White Fence Dream

Chapter 295 Morning Light
The morning light was dim and although it was not yet daybreak, the eunuchs had already started busying themselves around the Purple Palace, sweeping and wiping the room inside and out.

But today is a little more relaxing, because I just received news that His Majesty canceled the morning court.

"The new emperor won't attend the morning court right after ascending the throne?"

A eunuch was leaning against the corner of the hall holding a broom and whispering.

Another eunuch yawned and said, "The emperor was diligent in his work at that time."

But he didn't achieve much. After being in power for five or six years, he regarded himself as the emperor.

An old eunuch squatting on the ground picking up debris coughed heavily: "There is really no one left in the palace. Let the two of you who don't know the rules go out. Does His Majesty have the right to discuss it?"

After saying that, he pointed to a palace.

"Do you want to be sent there too?"

The case of Concubine Bai murdering the retired emperor has not been fully investigated yet, and more than half of the people in the palace have been locked up.

The newly enthroned King of Chu did not use the Supervisory Council to investigate the case, and he also investigated many people in the Supervisory Council, so this incident in the imperial city was not as bloody as the last time. However, despite this, the fate of the eunuchs and palace maids who were captured and interrogated is uncertain, and they will no longer be used by the new emperor.

If the new emperor didn't need them, they would become useless people and would have no place to stay in the world. The two eunuchs were too busy to speak and lowered their heads to clean carefully, but the old eunuch made a sound.

"This bell"

The two eunuchs looked over and saw the old eunuch picking up a bell from the ground. It looked rusty and seemed to have been eroded by wind and rain for a long time.

"It must have fallen from the roof." said the two eunuchs, looking up.

"This, there is no bell hanging here, this should be..." the old eunuch murmured, looking panic-stricken, without any of his previous calmness.

What is it? Whatever it is, it will inevitably break down over time. What's the big deal?

The two eunuchs said, "Tell the inner chamber to change it—"

Before he could finish his words, he saw the old eunuch running away holding the rusty bell, shouting "Oh no! It fell down—"

The two eunuchs looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

"There is indeed no one left in the palace." One of the eunuchs curled his lips, "They even released a madman like this."

The sound of footsteps disrupted the silence in the emperor's bedroom.

Cai Songnian did not rush into the dormitory directly, but stopped in front of the heavy curtains.

"Your Majesty," he said respectfully.

It was quiet behind the curtain. Just when Cai Songnian couldn't help but raise his voice to shout again, Li Yu's voice came.

"What's the matter?"

Cai Songnian breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, the Emperor Bell was found to have fallen over at the Purple Palace. Do you want to invite someone from Shengzu Temple to come?"

What do you think of here?

"Also, just now someone from Shengzu Temple reported that Xuan Yangzi ran away. No, Xuan Yangzi left the Taoist temple and no one knows where he went. Do you think we should send troops to look for him?"

After Cai Songnian's voice fell, the hall became quiet again. After a moment, Li Yu's voice came from inside.

"The Emperor Bell belongs to Shengzu Temple. Send it back to Shengzu Temple and let them deal with it."

"As for Xuan Yangzi, he is a person who lives outside the world. Let him be."

Cai Songnian answered yes and turned to leave, then hesitated and asked again, "Are you okay? Do you want the imperial physician to come back and take a look?"

He was suddenly awakened from his dream in the middle of the night yesterday. Li Yu asked someone to say that he was not feeling well and would not attend the morning court today. He hurriedly asked what happened, but Li Yu just said that he was sleepy and needed to sleep for a while. There was also an imperial physician present at the time, who also said that Your Majesty had been overworked for days and would be fine after a rest, so he stopped asking.

Li Yu's voice came from inside again, "No need, you can leave now."

Judging from her voice, she is much more energetic than in the middle of the night. She has been very busy recently. The case of Zhang Ze, the White Concubine, is a conspiracy. The palace is being investigated. The court officials are being investigated. In addition, there is the coronation ceremony and the conferment of the empress. Although she was born a maid,
A thought flashed through Cai Songnian's mind and he couldn't help but pause. He seemed to have some idea but couldn't remember it.

Although she was born a maid, it is not a big deal. In fact, it is better, so that no noble family will send their daughter to be the queen and control Your Majesty.

Fortunately, His Majesty stopped those officials.

The emperor and empress have been decided, and the new dynasty brings a new atmosphere. Cai Songnian couldn't help but smile, but his brows were still furrowed.

He always felt that he had forgotten something important, or someone.

Cai Songnian put his hand on his brow and left the bedroom.

"I have arranged everything in advance. Everyone will be dismissed, and only Cai Songnian will be left in Zichen Hall."

