White Hedge Dream

Chapter 154 Tie

Many people will party all night tonight.

Compared to the hustle and bustle on the street, Sanqu Alley seemed quiet tonight. The usual crowd of guests went to celebrate the festival with their families, and the female prostitutes were also let out to watch the lanterns and play.

The night was already deep, and the women who admired the lanterns returned, accompanied by Huang Sanniang. Each of them carried lantern masks and various sundries in their hands, with unfinished joy on their faces.

The quiet building became noisy.

"Okay, okay." Mrs. Huang Sanniang gestured with her palms, "Go and have a rest." She also warned, "Don't sneak out. If you are kidnapped, you won't have anywhere to cry."

The women laughed and responded.

"We've seen enough, we won't go out tonight." "On the contrary, Mrs. Huang, you only walked one street in one night and missed too much excitement."

Huang Sanniang smiled: "This street is enough. I saw what I wanted to see and what I expected..."

She looked a little excited, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes. The women were surprised, "Did Sanniang see something good?" "What else is there besides the float?"

Mrs. Huang Sanniang stopped talking, chased everyone away, and went back to the top of the small building. Amidst the lanterns, the room was lit with lights, and the figure of a man was faintly revealed.

All the women knew that the third lady's old sweetheart was back.

It was a festival, and the third lady was accompanied by someone, so the women dispersed with a smile.

Huang Sanniang opened the door and looked at Shen Qing sitting there. She knelt down and shed tears before she even opened her mouth.

Shen Qing smiled: "Are you happy?"

Mrs. Huang Sanniang leaned over and sobbed: "It's been so long, it's been so long, and I finally see my empress."

Shen Qing looked at the bamboo cage placed under the lamp. Under the bright lamp, the butterflies became more colorful, waving their wings from time to time, making the lights shine.

"Your Majesty is also very happy," he said.

I haven’t seen butterflies so vividly for a long time.

Huang Sanniang raised her head and looked at the butterfly: "My empress likes the excitement the most. Fortunately, Miss Bai wants to see the lights and goes out..."

Shen Qing said: "Maybe you want to take a look at me."

Huang Sanniang hesitated for a moment: "It doesn't mean that the empress hasn't fully woken up yet—"

It failed at first and was interrupted later. Fortunately, there was no problem with Mrs. Zhuang's dream, but just one dream was not enough.

"It's not enough, but it's enough." Shen Qing said, stroking her knees, "She's wondering."

Saying this, he smiled again.

"Zhou Jingyun sent someone to keep an eye on me. He knew my movements and brought her out in the name of attending a banquet. Zhou Jingyun never attends banquets during festivals. It can be seen that she persuaded Zhou Jingyun."

Mrs. Huang Sanniang was stunned for a moment, understanding something from these words, and she immediately raised her eyebrows: "Zhou Jingyun actually listened to her!" She was annoyed again, "I told Zhou Jingyun that I shouldn't tell him, he wouldn't believe it at all, this kid has no conscience. , let down the empress—"

Shen Qing smiled: "Isn't it right for Zhou Jingyun to listen to her words? The empress is her, she is the empress."

Huang Sanniang frowned: "But the one who is awake now is still Miss Bai, she is still -"

Shen Qing smiled faintly: "When she was awake, she was not her. She just thought she was her. If she was just her, how could Zhou Jingyun come to take her away, and how could she come all the way to now? From the beginning, Until now, every step she takes is not pure her.”

He looked at the butterfly in the bamboo cage.

"The bond is created, she can't escape."

He raised his hand and gently touched the strings. The strings trembled silently, except for the butterflies fluttering their wings again, and the colorful streams of light spread like rays of light and clouds covering the sky and covering the earth.

…

…

In Yu Qingtang's warehouse, isolated from the hustle and bustle of the night, under a dim light, Shangguan Yue paced back and forth, her expression changing, frowning for a while, then calming down again.

Shopkeeper Cai stood aside, although he was not pacing, his expression changed, and his brows kept frowning.

"Sir, why did you suddenly go to Dongyang Hou Shizi and his wife today?" He couldn't help but ask.

Shopkeeper Cai felt a little dizzy when he thought of Ji Xiang coming back to tell the story. Previously, he thought it was unreasonable for the young master to dress up as a woman and go to someone's house for a private meeting. Now the young master doesn't even want to have a private meeting and rushes directly to her husband.

Shangguan Yue was interrupted from her thoughts and said, "I told you, I was drunk and accidentally bumped into it."

