White Hedge Dream

Chapter 205 First meeting

The lights were lit indoors, Zhou Jingyun looked around, where were the teapots and cups? What tea is prepared here? Is there hot water?

I felt a little at a loss for a while.

He just locked Mrs. Zhuang here, guarded by Jiang Yun, and bought another old woman to cook.

At this time, the old woman was still sleeping.

It was also his first time entering this room.

There's definitely no good tea here.

"I heard that you took her away, but I didn't know that you brought someone to the capital." A female voice sounded from behind, "...sit down, let's sit down and talk."

Zhou Jingyun took a deep breath, tea was a trivial matter, and she never cared about it.

"Okay." He said, walked over and sat down next to her.

He looked at her.

She was wearing the dress of a palace maid. She was seventeen or eighteen years old, with a slender figure, fair complexion, and beautiful eyebrows.

Seeing him looking over, she smiled, stood up, and curtsied: "Prince Zhou, this is the first time we meet, my little girl Bai Li."

First meeting.

Zhou Jingyun thought, indeed, this was the first time they met at this moment.

At Zhuang Feizi's place, when they first met, she had a made-up face, which was not the real her.

We were in the palace just now. It was such a hectic, tense and hurried occasion, and of course it was not considered a formal meeting.

Zhou Jingyun couldn't help but smile and stood up: "I've heard about Miss Bai's name for a long time. It's an honor to meet her today."

Have you heard about it for a long time? Bai Li looked at him, as if he had said before that Mrs. Zhuang had written to him about it when he first met her.

Thinking of the previous time, Bai Li smiled: "Your Majesty, sit down and talk. After all, we don't really know each other."

It had only been more than a month since they separated. Zhou Jingyun smiled and looked at her: "Is it going well for you to come out?"

Bai Li nodded and stroked his chest and let out a long breath: "It went well." He said with a smile on his face, "Especially when I meet you, otherwise I may not be able to escape smoothly this time."

Zhou Jingyun smiled and shook his head: "It must be possible. When you did this, you didn't know that I would be there."

His eyes were a little concerned.

It must have been a hard time for her to be alone.

"Have you been staring at Bai Ying and Zhang Ze?"

Bai Li nodded and said with a smile: "Not only that, I'm still staring at Shen Qing. Now Shen Qing has listened to my orders."

Perhaps because there was no mask between her, unlike Zhuang Li's calm demeanor at that time, her expression was very agile, brisk, joyful, and unabashedly proud.

She actually dared to contact Shen Qing. Judging from her expression, she seemed not to care about Shen Qing.

Yes, she just said that she should have known about Mrs. Zhuang being taken away from Shen Qing.

Zhou Jingyun looked at her and sighed sincerely: "Awesome."

Bai Li smiled, then thought of something, and asked: "Mother, ahem, no, is Mrs. Dongyang Hou okay?"

Zhou Jingyun thought to herself that the life they had together had left a mark on her. It was not like a dream. When she woke up, there was no trace. She was completely abandoned. She would still call her mother.

He gently shook the hand on his knee and said, "My mother was very sad at first."

Bai Li apologized: "It was too sudden. In order not to arouse suspicion, I didn't tell her the truth in advance. It was a huge blow to her."

"Don't worry, I told her." Zhou Jingyun said hurriedly, telling the story of his confession to Mrs. Dongyang Hou, and smiled again, "So she is not sad now and has enough strength to hate me."

There is nothing to worry about. Bai Li looked at him angrily, not happy, but there was nothing she could do. She sighed: "I will explain and apologize to her in person when I have the chance."

When he said this, footsteps and greetings sounded outside the door: "Your Majesty, the tea soup is ready."

This was the voice of the old servant, probably aroused by Jiang Yun.

Zhou Jingyun opened the door, and the old maid brought in hot tea, and asked: "What do the prince and the lady want to eat? The old woman will do it."

At this time, the night has faded and the morning light is getting brighter.

Zhou Jingyun looked at Bai Li and thought of something: "You didn't eat last night, did you?"

Bai Li nodded: "I really didn't bother to eat." Looking at the servant girl, "I can eat whatever I have."

Before the words were spoken, Zhou Jingyun had already taken over and said to the servant girl, "No need." After that, he said to Bai Li, "I'm going out to buy some. This is near Zhang's Shop. Their pancakes are delicious. You can try them." ”

Bai Li was about to say something, but Zhou Jingyun had already strode out with his cloak.

"Wait a minute." Bai Li said hurriedly.

Zhou Jingyun stopped in the yard and turned around, and saw Bai Li taking the teapot from the old servant woman's hand, pouring a bowl of tea soup, and walking out quickly holding it.

"You have a bowl of hot tea and soup before you go." She said, looking at Zhou Jingyun's slightly pale face in the morning light, "You have been standing guard in the palace, and you have been cold and hungry all night."

Zhou Jingyun smiled: "I also drank it in the palace."

Although he said this, he still took the tea soup bowl and drank it in one gulp. Perhaps because it was too hot, a blush appeared on his fair face. He handed the bowl to Bai Li. As soon as he turned around, he saw that he was already standing in the doorway. Jiang Yun woke up.

Jiang Yun's eyes widened: "This is..."

Before he could say anything, he was pulled by Zhou Jingyun's arm and led out of the door. His low and thoughtful voice was blocked by the door panel.

Bai Li couldn't help but smile. How was he going to explain to Jiang Yun? Is the young lady resurrected from the dead or has a new love?

"Grandma Xu." A woman's voice came from behind.

