Meridian Gate, Duan Gate, Chengtian Gate.

It was not until I passed through Taimiao and Sheji Altar and left Chengtian Gate that I really left the palace city. I didn’t understand the gaze of Fanwei and Yulin Army, and I walked more briskly.

Chen Ji held the jujube, and Xiaoman hugged the dark clouds.

Under the night, the two walked west along the wide Chang'an Street. The moonlight shone on the road, and the capital was far less prosperous than Chenji thought, and there was no shoulder to shoulder or bright lights.

"Why is it so deserted?" Chen Ji turned around and looked at Chang'an Street behind him, without a glance.

Xiaoman smiled and said, "If you want to be lively, you have to go to Dongcheng. Eight Great Hutongs and Dashilan don't rest at night. We live here all the officials and nobles, who dares to be lively here?"

Chen Ji thought for a while: "Or why we live in Dongcheng in the future?"

Xiaoman hurriedly said, "No, no, I would rather have a bed in Xicheng than a room in Dongcheng. Who would have left the residence in Xicheng to go to Dongcheng? Actors, Lao Rong, Huabing, Runzi, and liars, are all there, they are all inferior."

Chen Ji smiled and said, "Then where do you think we live in the best place?"

Xiaoman raised his head and thought: "If the young master becomes a high-ranking official in the future, we can go to Qipan Street to buy a house, which is closest to the Wumen Gate and is convenient for court. Many masters of the ministry rented houses there. If they enter the pavilion, they have to live in Fuyou Street or Xuanwumen Street."

Chen Ji smiled and said, "Do you distinguish so clearly?"

Xiaoman explained: "That's right, our Chen family and Qi family, Hu family are both in Fuyou Street, Xu family and Yang family, and Zhang family are in Xuanwumen Street. Xuanwumen Street is all officials from the south, very elegant and hold literary meetings every day. They look down on Fuyou Street and say that Fuyou Street is dead; Fuyou Street also looks down on them, saying that they are frivolous."

Chen Ji touched Zaozao's back mane: "Xiaoman, I probably can't be a high-ranking official. Maybe one day I will really move to Dongcheng."

Xiaoman widened his eyes: "How could it be, the young master is so powerful, he will become a high-ranking official sooner or later."

Chen Ji shook his head: "It's difficult to be a high-ranking official... Just now, I discussed with Lord Zhang, who is the winner and who is the loser in the court today. I was confused and felt awe of the capital for a while. I think I am only suitable to be a pawn, and I am not allowed to play chess."

Xiaoman said curiously: "What winner, loser, who is the winner?"

Chen Ji explained: "The Hu family, Chen family, Xu family, Qi family, Your Majesty, Wu Xiu are all winners."

Xiaoman said curiously again: "Who is the loser?"

Chen Ji was silent for a long time: "The people of Guyuan are the biggest losers."

Xiaoman was confused and couldn't figure out what his young master was thinking.

Chen Ji smiled and changed the topic: "Have the eldest brother and second sister returned to Zhang's mansion?"

Xiaoman suddenly became gloating: "As soon as we arrived in the capital, Mrs. Zhang picked them up at the city gate. Mrs. Zhang cried like a tearful person, constantly complaining that they should not go to Guyuan secretly, and said that they would use family rules when they go back. Zhang Zheng and his second sister were as well-behaved as a quail, and they seemed to be beaten together."

Chen Ji looked at her: "Why don't you call him brother?"

Xiaoman lowered his head and muttered, "He is so careless every day that he looks like a big brother, so I won't call him big brother... By the way, my second sister said that you are going to meet the stars in the sky today. Have you seen it?"

Chen Ji whispered: "I saw it."

Xiaoman's eyes turned: "Is it Princess Baili?"

Chen Ji nodded.

Xiaoman hesitated and asked again: "...Is she okay?"

Chen Ji subconsciously clenched the reins, but did not answer.

Arrive at Fuyou Street.

Xiaoman led Chen Ji into an alley and knocked on the side door to the south of Chen's mansion.

She kicked the stone lion in front of the door and muttered: "The young master obviously has an official position, but he still refused to go to the main entrance. Rules, rules, rules, and rules are rules all day long."

The wooden door creaked open, and the servant Chen's mansion inside said politely: "Third Master, you are back, please follow me."

He led Chen Ji inside, and after walking only ten feet, he went to a yard. The servant said respectfully: "The master has given him the order. You will live in this yard in the future. The yard was cleaned a few days ago and everything is ready."

Chen Ji pushed the door open and the yard was clean.

Wuyun jumped out of Xiaoman's arms and stretched.

The servant followed them and said, "Do you want the third young master to go and ask the master? Madam, I will tell me when the master comes back, and you must report to him when you come back..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiaoman turned around and closed the gate of the courtyard, and a voice floated out of the door: "My young master is going to rest, you can go back."

The servant looked at the closed door and opened his mouth, but didn't say anything for a long time.

Xiaoman leaned against the door, and when she heard the footsteps and walked away, she turned around and looked at the yard: "Wow, young master, look, the yard is filled with blue bricks provided by the official kiln of Suzhou Prefecture, and the ones in the house are also carved with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemums."

Xiaoman walked around the yard and looked up and down: "The yard is so big. The bare ginkgo tree in the yard is, it's so big. I'm afraid it's been growing for many years. Autumn will definitely look good. You live in the main house, put a book in the east wing room, and store miscellaneous items in the west wing room... No, right? I remembered that this is the yard where Chen Wenxiao lived before. Bah, it's bad luck."

