White Fence Dream

Chapter 230 Feeling
What does it feel like to be in a fantasy world?
Zhang Ze had experienced this before.

The feeling is real because the people and things in front of me are real.

But in some ways, it also tells you that this is fake, like there are people who should not exist in this world.

Zhang Ze looked at the woman sitting next to him, clenched his hands on his knees, and said nothing.

The woman smiled and pointed behind him: "It was a mistake for you to bring so many people here."

Zhang Ze looked behind him and saw that the sorcerers he brought with him were still moving their hands and looked alert, but their eyes were actually dull. It was obvious that they still could not prevent him from falling into hallucinations, just like before.

"You are skilled." He said slowly, "We are not as skilled as you."

The woman held out her hand and shook it gently.

The illusion was so real. Zhang Ze looked at the hands shaking in front of him. The nails were dyed red, white, bright, soft, yet powerful.

"No, the mistake I'm talking about is that you believed you would get into trouble before you came here," the female voice said, "You believed it, so who can stop you?"

Is that so? Zhang Ze thought, yes, he came here, indeed thinking of meeting her…
"How did you guess I was here?" the woman asked with interest.

Zhang Ze glanced at the person beside him. Li Yu was sitting sideways, leaning with his chin supported by his hand, with a smile on his face, looking into the hall. Zhou Jingyun beside him was concentrating and ignoring everything else.

"After you took the child away that night." Zhang Ze said, retracting his gaze to look at the baby girl sitting in the woman's arms.

The baby girl was yawning, and then she rubbed her head against the woman's arms...

"I don't have any milk for you." The woman said, picking up the baby girl and shaking her. "Sit still and don't move."

After saying that, he looked at Zhang Ze again and motioned for him to continue.

Zhang Ze looked at the baby girl struggling in her arms like a chicken, and continued, "…There were three officials who left the Queen's mourning hall early that night, including Zhou Jingyun. And yesterday, Li Yu, who was supposed to be locked up with Miss Zhu, was with him again. In this world, once can be a coincidence, but twice or three times is definitely man-made."

In addition, Zhou Jingyun has been frequenting the Hualou Boat recently.

He did not believe the rumors in the market. The rumors that Zhou Jingyun had become a dissolute person because of the death of his wife and now had feelings for the King of Chu were even more ridiculous.

Since it has nothing to do with love, there must be something going on since the two of them are gathered in one place.

So he came to take a look.

The woman smiled, looked at him and nodded: "You are indeed very perceptive. Bai Ying is lucky to have your help."

She was praising him, and Zhang Ze clenched his hands on his knees, but he would never ask that stupid question again...

"But, Zhang Ze, you can't catch me." The woman continued, "It's impossible to hold Zhou Jingyun and the King of Chu accountable. Your tricks are powerful and you can get rid of Queen Yang, but the King of Chu and Zhou Jingyun are still the emperor's faces. At least for now, you can't touch them without any evidence."

Zhang Ze looked at her and said coldly, "I'm not in a hurry. It will eventually pass."

The woman waved her hand, and Zhang Ze felt a flash of cold light before his eyes, and a sword was pressed against his throat.

"Have you ever thought that your current situation is difficult?" she said with a smile.

Zhang Ze subconsciously tensed his body. He could feel the coldness of the iron sword piercing his skin, and blood oozed out...
No, no, it's fake, it's all his imagination.

Warlocks have said that no one can kill anyone in a fantasy world; the only person who can kill oneself is oneself.

fake.

He looked at the woman in front of him. Her eyes were bright and there was a smile on her lips. That smile was relaxed, playful and cruel.

She is so real.

No, no, it was his imagination that made her so real.

What does it feel like to have your neck cut?
Blood gushed out.

Zhang Ze suffocated for a moment and subconsciously reached out to cover his neck.

No, don't think about it, put your hands down.

Otherwise he would strangle himself -

But human consciousness is very strange. Although it is clearly a thought generated by oneself, it is out of one’s control.

A baby started crying beside his ear, and at the same time, an external force suddenly strangled his eyes.

"Zhong Cheng! Don't look!"

"Oh, it's so troublesome to take care of a child. Come on, let's go find your nanny."

Shouts, voices, and the crying of a baby all mixed together in my ears.

Zhang Ze's eyes were covered by the white cloth, and he fell into darkness. The feeling of suffocation became even worse. He couldn't help but suddenly open his mouth and gasp for air. His whole body was trembling slightly, and noise came from all directions.

