White Fence Dream

Chapter 247 Nightfall
Zhou Jingyun was standing in the yard and heard Li Yu's roar outside.

The young man's voice was heartbreaking.

Obviously mad.

He could understand that. Now that he could see Bai Li, he was getting anxious. What's more, he couldn't see Li Yu. How could he not be anxious?

But there was no way. Ah Li couldn't be disturbed now, and he wouldn't tell anyone about Ah Li's strange physique without her permission.

He must be the bad guy and stop Li Yu.

"Prince, what's wrong?" Mother Xu ran out and asked nervously.

Although she did not interfere with the Crown Prince, the arrival of King Chu was reported immediately because there were women and children living in the Crown Prince's courtyard. Mother Xu no longer believed the rumors, but after thinking about it, she could not help but come over, intending to take a look quietly. Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, she heard that the Crown Prince had thrown King Chu out.

It was really thrown out.

Jiang Yun twisted the King of Chu's arm, picked him up from the study, and threw him out of the door.

Mother Xu, who ran over, also heard the roar outside. The sound of Zhou Jingyun was so heart-wrenching.

This, this, this, could it be that the Crown Prince’s return is priceless, but the King of Chu still can’t let him go?

“Prince, if you have something to say, please talk to the King of Chu politely—” Mother Xu said stutteringly, pressing her hand against her chest.

Of course, the purpose is not to persuade the Crown Prince to reconcile with the King of Chu, but if he continues to shout like this, rumors will spread throughout the capital again.

Zhou Jingyun lowered his eyes and said, "Don't worry about him, he will leave." Then he turned and went inside.

Mother Xu stood there at a loss, but just as Zhou Jingyun said, the shouting outside stopped and the King of Chu really left.

"The King of Chu must be very angry."

Seeing Zhou Jingyun come in, Mrs. Zhuang, who was sitting in the hall, said worriedly.

"In fact, you can ask him to come to the door and take a look to prove that you didn't lie to him."

Zhou Jingyun shook his head: "He won't just take a look."

Li Yu said that there was a way to wake Zhuang Li up, so after he came in he would definitely not just watch, he would definitely take action.

Compared to Li Yu, he trusted Mrs. Zhuang more, so he couldn't take any risks.

After saying that, he looked towards the inner room at the side. The woman on the bed was sleeping on her back with gauze wrapped around her arm outside the thin quilt.

Last night he rushed back in the car carrying Bai Li, and found that shaking and pushing her failed to wake her up, so he stabbed her arm with the dagger he had chosen for her and put in his belt, but Bai Li still did not wake up.

She has already prepared for more serious situations, but it still doesn't work?
Zhou Jingyun cruelly cut a deep knife on the fair and thin arm, and blood gushed out, but it was still useless.

He didn't dare to cut again.

Mrs. Zhuang, who was woken up in the middle of the night, looked at Bai Li with a gloomy expression.

"She may be obsessed with fantasy again." She said, "Just like when the Bai family was punished and executed."

Mrs. Zhuang lit a burner of incense.

"This is the guiding incense. I hope it can wake her up."

Zhou Jingyun looked at the incense burner beside the bed. Although he could not smell any scent, the smoke was diffused, and the landscape door curtain was looming. His vision became blurred, as if it was real and illusory.

Madam Zhuang said that no one could step in, otherwise it would disrupt the fragrance of the soul-guiding incense.

"What else can we do?" He turned his head and asked Mrs. Zhuang in a low voice.

In addition to incense, people are actually needed. Mrs. Zhuang looked at Bai Li lying on the bed in the bedroom. She was immersed in fantasy that time, and her father reminded her to come back.

At that time, Bai Xun was still alive and a real person.

But now Bai Li's family is completely her imagination.

If she doesn't want to, who can remind her?

Madam Zhuang looked at Zhou Jingyun and said, "If she still doesn't wake up after tonight, I will go find her myself."

Li Yu rushed into the Prince of Chu's palace. The eunuchs and palace maids walking on the road had no time to dodge and were kicked away, falling to their knees in panic.

