Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 132 Annie Annie

Thanks to the care of Lai De and others, Ji Anni felt quite comfortable in prison.

Not only are there delicious tea and food to serve, but there is also a beautiful scenery to enjoy outside the window.

But no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it will become boring if you see it too much, so Ji Anni started chatting with Lai De.

Lai De's personality is very interesting. Generally speaking, he is the kind of person who is easy to bully. In addition, Ji Anni is the royal concubine, so Lai De can't help but be a little respectful when talking to Ji Anni. As long as Ji Anni glares at him, he will immediately nod and say "Madam, please spare me, please spare me", and his expressions and movements are particularly cute, which makes Ji Anni like to pretend to be angry every time to scare Lai De to kill time.

Before I knew it, the sunlight had gradually dimmed.

Outside the window, the golden afterglow of the setting sun shimmered in the ripples of the Qinglan River. From time to time, the sound of birds returning to their nests could be heard. They lined up in groups, and the sight of their wings flying across the sky actually aroused Ji Anni's homesickness.

Birds at least have a nest to return to, but what about me? Not only can I not go home, but even my identity is no longer the same as before.

A feeling of depression filled Ji Anni's heart and she couldn't help but sigh.

Suddenly, a low, gentle voice came from beside me: "Annie..."

Ji Anni was stunned. At that moment, she even thought she was dreaming. Time and space began to spin around her, and her mind fell into a tangled chaos, as if she had suddenly left the palace and returned to the familiar modern society.

Annie... Yes, it was these two ordinary words that allowed her to find a little bit of her own existence.

Ji Anni came back to her senses from her shock and trance, and looked back blankly at the source of the sound.

"Lai De?" Lai De was the only one beside her, and the word "Annie" just now came from Lai De's mouth.

"Annie..." Lai De called again.

Ji Anni couldn't help but shed tears, she couldn't stop them.

Lai De saw that he had made Ji Anni cry again, and he panicked all of a sudden. He hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe Ji Anni's tears and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why are you crying again? Last time in Renhe Hall, you asked me to say those two words, and I thought they were words to comfort Your Majesty... Alas, it's all my fault. I saw Your Majesty sighing in sorrow, and I knew that Your Majesty was in a bad mood. I wanted to comfort Her Majesty, but I said the wrong words... Damn it, I made Your Majesty cry again..."

"Laide, you didn't say anything wrong. I was happy... I was so happy that I cried." Ji Anni quickly wiped the tears from her face. She thought it was strange. In her original world, she was clearly called "the iron lady without tears". Why did she always cry not long after coming here? Maybe it was because her life was too miserable and she was always bullied.

"Are you really happy? Your Majesty didn't lie to me?" Lai De still found it a little unconvincing.

"Why should I lie to you? It's not fun to lie to you." Ji Anni pushed Lai De's shoulder and joked with him.

"By the way, Your Majesty, what exactly does 'Annie' mean?" Lai De had wanted to ask this for a long time.

"Yes...it's my hometown dialect..." Ji Anni didn't know how to explain.

"Does it mean to cheer up and move forward courageously?" Lai De suddenly asked.

"Ah?" Ji Anni was stunned.

"Oh, I've been too talkative. I guessed wrong again. Please don't punish me, Madam Queen." As he said this, Lai De was about to slap himself in the face.

Ji Anni hurriedly grabbed his hand and said, "Don't hit me, Lai De, you are right. It's all my fault. I have been in this palace for too long, so long that I even forgot my native dialect... Thank you, Lai De, you reminded me."

Cheer up and move forward courageously... Wasn't Ji Annie such a person in the past?

There have been so many gloomy and worrying things lately that I almost lost my true self.

"Your Majesty, we all admire you very much. Only you dare to go against Princess Tianning, and only you dare to speak frankly in front of the Empress Dowager. When I heard you teach Princess Tianning a lesson with the imperial bamboo whip, when I heard you clashed with the Empress Dowager and Concubine An for Die'er in front of the Emperor, and when I heard you plead for the palace maids in the right courtyard, I was moved but also very worried... Your Majesty, the harem is a place of gossip, so you must be prudent and protect yourself." Lai De's words were sincere and heart-wrenching, and Ji Anni's heart was shaken.

"I know, Lai De, thank you." At this moment, what else can I say? Ji Anni shook Lai De's hand and suddenly felt that Lai De was her strength. She always thought she was helpless, but now she found that there were people like Lai De watching her from behind. Maybe their gazes were also a kind of strength.

Lai De said, "Your Majesty, if you need me in the future, please feel free to send me. If you are unhappy in the future, I am willing to share your burden if you are willing to tell me. Although I am of low status and cannot help you in any way, I can tell you jokes and make you happy."

"Then tell me a joke." Ji Anni was not polite to Lai De.

"This... this..." Lai De couldn't think of any jokes for a moment. Suddenly, he saw a butterfly flying outside the window, so he pointed at the butterfly and said, "Madam, do you know why butterflies fly?"

"Because it has wings."

"Wrong, because it has no legs and cannot walk."

Ji Anni was stunned for three full seconds before she shivered, rubbed her arms covered with goose bumps and said, "It's so cold."

Although the joke was a bit dull, Ji Anni somehow felt happy and couldn't help laughing.

Lai De was like discovering a new world, and said happily: "The queen is smiling, the queen is smiling."

"I'm laughing at you for being stupid." Ji Anni slapped Lai De on the head.

The two were talking happily when they suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.

Ji Anni's cell was not locked, so Lai De was chatting with Ji Anni in the cell. Suddenly, he heard footsteps, and Lai De quickly adjusted his hat and clothes.

Judging from the footsteps, the person coming should be the foreman of the guards who is in charge of guarding the dungeon.

The foreman was also very caring towards Ji Anni, so Ji Anni was not nervous at all and waited quietly for the visitor to show up.

But what was unexpected was that there was a figure following behind the foreman.

Ji Anni took a closer look and cried out in surprise: "Yun, Yun Zhen?"

Yun Zhen smiled, bowed slightly, saluted to Ji Anni and said, "Your Highness, how are you."

"How did you come?"

"I came to visit the queen."

"Does the Queen Mother know?"

"It has not been reported yet."

"Aren't you afraid that she will blame you?"

After hearing this, Yun Zhen laughed and said, "The Queen Mother is probably being entangled by Princess Tian Ning and can't get away from her. She has no time to blame Yun Zhen."

"Why is Princess Tianning pestering the Queen Mother?"

"I am here to plead for your majesty." Yun Zhen walked into the cell and came to Ji Anni's side and said, "Don't worry, majesty, as long as Princess Tianning comes forward, the queen mother will definitely not be able to do anything to her. She even begged for the death penalty for the two beautiful young ladies of the Xi family, not to mention this time it was your majesty's unintentional mistake."

"Your Majesty, Imperial Master, please take your time talking. We will take our leave first." Lai De said and walked out.