White Hedge Dream

Chapter 46 Night Question

The Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty is luxurious, and even the Cold Palace is not a run-down place. However, this palace has an iron fence as the door, and iron chains are wrapped around it. It is deserted, and even though it is gorgeous, it still looks desolate.

Several chamberlains shook the iron bars and the chains rattled.

"Come, come, your Majesty is here."

There are also guards in the cold palace, most of them are palace maids who have made mistakes and were sent here. It is equivalent to waiting for death here, so they are all lazy and don't know where they are.

After shouting several times, a white-haired palace maid stumbled over.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you here to pick me up?" she shouted, her eyes dimmed and her expression silly.

The emperor standing outside the door was startled and took a step back.

This is also his first time here.

Fortunately, the chamberlains stood in front of the door, blocking their view and preventing the palace maid from frightening the emperor.

"Go away."

"Let Mr. Bai come."

"The Board of Supervisors is asking questions."

The chamberlains did not dare to mention that His Majesty was here for fear of attracting more crazy women.

Zhang Ze also took a step forward and looked at the white-headed palace maid. He was not afraid or disgusted at all, but was very interested. He seemed to be comparing who was more crazy between the cold palace and the people in his cell.

Looking at her with such eyes, the half-crazy white-headed palace maid couldn't help but shrink her neck, turned around and ran back, shouting, "Bai, Bai, come out quickly, His Majesty is here to pick you up."

While shouting, he let out a weird laugh, which sounded like a ghost crying and a wolf howling in the cold palace at dusk.

The emperor felt a little regretful that he should not have come.

Hearing Zhang Ze say that he wanted to ask Concubine Bai, he remembered that he had not seen Concubine Bai since she entered the cold palace. In addition, the Bai Xun family had been eliminated, and his dislike for the Bai family in his heart had faded, so he suddenly wanted to come and take a look.

Concubine Bai came to him when she was just a teenager. She was well-behaved, talented and beautiful, and she stayed with him through the wandering and fearful nights.

However, if Concubine Bai also turned into such a ghost, it would be better not to see her. As she thought about it, accompanied by the crazy woman's strange smile, footsteps came from inside.

At this time, the last light of dusk dissipated, and the chamberlain beside the emperor had already prepared to light the lamp. It was dark in the cold palace, and only a white figure was seen floating over.

The emperor couldn't help but take a step back again.

The white figure also seemed a little scared. He stopped a few steps away, turned sideways, and covered his face with his sleeves.

Zhang Ze took a step forward, took out the bamboo slip book from his sleeve, and asked the figure: "Bai Ying, do you still have a sister? Why is it not in the book?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his body that had been turned sideways suddenly turned around, and the person rushed towards him, and the chains rattled in an instant.

The emperor was startled. The palace lantern in the hand of the chamberlain next to him swayed, illuminating the face of the person throwing himself on the iron fence.

The woman was in her mid-twenties, with fair complexion and colorless lips, like a ghost, but her eyebrows were like smoke and her eyes were like autumn water, and this ghost turned into a coquettish beauty.

Bai, who was held as a prisoner in the cold palace, turned out to be more beautiful than before.

The emperor looked stunned.

The pair of autumn eyes stared at Zhang Ze through the iron fence.

"She's not on the register?" The female voice was sharp, as if angry and frightened, "She ran away?"

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There was a soft sound of footsteps outside the window, and a bright light appeared, swaying to disperse the night that spread like water.

Zhuang Li turned around and saw that the maids were lighting lamps.

The lights in the main hall also turned on one by one.

Zhou Jingyun looked deeply at Zhuang Li. Because the maids were there, neither of them spoke anymore.

Zhou Jingyun lowered his head to look at the noodles in the bowl. It seemed to be a mess under the light. He stirred the chopsticks gently and the chaos dispersed. He picked up the thin noodles and ate it in one bite.

The maids finished lighting the lamps and left.

Zhou Jingyun raised his head and looked at the girl sitting opposite.

"Danger is danger, and grievance is grievance. They are two different things." He whispered, "And this danger is brought to my family by me and has nothing to do with you."

It has nothing to do with her, how could it have nothing to do with her, she is the danger herself.

Zhuang Li lowered his eyes to the tea in front of him. The tea was clear, and he seemed to have seen the previous time. At that time, she walked from the back corridor with medicine in hand to deliver it to Mr. Zhuang. When she arrived at the back door, she heard a stranger in the room call "Sir", and then Mr. Zhuang made a surprised voice.

