White Hedge Dream

Chapter 196 Excessive

The Imperial Tomb at the end of February was a bit colder than other places because it was located among the rolling hills.

Cai Songnian no longer dressed up as a rich man or a woman. Now he was waiting outside the sacred wall in the clothes of a chamberlain.

Because the Du family case exposed Yu Qingtang to Zhang Ze, Yu Qingtang quietly dispersed in advance.

Some people went to the boat, and Cai Songnian pretended to be the servant sent by the princess's mansion to look after Shangguan Yue.

No, the young master should be called Li Yu now.

The palace door in front slowly opened, and a young man wearing a plain white robe walked out slowly.

"Young Master." Cai Songnian hurriedly greeted him.

Li Yu's face was pale, and his thin lips had lost all color.

After arriving at the imperial mausoleum, he spent more than half of his time guarding his parents' coffins and the other half of his time cleaning the tombs of his ancestors. To be honest, this was the first time in his life that he had suffered like this.

"Sir, please take the stove quickly." Cai Songnian handed the stove over and whispered, "Young Master, just sit quietly in front of the mausoleum. We will do the other things."

Li Yu said: "It's colder sitting down, so it's better to move around." He also signaled to Cai Songnian not to make a fuss, "I just look a little delicate, just for others to see."

While talking, he returned to the palace room of the Mausoleum Guard Hall. A chamberlain had already prepared hot tea soup. Li Yu took it and drank a bowl, the blood color on his porcelain-white face softened.

"The Queen is dead." Cai Songnian told the new news, "Because His Majesty insisted on disposing of the Yang family, the Queen committed suicide in exchange for the Yang family's survival."

Li Yu was not surprised at all: "It's only a matter of time that Your Majesty won't tolerate the Yang family. I thought Queen Yang could survive."

"Empress Yang was raised by her family. She also knew that her foundation before the emperor was the support of her family. Without her father and brother, what's the point of being a queen? She might as well die." Cai Songnian said, lowering his voice again Voice, "One of the chamberlains saw Empress Yang cursing His Majesty before she hanged herself. He prayed for Empress Chiang's return and asked her to kill the emperor... The chamberlain had already been dealt with. He only said that it was Empress Chiang's ghost that was causing trouble. He was so frightened that he went crazy."

Li Yu seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "Anyway, all the troubles are caused by Empress Chiang."

Cai Songnian didn't care about this, he only frowned and worried: "Once the Queen dies, your title will be postponed again."

Li Yuhun didn't care: "It's a trivial matter, as long as the world knows about my existence." He then asked, "Where's the boat on the building? How about A Li?"

Being banned is a trivial matter, but Miss Bai’s matter is a big deal? Cai Songnian muttered in his heart: "That's it. He said he called her when something happened. He always went out and wandered around during the day. At night, after welcoming guests and sailing the ship, he came out to show his face and then went back to sleep without caring about anything."

Li Yuxiao said, "It's good if I can sleep." He sighed softly, "Is she bored?" He looked around and asked for a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, "I'll write her a letter and talk."

It’s boring to be in the imperial mausoleum, what can I say? Cai Songnian frowned and watched Li Yu walk to the desk and quickly took out a book: "This is the family that has visited the princess these days."

Li Yu sat down and spread out the letter paper without raising his head: "Just keep an eye on it."

Nowadays, Princess Jinyu is prosperous, her status in front of His Majesty is getting more and more important, and more and more people are becoming her disciples and making friends with her.

They also need to know which ones are useful and which ones they should be wary of.

"This is different from those. This one still has to be chosen by the young master." Cai Songnian said.

Pick one you like? That's wrong. I should say pick the ones that are useful. Li Yu frowned and took the booklet. He opened it and took a look at it. He saw that it said on it that the ancestors of such and such a family in such and such a place served as father and brother. How old is the woman...

"What is this?" he asked with a frown.

"You are not yet married. After becoming a county queen, it's time to consider starting a family." Cai Songnian said, "These are some of the families who come to the princess these days to ask for marriage with you..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yu threw the book away with a look of disgust.

"Something," he said.

Cai Songnian was stunned and hurriedly went to pick it up: "This is inevitable. Master, your status is different now."

Li Yu frowned. He wanted to say that it wasn't anyone else's turn to make the decision, but then he thought about it. Now this identity is probably more likely to be decided by many people...