"I also told Cai Songnian that no matter what he saw me do or what my condition was, he was not allowed to make a fuss, let alone hurt me."

After the curtains were drawn in the bedroom, Li Yu leaned back on the bed and looked at the woman sitting beside it.

The morning light was hazy, draped over her like water, but it did not blur her vision, but made it very clear.

Her face and her eyes are as clear as spring water.

"I know you've made preparations. You have wound medicine, bandages, and even life-saving pills. You've prepared everything." She said with a smile, her eyes fixed on his chest.

As soon as the dream last night ended, she bandaged Li Yu in time and fed him a pill treasured from the palace. Li Yu's life was no longer in danger.

Now that he was dressed, you couldn't tell that he was injured.

"Don't worry even if you are not prepared. Even if he sees it, even if many doctors are invited, even if everyone in the palace knows about it, I can erase their thoughts and I won't be harmed."

Although it didn't become such a big deal, Li Yu also saw that both the imperial physician and Cai Songnian had forgotten that he was injured, or rather, they had forgotten what he had done.

I even forgot who Bai Li was.

He knew that Bai Li had taken away everyone's memory of her in the illusion.

Unexpectedly, as the morning light came, she was really forgotten.

Fortunately he still remembered.

Is he the only one who still remembers it?

Li Yu looked at her and said, "I really wanted to help you get rid of Queen Jiang. I didn't want to hurt you. I didn't know it would turn out like this."

Bai Li interrupted him: "I know, it's not because of you that I became like this." He smiled slightly, "It's because I never told you what happened to me. Because I was born with a different nature, Shen Qing had been eyeing me for a long time. He and Zhuang Feizi worked together to turn me into Empress Jiang."

She picked up the warm medicine beside her and fed Li Yu a mouthful with a spoon.

"From the moment I arrived in Beijing, I was no longer just myself. Empress Jiang already existed in my mind."

That's why she told him in the illusion that she was not the real her from the first time he saw her.

Li Yu looked at her. Now she was the real her.

Although he did not lose his memory, when he recalled the past, the Bai Li who was beside him became blurred.

Li Yu swallowed the bitter medicine.

"Ali, I don't want to lose you." He said, "I lost my parents and my husband. I can't keep anything. I'm afraid that everything will disappear."

"No one can own everything around them forever, so don't hold on to such obsessions." Bai Li said, looking at him and smiling gently, "And even if it disappears, it doesn't mean it's lost. Existence, even if it's only for a short moment, is forever."

Li Yu looked at her. Was it just a short moment, or was it forever?

"Just like your mother and your husband, although they are gone, their love for you is real and will continue to exist."

“You don’t have to be afraid of dreaming. Even though many things in dreams are absurd and false, they are also based on reality.”

“If you only fear loss and forget to feel existence, that is the real loss.”

Forget to feel the present. Yes, when his mother was around, he only felt that his mother's love was natural, even a little annoying. And the prince consort, he always thought about how to make up for the prince consort in the future, thinking about getting rid of the trouble and threat, thinking about how he and the prince consort would cherish each other to the fullest when no one could control him anymore. So much so that at that time, he didn't listen, didn't look, didn't think, didn't care, and only looked at the future.
As a result, there is no present and no future.

There would never be another prince consort, and he would never have the chance to show his respect and love to him.

Li Yu looked at the spoonful of medicine that was handed to him again and swallowed it gently.

"It's the same with you and me."

"Li Yu, you like me, so you charged Zhou Jingyun with colluding with Concubine Bai to harm the queen."

she knows!
Li Yu's body stiffened and he subconsciously wanted to close his eyes. He didn't dare to look at Bai Li, but what was the use of running away?

He looked up at Bai Li and nodded.

"Yes," he said, "I asked someone to write it in the beginning."

Bai Li smiled: "I guessed it. Although Zhang Ze can confess, he will not deliberately testify against Zhou Jingyun. After all, he knows that Zhou Jingyun was forced, and I am here. The most important thing is that even if someone really confessed this, all the incriminating documents will be reviewed by you before they are presented to the emperor."

If he didn't allow it, how could Zhou Jingyun appear on the crime book.

Li Yu looked at her and said, "I don't want to harm his life, let alone the Dongyang Marquisate. I just want to find a chance for him to leave the capital and leave you."

Now that he has been exposed, he no longer hides it.

"I'm afraid you'll go back to him, Li. I'm afraid you'll leave me."

Bai Li looked at him, eyes as clear as water: "Li Yu, have you forgotten? Our marriage was fake."

"I know our marriage is fake." Li Yu said, sitting up, "but my feelings for you are not fake, and the love between you and me is not fake either."

