Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 223 Night-shining Pearl

"If you don't apologize to Yizhen, there will be no room for negotiation." Ji Anni refused to give in.

She had finally waited for the opportunity for Shui Furong to ask for help, so how could she let it go so easily?

As long as Shui Furong apologizes to Yizhen, maybe she can help Yizhen resolve her worries.

Shui Furong was forced to do nothing, her brows sank, and she hardened her heart and agreed: "Okay, I'll apologize, but you can't embarrass me. For example, asking me to kneel down in public, or to apologize for my crime, I can't do that."

When Ji Anni heard that she agreed, she was so happy that she couldn't contain herself, so how could she make things difficult for her?

"Okay, Shui Congfei, you have to keep your word." Ji Anni was afraid that Shui Furong would go back on her word.

"Of course I keep my word. Do you want me to sign a document?" Shui Furong said seriously. It seemed that she had really made up her mind.

Ji Anni stopped when she saw that things were going well, and said with a happy smile: "No, no, I believe you are not the kind of person who goes back on your words."

"Okay, can we set off now?" Shui Furong dragged Ji Anni out again.

In the end, Ji Anni still refused to leave because she had a further request.

"Shui Congfei, and... after apologizing, can you be friends with Yizhen?"

"What? You are asking too much!" Shui Furong was stunned, her eyes almost popping out of the window.

"Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it." Ji Anni quoted an ancient saying to convince her.

Shui Furong was eager to leave and had no time to bargain with Ji Anni, but she couldn't accept everything either, so she came up with an idea for both sides to compromise. "Zhao Congfei, at most I promise you that if I see Su Congfei being bullied in the future, I will not stand idly by. As for making friends... I don't think Su Congfei will appreciate this."

It seems that Shui Furong also understood Yizhen's temper and knew that Yizhen was very afraid of her.

Everything should be developed gradually, not overnight. Even if Shui Furong and Yizhen make peace, it does not mean that the grudges in their hearts can be completely eliminated. Instead of forcing it, it is better to let nature take its course...

Thinking of this, Ji Anni accepted Shui Furong's suggestion and nodded in agreement: "Okay, as long as you don't bully Yizhen, I believe no one in the Dong Congfei Palace will dare to bully her in the future."

"Consort Zhao, if you describe me as vicious as a tiger again, I will be angry." Shui Furong put her hands on her waist fiercely. Alas, if she is not a tiger, who is the tiger?

Ji Anni laughed dryly, scratched her head, and said, "Okay, it's my fault. Can you forgive me this time?"

Shui Furong's agreement to apologize to Yizhen was already a big compromise, and I should also look at her more leniently from the perspective of dialectical materialism.

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It was late at night and the moonlight was dim.

Ji Anni and Shui Furong followed the path like thieves and headed towards the Demon-Suppressing Temple.

The Demon-Suppressing Temple was in the direction of the Xian Palace, which was a place equivalent to the cold palace, so the defense was much laxer than other important places in the palace. Along the way, apart from seeing a five-man night patrol team, there was no other situation.

When we arrived at the bamboo forest where the Demon-Suppressing Temple was located, there was no sign of human beings.

Walking in the forest is like walking in the wilderness, and you don't feel like you are in the palace at all. Although the palace is bright and dazzling during the day, it is quiet and sparsely populated at night, with a cold wind that is very creepy.

"Water... Concubine, water... Concubine..." Ji Anni's voice trembled.

There was a rustling sound of bamboo leaves in my ears, mixed with the strange chirping of insects and birds, which was like the sound effects in a horror movie.

Shui Furong was a little timid walking in such a place. After hearing Ji Anni's ghost-like cry, goose bumps appeared on her arms. She slapped Ji Anni hard, and with a hint of anger, she growled, "Zhao Congfei, can you please speak properly? Stop scaring me!"

"I, I...I don't want to scare you either..." Although Ji Anni wanted to speak nicely, it was difficult for her to control her voice from trembling in such a gloomy and terrifying environment.

"Monsters are like dogs. The more afraid you are of them, the more they will bite you. If you are not afraid of them, they will run away with their tails between their legs." Shui Furong said as if she was very experienced.

"Sui Congfei, have you ever seen a monster?"

Ji Anni thought: In this world where monsters and Taoism coexist, other people's supernatural experiences should be richer than mine, right?

Unexpectedly, Shui Furong said, "I have a good fortune and no monster can get close to me." In other words, she has never encountered any ghosts.

Shui Furong looked somewhat smug, and it seemed that she was very proud of her "anti-demon physique".

For some reason, the words "ghosts are afraid of bad people" emerged in Ji Annie's mind.

Alas, I can only think about it and dare not say it. If I say it, I’m afraid it will make Shui Furong angry again.

So Ji Anni was secretly happy in her heart. She wanted to hold it back but couldn't, so she let out a few muffled laughs.

Shui Furong thought she was possessed again because of her smile. She stared at her warily and asked, "Concubine Zhao Cong, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, nothing... By the way," Ji Anni remembered the question she wanted to ask Shui Furong just now, "Shui Congfei, you even prepared the peach wood sword and the demon-killing talisman, why don't you prepare a palace lantern? It's dark on this road, and I'm getting more and more scared the more I walk."

