White Fence Dream

Chapter 291 Here
The palace is covered in a golden hue at dusk in autumn.

Bai Li stood in front of the Hanyuan Hall and looked back at the palace road he had walked along. The white jade railings were shining with phosphorescence, as if they were undulating and swaying.

"This is called Dragon Tail Road." A voice said in my ear.

Looking down at the ground, a figure emerged from the long shadow of the white fence.

"Why do you dare to come out today?" Bai Li said.

Since entering the palace, perhaps because of the shock of the Emperor's bell, Empress Jiang seemed to have disappeared.

The shadow swayed and floated in front of her, looking at her: "That's because you and I are becoming more and more one, and I don't need to show up."

Is that so? Will she no longer be herself? Bai Li looked at the blurry face in front of him and did not respond to her words. Instead, he said, "It's just a palace path, and you made it look like a dragon's tail. You are really extravagant."

After saying that, he retracted his gaze and walked forward.

The figure smiled and staggered after her.

"Everyone has to have some flaws. I just like luxurious, gorgeous and beautiful things."

"Have you chosen which palace you will live in?"

Bai Li said, "It's the same wherever you live."

A figure flashed in front of her, and said excitedly: "But no matter which palace you live in, it has to be rebuilt after so many years of abandonment."

Bai Li looked at the blurry shadow in front of him and asked, "Have you forgotten what you came here for?"

Shadow sighed, "Become the queen? Li Yu has already held the coronation ceremony. He can't just not confer the title on you, right? Are those court officials complaining again? Saying that your status is not suitable for being the queen, and asking His Majesty to think twice?"

Li Yu has already ascended the throne, and the next step is to enthrone the queen.

The court officials did have objections.

The maid's identity didn't matter, the key point was that Bai Ying pointed out that day that this was her sister, Bai Li.

Although we already know that the Bai family is innocent and not Chiang's party, she is Bai Ying's sister after all, so her identity is always a bit strange.

"Why is it weird? You are the emperor's sister-in-law, and you married the emperor's nephew. Does that mess up the generations?"

"In front of the emperor, seniority is of no use. We are all subjects."

"Because Bai Ying was guilty of treason in his attempt to murder the emperor, they are afraid of you? Have they forgotten? It was you who stopped Bai Ying from murdering the emperor. You have done a great deed in saving the emperor."

Shadow said angrily and waved his hand again.

"Don't waste your time talking to them. Anyone who dares to oppose will be demoted or beheaded."

Bai Li snorted, "The Queen is so majestic." Then he raised his hand and patted the figure's head, "Wake up, have you forgotten why you chopped off so many heads and still can't hold the position of Queen?"

The shadows swayed as her hands clapped against them, and the sound swayed with them.

"Why?" She said, "That's not right. I can actually hold on to the position of Queen. What I can't hold on to is..."

The shadow turned, and as he spoke, Bai Li had already passed through the Hanyuan Hall. In front of him could be seen the Xuanzheng Hall, which was filled with government offices. This was also where the emperor held grand court meetings and listened to government affairs.

It was already dusk, the court affairs had ended, and the busy officials had dispersed. Apart from the guards and eunuchs on duty, there was no one else, and it seemed a little cold and solemn.

"It's so lively when the court is in session."

The shadow said in Bai Li's ear.

"Especially the Grand Court Worship. All the officials above the ninth rank in the capital, as well as officials summoned from other places, must come here, kowtow together, and spread your orders throughout the world."

At this point the figure spun, rising and lengthening suddenly, gleaming brightly in the dusk.

"Compared to this place, the palaces in the harem are nothing. It really is the same wherever you live."

Bai Li looked up at the flying figure: "But, you can't sit still." She pointed behind the shadow, "The Emperor Bell on the Purple Palace is still there."

The shadow looked behind him and seemed to see an inconspicuous copper bell hanging in a corner of the Purple Palace in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The copper bell did not make any sound, but the moment I looked over, the flying shadow shook and shattered.

