UGB Chapter 506 Little Chen! Your chapter is here!
Chapter 506 Little Chen! Your chapter is here!
Xiao Ju was taken aback.
Hearing what the old eunuch said, he seemed slightly flustered.
But Chen Fan wasn't in a hurry. He simply closed the book and smiled, saying:
"Think it over carefully, take your time, we won't bother you anymore!"
The words fell.
Chen Fan left the library.
With his thoughts becoming much clearer, he turned around and headed towards Weiyang Palace again.
Before leaving, Chen Fan planned to confront Chun Tao!
After all, this trip could last for decades, or even a century, and there's a possibility they might never return!
If he were to let this little palace maid suffer in the depths of the Great Abyss Palace until she dies of old age with gray hair, he would be too selfish!
Bugs, bugs!
Upon arriving outside Weiyang Palace, Chen Fan imitated the calls of a cuckoo a few times.
Sure enough, not long after, Chun Tao, with a rounder face, a slimmer figure, and much prettier appearance, ran out.
With slightly reddened eyes and her face full of excitement, she whispered:
"Little Chen...you're back..."
"The journey was arduous..." Chen Fan nodded and smiled.
"You've been gone for a while, don't cry, we're back safe and sound..."
"It's good that you're back safe and sound..." Xiaodie wiped away her tears and sighed.
"Lately... I keep dreaming about you... I can't even describe it..."
"So silly." Chen Fan patted Chun Tao's head and said.
"Our family is safe and sound, everything's alright..."
"Are you going on another business trip this time... since you're back?" Xiao Chuntao looked at her, her eyes full of worry.
Chen Fan did not rush to respond.
Instead, he pretended to think for a moment, then smiled and said:
"We still want to go out... but this time it's for fun... Emperor Wu said we're capable... so he specially rewarded us with a few days off... Look... would you like Miss Chun Tao to come with us for a trip?"
make a sightseeing tour?
Chun Tao was taken aback, then her face lit up with surprise and delight.
"Really...can I come with you?"
"That's natural..." Chen Fan said cheerfully.
"Let's go out and see the mountains...see the water..."
"I'll go, I'll go..." Chun Tao exclaimed excitedly with a pure smile on her face.
"I'll go tell Her Majesty the Empress right away... Wait for me... Little Chen!"
Watching his departing figure, Chen Fan's lips curled into a smile.
With his hands behind his back, he couldn't help but shake his head inwardly, pondering that for an ordinary person to live to sixty was already a long life.
Although Chun Tao, who is only in her teens, still has several decades to live, she is still far inferior to him!
"Little Chen... I'm here..."
As Chen Fan's thoughts were churning, Chun Tao came running out quickly, carrying a bag.
This made him smile, and then he took her hand and walked towards the imperial city outside the palace...
……
Before leaving.
Chen Fan also released Eunuch Wei and the others.
The goal is simple: Daeyu needs them to unify the eight kingdoms!
After doing all this, Chen Fan finally left the palace.
On Chang'an Avenue.
Chen Fan held Chun Tao's hand, and the two walked out of the imperial city like ordinary people.
Chun Tao carried a small bag on her back, her face beaming with a long-lost sense of ease and anticipation.
She changed into a simple cotton dress, and tied her hair up with only a wooden hairpin. She had shed her palace maid attire and looked more like a girl next door.
"Little Chen, where are we going first?" Chun Tao asked, looking up with curiosity in her eyes.
Chen Fan squinted at the carriages coming and going on the official road in the distance and said softly, "Let's hire a carriage first and travel slowly."
He rented a blue cloth-covered carriage from a carriage shop outside the imperial city. The driver was an old man in his fifties, his face weathered by time, but his eyes were kind.
Chen Fan deliberately chose the most ordinary car, and even the horse was a common chestnut horse, which walked at a leisurely pace.
The two got into the car, the curtain was drawn, and the interior space was small, just enough for the two of them to sit side by side.
Chun Tao sat by the window, lifted a corner of the carriage curtain, and curiously looked at the outside world.
"drive!"
The coachman cracked his whip, and the carriage slowly drove onto the official road.
The wheels crunched and creaked as they rolled over the cobblestones.
Chen Fan leaned against the inner wall of the carriage, closing his eyes to rest.
Chun Tao kept looking out the window, sometimes pointing at the wildflowers by the roadside, sometimes exclaiming in surprise at the small animals she saw, like a child going on a long trip for the first time.
As Chen Fan listened to her voice, the chill that had settled in his heart because of Tian Xiangzi's death quietly melted away a bit.
"Little Chen, look how tall that tree is!"
"Little Chen, there's a candied hawthorn vendor up ahead!"
"Little Chen..."
Chun Tao called out to him repeatedly, and Chen Fan responded to each call.
The carriage traveled slowly, covering no more than a hundred li a day.
On their first night, they stayed at an inn in a small town.
The inn was very simple, with only three or five guest rooms. The innkeeper was a plump woman. Seeing that the two were dressed simply, she assumed they were an ordinary couple traveling together and arranged for them to stay in the cheapest room.
The room was small, with only a bed, a table, and two chairs.
Chun Tao was quite satisfied. She carefully made the bed and brought hot water for Chen Fan to wash up.
"Little Chen, are you tired?" Chun Tao asked while wringing out a towel.
Chen Fan shook his head: "Not tired."
He was a Nascent Soul cultivator, so he could travel by carriage for a day or fly continuously for months without feeling tired.
But at this moment, he was enjoying this ordinary human weariness.
After washing up, Chuntao blew out the oil lamp.
Moonlight streamed through the window paper, casting a soft glow on the bedside.
Chun Tao lay on the inside, and Chen Fan lay on the outside, with a fist's distance between them.
In the darkness, Chun Tao suddenly asked softly, "Little Chenzi, do you think... if we go out like this, won't we be punished by the palace?"
Chen Fan was silent for a moment, then said, "No."
"That's good." Chun Tao breathed a sigh of relief, turned over, and faced Chen Fan. "This is the first time I've ever traveled this far in my life. Before, in the palace, I just served the Empress every day, did laundry and swept the floor, and I never even left the capital."
Her voice carried a hint of melancholy, but more so, joy.
Chen Fan didn't speak, but listened quietly.
"Little Chen, have you ever left the palace before?"
"It has been sold."
"So, where have you been?"
"Many places."
"I really envy you..." Chun Tao's voice gradually lowered, and her breathing became even and long.
She fell asleep.
Chen Fan opened his eyes in the darkness and looked at the peaceful sleeping face of the girl beside him, a soft spot in his heart was gently touched.
The carriage continued its journey the next day.
Chen Fan instructed the driver to head to Cuiyun Mountain, a famous mountain within Dayuan County.
Cuiyun Mountain is not very high, but it has beautiful scenery, with ancient temples, clear springs and strange rocks, making it a popular destination for literati and scholars.
The carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain. Chen Fan paid the fare, sent the driver back, and then led Chun Tao up the mountain on foot.
The mountain road winds its way through the mountains, and the stone steps are covered with moss.
Chun Tao walked slowly but with great enthusiasm, stopping to rest every now and then to admire the surrounding scenery.
"Little Chen, look! That waterfall is so beautiful!"
Chen Fan looked in the direction she was pointing and saw a white ribbon cascading down the cliff into a deep pool, splashing up thousands of water droplets that refracted into seven colors under the sunlight.
"Yes, beautiful." He nodded.