Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 233 Alternatives

Wenhua College was very quiet, especially the beginner's school with only three students, where almost no human voice could be heard.

Seeing Ji Anni and Shui Furong walking away, Kang Xiaorong said to Huarong beside him: "When I wanted to see you before, I could see you as long as I came to Wenhuayuan, but now when I want to see you, I can't see you no matter what."

This sentence is said in a plain and simple way, but it contains a lot of sorrow and longing.

Time has passed and the past is like water. Whenever I recall it, it is as painful as if I had eaten poison.

"Don't think about me all the time. Have you seen Yuemao?" Huarong suddenly asked such a strange question.

Kang Xiaorong was slightly surprised and replied calmly, "She is with Tianning, it is not convenient for me to go."

"Princess Tianning won't eat you." Huarong laughed coldly and asked, "Are you afraid of Tianning, or have you completely forgotten Yuemao?"

"How could I forget her? I also want to take her out of the palace as soon as possible, but there is no way." Kang Xiaorong was a little anxious.

"You don't have to take her out of the palace. Just go see her often. She should want to see you more than I do."

"Why?" I suddenly felt that Hua Rong's words were very strange, as if they were hiding some secret.

"Don't ask." Hua Rong subconsciously quickened her pace and walked forward as if escaping.

"What exactly do you want to say?" Kang Xiaorong grabbed her and pulled her back to his side.

"I don't want to say anything, but I just came back here and suddenly remembered some past events." Hua Rong looked back at the Chuxue School. Many years ago, she also studied and practiced calligraphy here. But at that time, the owner of the school was not Chang Sun Nan, but Xi Jinde. Although Xi Jinde was a university scholar, he often came to the Chuxue School to check their homework.

Hua Rong said: "Yuemao can memorize very quickly and can almost remember everything she read. I still remember one time when Daddy came to check our homework. When it was my turn, I didn't remember anything and didn't dare to go to see my daddy. Later, Yuemao went to Daddy to recite the poem on my behalf, which saved me from the ordeal. The funny thing is that my daddy didn't even notice that Yuemao recited the poem twice, while I didn't recite it at all."

Having said this, Huarong smiled gently, as if recalling the happy times of her childhood.

Kang Xiaorong followed her words and said, "Yeah, who made you look so alike?"

"Yes, who made us look so alike?" Hua Rong repeated softly, but her tone was more emotional than Kang Xiaorong's.

After a short pause, Hua Rong suddenly looked up and asked Kang Xiao Rong: "If you were my father, would you be able to tell the difference?"

There was a mischievous smile on her face, as if she was joking.

Kang Xiaorong couldn't help but smile as well, and answered confidently, "Of course I can tell the difference."

"Really?" The smiling face that was as bright as the sun just a moment ago was suddenly covered by a dark cloud.

"Really." Kang Xiaorong held her hand tightly, hoping that she would believe him.

"Really?" Hua Rong asked again.

"Really." Kang Xiaorong's answer remained unchanged, and he held Huarong's hand even tighter.

This time Huarong just smiled and said nothing. But her smile looked a bit like crying, and she looked very sad. She turned and walked forward, pulling her clenched hand out of Kang Xiaorong's.

"What's wrong with you? You look very strange today." Kang Xiaorong followed worriedly.

"Instead of worrying about me, you might as well worry about Concubine Zhao Cong. She is much weirder than me." Hua Rong immediately turned the topic to Ji Anni because she didn't want Kang Xiaorong to ask any further questions.

"She still has no interest in the throne?" Kang Xiaorong frowned slightly.

Hua Rong sighed and said, "If you are interested, can you still laugh while being confined to Wenhua Courtyard?"

Just now, when Ji Anni was running away with Shui Furong, she was as brisk as a bird and had no sense of being punished at all.

If the Queen Mother saw this, she would definitely order an extra pair of handcuffs and shackles for her to see if she could still laugh.

"In fact, there is another way to prevent An Ruoxuan from becoming the queen." Kang Xiaorong and Ji Anni had several direct contacts. He had long realized that Ji Anni was different from other concubines. She cared about Yun Zhen much more than she cared about the emperor and the throne.

"Anything else?" Hua Rong wanted to hear Kang Xiaorong's thoughts.

Kang Xiaorong lowered his voice, leaned down and whispered in Huarong's ear: "That means the emperor abdicates and the prince ascends the throne."

"What?" Hua Rong was obviously shocked. Could it be that Kang Xiaorong wanted to force the emperor to abdicate?

Kang Xiaorong comforted her with a calm smile and continued, "As soon as Prince Ming ascends the throne, An Ruoxuan, the former imperial concubine who has never been favored, will have to leave the palace, and Zhao Ji will become the empress dowager, and the empress dowager will become the grand empress dowager. At present, there is no special palace for the grand empress dowager in the palace, so we can persuade the grand empress dowager to temporarily move to the summer resort outside Beijing."

This is indeed a solution. As long as An Ruoxuan and An Yiru both leave the palace, it will not be easy for the harem to interfere in politics in the future.

