White Fence Dream

Chapter 276 Steady
After Zhang Ze finished speaking, the hall seemed to freeze for a moment.

Bai Ying chuckled: "This is the first time that the Prime Minister has praised my appearance."

Zhang Ze said, "Your Majesty is not called the Majesty because of your appearance, so there is no need to praise her for that." He smiled again and looked at Bai Ying, "But your Majesty is dressed in gorgeous clothes today, and she looks extraordinary."

Bai Ying smiled and said, "Yes, clothes make the man, and I am already a concubine, so I should dress up." After saying this, she seemed to have thought of something and glanced at Zhang Ze in a stern voice, "I forgot to talk about the important matter because the Minister interrupted me."

Zhang Ze looked at her.

"The Princess of Chu is my sister, Bai Li." Bai Ying said.

Zhang Ze asked in a deep voice: "Should we arrest them directly, or should we wait for His Majesty to speak?"

Bai Ying looked at him, a little surprised: "Zhongcheng, aren't you surprised at all?"

Zhang Ze did not avoid her gaze: "My queen, I have long said that your sister must still be alive." He paused for a moment and said, "It is indeed a bit unexpected that she can become the Princess of Chu, but..."

He immediately shook his head again.

"Zhou Jingyun has been acting strangely since his wife passed away, and he even hooked up with the King of Chu. So it's no surprise that your sister is next to the King of Chu."

"In addition, it can also be confirmed that the King of Chu and the remnants of Queen Jiang are in cahoots with each other."

Having said this, he looked at Bai Ying and smiled.

"My queen, we can get rid of the King of Chu now."

Bai Ying had been looking at him. Hearing this, she shook her head and said, "Don't be reckless."

Zhang Ze frowned: "My queen, this opportunity cannot be missed. The King of Chu has offended Princess Jin Yu. As long as we take action, the King of Chu will be dead this time. As for your sister, I will personally watch her head fall to the ground this time."

"You underestimate her." Bai Ying said, "This monster, how can she die so easily? And she will definitely drag me down before she dies. The child is in her hands."

Zhang Ze asked, "That child? The little princess?" Then he smiled and said, "No one will believe it without any evidence."

Bai Ying shook her head: "No, she can make people confused about the truth and falsehood, don't underestimate her." At this point, she looked at Zhang Ze, "So don't arrest her, I will convince her."

"Persuade?" Zhang Ze was puzzled.

"Yes, what good would it do her to harm me?" Bai Ying said, looking at Zhang Ze with a twinkling look in her eyes. "If I die, what can she gain? She is now the Princess of Chu, and I am the Imperial Concubine. As long as we sisters are united, all the wealth in the world will belong to us!"

Zhang Ze looked at her.

"Madam, does she agree?" he asked.

"I don't care whether she agrees or not, I just want to keep her stable." Bai Ying whispered, taking a deep breath, "She came back to life and has my daughter in her hands, but she didn't reveal it to the world directly. Instead, she came to see me. It seems like she is threatening me, but it also proves that she knows she can't do anything to me, and she also wants to keep me stable."

She smiled coldly when she said this.

"Then I will cry to her, get angry with her, and tell her that I have no other options."

"I was in a state of panic and fear. I couldn't kill her, so I could only beg her."

What do you think of here?

"That's not enough. I want to see the King of Chu. I will bow down to him and declare my willingness to help him and obey his orders. I only ask that I keep my current wealth and glory."

Zhang Ze looked at Bai Ying and understood. It was still the same method he used to pretend to be pitiful in front of the emperor.

"The King of Chu can cooperate with the remnants of Queen Jiang, so he shouldn't mind having an extra helper for the Queen." He said with a smile, "In this case, the King of Chu will also control Bai Li for the Queen, and will not endanger the Queen for the time being."

Bai Ying looked at him and asked with a smile, "Right? This is better than breaking up with them, right?" She gently adjusted her imperial concubine dress and said, "It's not easy for me to wear this dress and sit in my current position. It's easy to get rid of them, but I can't let them defile me."

Zhang Ze nodded slowly: "That's fine." Then he reminded, "But this is not a long-term solution. We still have to act as soon as possible. The least threatening thing in the world is the dead."

Bai Ying hummed, "I know, but I have to be absolutely sure before I do anything. My sister has survived several attempts and has even climbed up to Zhou Jingyun and Li Yu."

From the Crown Prince to the Prince, each step is higher than the last.

Bai Ying clenched her hands in front of her.

"I have suffered so much step by step to get the wealth and honor I have today, but she got it so easily. I really underestimated her. She is more capable than I thought."

"So, proceed with caution this time."

Zhang Ze leaned forward and said, "I will follow your Majesty's arrangements."

Bai Ying's eyes fell on him, and he spoke slowly: "Then I'll have to trouble the Minister to keep a close eye on the King of Chu and collect more evidence of the remnants of Empress Jiang, so that we can strike back."

Zhang Ze answered yes again and took his leave when he heard Bai Ying calling Wang Degui.

