White Fence Dream

Chapter 177 Take the initiative
that night.

For Shen Qing, it is unforgettable.

To the guests attending the palace banquet, that night was just a vague dream of someone falling from a building.

But Shen Qing had a dream in which the woman peeled off Queen Jiang layer by layer and dug out her heart.

Trapped by the Emperor's bell in front and suppressed by millet beads above, he could only watch Empress Jiang die.

Once again, I watched Queen Chiang die.

Powerless.

Thinking of this Shen Qing, he was furious and felt great pain in his heart, as if his own skin was being peeled off layer by layer and his heart was being dug out.

He quickly turned his head and looked at the mirror.

The person in the mirror sat upright like a pine tree, without any peeling or blood, it was all just an illusion.

The inner demon planted by that dream.

It was also because of this inner demon that the strings in his eyes broke, the butterfly died, and the queen's soul had nowhere to go and was nowhere to be found.

This is all because——

He turned his head and looked at the girl sitting in front of him.

The girl looked at him with interest, as if appreciating his frightened embarrassment.

"How dare you come!" Shen Qing said coldly.

Bai Li smiled and said, "Why shouldn't I come? Do you think that I should flee the capital and live a miserable life after I get rid of the dream you created?"

Isn't it? Isn't that what she wants?
"Of course not." Bai Li said, looking at him, "You've hurt me so much, are you just going to let it go?"

Shen Qing was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

Zhuang Feizi said that Bai Li was undisciplined, wandering in the wilderness, and had a perverse temperament. Of course, Zhuang Feizi said a lot more, but he didn't listen much and didn't care. To put it bluntly, she was just a country girl who knew nothing.

It is true that the ignorant are fearless.

Relying on this God-given physique and taking advantage of the special restraint of the imperial city that night, she managed to escape from his dream. Does she really think she can do anything?

Why did he come to him so brazenly to ask for an explanation? What? Did he want revenge?
Shen Qing paused in laughter. "You took advantage of the situation that night. Do you really think you are so powerful? Your skill of confusing and killing people can only be used on people like Zhu Shan. You want to kill me. How shameless."

Speaking of which, he sneered again.

"Besides, the magic is nothing but illusion. You and I are still alive in the world after all."

He looked at Bai Li and slammed his hands on the table.

The low table on which the piano was placed creaked and broke onto the ground.

Although he is a zither player, he is not completely powerless.

Bai Li seemed to be amazed: "I really don't have that strength." He reached out and touched the broken table.

Shen Qing didn't care about her teasing.

"Also, don't forget your identity." He continued, "I don't have to deal with you myself. If I pass the news to the authorities, you won't be able to live in peace. I really don't know why you are crazy enough to come to me for an explanation. You might as well say you are here to seek death."

When he said this, he looked sad and angry, and looked at Bai Li with hatred.

"A good-for-nothing like you, even if you die a hundred times, you are still not as good as half a finger of the Queen. If the Queen were alive, it would be a blessing for all the people! But you killed the Queen!"

He clenched his hands at his sides, as if he was about to slap Bai Li in the face, causing her to break like a coffee table.

Bai Li was neither frightened nor angry, but nodded as if to say you are right.

"Yes, I am a waste and cannot benefit the people." She said, "But since I was born into this world and God allows me to live, I should live. Besides, I didn't kill your queen..."

Yes, Queen Chiang certainly died at the hands of that group of traitors.

The prime minister, the general, and the villain of the Qianniu Guard took advantage of the fact that Your Majesty was seriously ill and brought Prince Changyang back to the capital, forcing the emperor to abdicate and commit rebellion.

This group of villains should have been killed right from the beginning. It was only out of kindness that the Queen spared their lives. These are like dogs that cannot be tamed!
As Shen Qing was thinking, Bai Li's voice continued to come to his ears.

"…In fact, you were the one who killed your mother."

Shen Qing sneered in his heart, but also laughed at himself.

Yes, it's also his fault. Even if the queen hadn't given the order, he should have gotten rid of Prince Changyang long ago. Let's see who these treacherous ministers can support!

Now, because of his failure, he had to watch helplessly as the Empress' soul dissipated.

Shen Qing felt pain, hatred and regret as he looked at Bai Li.

