White Fence Dream

Chapter 282 Transition
The sun rises early in summer, but the Shengzu Temple located on the hills outside the capital city still seems to be shrouded in the night and is gray.

The knocking continued until the door opened.

"Kid, do you know where this is?" A Taoist shouted angrily. After seeing the face of the person outside the door clearly, he paused and muttered, "It doesn't matter if he is good-looking."

Zhou Jingyun bowed to the Taoist priest and said, "Zhou Jingyun from the Dongyang Marquis's Mansion wishes to see Xuanyangzi."

The Taoist laughed, his laugh was somewhat mocking, but he did not say anything unpleasant: "Wait, the ancestor is in the morning class."

After saying that, he slammed the door.

Zhou Jingyun understood the meaning of that sneer. The emperor wanted to see Xuan Yangzi, but Xuan Yangzi refused eight out of ten times. He was a son of a marquisate, not even a marquis.
This Taoist might go and pass the message, but even if he does, Xuan Yangzi will definitely not see him.

Perhaps this Taoist was simply too lazy to pass on the message.

Zhou Jingyun looked at the tightly closed gate. Of course, he didn't come here just to wait foolishly. He had already knocked on the door, and the owner already knew it, so it was not like he was barging in rashly.

Zhou Jingyun looked at the low wall beside him, tucked his robe into his waist, and took a short run to climb to the top of the wall.

Come to think of it, I have never climbed over a wall in my life, so it is inevitable that my climbs are not smooth and good-looking enough.

Fortunately, no one watched it.
Zhou Jingyun climbed over the wall, flipped one leg over, and raised his body. The next moment he saw a person standing in the yard, staring at him blankly.

"Prince Zhou!"

Wang Tong shouted loudly, with a look of disbelief.

"It's really you!"

"I was in morning class just now, and I heard someone muttering that Zhou Jingyun had arrived. I thought I was dreaming."

"Oh, the morning class is too early. I stayed up late at night and turned on the lights. I'm so sleepy. The morning class is for sleeping."

Listening to Wang Tong's words, Zhou Jingyun, who was sitting on the wall, eased his momentary embarrassment. He hummed, lifted his other leg, and without retreating at all, jumped over the wall in front of Wang Tong.

"Slow down, slow down." Wang Tong stretched out his hand to support, "I'll help you."

Zhou Jingyun had landed steadily on the ground, and Wang Tong's hands were not idle either, brushing the dirt off his robe.

"Prince, I know this matter is sad, but you have to be more open-minded." He said with a sigh.

Zhou Jingyun was stunned. "What?"

Wang Tong looked at him with sympathy and indignation: "Don't become a monk and escape from the world just because Li Yu fell in love with someone else and married someone else."

Zhou Jingyun seemed to have no idea what to say for a moment, and said, "I'm here to see Xuan Yangzi."

Wang Tong nodded: "Yes, if you want to come to our temple to practice as a monk, you naturally need Xuan Yangzi's consent." He lowered his voice and said, "This old man is very greedy for money. My grandfather gave him a lot of money to let me in." At this point, he looked at Zhou Jingyun's face and murmured, "Maybe the prince doesn't need money..."

Zhou Jingyun swallowed what he wanted to say and asked Wang Tong, "Where is Xuan Yangzi? Please lead the way, Mr. Wang."

Wang Tong nodded, "No problem." He took a step forward and muttered, "Xuan Yangzi never attends morning classes. He is still sleeping in the room with his head covered."

The Shengzu Temple is not big, and after a few steps we arrived at a house in the backyard.

"I'll go by myself." Zhou Jingyun stopped Wang Tong who was about to push the door.

Wang Tong thought about it and nodded: "Okay, I won't ask about the prince's private affairs."

Alas, what if the prince cried in front of Xuan Yangzi? He couldn’t do that. He was soft-hearted and couldn’t bear to see such a scene.

"Just talk about it, and you must think it through." He patted Zhou Jingyun's arm again, "Although the world hurts people, it's a pity that the prince is not in the world."

Zhou Jingyun didn't care what he said. He just nodded, thanked him, and then walked forward and knocked on the door.

There was no response from Neri.

However, Zhou Jingyun didn't care. The door here was not locked, so there was no need to climb through the window. He just pushed the door open and went in, then closed it.