"In addition to Princess Jinyu, Your Majesty will probably also have to consider it." Cai Songnian said from the side. "Although Your Majesty can't care about it now, when the Yang family's affairs are settled, he will definitely come back to his senses and be wary of you. Princess Jinyu will also definitely be concerned about the marriage. I’ll put my own people in for you, Master, and we have to deal with it.”

If you can't stop it, you have to take the first step and select an in-law who can help form an alliance.

Li Yu put away his disgust and nodded: "Yes, you need to think about it carefully."

Knowing that the young master is a sober person, the young master did not write another letter to that irrelevant Bai Li. He sat in a trance, probably thinking about this matter. Cai Songnian stepped away with some relief.

The room became quiet, and the chill came in through the windows and doors, sweeping away the heat from the charcoal fire. It made people feel chilly from time to time, and it also kept people calm.

Instead of asking anyone to add fuel to the brazier, Li Yu untied his robe to make himself more awake.

It's time to think carefully about how to marry Bai Li under the eyes of Princess Jinyu and His Majesty.

Bai Li's identity is a big problem, and his identity is also a big problem.

But no matter how big the problem is, he is not afraid. Bai Li said that he is a very lucky person.

A smile appeared on Li Yu's lips.

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Bai Li stood in the East Market and saw two maids walking together, chatting and laughing. He was a little surprised but also very happy.

Sure enough, the capital is not that big, so if you go shopping in familiar places, you can meet acquaintances.

Chunhong was a little sleepy. She looked around from time to time. She always felt that everyone was looking at her, so she couldn't help but quicken her pace: "Just let the kitchen prepare whatever snacks you want. The Queen is newly mourned now, and it's a mess outside."

Chunyue frowned and scolded her in a low voice: "Your Majesty only likes to eat snacks from that family. Besides, what does the chaos outside have to do with us? Why do you feel guilty? The Queen's death was due to the treason of the Yang family and his son, and it has nothing to do with the Crown Prince."

Chunhong hurriedly answered yes, then looked around: "Please keep your voice down." The next moment, she froze and lowered her head, "Someone is laughing at us."

Chunyue subconsciously raised her head and saw a girl standing on the corner of the street, carrying a bamboo basket, wearing an apricot-yellow skirt and a single snail bun, adding a bit of spring to February.

She wears a power fence on her head. When the power fence is lifted, she can see her bright smile like a pearl.

Seeing Chunyue looking over, she reached out and took out a branch from the basket, shaking it with a smile.

Chunyue was a little dazed, and on the street, there were women, baskets, and flower branches, smiling and saying hello, so this is... a flower seller.

Chun Yue was about to wave her hand and refuse, but she wanted the flower for no reason. Perhaps the girl's smile was so pretty that she couldn't bear to refuse. She couldn't help but walked over and asked, "How much does one flower cost?"

Chunhong pulled her behind and murmured in a low voice: "Everything sold during this season is unavailable, don't be fooled."

But as he spoke, he stood in front of the girl. The flower girl did not enthusiastically sell flowers. Instead, she smiled and looked at the basket in their hands: "What did you buy?"

Chun Yue subconsciously replied: "Touhua Ci."

The girl murmured: "Don't he like sweets?"

Chunyue said: "I have always been used to eating snacks recently."

The girl was about to say something, but she suddenly frowned, and a trace of regret flashed across her expression. Then she seemed to be muttering something to herself to the flower branch in her hand, then she gently stroked it with her hand, and then handed it over with a smile: "For you."

Chunyue took the flower branch in a daze and watched the girl turn and walk away. The next moment she disappeared from sight, as if something crossed her memory and became blurry.

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Zhou Jingyun came out of the shower and changed clothes and saw a plate of snacks on the table. In fact, he doesn't eat snacks, but he is used to having them in the house...

Zhou Jingyun's eyes passed by, and the man came over, stretched out his hand, picked up a piece and took a bite.

"Your Majesty," the maid's voice sounded from behind, "We bought an apricot flower, do you like it?"

Apricot blossom?

It was not yet time for the apricot blossoms to bloom. Zhou Jingyun turned his head and saw Chun Yue standing behind him, holding a vase with a flower branch in it.

Is this apricot blossom? Zhou Jingyun thought, as the thoughts flashed through his mind, a delicate fragrance floated in his breath, and at the same time, little buds bloomed on the flower branches in his sight.

The flowers are blooming!

Zhou Jingyun was stunned.