"Prepare some gifts and send them to the Prince of Chu's Palace."

"And I will write a letter, and you hand it to the King of Chu personally."

Wang Degui answered yes. Zhang Ze took another look at the two people talking in the hall, stepped out of the door, retracted his gaze and strode away.

Bai Ying sat in front of the throne, quickly wrote the letter and handed it to Wang Degui.

"Your Majesty, you are handing the handle to the King of Chu." Wang Degui said with uneasiness as he looked at the letter.

Bai Ying laughed at herself and said, "I don't have another handle like this." Then she waved her hand and said, "Go ahead."

Wang Degui answered yes, but just as he turned around, Bai Ying called him back.

".One more thing."

Wang Degui hurried forward: "Your Majesty, please give me your orders."

Bai Ying looked at him and said slowly, "After you come back from the palace, go and see if Zhang Zhongcheng is in the Supervisory Office."

Wang Degui's expression changed for a moment, and then he responded yes.

The imperial concubine’s reward was delivered to the Prince of Chu’s palace with great fanfare.

After hearing this, the wife of the Marquis of Dongyang remained silent for a moment.

"Mother, will you not comment on other people's daughters-in-law this time?" Zhou Jingyun said with a smile.

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang glared at him and said, "That's her sister." She pressed her forehead with a complicated expression, "The sisters have recognized each other, so it's good."

Okay? Not necessarily. Zhou Jingyun lowered his eyes and then stood up.

"I have to go out for something." He said, then turned and left.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou looked at the figure that disappeared in the blink of an eye and snorted disdainfully: "What do you mean by 'something'? Just say you're going to see someone else's wife."

When Zhou Jingyun arrived at the Prince of Chu's Mansion, dusk had already fallen. Seeing him dismount from his horse, the gateman of the Prince of Chu's Mansion did not stop him at all, and a servant led him directly into the back house.

"Did you eat?"

Bai Li stood in the corridor holding her daughter, looking back at Li Yu who followed them out.

"We're just about to eat."

Hearing the word "we", Li Yu smiled: "Yes, Prince, it's just right for you to have dinner with us."

Zhou Jingyun looked at the two people standing side by side in the corridor and bowed: "Thank you, Prince Chu and Princess Chu."

"You don't need to be so polite in this courtyard." Bai Li said to Zhou Jingyun after entering the room, "We are all family here, so we don't have to worry about being discovered."

Li Yu smiled and nodded: "Yes, please feel free to do as you please, Prince."

Zhou Jingyun had already embraced Nannan, who had been waving her hands since he appeared, and said with a smile, "It's better to be cautious."

"You know you're worried about us entering the palace, right?" Bai Li said, smiling and pointing at the gold, silver and silk in the room, "Everything will go well."

Zhou Jingyun nodded: "I know." He paused here and glanced at Li Yu, "I just met Zhang Ze."

Zhang Ze?

Bai Li and Li Yu looked at each other.

"He warned us that although Bai Fei spared Bai Li out of consideration for their sisterly love," Zhou Jingyun said slowly, "he would keep an eye on us."

Bai Li was about to say something, but stopped and said, "When I faked my death, he guessed it and threatened you before. So what?"

Zhou Jingyun said, "What he said about Bai Fei caring about family affection must be false, don't believe it." Bai Li smiled and nodded, "I know, I don't believe it."

Li Yu seemed to be thinking of something: "Just now, Concubine Bai sent me a letter in the secret room in the garden. I will go and see what she said."

Bai Li smiled and said, "No matter what they say, just don't believe it."

Li Yu smiled and said, "I know. I went to see it and told you about it. The prince is here too." He looked at Zhou Jingyun again, "Prince, please sit down and eat something. I'll be right back."

After saying that, he walked out.

I heard Zhou Jingyun bow and say thank you from behind.

Seeing him coming out of the courtyard, Cai Songnian hurriedly greeted him: "Your Highness, what's the matter?"

Li Yu said, "Let's take a look at the letter given by Concubine Bai." As he spoke, he slowly walked towards the garden.

Cai Songnian followed him and asked in confusion: "Didn't Your Highness say before that we don't need to read it? It's all nonsense."

Why do you suddenly want to go and see it again?
Li Yu lowered his eyes and said in a calm voice: "I'll go and take a look at the nonsense, so that people don't have to talk nonsense."

Zhang Ze would never say such nonsense when he met Zhou Jingyun. It must be something that Zhou Jingyun didn't want him to know.

If you don't want him to listen, why should he listen?

He didn't care what Zhang Ze said.

In the face of what he is about to do, everything anyone says is nonsense.

"What did Zhang Ze say to you?"

After Li Yu left, Bai Li looked at Zhou Jingyun and asked.

Zhang Ze currently treats her as Queen Jiang and will not warn her.

She also understood Zhou Jingyun's concerns. If she wanted to say that Zhang Ze was obedient to her, she would have to mention Queen Jiang again.

