Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 310 Like each other

On the other hand, Long Mohan and Yizhen were on their way to Wenhuayuan. Prince Ming was ill and could not travel far, so a sedan chair was prepared for him, carried by eight eunuchs. Sitting in the sedan chair, Prince Ming could not hear the conversation between Long Mohan and Yizhen.

It was already evening, the sky was getting darker, and all I could hear was the chirping of birds returning to their nests.

Listening to the clear bird calls, Yizhen couldn't help but smile.

Long Mohan didn't know why she was laughing, so he asked her the reason. Yizhen shook her head and replied, "I just think that the birdsong is very appropriate to the scene. I'm sure that Prince Ming is also like these birds returning to their nests, and he can't wait to sing loudly."

Hearing this, Long Mohan also laughed, "Yes, he has loved to revolve around Zhao Ji since he was a child. This time he entered the palace and was separated from Zhao Ji for a whole month. He is really pitiful. However, in the end, you should blame me..."

If he had not been unable to disobey An, he would not have watched them separate.

Thinking of this, the bitter smile in Long Mohan's face became even more profound.

Seeing him sad, Yizhen also felt pain in her heart and hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, this is not your fault. Prince Ming will be able to meet Concubine Zhao soon, right? This is all your gift."

After listening to Yizhen's consolation, the sadness on Long Mohan's face faded a little, but he was still covered with a gloomy look.

Yizhen asked with concern: "What is the emperor still worried about?"

Compared to the uneasiness when they first met, Yizhen can now talk freely with Long Mohan. She can't feel too much majesty of the emperor from Long Mohan. She just feels that talking to him is like talking to her relatives and friends, very easy-going and very natural. To be honest, Yizhen was not as nervous when talking to Long Mohan as when talking to Concubine An.

In fact, Long Mohan and Yizhen have some similarities in their fates. For example, they are both insignificant people in the palace. When Long Mohan was a hostage in the Qi Palace, he was also as inferior as Yizhen and was unwilling to contact anyone. But when he met Zhao Ji, his boring life as a hostage suddenly became colorful. Yizhen was the same. After meeting Ji Anni, she had a friend to talk to and found a little fun in the palace.

So now Long Mohan and Yizhen can talk and communicate with each other so naturally, it seems that it is because they both feel the familiar aura emanating from each other, which is similar to their own.

If Yizhen hadn't asked, Long Mohan wouldn't have realized that he was already worried. He didn't know what was wrong with him. He felt that even if he returned Prince Ming to Zhaoji, he still couldn't eliminate his uneasiness. In a vague way, he seemed to feel that it was even more dangerous. He sighed softly, "I don't know what's going on. I just feel... I just feel that Zhaoji is no longer the Zhaoji of the past."

"Not the same Zhaoji as before?" Yizhen didn't understand what Long Mohan said. She didn't know what Zhaoji looked like before entering the palace, so of course she couldn't feel the changes before and after Zhaoji entered the palace.

The earth-shaking change in Zhaoji's personality was probably only felt by Long Mohan and Prince Ming. But Prince Ming was just a five-year-old child. As long as he could see Zhaoji, everything would be fine. He didn't care whether Zhaoji had changed or not, so Long Mohan didn't even have anyone to discuss things with. Facing Zhaoji's change, he could only keep telling himself that it was his illusion. But if the illusion is too deep and lasts too long, you will gradually feel that the illusion is reality, that it is real.

Subconsciously, Long Mohan was unwilling to doubt Zhao Ji. He would rather doubt himself than Zhao Ji.

Long Mohan's attachment to and obsession with Zhao Ji is an important reason why Ji Anni's true identity has not been discovered until now despite her disguise.

Although Yizhen didn't understand what Long Mohan meant by "not the former Zhao Ji", she saw that Long Mohan looked serious and seemed to be really distressed. She really hoped that she could help him solve his problems, so she asked, "Your Majesty, what kind of person was the former Zhao Congfei?"

"Before..." Long Mohan couldn't explain it clearly. Between the new Zhao Ji and the old Zhao Ji, he couldn't tell who was the real Zhao Ji. Although people change, Zhao Ji's change was really too strange and unusual.

Long Mohan was thinking, and his eyes inadvertently fell on Yizhen's face.

At that moment, looking at Yizhen's eyes that were staring at him seriously, Long Mohan suddenly had a sense of déjà vu.

It seemed... many years ago, Zhao Ji was also staring at him with the same eyes and listening to him quietly.

"Your Majesty?" Yizhen saw that Long Mohan was staring at her face. She couldn't help but get nervous and lowered her head awkwardly.

Long Mohan finally came to his senses and said the answer he had just found: "The Zhao Ji in the past was probably... like you."

His unintentional words made Yizhen's heart beat faster suddenly, as if she heard a confession of love.

Yizhen lowered her head and smiled. For the first time, she felt that walking side by side with a man like this was a very happy thing.

