TSFLIP Chapter 547

Feng Guang tilted her head and asked, “Why aren’t you saying anything?”

“Aren’t you afraid?” Sijia whispered. “Maybe I’m a person who’s capable of all sorts of evil.”

“You’re not. I know you’re not.” Feng Guang giggled and turned around, now facing the full moon directly. She clasped her hands behind her back and smiled softly. “The moon is really beautiful tonight.”

Sijia suddenly asked, “Do you have a wish?”

“A wish?” She paused. “I want to get out of the palace. Does that count?” Her eyes glimmered in the glow of the moon, as if there were tiny stars within them.

He said quietly, “Life outside isn’t necessarily better than life in the palace.”

So there was no need for her to be curious about it.

“I know it’s not, but I still want to see it for myself. Oh! Why don’t you take me with you?” She stepped closer, tilting up her delicate face to look directly into his.

Sijia instinctively took a step back. “The princess leaving the palace is a huge deal.”

She walked forward again. “So is tying me up, and you just did that.”

“It was a matter of urgency.” He backed away once more.

Feng Guang’s lips curved mischievously as she pressed forward. “Then consider this a matter of urgency, too. It shouldn’t be hard for you to get me out. The imperial guards haven’t even gotten close.”

“Your Highness…”

“Hey, stop backing away!” She grabbed his hand and said playfully, “If you move back any further, you’re going to fall. You’re so good-looking; we shouldn’t let you hurt that face of yours.”

Sijia paused when he noticed that his back was already at the edge of the rooftop. He fell silent for a moment, then removed his hand from hers and asked quietly, “Your wish… It’s just to leave the palace?”

“It’s true—truer than pearls!” She nodded vigorously, her large, shimmering eyes full of hope.

“All right… I’ll take you out.”

Her face blossomed into a delighted smile. “That’s wonderful!”

“But… you only get three days.”

“What? Only three?” Her happiness dipped briefly, but then she nodded with a brave smile. “Three days is enough!”

Sijia remained expressionless in the face of her charming happiness, grip tightened on his sword. It was just for a few days…

And so, that very night, Princess Chang Ning—the greatest treasure of the imperial palace—went missing. But outside the palace gates, a young woman appeared in the bustling market, a merchant’s daughter from Jiangnan.

This was Sijia’s story—that her refined aura was a bit too sophisticated for a commoner’s child, and to avoid suspicion, they decided she’d pass as the daughter of a merchant from Jiangnan.

Meanwhile, Feng Guang and Sijia were sitting in a cart headed out of the city. The cart belonged to a nearby farmer who used it to haul goods. It wasn’t a grand, closed carriage with doors and windows. It was a simple…open-top wagon.

This was how Feng Guang defined it. She lay back on a pile of hay, gazing up at the stars in the sky, letting out a comfortable sigh. Then she turned on her side and quietly studied the man sitting stiffly beside her with his eyes closed, resting. She kept staring at him for a long time.

“Why aren’t you asleep yet?” Sijia opened his eyes and looked directly at her. Her gaze was so piercing that, no matter how much peace of mind he tried to maintain, it was hard to ignore.

Her hair was tied back with a simple red ribbon, and because she was lying down, her black locks fell to the side of her face alongside the ribbon, making her fair skin seem even more delicate. She giggled, dimples appearing in her cheeks. “I’m too excited to sleep.”

So this was the reason she’d been staring at him all this time?