White Fence Dream

Chapter 232 Discussion
It's already a bit hot.

Sitting on the boat in the early morning, the wind blowing from the window was not as cool as before.

The baby couldn't stand being locked in the room and kept crying.

"It seems that we need to let Shen Qing move to the boat to take care of the child." Mrs. Zhuang said, taking the child from the nurse, patting and pacing around the room, but it was of no use. The baby's body was struggling to move outwards -

Shen Qing had carried the child around the boat several times, so that no one could see the child. But because of this, the child became wild and refused to stay in the house.

Bai Li was putting on makeup in front of the mirror. Hearing this, she said, "It's okay. Just carry her out."

Mrs. Zhuang hesitated for a moment and said, "Nannan, aren't you afraid of being seen?"

Although most people on the boat were resting at this moment, there were still boatmen on duty and people coming and going on the dock.

A child's sudden appearance is very conspicuous.

Especially since Zhang Ze was here last night.

Bai Li said, "It doesn't matter because Zhang Ze has been here before and he has seen it."

Madam Zhuang couldn't help but ask, "Even if Zhang Ze knew Nannan's identity, wouldn't he do anything?"

Bai Li hummed: "No."

“Why did he…” Mrs. Zhuang asked, and stopped talking halfway.

Bai Li saw Mrs. Zhuang's worried expression in the mirror.

Mrs. Zhuang also looked at herself in the mirror and softened her expression: "Ah Li, I just made rice with sugarcane juice and wild rice. Remember to eat it later."

Bai Li looked at her in the mirror and nodded: "Okay, I like this the most."

Mrs. Zhuang smiled and went out with the baby in her arms: "Let's go, take our daughter to see the river..."

It seemed as if the previous doubts had never existed.

The noisy children left and the room fell into silence. Bai Li looked in the mirror and saw that the person in the mirror had turned into another person. The person in the mirror also sat there leaning lazily, nodding at the door.

"She saw that there was something wrong with you," she said.

Bai Li combed her hair slowly and said, "Not strange."

Shen Qing, who originally wanted to kill her, suddenly became obedient to her and came when she called and left when she dismissed.

And Zhang Ze, Bai Xun was convicted and his entire family was executed, but he turned a blind eye to Bai Xun's young daughter who escaped, not to mention the little princess who was replaced, but he didn't even kill the root of the problem...

How could she, a country girl from Baili, be able to do this?
Even if you have a special physique...

What kind of peculiarity caused these two people to treat her like this?

Mrs. Zhuang is not a fool, and it was she who guided her to become familiar with and master this trait.

"She called your name just now because she was afraid that you were no longer yourself. She didn't ask too many questions, for fear that she would confuse you." The person in the mirror smiled and looked at her, "Bai Li, are you still yourself now?"

Bai Li looked at the woman in the mirror, put her hair up neatly, and smiled at the mirror: "Everyone calls me Bai Li, who else could I be if I'm not Bai Li?"

There were footsteps outside the door, and then they stopped: "Miss Bai, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is here."

As the voices were spoken, the face in the mirror faded quickly. Bai Li inserted the hairpin, looked at herself in the mirror and pursed her lips.

She knew she was becoming strange now.

But it didn't matter. She was born a monster. At least now she knew who she was and what she wanted to do. As for the future...

She doesn't care about the future.

Bai Li withdrew his gaze, stood up and walked out.

Li Yu had already boarded the boat. He was slightly surprised to see Mrs. Zhuang holding her child at the bow looking at the river, and Cai Songnian, who was following behind her, was even more frightened.

"Where did this child come from?" he asked in a lost voice, looking at the two women in front of him.

I seemed to have seen him on the ship, and he seemed to be cooking for Miss Bai.

But how did a child suddenly appear?
No, it wasn’t that sudden. The young master had said before that he wanted to buy toys for the child. He had even speculated at the time, could it be that the young master and Bai Li had a child?
Later, he did see the toys in Baili's house, but he had never seen the child...

Unexpectedly, there really is a child!
"Why are you yelling?" Li Yu scolded him, looked at the child in Mrs. Zhuang's arms and smiled, and asked, "Can you come out now?"

Mrs. Zhuang nodded: "She said she could come out for a walk." But then she said helplessly, "The child is grown up and can't be kept in the house."

