Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 250 Right Right Wrong Wrong

Judging from Long Mohan’s confused expression, he definitely didn’t hear the conversation between the three people just now.

Seeing this, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, why...why are you here?" Ji Anni asked bravely.

The emperor came too suddenly, but it was easy to tell that the emperor was definitely coming for me.

"Zhao Ji, can you accompany me for a walk around here?" Long Mohan went straight to the point without saying a single unnecessary word, catching Ji Anni off guard and she didn't know how to answer.

Hua Rong kept winking at Ji Anni, asking her to agree quickly.

"But...but there is a house arrest order..." Ji Anni hesitated, fearing that the Queen Mother would come after her.

Long Mohan said, "It's okay, I'm just taking a walk around Wenhua Courtyard."

On the surface, these words seemed very casual, but the listeners could feel the irresistible power in his words.

"Oh, that's great. I also want to go out for a walk. I'm almost getting moldy..." Shui Furong said as she gently nudged Ji Anni's arm with her elbow, reminding her that this was a godsend opportunity to get some fresh air and she should not miss it.

Ji Anni couldn't find a reason to refuse, so she had to bite the bullet and said, "Okay, Your Majesty... But Zhao Ji is a criminal, so she really can't go far."

Long Mohan nodded.

Seeing this, Ji Anni came to his side nervously.

When he was not wearing the dragon robe, he looked like a scholar. Although he looked like a scholar, he was not weak. He always seemed to be a bit secretive, hiding his edge under a calm expression.

Long Mohan took Ji Anni out of Taoyuan.

The two guards at the gate didn't even utter a word, and bowed their heads to see them off. It made sense, since the other party was the emperor, even if they received the order from the empress dowager, they would not dare to block the emperor's way.

The old eunuch who came with Long Mohan followed them from a distance, very cleverly keeping a distance just enough to hear their conversation. In this way, if Long Mohan had any instructions, he could respond in time. If Long Mohan had any secrets, as long as he lowered his voice a little, he would not be able to hear anything.

Ji Anni remembered that the eunuch's surname seemed to be "Hua", and it was said that he served the late emperor.

As promised, Long Mohan did not take Ji Anni too far, but just walked along the corridor of Wenhua Courtyard seemingly aimlessly.

Wenhua College was very quiet, especially near the beginner's school where there were only three students. There were few people around.

Ji Anni tried to walk as lightly as possible to reduce her presence, but the surroundings were too quiet and even the lightest footsteps would make a slight noise. She followed Long Mohan while silently counting her steps.

"Zhao Ji, is your injury serious?" Long Mohan finally broke the silence and asked softly.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, I'm well now. It's no problem at all." Ji Anni spoke quickly and seemed very nervous.

Long Mohan smiled and then asked, "Why did you go to the Demon Suppression Temple?"

"Because, because... I have to accompany a friend, he said he wanted to go..."

"Is it Concubine Shui Congfei?" There is no need to guess, because only Ji Anni and Shui Furong went to the Demon-Suppressing Temple that night.

"It's him. He...he...he likes exploring everywhere." Ji Anni didn't dare to say that Shui Furong was going to investigate the case.

"The Demon-Suppressing Temple is not a fun place. Fortunately, you are not seriously injured this time." Long Mohan did not explicitly blame Ji Anni for her recklessness, but his concern could still be heard from his tone.

"Zhao Ji won't dare to barge in next time. By the way, Your Majesty...can you...can you ask the Queen Mother for me and Concubine Shui for mercy?" At this point, Ji Anni can only pin her hopes on the Emperor, hoping that the Queen Mother can give him face and lift their house arrest order, otherwise they will really get sick from being locked up.

"The Queen Mother has been upset lately, so I dare not say anything careless." Long Mohan sighed softly and looked up at the corridor extending forward.

The helplessness in his tone always made Ji Anni feel a little sympathetic towards him.

After all, there is no blood relationship between Long Mohan and the Queen Mother. They are just sworn relatives for the sake of stability of imperial power.

Not wanting to step on the emperor's sore spot, Ji Anni hastily changed the subject and asked, "By the way, Your Majesty, you just mentioned some lectures at Wenhuayuan. Seeing how you were dressed, Zhao Ji almost didn't recognize you."

"I feel more comfortable in this outfit, as if everything is back to the old days..." At this point, Long Mohan laughed softly, but this laughter was not happy, but just a self-deprecating laugh. He pretended to be casual and said, "I thought you would feel nostalgic and familiar when you saw me in this outfit, why is it the opposite?"

If Zhao Ji saw Long Mohan's current outfit, she might really feel familiar, because Zhao Ji and Long Mohan had the same memories in the Qi Palace, but for Ji Anni, after she came to this world, she had only seen Long Mohan wearing a dragon robe. Long Mohan without the dragon robe was like a stranger to her, so how could she feel familiar?