How I wish this road leading to Wenhuayuan could be extended indefinitely...

In this way, she can walk with him forever for the rest of her life.

"By the way, which imperial chef made those pastries?" Seeing that Prince Ming was eating so happily, Long Mohan wanted to ask the imperial chef to make a few more and send them to Prince Ming later.

Yizhen was enjoying the atmosphere of the stroll, but she suddenly came back to reality after hearing Long Mohan's question. She was stunned for a moment, and couldn't say that it was Ji Anni who did it, so she had to admit it herself, and replied in a low voice with a guilty conscience: "Yes...it was done by me."

"Really?" Long Mohan was shocked. This was probably the first time he heard of a queen who could cook.

"It was Concubine Zhao who told me to do it..." Yizhen didn't dare to take all the credit, so she mentioned Ji Anni as well.

Long Mohan laughed and asked, "Then you don't have to do it yourself, why not just give the order and let the imperial chef do it?"

Yizhen said, "It's no problem. In fact, when I have nothing to do, I often go to the imperial kitchen to help out. There are many chefs in the imperial kitchen who are from the same hometown as me. Whenever I go to the imperial kitchen, it feels like I'm home, it's especially friendly."

Seeing Yizhen's simple smile, Long Mohan forgot to hold her responsible for entering the imperial kitchen without permission, and laughed with her.

As he was laughing, Long Mohan inadvertently said, "...Actually, Zhao Ji's cooking skills are also very good."

"Really?" Yizhen was very surprised and her eyes widened.

She had just taught Ji Annie how to make shortbread today. Judging from the way Ji Annie kneaded the dough and pinched the pancakes, she was definitely a layman who had never been in the kitchen. How could she be a master culinary artist?

"What's wrong?" Long Mohan noticed that Yizhen looked strange and asked worriedly.

"No, nothing..." Yizhen shook her head hurriedly, not wanting to arouse the emperor's suspicion.

But at this moment, Yizhen seemed to understand the meaning of the emperor's words "not the same Zhaoji as before". Even if a person's personality can change, can their cooking skills suddenly disappear? Zhaoji is no longer the same Zhaoji as before... Why is she not?

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When the group arrived at Wenhuayuan Taoyuan, Ji Annie was sitting in her room with nothing to do.

Suddenly, she heard a shout of "Long live the emperor!" from outside the door, which frightened her so much that she almost fell off the stool.

For Ji Anni, hearing someone shouting "Your Majesty" was like hearing someone shouting "fire", and her body's instinctive reaction was to run.

But then, two more voices were heard, "I hope Prince Ming is well, and I hope Concubine Su Congfei is well."

Ji Anni was stunned for a moment, wondering why Prince Ming and Yizhen were here? Before she could figure it out, the footsteps of the visitors were already walking along the corridor towards her room. Ji Anni hurriedly tidied her hair and clothes, opened the door and went out to greet them.

"Zhao Ji pays respects to His Majesty."

As Ji Anni gradually gained more experience in dealing with the emperor, she was no longer as nervous as before. Her gestures, language and demeanor were becoming more and more like a queen - but compared with the real Zhao Ji, she was still far from it.

"Please stand up, my beloved." Long Mohan personally helped Zhao Ji up.

"Mother." As soon as Prince Ming got off the sedan chair, he rushed towards Ji Anni and hugged her legs tightly.

Ji Anni was startled and was shaken by Prince Ming's pounce, almost falling to the ground. She blinked her eyes in surprise, unable to believe that Prince Ming appeared in front of her. She held Prince Ming's face, looked at it carefully, and asked in surprise: "Why are you here?... What's going on?"

The first sentence was asked to Prince Ming, but when asking the second sentence, Ji Anni raised her head and asked Long Mohan.

Long Mohan said, "Ming'er misses you so much. When he was sick before, you were the one who took care of him. Without you by his side, I'm afraid he won't get better. So I decided to let him move in with you temporarily until he recovers."

"What?" Ji Anni was shocked. The incident happened suddenly and she was not mentally prepared at all.

"Mother, mother, I can finally be with you tomorrow." Prince Ming excitedly threw himself into Ji Annie's arms again.

Ji Anni was even more surprised to see that he had a ruddy complexion and strong limbs, and he didn't look sick at all. However, she had originally planned to bring Prince Ming to live with her, firstly to cultivate the mother-son relationship, and secondly to prevent the secret of Prince Ming's transformation from being discovered by others. Now, without her asking, the emperor sent Prince Ming to her, which also fulfilled one of her wishes.

At this time, two little heads popped out silently at the gate of Taoyuan. They turned out to be Zhuang Xiaomeng and Changsun Mingri.

After hearing the guards' calls, they knew that Prince Ming and the Emperor had arrived, so they ran out to see what was going on. To put it bluntly, they just wanted to join in the fun. Ji Anni was a hospitable person and invited them to come in together.