Bai Li nodded: "Yes, the friendship between us is not fake. You saved me and I saved you. We helped each other and supported each other. We became bad guys together to achieve our dreams."

Thinking of what he said before, a smile appeared on Li Yu's face.

"But now, our wish has come true and it's time for us to start a new life."

Li Yu's smile faded: "But, we were together before, why can't we be together in the future?"

"No." Bai Li interrupted him, "Because from now on when I'm with you, we won't be helping each other, supporting each other, and things will change between us."

Changed? "I won't change. My feelings towards Ah Li will never change." Li Yu said.

Bai Li looked at him and said, "You will. You will be afraid of me and you will be afraid of me."

Li Yu frowned: "Why would I be afraid of you?"

"Li Yu may not, but the emperor will." Bai Li said, looking at Li Yu, "A person who can change the minds of court officials at any time and erase the traces of his own deeds, Li Yu, think about it, these things I have done, these things I can do, will the emperor be afraid? Will he be taboo?"

The things she did were so magical that no human could match them, and also so bizarre and terrifying when you think about it carefully. Anyone in her hands would be a puppet, controlled by her. Li Yu was stunned.

Bai Li looked into his eyes and said, "However others see me, I will become what I am. Li Yu, do you want me to become someone who will be wary of you, slander you, and kill you in the future?"

She held Li Yu's hand and shook it gently.

"If you want to have Li, you will lose Li."

Li Yu was silent for a moment: "I understand. If I don't want to have, I can have the past and the future, the A Li I am familiar with, who can help and support each other and trust each other with life."

Bai Li smiled: "Your Majesty is wise."

After saying that, he let go of her hand and stood up.

"Shangguan Yue, then, I'll take my leave."

She smiled at him and waved her hand gently.

Li Yu looked at her and wanted to say something, but finally he moved his lips and smiled slowly.

"Bai Li, goodbye."

The people in front of me flowed and dispersed like water.

Li Yu lowered his head and saw that he was holding the medicine bowl in his hand, with a spoon on the other side of the bowl, as if someone had just held it.

He reached out and grasped the spoon, as if feeling the residual warmth on it, then raised his head and drank the medicine in one gulp.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Zhou Jingyun walked out of the Supervisory Office and before he could see who was coming to pick him up, he heard Mother Xu's voice.

What follows is an exorcism operation.

He tried to hide, but was grabbed by Xu's mother.

"Don't hide, this is the talisman water from the Shengzu Temple."

Zhou Jingyun was stunned for a moment: "Can I still ask for talisman water in Shengzu Temple?"

Xuan Yangzi ignored the emperor's summons and kept the gates of the temple closed all year round. So my mother went to ask for help? Is my mother so proud?
"No, Xuan Yangzi, you've been in this cell for too long, you don't know what's happening outside." Mother Xu said, "Ten days ago, Shengzu Temple got a new abbot. Xuan Yangzi left, and Xuan Chengzi took over. He's much kinder. If you really encounter trouble and come to him for help, he'll open the door. However, the talisman water in our house was not obtained by asking for help, but was delivered by Xuan Chengzi himself. It shows that the gods also know that the prince has been wronged."

Zhou Jingyun was a little confused. Xuan Yangzi left? What did he mean by left?

"He didn't die, he ran away." Jiang Yun said at the side, "It is said that he finally realized the truth and became an immortal."

He said with a smile.

"I inquired about it and found out that he was crazy and ran away without a trace."

Mother Xu pouted beside him, "Don't talk nonsense."

Crazy? Zhou Jingyun thought, there are so many crazy people in this period, Zhang Ze is also crazy, still locked in the cell, probably he will never get out in this life.

"Prince, who do you think Xuan Chengzi is?" Jiang Yun said with a smile.

Zhou Jingyun looked at him.

Jiang Yun couldn't help but smile and answered first: "Wang Tong."

Zhou Jingyun was slightly stunned.
"They say that it was bought by Wang family of Taiyuan. Your Majesty actually agreed. That is Shengzu Temple." Jiang Yun said, crossing his arms and raising his eyebrows, "It really is worthy of being a drinking buddy. If one person succeeds, the whole family will be protected—"

Zhou Jingyun said solemnly: "Be careful with your words."

Mother Xu also hit him with the whisk in her hand: "Boy, do you want the prince to go in again?"

Jiang Yun hurriedly bowed his head and apologized.

Zhou Jingyun smiled and said, "It's okay. Your Majesty is wise. Since you dare to do this, you don't care about the discussion."

Mother Xu finally finished the ritual and urged, "Okay, okay, go home quickly. Everyone at home is waiting for you."