But, the Queen did die in her hands. If she hadn't insisted on resisting, if she hadn't insisted on surviving, the Queen would have been standing in the Imperial City now.

Since the queen is dead, there is no need for her to live.

I was just about to find out her whereabouts, but I didn't expect her to come to me on her own initiative.

That’s right, it’s time to take revenge. Let’s kill her today to avenge the Queen.

"Since you know that I am vital to your queen's survival, why don't you discuss this with me?"

Discuss? Discuss what? Shen Qing's thoughts paused.

"The conditions for my life." Bai Li said, looking at him, "For example, the conditions are that you will help me get justice, for example, you will help me get revenge, so that my family members will not die in vain, so that my family members can rest in peace. Mr. Shen, Zhuang Feizi took me away and gave me a painting to please me. Have you ever thought about taking my life and giving me some benefits? Why should I give it to you obediently just to rob you like this?"

What do you mean? Shen Qing was stunned for a moment, then said coldly: "I said before that your death has nothing to do with me. It was you who took the risk and lost your mind. You were going to die anyway."

"What about Mr. Zhuang?" Bai Li asked, "Has he ever thought of saving me?"

Shen Qing looked at her: "No."

Go, be sad, leave ripples in the sea of ​​your heart. When you are lost in confusion, those tiny ripples will swallow you up.

Bai Li looked at him and smiled: "You are a bad guy, and you are saying the opposite, which means you have it."

This smile has a bit of girlish childishness.

Shen Qing sneered and did not answer.

"I didn't pursue whether you killed me or not." Bai Li continued, "Even if I was dead at the time, you couldn't discuss it with me and came to take over my body. Then I came back to life, didn't I? Why didn't you discuss it with me?"

There was a hint of reproach in these words.

Shen Qing frowned. After the young lady came in, she became arrogant and playful, and her words became more and more strange.

He indeed had never understood this Miss Bai. After the two encounters he had, he realized that she had a bad temper and was crazy. So what was going on now?
"Are you willing to die if we talk it over?" he said coldly.

He saw it with his own eyes. It was obviously dead but it still refused to disperse. The soul lamp could not be opened. In the end, it still grabbed the Empress's feet and crawled back.

"You saw it with your own eyes. I was willing to sacrifice my life." Bai Li said, looking at him, "I gave up my life to save my family."

That's true. The young lady was indeed very bold and reckless at that time. She didn't care about anything and was determined to die.

Shen Qing said calmly: "I am also a fugitive now, and I can't save your family's lives." Bai Li nodded: "I know, but you can avenge my family, right?"

Her family was found guilty by the imperial court and framed by the evil official Zhang Ze.

As a member of Queen Jiang's party, Shen Qing's goal is to disrupt the court and welcome Queen Jiang back. In this way, those who convicted Bai Xun's three clans of crimes will suffer the same fate.

It can be considered as revenge.

To welcome Queen Jiang back, thinking of this, Shen Qing felt disappointed and sneered: "Since you knew, why did you kill the Queen? What's the point of saying this now!"

"I don't know. You didn't say anything and acted like you were forcing me to take it. I could only resist." Bai Li said, and then smiled again. "Of course it's still useful to talk about it now. Madam Jiang was only killed by me once. As long as she is alive in your heart, she can be reborn."

Regeneration... Shen Qing subconsciously looked at the bamboo cage beside him. The butterfly in the bamboo cage was stiff and motionless.

"Mr. Shen, you will certainly find a way to find the queen again."

Bai Li's voice came again.

Shen Qing looked at her, his eyes still cold, but his tone softened: "And then?"

Bai Li looked at him and smiled: "Let's talk about the terms."

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"Is she really willing to sacrifice herself?"

After hearing the story, Mrs. Huang was shocked and asked anxiously.

Shen Qing looked in the mirror, and this time the person reflected in the mirror was Mrs. Huang. Of course, he also knew that this was real.

Bai Li first deceived the women in the courtyard, and walked into the room in the appearance of Huang Niangzi. He also asked the women to leave him a confusing thought: "Huang Niangzi has been crying these days", so he saw Huang Niangzi crying as soon as he entered the room.

In the past, he was in the dark and she was in the light, and everything was under his control. But now, he is in the light and Miss Bai is in the dark, and it is indeed difficult to guard against her.