Even so, Long Mohan still did not doubt Ji Anni's identity. He said slowly: "I have been coming to Wenhua Academy to listen to the lectures of Grand Secretary Changsun recently. I have gradually become more clear-headed and benefited a lot."

"What is Master Changsun talking about?" Ji Anni couldn't help but become curious.

Long Mohan said: "It's about the origin of heaven and earth. All things are born from virtue, and all have yin and yang, positive and negative. Where there is yin, there is yang, where there is positive, there is negative, there are advantages and disadvantages, where there is right, there is wrong. But I still don't understand, since all things are born from virtue, and are originally things of the same origin, why are there yin and yang, positive and negative? Why can't there be only advantages without disadvantages, and only right without wrong?"

To translate, this is like the law of unity of opposites in dialectics. Everything has internal contradictions, but it is also a unity of contradictions. There is nothing that is only bad, and there is nothing that is neither good nor bad, but Long Mohan is lost between right and wrong.

He tried to find the answer, and also tried to comfort himself and untie the knot in his heart. He sighed, as if he had a deep understanding: "Perhaps in order to achieve a certain goal, some drawbacks and mistakes are inevitable. There is no perfect plan in this world. As long as we can achieve our goal in the end, it is enough. If I don't think so, I can't let it go."

"Is there something bothering the emperor?" Ji Anni asked carefully.

"The dead are gone, I don't want to mention it anymore..." After a little hesitation, he finally said, "But I do have an unshirkable responsibility for the death of Concubine Baogui."

At the beginning, he was only thinking about protecting Zhao Ji and her son, and had no energy to consider anything else.

"That day you cried and yelled at me, saying that precious concubines were not grass that could protect rabbits... For a long time after that, whether I opened my eyes or closed them, all I could see was your tearful face... Right and wrong, I was confused myself. If possible, I would not want to hurt anyone, but is this possible?... Only right and not wrong, only good and not evil... Is this really possible? In order to protect you, I had to sacrifice some people..."

"That's enough." Ji Anni interrupted him abruptly. She could feel the emperor's guilt and self-blame, but she couldn't feel his regret. He just kept looking for excuses to exonerate himself.

"If there is another precious concubine in the palace, you will hate me to death, right?" Long Mohan turned his head and looked at Ji Anni.

Ji Annie pursed her lips. In fact, her attention was no longer on Long Mohan's words, but she was lost in memories of the past.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Long Mohan could only continue, "So the person you mentioned who has loved Baogui Fei for ten years is the Imperial Master. I swear I really don't know the story between her and the Imperial Master... Zhao Ji, can you forgive me?"

After saying this, he stopped and looked at Ji Anni sincerely.

"Even if you didn't know... you shouldn't have done that." Ji Anni has never been able to let go of the matter of Baogui Concubine.

Although all the concubines in the harem are the emperor's women, the relationship between Concubine Baogui and Yun Zhen should be condemned, but it is absolutely unacceptable to use a woman's body to divert attention - this is a rational judgment.

Emotionally speaking, Ji Anni's protection of Concubine Baogui and Yun Zhen made her attribute all the mistakes to the emperor.

"Well, I know, I was really wrong..."

After such a long time, Long Mohan finally had the courage to mention Guibao Concubine in front of Ji Anni. He thought that she had let it go and could forgive him, but who knew that it would not work - maybe this wound will take longer to heal.

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They walked down the corridor and entered a small room.

Long Mohan is very familiar with the layout of the rooms here, probably because he comes here often.

This small room seems to be a library, with more than ten bookcases neatly arranged inside.

Although each bookcase is full, it is not filled entirely with books, but also with some scattered paper rolls.

Long Mohan walked to the paper rolls, took out one and put it on the small table in front of the window, then slowly unfolded it in front of Ji Annie.

It was then that Ji Anni discovered that the scroll actually contained three pictures.

All three pictures have the same four characters "白鸟青天". The brushwork is very immature and you can tell they were drawn by a child.

Ji Anni suddenly understood and guessed that this should be the "art homework" of Prince Ming and his friends?

From Long Mohan's familiarity with this place, it can be inferred that he must come here often to inspect Prince Ming's studies.

"Zhao Ji, can you tell who drew these?" Long Mohan deliberately covered the signature.

Although all three paintings are titled "White Birds and Blue Sky", they each have their own unique characteristics.

Ji Annie glanced at the three paintings and her eyes first stopped on the most special one.

The special thing about that painting is that there is no "bird" or "sky" in the painting, only a man wearing a black hat, and the man is holding a jade scepter in his hand, on which are written the words "white bird", which is probably the man's name.