Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 261: Hitting the Bull's Heart

After saying goodbye to Yun Zhen, Ji Anni returned to Tianning Palace with Princess Tianning.

This was her first time visiting this place, and she was immediately attracted by the beautiful scenery of the palace.

If the East and West Concubine Palaces are like bustling northern courtyards and the West Palace is like an elegant Jiangnan garden, then Princess Tianning's palace is really a bit strange, or it can be said that it is full of personal characteristics.

First of all, the flowers and plants in the garden are of all kinds, many of which Ji Anni cannot name.

In general, the gardens are planted with peonies, roses and orchids, but Princess Tianning planted sunflowers, cockscombs and other plants. However, there were not many of them, only two or three, and they were scattered here and there, without any rules. Therefore, Ji Anni speculated that this was probably not the design of the gardener, but Princess Tianning's own interest.

And the most interesting thing is that there is a row of bird stands on the corridor extending along the edge of the courtyard. There are about twenty or so bird stands, but some of them are empty. There are only about seven or eight bird stands with colorful parrots standing on them.

These parrots are of various species, yellow and green, just like a palette of watercolors, and their fur is beautiful and clean, probably because they take baths frequently. They are very smart, and when they saw Princess Tianning walking along the corridor, they obediently called out in unison without anyone telling them to, "Princess, good luck! Princess, good luck!"

"Wow." Ji Anni was startled and amazed by the wonderful performance of these parrots. She has liked parrots since she was a child and always wanted to raise one, but her family disagreed. She didn't expect Princess Tianning to be so extravagant that she raised a group of them at once, which made others envious.

If it were any other day, Princess Tianning would have played with them for a while, but today, Princess Tianning was in a bad mood. She became even more annoyed after hearing the chirping of the parrots, and angrily shouted at them, "Shut up! It's so noisy!"

The parrots were frightened by Princess Tianning, and they all flapped their wings and flew away, shouting as they flew: "Princess, spare us, princess, spare us."

They are exactly like humans. Ji Annie almost laughed.

Walking further, she saw several groups of pigeons squatting on the roadside pecking at food.

These pigeons are not afraid of people at all. Even if you step over their heads, they are not afraid and continue to eat without hiding. I don’t know if it’s because the food is too good, these pigeons are all fat and big, just like strong hens.

Ji Anni guessed that it wasn't that they didn't hide, but that they simply couldn't fly...

This place is like a zoo.

If she had known that Princess Tianning's place was so much fun, Ji Anni would have come to visit often.

What surprised Ji Annie even more was that although there were obviously many animals here, the yard and corridors were cleaned very cleanly. There was no bird droppings, bird feathers or the like to be seen, and there was no smell of any animal.

The palace maids who were in charge of cleaning the Tianning Palace must have worked very hard... Ji Annie silently paid tribute to them.

Along the way, they not only met many animals, but also met many palace maids who were cleaning the yard.

When the palace maids saw Princess Tianning passing by, they all put down their work and greeted her respectfully.

But Princess Tianning did not answer them. She pulled Ji Anni and walked forward silently.

However, Ji Anni felt a little reluctant and nodded to the palace maids.

According to conservative estimates, the number of palace maids serving here is more than three times that of the East Palace. You can hear "Blessings to the Princess" every two steps - this is probably one of the most densely populated places in the palace.

After walking along the corridor for about two or three minutes, Princess Tianning finally stopped.

Ji Anni looked up and found that they were standing in front of two huge mahogany doors.

This must be Princess Tianning's boudoir. She didn't even need to open the door herself. She just stood at the door and immediately two palace maids came forward and opened the door for her.

Before entering the room, Princess Tianning instructed the maid, "Please prepare a basin of water for washing your face and bring it over."

After hearing this order, the palace maids looked up at Princess Tianning with some surprise.

Before they could see clearly, Princess Tianning shouted angrily, "What are you looking at? Get down quickly!"

The palace maids immediately lowered their heads like frightened little rabbits, as if they had been electrocuted, and responded submissively, "Yes, my servant... Yes, my servant...," while retreating as if they were running away.

"Princess, please calm down." Ji Anni understood that Princess Tianning was in a bad mood, but she also felt some sympathy for those innocent palace maids.

"I haven't been angry for a long time..." Princess Tianning said this, but the expression on her face was that of a person who was extremely angry.

Anyway, she was just being stubborn. If she said she wasn't angry, then she wasn't angry. Ji Anni didn't argue with her.

After following Princess Tianning into the room, Ji Anni discovered that there was something very unusual about the room: there was a thick carpet on the floor.

This carpet is very thick, almost ridiculously thick, and feels slightly soft when you step on it.

Princess Tianning had long been accustomed to it, so she didn't have any special reaction. But when Ji Anni came here for the first time, she couldn't put her feet down at all, because walking on this carpet was like walking on a Simmons mattress.