“Your Highness!” Cai Songnian finally caught up and held onto Li Yu, “Please slow down!”

Li Yu ignored him and continued to stride forward.

"Your Highness, what did you say to Zhou Jingyun?" Cai Songnian asked angrily, "How dare he be so rude!"

Although the doorman of Dongyang Marquis's Mansion directly invited Li Yu in, he did not allow him to enter the house. Not long after, the prince was thrown out by Zhou Jingyun's guards.

His Highness' eyes were red and his face was pale. He pounded hard on the door of the Dongyang Marquis' Mansion and shouted Zhou Jingyun's name. His hoarse voice seemed to be about to break.

Cai Songnian almost summoned the secret guards around to rush into the Dongyang Marquis Mansion, but the prince suddenly stopped and leaned against the gate of the Dongyang Marquis Mansion without moving. If he had not held him with his own hands, felt his body temperature, and seen that the prince was still breathing with his eyes open, he would have thought that he had fainted.

"I still have a way, yes, I have a way to save her, go back quickly."

The prince suddenly murmured, then pushed him away and tried to run away. He hurriedly grabbed him and put him into the car, then rushed back to the Prince Chu's Palace under the prying eyes of everyone around.

It is conceivable what strange rumors will spread next.

He knew that there was no deep love between His Highness and Zhou Jingyun, and that the thing between them was Miss Bai.

This Miss Bai was first Zhou Jingyun's wife, then she came to His Highness' side, and now she is back to Zhou Jingyun, so she eventually caused His Highness to go crazy?

Cai Songnian couldn't tell what he felt, he was angry and sad, watching Li Yu walk in without saying a word, his eyes deep and blank, he couldn't help but persuade: "Your Highness, there are many beauties in the world."

Before he could finish his words, Li Yu pushed him away, stepped into the room and slammed the door shut.

"I'm going to sleep."

Asleep? Cai Songnian believed Li Yu's words before, but now he didn't believe it. His Highness didn't look like he was going to sleep. He looked torn apart, but also like boiling water.

Cai Songnian was locked outside the door and asked anxiously: "Your Highness, please let the doctor come and take a look. At least give him a bowl of calming soup."

"No! Don't bother me!"

"I'm going to sleep, don't disturb me."

Li Yu ran to the bed. He really wanted to sleep.

Zhou Jingyun is such an idiot. He knows nothing. The last time Zhou Jingyun was with A Li, he didn’t even know that the person around him had changed. He rushed over and drove away Jiang, and then let A Li come back.

He couldn't tell Zhou Jingyun about the strange things happening to A Li. It was too unbelievable. Who knew what Zhou Jingyun would do? It would be terrible if he hurt A Li.

Zhou Jingyun didn't let him in, so he had no way to wake Bai Li up, but there was another way to help Li.

He was so flustered just now that he only wanted to see Ah Li immediately and forgot the previous method.

His dream.

Bai Li had asked him to help him sleep several times before.

The thought flashed through his mind, and Li Yu pounded the bed hard. This time, Bai Li didn't say anything, and he didn't take the initiative to go to sleep. As expected, something bad happened.

Bai Li must have been possessed by the ghost of Queen Jiang.

Li Yu raised his head and looked around.

"Ali!" he called, "Ali, you are here, right?"

It was the same before, when A Li came to him when she was in danger, and A Li also said that he couldn't see her, but he could help her.

No one responded in the quiet room and he could not see anything.

"Ali, don't be afraid." Li Yu slowed down his voice. Ali must be very anxious now, and he couldn't panic. "I will go to sleep soon. I am here."

But now his mind was in a state of confusion and he couldn't fall asleep easily.

Li Yu rummaged around at the head of the bed and took out a small box from the secret compartment under the pillow. This was the only thing he brought with him after moving into the Prince of Chu's Mansion.

The princess's mansion was wealthy, with magnificent buildings and ships, the Shangguan's mansion was also extravagant, and he had even more fine clothes and delicious food, but in fact he had nothing that belonged to him, except for the box of incense that Bai Li gave him.