In the small and simple room, an old Taoist was sleeping soundly in front of the statue, unaware of the conversation outside the door, the door being pushed open, and someone approaching.

"Master." Zhou Jingyun called.

Xuan Yangzi didn't move.

Zhou Jingyun knelt down and reached out to push him. Xuan Yangzi, who was lying on his side, fell inward and lay flat. He stretched himself, but turned over and fell asleep again.

Zhou Jingyun looked into the room, stood up and looked at the teacup on the table. There was still half a cup of tea in it. He picked up the tea and splashed it towards Xuan Yangzi's face.

The next moment, Zhou Jingyun's sight seemed to freeze as he watched a sleeve being raised, and the water stagnant in the air disappeared as the sleeve was rolled up.

The sleeves were blown by the wind, and Zhou Jingyun's vision returned to normal. He saw Xuan Yangzi's sleeves hanging down, wet by the tea.

"Prince Zhou." Xuan Yangzi, who was lying on the bed, also sat up, with a look of helplessness on his face, as if he had not yet woken up. "Do you think I am like your wife, immersed in a dream, and need to be splashed with water to wake up?"

his wife.

Zhou Jingyun smiled slightly, knelt down and bowed: "I am sorry for the rudeness. I really have some confusion to bother you, Taoist priest."

Xuan Yangzi shook his sleeves and said, "Your puzzlement is about your wife, right? What happened to her?"

Zhou Jingyun subconsciously wanted to speak, but then stopped and shook his head: "Master, you know, my wife is dead."

Xuan Yangzi said, "So your confusion is that your wife shouldn't die?"

Zhou Jingyun was silent for a moment: "My confusion is what should be."

……

……

Princess Jin Yu, who was awakened from her sleep, first slapped her maid Aju, and then threw the summons from the Imperial Household Department on the ground.

"Why did you ask me to come to the palace?" she shouted, "I'm already doing myself a favor by not going to cause trouble with him!"

Ah Ju knelt on the ground, not daring to wipe the blood from the beating, and said hastily: "The King of Chu and his wife were also summoned. Perhaps Your Majesty wants them to apologize to you."

Princess Jin Yu sneered: "Apologize to me? Or force me to bow my head?"

When he said this, his eyes flickered again.

"Okay, I'll see if they dare to turn their backs on me in front of the emperor if I don't give in!"

Moreover, she suspected that the reason why she kept seeing Queen Jiang recently was because of the King and Queen of Chu.

It's the bad luck they bring.

Then go before the emperor and let him see this bad luck, and see if he will still protect these two bitches.

"Come here, change your clothes."

As Princess Jinyu got up, the morning in the princess's mansion became lively.

Hearing the princess start to prepare, Shangguan said to the eunuch who came over with a smile: "Don't worry, sir."

The eunuch breathed a sigh of relief: "I was really afraid that I would be scolded by the princess first, and then scolded by my superiors when I go back."

Prince Consort Shangguan smiled and did not comment.

What a cowardly handsome man, the eunuch thought.

As the two were talking, the maid Aju walked in.

"Prince Consort, the princess asks you to come over." Prince Consort Shangguan excused himself to the eunuch, who stood up to see him off.

Prince Consort Shangguan walked out of the door and stopped at Aju, who was leading the way.

"My dear Prince Consort, the King of Chu told you not to enter the palace." She whispered.

Shangguan was stunned, his face changed slightly: "What's the matter?"

Ah Ju shook her head and whispered, "His Highness didn't tell me in detail, he just told the Prince Consort to stay away." She added, "He also told the Prince Consort not to worry."

Prince Consort Shangguan smiled and looked in the direction of the imperial city.

"He doesn't understand. Only when I see it with my own eyes can I really stop worrying."

Aju wanted to persuade her again, but Shangguan Fuma stopped her.

"Don't worry, I know what to do." He said, and then went to the princess first, "Princess, let me draw your eyebrows for you."

……

……

It was already daybreak, and the morning light finally crept into the room through the doors and windows, making the room much brighter.

Xuan Yangzi sat down and stretched.

"You shouldn't ask me whether it should or shouldn't be done." He said, "Empress Chiang jumped off the building by herself, and your wife also jumped off the building by herself. You should ask them."

"Yes, that was their choice." Zhou Jingyun said, "Then why do you care? Why did you release the Emperor Zhong Millet Pearl to threaten them?"