"Princess, why did you lay such a thick carpet on the floor?" Ji Anni asked in confusion. Having seen so many strange things in the princess's mansion, Ji Anni could understand them all, but the Simmons carpet under her feet was really incomprehensible.

Princess Tianning took Ji Anni to the inner room and said as she walked, "I would never lay out something like this. My mother had someone send it here."

"Why?" Ji Anni became even more curious. Did the Queen Mother have a special habit of using the Simmons mattress as a carpet?

Just as Ji Anni asked this question, Princess Tianning kicked up and suddenly knocked down a large vase in the corner.

"Ah!" Ji Anni screamed in fright.

I thought I would hear a loud "bang" that would shake the earth, but in the end I heard nothing.

The huge vase, which was more than half a meter high, fell to the ground, but instead of breaking, it bounced upwards in a funny way.

Only then did Ji Anni realize that the Queen Mother had sent someone to deliver the Simmons mattress specifically to prevent Princess Tianning from causing trouble.

At this time Princess Tianning pounced on the cabinet, using her arms and upper body as a big broom, and swept hard.

There was a loud "rustling" sound, and all the bottle boxes on the cabinet were swept down and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the carpet was thick enough, so the bottle boxes just lay on the ground after falling without breaking into pieces.

Ji Anni couldn't help but sigh that the Queen Mother really had good intentions...

Princess Tianning must have been used to smashing things when she was angry since she was a child, so the Queen Mother had already developed a complete set of coping plans. If you look closely, you will find that the walls of the room are covered with a layer of soft sponge, and even the surface of the table and cabinet is soft. The whole room is just like a bubble house in a fairy tale.

After Princess Tianning kicked the vase, she was still not satisfied and moved her eyes towards the wall.

Ji Anni followed her gaze and found a longbow hanging on the wall.

Would a normal girl's room have something like this? It seems that Princess Tianning really cannot be understood by common sense.

Ji Anni suddenly recalled that when she first entered the palace, she was dragged by Princess Tianning to attend a hunting competition. Princess Tianning seemed to be a frequent visitor to hunting competitions. So, Princess Tianning must like archery very much, so it is not difficult to understand why she hung a bow in her room.

Ji Anni was originally a member of the Kyudo Club, and her archery skills were so superb that even the director was inferior to her. Since she traveled to this dynasty, she has not touched a bow and arrow for a long time. The only time she had close contact with a bow and arrow was the last hunting competition, but her chance to appear was taken away by Princess Tianning, so she didn't even touch the bow and arrow.

As Ji Anni was recalling, she saw Princess Tianning standing on tiptoe and taking down the bow and arrow hanging on the wall.

"Princess, what are you going to do?" Ji Annie asked hurriedly, thinking that Princess Tianning was going to take a bow and arrow to seek revenge on Hua Rong.

But after Princess Tianning took the bow and arrow, she did not run out. Instead, she pushed open the rear window very roughly with a "snap".

There is an open space outside the rear window. There are no flowers or trees on the open space, only a green lawn. It looks like a football field, but it is only about one-third the size of a football field.

If you look far ahead, you can see a target with a circle drawn on it.

Ji Anni immediately understood that this was Princess Tianning's archery training range?

The princess is worthy of being a princess. The archery range is private. And you can shoot arrows by opening the window, which is fast and convenient.

"Princess Zhao Congfei, take it." Princess Tianning stuffed the removed bow and arrow into Ji Anni's hand, and took out a long arrow from the quiver in the window.

This long arrow is also specially made. In order to avoid hurting people, the arrow head part is not metal, but a suction cup.

After the arrow is shot, it does not "pierce" the target, but is "sucked" to the target.

Ji Anni obediently raised the bow and arrow to the window, and Princess Tianning put the arrow on the string.

Now each of them can only move one hand freely, so no matter how they pose, it feels a bit awkward.

Princess Tianning finally shot an arrow with great effort, but it missed the target.

"I'm so angry." Princess Tianning drew another arrow and prepared to shoot again.

Seeing that she was anxious and irritable, Ji Anni could guess without even looking that the arrow was definitely not hitting the target.

As expected, the sound of Princess Tianning huffing and puffing in anger was soon heard.

"Princess, you can't do this, you're too impatient." Ji Anni saw it and was worried in her heart, "You hold it, I'll shoot."

As they spoke, they exchanged the positions of holding the bow and pulling the string, with Princess Tianning holding the bow and Ji Annie shooting the arrow.

Princess Tianning thought Ji Anni was an "arrow blind" and didn't believe she could hit the target. Unexpectedly, Ji Anni pulled the bowstring in a very professional manner. If she hadn't practiced archery, she would never have been able to pose in such a beautiful posture.

Princess Tianning was just about to ask Ji Anni whether she had ever practiced archery when she heard a "swish" and a long arrow flew past her ear.

Looking in the direction where the arrow was flying, I saw the arrow hitting the bull's eye on the target in the distance.