Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 438 Missed opportunity

"But..." Chang Sun Mingri pursed his lips, looking a little hurt. It was the first time he heard Prince Ming speak to him in such a resolute tone, and it was a little hard to adapt.

"In short, you have to listen to me on this matter." Prince Ming did not give his eldest grandson Mingri a chance to argue.

Son, you finally have the guts! From the perspective of a mother, Ji Anni felt somewhat relieved, but from the perspective of a captive, she felt somewhat sad. Anyway, according to the current development trend, she only had two options. One was to be kept as a pet by Prince Ming and Zhuang Xiaomeng, and the other was to be handed over to his father by the eldest grandson Mingri. No matter which option she took, the result would be a disaster.

"There is no time to lose. Let's hide it in the room before the master comes back." Zhuang Xiaomeng suggested while constantly looking behind her, fearing that the centenarian would suddenly appear behind them and they would be caught in the act.

"You're going to hide in the room?!" Zhang Sun Mingri's voice rose eight octaves, his face was stiff and pale, staring at Zhuang Xiaomeng as if he was staring at a monster. As a classmate of Zhuang Xiaomeng, I knew he was a fearless kid, but he wasn't so weird that he would hide a creature that looked like a monster in his room and live with him, right?

You know, Chang Sun Mingri and Zhuang Xiaomeng live in the same room. If the fox demon does something bad, it will definitely harm innocent people.

"What else can I do? I can only feel at ease if I hide where I can be seen by myself." Zhuang Xiaomeng shrugged like a rogue, but in fact, even a blind person could see the excitement hidden under his strange smile.

Ji Anni said in her heart: Fortunately, I am not a real monster, otherwise you would have invited the "monster" into the room and been eaten without knowing what happened. However... rather than being locked up in a prison, it is better to hide in your room and be more comfortable...

Thinking of this, Ji Anni stopped struggling as if she had accepted her fate, and waited for them to take her to Li Garden before finding a way to escape.

Prince Ming picked up Ji Annie from the ground, looked at Zhuang Xiaomeng, and said solemnly: "Xiaomeng, you must take good care of it. It...it is very important. It is related to my mother's life and death." After that, he handed Ji Annie into Zhuang Xiaomeng's arms.

"Don't worry, Prince. I promise not to abuse it, nor let it escape. It is entirely up to you how to deal with this fox demon." Zhuang Xiaomeng took Ji Anni, promised Prince Ming, then turned around and ran towards Li Yuan.

"Hey! Hey..." Chang Sun Mingri, who had just reacted, was too late to chase after it. He stamped his feet anxiously and shouted angrily, "Don't think I will give up. If you really take it back, I...I, I won't go back!"

"That's perfect. You go to your father's room and sleep. If he asks you why, you can tell him that I violated the rules of the academy and secretly hid a monster. But then I will announce to everyone that you are also involved in hiding a fox monster. Don't think of staying out of it, haha." Zhuang Xiaomeng threatened Changsun Mingri in return. After leaving this sentence, he waved goodbye leisurely and continued to run forward.

When Prince Ming heard that his eldest grandson was going to complain to the Grand Secretary, he immediately grabbed his hand nervously and said seriously, "If you want to complain, just say that I hid the monster!"

"Prince..." Looking at the determined eyes of Prince Ming, Chang Sun Mingri knew that it was impossible for him to persuade him to change his mind.

"I'm sorry, forgive me... I must convince Xue Lan to save my mother..." Prince Ming said sincerely. He has determined that the snow fox is Xue Lan.

"But... Zhao Ji is obviously no longer your mother..." Chang Sun Mingri turned his head away and said unhappily.

Prince Ming was in a low mood recently and needed to talk to someone, so he told his two good friends, Changsun Mingri and Zhuang Xiaomeng, everything that Long Mohan had said to him. Changsun Mingri then knew Zhao Ji's true identity. However, he and Zhuang Xiaomeng had sworn to Prince Ming that they must not leak this matter, otherwise they would be struck by lightning.

"No matter what my father says, she is my mother and I must save her." Prince Ming didn't care about the similarities and differences between Ji Anni and Zhao Ji. He just wanted to save everyone related to Zhao Ji.

Ji Anni was hidden in a wooden box by Zhuang Xiaomeng.

The box was originally used to store books, but it was not full, and the remaining space was just enough for another Ji Annie.

Hey, hey, you are kidding, you are torturing animals! Ji Anni screamed in panic, but Zhuang Xiaomeng couldn't understand her. Her screams not only failed to arouse Zhuang Xiaomeng's sympathy, but made Zhuang Xiaomeng realize that if he didn't block the squeaking mouth, the wooden box might be exposed. So he tied Ji Anni's mouth with a belt.

You bastard kid! I thought you were lively and cute!

The moment the lid of the wooden box was closed, Ji Anni, whose limbs and mouth were tied up, glared at Zhuang Xiaomeng fiercely.

I thought I would be more comfortable hiding in the room, so I deliberately didn't struggle. Alas, it's too late to regret...

