White Fence Dream

Chapter 192 Voice
The sound of the Sanqing Bell echoed in my ears.

This was stolen from Wang Tong. Shangguan Yue said that it would make a sound when one entered a maze, and once it made a sound, the maze would be dispelled and clarity would be restored.

She knew that Bai Ying also had one. Every time she approached him in an illusion, the bell would make a sound, alerting Bai Ying and causing the illusion to dissipate.

But what's going on now?

The Sanqing Bell rang, and the self in the mirror turned into Queen Jiang.

In other words, what she saw in the mirror was an illusion, and she was no longer herself? And what she saw now was her true appearance?
The appearance is Bai Li, the inside is Queen Jiang, Jiang Mian'er.

"Ali, I'm staying on the boat tonight."

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

Bai Li withdrew his gaze from the mirror and turned to look at the door. The lights on the boat were lit, and Shangguan Yue was standing under the lights, shining brightly, and the expression on her face was clear.

He said with a smile: "I want to spend one more night with you all. I can't just abandon this building without saying a word..."

As he was talking, he probably noticed that Bai Li's expression was not right. 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." Then he pointed at himself and said, "You go first, I'll take a shower and change clothes and then come over."

Shangguan Yue looked at her again, and indeed, apart from a moment of stunned expression, there was nothing unusual about her: "Okay." He smiled again, "I have a lot to tell you today."

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

Bai Li slowly turned her head back. The Sanqing Bell was no longer ringing, but the person in the mirror was still smiling at her with his chin propped up.

"This is the emperor's eldest grandson," she said, tilting her head slightly to look over the white fence toward the door. "The child has grown up and is much more handsome than his useless father, the crown prince."

Bai Li stared at the mirror motionlessly, slowly letting her hair down, and the person in the mirror also let his hair down.

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

The person in the mirror seemed to be pouting, and the next moment his facial features wrinkled and blurred, and then returned to normal.

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

That face was no longer Queen Jiang, but myself.

The Sanqing Bell hanging around her waist did not ring again, as if everything that happened before was just an illusion.

……

……

Bai Li came to the hall, which was full of noise.

Only a few people on the ship knew Shangguan Yue's true identity, and everyone else just thought she was the concubine of the prince consort.

Originally, he thought that being recognized by the princess as her son was the highest status he could have in his life, but he did not expect that he was actually the son of the former crown prince and the eldest grandson of the Zhou royal family.

The people on the ship were excited and awed, and congratulated one after another.

The two stewards told how the princess and her husband had put on a show to hide the child. Now the emperor had thoroughly investigated Mrs. Du and found out that the former prince was framed. The young master could finally restore his identity.

Everyone cried and laughed as the story was told.

However, Shangguan Yue just sat there and listened with a smile, without saying much. When she saw Bai Li coming out, she quickly raised her hand to greet him.

Bai Li walked over and sat next to him.

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

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

Shangguan Yue nodded: "I really want to go." She smiled and said, "I can finally fulfill my filial duty to my mother in an open and aboveboard manner."

He has not properly paid tribute to his mother for all these years. Her burnt body is scattered in Yongxingfang, and her soul has nowhere to go.

Now we finally have a tomb and a memorial tablet.

Bai Li thought about the dream in which Li Yu cried and looked for his mother as soon as he was woken up, and nodded: "Your mother must be thinking about you too."

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

As he spoke, he took off a token and handed it to Bai Li.

"The building ship is an open business, belonging to Prince Consort Shangguan, and no one can easily touch it, but the profits belong to me alone, and they will be yours in the future, and you can decide for yourself."

Having said this he lowered his voice again.

"Yuqingtang is a secret business. Zhang Ze must have guessed it. I asked Manager Cai and the others to disperse first."

Bai Li nodded and took the token.

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

Everyone's eyes turned to Bai Li.

This maidservant had only been here for a short time, and the young master never introduced her background, and no one even knew her name. But everyone knew that the young master valued her very much, and she was like the master of the ship.

As expected, he has now become the owner of the ship.

"Greetings, Miss Bai." Everyone bowed.

Bai Li said, "The rules don't need to be changed. Everyone should continue to do what they are supposed to do, and there is no need to ask me." He smiled and said, "Just tell me when you have any trouble."

Shangguan Yue smiled and raised her hand to salute respectfully: "With Miss Bai here, there is nothing to worry about."

Everyone in the hall hurriedly bowed and shouted, "Thank you, Miss Bai, for making everything go smoothly for us."

These words were so profound that Jixiang couldn't help but look at Bai Li who was sitting there, but the young lady's expression didn't change at all.

How can there be true freedom from worry in this world? The reason why I have great worries is that I have a body. If I have no body, what worries do I have? So if I have worries, then I can be considered free from worries.

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

"The ship is not welcoming guests tonight, so everyone can be a guest and have fun," she said.

Cheers rang out in the hall.

