White Hedge Dream

Chapter 127 Daily life

After the Holy Emperor returned to the palace, the court officials relieved themselves of their fatigue. Before leaving the palace, the Marquis of Dongyang followed a few old earls and made an appointment not to return drunk tonight.

Zhou Jingyun also received many invitations.

However, he declined them all and walked straight out of the palace gate, where he saw Jiang Yun and his family's servants rushing to greet them.

Zhou Jingyun's steps couldn't help but pause, and then he quickly accelerated.

"Your Majesty, the young lady has seen the doctor and is fine," the servant said.

The words were even more frightening because they had no beginning and no end, and Zhou Jingyun's face turned gloomy.

"Madam sent someone to tell you to go home as soon as possible." Jiang Yun explained from the side, "Young Madam felt a little uncomfortable this morning."

"That's right." The servant nodded hurriedly, forgetting that the person sent earlier had not seen the prince and had not told him the bad news. The good news he suddenly said was shocking, "But the young lady went to see the doctor and said It's okay, madam and young madam asked me to come and tell the prince quickly, so that the prince would not worry. "

Zhou Jingyun's expression softened slightly, and while the servant was speaking, he had already taken over the reins and hurried back.

The servants sent by Mrs. Hou were left behind instead, so they could not send the news of the crown prince back in advance.

No matter what, just come back.

After a lively meal at Madam Hou's place, Madam Hou of Dongyang did not let Zhou Jingyun stay any longer: "You are tired outside, go back and rest quickly."

Zhou Jingyun was no longer polite and took Zhuang Li to leave.

The maids held lamps in front and behind to light the way for the two of them, while keeping a certain distance.

"Are you sure you can make that incense?" Zhou Jingyun asked.

When we were eating just now, Zhou Jiuniang was already chattering about Zhuang Li being entrusted by Dr. Zhang to develop detoxifying incense.

During this time, Zhou Jingyun kept smiling and nodding, and did not ask or say any more questions.

Including not asking her why she went to the hospital and why she felt uncomfortable in the morning.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou didn't mention it again. After all, someone had already told him that it was okay and they had seen it with their own eyes. There was no need to say it again.

But Zhuang Li knew that it wasn't that Zhou Jingyun didn't ask, but that it wasn't time to ask.

Look, after leaving Mrs. Hou's side, the topic started with the medical clinic.

"Yes." Zhuang Li suppressed a smile and said, "Just like burning incense to drive away poison when encountering miasma in the south, I concocted it when I went south with Mrs. Zhuang."

Zhou Jingyun nodded and looked at her: "Tell me, did you not sleep well again? Or did you relapse into an old illness?"

Zhuang Li chuckled, then stopped laughing, and answered seriously: "I didn't sleep well, I had a nightmare, I woke up and was in a hurry to get out of bed, and tripped myself."

Zhou Jingyun looked at her and seemed a little helpless: "Even if you are not used to letting maids sleep with you, it's okay to let them sleep on the footrest."

As she spoke, a thought flashed through her mind. In fact, she was not used to having people sleeping around her.

For the sake of pretending to be a couple, she had no choice but to sleep with him these days.

But it seems that she also slept well, but when he was not at home...

Thoughts were in confusion in his mind, and Zhuang Li's voice was heard in his ears.

"Okay, I'll make a note of it and I'll never do it again next time."

As he spoke, he reached out and pinched his sleeve and shook it.

Zhou Jingyun looked at the sleeves pinched by slender fingers, shook his head and said, "Next time, next time, you."

He didn't seem to believe her, but he didn't force her.

Zhuang Li smiled and said no more.

She didn't know whether it was because it was dark and the road was slippery, or she was just trying to be lazy, but she didn't take back her fingers, and she held Zhou Jingyun's sleeve and walked forward slowly.

Zhou Jingyun didn't seem to notice, but he just slightly accumulated strength in this arm, so that her hand holding the sleeve seemed to be resting on her arm, making her steps faster.

Because they were tired outside, they returned to the yard. After a brief wash, the two went to bed early to rest.

The maids retreated, it was quiet inside and outside, a lamp was lit beside the bed, and the room was warm. Zhou Jingyun sat back on the bed and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It's still comfortable at home.

But then he laughed at himself in his heart. He had never felt this way in the past few years outside.

Beside him, a quilt was draped over him.

"It's been cold these two days, let's add one more." Zhuang Li said, leaning over and stretching out his hands to straighten the quilt.

Zhou Jingyun stretched out his long hand, pulled it up himself, and motioned to her: "Lie down quickly, you are wearing thin clothes."

Zhuang Li lay down, rubbed the quilt, squinted his eyes and said, "The prince is back. It's much warmer under the quilt."