Zhuang Xiaomeng, who was in a hurry to get back to school, didn't care about Ji Annie's feelings. She hurriedly closed the lid, pushed the wooden box under the bed and hid it, then rushed back to meet Prince Ming.

Listening to his footsteps gradually fading away, Ji Anni became even more panicked, banging her body against the wooden box. Her bones were almost broken, but the wooden box did not move at all. After a few bangs, Ji Anni had to give up. She felt like a corpse stuffed in the trunk of a car by a murderer, and couldn't help but secretly curse Zhuang Xiaomeng a few more times.

If I were really Xue Lan, it would be strange that I would agree to Prince Ming's request after being treated so roughly!

In the current situation, we can't fight head-on, we can only use our wits to defeat him.

Ji Anni took a breath and adjusted her posture. It was too tragic. She had been locked up for less than a minute and her whole body was aching and her spine was twisted. If she was locked up any longer, she would probably be paralyzed when she was released.

I can't make a sound, I can't ask for help. I used to be able to call Yun Zhen through a stone, but now the stone is gone.

By the way, you can also call upon the Cang Gui!

It seemed that Cang Gui had received some instructions from Yun Zhen, and would appear in times of crisis as long as he heard his call.

"Cang Gui... Cang Gui..." Ji Anni called out over and over again in her heart.

But after shouting for a long time, there was no sound of the Cang Gui's wings fluttering.

Could it be that Cang Gui was in trouble? Ji Anni had to think about the worst. In order to attract Liu Guang's attention, Cang Gui flew high into the sky with serious injuries... Could he have been shot down by the guards?

"Cang ghost! Cang ghost!" Ji Anni's voice became more and more urgent, as if she was fast-forwarding a DVD at X2 speed. Even the tone began to change and became very sharp.

At this moment, she suddenly heard a weak gasp.

Although it was very faint, Ji Annie intuitively confirmed that the painful gasping sound was made by Cang Gui!

"Cang Gui, what's wrong with you?...Where are you?" Ji Annie was very anxious. If she was not locked in the wooden box, she really wanted to rush to Cang Gui and take care of it immediately.

"Empress." The one who answered Ji Anni was not Cang Gui, but a slightly unfamiliar voice.

After hearing the other party call her "Empress", Ji Anni was frightened for a moment.

"Empress..." The other party didn't get a response from Ji Anni for a long time, so he called out softly again.

This time, Ji Anni asked tremblingly: "Who... who are you?"

The only people in the palace who know magic and can manipulate shikigami are Yun Zhen and Yuan Rong. Now the voice is neither Yun Zhen nor Yuan Rong, so who could it be? Is there another master who is hiding his true power?

While Ji Anni was thinking, the other party began to introduce himself: "Madam, I am Yun Zhen's apprentice, Xuanjizi."

Xuanjizi?! Ji Anni suddenly realized. That's right, besides Yun Zhen and Yuan Rong, there is another person who knows magic in the palace. Under Shui Furong's nagging and complaining, Ji Anni always thought that Xuanjizi was a novice who was not good at learning and had not reached the level of being able to stand on his own. But now that he can get in touch with her through Cang Gui, she can't help but admire him a little more.

"Xuanjizi, are you Xuanjizi? Where are you and Cang Gui?" Ji Annie asked anxiously.

Although she had not met Xuanjizi many times, she treated him as a friend just because he was Yun Zhen's apprentice.

"My queen, Cang Gui and I are in the Xianke Pavilion. Where are you?" Xuanjizi replied.

"I... I'm..." Ji Anni was about to answer when she suddenly heard a very shrill eagle cry in her ears - it was Cang Gui who suddenly interrupted their conversation.

Ji Anni immediately became alert and kept silent, not daring to reveal her whereabouts.

The connection was cut off, and Ji Anni could no longer hear the voice of Xuanjizi or Canggui.

What happened? Why was Cang Gui with Xuan Jizi? Why didn't Cang Gui let me tell him where he was?

After thinking about it, I could only come to one conclusion - that Cang Gui had been captured.

The people who captured Cang Gui also wanted to capture him, so he borrowed Xuanjizi's power to let Cang Gui contact him and find out his whereabouts.

Ji Anni guessed most of it right, but she didn't get the key point.

The person who used Xuanjizi and Canggui to find out Ji Anni's whereabouts was Liuguang. However, Liuguang's purpose was different from Yuanrong's. He would not harm Ji Anni, but just wanted to fulfill his agreement with Yanniang and take Ji Anni out of the palace.

But Cang Gui didn't know Liu Guang's intention and thought he wanted to hurt Ji Annie, so he used screams to warn Ji Annie.

Unfortunately, Ji Anni missed the only good chance to be rescued.

Being locked in a dark box, I couldn't feel the passage of time at all.

Ji Annie's back and waist ached, and her neck felt like it was about to break. The pain was excruciating.

Just when she thought she was about to faint from the pain, she suddenly heard footsteps and voices she hadn't heard for a long time.

It's Prince Ming! Ji Anni suddenly became excited.

The arrival of Prince Ming meant that she could finally be freed from this wooden box.