Two months after that time in the palace, he still couldn't sleep well, so Bai Li made incense for him with her own hands to help him sleep.

There are only two sticks left in the box of incense.

Fortunately, there are two left.

Li Yu took a deep breath, turned around and went into the bathroom to wash up, changed into soft pajamas, drank some warm tea, and lowered the curtains in the room. The sunlight was blocked out and the bedroom was dark.

The incense was lit, and white smoke slowly rose in the dimness. Li Yu lay on the bed and closed his eyes.

Really fell asleep.

Cai Songnian pressed tightly against the door. At first he could still hear some noises, such as walking, washing, and drinking tea, and then there was no sound.

His Highness's condition from last night till now was so frightening that Cai Songnian couldn't help but quietly push the door open.

Your Highness, please don't think too much.
But when I came in, I saw that the person on the bed was indeed asleep. Although his face was still pale, he was no longer as panic-stricken as when he was awake before. It was just that his breathing was not steady, his brows were wrinkled from time to time, and he was sleeping very uneasily.

Li Yu tried hard to open his eyes.

He vaguely remembered that Ah Li said that he was sleeping in a dream and he couldn't see her.

He was really worried about how she was doing and whether she was hurt. He wanted to see her with his own eyes.

His eyes stung, and he couldn't help but curl up and cover his eyes with his hands. The next moment, he thought of something. His hands could move? Then, he opened his fingers and pressed his eyelids bit by bit.

It hurts so much, like a knife cutting flesh.

But along with the pain, light came in, getting brighter and brighter until he suddenly opened his eyes.

There was nothing in front of me, white and empty.

Li Yu slowly sat up. Was this his dream? It is said that dreams are bizarre and strange. His dream was nothing.
"Ali!" he shouted.

The sound traveled far away between heaven and earth, and then echoed back again.

No one responded.

Li Yu stood up and ran without knowing direction. The dream was boundless and exactly the same, as if he was just spinning in place.

There is no Ah Li.

Where's Ah Li? Hasn't she come yet? Has she died? The thought flashed through Li Yu's mind, and he immediately shook it off. No, no, Ah Li is very powerful.

Ah Li must still be here. She said he couldn't see her. Yes, every time he woke up from a dream, he couldn't remember having seen her.

How can I see her? Li Yu stood there and thought anxiously, he wanted to see her, to see her clearly.
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Li Yu felt his eyes blurred. When he looked again, he saw a dressing table with a mirror studded with gemstones on it.

Mirror?

There was a distant and vague memory with a hint of familiarity. Li Yu walked over and remembered that this was his mother's makeup mirror. When he was a child, he often sat in his mother's arms and watched her dress up.

Li Yu sat down and looked at the mirror in front of him. A child's face was reflected in the mirror.

children.

Li Yu was surprised and saw that the child also looked surprised.

He raised his hand and touched his face, and the child in the mirror also touched his face.

Is this him? As a child?
Yes, Ah Li did say that she saw him when he was a child, so when Ah Li first met him who was still Shangguan Yue, she directly called him out by the name Li Yu.

Li Yu couldn't help but smile and breathed a sigh of relief. Yes, he was cute and handsome when he was a child. Ah Li must have liked him very much.

"Li Yu."

A female voice shouted.

Ah Li's voice! Li Yu was overjoyed and turned around quickly, but there was nothing behind him. He looked around and there was no sign of Bai Li either.

"——What does your mother look like?"

The sound in my ears continued.

Li Yu retracted his gaze and looked into the mirror. He saw the child in the mirror still turning his head backwards. Then, someone came over and sat down.

"——Isn't it beautiful when you smile?"

A face suddenly appeared in front of me, with a thin eyebrow, a round eye with a black pupil, half a slightly upturned mouth, a pair of eyebrows like distant mountains, a pair of watery eyes, and half a cherry mouth.

She looked at Li Yu and smiled.

Li Yu felt dizzy and the face and the mirror shattered in an instant.

He suddenly fell on the edge of the bed, gasping for breath.