Hearing this, Li Yu's eyes flashed with sadness. Previously, he said that he would tidy up the Chu Palace as soon as possible and then take Bai Li and the child over. He couldn't let the child stay trapped in the ship's hold forever. But now, not only did the Chu Palace not become his, but he also had to have an extra mistress...

He couldn't even utter these words.

"Come here." He stretched out his hand and said, "Let me hug you."

Mrs. Zhuang handed the child over with a smile, and just as she stretched out her hand, Cai Songnian grabbed Li Yu from behind.

"Your Highness, no." He said hastily, looking around.

The people on the ship were fine, and they wouldn't say anything even if they had questions, but there were a lot of people coming and going on the dock during the day, and if everyone saw Li Yu holding the child...
"Don't cause any misunderstanding," he whispered.

Especially now.

Now? Li Yu's eyes narrowed slightly. Causing misunderstanding? That might not be a bad thing...

"Nannan, come, let's pick willow leaves." He ignored Cai Songnian, held the child in his arms, turned around and jumped off the boat.

Cai Songnian sighed, looked around vigilantly, and quickly signaled more servants to follow and surround Li Yu and the child. Fortunately, Li Yu did not stay on the dock for too long with the child in his arms. When he looked up and saw the woman leaning on the railing on the boat, Li Yu immediately smiled and waved the baby's hand.

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The child was taken away by Mrs. Zhuang and the wet nurse and coaxed to sleep.

Li Yu sat crookedly on the mat and let out a long sigh.

"Are you tired after taking care of the child for a while?" Bai Li said with a smile.

"How could that be? Nannan is so cute, I won't feel tired no matter how I take care of her." Li Yu said, sitting up straight, "Li Chengyuan took the initiative to get close to Princess Jinyu."

Tell Bai Li about it.

Bai Li listened and said, "That's not surprising." He smiled again, "As he said, if he can do it once, he can do it a second time. If he can betray Empress Jiang, he can naturally betray the current emperor."

Li Yu sneered: "Li Chengyuan is indeed a despicable person..." He looked at Bai Li again, "I didn't expect that after escaping the calculations at the palace banquet, he still couldn't escape the marriage arranged by the princess."

"The man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried, this can be considered as an open conspiracy." Bai Li said, "Since Princess Jin Yu has made up her mind, there must be someone who is tempted."

Li Yu pinched the sachet hanging from his waist, and felt that the words in his heart were as complicated and confusing as the embroidery on the sachet.

"Is there nothing we can do about it?" he murmured.

"Why not?" Bai Li said, "Just try your best."

Li Yu was puzzled for a moment and looked at her. Bai Li asked: "Do you want to marry the Li family lady?"

"Of course not!" Li Yu said hastily, sitting up straight. "I haven't seen her, and I don't know her. No, even if I have seen her or known her, I won't marry her. I don't like her. Not to mention that she is Li Chengyuan's granddaughter, even if she is not, I have no intention of marrying her. I..."

Bai Li was amused by his sudden words: "I see, I understand what you mean, just say you don't want to."

No, actually he hadn't finished yet. What he wanted to say was that he had someone he liked...

Li Yu held the sachet tightly in his hand.

"Since you don't want to, go tell Princess Jin Yu that you don't want to." Bai Li said.

Reject Princess Jin Yu? Li Yu looked at her and hesitated.

"I know this will anger Princess Jinyu, but you can't always do what she wants. It will come to this sooner or later." Bai Li said, raising his eyebrows again, "Don't worry, if you anger her and she plots something to harm you, I'm here for you."

After saying that, he looked at Li Yu.

"I can make people fall into illusions, can make the fake look real, and can help you resist hidden arrows, but, Li Yu, the premise of all this is that you have a firm mind."

"If you say one thing and mean another, or if you are indecisive and lose your mind, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you."

Of course, he firmly knew who he liked and who he wanted to spend his life with. Li Yu smiled and nodded: "Okay, I know what to do."

Bai Li smiled and listened to the crying of a baby in the room next to him: "Go, take care of the child."

After saying that, he laughed again.

"It's a pity that Zhou Jingyun can't come during the day, otherwise he can take care of the child. Nannan is closest to him."

How could it be possible! Nannan was his sister, so naturally she was closest to him. Li Yu stood up and went to the inner room: "Nannan, I'll take you fishing."

