Time goes back to morning.
Chen Keyao already knew about Su Xian's arrival in Nanchen.
At the same time, she also knew that Su Xian was tinkering with something fun outside the city, but she didn't know what it was.
The imperial sister Chen Keyan accidentally discovered this. She was worried that her sister would go out of the city to find Su Xian, so she took advantage of the light to go to the Yue Princess Mansion, carried her sister into the palace, and came to Emperor Chen's chamber.
In the side hall.
Chen Keyan stood in a row with the two noble concubines, stern and unsmiling, looking like an adult lecturing a child, exuding a powerful aura.
Opposite them was Chen Keyao with his head lowered and wringing his hands.
"Yao Yao, tell us honestly, are you planning to go out of the city to find Mr. Su?" Chen Keyan had a straight face, but she was quite powerful.
"Brother Su?" Chen Keyao raised his head violently, with stars in his big eyes, and said happily: "Brother Su is here? Where is brother Su? Sister Huang, take me to see him quickly."
Chen Keyan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook her head, secretly saying: "This little girl is still pretending not to know. It seems that she is becoming more and more difficult to discipline."
At this time, the mother-in-law of the two sisters Chen Keyan and Chen Keyao spoke:
"Yao Yao, you are a princess who has not yet left the palace, and your father is seriously ill. You don't want to be filial to your father, but you want to go find him... This is unfilial!"
Chen Keyao immediately lowered his head, pretending to be "I made a mistake" and "I admit my mistake", and nodded:
"What the mother said is that I know my mistake...I swear here that from today on, I will stay in the palace to take care of my father and will not go anywhere!"
What she was thinking was that after her father passed away and the funeral was over, it would not be too late to go and have fun with Brother Su.
When the two noble concubines heard this, they immediately smiled. They walked to Chen Keyao and said with concern: "That's right. Yaoyao hasn't used breakfast yet, has she? We happen to be together..."
A flash.
It's late afternoon.
In Emperor Chen's bedroom, the two noble concubines took turns serving Emperor Chen, wiping hands, body, washing face, feeding, etc. With the help of the palace maids, Chen Keyao was not needed at all.
Chen Keyao stayed here just to fulfill her filial piety.
Besides, she was a princess who had not left the palace after all, so it was unreasonable for her to personally serve Emperor Chen.
In addition, after lunch, she always felt drowsy and lazy, unable to cheer up, and staying there was getting in the way.
The mother-in-law saw this, and after being busy, she took the time to walk to Chen Keyao: "Yao Yao, if you are sleepy, go next door to rest for a while, don't exhaust yourself."
Chen Keyao suddenly woke up, glanced at Emperor Chen on the hospital bed, and said, "But my father..."
"You are not needed here. As long as you are still in the palace, it will be fine. We are here. You should go to sleep and recuperate."
"Then...well, thank you, concubine."
In this way, Chen Keyao, surrounded by the palace ladies, came to a room not far from Emperor Chen's bedroom. There were clean beddings here that could be used at any time.
The strange thing is that Chen Keyao was always drowsy in Emperor Chen's bedroom, but as soon as he came here and sat on the edge of the bed, he lost his sleep and became extremely clear-headed.
"so boring!"
She put her legs together, supported her knees with both hands, held her face in her small hands, leaned her upper body forward slightly, tilted her head from time to time, and looked around the room with her big eyes.
Despite her young age, her hair is unusually beautiful. It is black and shiny, with sufficient volume, and the tips of her hair reach her waist.
As she tilted her head around, her sloping hair also brushed her shoulders, making her look youthful, beautiful, lively and endearing.
"Princess, princess..."
At this time, a palace maid entered the room, closed the door and ran to Chen Keyao: "Princess, I just heard something extremely bizarre..."
Chen Keyao was bored. When he heard about the "extremely bizarre thing", his heart was moved, his curiosity was aroused, and he hurriedly held the hand of the palace maid:
"What is this interesting thing? Tell me quickly!"
The maid said: "Princess, don't be anxious, please allow me to arrive slowly. This matter is related to Mr. Su who came from far away from Daliang."
"Brother Su?" Chen Keyao's eyes suddenly widened and he asked hurriedly: "What's wrong with brother Su? By the way, you said before that brother Su was tinkering with fun things outside the city. Could it be that he tinkered with it?"
"Princess is really smart and can guess right." The palace maid complimented.
"Then tell me, brother Su has created something interesting again!" Chen Keyao was impatient. She wished she could immediately put on a pair of wings and fly out of the city to play with Su Xian.
