Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 189 Unfathomable

The carriage was moving very steadily, and there was no bumpiness at all. It felt like sitting in a room, and before I knew it, I had already left the city.

There was no noise of human voices outside the city, and my ears suddenly became quiet, with only the sound of wheels turning slowly.

Ji Annie's right hand was held tightly by Long Mohan. It was indeed uncomfortable at first, but she got used to it after holding it for a while.

Oh, forget it... Just consider it as helping Zhao Ji to comfort this Canary Emperor.

When they first got in the car, Long Mohan took the initiative to talk to Ji Anni, but he mostly talked about the past in the Qi Palace. Ji Anni didn't know anything about it, so she had to use the arrow wound she got in the last hunting meeting as an excuse, saying that her memory had not recovered yet, and finally she was able to get away with it.

After leaving the city, Long Mohan didn't talk much. I don't know if it's because the closer he got to the Imperial Mausoleum Mountain, the heavier his mood became. After all, this time they were not going for an outing, but to visit the tombs...

Ji Anni knew almost nothing about Concubine Hui.

I still remember Yun Zhen mentioned it once when I first entered the palace. I just heard Kang Xiaorong say that Concubine Hui died two years ago. This time was very close to the fight for the throne three years ago. I wonder if there is any connection between the two?

Delay in appointing a crown prince and delay in appointing a queen have always been the two fuses that cause chaos in the imperial palace.

I heard that the Emperor loved Zhao Ji very much. Could it be that he deliberately delayed the time of establishing the Queen in order to allow Zhao Ji to enter the palace, so as to force the Queen Mother to agree to Zhao Ji's entry into the palace?

Now that Zhaoji has entered the palace, the emperor’s goal should have been achieved...but why is he still unwilling to establish a queen?

Could it be that his purpose was not just to bring Zhao Ji into the palace, but to make Zhao Ji the queen?

Zhaoji was just a little palace maid in Qi State, how could she become the queen?

Rather than dragging it on like this, it would be better for her to confess and withdraw, allowing the Emperor to appoint someone else. This would avoid the chaos in the harem over the position of Empress, and would also prevent her from being hated by Concubine An as a thorn in her side.

In fact, Ji Anni is no longer afraid of monsters. She thinks Concubine An is more powerful than monsters...

Ji Anni asked hesitantly, "Your Majesty, there is something... I don't know if I should ask..."

"Just ask." Long Mohan smiled at her.

Ji Anni bravely asked, "Your Majesty, who do you want to make the queen?"

Although the question was a bit direct, maybe it would have some unexpected effect? ​​Ji Anni made an excuse for herself.

Unexpectedly, Long Mohan smiled lightly and threw the question back intact: "What do you think?"

"I...I, I, I said..." Ji Anni stuttered. Is this something I can just say casually? "Your Majesty, it is because you have been reluctant to establish a queen that the harem is in such a mess... Zhao Ji knows that her status is low, and she really can't..."

As soon as she said this, Long Mohan stopped her from finishing her words with his eyes.

Being stared at so deeply by Long Mohan, Ji Anni suddenly lost the ability to speak.

Long Mohan whispered, "Zhao Ji, if you don't become the queen, how can you become the crown prince tomorrow?"

"Ming'er" is probably a nickname for Prince Ming.

When saying this, Long Mohan lowered his voice, perhaps because he was worried that An Youchen outside would hear it.

"I..." Ji Anni couldn't answer. She was not Zhao Ji at all, how could she answer this question for Zhao Ji?

"Zhao Ji, do you know how my mother died?" Long Mohan suddenly changed the subject.

Ji Anni shook her head in confusion.

Long Mohan said, "I was taken hostage to Qi State when I was seven years old, and stayed in the Qi Palace for fifteen years. Even when my mother passed away two years ago, I didn't have the chance to attend her funeral. More than three months ago, I finally returned to the court to inherit the throne, and only then did I have the opportunity to investigate the cause of her death. I heard that she went crazy three years ago, but after a year of madness, she suddenly jumped into a well and committed suicide one day..."

