White Hedge Dream

Chapter 192 Voice

The sound of Sanqing bell echoed in my ears.

This was stolen from Wang Tong. Shangguan Yue said that it will ring when one is in confusion, and once it rings, the confusion will be dispelled and clarity will be restored.

She knew that Bai Ying also had one, and every time she came close to her, the bell would ring, making Bai Ying aware of it, and the illusion would disintegrate.

But what's going on now?

The Sanqing bell rang, and the person in the mirror turned into Empress Chiang Kai-shek.

In other words, what she originally saw in the mirror was an illusion, but in fact she was no longer herself? And what we see now is her true appearance?

The outside is a white fence, but the inside is Empress Jiang and Jiang Mian'er.

"Ali, I'm staying in a building tonight."

Shangguan Yue's voice also came at the same time.

Bai Li looked away from the mirror and turned to look at the door. The lights on the building were lit, and Shangguan Yue stood under the lights, shining brightly, with a clear expression on her face.

He said with a smile: "Let's get together with you all one more night. This building boat I built in the first place cannot be abandoned without saying a word..."

As he spoke, he probably noticed that Bai Li looked wrong, his smile turned into worry, and he took a step forward.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Bai Li looked at him and shook his head: "It's okay. I didn't expect you to come back tonight." He pointed to himself and said, "You go first, I will take a shower and change clothes and then go over."

Shangguan Yue looked at her again, and indeed there was nothing unusual except for a moment of confusion: "Okay." He smiled again, "I have a lot to tell you today."

Bai Li nodded with a smile, watched Shangguan Yue go out, closed the door, and silence returned to the room.

Bai Li slowly turned back. The Sanqing bell had stopped ringing, but the person in the mirror was still looking at her and smiling.

"This is the emperor's eldest grandson." She said, turning her head slightly to look over the white fence towards the door, "When the child grows up, he is more handsome than his good-for-nothing prince father."

Bai Li looked in the mirror motionless, slowly spreading his hair, and the hair of the person in the mirror also spread out.

"I'm Bai Li." She said, "You can go."

The person in the mirror seemed to curl his lips, and the next moment his facial features wrinkled and blurred, then returned to their original appearance.

Bai Li reached out and touched his face, looking at the same movements as the person in the mirror.

That face was no longer that of Empress Chiang, but his own.

The Sanqing bell hanging in her waist did not ring again, as if everything before was just her imagination.

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Bai Li came to the hall, which was noisy.

As for Shangguan Yue's true identity, only a few people on the ship knew about it, and the others only thought that she was the concubine of the consort.

I originally thought that being recognized as the princess's son would be the most important thing in my life, but I didn't expect that he was the son of the former prince and the eldest grandson of the Zhou royal family.

The people on the boat were excited and in awe, and congratulated one after another.

The two stewards talked about how the princess and the consort had put on a show in order to hide the child. Now that the emperor had thoroughly investigated the Du family and found out that the former prince was framed, the prince could finally regain his identity in a dignified manner.

Everyone cried and laughed as the story was told.

However, Shangguan Yue just sat in her seat and listened with a smile without saying much. When she saw Bai Li coming out, she hurriedly raised her hand to say hello.

Bai Li walked over and sat next to him.

"Your Majesty is sincerely happy to see me." Shangguan Yue whispered to her the process of meeting the emperor, with a bit of sigh, "Compared to the princess, my uncle is much kinder."

Bai Li asked: "Are you really going to guard the mausoleum?"

Shangguan Yue nodded: "I really want to go." He smiled and said, "I can finally fulfill my filial piety to my mother in an upright and honest manner."

He had not properly paid homage to his mother for so many years. Her corpse, which was burned to ashes, was scattered in Yongxingfang, leaving her soul nowhere to rest.

Now there is finally a mausoleum and a memorial tablet.

Bai Li thought about Li Yu crying and looking for his mother as soon as he was woken up in his dream, and nodded: "Your mother must also be thinking about you very much."