"Princess, listen to me, this is what happened..."
However, just as the palace maid opened her mouth, Chen Keyao suddenly remembered something, the smile on her lips disappeared, and the stars in her big eyes dimmed.
"But...hey, I just swore an oath in front of my mother and concubine this morning that I won't be able to leave the palace for these days!"
While speaking, Chen Keyao looked disappointed. He put his legs together again, supported his knees with one hand, held his face with one hand, kept his upper body leaning forward, and sat there in a daze, with a sad look on his face.
The palace maid choked and swallowed: "Then... isn't the princess going to leave the palace to play with Mr. Su?"
"I can't go, I have sworn an oath." Chen Keyao shook her head like a rattle, and her long hair and various hair accessories swayed with it.
"In that case, I will stop talking."
"You..." Although Chen Keyao couldn't leave the palace, her curiosity had already been aroused. She thought it would be okay to listen, so she told the palace maid:
"It doesn't matter, you might as well say it, I might as well listen."
"Okay, that slave said it... It is said that Mr. Su made a kind of fireworks and firecrackers in the manor of Her Royal Highness Princess Wu, thirty miles south of the city, and they are very beautiful when set off at night!"
"Fireworks and firecrackers." Chen Keyao looked happy as expected. She thought about the scene of setting off fireworks, but in the end she shook her head:
"It seems that I have to wait for some time before I can enjoy the fireworks created by Brother Su, because I have sworn not to leave the palace."
The palace maid added: "Fireworks and firecrackers are just the first thing. There is also a second thing. This is the really interesting thing. The princess will never guess it!"
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"Of course I won't be able to guess the good stuff that Brother Su has come up with. Stop being so secretive and tell me quickly."
"This second good thing is called a 'hot air balloon'!" The palace maid looked mysterious, half telling and half hiding.
"You damn girl, why are you hesitating? What is this hot air balloon? What's so fun about it? Tell me quickly."
"I'm afraid that after telling the truth, the princess will be unable to escape from the palace and go find Mr. Su to find out what's going on." The maid expressed her worries.
Chen Keyao suddenly laughed angrily, stood up directly, put his little hands on his hips, and said firmly:
"I have already sworn an oath that I will not leave the palace for a while. Do you think my oath does not count? Be brave!"
"I don't dare." The palace maid hurriedly bowed and apologized.
"Then tell me quickly." Chen Keyao put his hands on his hips, looking like a young adult.
The palace maid no longer had any worries and said directly: "It is said that the hot air balloon can take people into the sky. People standing in it will feel like they have grown wings and can fly in the sky!"
After Chen Keyao heard this, he immediately froze in place, with a look of shock and disbelief on his face, bursts of light erupted from his big eyes, and he was completely petrified.
After a few breaths, she came back to life and grabbed the palace maid to confirm repeatedly: "You mean, through that hot air balloon that Brother Su tinkered with, people can fly in the sky like a bird? !”
"Yeah." The palace maid nodded repeatedly.
Chen Keyao was immediately overjoyed and trembling with excitement. He let go of the palace maid, clapped his little hands and walked back and forth in the room.
At the same time, her big eyes were moving around, as if she was making some kind of plan.
Suddenly, her figure stabilized, she looked at the palace maid and said, "I have decided to leave the palace to find Brother Su. I want to be a free-flying bird!"
The palace maid's expression changed and she hurriedly advised:
"But didn't the princess swear an oath in front of the two noble concubines and Her Royal Highness Princess Wu? She won't be able to leave the palace for a while."
"Is there any?" Chen Keyao flashed his big eyes, trying to get through.
"Yes, I just heard it with my own ears. Besides, even if I can pretend not to hear, what about the two noble concubines and Her Royal Highness Princess Wu?" the palace maid said.
Chen Keyao suddenly smiled: "Don't worry, yes, I did swear an oath, and I will stay in the palace these days, but... I didn't say what would happen if I broke the oath, so I'm not afraid!"
The palace maid was startled when she heard this and looked at Chen Keyao blankly, speechless for a long time.
Can this still be done?
It's a pity that the two noble concubines, as well as Her Royal Highness Princess Wu, were deceived by this clever little guy Chen Keyao.
…
after a little while.
Chen Keyao dressed up in disguise and sneaked out of the palace with her personal maids and several female masters hired by the princess's palace.
These female masters are the lessons learned by Chen Keyao after her last failed "eloping" with Su Xian. It is indeed much easier to get things done when there are a few people around who can take advantage of her...
