On the screen, Bai Chi looked at Fan Yunxiao holding his mother's spirit tablet, and slowly climbed up from the couch, with confusion in his eyes.
"Am I asleep?"
The eunuch beside him hurried forward to explain, "The Ninth Prince has awakened. You fell asleep due to excessive grief. The palace gates are now closed. His Majesty has asked you to rest here tonight and leave the palace tomorrow."
Fan Yunxiao nodded blankly, as if he was not fully awake yet.
After waiting for a while, until the eunuch could no longer bear it and urged him, he suddenly came to his senses and stood up.
"It's dark? Then I have to leave the palace. Outsiders are not allowed to stay overnight in the palace. How could I forget..."
He looked as if he hadn't heard what the eunuch said at all.
The eunuch had to repeat it again, and at that moment a palace maid brought dinner.
After saying that, he added:
"Ninth Prince, His Majesty, mindful of your hard work at the border over the years, has granted you permission to remain in the palace for one more night. You must return early tomorrow morning."
Fan Yunxiao was putting the memorial tablet back at this moment and stretched himself lazily: "Well, OK, we'll leave early tomorrow morning."
The eunuch's eyebrows twitched when he saw his nonchalant look.
The atmosphere in the palace has become increasingly weird in recent years, and His Majesty has been moody, but fortunately he still has his sanity and has not been too harsh on the Ninth Prince, who has made great military achievements.
Of course, it is not ruled out that in the emperor's mind, the ninth prince was not important at all and was more often ignored.
Fan Yunxiao didn't care about those things. He was frowning as he looked at the dinner on the table in front of him.
The food on the table looked large and exquisite, but the portions were small and most of it was soupy.
Thinking of something, Fan Yunxiao rubbed his stomach and frowned at the eunuch: "Is there no food in the imperial kitchen?"
The eunuch was stunned: "What?"
I even forgot the honorific.
Fan Yunxiao nodded and motioned the eunuch to look at the food on the table.
"I'm a military commander. I can eat half a roasted whole lamb and drink a big bowl of lamb soup in one meal. This is enough to fill my stomach. Ask the imperial kitchen to bring some big steamed buns, roast chicken, roast goose, etc."
When Bai Chi saw this, he signaled Xiao Hei to turn off the screen projection. It seemed that dinner tonight was settled. He was still thinking about how to find an excuse to go out and get some food.
Before, no one paid attention to him, so when he took out the steamed buns, others just thought that they didn't see Bai Chi interacting with outsiders.
But after an afternoon of cooperation, there were still many people washing their hands by the lake in the yard, and these people could see at a glance whether he had gone out or not.
But there was no rush now. Bai Chi tidied up his clothes, opened the door and went out.
Su Yao waved at him: "Brother Chi, when I was digging the ground this afternoon, I dug up several sweet potatoes. I left a few for you. Come and try them?"
Bai Chi waved his hand mysteriously: "No rush, you guys should eat less."
After saying that, he started to stroll around the cold palace, and during that time he secretly ate a piece of chocolate to replenish his energy.
It was already dark at this time. The cold palace was located in a remote corner, and the surroundings were extremely quiet.
Xiao Hei emerged from the nearby bushes and said, "Master, your husband has packed some food and is coming over. I'll go and help lead the way for him."
As he spoke, he had already climbed up the tree trunk next to him, and with a few slithers, he jumped over the palace wall which was more than ten feet high and jumped out directly.
Bai Chi praised Xiao Hei in his heart, then looked around and found a corner that no one else would notice.
By the way, I complained in my heart that it was just like being a thief.
Outside the palace wall behind him, the sound of a kitten's cry soon appeared, and Bai Chi quickly tidied up the grass behind him.
Fortunately, everyone has been hungry for a long time and has little strength, so it is not so fast to clean up the cold palace. There are a lot of weeds behind him.
Then he lay down on the ground, and when Xiao Hei climbed over the wall, he sat up while rubbing his eyes. He also picked up Xiao Hei and rubbed his head.
"Xiao Hei, you're back. Where did you go to play again?"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone climbed over the wall, took advantage of the big tree next to him, and landed steadily in front of Bai Chi.
"I ran out to find you something to eat."
Bai Chi looked up in shock. After seeing who was in front of him in the moonlight, he quickly stood up holding Xiao Hei with a look of surprise on his face. The next second, he looked around vigilantly and then pulled Fan Yunxiao behind a camellia tree.
"Ninth Prince? Why are you here? Don't you need to leave the palace? I remember that adult princes are not allowed to stay in the palace at night."
Xiao Hei in his arms had his eyes almost rolling up to the sky, but unfortunately Fan Yunxiao didn't even look at it.
"I happened to have something to do today, so I stayed one more night. I really have to go out tomorrow."
Fan Yunxiao spoke as he looked around.
"Have you been living in the cold palace for the past two years?"
Bai Chi's excitement wore off, and his momentum suddenly wilted. He nodded lazily and rubbed his stomach.
"Yes, but Ninth Prince, what are you doing here?"
Fan Yunxiao coughed lightly and wanted to say a few words in a reserved manner, but when he turned his gaze, he saw Bai Chi just put down his hand that was rubbing his stomach, and instantly forgot what reserved meant.
"You haven't eaten all day, have you? I brought you some food, come and try it."
As he said that, he quickly took out a big food box. As soon as he opened it, the first thing he saw was a big roast chicken, and then a pair of chopsticks were stuffed into Bai Chi's hands.
"This chicken's stomach is stuffed with a lot of wild delicacies, and there are other delicious things underneath. It's inconvenient to put so many things in it, so I had to bring it out like this."
"Eat something first to fill your stomach. I've asked around, and there are quite a few people in the cold palace. Eat some first, and then share some with the others so they won't bully you."
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