"When I come back from the imperial mausoleum, I will be given the title of a mansion." Shangguan Yue said, "I can no longer manage the building myself."

He said, untying a token and handing it to Bai Li.

"The building ship is an open business and belongs to Shangguan's consort. No one can touch it easily. However, the profit belongs to me alone. From now on, it will be yours. You make the decision yourself."

Speaking of which, he lowered his voice again.

"Yu Qingtang is a secret business. Zhang Ze must have guessed it. I asked Shopkeeper Cai and others to disperse first."

Bai Li nodded and took the token.

Seeing that she took it without hesitation, Shangguan Yue was even more happy. She sat up straight and said to the people in the hall: "Although I have changed my identity, the building ship is still the building ship. From now on, its new owner is this "Little white lady."

Everyone's eyes turned to Bai Li.

This maid had just arrived, and the young master never introduced her origins, and he didn't even know her name. But everyone knew that the young master valued her very much, and she was simply the master of the building.

Sure enough, now he has really become the owner of the building.

"I've seen Miss Bai." Everyone saluted.

Bai Li said: "There is no need to change the rules. You don't need to ask me what you should do." He smiled and said, "Just tell me when you have trouble."

Shangguan Yue smiled, raised her hand and bowed respectfully: "With Miss Bai here, everything will be safe."

Everyone in the hall hurriedly saluted him and shouted: "Thank you, Miss Bai, for letting us have everything without worries."

How heavy these words were. Ji Xiang couldn't help but look at Bai Li who was sitting there, but the little lady's expression didn't change at all.

How can there be true worry-free in the world? The reason why I have a serious patient is that I have a body, and I have no body. What trouble do I have? So if there is worry, then it is considered worry-free.

Bai Li looked at everyone, raised a glass of wine, accepted the congratulations calmly, and drank it all.

"The boat is not hosting guests tonight, so everyone should be guests and have fun," she said.

Cheers erupted in the hall.

"Jixiang, you go and play too." Shangguan Yue said to Jixiang beside him.

Ji Xiang said, and wanted to say that he would not go and wait on the young master, but when he saw Shangguan Yue went to bring some snacks and drinks, he called Bai Li, "Let's go back to the room to eat." That's all, the young master was busy waiting on the little lady Bai. Let him get in the way.

The February night wind carried the dampness and coldness of the river and lingered indoors through the windows.

Shangguan Yue was lying on the ground, which was covered with a thick mattress, looking at the dancing lights in the room with a relaxed expression.

"Although you have restored your identity, you have to face more troubles than before." Bai Li said, "In the past, it was only Princess Jinyu who didn't like it, but then I'm afraid many people will not like it."

Shangguan Yue put her arms behind her head: "I know, and His Majesty will come to his senses. Knowing that I contributed to Du's case, he will be jealous of me, but so what..." He looked at Bai Li and smiled, " I'm already like this, what else do I have to be afraid of? What could be worse than death?"

Bai Li smiled: "You died once, you should have better luck this time."

Shangguan Yue sighed: "You are wrong. I have died not once, but twice."

Bai Li laughed and reached out to pick up the book on the side: "Yes, then sleep well and stay energetic."

Shangguan Yue hummed, lay down carefully, and watched Bai Li lower his head while reading.

"I..." He couldn't help but open his mouth to say something.

Bai Li stopped and looked at him with questioning eyes.

Shangguan Yue smiled again and shook his head: "No, I will keep my spirits up." After that, he closed his eyes.

What he actually wanted to say was that when he was given the palace, he would take her to live with her.

But I feel like I can’t say that.

His identity was unknown on the boat, and her identity remained unknown. It didn't matter whether she was treated as a maid or anything else.

But now that he has an identity, he can't let her follow him around like a maid.

She said that she and Zhou Jingyun entered into the Dongyang Hou Mansion through a fake marriage, and then she would enter his palace in the future...