Shopkeeper Cai frowned even more: "You were walking on the street well, why are you drunk!"

Jixiang just told the story. Mingming and the young master were watching the lanterns on the street, and then the float came over. Jixiang just lowered his head and stepped aside to avoid it. When he raised his head again, the young master disappeared.

Fortunately, there were many secret guards around, and he soon discovered that the young master had run into Wanhua Tower. When he caught up with him, he found that the young master was already causing trouble in the room of Dongyang Hou Shizi and his wife.

Dongyang Hou Shizi, couple.

Shopkeeper Cai's brows jumped when he heard this.

He doesn't believe it's accidental!

There are so many rooms, so many restaurants, but to bump into where Dongyang Hou Shizi and his wife are, this is obviously very thoughtful!

"This is weird!" He said angrily, "Sir, please don't hide it from me."

Shangguan Yue stopped, looked at him, and nodded: "Yes, this matter is weird."

Very weird.

He actually saw Empress Chiang.

Shangguan Yue seemed to be back on the street, he raised his head and looked ahead in confusion.

No, not on the street, but in the imperial city.

He was held in his father's arms and looked at the imperial grandfather on the dragon throne. There was a woman beside the imperial grandfather.

She was sitting next to her imperial grandfather, who seemed to be teaching her how to read the memorial.

No one can be on an equal footing with the imperial grandfather. When my father came in, he saw that although he could not speak much yet, because he grew up in the imperial court, he was very sensitive to people's emotions and anger, and he immediately noticed that his father was in a bad mood.

The father said nothing, but bowed his head respectfully and saluted. The woman stood up and stood aside, but did not leave.

His father suppressed his temper and talked to the imperial grandfather like that. He sat in his father's arms. Because his father suppressed his emotions, he unconsciously tightened his grip. He became more and more uncomfortable and couldn't help but want to cry -

My mother had warned me not to cry in front of my imperial grandfather, as it would be a disappointment.

He endured and endured. How much endurance could a child who couldn't speak have?

He couldn't stand it any longer—

The woman standing next to the screen suddenly smiled at him, clasped her hands together, and shook her head towards the screen.

Under the sunlight, the shadow of a puppy appeared on the screen behind the imperial grandfather.

Woof woof woof, the puppy is barking with its mouth open.

He couldn't help but stare.

The next moment the puppy turned into a bird again, flying in and out of sight.

He couldn't help but chuckle.

The conversation between the imperial grandfather and his father was interrupted.

"Xiao Yue'er is quite happy." The imperial grandfather was not angry, but said with a smile.

A smile appeared on his father's face: "Yue'er is happy to see her grandfather."

The imperial grandfather became even more happy and stretched out his hand to him, "Come to my grandfather."

His father carried him to his grandfather, then stood beside him and talked closer.

He sat in his grandfather's arms, feeling much more comfortable than before, and couldn't help but look at the woman standing in front of the screen.

The woman stood with her hands down, seemingly doing nothing.

She is as beautiful as her mother.

The imperial grandfather must also like her very much.

When his father hugged him and left, he looked over his father's shoulder and saw her returning to his grandfather's side. She leaned on his knee and raised her head to say something. His grandfather stretched out his hand to touch her head, with a smile on his face. Be happy to see your father.

"Fuxing."

The father who came out looked even uglier than when he faced the imperial grandfather and said something disdainful.

This sentence was mentioned more and more in my ears. In addition to my father, the attendants around me would also discuss it. "That foxy one."

When they said it, they were a little excited but more disdainful. She was just a woman who was favored by the emperor's grandfather because of her good looks.

But everyone seems to have ignored the power brought by the emperor's grandfather's favor.

Or it has never been the case before.

For a child, there is no concept of time and no knowledge of changes in identity. He can only feel that her position is constantly changing, from standing behind the screen to standing in front of the desk. Later, even facing her father, she He stopped getting up and sat quietly next to the imperial grandfather.

There was a smile on her face. No matter how ugly her father's face was, her eyes were calm. Not only did she not have the awe of others facing the prince, but she seemed to overlook him.

"Monster." Father gritted his teeth and sneered.

"That monster." People around him began to say the same thing, talking in low voices.

But instead of the previous laughter and contempt, it became fear.

Even his father, although he looked disdainful, could keenly sense that his father was afraid.

More and more people bowed to her, and her mother would do the same, and her mother was also afraid of her.

Why, she always had a smile on her face, and when she met his gaze as a child, she would wink at him, showing her playfulness.