Xuan Yangzi shook his head: "Then you shouldn't ask me. I didn't make the Emperor Bell Millet Pearl exist. It was the obsession of others and the obsession of the people who saw it."

Zhou Jingyun looked at him: "My obsession is that Bai Li is safe. I will protect you today and I will not let you hurt her."

Xuan Yangzi smiled: "Then your obsession will hurt yourself."

Zhou Jingyun placed a dagger in front of him.

"I don't care," he said. "I just want to keep an eye on you today."

……

……

Looking at the palace in front of him, Li Yu took a deep breath.

"What's wrong?" Bai Li, who was holding her daughter beside her, noticed his breathing and asked in a low voice.

Li Yu looked at her and whispered, "A little nervous." He raised his hand and gently stroked Bai Li's right cheek, "But don't worry, A Li, I have arranged everything."

The hand touched Bai Li's right cheek, then left like a dragonfly skimming the water, and landed on Nannan's face, poking it gently.

Nannan cried out "Ah!" and opened her arms towards Li Yu.

Li Yu took her and held her in his arms.

Bai Li smiled and patted his arm: "I'm here, don't worry."

Li Yu smiled and nodded: "I know."

His gaze swept across Bai Li's face, paused at her left cheek, then he picked Nannan up high and strode forward with Nannan's giggles.

Seeing two people and a child appear in sight, Bai Ying stood up.

"You are here." She said with a smile, and before they could greet her, she gestured, "Sit down."

Li Yu smiled, but Bai Li didn't even smile and just sat down.

Bai Ying looked at her helplessly.

"Today His Majesty came to talk to you and Princess Jinyu." She said, and then looked at the eunuchs in the palace, "Is the princess here?"

The eunuch stepped forward and said, "The princess and her husband have entered the palace, but the princess said she wanted to go to the Hundred Flowers Palace first to see where she lived when she was a child."

Bai Ying nodded: "Well, let's just wait."

After saying that, he looked at Li Yu and Bai Li.

"His Majesty has just finished his court session. Many officials are still there. We need to discuss this for a while. Let's wait a little longer."

Li Yu smiled: "We are not in a hurry."

Bai Li didn't say anything.

Bai Ying looked at her and said softly, "Try some snacks. I asked the imperial kitchen to make them for you. You loved these shrimp whisker crisps the most when you were little."

Bai Li looked at the golden snacks on the table in front of her. When she was a child, she went to the market with Bai Ying. Like all children, she was also greedy and wanted to eat this, but Bai Ying refused to buy it for her...

"Now, we are different from before. You can eat as much as you want."

Bai Ying's voice came.

Bai Li laughed and looked at her: "Yes, it's different from before. I don't dare to eat your food."

Bai Ying seemed a little annoyed: "You..." She seemed to be about to scold her, but suppressed her tone, "If you don't want to eat, then don't eat." She turned her head away and didn't look at her.

The hall was quiet and silent.

There was a noisy sound coming from the side of the hall; it was the emperor and his courtiers talking and laughing in the main hall.

Amid the humming, a sound became clear.

"Your Majesty, the Deputy Envoy of the Supervisory Council, Guo Shun, requests to see you!"

The buzzing sound paused and the other side became quiet.

"Guo Shun?" The emperor muttered, "Where is Zhang Ze?" Then he raised his voice, "Let him in."

As the eunuchs shouted, there was a loud sound of footsteps, as if many people were coming. Then there was the sound of a box falling to the ground, and then Guo Shun's voice was heard.

"Your servant Guo Shun has something important to report!"

Bai Ying's body tensed, hands clenched in front of her, when suddenly Bai Li's voice rang out.

"Miss."

Bai Ying was slightly stunned and looked at her, then smiled: "What's wrong?"

Bai Li looked at her: "How did your hand get hurt?"

hand……

Bai Ying was about to say something when Guo Shun's voice continued to be heard from the main hall.

"… Imperial Concubine Bai Ying colluded with Zhang Ze of the Supervisory Council to replace the real phoenix with a fake dragon, thus disrupting the bloodline of the emperor!"

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, so quiet that Bai Ying could only hear her own heartbeat.

Is she dreaming?

Why is what I heard different from what was arranged?
I need to attend a meeting today, so I can't write. I won't update tomorrow.