White Hedge Dream

There was a small flower hall in Mrs. Hou's backyard with a table of dishes. Lu Jin was sitting alone, accompanied by his maid Yao Qin.

Xue Liu trotted in from the front.

"You haven't seen that when she meets these relatives at home, she acts like a mute. She doesn't say anything and lets the prince answer any questions asked by others." She said angrily.

"The prince is probably afraid that she will not give a comprehensive answer." Yao Qin said contemptuously, "I must be afraid that she will be embarrassed."

Xue Liu gritted her teeth and said, "What's the use? Do you have to speak for her all your life?"

Lu Jin lazily fiddled with the food. Although Mrs. Dongyang Hou stayed with her, she would not attend the family banquet without interest.

Adopted daughter and adopted daughter cannot be called a family.

Of course, even if she did go, no one would criticize her, but she didn't want to see Zhou Jingyun and his new wife.

Sure enough, it was right not to go. If she really wanted to be there, she would not be able to help but laugh when she saw Zhou Jingyun asking for help even when talking.

"Your Majesty noticed that I was not here. I wonder if I have asked yet." Xue Liu murmured, then resentfully said, "If I ask, she will definitely slander me!"

Lu Jin sat up straight: "That's not okay. To slander you is also to slander the third sister."

Xue Liu clenched her hands and gritted her teeth: "She's just bullying me. If she dares to say anything about our third wife, I will risk my life to tear her mouth apart!"

Lu Jin hurriedly reassured: "You can't do anything. She is the young lady now and the master. You should explain it to the prince."

Xue Liu clasped her hands and raised her feet and walked out.

Lu Jin followed her for a moment and stood up: "Let's go back first. My stepmother is tired today, so I won't disturb her anymore."

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….

"Young lady must be very tired, right?"

Aunt Mei looked at Zhuang Li who was sitting on the Luohan bed and asked with concern, then snatched the tea from Chunhong and brought it over.

"I never go out at home, but now I see so many people talking so much. Let's have some tea."

Zhuang Li took the tea and shook his head with a smile: "I'm not tired, and I didn't say a few words. The prince talks a lot."

"Yes, yes, the prince hasn't been back for a long time." Aunt Mei said, looking around wildly.

Zhuang Li saw her thoughts and originally asked her to come see Zhou Jingyun in the evening. Although she hadn't turned on the lamp yet, she could understand Aunt Mei's impatience.

After all, Aunt Mei is Zhou Jingyun's real person.

"The prince went to the study to sort out the things he brought back." Zhuang Li said, calling Chunhong again, "Go and ask when he will be back."

Aunt Mei blushed and murmured that she was here to serve the young lady.

Chunyue pushed her down and said, "Auntie, please stop taking our business."

While they were joking, Chunhong, who had just gone out, ran back again with a very ugly face and a little girl with her.

"Young Madam," the little girl said timidly, "I, I saw Xue Liu going to the study to meet the Crown Prince."

Aunt Mei stood up with a cry: "This maid is really..."

He swallowed the unpleasant words and looked at Zhuang Li.

"Young Madam, you can't indulge me." She said, and then suggested in a low voice, "Do you want to go see the Crown Prince to prevent Xue Liu from talking nonsense..."

Chun Yue said angrily: "What are you talking about, aunt? She is just a girl, worthy of the young lady running over."

If word spreads about being jealous of a girl, the young lady will lose face.

Aunt Mei said coquettishly: "I'm just worried about this girl Xueliu..." She gritted her teeth and lowered her voice, "The young lady asked the prince to take her in before she died."

However, the prince did not do this to protect his wife.

Now that he has a new wife, if Xueliu repeats what the young lady said, the prince will not be able to refuse.

All the lights in the study had been extinguished, leaving only the one in Feng'er's hand. The night wind swayed, the shadows swayed, and coupled with the cry of the woman kneeling on the ground, Feng'er couldn't help but shiver.

Should he continue to extinguish the lamp that is not extinguished now, or light the extinguished lamp?

Or should he put down the light and exit?

But the prince didn't speak either.

Zhou Jingyun also put his robe on his arms without putting it down. Looking at the woman kneeling on the ground, his eyes were blank for a moment, as if he didn't recognize who it was.

The prince hasn't been back for so long that he doesn't recognize her anymore?

"Your Majesty, my servant Xue Liu." Xue Liu sobbed.

She found out that the prince was in the study, waited until dark, avoided people, and walked in directly as Xue Liu.

The boy outside didn't dare to stop her.

After all, when Sanniang was here before, she walked straight into the prince's study like this and conveyed Sanniang's concerns. The prince would look at her with gentle eyes and nod.