"Jingyun, why are you here?"

"Sir, Zhang Zecha, you are here."

"Ah?" "Because of the Bai Xun case."

When she heard the word "Bai Xun", she stopped on the back porch and listened to Mr. Zhuang pacing, but she quickly sat down again and let out a laugh.

"It doesn't matter, what is supposed to come will come. Thank you for telling me. I know about this. You should leave quickly. That Zhang Zhe is involved in his hobby. Don't let him see you."

There were no footsteps inside.

"Sir, I can help you." The male voice said.

Mr. Zhuang smiled brightly: "I am alone, and I am a man who is about to enter the loess. Let him check it out. You are different. You are in your prime, and you have a family of Dongyang Houfu behind you. Don't say such things."

The room fell into silence.

It was time to see off the guests. When she heard this, she raised her feet again and prepared to go in, but the male voice came again.

"Is the girl next to Mrs. Zhuang related to Bai Xun?"

She froze at the back door, how did he know? She almost never appeared in front of people in the academy, and not many people in the academy had seen her.

Who is this man?

She couldn't help standing up on tiptoes and looking out of the back window. Because her husband was sitting on the Arhat bed in the side room, she could only vaguely see a handsome man standing with his back to him.

"How do you know?" Mr. Zhuang also asked.

But this doubt is undoubtedly admitted.

"Sir's illness suddenly worsened after the Bai Xun case. He asked for medicine everywhere and advertised it widely." The man with his back turned whispered, "I also thought that Madam once mentioned in a letter that she had received a rare cure. Disciple, that letter was written to me when you were traveling in Shuofang."

At this point, he seemed to smile.

"I just took a guess, but I guessed it right."

Mr. Zhuang laughed, reached out and pointed at the man: "You, you actually deceived me." He laughed at himself, "I'm still confused." After saying that, he nodded, "Yes, Bai Xun's young daughter is beside me, running away." Pass a tribulation.”

"Sure enough, sir, is he planning to cut off Zhang Zecha by dying of illness?"

Hearing this question, she stood on the back porch and lowered her gaze, looking at the medicine bowl in her hand. It was supposed to be a life-saving herbal medicine. It was as dark as a deep pool.

"This is not enough. Let me take Bai's daughter away."

The bowls and chopsticks were put down, the tabletop shook slightly, and the tea rippled. The memories of the past disappeared, and Zhuang Li raised his head and looked across.

Zhou Jingyun put down the bowl and chopsticks and took the brocade handkerchief to wipe the corners of his mouth.

"Although I rarely went out when I was at home, I left Shuofang with my husband and his wife. When I left, I even scratched off my name on the genealogy." Zhuang Li whispered, "But if the wild goose leaves traces, Zhang Ze will find me. ”

She said smiling here.

"What's more, I still have a sister alive."

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The bright lights outside the cold palace illuminated Bai Shi behind her. Bai Shi's wrists were so thin that they seemed to break at the first snap, but at this moment, the shaking iron fence made a loud noise.

"Why did you let her run away?"

"How could she run away?"

She asked sharply over and over again, making the ears of those around her ringing.

Zhang Zeba raised his voice: "She is not on the register!" After saying this, he stepped forward and held the iron railing.

His strength was a bit strong, and the railing that was shaken by Bai was immediately stabilized.

"Bai Ying, don't go crazy! Your Majesty is here!"

The white concubine's name is Ying.

The surnamed rebuke and His Majesty's presence shocked the frantic Bai Ying. Then she calmed down and looked past Zhang Ze with focused eyes to see the emperor standing not far away.

"Your Majesty." She whined, then turned around, covered her head and face with her sleeves, knelt down, and heard a sobbing voice, "This concubine has stained His Majesty's eyes."

Looking at Bai Ying, who was kneeling on the ground with her slender shoulders swaying, the emperor's previous fright faded away and was replaced by a trace of pity.

"You..." he said slowly, "answer Zhang Zhongcheng's questions well and don't hide anything for personal gain."

Bai Ying turned her back to the emperor and kowtowed, with a sad voice: "I know this, and I will never hide it."

Zhang Ze looked down at Bai Ying who was kneeling on the ground and asked, "Besides you, does Bai Xun have a daughter?"

"I do have a sister." Bai Ying's voice came in a low voice, "She is eleven years younger than me."

(End of chapter)