I am also... a fox demon?" Prince Ming subconsciously looked at his hands, his body, and touched his face. He looked like a human in every way, so why was he not a human but a demon?

"Fox demon..." Repeating this terrible word, Yizhen stood up quickly and stepped back subconsciously. For a moment, she was unable to accept the fact that Ji Anni and Prince Ming were fox demons.

Huarong had known about this for a long time and did not show any surprise. She stood upright at the door, not allowing Yizhen to escape.

"Yizhen, are you scared..." Ji Anni was a little sad and reached out to Yizhen.

Yizhen didn't dare to touch her. She stared at the hand she stretched out and shook her head gently, "No, impossible... impossible..."

"Yizhen, even if you are a demon, my feelings for you have not changed at all. We are still friends..."

Is a fox demon qualified to ask for friendship with humans? Ji Anni said this with great uneasiness in her heart. If Yizhen screamed out of fear, if Yizhen laughed at her coldly, she would be heartbroken.

"So you are a monster... You have been lying to me..." Yizhen slowly backed away step by step until she reached the wall.

"I didn't lie to you, Yizhen. I just found out not long ago that I'm not human..."

"Not long ago? When?" Yizhen was a smart person. She immediately began to recall Ji Anni's various behaviors after entering the palace. "... Was it after she went to the Demon-Suppressing Temple?"

In order to regain Yizhen's trust, Ji Anni dared not hide it anymore and confessed everything: "The trip to the Demon Temple only made me think that I was weak and easily affected by the demonic energy. I was truly sure of my identity as a fox demon when I was abducted from the palace by Yan Niang. Yan Niang is a friend of my ancestors. She told me in person that I am the granddaughter of the fox demon Xue Lan - that is, the granddaughter of the fox demon queen sealed in the Demon Temple."

"It turns out that Yan Niang is also a demon. This palace is full of demons!" Yizhen couldn't keep calm and shouted anxiously.

"Yizhen, I won't hurt you, don't be afraid." Ji Anni didn't know what else she could do.

"You've already hurt me. You concealed your identity and deceived my trust... You've already hurt me." Tears welled up in Yizhen's eyes.

Ji Anni felt heartbroken, "Yizhen, haven't I told you everything now?"

"It's too late, it's all too late!" Yizhen wanted to rush out of the room full of fox spirits, but when she turned around, she found that the door was blocked by Huarong.

Hua Rong had a calm expression and was not afraid of the two fox demons, Ji Annie and Prince Ming, at all.

Seeing this, Yizhen pointed at Huarong and shouted, "Are you also a monster? Are you in the same group with them? You...you want to kill me?"

The harsh tone revealed her fear, and she thought she was surrounded by three monsters and was about to die.

"Yizhen, calm down..." Ji Anni didn't know how to comfort her.

Prince Ming frowned sadly. He had just accepted Yizhen, but Yizhen's attitude towards him had changed drastically. Not long ago, this gentle queen had promised to protect him, but she had shouted that she wanted to kill him in such a short time.

"Your Majesty." Hua Rong, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke, "I don't want to block your way, but I have something to say."

"I don't want to hear anything!" Yizhen, who had lost her composure, covered her ears madly.

Hua Rong ignored her resistance and continued in a calm tone: "Whether you are afraid, resentful, or hateful, I want to say thank you to you."

Although she covered her ears, Yizhen was not deaf to the sound.

After Huarong said "thank you", all her movements stopped.

"Thank you?" Yizhen looked at Huarong in confusion, not understanding what she had done to make her grateful.

This was exactly Hua Rong's purpose. Otherwise, Yizhen would not calm down and listen to her.

"Your Highness, I want to thank you, because if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have had the chance to meet Concubine Zhao Cong. When you first entered the palace, if it wasn't for protecting you, Concubine Zhao Cong wouldn't have been punished by the princess; if Concubine Zhao Cong hadn't been punished by the princess, I wouldn't have had the chance to meet her. So, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk to Concubine Zhao Cong."

Hua Rong's words were gentle and calm, but every word was harsh and piercing.

Yizhen's face turned paler and paler. The sarcasm in Huarong's words was engraved in her heart, bringing back her memories.

That’s right, when she first entered the palace, the only person who was close to her, cared about her, and protected her was Ji Anni… No matter how others looked down on her or excluded her, Ji Anni always opened her heart to her and treated her as her best friend.

"Your Majesty, are you going to give up this friendship just because of our different races? Are those people who bullied you human or monsters? If you walk out of this door now, will you have other friends in the palace?... If you walk out of this door now, are you confident that you will not regret it in the future?" Hua Rong slowly moved away and opened the door.

Looking at the sky outside the door gradually getting darker, Yizhen was afraid and did not dare to take a step.

Ji Anni's heart was beating as fast as a drum, and she stared at Yizhen's movements without blinking.

Yizhen stood in the silence where even the sound of breathing could not be heard, motionless like a sculpture.

Seeing that Yizhen stopped all her movements, did not rush out of the door, and did not scream, Ji Anni and Huarong both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yizhen, that's great...that's great..." Ji Anni blinked her sore eyes and walked towards Yizhen happily.

How she longed to hold Yizhen's hand and restore their friendship.

But just as her fingers were about to touch Yizhen, Yizhen suddenly shook her away reflexively.

"Yizhen..." Ji Anni felt as if she had been severely whipped, and the wound was already dripping with blood.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Zhao... I can't, I can't..." Yizhen lowered her head and rushed out, almost knocking Hua Rong, who was standing by the door, away.

"Yizhen!" Ji Anni chased to the door and shouted.

Amid the shouts, Yizhen's running figure suddenly paused. But the pause was only for a short moment, and soon, Yizhen ran away again. Looking at her gradually disappearing figure, Ji Anni's legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and she had no strength or courage to catch up.

"Mother..." The sensible Prince Ming walked over, hugged Ji Annie's legs tightly and gave her comfort.

"I didn't expect that she would really leave..." Hua Rong sighed as she looked at the direction where Yizhen disappeared. She opened the door because she was sure that Yizhen would not dare to leave and was reluctant to leave, but the facts overturned her expectations and made her feel incredible.

"It's not her fault, it's not her fault... It's my fault for not considering her feelings. She needs some time to accept it..." Ji Anni recalled the melancholy before Yizhen left the house, and kept telling herself that Yizhen had struggled inside and was not cold-hearted.

"Your Majesty, we all misjudged her. Aren't you afraid that she will tell outsiders your identity?" Hua Rong was a little worried.

Ji Anni smiled bleakly and said, "Yizhen has no other friends in the palace, who can she tell?"

When Yizhen ran back to the Dong Congfei Palace, it was already dark.

Yizhen didn't turn on the light, and locked herself in the dark room, staring blankly. She would lie on the bed, then lie on the bed, then walk around the room, then open the window, then close it again.

I was restless and couldn't calm down at all.

Zhao Ji is a fox demon... a fox demon... and the descendant of the Fox Demon Queen. Although she has never harmed me, and although she has done her best to help me, but... could this all be a scam?

Didn't Zhaoji ask me to protect Prince Ming? Did Zhaoji know from the beginning that I was born with the ability to exorcise demons, so she deliberately approached me?

Yizhen became more and more confused the more she thought about it, and she couldn't sleep because of her head scratching.

At this moment, a cloud of black smoke suddenly gathered outside the window.

Black smoke seeped into the room through the gaps in the window and condensed into the shape of a human face in the room.

"Su Congfei..." The black shadow called out, it was Yuan Rong's voice.