Xiaoman lost interest when he thought of Chen Wenxiao. His joy of living in a "big yard" gradually faded.

She turned her head and suddenly realized that Chen Ji was not listening to her, but was squatting on the ground and conspiring with the dark clouds.

Xiaoman also squatted over but saw Chen Ji breaking a branch and drawing pictures on the ground, saying to Wuyun: "This is the Meridian Gate, and the Yulin Army is the most guarded. You can just climb in from the west palace wall, and there is the imperial wine room inside. Don't go to Huangji Gate, there are many security guards there, and there are four corner towers to look out for. I'm afraid the great officials on duty in the search realm."

While drawing a picture of the palace ban, Chen Ji continued to say, "Walking from Renzhi Palace, bypass Cining Palace to Kunning Palace, you are only separated from the East Six Palaces by two walls... Be careful, I have not seen the entire picture of the palace ban today, so there may still be unknown dangers. Remember, if things cannot be done, we will immediately withdraw and we will look for another opportunity."

Dark Cloud nodded.

Xiaoman squatted beside him, looked at Chen Ji, then looked at the dark clouds, and said in shock: "Tianzun, can you remember that it is so complicated?"

Dark Cloud glanced at her with contempt and meowed.

Xiaoman was puzzled: "Young Master, what did the Heavenly Lord say?"

Chen Ji translated: "It asked, can't you remember?"

Xiaoman: "..."

Chen Ji looked at Wuyun and whispered: "It must be very sad that she was trapped in Jingyang Palace. The Taoist nun in Jingyang Palace is crazy. If someone bullies her, you can find a way to protect her and don't let her suffer grievances."

Dark clouds meowed, turned around and jumped onto the eaves, and sneaked towards the palace city while the night was dark.

Xiaoman looked at the direction where the dark clouds disappeared and suddenly thought that the person the young master was really Princess Baili.

But if it was the princess... when would I see the young master get married? Wouldn't I have to stay in the Chen Mansion all the time?

It seems that it's not impossible.

...

...

There are many tall buildings in the capital, more than Los Angeles.

The two, three and four floors of Qiongyu towers are staggered, and the shadows of the towers cover the dark clouds' figure.

It walked and stopped along the gray tiles. When passing Fuyou Street, there were cars and horses passing by, so it waited patiently.

A lady in the car accidentally lifted the curtain and saw dark clouds squatting on the eaves.

Miss Guangui exclaimed: "Someone actually uses a raccoon as a beast, it's so unique."

When she greeted her female companions in the car to look at each other, she found that there was nothing on the eaves.

The dark clouds jumped from one eaves to another, easily crossed the two-meter-wide Fuyou Street, and continued to run towards the palace city. Under the red wall, it jumped gently to the gray tiled eaves and looked carefully.

There was a little eunuch on duty in front of the door of the Yujiu Room, sitting on the ground and napping.

The dark clouds followed the path given by Chen Ji and walked northward.

When it was about to arrive at Cining Palace, it slowly stopped and pricked up its ears.

The Cining Palace is brightly lit, and both palace gates are guarding Jiefuwei, who has long swords on his waist and hips, and are eyeing him.

An old woman at the palace gate, supported by the palace maid, wanted to leave the Cining Palace, but was stopped by Jiefanwei.

The old woman angrily scolded: "How could he treat me like this? I am his biological mother. I have raised him and King Jing for more than ten years. How dare he imprison me in this Cining Palace?"

Lin Chaoqing in front of the palace gate said nothing, no matter what the other party said, he would not let the other party leave the Cining Palace.

The old woman gradually became angry: "My Liu family is already dead, what threats are there to him? My Liu family has already admitted defeat, why do we still kill all the relatives who have gone abroad? The filial piety and brotherhood monument in front of Renshou Palace is worse than destroyed!"

Wuyun wondered, why are all the people in the palace crazy?

It was worried that the white carp would come, so it hurriedly bypassed the Cining Palace and continued to move forward.

On the way, a team of Jiefanwei passed by with palace lanterns. Jiefanwei's eyes were patrolling around like an eagle and falcon, scaring the dark clouds so much that they carefully lay on the gray tiles, making themselves integrated with the night.

After Jiefuwei left, it stood up and continued to rush. After a few steps, another team of Jiefuwei passed by, so it had to lower its body.

Just over twenty feet away, the dark clouds walked two sticks of incense.

Just as it passed through Kunning Palace along the palace wall, a strong light suddenly swept over the Kou Tower. A brazier was burning on the Kou Tower, and someone was reflecting the fire with a bronze mirror, illuminating every dark place in the palace.

The middle-aged man holding a bronze mirror had a solemn expression and his eyes were like a hook.

Seeing that the fire was about to shine on me, the dark clouds jumped off the palace wall and hid in the flowers in the corner.

The next moment, a strong wind whistled.

Before Wuyun could react, the skin of the neck was raised.

Someone said in a muffled voice: "Empress, he is a lost raccoon slave, black."

The dark cloud was being carried pitifully. When I turned around, I saw a elegant and elegant woman sitting on a stone bench in the yard.

The woman was wearing agarwood-colored long jacket on the upper body and a golden horse-faced skirt underneath. The collar and sleeves were embroidered with floral patterns, and a pearl and green phoenix hairpin was simply inserted on her head.

The person carrying the back of the neck was an elderly female official with gray hair. She was wearing a purple round neck robe, with a wooden hairpin, a hanging tooth sign and a string of copper keys on her head.

The woman said warmly: "Let me take a look."
To be continued...