bayedsolid Chapter 439 The Prince Has a Rule
Chapter 439 The Prince Has a Rule
Ji Anni excitedly banged her head and body around in the box, hoping to attract the attention of Prince Ming and others.
"Prince, I locked it in the box under the bed." Zhuang Xiaomeng's voice was getting closer and closer, and soon she was in front of the bed. At this time, Ji Anni felt the wooden box shaking, and she thought that the box must have been dragged out from under the bed by Zhuang Xiaomeng.
You little bastard, I’ll settle the score with you later!
Ji Anni gritted her teeth in hatred and vowed to give Zhuang Xiaomeng a good spanking after she turned back into human form.
Prince Ming squatted in front of the wooden box, bent his index finger, and knocked a few times, "dong dong dong", as if he wanted to confirm whether Ji Annie was inside.
In response to him, Ji Anni banged her forehead against the box several times, almost knocking herself unconscious.
After Prince Ming confirmed that the fox was in the box, he gently said to the two companions behind him: "You go out first, I...I want to talk to her alone."
Chang Sun Mingri immediately objected: "Prince, please think twice. It's too dangerous."
"Yeah, I'm worried too." Zhuang Xiaomeng agreed. Although he usually looks careless, he also has a delicate side.
Ji Anni squeaked twice inside the box, indicating that she would never hurt Prince Ming. But unfortunately, her mouth was tied with ropes, so she couldn't make much sound, only a few muffled groans.
At this moment, a ray of light suddenly appeared in the dark wooden box. It turned out that Prince Ming had opened the box.
Ji Anni, who finally saw the sun again, lifted her aching neck with emotion and looked at Prince Ming with tears in her eyes, as if she was looking at her parents again. Son, I was right about you, you are the most conscientious!
Just as he was thinking, Prince Ming had already lowered one hand and began to stroke her head. While stroking, he said to Zhuang Xiaomeng and Changsun Mingri, "Look, it's so obedient. It will never hurt me."
Seeing Ji Anni's gentle eyes and submissive behavior, with no intention of struggling or resisting, Chang Sun Mingri's originally uneasy heart gradually calmed down. He and Zhuang Xiaomeng looked at each other and exchanged opinions with their eyes.
"Okay, Prince, we are right outside the door. If it hurts you, just scream and we will rush in to protect you." Changsun Mingri finally agreed to let Prince Ming be alone with the fox. After that, he pulled Zhuang Xiaomeng out of the room.
It was not until their figures were separated from the outside by the closed door that Prince Ming withdrew his gaze and returned his eyes to Ji Anni.
"You are Xue Lan, right..." asked Prince Ming.
Ji Anni hurriedly shook her head and refused to admit it.
Prince Ming helped her untie the ropes that bound her mouth and limbs, and then asked, "Can you speak?"
Ji Annie squeaked a few times. In fact, she wanted to say "I can speak, I can speak", but when she heard that she could only squeak, she could only lower her head in disappointment and look at her fox fur sadly.
How strange, I can obviously talk to Yun Zhen and Cang Gui...
Prince Ming was very brave. Even though he suspected that Ji Anni was the powerful Xue Lan, he still had the courage to gently stroke her long fur. It seemed that he wanted to shorten the distance between the two of them by stroking her, so that Xue Lan would not get angry.
"Xue Lan, the Imperial Master said... you are the only one who can save my mother's life... is that right?" Prince Ming asked tremblingly. Facing a fox demon that could easily take Zhao Ji's life, even if he wanted to pretend to be brave, he was somewhat powerless.
Ji Anni kept shaking her head, not knowing how to explain her identity.
"Xue Lan... although my father doesn't agree to let me see you, but... but I want to beg you, please let my mother come back, okay? No matter what price you ask me to pay, I will agree, as long as my mother comes back..." As he spoke, Prince Ming couldn't help but hug the fox in his arms. Ji Anni's innocent expression almost made Prince Ming forget that this was the culprit that caused Zhao Ji's soul to leave her body, and regarded it as the last hope of saving his life.
"Although my father said... that my mother is dead and now my mother has become someone else, but... I know that the person who hugged me and said that he would not leave me and would protect me... truly loves me..." Having said this, Prince Ming wiped his moist eyes, recalling the little things he had experienced with Ji Anni in the past, and unexpectedly felt inexplicably moved.
"If it is true as my father said, she is not my mother at all... but she loves me, cares about me, takes care of me and makes me happy... even if she is really just a stranger, I can't bear it... to watch her die..." Prince Ming hugged Ji Anni and cried, his hot tears flowed onto Ji Anni's neck, making her feel hot.
Thinking back carefully, she didn't think she had done anything touching for Prince Ming. At most, she just covered him with quilts, checked his homework, chatted with him, and other trivial things. But it was these trivial things that became the warmest part of Prince Ming's memory.
"Xue Lan, please save my mother...either the real mother or the fake mother...please let her come back and let everything go back to the way it was before..." When he said this, Prince Ming burst into tears.
