Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 368 The evildoer complains

If Taoist Yuan Rong really chanted the spell, she would definitely fight back with her demonic power. But if she fought back, she would also expose her identity as a fox demon. Until the last moment, Yan Niang didn't want to reveal her identity. But the burning sensation from her wrist became even more intense, and it seemed as if all the strength in her body was about to melt. Not only her hands, but even her legs gradually became soft.

No, if this continues, my true colors will be revealed sooner or later...

Yan Niang suddenly raised her eyes and was about to fight back, but suddenly at this moment, another person suddenly appeared and forcefully pulled Taoist Yuan Rong's hand away.

"Master, the princess is a precious girl, how can she withstand such rough treatment from you? Can't you just talk it out nicely?" The person who spoke was Liu Guang. Fortunately, he happened to pass by here and found Yan Niang being entangled by Master Yuan Rong. He immediately guessed that Yan Niang's identity might have been seen through by the other party, so he came to her help.

Taoist Yuan Rong did not know the relationship between Liu Guang and Yan Niang, and thought that Liu Guang only stepped forward to stop them because of his duty as the captain of the imperial palace, and he did not doubt it.

The rescued Yan Niang took half a step back to avoid Taoist Yuan Rong, covered the red marks on her wrists, and glared at Taoist Yuan Rong with resentment.

Taoist Yuan Rong did not want to alert the enemy, so he did not directly reveal Yan Niang's identity. He only said, "Please forgive me for my impoliteness, Princess. I only have good intentions and do not want to see you being entangled by the evil demon."

Although he could smell a strong demonic aura from Princess Tianning, he could not tell whether the princess was possessed by a demon or pretending to be one. If it was a demon pretending to be one, it would be easy to deal with, just defeat the demon directly. But if it was possessed by a demon and the body was still Princess Tianning's original body, Taoist Yuan Rong would have to use other more clever methods to expel the demon from Princess Tianning's body without hurting Princess Tianning's body. Because of this, he did not dare to say directly that Princess Tianning was a demon, fearing that the demon would be desperate and hurt Princess Tianning's body.

Yan Niang tightly covered the wound on her wrist and could feel a burning smell coming from the wound. If Yan Niang had not dared to use her magic power to protect her body, she would not have been injured so badly.

With Princess Tianning's personality, she would definitely fly into a rage and yell that she wanted to settle the score with Taoist Yuanrong after being bullied, but Yanniang was not Princess Tianning after all. She just stared at Taoist Yuanrong with a beast-like vigilant look. This reaction made Taoist Yuanrong more convinced that the Princess Tianning in front of him was definitely not the same Princess Tianning as before.

Liu Guang, who was standing by, saw Yan Niang and Taoist Yuan Rong's eyes meet, almost sparking, and said hurriedly: "Taoist, you should see the Queen Mother for something, right? Don't let the Queen Mother wait anxiously..."

What he meant was that he wanted Taoist Yuan Rong to leave quickly and not engage in another battle of eyes with Princess Tianning.

But Taoist Yuan Rong refused to let Princess Tianning go, and pressed on, "Just now I saw the princess lingering outside the door, it seems that she has something to see the Queen Mother, why don't you go with me?"

Yan Niang couldn't break the magic weapon hanging on the door lintel, so it was impossible for her to step into the threshold. Taoist Yuan Rong invited her like this just to force Yan Niang to reveal her true identity.

"Princess, why aren't you talking?" Taoist Yuan Rong glanced at the princess complacently, like a cat stepping on a mouse's tail, waiting to make the mouse tired and then eat it up in one bite.

Yan Niang was neither able to advance nor retreat. Unable to use her internal energy, she was no different from an ordinary person. After a brief hesitation, she said, "Master, you have misunderstood. This princess is not here to see the Queen Mother. I just happened to pass by here and stopped for a while. Master, you blocked my way without knowing the truth. Aren't you afraid that I will investigate you?"

Her words made Taoist Yuan Rong even more certain that she would not dare to step into the Queen Mother's Palace. While he was more certain that Princess Tianning had been possessed by a demon, he could not help but feel complacent. Taoist Yuan Rong thought that as long as there was the protection of the magic weapon, no demon could get close to the Queen Mother's Palace. So he gradually relaxed his vigilance and stopped pressing her, planning to let her go for now.

Taoist Yuan Rong said: "In that case, I am impolite. Please forgive me, Princess. I will take my leave first." After saying that, he bowed, turned around and left with a smile of victory on his face.

Yan Niang stared at his back until he entered the Empress Dowager's Palace, and secretly swore in her heart that she would let this Taoist Yuan Rong know how powerful she was.

Liuguang smiled, waved his right hand in front of Yanniang, attracted her attention, and then said: "Princess, it seems that the Taoist priest has bad intentions towards you, you have to be more careful."

Yan Niang was sulking, and when she saw him mocking her, she just glared at him and didn't want to say a word to him.

Liuguang's words sounded like a joke to Yuemao, so she didn't think too much about it. Anyway, Liuguang was a person of that character, he spoke frivolously and looked like he wanted to tease everyone.

Yan Niang was afraid that Yue Mao would hear something, so to be on the safe side, she asked Yue Mao to go back to Tianning Palace early to feed the birds and sent her away.