The streets were bustling in late autumn, and the palace coup did not seem to have much impact.

"The Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple are responsible for investigating the remaining members. If they are guilty, they are guilty. If not guilty, they are released. The people don't care anymore." Jiang Yun said, "The prince is the last one to be released."

Zhou Jingyun smiled and said, "Actually, everything has been fine since the seal on our house was opened."

The Dongyang Marquis's mansion was not searched and no one else was arrested. He was able to move around freely and his relatives and friends still visited him. Even if Zhou Jingyun was still in prison, everyone knew that nothing had happened.

Sure enough, when I walked on the street, I was quickly recognized and people greeted me.

"The prince has come out."

"The prince finally came out."

Some people even asked, "Where is the prince?" They had completely forgotten about going to prison.

Zhou Jingyun didn't pay attention to the comments on the street. His eyes always lingered on the shops on the street, especially the food shops, and he always felt that he should buy something.

He seldom cared about eating.

Who is he buying this for?
Mother?
His mother had many dietary restrictions, so he never bought food for her easily.
He always feels that.
Zhou Jingyun couldn't help but raise his hand and press his temple, feeling like something was about to jump out.

"Prince?" Jiang Yun noticed that he was a little strange and asked hurriedly, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Zhou Jingyun was about to say something when another voice came from the street.

"Prince Zhou."

This voice seemed familiar. Zhou Jingyun subconsciously raised his head and saw an old man standing in front of a shop on the street. This was a medical clinic.
"Zhang, doctor."

Zhou Jingyun slowly called out this name that felt familiar yet unfamiliar.

Zhang Shilin looked at him with concern: "The prince doesn't look well."

The shop assistant next to him poked him and whispered, "The prince has been living in the Supervisory Office for almost a month."

Can your complexion be better?
Zhang Shilin seemed to realize that his words were inappropriate, and said hurriedly: "I have a kind of calming incense here, can you take it, my prince?"

The shop assistant's eyes widened. This was even more inappropriate. How could a doctor deliver medicine in the street?
The attendants around the Prince of Dongyang and the maids in the carriage all looked unhappy, but the Prince's pretty face was still very kind. Although there was a trace of confusion, he was obviously stunned by the sudden words, but -

The prince was very elegant and nodded with a smile.

"Okay," he said, "let's try it."

Since he had spoken, Jiang Yun went forward to take it and paid the money. Zhang Shilin personally saw him out and watched Zhou Jingyun and his group go away.

"Master, our business is not that bad. We don't need you to solicit customers on the street." The disciples complained.

Zhang Shilin smiled: "Me neither, I——"

He didn't know why he suddenly stopped Zhou Jingyun and asked with concern when he saw him, as if they were very familiar with each other.

"Are you very familiar with each other? I guess we haven't had much dealings with each other." said a disciple.

Families like the marquis's mansion all employ imperial physicians.

"We've had dealings before. The young mistress of the prince was ill, and the master went to see her." Another disciple said as he picked up medicine.

Zhang Shilin looked over and nodded, "Yes, yes, that's right." His voice became slow as it reached his lips, as if something slipped past and disappeared without a trace. "Unfortunately, the lady of the Lu family is too seriously ill, and there is nothing I can do."

After saying that, he looked out the door and sighed.

"It's been a long time since the incident with Mrs. Lu. It's been ten years, Master. You still remember it." A younger disciple was surprised. "You're still so sad."

When the other disciples looked over, they saw a hint of sadness between Zhang Shilin's brows.

"The doctor is kind." A disciple sighed.

Before Zhang Shilin could say something, a few more women came over from the street.

“This is where I bought the calming incense.”

An elegant lady said with a smile.
"It's Doctor Zhang's unique secret recipe."

Zhang Shilin smiled and bowed: "Mrs. Lin, thank you for the compliment."

Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "Just tell the truth." Then she looked at the women around her, "I always had trouble sleeping before, it's just -"

When she said this, her face froze without her noticing, and then the words slipped past her lips.

".It was specially developed for me by Doctor Zhang."

The other women all asked, "Is it really that amazing?" and "Is this a skill passed down from Doctor Zhang's ancestors?"

When asked, Zhang Shilin, who had been smiling the whole time, blurted out: "I dreamed about it."

After saying this, he was stunned for a moment.

The women all laughed. "Is it true?" "What you think about during the day you will dream about at night. Can you make a magic medicine in your dreams?" "This is a good dream."

In this dream, Zhang Shilin seemed to see himself taking out a few herbs from the medicine cabinet and mixing them together in this way or that way.

His stagnant eyes regained their smile and he called the women in: "Sleep well, dream well, that's good."

Just be safe and sound.