Until his father walked into the imperial study room again, and the person sitting opposite him was not the imperial grandfather, but her.

Her father did not call her a fox, nor did he call her a monster. Instead, he asked, "Who do you think you are?"

She sat on the imperial grandfather's large dragon chair, facing her father's anger with a smile on her face: "I am the same thing as you."

Her eyes fell on her father and on him being held by his father.

Although she was smiling, her smile was scary.

As an emperor's grandson, a proud son who has been held in the palm of his hand since he was born, he has been wronged, dissatisfied and angry, but he has never experienced fear.

But at that moment, he felt it.

How could she be the same as her father? My father is the prince and the future emperor.

And he is the emperor's grandson, the emperor after his father.

She is just a woman relying on the favor of her imperial grandfather.

But soon, his father died.

A prince, a future emperor, died.

The East Palace, which was revered by everyone, was ablaze.

She sat on the dragon chair of the Imperial Grandfather in the Imperial City, watching gently and coldly as the people here turned to ashes, like ants.

When being led away by Shangguan's consort, Shangguan Yue, who was almost stunned, seemed to understand what she meant.

I am the same thing as you.

If she is a charmer who relies on the emperor's favor, so are you.

If you are the proud ones of heaven and can take life and death from others, so is she, and so can she.

When thinking of this, Shangguan Yue suddenly wanted to laugh again.

It is indeed the same.

In the end she died too.

Everyone died.

Yes, that's right, she's dead.

So what he saw was not a human being, but a ghost.

This is indeed a very strange thing.

But it wasn't surprising to him, he had seen a ghost before.

Thinking of that ghost, his expression became solemn.

Therefore, Mrs. Hou Shaofeng of Dongyang really has a special physique and can be possessed by ghosts.

If Bai Li can be used, other ghosts, such as Empress Chiang, can also be used.

White fence—

Shangguan Yue clenched her hands tightly.

If Empress Chiang occupies this body, what will Bai Li do?

Can Baili not be able to grab it?

Compared to Empress Chiang, Bai Li was not worth mentioning in terms of her status during her lifetime or the time of her death.

If Bai Li is a fierce ghost, then Empress Chiang must be an even worse ghost.

How is Baili doing now?

Was she killed? He has read various notes, and they say that ghosts can die—

He is not a ghost and does not know what to do, but he must not do nothing.

He rushed towards Wanhua Tower and slammed into the young lady of Dongyang Hou.

Bai Li said that when he appears, she will appear.

Unexpectedly, he really succeeded.

Although he couldn't see Bai Li's face, he heard the words that only he and Bai Li could understand.

Shangguan Yue closed her eyes, put her hand on her chest and exhaled.

At that moment, his heart fell to the ground, and the noise in his ears became real.

"Young Master, Young Master, what's wrong with you?" Shopkeeper Cai asked urgently. The change in the Young Master's face and the weird look on his face at this moment made him think that the Young Master was crazy.

Going crazy when you want something but don't get it?

Shangguan Yue took a deep breath: "There are some things that I can't explain to you."

If he said this, everyone would think he was crazy.

Thoughts flashed across his mind, and he froze slightly. Was he really crazy? Was what he saw true? Ghost of Baili, ghost of Empress Chiang...

Why is it that only he has seen it and no one around him can see it? Is this all his illusion...

His eyes were a little dazed.

The next moment he shook his head violently.

Regardless of whether what he saw just now was true or false, one thing he was sure of was true.

His life was saved by Bai Li.

Without Bai Li, he wouldn't be who he is now.

For him now, Baili is real.

Shangguan Yue took a deep breath, her eyes returned to calmness, and she looked at Shopkeeper Cai.

"I have important things to do now."

Shopkeeper Cai looked at him and blurted out inexplicably: "Are you sleeping again?"

Maybe this sentence sounded funny, Shangguan Yue couldn't help but laugh.

The laughter dispersed the slightly stagnant atmosphere in the warehouse.

Yes, it's sleep.

Bai Li said that he wanted to see if Mrs. Li could sleep well tonight, and then go get the medicine tomorrow, which meant that he wanted him to sleep tonight and they would meet tomorrow.

"Lao Cai, believe me, sleep is very important to me." Shangguan Yue looked at him and said, "But it's hard for me to fall asleep now."

There was fatigue and fear in his eyes, his thoughts were confused, and his energy was high. Even if he wanted to sleep, he couldn't fall asleep.

"To make sure nothing goes wrong, give me a drug."