The Promotion Record of a Crown Princess

29-36: Bathroom Lord's Promise

In the middle of June, Qi Sheng took the place of the Emperor to patrol Jiangbei Central Army Camp.

On the bank of Wan River, Qi Sheng, who wore a gold crown and a dark black suit with two narrow sleeves, embroidered with the image of dragon in golden threads, covering a fine steel gilt thin armor, boarded the ship of the Fuping navy with an impressive appearance in the spotlight.

Wearing a plain navy suit in grey and blue, I hid in the bilge of the ship, clinging to the window cracks to examine the situation outside as a thief.

What a difference!

Qi Sheng said that soldiers could not take women to ship, so I had to change the uniform and hid on the ship in advance.

In fact, what clothes to wear and how to get on the ship did not matter at all. Anyway, with my curving body shape, even if I put on the dragon robe, I would not like the Emperor. What really mattered was that it was Qi Sheng who asked me to make this trip to Jiangbei with him, but now he pretended to know nothing about it!

In this way, the official version of this story was: the Crown Prince took the place of the Emperor to patrol in the north, the Crown Princess Zhang shi went out of the Palace without permission, she cross-dressed and accompanied along the way, and she wasn't spotted in the entourage by the Prince until when the troop arrived Taixing. The Prince was very angry and scolded Zhang shi severely. What's done was done, so he had nothing to do but take Zhang shi with him.

Simply put, the Prince's behavior had always been noble, while all the bad things were done by the Crown Princess Zhang shi.

Did he think that I was that stupid?

The moment Qi Sheng proposed it, I immediately rejected it.

However, Qi Sheng just squinted his eyes and said slowly, "Considering that Zhang shi had a reputation for being capricious, arrogant and self-centered, this thing was just to Zhang shi's style. The Empress could be only too anxious to enjoy the show, worst case scenario was she made a posture of scolding you in few words. What are you afraid of now that you know I'm not going to look into it?"

Nonsense!

If it were like this, it would be a stain on the career of the Crown Princess. This was to be recorded into archives! Even if you said you won't look into this at this moment, but what if you change your mind in the future? Who would reason things out with me?

'No way!'

I quickly waved my hand, "Even if I wore the military uniform, no one would be fooled. What if someone wanted to check my body? Can I agree to let him look it up?"

Qi Sheng looked at me silently for a moment and said, "I will give you a personal warrant, is that ok?"

He said in this way because he had read my mind, but I was not afraid of him. I nodded and said with a smile, "If so, that would reassure me much better."

Qi Sheng chuckled and said in a low voice, "You can't take any maid with you, leave by yourself. In the evening, you have to get rid of Lv Li by some reason, I will send someone to pick you up, and arrange you to board the ship immediately."

So, as soon as the night fell, I asked Lv Li to the Buddhist Hall in the Palace to read sutras for me over the night.

Lv Li asked me what I wanted to pray for, catching the eager attention from Lv Li, I told her, against my conscious, I wanted Qi Sheng would love me and stay with me forever.

After hearing this, Lv Li took a lot of incense and scrolls without hesitation and walked out the room in high spirits.

Before the Palace Gate was closed, I secretly slipped out of the Palace following a eunuch and boarded on a small boat in the Wan River. Then I transferred to Qi Sheng's main ship.