But now the Crown Prince looked at her with a strange look, and felt that if she didn't tell her her name, the Crown Prince would have someone drag her out.

Zhou Jingyun's eyes showed surprise and he said, "It's Xue Liu."

Xue Liu sobbed and breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head and looked at Zhou Jingyun, biting her lip with tears in her eyes: "The prince doesn't even remember me."

Zhou Jingyun's eyes swept across her face and then forward. The lantern hanging outside the door gave off a soft light.

"Aren't you on duty with Madam?" he asked, "But what are Madam's orders?"

Xue Liu was stunned for a moment. The prince already knew that she had been driven away? Sure enough, the man named Zhuang had already filed a complaint first.

"Your Majesty, I was wronged." She knelt down and took a step forward, crying, "How could I be sowing trouble by answering Madam's question? Madam was always concerned about our wife at the time, and we also knew everything about Madam. Now someone else is telling me right and wrong, and I am not allowed to be here with the Crown Prince..." The more she spoke, the more aggrieved she became, and she fell to the ground crying.

"I came here with our wife, why should she drive me away?"

There was silence above. I wonder if there was anger brewing in this silence. Xue Liu was looking forward to it. The silence seemed to be long, but it seemed to be just a moment. Zhou Jingyun's voice fell.

"You don't want to be with Madam?"

It seemed different from what she had imagined. Xue Liu paused slightly in crying, but she couldn't directly say that she didn't want to serve the lady.

"The Crown Prince." She raised her head again, "Our wife asked me to stay and take care of the Crown Prince."

She said as tears fell from her eyes.

"If the prince doesn't need me anymore, I'd better go home."

Marrying a new wife and then driving her deceased wife home would really break up with Ding'anbo Mansion. She didn't believe that the prince would do this -

Zhou Jingyun looked at her and nodded: "Okay, then you can go back."

The prince's voice was gentle, but it sounded like thunder in his ears. Xue Liu was stunned and her ears were buzzing.

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…

Zhou Jingyun did not hide what happened here from Zhuang Li and asked Feng'er to come and tell Zhuang Li.

Of course, another way of saying it.

"Xue Liu came to ask for help from the Crown Prince and wanted to return to Ding An Bo Mansion. The Crown Prince agreed."

"The prince will tell the young lady that he will go to see the Marquis and his wife to discuss the matter. He will come back later and let the young lady rest first."

Zhuang Li nodded and said he understood. Chunyue quickly grabbed a handful of money and gave it to Feng'er: "Go buy some candies."

Feng'er ran away happily.

Zhuang Li looked at Aunt Mei: "You have to wait a little longer—"

Before she finished her words, Aunt Mei stood up and said, "I can't wait any longer. It's too late. Madam, please rest early so as not to disturb your rest."

After saying the salute, he hurriedly walked out.

She didn't believe that Xue Liu wanted to go back to Ding Anbo Mansion. If Xue Liu wanted to go back to Ding Anbo Mansion, she would have gone back when Lu Sanniang died. How could she wait until now?

He was obviously driven away.

Darling, the prince not only did not appease Xue Liu, but simply drove him away. Who is this for? For the sake of the young lady!

How dare she wait for the Crown Prince here? It would be terrible if the Crown Prince took one more look and got tired of her and drove her away.

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When Zhou Jingyun came back, the night was already dark.

Zhou Jingyun was a little surprised when he saw Zhuang Li sitting in a rocking chair, seemingly asleep.

"You can go to bed first." He said.

Chunyue lit up an extra lamp, making the two people's vision clearer.

Zhuang Li stood up from the rocking chair: "I can't fall asleep even if I lie down."

Chunhong Chunxiang came out of the inner room, saluted and said, "The bed is made."

Zhuang Li nodded: "Go down."

Chunyue and others retreated, leaving only the couple in the room, and it was quiet for a while.

"I still caused trouble for you." Zhuang Li said, "It disrupted your original life."

Zhou Jingyun, who was taking off his robe, looked at her and saw that the woman under the lamp looked a little apologetic.

"Send Xue Liu away?" Zhou Jingyun said, "I originally wanted to send her away, but I haven't cared about it in the past few years, and I haven't found a suitable excuse."

Speaking of which, he looked at Zhuang Li.

"I should apologize to you for letting you use this as an excuse to be hated."

That's true. It's true. Zhuang Li smiled and said, "Then I'll feel at ease."

Zhou Jingyun smiled, put his robe on the rack, and heard the female voice behind him again.

"There is one more thing I want to tell you so that you can feel more at ease."

What's up? Zhou Jingyun turned to look at her.

Zhuang Li looked at him and said, "I'm not a very good person."

Not a nice person?

What does it mean?