Bai Li reached out his hand to support her.

"So coming here is not to choose a palace to be the queen, but to take it off."

"Ali!"

A voice came.

The broken shadows of the layers of palaces in front of her disappeared in an instant. Bai Li sat on the steps on the north side of the Zichen Palace and turned to look behind her. Li Yu was standing on the steps in the afterglow of the setting sun, looking at her.

Bai Li smiled and waved at him: "Li Yu." Then he smiled again, "No, it's Your Majesty."

Li Yu smiled and ran over briskly.

"You're back?" he asked. "When did you come back?"

Just like on the ship before, Bai Li was free to come and go in the palace, so she could naturally avoid being discovered by anyone.

But I would tell Li Yu before going out every time, so that he wouldn't worry about it.

Bai Li said, "I came back a while ago. I went to see Nannan. She said she was at the emperor's place. You were busy, so I just took a walk by myself."

Li Yu didn't care that he was wearing a dragon robe. He sat down on the ground beside her and sighed, "There are too many things to do. However, things don't have to be done in one day. I drove them away."

Bai Li looked around and found that it was much quieter, not as noisy as before, and there were no officials or eunuchs coming in and out.

She smiled and nodded: "That's right, an emperor is also a human being. As a human being, you need to know when to relax and work hard. There is a lot of time in life."

A lifetime, Li Yu looked at the palace in front of him, then looked down at the dragon robe he was wearing.

He reached out and touched it.

In my vague and distant childhood memories, my father once touched my grandfather’s dragon robe, his eyes full of desire and eagerness.

"This is the best dress in the world. I really want to wear it sooner."

Because he wanted it so much, my father secretly made a dragon robe and hid it in his study.

It was later discovered.

My grandfather was furious with my father and threatened to kill him. This was the beginning of the separation between father and son. Not long after, my father really died.
He was still a child at that time and he really didn't understand why father and son became enemies over just a piece of clothing.

Of course, when I grow up, I know that this is not just a piece of clothing, and the father and son are not just father and son. Now he wears this piece of clothing.
Indeed, the feeling is different.

but.
There is no difference. For example, what is lost is still lost, and the lost person will never come back.

I didn’t feel too happy sitting on the dragon throne, probably because there were too few people I could share my happiness with.

Fortunately, A Li is still here.

Li Yu raised his head and smiled at Bai Li: "Yes, just like people are always different, the emperor I am will be different from the emperors of my grandfather and uncle. I will let the court officials understand it as soon as possible so that they will not be unaccustomed to it."

Bai Li laughed, leaned close to him and whispered, "Then it won't just be Mother Cai who will have a headache from now on."

Li Yu’s previous actions caused Cai Songnian a lot of distress.

Li Yu laughed out loud: "They are asking for trouble." He then said in high spirits, "Ah Li, I have asked them to set an auspicious date for the empress's canonization. It will be three days later."

Bai Li nodded: "Let them worry if they are worried. Our duty as loyal servants is to help the emperor solve his problems."

Li Yu smiled even more: "What's there to worry about? You have done a great deed in saving the emperor, and you are also the wife I announced to the world. How can an emperor abandon his first wife? Do they want me to be an ungrateful, heartless and ungrateful emperor? The emperor emeritus is the first to disagree."

Bai Li smiled and said, "It's not a great achievement. I did this for a reason, so I deserve it."

She only responded to the first sentence, not the second. A hint of sadness flashed across Li Yu's eyes, but he became excited again: "By the way, the emperor has chosen a name for his daughter."

Bai Li chuckled, "Finally, you've chosen one. The waste paper is about to cover up the emperor. What earth-shattering name did you come up with?"

Li Yu smiled and said, "Hua, Li Hua, the title is Yongning."

Li Hua, Princess Yongning.

Bai Li repeated it several times: "Nothing special."

Li Yu said: "He is afraid, and he only wants his daughter to live in peace and peace forever. He also said that the world does not need to know Princess Yongning's true identity, and she should still be our daughter."