At the beginning, everything went smoothly.
No one discovered their whereabouts.
Seeing that he was about to slip out of the palace gate, Chen Keyao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and still sighed: "Hey, I didn't expect that it would be so easy and simple to sneak out of the palace!"
Unexpectedly——
Just after sighing, Chen Keyao turned around and bumped into an acquaintance.
What a coincidence that this acquaintance is her mother-in-law!
"Mother...concubine! Why are you here?" Chen Keyao was so frightened that she jumped back like a frightened rabbit. Fortunately, there were maids and female masters behind her, so she did not fall down.
"Why am I here? I want to ask you, are you going to leave the palace? Why are you so sneaky? By the way, I remember that you just swore this morning that you will not leave the palace in the near future. .”
The imperial concubine put on a serious face and her eyes were intense and scrutinizing.
"Mother, please listen to my explanation..."
Chen Keyao suddenly had one head and two heads.
It’s over!
How miserable!
Before he could escape from the palace, he was caught on the spot by his mother and concubine. Now it was over and he could not leave the city.
Fortunately, at this critical moment of life, Chen Keyao suddenly felt blessed and an idea came to his mind: "My son is not leaving the palace, but going back to the house... to change clothes."
"Change clothes? Can't you change in the palace?" The imperial concubine looked questioning.
Chen Keyao looked around, leaned into the ear of his mother-in-law, and said in a low voice: "It is a close-fitting garment. If someone brings it into the palace from the palace, it will be taken away by the soldiers stationed at the palace gate..."
When the imperial concubine heard this, she suddenly felt enlightened.
That's right, whenever you enter or leave the imperial city or palace city, no matter who you are or what you carry, you will be searched by the soldiers stationed at the palace gate.
Chen Keyao is a princess who has not left the palace. How can her intimate clothes be seen by the soldiers?
"I see, then Yaoyao, please leave the palace as soon as possible. This is because I didn't think carefully." The imperial concubine said with a smile.
"Then the mother-in-law takes her leave, and I will leave the palace now."
"Well, go ahead and come back early."
"..."
Escaped the palace successfully.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Keyao successfully escaped from the imperial city under the cover of the palace maid and female masters.
They did not stop, but hired a carriage and a driver to drive them straight to the south gate of Jiangning City.
During this process, Chen Keyao always remained cautious and did not dare to show off.
However, their carriage was quickly approaching the South City Gate and they could escape from the city immediately. Chen Keyao became excited again and laughed in the carriage:
"Although there were a few twists and turns during the escape from the palace, with my intelligence and wisdom, no matter what difficulties we can't stop us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a female expert who gently opened the side curtain to peek outside suddenly changed her expression. She quickly closed the slit of the side curtain and said to Chen Keyao in a deep voice:
"Your Highness, the carriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Wu is coming from the opposite side of us, and we are about to meet!"
"What? The princess is here!"
Chen Keyao was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground and sat down on the ground with a look of horror on his face. He completely forgot about the heroic words he just said and kept mumbling to himself:
"It's over, it's over, the emperor's sister is here to catch me, it must be like this, the emperor's sister is here to catch me..."
"Princess..." The maids and female masters in the carriage hurriedly helped her up and advised:
"Princess, don't be afraid. Her Royal Highness Princess Wu is not here to arrest you. We just happened to meet you. She didn't know that the princess was in the carriage."
When Chen Keyao heard this, she felt it made sense, and her nervousness gradually eased. She patted her heart gently with her little hand and said:
"It turns out I just happened to pass by. That's good. That's good. I was really shocked."
"..."
Thirty miles south of the city.
manor.
Su Xian got up from a nap, washed his face and prepared to continue testing the hot air balloon.
This time he planned to board it himself to get a feel for it.
There is no need to worry about safety issues, because they have tested and revised many times, and the current hot air balloons are absolutely reliable.
Su Xian personally boarded it to conduct experiments, mainly to improve the comfort of the hot air balloon.
Soon, the preparations were completed.
Su Xian, Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei, had just entered the gondola of the hot air balloon and were about to light it up and take off when a servant suddenly ran over and said, "Her Royal Highness the Princess is here!"
"Your Highness Princess? Isn't she very busy? How come she has time to come here?" Su Xian was surprised.
"Not Her Royal Highness Princess Wu, but Her Royal Highness Princess Yue."
"What? Is it her?" Su Xian was slightly startled, then grinned and ordered: "Then invite the princess in quickly!"