Bai Li stiffened, this voice was all too familiar to her, and she seemed to be able to see Mrs. Zhuang's appearance without turning around.

She didn't want to see it now.

Bai Li straightened his shoulders and remained motionless. The servant girl responded and passed by, blocking her sight and only hearing her whisper. “…..There is goat milk in the East Market…”

"Yes, ma'am."

Yes, Bai Li thought, she had forgotten just now that she had a child.

She should take a look at that child.

Zhou Jingyun is the same, how to bring the child to her...

"My daughter is still sleeping. I'll eat later. You don't have to worry about tea and rice." Mrs. Zhuang's voice came again.

As the maid responded, the door closed gently, and Mrs. Zhuang's sight disappeared.

The child was still sleeping, so don't look at it for now. Bai Li relaxed his shoulders and walked back to the previous room. He took a look before entering the door. There was no sound at Mrs. Zhuang's place.

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Zhou Jingyun quickly ran back from the market, feeling a little happy that he had chosen this place to house Mrs. Zhuang. He originally thought it would be a better place to hide people in the busy city, but now it seems that it is more convenient to buy food for Baili.

But after entering the courtyard gate, the maid stopped him and gestured to the room: "That young lady is asleep."

He said and handed over a quilt.

"The lady asked you to cover it."

Mrs. Zhuang knew that Bai Li was resisting her now and couldn't see her, so she didn't bother her... Zhou Jingyun glanced at where Mrs. Zhuang was and saw that the door was open and Mrs. Zhuang was sitting in the hall, holding a baby and feeding something.

"I bought goat's milk." the maid whispered, "Madam said it would be best for the young master to find a wet nurse."

Zhou Jingyun hummed: "It will be delivered tomorrow." After saying that, he handed the food he bought to the servant woman and took the quilt himself, "I will warm it up when I wake up."

The maid responded, and Zhou Jingyun entered the room with the quilt in his arms. He saw the woman leaning on the Arhat bed, holding a pillow in her hand, and drank half of the tea on the small table beside her.

He seemed very sleepy.

She actually fell asleep in a strange place, and she slept so deeply. The whispers outside and the sound of his footsteps entering the door didn't wake her up.

Zhou Jingyun looked at the sleeping Bai Li, or maybe he was in a strange place.

Thoughts flashed across his mind, and he couldn't help but put his hand to his nose and looked away.

Indeed, this place can be regarded as his residence. She once was his wife, so as a wife, she is no stranger to her husband's residence, and of course she feels at ease.

Zhou Jingyun took a deep breath and walked over gently, covering him with the quilt. He felt that the disturbed woman moved and opened her eyes.

"Zhou Jingyun." She looked at the person leaning closer and muttered, "You drink tea first."

Are you awake? Zhou Jingyun stood up straight and looked at the tea on the table: "Okay, I'll drink..." Then he looked up and saw Bai Li let go of the pillow in his arms, hugged the quilt, turned over and fell asleep again.

Not awake yet, Zhou Jingyun burst out laughing, half asleep and half awake thinking about letting him drink hot tea?

He looked at the man in front of him who was covered by a quilt, with only the black bun showing, and a smile spread in his eyes.

He sat down, took the warm kettle from the small charcoal stove, poured a cup of tea, held it in his hand and drank it slowly, one sip at a time. He felt warm from head to toe.

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The sun was shining brightly, and Mrs. Zhuang hung the washed diapers to dry in the yard.

"Madam, madam." The maid waved to her softly and pointed to the room here.

Mrs. Zhuang came over and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? Don't disturb them. If something happens, the young master will speak."

The servant woman whispered: "They are all asleep."

Everyone... Mrs. Zhuang came closer and looked in through the crack of the window. She saw two people lying on the Luohan bed by the window. One person was wrapped in a quilt and sleeping on one end, while Zhou Jingyun was sleeping on the other side with a cloak. There is a small tea table in the middle.

"Cover the young master with a quilt." the servant woman asked softly.

Mrs. Zhuang waved her hand and whispered: "It's not that cold in the house. If it's cold, just freeze it. It's okay. Don't wake them up. Let them have a good rest."

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Dusk enveloped the imperial mausoleum.

Li Yu slowly walked out of the palace gate and saw one more person besides Cai Songnian waiting outside.

"Jixiang." Li Yu said, "Why are you here?"

Cai Songnian was the first to say, "Concubine Bai gave birth to a prince."

Li Yu said: "It's either a boy or a girl, which is expected."

She laughed as she said this, feeling that the words were quite funny. When she went back and saw Bai Li, she would tell her again.

After that, look at the auspiciousness.

"Why are you here?"

"Just to tell you this new news." Cai Songnian said, with a bit of joy, "Your Majesty is very happy to have a prince, and your title should also be decided."

Li Yu stopped and the smile on his face disappeared. He only looked at Ji Xiang and asked, "What's the matter with Miss Bai?"

Jixiang couldn't bear it any longer and stammered: "She, she's gone."

Missing? What does it mean?

"I haven't been back all day and night," Jixiang said.

Cai Songnian scolded with a stern face: "She was not originally from the building boat. In the past, she was always elusive. She didn't come back all day and night. Maybe she was busy with her own business, or you could go look for her and come to the imperial mausoleum to tell the young master what to say. Do you want the young master?" Find someone in person? What are you doing to support you—Hey, Master, where are you going—"

Li Yu strode towards the outside of the imperial mausoleum and disappeared in the afterglow of the setting sun in a blink of an eye.