Chapter 62 The Real Ghost Has Left the Palace

Let’s go back in time and talk about the past.

Li Yaoguang took advantage of the nightfall and the imperial kitchen staff came in to start working.

She collected rice, flour, grains, oil, beans, dried goods, seafood, salted goods, pickled goods, wine, sauces, and even the various knives from the Imperial Kitchen. It can be said that she collected all the practical ones she saw and found, and even spent some time and mental energy to organize the space.

Not only that, she also did not miss the Liushang Bureau just across the wall. She collected a lot of the various items that supplied the palace, such as silk flowers, powder, rouge, needles and thread, not to mention the gold-thread charcoal and silver-frost charcoal that were supplied this winter for the nobles to use.

Only children make choices, she wants them all.

Considering that it would be too cold to swim in the canal later, he had to prepare a jar of hot water for himself to survive. Li Yaoguang cleared out a space in a corner of the living room and selected two not-too-large copper jars with lids from the palace. He washed them clean, stacked them up, and prepared to put drinking water at the bottom and hot water at the top for use at any time.

I just ran to the kitchen to boil some hot water, and while that was happening I was running to the well to fill the tank below with water, when here comes an uninvited guest, who seems to be preparing for a big fight. If I don't run away now, when will I run?
But once the hot water is boiled, you can’t throw it away.

Li Yaoguang took advantage of the time difference in gathering outside and ran back to the kitchen. He did not care that the water was not boiled yet. He took the pot and poured it into the Taiping vat above, then put the pot back in its place.

As for the fire still burning in the stove hole, Li Yaoguang didn't know what was wrong with her at the time. Seeing a large yellow pottery basin for kneading dough next to the stove, she picked up the basin and squatted at the entrance of the stove hole. Grabbing the oversized shovel used for cooking, she shoveled all the firewood and hot ashes in the two stove holes into the yellow pottery basin in a few seconds, and put away both the basin and the shovel at once.

Because he was in a hurry, he placed the brazier on the bar next to the Taiping jar, turned around and climbed out of the back window of the kitchen, ran to the corner, took out the ladder and started climbing the wall, one step after another.

Li Yaoguang herself didn't know how many palace walls she had climbed over in one breath. When she sat on a wall that was slightly higher than the others, she looked back in the darkness at the brightly lit and noisy place behind her. Li Yaoguang wiped her sweat and secretly thanked herself for running fast.

Looking around, he was about to find a place to continue running when he suddenly saw a familiar palace in front of him that was taller than any other place. Inside, there were many royal guards holding torches and heading towards the lively place behind him.

Li Yaoguang smiled slyly.

I had unconsciously played a feint to the east and attacked in the west. Now that all the guards had left, this was a godsend opportunity.

She swiftly climbed over the wall and entered the Tianqing Hall, and collected everything on the Nine Dragon Platform in one go, including the Nine Dragon Golden Throne. Even though she knew that this thing could never be seen in public again, she had to move it to another place. In the end, she had no choice but to put it on the bed in the bedroom. She was very happy even though her large wooden bed creaked under the pressure.

Clapping his hands and glancing at the corridor that was impassable due to martial law, Li Yaoguang wisely gave up the canal in the back garden and immediately chose a secluded direction to continue climbing, with the goal of leaving the palace.

Little did he know that the Imperial Kitchen Department behind him was in complete chaos.

The imperial guard in front called his companions, and when the eunuch in charge opened the palace gate, they rushed into the imperial kitchen to check carefully, but found that everything was normal inside the open kitchen door. Everyone went up to check the big stove that the imperial guard mentioned for boiling water, but it was empty and looked like it had never been used, except... the temperature was not right, it was hot. Everyone looked at each other, suspicious.

The man who had just gathered people, facing such a scene, suddenly thought of what he had heard during the day, and his back was instantly covered in white sweat. Even though there were so many people around him, his heart was beating especially fast, and his mind and eyes were filled with only one thought.

Damn it, there really is a ghost in this palace!
Just when he was feeling extremely frightened, there was a sudden scream from behind him, which immediately frightened all the imperial guards. They drew their swords and stood ready for battle. However, they saw the eunuch in charge behind them holding the empty cabinet and crying for his parents.

The imperial guards were furious and cursed inwardly. They went forward to ask the young eunuch and found out that the imperial kitchen had been robbed.

All the ingredients and sauces that were originally stored in the cabinets after the end of each day, including exquisite knives and pots, and even the precious tableware used by the nobles, have disappeared.

My God! It is not enough to just transport so many things out. Although there are few people in the palace, they are not absent, and they are not dead. Moreover, they have to pass through many palace gates for inspection. How can so many things be transferred under their noses?
Everyone's scalps tingled at the thought of this, especially the Imperial Guard who was the first to discover the strangeness of this place. His eyes were dull and he kept muttering, "There is a ghost, this palace is really haunted..." What a hungry ghost who is greedy for money and material things!
The palace was robbed, and all of them were responsible. Even if they all felt that it was a ghost who did it, they still had to investigate.

The teams divided the work, and each of them held a torch and turned into a searchlight, searching inside and outside the Imperial Kitchen for clues and taking inventory. Then they were horrified to find that the Liu Shang Bureau next door had also been robbed, and all the good stuff was lost!
Good guy, really good guy!
Because of this, everyone fell asleep. The remaining 300 palace maids and eunuchs in the huge palace gathered here in panic. The whole palace was in motion, but they ignored other important places, such as Tianqing Palace...

Of course, someone who successfully climbed out of the palace wall didn't know all of this.

After putting away the ladder, clapping his hands, and wiping the sweat from his forehead, Li Yaoguang subconsciously looked around his own space.

Well, it’s full. I have food in my hands so I don’t have to worry.

In the current space, even the aisles were filled with supplies, making it impossible to walk. To enter the space, one could only flash to designated places.

For example, in the bedroom, there is a heavy dragon chair on the bed. As for the kitchen, there is only a small space for the microwave and the refrigerator, and there is no place to step.

The dining and living room were equally packed, with no room to step. The only empty space was probably near the kitchen bar, and the shovel and ceramic basin that he had just put into the space were now on the bar.

But... the fire in the yellow pottery basin? Why does it look so strange? Why does it seem to be still?
Li Yaoguang was so curious that he made sure that there was no one around, so he simply entered the space to check. Then he was shocked when he saw it.

After a series of serious and careful observations, she found that the brazier was on the dining bar, or more precisely, in the dining room, and it was actually motionless!
Is it because there is no air in the space?
But without air, the fire should be extinguished. Why is the fire in the pot just still and sparks are shining brightly?
And if there was no air, and I had slept in the space, wouldn't I have died long ago?

Thinking about it this way, Li Yaoguang felt that he might have discovered the hidden function of space again. Maybe this thing could even stop time and keep the food fresh?
(End of this chapter)