"Jump into the well to commit suicide?" Ji Anni was stunned.

Three years ago, the little prince that Shui Furong's sister gave birth to for the late emperor also fell into a well and died...

"Before my mother died...she said...she was going to save people in the well...save the little prince." Long Mohan's voice became even lower, and his expression became a little strange, as if with a hint of hatred.

The atmosphere in the car suddenly became very depressing. Ji Annie's heartbeat became faster and faster, and she was a little breathless.

It seems that the well that Concubine Hui jumped into was the same well that the little prince fell into...

Is there any connection between Concubine Hui’s death and the little prince’s fall into the well three years ago?

Ji Anni asked softly, "Did the little prince fall into the well by himself?"

Long Mohan said, "He was only three months old at the time and couldn't even walk. If no one was holding him, how could he have fallen into the well?"

"So... could it be..." Could it be that he was murdered? Ji Anni didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence.

Long Mohan knew what she wanted to say, and with a tense face, he nodded to her seriously.

"But, but...but who dares?"

Ji Anni didn't want to guess who the murderer was, but the Queen Mother's face kept appearing in her mind.

Three years ago, after Concubine Shui died, it was the Queen Mother who adopted the little prince...

Could it be that the Queen Mother was the murderer of Consort Shui Cong? Was she the mastermind behind the little prince's fall into the well?

"Yeah, who dares..." Long Mohan repeated this sentence in deep thought, with a strange layer of frost covering his face.

His eyes were unfathomable, with a hint of understanding and deep resentment in his expression.

Ji Anni could see that Long Mohan already had an answer in his mind.

I just don't know if the answer in his mind is the same as what I guessed...

Ji Anni suddenly felt a chill coming over her. Not only because of the death of the little prince and Concubine Hui, but also because of Long Mohan's sometimes cloudy and sometimes sunny expression and the suggestive conversation, she felt that the emperor was carefully planning something...

As long as he has full-fledged wings, he can soar into the sky; as long as he grows claws and fangs, he can tear his enemies to pieces.

At that moment, Ji Anni suddenly felt that the emperor and Hua Rong were very similar. She couldn't see through them, couldn't guess, and didn't know what they were thinking.

Long Mohan was silent for a while, the frost on his face gradually melted away, and he put on a warm spring smile again, and said to Ji Anni: "Zhao Ji, let me answer your question just now. You asked me who I want to make the queen... Now I can only tell you that before the queen's ceremony in September, if no miracle happens, I can only obey the queen mother's wishes and make Concubine An the queen..."

You can appoint anyone, but not her!

Ji Anni's face suddenly changed, but before she could get angry, Long Mohan smiled calmly and whispered in her ear: "Zhao Ji... do you believe in miracles?"

Ji Anni was stunned, not knowing what he meant.

Without waiting for Ji Anni's answer, Long Mohan changed the topic and asked, "So Zhaoji, do you believe me?"

Ji Anni still didn't quite understand what he was trying to say.

Long Mohan said softly: "Zhao Ji, if you still believe in me, you can try to believe in miracles."

This time Ji Anni understood that the emperor really wanted to make Zhao Ji the queen...

But before establishing a queen, he must create a miracle.

In other words, he must take action before the queen's enthronement ceremony in September.

What exactly was this "miracle" he was talking about? Ji Anni couldn't guess.

At this time, Long Mohan turned his head slightly, looked out the window, and muttered to himself almost inaudibly: "There are only seventy days left, which is enough..."

Enough? Enough for what? What on earth was he trying to do?

Ji Anni stared at his profile. His words had already created a hole in her heart - deep and bottomless.

I don't know what he wants to do, but I feel that what he is planning is very dangerous and will drag the palace into a terrible disaster.

If he really wanted to make Zhao Ji his empress, then the biggest obstacle in front of him would be Concubine An. Did the emperor want to be an enemy of the entire An family? Did he want to overthrow the An family? ...But where did he get this confidence from when he had no power?

What key does he hold in his hands that can turn the situation around?