Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 180: Demonic Shadows

Later, people from the Shangshu Mansion arrived, but Yun Zhen had already buried Baoer under the peach tree.

Now that Bao'er had been buried, no one had the heart to dig her out, so they erected a blank tombstone on the mound in front of the grave.

Under the shade of these flowers, she is accompanied by the blooming peach blossoms year after year and the vows made in the past. I hope she will never be alone again.

Yun Zhen returned to Shuntian Prefecture, but the prefect refused to open the door, saying that there was no such son as Yun Zhen. Because of Yun Zhen, the privilege of the three generations of the Yang family to bring swords into the court was revoked, and they were also ridiculed for having an affair. The Yang family could not afford to lose face, so Yun Zhen was turned away.

Unable to return home or to the palace, Yun Zhen had no choice but to return to Baoer's grave and guard the newly built mound.

Looking at his quiet face from afar, Ji Anni seemed to be able to hear the painful and sad cry in his heart.

I didn't know whether I should approach him at this time. When my eyes were unconsciously attracted by his wandering gaze, my feet moved slightly subconsciously.

"Yun Zhen..." Ji Anni called him softly and sat down beside him.

I thought Yun Zhen would ignore me, but I heard Yun Zhen's soft voice: "My queen...you should go back, it's too cold here..."

Looking at Ji Anni's trembling body, Yun Zhen's eyes showed a hint of concern.

"I'm not afraid of the cold." Ji Anni hugged her arms and leaned against the tree roots with Yun Zhen, "...I'm not afraid of the cold."

Looking at the dark night sky, my mind seems to become particularly clear.

Everything in the past, every smile of Baogui Fei, seemed to appear before his eyes. As long as he thought that the person with such a smile was gone, it was as if a wound was cut in his heart, and it bled faintly.

The night wind was so cold that it made Ji Anni's skin feel numb.

She wanted to comfort Yun Zhen, but didn't know where to start.

Yun Zhen then spoke again: "My Lady...you should go back..."

Why did he always drive me away? Wasn't it possible that I didn't even have the right to accompany him quietly like this?

"Yun Zhen...what do you think it means to love someone?"

If my feelings are just a heavy burden to him, should I give up? But if love or not is something that can be manipulated rationally, no one would be heartbroken and miserable for the rest of their lives, right?

"Yun Zhen... even without Empress Bao, you still have many... many... around you..."

Someone who loves you and someone who cares about you - these few simple words were clearly on my lips, but I couldn't say them because of my suddenly accelerated heartbeat. I subconsciously pressed my chest, and it felt like it was being tightly compressed.

Even without Baogui Fei, can I...become a small pillar of support for him?

I don't need him to love me, nor do I need him to be nice to me. I just hope he can survive...

Although it is impossible for him to have another precious concubine in this world who can make him devote his true heart to her, as long as he can still feel that there are people in this world who are silently watching him and blessing him, perhaps he can dispel the haze and pain a little.

"My lady, I am not worthy..."

Yun Zhen seemed to have sensed some of Ji Anni's feelings for him and said something that sounded like a rejection.

"It's not up to you to decide whether it's worth it or not... I know what I'm doing..." Ji Anni gently closed her eyes, blocking all the tears that were seeping out of her eyes, not allowing them to flow down.

If I give up my feelings for you just because it's not worth it, just because I give up because I know it's difficult...

I can not do it.

As long as I am still in this world, in this time and space, and by your side, I cannot let myself seem to not exist.

I really hope I can give you something, just to make you smile again.

"Yun Zhen..." Ji Anni lowered one hand and gently held Yun Zhen's hand.

"Empress?" Yun Zhen was a little surprised.

Ji Anni used all her strength to fold her five fingers together and tightly clasped Yun Zhen's fingers, even at the cost of hurting Yun Zhen, because she hoped that the pain would help Yun Zhen feel her presence more clearly.

Looking at her hand clasped with his, Ji Anni said softly: "Yun Zhen... Even if you lost Baogui Fei, you have not lost everything... As long as you try to hold your hand tightly, you will know... I am still by your side... Whenever you feel that you have nothing, please remember me... Because I am still by your side, you still... have me..."

"Empress..." Yun Zhen had nothing to say and just shook her head gently.

He looked very miserable. His pain came not only from the passing of Baogui Fei, but also from himself...

He said softly: "My Lady, I know I still have a promise to you, and I will do my best to fulfill that promise. But beyond the promise, I can't give you anything else..."

"I know," Ji Anni nodded, "I didn't ask you for anything. I just want everything to be the same as before."

"It's impossible... to be the same as before..." Yun Zhen said painfully.

Because there is a piece missing in your life, it will always be missing, and nothing can fill that wound.

"Yun Zhen..." Ji Anni was about to comfort him when she suddenly heard a very strange noise in her ears.

The rustling sound seemed to be mixed with an indescribable gloomy aura, and even the moon above was obscured by dark clouds. The surrounding bushes suddenly became chaotic, and the falling petals above were spinning like crazy and rising into the sky.

"My queen, be careful, this is Yin Feng!" Yun Zhen became alert, as if he sensed an evil spirit approaching, and subconsciously protected Ji Anni behind him.

Ji Anni was choked by the flying dirt and dust and started coughing, almost unable to breathe.

"Who are you, demon? Show your true form!"

A cluster of purple flames suddenly rose between Yun Zhen's two raised fingers. Then the flames died out, and a demon-killing talisman appeared at his fingertips. A faint glow was emitting from the talisman, which looked a bit weird.

"Yun Zhen... Yun Zhen..." Ji Anni was affected by the evil spirit and suddenly felt dizzy.

Yun Zhen helped her up and retreated to a place where the evil spirit was less.

Suddenly, I heard a low voice calling from my ear: "...Yun Zhen..."

Although the voice was light and slow, when it reached Yun Zhen and Ji Anni's ears, it was like a bolt of lightning passing over their heads. With a "crack", it took away their ability to think and struck them so hard that they could not move.

"...Yun...Zhen..." That vague voice came again softly amid the swirling falling petals.

This is exactly the voice of Concubine Baogui.

"Ah! Ah!" Yun Zhen felt a splitting pain in his brain. He hugged his head tightly and let out a low roar of pain.

Baoer... Baoer... Why...

"Yun Zhen..." A few broken silver lights suddenly flashed in the dark night sky. The silver lights slowly condensed and finally turned into the appearance of Baogui Fei.

She gently stretched out her hand to Yun Zhen and whispered worriedly, "Yun Zhen... Yun Zhen..."

But she was as shapeless as smoke and could not touch Yun Zhen at all. When she saw that her outstretched fingertips could not touch Yun Zhen at all, she frowned in pain and was so sad that she was about to cry.

"Bold monster!" Yun Zhen let out a low roar, and the talisman in his hand transformed into a goshawk that pecked at Baogui Fei.

"Ah!" Guigui Fei was defeated, and the soul-like silver light was pecked away by the goshawk, but it quickly condensed again.

The hawk turned its head and pecked at Concubine Baogui again. At this time, Ji Anni, who had just come to her senses, fended off the hawk and screamed, "Yun Zhen! What are you doing? She is Concubine Bao!"

Why did Yun Zhen want to hurt Empress Bao?

"She is not, she is just a monster." Yun Zhen did not allow himself to show any mercy, for fear of giving the monster an opportunity to take advantage.

At this moment, the soul-like silver light's eyes were dull, as if it had been hit by something, and the expression on its face was frozen.

Suddenly, she squatted on the ground with her face covered, sobbing, "Monster, monster... I am no longer a human, I am just... a monster... a monster..."