"Jixiang, you should go and play too." Shangguan Yue said to Jixiang who was standing beside her.

Jixiang said "oh" and wanted to say that he didn't want to go and wanted to serve the young master, but he saw Shangguan Yue went to get snacks and drinks by herself, and called Bai Li, "Let's go back to the room to eat." Forget it, the young master was busy serving this young lady Bai, so he didn't want him to be in the way.

The February night breeze, carrying the damp chill of the river water, lingered inside the room through the windows.

Shangguan Yue was lying on the ground with a thick mattress covering it, looking at the flickering lights in the room with a leisurely expression.

"Although your identity has been restored, you will face more troubles than before." Bai Li said, "Before, only Princess Jin Yu disliked it, but I'm afraid that many people will dislike it next time."

Shangguan Yue put his arms behind his head and said, "I know, and His Majesty will come to his senses and know that I was the one who fueled the Du case. He will be jealous of me, but so what..." He smiled at Bai Li, "I'm already like this, what else should I be afraid of? How bad can the result be? It's just death."

Bai Li smiled and said, "You died once, so you should be luckier this time."

Shangguan Yue sighed: "You are wrong, I didn't die once, I died twice."

Bai Li laughed and reached out to pick up the book beside him: "Yes, then have a good sleep and stay alert."

Shangguan Yue nodded, lay down seriously, and watched Bai Li reading with his head down.

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

Bai Li stopped and looked at him with a questioning look.

Shangguan Yue smiled again and shook her head: "No, I will stay in good spirits." Then she closed her eyes.

What he actually wanted to say was that once he was granted the palace, he would take her in to live with him.

But I feel that I can’t say that.

His identity was unknown on the ship, and her identity was also unknown. It didn't matter whether she was treated as a maid or something else.

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

She said that she and Zhou Jingyun had a fake marriage to enter the Dongyang Marquis's Mansion, so in the future she would move into his palace...
He must give her a real wedding.

As the thought flashed through his mind, Shangguan Yue felt shy and uneasy. He clenched his fists, turned over and lay on his side, closing his eyes tightly, trying not to let Bai Li see what he was thinking.

At least until you can do that, don't cause her any more trouble.

Bai Li noticed that Shangguan Yue was in a strange mood, but he didn't care too much. After achieving his long-cherished wish, he was faced with various new problems, so his mood must be in turmoil.

The sound of her recitation became softer, and as the incense curled up into the air, 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 as if I saw the little child in the dreamless world again.

Come to think of it, it feels like I haven't seen him for a long time.

I don’t know if the dreamless state still exists. Last time, Shangguan Yue’s dream was no longer stable.

I don’t know what I look like now in the dreamless world.

As the thought flashed through her mind, her hand holding the book stiffened slightly, and she heard a voice in her ears.

"….Actually, it's the same. Whatever it is now, it will be what you see in the dreamless realm. After all, this time it's not forced upon you by outsiders, it's what you think of yourself."

The Sanqing Bell on her waist did not ring. Bai Li's eyes fell on the ground. The light was shaking, and there was a figure beside her, stretching.

"You're still not afraid after seeing me again." The voice said in my ear, "You are really brave, little girl."

When she was a child, she didn't know whether she was awake or dreaming. She would say strange things in front of people, or she would feel that she was not herself and talk to other people she had transformed into, which scared others and made her look like a lunatic.

Later she learned not to speak, not to respond, and to pretend that the weirdness didn't exist, so that others wouldn't think she was weird.

But that is just deceiving yourself.

The weirdness already exists, and it won't disappear if you don't respond or talk about it.

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

She put down the book in her hand and looked at the shadow reflected 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."

“Good fortune and bad fortune go hand in hand, there is gain and loss, how can I have everything I want?”

The voice in my ear laughed, and the figure on the ground swayed with it, and her laughter was very loud.

"You are an interesting girl. When someone hurts you, you don't complain but immediately fight back. Even if it costs you a price and brings you more trouble, you are willing to do it."

Bai Li said, "You mean to say that I don't care about what I do?"

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

Bai Li nodded and smiled: "I like it too. No matter what, now it's not someone else who controls my body, but I control myself."

She said, waving her hand.

As she waved, the lights nearby went out instantly, and the figure on the ground was swallowed up by the night.

There was no more talking in my ears, only the sounds of singing, dancing and laughter from the boat could be heard faintly through the crack 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 not afraid.

so what?

Just as Shangguan Yue said, "I'm already in this state, what do I have to be afraid of? How bad can the outcome 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 regarded as an immortal in the eyes of the world since he was born.

She and he, one is in heaven and the other is in hell, which can be considered a match.

The thought flashed through her mind, and Bai Li's mouth dropped again. Why did she think of Zhou Jingyun at this time? Was it her thought, or...
But the next moment, the corners of her mouth curved again.

Of course she did. It was she who truly lived with Zhou Jingyun as husband and wife, so she thought it was natural for him to do so.

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