Chapter 528: Escape from the Palace in a Fancy Way

By the way, ever since Yun Chen heard all the plans with his own ears that day, Rong Yi has felt indescribably uncomfortable and guilty.

In addition, Yun Chen's "sleepwalking disorder" broke out again, and he almost stabbed Rong Yi's two arms with a dagger and broke them.

Rong Yi had nowhere to go except to recuperate.

He wanted to go into the palace to see Yun Chen, but he didn't dare.

He left the palace to supervise the army outside the capital, but he felt it was too far away from Yun Chen. He could only wander around outside the palace walls all day long.

Because he served Huo Gannian loyally and was considered a "founding hero", few people dared to stop him.

So he squatted at the foot of the wall all day and chatted with the soldiers of the Tianwei Army who were guarding the palace wall.

One day, he was bragging to everyone when he suddenly felt a strong wind blowing on his head.

He just raised his head and hadn't seen what it was when Yun Chen fell into his arms. He was hit so hard that he saw stars. The wounds on his two arms that had just healed suddenly broke open and blood gushed out.

"Hiss... it hurts... Boss? What are you doing? Trying to escape by climbing over the wall?"

The soldiers of the Tianwei Army around were also surprised:

"Boss, why did you come out from here?"

With Rong Yi supporting him, Yun Chen didn't fall at all. He stood up in a mess and exchanged awkward glances with the soldiers around him. Then he looked at Rong Yi and noticed that his arms were wrapped like dumplings and bleeding. He asked:

"What happened to your arm? Why is it so badly injured? Who did you fight with again?"

Rong Yi had a choked expression on his face, and after a long while, he managed to squeeze out a sentence with a tangled expression:

"Nothing...my mother beat me..."

Yun Chen felt that it was none of her business to interfere in household affairs, so she just nodded.

Rong Yi looked at her guiltily and asked pitifully:

"Boss, are you not angry with me anymore? Have you forgiven me?"

"Forgive me." She patted Rong Yi's shoulder, pretending to be calm, trying to get away with it:

"Let bygones be bygones. Keep guard well and don't be distracted. Make sure it's well guarded and no one can get in casually."

After she finished speaking, she was about to run away, but Rong Yi immediately grabbed her arm.

"Boss, I'll just have to forgive me—but you can't run around."

She glared at Rong Yi, pretending to be fierce:

"Who's running around? I'm just taking a walk! A walk! Got it?"

Rong Yi chuckled and said, "Boss, stop pretending. We are all soldiers led by you. We don't know what you are thinking. Are you having a quarrel with the Emperor and want to run away?"

After saying that, he winked at the soldiers next to him, and immediately seven or eight people came up to Yun Chen, holding his limbs and head, lifting him high up like a sacrifice to the sky, and sent him back to the palace.

It seems that climbing over the palace wall is impossible, Yun Chen thought.

When she turned over just now, she clearly saw that the base of the wall was full of guards, lined up neatly along the palace wall, stretching as far as the eye could see.

In this way, no matter what opportunities she created in the palace, no matter how hard she tried to get out, she would end up falling into the crowd of guards.

It doesn't matter. If one trick doesn't work, she still has a second trick -

Drilling vegetable barrel.

The imperial kitchen purchased fresh vegetables from outside the palace every day, packed the ingredients in large barrels, and transported them in horse-drawn carriages.

In this way, the car will be full when it comes and empty when it leaves.

She used the excuse of taking a walk and saw the opportunity to jump onto the carriage, crawl into an empty vegetable barrel, and find a lot of vegetable leaves to stick on her head as a disguise.

Soon, the carriage passed the side gate of the palace, and she clearly heard Fu Lin's voice outside, saying that he would check the vegetable barrels to prevent the smuggling of palace artifacts out.

She secretly prayed that her vegetable bucket would not be picked for inspection, but as luck would have it, Fu Lin came up and was the first to open the lid of her vegetable bucket.

When Fu Lin's mouth twitched slightly, he looked at Yun Chen, who was squatting in a bucket with vegetable leaves and mushrooms stuck in his hair.

Yun Chen frowned and stared at him, whispering, "How about this, you pretend you didn't see me and let me go. I'll pretend everything you've done to me in the past never happened and forgive you. Okay?"

"Then you'd better not forgive me." Fu Lin said, and put the lid of the vegetable bucket back on, locking it shut. He waved to the soldiers nearby and ordered:

"Return the same way."

So, Yun Chen was sent back to the bedroom with the bucket. Before leaving, the two soldiers escorting her asked her with a smile:

"Boss, if you like buckets so much, how about leaving this vegetable bucket for you to play with?"

"roll!"

Yun Chen cursed.