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The afternoon was even more drowsy, but the clerks in the government office did not fall asleep on the desks. Instead, they were alert and alert, and laughed in surprise from time to time.

Zhou Jingyun walked in and paused when he saw this. The clerks in the room also stopped talking and laughing, and their expressions became evasive.

It was obvious that they were talking about him, but Zhou Jingyun didn't care. He looked at the clerk who came to greet him with a smile and handed him a piece of paper: "Help me get the autumn tax rolls for the past few years."

The clerk read the contents of the paper and said, "It's a little old. Let's look carefully in the storehouse."

Zhou Jingyun nodded: "Don't worry, just give it to me tomorrow afternoon."

The clerk answered yes, and seeing Zhou Jingyun turning to leave, he subconsciously said, "Sir, please sit down and have a cup of tea."

Zhou Jingyun nodded and thanked him: "No, I'm not done yet."

After saying that, he turned and went out.

A clerk couldn't help but stand up and said: "Prince, have you heard? The King of Chu is going to propose marriage."

Marriage proposal? Li Yu? Zhou Jingyun looked back in surprise. Because there were too many rumors about him recently, he deliberately avoided the crowd and didn't hear about this...

So even though Bai Li helped to avoid the Zhu family, Li Yu still couldn't escape being used by Princess Jin Yu for marriage.

Do you still need Bai Li’s help this time?

He frowned: "Whose family?"

Frowning! Frowning! The prince is unhappy! The clerks had complicated expressions, and another person said first: "It's Li Chengyuan, the family of General Li!"

Li Chengyuan, it turned out to be his family. Zhou Jingyun was thoughtful. He unexpectedly bumped into him again after going around in circles.

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"This old guy is so restless!"

When Zhang Ze walked into Hanliang Palace, Bai Ying already knew about it and was scolding Li Chengyuan.

"How dare you look down on me and my prince, and go to collude with that stupid woman Princess Jinyu!"

Zhang Ze smiled and said, "Because he is an old man and knows that he is not worthy of the Empress's approval."

Bai Ying sneered: "My not needing him and his not coming to me for help are two different things."

Zhang Ze said: "Your Majesty, please do not go to His Majesty and say that this marriage is not good, lest the mad dog bites people randomly and ruins your reputation."

The emperor is now mourning the empress. Bai Ying is indeed the daughter of a criminal and her status has not yet been officially restored. If she is caught by Li Chengyuan and Princess Jin Yu, even though the prince will not be hurt, he will inevitably be embarrassed.

This is all because of Princess Jinyu's plot against the Zhu family that day! She made Madam Zhu encounter the Queen's ghost and bring bad luck to her! Bai Ying gritted her teeth.

"Your Majesty, please calm down." Wang Degui stepped forward, "Although we don't ask about their marriage, we can add some excitement to them."

Bai Ying and Zhang Ze both looked at him.

"What's the excitement?"

Wang Degui smiled and said, "The King of Chu has had a lot of exciting things happen to him, especially recently."

Bai Ying frowned: "Those ridiculous words to Zhou Jingyun? The Li family won't care." At this point, he sneered, "Maybe the old man Li Chengyuan will be happy to have Zhou Jingyun as a half-son-in-law."

Wang Degui hurriedly said: "Not only this, there is more."

Bai Ying asked: "What else?"

"I've had people keep an eye on the ship these days and found out..." Wang Degui stepped forward, "Li Yu not only has a favorite maid, but also has a child."

There is a child! Bai Ying's eyes lit up. If he was a homosexual or a playboy, it didn't matter. But if he had a child before marriage, that was something the wife couldn't tolerate!

Bai Ying smiled: "Okay, okay, Wang Degui, go tell everyone the good news. Congratulations to Miss Li for becoming a mother before she even got married!"

Wang Degui smiled and replied: "Don't worry, Madam, I will definitely get it done."

Bai Ying sat down with a smile, then turned around and saw Zhang Ze with a strange expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" she asked. "Is there anything wrong?"

Zhang Ze's eyes flickered slightly, and he slowly shook his head: "No."

Wang Degui breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." Then he smiled flatteringly, "This is just a small matter that I can handle, so you don't have to worry about it."

Zhang Ze looked at him and nodded slowly: "Okay."

I typed this on my phone and didn't check it. If there are any typos, please let me know and I'll correct them. Thank you.