Zhou Jingyun laughed, yes, a big living person is equivalent to a big heater, and then he coughed lightly, and when only the two of them were left, they could say something more private.

"On the night we arrived at the palace, it seemed that people from Chiang Kai-shek's party had done something wrong again," he said.

Zhuang Li raised his body up with his hands and asked curiously: "What hands and feet?" Then with worried eyes, "Are you okay?"

The first thought was that she was worried about him. Zhou Jingyun gave her a reassuring smile: "I'm fine." He told her what happened that night.

"It started from Concubine Bai's side, and then ended with paper figures being found around the altar." He finally said, "It is definitely the remnants of Empress Chiang who are causing trouble through illusions."

It turned out that the dream he was pulled into that night belonged to a member of the Empress Chiang Kai-shek's party. There was indeed a strange person like her in the Empress Chiang Kai-shek's party. Zhuang Li also suddenly realized that the figure prostrating at the altar was Empress Chiang?

No wonder he wanted to offer sacrifices to heaven and claim to be the Emperor of Heaven.

Empress Chiang aroused public outrage and was executed because she wanted to ascend the throne to replace the Li family of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Zhuang Li was silent for a moment, and then another thought came to his mind. The shadow was separated from her feet. Is this an absurd dream, or does it have other... meanings?

"Don't think about it." Zhou Jingyun saw that she was in a trance and said, subconsciously wanting to caress the top of her head. Fortunately, he came back to his senses in time, slid it over her head, landed on her shoulders, and pulled the quilt up, "They just want to touch her head." It disturbs people's hearts and makes His Majesty fearful and uneasy, but..."

He shook his head and looked at the dancing candlelight.

That person is gone and dead. Illusion is just an illusion after all, so what can it do.

He always felt that instead of doing these things, it would be better to leave the unfinished business she left behind and complete the things she wanted to do.

Zhuang Li hummed, nodded, and suddenly asked: "What is the name of the first prince's son, the little grandson?"

Zhou Jingyun was stunned for a moment, surprised that she suddenly asked this.

"Oh, I went to the medical clinic today and took a detour through Yongxingfang. Chunyue mentioned old things from back then." Zhuang Li said, looking at Zhou Jingyun and curiously asked, "Did the little grandson die too?"

Zhou Jingyun nodded: "Dead." He paused, "Actually, at that time, the prince was unwilling to be deposed and thrown into prison. He wanted to die to retaliate against the late emperor. He sealed the East Palace tightly and waited for the fire to burn. The fire was so strong that the soldiers and horses We couldn't save him even if we tried, so we surrounded him just to prevent the fire from spreading to more places."

Oh, this is to say that it is rumored that Empress Chiang sent troops to guard and not allow anyone in the East Palace to escape. Is this not true? Zhuang Li looked at him.

Zhou Jingyun stopped continuing the topic and said, "What is the grandson's name?" He shook his head, "I don't know, I didn't care. He was too young at the time. Although he was a grandson, he was not recognized by everyone." To the point of knowing and remembering names.”

Say it again. "But there should be records. I'll look for a chance to check."

Zhuang Li hurriedly said: "No, no, don't cause trouble, I just mentioned it casually."

Zhou Jingyun only said: "Although the former prince's family is also rebellious, they are different from Chiang Kai-shek's party. No one cares about it."

Zhuang Li said hello: "It's getting late, go to bed." After that, he lay down on the pillow and looked at him.

She was waiting for him to read. Zhou Jingyun pursed his lips, picked up the book from the pillow, opened it, and read softly.

The lights flickered and the sounds in the room became quieter and quieter until they were silent.

Zhuang Li lay on the pillow and looked at Zhou Jingyun who was sleeping with his eyes closed. It seemed that he was indeed very tired and had put himself to sleep so early today.

She stretched out a finger, gently poked Zhou Jingyun's arm, and whispered: "Why do you want to take in me, an orphaned fugitive?"

It was said at that time that it was Chiang Kai-shek's party, and Chiang Kai-shek's party would of course protect Chiang Kai-shek's party.

She also had plans to go to Beijing at that time, so she didn't care about Zhou Jingyun's reasons.

Hmm...I don't really care now.

Chiang Kai-shek naturally has to take great care of Chiang Kai-shek.

Zhuang Li pursed his lips, but in fact, neither of them seemed to be Chiang Kai-shek's party members.

She quietly looked at Zhou Jingyun's sleeping face for a moment, then stood up, took away the book on his chest, put his arms under the quilt, and turned off the light.

….

….

Zhou Jingyun suddenly woke up, his eyes were drowsy, and he was in a trance. He subconsciously turned his head and looked at his side. The woman next to him was lying with his back to him, and a lock of black hair was scattered on the side of his face.

Not on a cold bed in a palace.