After all, with a mother like Bai Ying who killed the king, one will always have to endure some bad comments.

Bai Li smiled and said, "That's fine. Her mother didn't want her anyway. We saved her life. It's reasonable for us to be her second parents."

Li Yu smiled and nodded: "Then I will enthrone you as the queen and Li Hua as Princess Yongning."

Bai Li asked: "Is this the end of the ceremony? The next step is for the new emperor to grant amnesty to the whole nation, right?"

Li Yu's smile paused, and then he answered yes. Without waiting for Bai Li to speak again, he took out a dagger from his sleeve.

"This was found on Zhou Jingyun earlier. Was this the thing he used to stab himself last time?" he said.

Bai Li looked over, exclaimed, and reached out to take it: "Yes, actually, it's what I wanted to use. I didn't expect to use it on him in the end."

Li Yu took the dagger out of the scabbard and handed it to Bai Li: "It does look very sharp."

Bai Li held the hilt of the dagger with a sigh: "Yes, it can easily stab you deeply——"

Before she finished her words, she had just grasped the dagger when Li Yu handed her his hand, grasped the thin blade of the dagger, and pulled it toward her.
Bai Li was caught off guard. The two of them were sitting side by side again, very close to each other. She was almost still talking when she saw herself stabbing Li Yu with a dagger in her hand. The thin and sharp dagger almost silently penetrated the gorgeous dragon robe and disappeared in front of his chest.

Her hand hit Li Yu's hand, and blood instantly seeped out from the gap between her and his hands and spread.

"Li Yu!"

She froze for a moment and heard herself yell.

Li Yu held her hand and lowered his head to look at the blood oozing from his chest.

"It's really sharp." He said, and raised his head to look at Bai Li again. The severe pain made a layer of sweat appear on his face. His voice trembled, "Was Zhou Jingyun the same at that time?"

What? What do you mean? Bai Li didn't dare and couldn't pull his hand away, so he could only grab him with his other hand: "What are you doing! Why are you learning this from him!"

"He can save you like this." Li Yu looked at her, a smile spreading through his dark eyes, "I can, too."

This made Bai Li even more confused: "Are you crazy? Why are you saving me? I'm fine now."

He can't be really crazy.

I have experienced too many real illusions.

Bai Li looked at Li Yu.

As more and more blood oozed from his chest, Li Yu's face became paler and paler. His dark eyes looked at Bai Li, deeply into her eyes.

"Jiang Mian'er." He spoke each word with emphasis, "You have injured the emperor of the Great Zhou. The Emperor's Bell is here. Where can you hide? Why don't you leave Bai Li's body!"

Jiang Mian'er.

Imperial bell.

Emperor.

Bai Li understood something instantly. At the same time, a crisp bell rang in his ears. Along with the bell, the evening glow in his sight disappeared, and the sky and the earth turned scarlet.

She looked up and saw four words floating above her that she hadn't seen for a long time but remembered clearly.

Tao, law, nature, nature.

As these four scarlet characters loomed, Bai Li's figure began to distort. A black shadow suddenly peeled off from her body and fell out, swaying between the scarlet sky and earth, and then gradually condensed into a human form.

It was not the blurry figure of the past.

Her long black hair was flying, her torn dress was fluttering, her bare feet were touching the ground, and the rubies on them were shining brightly.

She stood behind Bai Li, looking down at Li Yu with her deep eyes.

"Well, you kid." She smiled, "So you were waiting for me here."

In the scarlet sky and earth, there seemed to be more blood on Li Yu's body, dyeing his entire body red.

He also began to spit out blood, which dripped from the corners of his mouth, making his face look pale.

He looked at the person whom he had only seen through the mirror and saw him appear before him without any fear.

He smiled.

"Yes, I became emperor just for you."

"I will use the Emperor's Bell to get rid of you, the ghost who stole people's bodies, for Ah Li."