Chapter 59: Haunted in broad daylight

Li Yaoguang suddenly remembered that when she was packing up her things, she had seen many clothes of the same color in the boxes in the side rooms of several palaces. Thinking that those were left by the palace maids, she hurriedly and carefully sneaked out of the cold palace, and then went back to the nearest palace garden she had looted. She quickly entered the lower room of the side room and carried a bunch of clothes back to the space, picked up a clean and small set to change into, and immediately turned into a little palace maid. After leaving the cold palace, she looked around for the so-called clear channel.

Unfortunately, the palace was so big and she was short-sighted that she couldn't find the canal after searching for it for a long time. Fortunately, after wandering past the palace where she made a fortune, she went east through two doors and walked through the corridor. She successfully found the imperial kitchen of Dajing, which she had been longing for, called the Imperial Kitchen, and the Liushang Bureau, which had a large area and a row of eaves next to the Imperial Kitchen.

There must be a lot of good things in there, but it was noon now, and there were still many people coming in and out of these two places, which was completely different from the deserted palaces before. Even if he was tempted, he couldn't take action. Li Yaoguang could only leave in disappointment, thinking that he would wait until night.

Turning back, he happened to pass by the Palace of Fortune. Seeing many palaces in front of him, he wondered if the canal might be over there.

Li Yaoguang hurried forward and found that the palace where he made his fortune last night was called Chenji Palace. Going forward from Chenji Palace, after passing two palace gates, there was a wide and long corridor.

She couldn't be too bold in broad daylight. Although she had prepared a series of excuses in her mind to deal with the possible interrogation, fake was fake after all. She naturally felt guilty and prayed that she would not encounter such an incident.

She cautiously stuck her head out to look around, and seeing that the corridor seemed to have no end on either side, she subconsciously stepped to the other side.

As soon as she entered, the thing she feared most happened.

She saw white jade steps leading up to the majestic palace, and below the steps, between the palace walls, a team of about ten royal guards wearing golden armor and holding sharp weapons were patrolling in her direction.

Li Yaoguang was completely dazed at the time, his hands and feet were cold, but fortunately he managed to stay steady, he didn't tremble or run away, and his mind was working very fast.

Facing the approaching Royal Guards, thinking about the looks of the little palace maids in film and television works when they met their masters, she seemed calm, but in fact she was panicking. She quickly turned around and stood facing the wall, repeating the words she had prepared in her mind, just waiting for the interrogation to come, but she didn't expect the other party to line up and pass by without stopping, let alone interrogating. This made Li Yaoguang breathe a sigh of relief, and she felt that there might be a big treasure in this place, after all, the patrols were very strict.

After the Royal Guards had gone away, she carefully turned back and continued to move forward.

And when she finally walked to the front and stood on the high nine-step platform, she looked at the giant marble tiles under her feet, raised her head at the plaque with the three words "Tianqing Hall" inscribed on it, and then looked at the huge, empty square in front of the hall paved with white jade and marble. How could she not know that this was where the emperor held court?

Well, the place was good. Inside the tall hall, there was the glittering golden dragon throne on the nine-step platform with coiled dragons, and the gold-painted bottles with nine kingfisher dragons protecting the dragon throne on both sides, as well as the golden coiled dragon lamps on both sides that were taller than her. Each of them was a good thing, and the valuable ones were really valuable. But no matter how valuable they were, she couldn't move them away now!

After all, the guards here are very strict. Who knows if I will be discovered and captured alive right after I collect my weapons?
No matter how greedy she was, no matter how much she hated the damn emperor who had fled, and no matter how much she wanted to take the throne that the old emperor could not take away, so as to prevent Hu Di from getting it, she didn't dare to do so now.

Between the throne and food, given her current situation, she firmly chose food, and she hasn't found a way to survive yet!
Li Yaoguang looked through the crack in the door at the Nine Dragon Golden Chair in the hall, concealed his greed, and decisively turned around and left.

There must be no canal here, so she hurried back the same way, walked through the long corridor and returned to the Chenji Palace. Looking at the huge palace and the sun in the sky, Li Yaoguang sighed.

Time is tight and the task is heavy. If she can't find it, she will have to delay for another day. God knows when Hu Di will come. What she can't afford to waste the most is time. Li Yaoguang has never hated her so much. Even if she tried her best, she couldn't visit the whole palace in a short time. It was difficult to find a clear channel.

Time waits for no one, and she was really tired of walking. Thinking that she hadn't met anyone along the way for a long time, she became bolder.

He simply put the balance bike out and found a fur cloak that he had looted in the palace earlier. He covered himself with it, and the length was just enough to cover the balance bike under his feet. Li Yaoguang pedaled the bike as if he was on a hot wheel and began to search in this huge palace.

However, she didn't expect that no matter how empty the palace was, there were still people living there. She rode her balance bike to find the back garden. When she passed the garden, two palace maids dressed the same as her appeared at the hanging flower archway connected to the rockery and corridor on the side.

One person was in front, holding a tea tray with all kinds of bowls, cups and saucers on it; the other was behind, carrying a food box. The two were talking and laughing as they walked towards him, with a corridor between them.

Li Yaoguang's attention was all on the so-called water pavilion and the so-called canal. By the time she reacted to the sudden appearance of two palace maids in the hanging flower arch on the side, it was too late. The balance bike under her feet carried her past the two people at a rapid speed. The speed was so fast that she had no time to dodge.

Little did she know that her action had frightened the two palace maids who were left far behind by her so much that they almost peed their pants. Their pupils trembled so violently that the things in their hands broke into pieces. One of them even grabbed the arm of the other and cried for her parents.

"Sister, sister, did you see that? That was a person, right?"

"Is it? Can a person float over? And so fast..."

Oh my goodness, what they saw was real! The person just now was wearing a cloak that only high-ranking concubines could wear. Her upper body clearly didn't move, but the person, oh no, it was her soul, it must be her soul, the soul flew past them in a flash, flew past!

Woo woo woo, suddenly remembering all the rumors about ghosts and monsters in the palace, the two of them were scared to death and broke out in a cold sweat. They hugged each other and cried loudly, shouting something like "It's a ghost in broad daylight, Her Majesty, please spare their lives" and so on.

Li Yaoguang just...it was too late to regret anything. Right now, she could only throw in the towel. She put force on her feet, and although she looked calm on the surface, she was actually panicking and pedaling the balance bike even faster.

Because of her panic, she managed to find a pavilion by a lake. Searching along the edge of the lake, she actually found a flowing canal leading to the outside of the palace wall. This must be the canal leading to the moat that the palace maid mentioned, right?

Just looking at the direction, why is it going to the north of the city?

No matter what, having something is better than having nothing. She is not afraid of leaving the palace wall, but she is afraid of the high city gate.

Since there is a canal leading to the outside of the city, why not wait until night time to collect the food and then come back and rush out of the city?
(End of this chapter)