Although he heard that Zhaoji had woken up and attacked Long Mohan with Yunzhen and escaped, and was now being searched by the palace guards, he felt that Zhaoji would not do anything to harm the emperor. All of Zhaoji's abnormalities were affected by Xue Lan or other monsters, so he wanted to ask Xue Lan to make Zhaoji return to normal.
Ji Anni was almost unable to breathe in his embrace, and she kept screaming, "I'm not Xue Lan, I'm your mother! I'm your mother!"
She thought that only she could hear this sentence, so she shouted "I am your mother" for nearly ten times without any scruples. As she shouted, she suddenly found that the look in Prince Ming's eyes had changed. His eyes, which were originally full of tears, suddenly widened with astonishment.
"What, you are my mother?" Prince Ming held Ji Annie high up and stared at her carefully.
"You...you understood?" Ji Anni blinked and stared at Prince Ming in disbelief.
It's really strange. He clearly didn't understand what I said just now, but how come he suddenly understood it now? Thinking back, the people who could understand what I said were Yun Zhen, Cang Gui, Yuan Rong, who were either demons or Taoists. Prince Ming was a fox demon by blood, so it was not surprising that he could understand what I said. The reason why he didn't understand it just now was probably because I didn't connect the line for a while.
"You are my mother? How can you be my mother?" Prince Ming turned Ji Annie around and looked at her.
"Ming'er, this is so rude, put me down now." Ji Anni glared at him.
Hearing the familiar tone of her voice, Prince Ming couldn't help but believe that she was Zhao Ji.
"Mother...why did you turn into a fox?"
"Oh, it's a long story..." In fact, Ji Annie didn't want to mention a word, fearing that if she mentioned too much, Prince Ming would realize that they were both fox demons, which would be a huge blow to him.
"Can mother still turn into a human?" Prince Ming asked worriedly.
"Maybe... maybe it's possible..." Ji Anni was a little unsure, "But we have to find Yun Zhen."
Speaking of Yun Zhen, Prince Ming's expression became a little strange, and he asked, "I heard that my mother and the imperial teacher attacked my father together..."
Ji Anni hurriedly clarified: "Nonsense, we didn't attack him, he fell ill on his own. The situation was very complicated at the time, it's hard to describe in a few words. In short, I can't stay here for long tomorrow."
After saying that, she struggled hard in the arms of Prince Ming. Prince Ming couldn't hold her and watched her jump onto the windowsill.
"I'm sorry, Ming'er, I have something important to do." Ji Anni looked at Prince Ming with an apologetic look. The most important thing was to rescue Yun Zhen and Cang Gui. They had agreed to leave the palace together, but now she was left alone.
Prince Ming saw that she was planning to jump out of the window, and his face suddenly turned pale.
Ji Anni thought that he was reluctant to let her leave and would suddenly pounce on her and grab her, so she turned around and jumped without waiting for Prince Ming to stand up.
"Mother!" Prince Ming screamed.
The next second, there was a "splash" sound, and before Ji Anni could figure out what was going on, her body was surrounded by cold water.
After gulping down a few gulps of water, Ji Anni finally realized that she had fallen into the pond!
Thinking carefully, when the paper fox god appeared in the palace, a red fox appeared on the windowsill of Zhuang Xiaomeng and Changsun Mingri's room. The red fox was surrounded by people, but did not choose to jump out of the window to escape, but chose to rush out of the door. At that time, Ji Anni and Shui Furong felt very strange. Later, when the red fox was chased away by Xuanjizi, they opened the window and found that there was a pond outside the window. No wonder the red fox could not jump out of the window and escape. It's terrible. How could I forget such an important thing!
Even if she regretted it, time could not be reversed. Ji Anni could not return to the windowsill and could only struggle desperately in the water. Although she was not a paper fox that was afraid of water, and she was not unable to swim, her limbs were much shorter than when she was in human form after she became a fox. Using those short and slender limbs to paddle in the water was completely useless. In addition, after falling into the water, Ji Anni was so scared that she had no idea what to do. Not to mention swimming, it was difficult for her to even walk.
"Mother! Mother!" Prince Ming lay on the windowsill and stretched out his hand to grab the pond, but how could he catch it?
Ji Anni splashed water randomly, getting farther and farther away from the windowsill. Only then did she realize that the reason why Prince Ming turned pale was not because he was reluctant to escape, but because he was afraid of falling into the water. Alas, if she had realized Prince Ming's intention earlier, she would not have become a "fox drowned".
My body keeps sinking and I am about to be drowned. What should I do?
Just when Ji Anni was in despair, she suddenly heard a "splash" and the surface of the pond suddenly began to ripple violently.
No way? Ji Anni suddenly had a bad feeling.
Struggling on the brink of life and death, she looked towards the direction where the sound of water came from with difficulty, and sure enough, she saw Prince Ming also struggling in the water.