Someone held his shoulders and shook him: "Zhongcheng, Zhongcheng——"

Someone nearby was surprised: "Hey, what are you doing? Why are you strangling Zhongcheng with a cloth?"

There was a fan, warm fragrance, and chaotic laughter, noisy and real. Zhang Ze relaxed his shoulders, raised the hand that was clasped around his neck, and slowly reached up to grab a piece of white cloth covering his eyes.

"Zhongcheng, are you awake?" the man holding the white cloth in both hands asked nervously.

Zhang Ze nodded: "It's okay." The man then let go of his hand. Zhang Ze pulled the white cloth down and closed his eyes to relieve the pain in his eyes.

"Zhongcheng, this man is one of your own. Why did he suddenly attack you?" Li Yu's voice was still shouting in his ear, "This man is crazy and looks abnormal. Do you want me to help you deal with him?"

Zhang Ze opened his eyes and saw Li Yu looking at him. Although his words were caring, the expression on his face showed gloating.

"Don't worry, Your Highness." He said, and looked at Zhou Jingyun again.

Zhou Jingyun was also looking at him, his expression indifferent, and asked: "Does Zhongcheng not like watching this performance?"

These two people must know what happened to him, Zhang Ze thought to himself, but he didn't ask. He looked around. In the hall, white horses stepped on the wooden boards, and the drums and music made even louder sounds. The guests around were crazy and danced along. The maids coming and going were of all different looks.

There was no woman, and no child.

Of course there is, but it's not easy to find, even though it's a ship.

He has no advantage here.

Zhang Ze stood up slowly: "I don't like it." Then he gestured to the people behind him, "Let's go."

Li Yu cried out, "Zhongcheng, the boat has already sailed. I can't change the rules for you and sail the boat back. You know, gambling is prohibited in the capital..."

Zhang Ze ignored his nonsense and said, "I have my own boat, so I will just follow beside me."

Li Yu smiled: "Zhongcheng is really cautious."

……

……

As the last person stepped onto the boat, the boatman rowed the oars, and the boat, like a small fish, slowly moved away in front of the Hualou boat.

"Zhongcheng, welcome often--" On the boat in Hualou, Li Yu waved and said goodbye.

Zhang Ze stood at the bow and ignored it. He looked past Li Yu and saw the lights on the Hualou ship were so bright that his vision was blurry.

The woman did not reappear.

As he expected, the remnants of Empress Jiang who were skilled in magic were indeed hiding on the brothel boat.

Zhou Jingyun must know the existence of these people, after all, Zhou Jingyun is a member of Chiang's party.

Li Yu, are you colluding with the remnants of Chiang Kai-shek?

Are they going to support a new emperor and then let her...come back?

Can she really come back?

Isn't it just something they created?
When the morning light enveloped the room, Zhang Ze woke up from his bed and recalled last night as if it were a dream.

Perhaps, it was indeed a dream.

He coughed lightly, his throat feeling a little uncomfortable. Then he thought of something, stood up and walked to the bronze mirror, and saw some bruises on his neck, which were caused by his own hands.

So the suffocation at that time was indeed caused by him pinching himself.

but……

Zhang Ze narrowed his eyes, moved closer to the bronze mirror, and gently stroked his throat. He saw a spot of red on it, as if the skin was pierced.

This is true.

Could it be that at that time, apart from in the illusion, there was really someone sitting next to him in reality, with a knife against his throat?

While I was stunned, a questioning voice came from outside the door: "Zhongcheng."

Zhang Ze stood up straight, retracted his gaze from the mirror, and looked towards the door: "Come in."

An attendant pushed the door open and whispered, "Zhongcheng, Li Chengyuan has gone to see Princess Jinyu."

Zhang Ze frowned.

Li Chengyuan? General Li? Why did he go to see Princess Jinyu?
……

……

Princess Jin Yu also raised questions at this time.

"Why did he see me?"

Anger immediately appeared on his hungover face.

"Is Li Chengyuan worthy of waking me up? What am I, a princess, in front of these people?"

The maidservant Aju looked frightened: "Princess, that old man looked vicious. We told you that the princess hadn't gotten up yet, but he said he wanted to come in and wait. He also said that he had broken into the imperial city before, so the princess's mansion is nothing..."

Princess Jinyu was furious and kicked the plate of flowers beside the bed away.

"Old man, are you here to fight for the Zhu family?"