The road just out of the Dongcongfei Palace was fine, at least there was the moonlight shining overhead. But since entering the bamboo forest, the faint moonlight was completely blocked by the tall bamboo branches, and not a single ray of light could penetrate.

Looking up at the path ahead, it was pitch black, a true portrayal of "you can't see your hand in front of you". Even if they were brave enough to walk to the Demon Temple in the dark, they would not dare to wander around in the haunted house without any lighting equipment.

Shui Furong smiled mysteriously and said, "The palace lantern is too big and inconvenient to carry. I have prepared something good."

It seems that water lily has a lot of "good things". I wonder what it is this time.

Under Ji Annie's curious gaze, Shui Furong took out a strange little hard ball from her belt.

This ball is slightly smaller than a ping-pong ball and is covered with a hard shell that looks a bit like lime.

If it weren't for the fact that the ball was round, Ji Annie would have thought it was a fossil of some bird's egg.

Shui Furong knocked the ball on a stone at her feet, and then slowly peeled off the lime shell like peeling an egg.

As soon as there was a small crack in the lime shell, a soft fluorescent green light shone out from the shell.

As the lime shell slowly peeled off, the green light became brighter and brighter, connecting the original silk threads into a whole piece.

When the lime shell was completely peeled off, the ball finally revealed its true appearance, which turned out to be a dazzling night pearl.

"Wow!" Ji Anni couldn't help but exclaimed. It was the first time she saw a night-shining pearl.

"How is it? Is this thing more convenient than a lantern?" Ji Annie's shocked expression greatly satisfied Shui Furong's vanity.

The rules in the palace of concubines are strict. Concubines are not allowed to walk around without permission at night. They must wait in their own rooms for the arrival of the phoenix carriage. Therefore, each concubine's room is not equipped with palace lanterns or other lighting tools for walking.

The night pearl was dazzling when it first glowed, but the longer it glowed, the dimmer it became.

It would be fine if the night pearl glowed white like an incandescent lamp, but it glowed green. When the light dimmed, the soft fluorescence added a bit of weirdness to the atmosphere. Especially when the green light fell on Shui Furong's face, it made this little beauty look like a green-faced monster with fangs. Ji Anni rubbed the goose bumps on her arms and her teeth chattered.

"Shui, Shui Congfei... you, you should put this thing away..."

Although he had stopped stuttering just now, he could not help but return to his original state after being frightened by Shui Furong's appearance. The ghost movie effect of this night pearl far exceeded its lighting effect. I was afraid that Ji Anni would be scared to death by the green light before being scared to death by the darkness.

"It's already been peeled, there's no need to waste it." Shui Furong placed the night pearl in the palm of her hand, holding it up and walked forward.

From what Shui Furong said, it seems that this night-shining pearl is disposable. As long as the lime shell is peeled off, it can emit fluorescence, but after a long time, the light will slowly disappear, a bit like the fluorescent sticks waved at a concert. Maybe this night-shining pearl is not a natural product, but just some kind of ancient chemical product... Ji Anni thought.

"Concubine Zhao Cong, if you have any adverse reactions when we enter the Demon-Suppressing Temple later, you must scream out loudly so that I can prepare early." Shui Furong treated Ji Anni as a monster detector. As long as Ji Anni was not right, it meant that a monster was approaching.

"Shui Congfei, if I were possessed by a monster again, you wouldn't stab me with that peach wood sword, would you?"

Ji Anni really wanted to know the specific meaning of Shui Furong's words "make preparations early".

"Princess Zhao Cong, don't worry. Since you have Taoist Yuan Rong's demon-removing talisman on you, no demon will dare to approach you. Even if you are really possessed by a demon... really possessed by a demon..." When she said this, Shui Furong's brows gradually frowned, and it seemed that she was going through a very intense psychological struggle.

After struggling for a long time, they came to the answer that Ji Anni least wanted to hear.

"If you are really possessed by a monster, I will stab you with the peach wood sword. But don't worry, the peach wood sword can only hurt monsters and not people. It doesn't matter even if you are stabbed. Just think of it as an exorcism." Shui Furong laughed.

"You are so heartless..." Ji Anni glanced at her with great resentment, and kept lamenting that she had really boarded the wrong ship!

I was kind enough to accompany her to visit the haunted house at night. Even if I didn't have any merit, I still had some hard work, right? Who would have thought that she would not only use me as a monster detector, but also want to stab me with a peach wood sword without any regard for my relatives. This is too much.

"Princess Zhao Cong, even if you don't trust me, you have to believe in the magic weapon given to you by Taoist Yuan Rong." Shui Furong meant that the peach wood sword given by Taoist Yuan Rong not only has good monster-killing performance, but also has a high safety factor and is foolproof. Even if you are stabbed, you will not be injured.

"Actually, I think Yun Zhen is more powerful..." Ji Annie muttered softly.