620 The Secret About the Past 238 (1/2)

An Xiaoning had been searching for an opportunity to leave the palace at night. However, she had yet to succeed.

It was indeed not a place where one could come and go as they pleased.

She initially planned to find another chance to escape tonight. However, Xiao Chi secretly stuffed her a note.

It read: ”Don't close your door at two o'clock in the morning.”

An Xiaoning did not know what he meant but still went ahead and left the door ajar.

At two hours after midnight, Xiao Chi showed up at her door.

”Mu Ning?”

Leaning against the headboard, she reached out to switch on the lights and asked, ”What's the matter?”

Xiao Chi placed a black plastic bag on the ground and instructed softly, ”Young Sir said that he'd like to show you some kindness on account of your son. He sent you this prop, lest you die here.”

An Xiaoning smirked and said, ”Is that so? I really have to thank your Young Sir then. Please also tell him that this is what he should be doing, I won't be grateful toward him.”

”Okay, I will tell him exactly what you said,” Xiao Chi answered, slightly peeved.

”You may get lost now.”

An Xiaoning got down from the bed to close the door. She then squatted down and opened the black plastic bag, which came with an instruction manual. She perused the instructions before taking a look at the contents of the bag. After memorizing the instructions given, she burned the manual and flushed it down the toilet bowl.

She changed into her favorite outfit and placed her other clothing into her luggage. After checking it through thoroughly to ensure that she did not leave any evidence behind, she took out a piece of paper and pen to write another note.

The content of the message was slightly different from the previous one she'd left behind.

This time, she wrote: ”I'm leaving now. I initially wanted to bid you a proper farewell a few days ago, but you didn't allow me to. I have no choice but to resort to this. I guess you'll be infuriated, but it's not worth blowing your top over such a small fry like me. Take care, we won't meet again. —Mu Ning.”

An Xiaoning then placed the note on the table. She brought the pile of items and made her way to the middle of the second floor while wearing her night vision goggles.

She did not manage to escape after sneaking out of the window toward the lake, but it seemed like it will be a success this time.

When she successfully reached the top, An Xiaoning turned on the switch on the deflated, lightweight balloon-like item. To her surprise, it began inflating automatically and propelled her upwards toward the sky.

There was only a slight breeze, leaving no trace at all.

An Xiaoning stared at the world below her while rising up slowly into the sky.

A smirk formed on her face as she thought to herself, Goodbye, Autumn Palace. Goodbye, Tuoba Gucheng. Goodbye to everything here.

She knew that from this moment onwards, she would never be Mu Ning again.

Since the moment An Xiaoning flew out of the palace, the air security system of the Autumn Palace had already been activated and they had begun trying to track her down.

Once An Xiaoning landed outside the palace, she hurriedly packed her belongings and proceeded to collect her car from the car park. She then sped along the expressway toward A City, after which she got inside Mei Yangyang's car and stuffed the items into the trunk.

She instructed Mei Yangyang to return the items to Jin Qingyan while she drove off to check into another hotel.

An Xiaoning did not care even if the sky came crashing down on her. She decided to have a good night's sleep, despite knowing that the security personnel in the Autumn Palace were probably searching for her.

As expected, the security team of the Autumn Palace had already begun searching for her around B City soon after she left.

Tuoba Gucheng was informed about the situation at three o'clock in the morning.

When he first heard that someone had sneaked out of the Autumn Palace, he did not suspect that it was An Xiaoning at all. However, he instructed his bodyguards to call for An Xiaoning when he realized that she had yet to come downstairs even after breakfast.

”Your Highness, Mu Ning is not in her room. She probably went out.”

Tuoba Gucheng nodded and waited for a while more before instructing his bodyguards to look for her.

They did not manage to find her anywhere else.

At last, Xiao Chi said intentionally, ”I heard that someone fled the Autumn Palace last night using an unconventional method. It can't possibly be Mu Ning, can it?”