For Li Yu, Queen Jiang is a very taboo existence after all, so it is better not to mention her.

"It was indeed a warning, warning you not to trust Bai Ying." Zhou Jingyun said, simply repeating what Zhang Ze said about Bai Ying, "She just wanted to calm you down, not really admitting her mistake, and she won't embarrass you anymore."

Bai Li smiled: "I know, my sister will definitely not treat me sincerely."

He also told Zhou Jingyun what Bai Ying said when they met.

Zhou Jingyun's face darkened: "How can she be so shameless as to confuse right and wrong? This is all her own choice. Even if your mother were here, she would do the same."

He was not worried that Bai Ying's words about sharing wealth and glory would influence Bai Li. He was only worried that Bai Ying would use his mother's death to hurt Bai Li, which was too despicable and vicious.

Bai Li smiled at him: "Don't worry, I'm fine. Those words were like wind in my ears. I didn't even hear what she said at the time. I was sitting there watching Nannan play. My going to see her was enough to scare her."

Her eyes turned to the rewards displayed in the room.

She had been hiding from place to place before, and it was difficult for her to even enter the imperial city, let alone let Bai Ying see her.

Now, Bai Ying can, and has to, take a good look at her.

The more Bai Ying talked and thought about her, the more it backfired on herself.

Hold on? She couldn't hold on.

The night wind blew, the lights flickered, and Bai Ying, who was sitting on the recliner, suddenly sat up.

"Who's there!" she said, looking at a corner of the hall.

As she spoke, a shadow in the corner of the palace swayed, and a palace maid timidly knelt and crawled out: "Madam, I am wiping the floor."

As she spoke, she kowtowed repeatedly.

"I'm sorry for disturbing the queen."

Bai Ying held the Sanqing Bell at her waist and watched the maid kowtow. A eunuch walked over and slapped the maid in the face. "Idiot, who told you to make a sound?"

The palace maid's tears flowed down her face, but she dared not make a sound. She continued to kowtow with her face and forehead red.

It did not disappear, and the Sanqing Bell did not ring.

Bai Ying relaxed her tense body: "Alright, don't wipe it at night, wipe it tomorrow morning."

The eunuch glared at the maid and whispered, "Get out now."

The palace maid hurriedly stood up and retreated hastily.

Bai Ying slowly leaned back.

"You were like this at home, and you're still like this now."

A voice came from the side.

Bai Ying sat up straight suddenly, looked to the other side, and saw Bai Li sitting beside her with a pout on his face.

"You are a coward, you scared yourself, and now you blame others."

Bai Ying stood up and pointed at her: "You——"

With a thud, the person in front of him knelt down. It was a eunuch, with a horrified look on his face: "My lady, this servant, this servant, I didn't make a sound——"

What? Bai Ying put her hand on her chest, looking around anxiously. Was she seeing things? Was she dreaming?

Bai Ying raised his hand and hit himself in the face.

There were crisp slaps in the hall, mixed with footsteps and exclamations of "Empress——"

The lights in the hall became brighter. Bai Ying felt the burning pain on her cheeks and looked at her hands. The eunuchs and palace maids around her were panicked.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Not a dream.

Was she seeing things? Because she had seen Bai Li during the day, so -

She knew Bai Li's abilities, but this was the imperial palace, and she... No, she was no longer pregnant and had no royal heir to protect her.

Sanqing Bell, she also has Sanqing Bell.

Bai Ying pulled off the Sanqing Bell and held it in his hand.

"Empress, what's wrong with you?" Wang Degui's voice came from outside.

Bai Ying looked at him and saw him walking quickly with a worried look on his face. A shadow swayed behind him and Bai Li appeared again.

"What can she do? She thinks about it during the day and dreams about it at night, and now she blames me!" She snorted and lifted the child in her arms, "Nannan, look, your mother is such a bad person. It's shame to have such a mother."

Bai Ying let out a scream and shook the Sanqing Bell desperately.

Why doesn't it ring?
Why doesn't it ring?
It is broken!

Looking at Wang Degui getting closer and closer, as well as Bai Li and the child behind him, Bai Ying smashed the Sanqing Bell towards them fiercely.

With a dull thud, the Sanqing Bell hit the pillar, fell down and rolled on the ground, and the bell fell out.

The crisp sound of bells rang out from the palace in front, penetrating the boundary between black and dim, and making the swing hanging in the dream sway gently.

Bai Li sat on it, held the rope and stopped the swing.

There was a swing next to her, and a woman was sitting on it, swinging harder, her skirt flying, and rubies sparkling on her bare ankles.

"It took so long to get such a broken bell," she said.

Bai Li looked at the imperial city in front of him. There was a place in the imperial city shrouded in night that was becoming lively.

"Yeah, a broken bell is also very annoying." She said softly, her eyes leaving the Hanliang Palace where the lights were gradually brightening, and looking towards a place in the imperial city that was dim even in her dreams.

There is another one, a broken bell.