He must give her a real wedding.

The thought flashed through her mind, and Shangguan Yue felt shy and uneasy. She clenched her fists and turned over on her side, closing her eyes tightly so as not to let Bai Li see what he was thinking.

At least don't cause her trouble until you can do it.

Bai Li could see that Shangguan Yue was in a strange mood, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. After many years of long-cherished wishes were fulfilled, new problems would arise, and his mood would inevitably be in turmoil.

Her reciting voice became softer, and accompanied by the curling incense, Shangguan Yue's clenched fists gradually relaxed and she fell into a deep sleep.

Bai Li put the book away and looked at Shangguan Yue who was sleeping. Although she had grown up, her sleeping habits were still the same as when she was a child.

It was like seeing the child in the dreamless realm again.

Speaking of which, it feels like I haven't seen him for a long time.

I don’t know if the dreamless realm is still there, but Shangguan Yue’s dream was no longer stable last time.

I don’t know what I am like now in the dreamless realm.

The thought flashed across her mind, her hand holding the book froze slightly, and voices rang in her ears.

"...Actually, it's the same. What you see now is what you saw in the Dreamless Realm. After all, this time is not imposed on you by outsiders, it's what you think."

The Sanqing bell in her waist did not ring. Baili's eyes fell on the ground, the lamp shadow swayed, and there was a figure beside her, stretching.

"You are still not afraid when you see me again." The voice said in the ear, "You are so brave, little girl."

When she was a child, she didn't know whether she was awake or dreaming. She would say some strange things in front of people, or she felt that she was not herself and talked to other people she had become, causing others to be scared, and she also acted like a madman.

Later, she learned not to speak, not to respond, and to act as if the weirdness didn't exist, so that others wouldn't think you were weird.

But that's just self-deception.

The weirdness already exists, and it won't go away if you don't respond or speak.

"It's not that I'm not afraid." Bai Li said slowly, "I had expected this."

She put down the book in her hand and looked at the silhouette of the person on the ground.

"After all, I want to use your existence to get rid of Shen Qing, and use you as bait to control Shen Qing."

"Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other. There are gains and losses. How can I have everything go as I wish?"

The voice in her ears laughed, and the figure on the ground swayed as well, and she made big movements when she laughed.

"You little girl is interesting. When someone harms you, you don't complain and immediately retaliate with tooth. Even if you pay the price and cause more trouble, you won't hesitate."

Bai Li said: "You want to say that I don't care about what I do."

The figure smiled again: "It's good to ignore it, I like it very much."

Bai Li nodded and smiled: "I like it too. Anyway, now it's not others who control my body, but me who controls myself."

She said waving her hands.

With her waving, the lights on the side were instantly extinguished, and the figures on the ground were swallowed up by the night.

There were no voices in my ears, only the singing, dancing and laughter in the building could be heard faintly through the cracks in the door.

Bai Li looked at the sleeping Shangguan Yue, covered him with a quilt, and lay down on the mattress next to him.

Although she didn't know what Jiang Mian'er's condition was, she was indeed not afraid.

So what?

As Shangguan Yue said, "I'm already like this, what else do I have to fear? No matter how bad the outcome is, how bad can it be? It's just death."

Isn't it just turning into a monster?

She has been a monster in the eyes of the world since she was born.

The thought flashed through her mind and she couldn't help but laugh again.

Well, Zhou Jingyun has been an immortal in the eyes of the world since he was born.

She and he are in the same sky and on the earth, which can be regarded as a distant match.

Thoughts flashed through her mind, and Bai Li lowered her lips again. Why did she think of Zhou Jingyun at this time? Was it her, or...

But the next moment, the corners of her mouth curved again.

Of course, she thought that she was the one who really lived with Zhou Jingyun in the name of husband and wife, and she thought he deserved it.

Bai Li closed his eyes with a smile on his lips.