After Yuemao left, Yanniang recalled the confrontation with Taoist Yuanrong just now, and she still felt uneasy, because from Taoist Yuanrong's determined expression, he had already determined that Princess Tianning was possessed by a demon. Although he was temporarily lenient with her today, if he met her again in the future, he would definitely force her to show her true form. Yanniang whispered to herself, "I'm afraid that Yuanrong will talk too much in front of the Queen Mother..."

If the Queen Mother took precautions against Princess Tianning, Yan Niang's plan to use Tianning's identity to persuade the Queen Mother to punish Taoist Yuan Rong would be difficult to carry out.

After thinking for a while, Liuguang said confidently, "Don't worry, we are just waiting for him to talk too much, so that we can bite him back."

Yanniang raised her head and looked at him in confusion. He smiled and whispered a few words in Yanniang's ear. Yanniang seemed to understand and nodded.

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On the other hand, Taoist Yuan Rong entered the Empress Dowager's palace, met her, and ordered her to dismiss all the idle people so that he could have a secret talk with her.

The Queen Mother followed her advice and left Taoist Yuan Rong alone to talk with her.

Taoist Yuan Rong had originally only wanted to report to the Queen Mother that the evil spirit in the palace had been getting stronger in recent days, and to remind her to be careful, but after meeting Princess Tianning outside the door just now, he was even more certain that something unclean had entered the palace. Although the purpose of these evil spirits was still unknown, since even Princess Tianning was possessed, we had to be wary that they were coming for the royal family, and it was very likely that they were related to the anti-imperialist meeting a few days ago.

Seeing that Taoist Yuan Rong looked serious, the Queen Mother guessed that he was not bringing good news this time, and asked anxiously, "Master, if you have something to say, just say it directly. I will definitely follow your advice."

The heavy rain that Taoist Yuan Rong summoned a few days ago made the Queen Mother trust him even more, almost to the point of obeying his every word.

Ji Anni and Long Mohan, who were outside the palace at the time, both thought that the Queen Mother ordered Taoist Yuan Rong to call for rain in order to protect Princess Tianning. But in fact, the Queen Mother had no idea that the real Princess Tianning had already been replaced and taken out of the palace. So she ordered Taoist Yuan Rong to call for rain just to prevent the anti-imperialist society from starting a fire outside the palace and endangering the peace of the palace.

Taoist Yuan Rong took a few steps closer and said in a low voice, "Queen Dowager, please forgive me for being frank, but don't you realize that the princess is a little strange?"

"Strange? Tianning?" The Queen Mother didn't understand why Taoist Yuan Rong said this. After thinking for a while, she said, "If you say it's strange, it's a bit strange... I have summoned her many times, but she refused. Even if she had a bad temper in the past, she would never fight with me like this..."

"That's right. Princess Tianning didn't want to come to the Queen Mother's Palace, but she simply couldn't get in. Queen Mother, to be honest, I just ran into the princess outside the door. The princess was wandering outside the door, occasionally looking up at the magic weapon hanging above the door lintel, as if she was afraid. I caught her and tested her, and found that she was full of evil spirits, as if she was possessed by some demon."

"What?" The Queen Mother stood up anxiously and rushed to Taoist Yuan Rong and asked, "Master, what kind of monster possessed Tian Ning? Is she in danger?"

Taoist Yuan Rong comforted the Queen Mother and said, "Don't worry, Queen Mother. The princess is not in danger for now. I guess the monster's target may not be the princess, but... you, Queen Mother."

"Is it me?" The Queen Mother's eyebrows suddenly lowered, and after a little thought, she immediately understood and asked hurriedly, "Master, you said that Tianning is possessed by a demon. Is that demon a fox demon?"

Could it be that... Yan Niang is back?

The Queen Mother was afraid that Yan Niang would come back to take revenge on her. When she heard Taoist Yuan Rong say that a monster was targeting her, she immediately thought that it was Yan Niang who had returned.

Taoist Yuan Rong shook his head and said thoughtfully, "Please forgive my incompetence. I cannot judge the nature of the monster for now. But why did you guess it was a fox monster? Do you have any clues?"

The Queen Mother was afraid of exposing her relationship with Yan Niang, so she quickly avoided the topic and said, "Master, you are overthinking. I am just guessing. This palace is prone to being associated with fox demons, and there have been many fox disasters throughout the ages. So I think this time it was a fox demon that took the opportunity to cause trouble..."

"The Queen Mother's words make sense. I will definitely pay more attention to the fox spirits and protect the Queen Mother from being harassed by them."

"Master, you must not only protect me, but also Tianning..." The Queen Mother spoke sincerely, and her love for Tianning was evident.

"Since the monster has possessed the princess, it will not harm her body. Please don't worry too much about the princess. I will protect her even if I die. As long as you don't leave the palace, the monster will not be able to get close to you. I will come back to report to you after I have subdued the monster."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother hurriedly stopped him and said, "No, Taoist priest, don't subdue the monster yet..."

"Why?" Taoist Yuan Rong asked in surprise. If it were any other time, the Queen Mother would have panicked and urged him to capture the monster as soon as possible. Why did she try to dissuade him today?

The Queen Mother did not say much, but said in a deep voice: "Master, there is no need to ask more questions. I have my own plans..."