"She has three conditions." Shen Qing said, looking in the mirror. It seemed that Bai Li was still sitting in front of him, holding out three fingers.

"First, when Queen Jiang returns, she will overturn the Bai family's case and posthumously confer titles on them. The clansmen will be rewarded."

Huang Niangzi said, "It's natural. He died because of the queen, so the queen will not treat him unfairly." He asked, "This condition is not even a condition. There is more."

"Second, obey her orders." Shen Qing said.

Huang Niangzi was stunned: "How can this be possible! Who is she? How can we listen to her!"

Shen Qing smiled. He had the same reaction at that time.

"Why not? I will be the Queen of Jiang in the future." The young lady said confidently, "You guys are adapting in advance, which is reasonable."

How funny.

"Don't worry. The so-called obeying her orders just means that she needs our help." Shen Qing said to Huang Niangzi.

Huang Niang frowned: "But how can we restrain her? Your zither is broken, you can't weave dreams for her."

She said verbally that she is much more capable than Shen Qing. If she changes her mind and walks away, who can do anything to her?
Shen Qing naturally asked the question, but was met with a sneer from the woman.

"Now is not the time for you to negotiate terms with me," she said. "Besides, you saw with your own eyes that I myself was forced to give birth in order to deal with you. You should know what this means."

Yes, at the previous palace banquet, Zhuang Li awakened Queen Jiang without his control, in order to seduce his spider silk strings and then cut them.

He was indeed cut off from the strings by her, but because she urged herself and told herself that she was the Queen of Jiang, she must have wanted to take root.

The difference is that she controls this thought herself and suppresses it deep in her heart.

But it won't always be controllable. People with her physique can make others fall into a maze, and they themselves can easily fall into a maze.

"I don't know when, my thoughts became uncontrollable, I lost track of who I was and became insane, so I came to get some benefits while I'm still conscious."

"Shen Qing, if you don't care, I'll just fend for myself."

It is impossible not to care, that is the queen... Shen Qing smiled at Huang Niangzi: "In fact, she can take the initiative to come to see me, which is beneficial to me..."

He looked at the bamboo cage again, and the originally gray and withered wooden carved butterfly seemed to have regained a bit of its luster.

She came to negotiate terms with him, which was equivalent to making a promise and giving him a new idea.

Mrs. Huang sighed softly and raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes. There was really no other way now. This was the only chance.

"What about the third one?" She thought of what she hadn't finished saying.

Shen Qing sneered: "Provide her with money and property."

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Of course it is necessary to provide her with money and property.

Bai Li stood at the street corner and weighed the purse in his hand.

Previously, she was Zhou Jingyun's wife. She married a man and had clothes and food provided for her, and she did not have to spend her own money in the Dongyang Marquis' Mansion.

Now she is no longer the young lady of Dongyang Marquis. Shangguan Yue took her in and gave her a place to live. She has not yet repaid him for saving her life. She can't really eat and drink his food and even wear his clothes.

Her current situation was caused by Shen Qing, so it was natural for her to spend his money.

Bai Li looked at the street. It was almost dusk and people were coming and going on the street. This was the busiest time before curfew.

I wonder if I will see Zhou Jingyun?
The thought flashed through his mind and he smiled again.

So what if he saw her? He wouldn't recognize her and she couldn't talk to him.

Bai Li put away the purse, and then thought of something, and asked a passing young lady, "Where is Yang's shop?"

The young lady smiled and showed her the way. Bai Li thanked her and joined the crowd on the street.

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The dusk deepened, and there was no longer any light outside the curtains that needed to be blocked, and everything inside and outside was dim.

Shangguan Yue, who was lying on the bed, slowly relaxed her tense body. The next moment, she suddenly opened her eyes and looked around subconsciously, her face full of fear in the twilight.

"You're awake."

A female voice was heard.

As the voice came, the fear on Shangguan Yue's face disappeared, and she saw a woman sitting on the ground in front of her turned around.

The darkness in the room suddenly dissipated, shining like pearly light.

"Come quickly, I bought you something delicious to eat." Bai Li waved with a smile.

The smile on Shangguan Yue's face faded, and she jumped off the bed: "What what?"