Zhou Jingyun relaxed and went home. No wonder he had a dreamless night and didn't know when he fell asleep.

He looked at Zhuang Li's back again, but why was she sleeping with her back to him? I wasn’t used to posting here before…..

Thoughts flashed across his mind, Zhuang Li turned over and opened his eyes lazily. The two looked at each other, Zhuang Li seemed a little dazed, and a smile appeared on his face the next moment.

"The prince is back," she said.

I haven't been home for two nights. It seems like I haven't seen you for a long time. I can't believe it when I sleep next to you? Zhou Jingyun laughed, and then thought, wasn't he the same just now?

"Yes, I came back last night." He said with a smile.

Zhuang Li also smiled, and stretched out his hand to touch his face, with a bit of uneasiness: "When the prince was not at home, I dreamed that I turned into someone else. It scared me to death."

Become someone else? Zhou Jingyun was startled, as if he thought of something, and immediately shook his head: "Dreams are all strange and bizarre, don't think about them when you wake up."

Zhuang Li looked at his expression and said, "If the prince sees that I have changed, please tell me."

"No." Zhou Jingyun said flatly, "Whatever you say, you are who you are."

He said and frowned.

"You have such random thoughts when you sleep alone. No wonder it's always bad."

Zhuang Li smiled and stood up: "I know, I know."

Zhou Jingyun also stood up and poured water for her.

The voices of the maids outside also came: "Your Majesty, Madam, you are awake."

Zhou Jingyun hummed.

The maids came in, the morning light also rushed in, and everything inside and outside became lively.

"Do you still need to go to the household department today?"

After dinner, I asked him about it.

Zhou Jingyun nodded: "I have to go there. It's the end of the year and I have some things to deal with."

Zhuang Li took out a letter and a small bundle: "When I went out yesterday, I bought some spices from Dr. Zhang. I think the quality is very good. Please send it to her for me. There is also a letter of greetings. "

I had already given Mrs. Zhuang a New Year's gift in the name of their husband and wife. However, Zhuang Li grew up with Mrs. Zhuang, so after leaving for so long, he still missed it. Zhou Jingyun nodded, took the small baggage and letter, and said, "I'll be back early in the afternoon." , the Chinese New Year is almost here, and my mother is very busy.”

Zhuang Li nodded: "I finished making incense in the morning, so I went over to see if I can help."

The two were chatting. Zhuang Li took off his cloak. Because Zhou Jingyun was carrying something in his hand, he wanted to put it on himself, but he was not tall enough and felt a little embarrassed...

Chun Yue hurriedly came to help, but saw Zhou Jingyun bending his knees and lowering his body to look at Zhuang Li's level.

Zhuang Li put the cloak on him and tied it up. He stood in the corridor and watched Zhou Jingyun go out. Because of the cloak, he couldn't see the baggage and the letter he was carrying.

In the letter, she described to Mrs. Zhuang the strange things she encountered.

Hope to hear back soon.

Zhuang Li reached out and touched his cheek, exhaled softly, and looked at the sky.

Entering the twelfth lunar month, the sound of firecrackers can be heard faintly from time to time, adding a little liveliness to the bleak winter.

One year has passed and a new year is coming.

So fast.

Bai Ying sat on the bed and thought.

It seemed like yesterday she was still living in the cold palace, waiting for the chance to turn around. But in the blink of an eye, she was sitting in the Nuan Pavilion next to the emperor, and she was pregnant with the emperor's heir.

This year has been like a dream.

He was stunned and heard voices coming from outside.

"Zhongcheng is here. There are many people waiting for you at your Majesty's side."

"Well, I'm not in a hurry."

"It's cold outside, Zhong Cheng will come to the Nuan Pavilion and wait."

Following the sound of voices, Wang Degui led Zhang Ze in.

Because when the emperor dealt with political affairs, he always had Bai Ying with him. Courtiers came and went, and it was impossible to avoid them.

Although they felt that this was inconsistent with etiquette, the emperor's heir was also a major event that the courtiers cared about, so they treated it as invisible and waited until the fetus was born, which was only ten months.

The courtiers turned a blind eye to her, and Bai Ying seemed to also turn a blind eye to the courtiers. This time Zhang Ze came in, she was still looking at the daffodils in the palace in trance.

Even after Zhang Ze said and checked the capital's entrance and exit, including the inn's accommodation, there was no woman like Bai Ying, Bai Ying still seemed to be in a trance.

"What are you thinking?" Zhang Ze could only ask.

Bai Ying said in a daze, "I'm thinking about change."

change? Zhang Ze was puzzled: "What change?"

"It's what changes happen around you before everything happens." Bai Ying was still staring at the daffodils, and moved her hands gently in front of her, as if she was sorting out something, "...For example, the first time I met Jiang Later, something different from ordinary things happened."