Was it a nightmare? Did he wake up? What did he see? Why did Ah Li in the dream...
"Ali——"

There was a shout in my ears.

This was his voice. Li Yu, who was lying on the bed, slowly raised his head. He saw dim light and empty space around him. It was not his bedroom. Moreover, there was a dressing table mirror in front of him.

The voice came from the mirror.

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

Li Yu looked at the mirror. The mirror surface was shaking. In the bright lights, the door of the boathouse opened and he saw himself standing at the door.

This time it was not a little child, but my adult self, dressed in gorgeous clothes, with a smile on his face, a beaming brow, and sparkling eyes looking at me.

". Let's spend one more night together. I built this building in the first place, and I can't just abandon it without saying a word."

When he said this, his face looked a little worried and he took a step forward.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Li Yu saw someone sitting in front of the mirror and turned around. She shook her head and said, "It's okay. I didn't expect you to come back tonight. You go first. I'll take a shower and change clothes and then come over."

Li Yu in the mirror smiled: "Okay, I have a lot to tell you today."

After saying that, she walked out, the door closed, and there was only one person left in the mirror. She slowly turned around and combed her hair in front of the mirror. She had thin eyebrows, a pair of curved eyebrows like distant mountains, a round eye with a black pupil, a pair of autumn water eyes, half of her mouth was slightly raised, and her half cherry mouth was smiling slightly.

"The eldest grandson of the emperor is more handsome than his useless father, the crown prince."

Li Yu felt as if his eyes were being cut by a knife. In an instant, the mirror shattered. The world was spinning again. He was suspended in the boundless chaos. He seemed unconscious, and tears of blood fell from his tightly closed eyes.

Zhou Jingyun woke up suddenly, and saw the dark night.

He was on the ground outside his bedroom door, not far from the east room, but he still wanted to be closer to Bai Li so that he could be the first to discover anything if anything happened.

现在
He looked at the gauze curtain of mountains and rivers in front of him. Under the dim light of the night, the mountains and rivers swayed gently.

Shaking? The doors and windows are closed, there is no wind, how can it shake?
Zhou Jingyun subconsciously looked towards the door. It was wide open. He stood up suddenly and looked towards the bedroom. The bed was empty.

Ah Li!

He raised his foot to rush forward, but stopped abruptly, pulled out a dagger from his waist, and slashed the back of his hand without hesitation. Blood gushed out instantly and pain spread throughout his body.

It was real, not a dream or an illusion. Zhou Jingyun then lifted the door curtain and rushed into the room. The night light was on, and there was no one on the bed or in the room. Zhou Jingyun turned around, grabbed the night light and ran out.

The night was quiet and the entire mansion was asleep. Zhou Jingyun seemed to be able to see traces of people walking, with light footsteps and swaying shadows. He followed but could not catch up.

With the night lights on, I walked through the gate, along the corridor, and came to
Zhou Jingyun looked up and saw that this was his study.

The light came on in the study.

Zhou Jingyun took a deep breath and walked in. There was no one in the brightly lit room, but a sound came from the study behind the bookshelf.

"Ali?"

Zhou Jingyun called out, walking in with a night light.

There was no light on in the library, but with the bookshelves layered together and the night light shining in, it seemed as if shadows were swaying everywhere.

There is a slender shadow in the deepest part.

"Ali?" Zhou Jingyun asked, holding up the night light. "Are you awake?"

The shadow turned around, and the light from the night lamp fell on her white pajamas, swaying gently. Zhou Jingyun's gaze followed the light and fell on her face.

The fair and bright face also looked at him and smiled slightly.

"Zhou Jingyun," she said, "Why did you draw me so ugly?"

She unfolded the scroll in her hand. The woman in the scroll was smiling. The lights flickered, and her smile merged with the person holding the painting.

Zhou Jingyun felt cold all over. His hands loosened and the night light fell down. The scattered firelight was instantly swallowed up by the night.

Thank you all for your company for another month, and I hope you all have a happy holiday!

If everything goes well, I should be able to finish it in another month.