After the two soldiers walked away laughing, she immediately began to think of a third way to escape.

The palace was under extremely strict security, especially for carriages, barrels, and boxes that could hide people, all of which were strictly inspected.

She felt that if she wanted to escape from the palace, it would be more reliable to disguise herself as a guard.

She did it right away. For the third time, she used the excuse of taking a walk and began to stroll around the guard station in the front palace.

Now the guard station is filled with soldiers of the Tianwei Army who guard the palace.

It was easy for her to get a set of Tianwei Army uniforms. She planned to wait until dawn when everyone was most tired and the light was dim, dress up as an ordinary Tianwei Army soldier, and escape during the shift change at the palace gate.

She thought her plan was foolproof and waited patiently in her bedroom until late at night.

Thinking it was about time, she put on her military uniform, climbed out of the window of the rear hall, and walked along a secluded path towards the palace gate.

Along the way, she tried her best to appear calm and composed, patrolling and inspecting like an ordinary soldier.

When she met a group of soldiers head-on, she immediately lowered her head and squatted, pretending to adjust her shoes.

She thought she could get away with it like this, but unexpectedly, the team of soldiers passed by her and greeted her one after another:

"Good morning, Boss."

She stood there in a daze, touching the helmet on her head, feeling a little hairy on the back of her neck. She thought to herself, I was lowering my head and the light around me was so dim, how did those guys recognize me?

No matter what, the person has already gone far away, so keep going!

She comforted herself and continued walking towards the palace gate.

During the period, we encountered a night watch team, two fire prevention teams, and three lookouts.

Everyone was used to her wearing a military uniform late at night. When they met her, they would greet her with a smile:

"Boss, it's so early, do you want to go for a run?"

This left her speechless, and the further she walked towards the palace gate, the less confident she felt. However, she decided to give it one more try.

What are the soldiers afraid of if they know me? They don't know what I'm going to do! As long as I can get out of the palace, that's enough! Who cares!

She muttered to herself as she swaggered towards the palace gate.

When we arrived at the palace gate, we happened to catch the soldiers changing shifts. A familiar figure was calling the roll:

"Wang Kejin, Zhao Buchu, Zhang Bourang..."

Duan Jie counted the soldiers one by one, and finally walked in front of Yun Chen. The latter's face was already dark, his neck was stiff, and he looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

Thinking of the past when he had deceived Yun Chen, Duan Jie touched his nose in embarrassment. Just as he was about to speak, Yun Chen angrily threw down two words and turned away:

"forgive!"

"That's good, that's good." Duan Jie grinned.

Yun Chen didn't even have time to pay attention to him. He stormed back to his bedroom, took off his military uniform and threw it aside.

She sat there for a long time, feeling depressed. She thought to herself, "I just don't believe this! I have to escape today!"

Maybe it's because I'm angry, my mind is working faster.

She thought for a moment, a sly smile appeared on her face, and for the fourth time, she pretended to take a morning walk and walked outside the Yong'an Palace.

It was already dawn, and the ministers were leaving the palace one after another after attending the morning court session.

She spotted a lone minister, who seemed to be a Minister of Rites named Li.

She rushed out from the corner, strangled the man unconscious and dragged him away with lightning speed, then immorally stripped off his official robe and hat, put them on herself, and swaggered towards the palace gate with the crowd of officials.

Before leaving, she felt that she was too rude, so she took a handkerchief and covered Li Taichang's face with it, then clapped her hands and left.

She followed the officials' example and walked forward. Seeing that the palace gate was finally within reach, Duan Jie was not at the door, and only a few soldiers were there. She was overjoyed and felt that there was a way to escape.

Unexpectedly, when she was about to step through the palace gate, a hurried figure appeared from nowhere and knocked her to the ground, immediately attracting the attention of all the officials and guards around.

Well, I can’t run away again.

She slapped her clothes angrily, got up from the ground, pointed her finger at Rong Jiang's nose and shook it for a long time, not knowing what to curse.

Rong Jiang was covered in dust, looking like he had rushed over from the camp and was going to the palace to report something to Huo Gannian.

Seeing Yun Chen dressed like this, Rong Jiang smiled innocently and said:

"Where are you going? Leaving the palace? Why bother? Just tell the emperor directly. Of course, he will let you go, but you have to bring two hundred personal soldiers with you. By the way, why are you wearing Lord Li's clothes? What is Lord Li wearing? He wouldn't be walking around the palace in a formal dress, right? Oh my God... Oh, that... I was wrong about what happened before. I shouldn't have lied. Can you forgive me..."

"If you just shut up, I'll be able to! Forgive me! Forgive me!"

Yun Chen covered his ears irritably to block out Rong Jiang's chatter.