How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Chapter 267: Bouncing White Maggots Quilt Bugs, Disguised as Palace Maid Xie Chengze

Xie Chengze read the "bedtime story" for a few days, and seeing that Xie Jinyu was stubborn and unyielding, he finally decided to give up this path and chose to sneak away from the palace.

Being a stay-at-home son is valuable, but brotherhood is more valuable. If you want to be innocent, you can give up both!

As for him, a weak and ordinary person, how could he avoid the guards at the door, ensure that Xie Jinyu would send troops to search the entire palace and even the entire capital without being discovered by him, and then leave the capital quietly...

Xie Chengze could only say that opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

And opportunities have to be found by yourself.

As the Ministry of Rites gradually completed the funeral and burial arrangements, the burial ceremony of Emperor Jian's mausoleum was ready. At that time, the empress, concubines, princes and princesses, and even all the civil and military officials in the court had to come out of the palace to follow the dragon. The palace guards were also required to escort the emperor to ensure that everything went well.

At that time, the guards of Taiji Hall will be the most lax.

As for whether Xie Jinyu would specially send more people to guard him, Xie Chengze thought of the letter paper sandwiched in the rice, and thought that with Shen Yuan's intelligence, he must have known where he was hidden.

He would definitely choose the day of Emperor Jian's funeral to send someone to rescue himself.

When the two meet...

Hey~ This is his chance to escape from the palace~

Things happened just as Xie Chengze had imagined. As Emperor Jian's coffin was transported to the imperial mausoleum, the harem and all the civil and military officials in the court followed him. There were still only two imperial guards guarding the door of the Taiji Hall cabinet.

Xie Chengze took off the silver tassel ball earring on his left earlobe and took out a round object from it.

This pair of earrings was given by Shen Yuan during the New Year. The silver balls on both sides were filled with poison. Xie Chengze felt that putting poison on both sides was a bit redundant, so he took out the poison on the left and secretly replaced it with incense.

A real man never fights a battle unprepared!

Xie Chengze lit the red candle on the bedside, took out a golden thread from his body, used the melted candle liquid to stick the thread and the drug pill together, and then wrapped the drug pill with the candle liquid.

He took out two pieces of woolen paper, which were used exclusively by the royal family for wiping buttocks, from the wooden cabinet and stuffed them into his nostrils. He then tore off a piece of bed cloth and tied it in front of his face as a mask. Xie Chengze glanced at the pill with the candle liquid solidified on its surface. He picked up the thin thread and walked to the door holding the candlestick.

After quietly opening a small crack in the door, Xie Chengze lit the drug pill, quickly stuffed it out using the thin string, and then quickly retreated, burying himself in the quilt to avoid being tricked as well.

The flame devoured the thin layer of wax on the surface of the drug. The fully burning open flame plus the deluxe version of the drug pill specially made by Jianghu, in just less than five seconds, extremely thick smoke exploded on the spot!

"呲-"

"Bang, bang!"

By the time the guards reacted, it was too late. The thick smoke penetrated their mouths and noses, and in just a few seconds, the two men fell to the ground and fainted.

Although the smoke produced by the drug was strong, it did not have enough aftereffect, as if it burned itself out in an instant. After a short while, no more smoke was emitted.

"Bam—"

The door was kicked open, and Xie Chengze, his entire body including his head, was wrapped in a quilt. Like a bouncing white maggot, he rushed out of the fog at the door and ran wildly into the distance!

"Oh!"

Because it couldn't see, it accidentally ran off the track and bumped into the wall of the corridor. The quilt bug paused slightly, turned around and continued to run outside.

Only when he felt that the smoke could no longer catch up with him did he suddenly untie the quilt from his body, quickly pulled off the "anti-gas equipment" on his face, and gasped for breath.

“I’m dying of suffocation!!!”

Xie Chengze took a few deep breaths of fresh air and finally recovered. Then he tiptoed towards the door of Taiji Hall.

As Emperor Jian's coffin was carried out for funeral, the guards guarding the Hall of Supreme Harmony had been withdrawn. Outside, the sound of weapons rang out. Based on the principle that curiosity kills the cat, Xie Chengze decisively fled in the opposite direction.

Shangyiku, Shangyiku, Shangyiku...

Xie Chengze moved towards the outer palace, hiding all the way. Fortunately, the guards inside the palace were not strict today, so he quickly reached the clothing store.

The palace servants in the Shangyi Storehouse must have been exhausted from preparing mourning clothes for some time. Today was a rare day off and no one was walking around in the courtyard. Xie Chengze sneaked into a room and ran into a palace maid who was resting inside.

Fortunately, there were only two palace maids. Xie Chengze quickly made a gesture to silence them, "Shh!"

The two palace maids quickly covered their mouths.

"Where is your steward? Take me there quickly!" asked Xie Chengze.

The chief steward of the Shangyi Wardrobe is Shen Yuan's man. If he wants to leave the inner court, he must provide a pass to the palace guards at the gate, and only the chief steward of the Shangyi Wardrobe can issue it.

"I'll take His Highness there!" One of the palace maids reacted quickly and said immediately.

Xie Chengze nodded, and then said to another palace maid, "Come with me."

The inner court is a mixed crowd, and who knows who these palace maids belong to. It is safer to keep them around.

The two maids took Xie Chengze to find the head of the Shangyi Storehouse. The head was also surprised to see Xie Chengze. When he learned that he needed a pass to leave the inner court, he quickly made arrangements, "I will go and prepare it now."

Xie Chengze glanced at the two palace maids, and said meaningfully, "They..."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. They are my servants." The steward said hurriedly, and then said to the two palace maids, "Go prepare a new set of palace maid uniforms, and bring the rouge and flower cream from my room."

"Your Highness, if you want to avoid the palace guards' interrogation, it's better to cover up." The steward took a look at Xie Chengze's face and suggested hesitantly, "Let me disguise you as a palace maid, and then wear a thin scarf to cover your face. It will be enough to bribe the palace guards."

Xie Chengze nodded, "That's exactly what I meant."

Soon, the palace maid uniform was brought in. Two palace maids worked together to tie up Xie Chengze's long hair into a palace maid's bun, and then applied flower cream and rouge on his face.

The color of the flower cream was darker than Xie Chengze's skin. After applying it, his face instantly became darker and no longer so conspicuous.

The chief steward brought a written pass and a few pieces of silver. "This is a leave slip. Many palace maids are leaving the palace today. They won't check it carefully."

After saying that, he tied the cloth covering his face around Xie Chengze's ears.

After expressing his gratitude, Xie Chengze left the clothing store and walked quickly towards the outer palace.

When Xie Chengze passed by the outer palace and saw the palace guards at the gate, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He took the initiative to hand over the pass in his hand. When he saw the palace guards scan the seal on the pass and were about to look at him, he immediately took out the silver and whispered in a thin voice, "My lord, you have worked hard guarding the gate. This is my daughter's gift to you. It's for you alone."

After hearing this, the palace guard immediately lowered his head again, reached out his hand to stealthily take the silver coins and stuffed them into his sleeves, then waved at Xie Chengze randomly, "Let's go."

Xie Chengze quickly turned around and walked away, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he was far away.

Then he started running.

Cheng Huan Palace! Cheng Huan Palace! Cheng Huan Palace!!!