Hua Rong was also persuaded. She was at a loss as to what to do with Ji Anni during this period, which made her a little anxious, but as long as she turned her target to Long Mohan and Prince Ming, the problem seemed to be solved.

Kang Xiaorong continued, "Prince Ming is young, and he must have a regent to assist him after he ascends the throne. Looking at the current political situation, there are only two candidates for the regent, one is Prime Minister An Zhonghuan, and the other is my father. I think..." He smiled slightly at this point, "It should be much easier for my father to be the regent than for Zhaoji to be the queen, right?"

Yes, in terms of difficulty, the second method is indeed more feasible.

"But how can the emperor abdicate?" This is what Hua Rong is concerned about.

If the emperor cannot be forced to abdicate, how can Prince Ming ascend the throne and appoint a regent?

Kang Xiaorong looked at Huarong's nervous eyes grimly, and asked with a sneer on his face, "Can't you think of it?"

"All I can think of is that the country is in great trouble, and the emperor is unable to turn the tide, so he can only abdicate and let someone more capable do the job."

"There is a faster and simpler way." Kang Xiaorong didn't believe that she couldn't think of it, but just didn't want to say it.

"Faster and simpler..." Hua Rong slowly raised her head and stared at Kang Xiaorong with a gloomy face in disbelief.

It’s not that she couldn’t think of the method Kang Xiaorong mentioned, but she was unwilling to believe that Kang Xiaorong would resort to such means.

The so-called faster and easier method is either a sudden assassination or death from a sudden illness.

These two items are taboos in the palace, and no one dares to speak them out loud, but from the eye contact between Kang Xiaorong and Hua Rong, Hua Rong has clearly seen that his so-called method is really one of these two.

Kang Xiaorong said: "You are now Zhaoji's personal maid, and Zhaoji is the emperor's most favored concubine, so you should have many opportunities."

"No..." Hua Rong subconsciously closed her eyes and kept shaking her head, "No... I don't want to kill anyone anymore..."

Ever since she chopped off her father's head on the execution ground three years ago, her face was covered in blood, and she has never escaped from nightmares. These hands, once stained with blood, can never be washed away from their deep sins.

"Hua Rong..." Seeing her painful expression, Kang Xiaorong hugged her and said, "To do great things, you have to make sacrifices."

Huarong trembled slightly in his arms, like a pitiful fledgling. She subconsciously stared at her stiff hands and asked painfully, "General...Does the General know?"

"My father doesn't know yet." Kang Xiaorong answered honestly, and then quickly added, "But I believe he will definitely not object. Emperor Long Mohan will be deposed sooner or later, what are you still worried about?"

"I know...but, but..." I always feel that this method is too despicable and too cruel.

After a long while, Huarong's body finally stopped shaking. She slowly regained her composure and persuaded Kang Xiaorong, "Xiaorong, if Zhaoji really cannot become the queen after September, can we consider the second method?"

This time Kang Xiaorong did not answer.

"Is it okay?" Hua Rong asked again, her tone more urgent.

This time Kang Xiaorong finally answered, "Okay..."

He didn't expect that his words would make Hua Rong so painful. If he knew that those words would remind Hua Rong of the tragedy three years ago, he would rather not say anything. However, everyone can see that the second method is much faster than the first one.

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This Wenhua Courtyard is quite large. After walking for ten minutes, Ji Anni and Shui Furong finally saw the "dormitory gate".

There are two gates, one on the left with a wooden plaque with the words "Li Garden" on it, and one on the right with the words "Tao Garden" on it. Just like the Concubine Palace has two halls, the East and West, and the dormitories in Wenhuayuan are also divided into "Tao and Li".

The Peach and Plum Gardens are opposite to each other, and both are large courtyards in the shape of a Chinese character "回". I guess there is also a custom in this world to use the words "桃李" to represent students, otherwise the student dormitory would not be named "桃李".

There were very few beginner students in this class, only three children: Prince Ming, eldest grandson Mingri, and Zhuang Xiaomeng.

Prince Ming lived in Concubine An's West Palace, while Changsun Mingri and Zhuang Xiaomeng lived in Wenhua Courtyard.

So, does that mean that Changsun Mingri and Zhuang Xiaomeng live here? Will they be neighbors from now on?

Ji Annie curiously poked her head into "Li Garden" to see if the two little guys were there.

"Concubine Zhao." Seeing Ji Anni trying to get into Li Garden, Shui Furong hurriedly grabbed her and said, "What are you doing... that's where the male students live. We should go this way." Then she pulled Ji Anni towards Tao Garden.

Men on the left and women on the right, Li on the left and Tao on the right. It turns out that Li Yuan is the boys' dormitory and Tao Yuan is the girls' dormitory - Ji Annie finally understood.

Ji Anni originally wanted to go and say hello to her neighbors, but Shui Furong held her tightly and refused to let her go.

"Princess Zhao, you can't go in. You can't go in."

"They are all little kids anyway, and I can be their mother, so can't I go in and take a look?" As the saying goes, specific cases require specific analysis. Although girls cannot break into boys' dormitories, can't a mother go into her son's dormitory to take a look?