There are more and more apricot blossoms blooming in sight, and it seems that the wind is blowing, and the petals of the apricot blossoms are scattered in all directions.

Zhou Jingyun couldn't help but stretched out his hand, and the white and tender petals fell on his hand. The next moment, his palms became cold, and he shuddered. His palms were empty. He raised his head, and there were no flowers blooming in front of him.

The maid Chunyue held a vase with a flower branch in it.

There are indeed buds on the flower branches.

this…

"Your Majesty, I bought a flower branch on the street." Chunyue said, "I'll put it up."

Chunhong said at the side: "I think I was fooled. It won't bloom. The buds will fall off after a few days."

As he finished speaking, he saw Zhou Jingyun holding snacks in one hand and looking at them in surprise.

"Prince?" The two maids were stunned for a moment.

What's wrong?

What's wrong? Zhou Jingyun looked at them: "You didn't see it just now..."

He stopped speaking, as if he didn't know what to say.

Chunyue was puzzled: "What did you see?"

They didn't see it, Zhou Jingyun thought to himself, was this just his hallucination?

Is it true or false? Are you making assumptions?

He raised his hand and pressed his forehead, but this time he didn't have a splitting headache or a dazed and uncomfortable feeling. Instead, he felt refreshed and inexplicably happy.

"Where did you buy this?" he asked.

"East City."

"I told you that the flower girl was a liar. Don't be fooled. It's too early to cut apricot branches at this time, and the flower buds will die."

"She doesn't look like a liar, her smile is sincere."

The voices of the two maids, Dongshi, Flower Girl, made his heart beat like a drum.

Is it her?

Zhou Jingyun raised his feet and walked out.

Chunyue and Chunhong's conversation was interrupted: "Hey, Crown Prince, where are you going?"

Zhou Jingyun had already lifted the curtain and walked out, leaving only one sentence floating from the outside: "I'm going out for a walk."

Where to go at this time?

The queen is mourning and the emperor is grieving. He wants civil and military officials to keep vigil for the queen for three days. The young master is going to the palace tonight.

Chunyue and Chunhong looked at each other.

Chunhong just said it. They were originally unpredictable about the prince's thoughts, and now the prince is even more elusive. Looking at the vase that Chunyue was still holding, she said, "Let's put it up first, whether it is open or not, well, the young lady was here before When I was young, I also planted branches.”

Yes, it was indeed placed. Chun Yue said "Hello" with a smile on her lips, holding a vase and placing it on the bookshelf.

…..

…..

It's an illusion.

Zhou Jingyun strode outside.

It is indeed an illusion.

It was an illusion she specially sent to him.

East Market.

Is she in Dongshi?

If he goes to Dongshi immediately now, can he see her in his hallucination?

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Watching the sunset getting further and further away, Ji Xiang frowned more and more while standing on the building boat. The people working on the dock were dispersing, and the evening drums had begun to beat, but Little Lady Bai, who was supposed to come back at this time in the past, never appeared.

"Is it lost?" a steward asked. "The coachman went to Dongshi several times to look for it, but he didn't see anyone."

Maybe ran away? Ji Xiang thought, he didn’t know where it fell in the first place…

"The important thing is that if she doesn't come back behind closed doors, she won't be able to leave the city. Should we still sail the ship?" asked another steward.

Ji Xiang stretched out his hand and pressed his head: "I think the more important thing is whether to tell the young master if she doesn't come back."

More importantly, after telling the young master, will the young master run back directly from the imperial mausoleum...

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Accompanied by the sound of dusk drums, dusk gradually opened, pedestrians walked in a hurry, and there were girls carrying bamboo baskets on the street rushing to make the last sales before the curfew.

But this was just the vague feeling of passers-by. In fact, the girl stood at the street intersection and did not move, watching a prison car covered with cloth passing by.

As vehicles pass by, the aroma that can only be smelled by Baili dissipates.

Shen Qing followed the instructions and found the place where Zhang Ze kept the pregnant woman, which was in the East City, and successfully placed her spices nearby.

She then came to the East Market and pretended to be a flower girl, watching the changes in Xiang.

I didn't expect to meet Chun Yue and Chun Hong.

Of course, Chunyue and Chunhong didn't recognize her.

Unfortunately, before she could say a few words, Xiang was touched. She followed the fragrance and watched the pregnant women being loaded into different cars and transported towards the imperial city.

It seems that Bai Ying is about to give birth.

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(End of this chapter)