White Fence Dream

Chapter 255 Something’s wrong
Li Yu picked up Nannan and tossed her up and down under the corridor. The courtyard was filled with the children's giggles.

"Look, Nannan is so happy to see me." He said with a smile, looking at the girl sitting in the rocking chair, and then showed a little regret, "Nannan likes to play with me the most."

The woman smiled and said, "She's happy because you're playing with her. Only children are heartless."

Li Yu quickly covered Nannan's ears and said, "No, no." He was beaming with joy, "I am now taking the opportunity to build a new flower house in the palace, renovate the garden, build a secret room, and also take the opportunity to eliminate some other people's spies and increase my own manpower. It won't be long before you and Nannan can come to the palace at will."

Zhou Jingyun, who was standing at the side, glanced at him and said, "Your Highness, there is no need to tell others about these things."

Li Yu glanced at him and said, "There is no outsider here." Then he threw Nannan up again and said, "I won't hide my affairs from our Nannan."

Nannan seemed to be bored of playing and started looking around and reaching into the yard.

Madam Zhuang said, "Your Highness, she is hungry."

Li Yu handed Nannan to the nanny who came with him and looked at Madam Zhuang with a smile: "Madam, you have worked hard."

Madam Zhuang smiled at him and put down a plate of snacks: "Your Highness, please try it. I made it myself."

Li Yu thanked him and sat down. He picked up a piece of steamed cake with a fork and ate it. He nodded repeatedly, "It's delicious." He looked at the woman beside him and said, "The snacks selected by Ah Li on the boat are also delicious. Since the boat is gone, I can't eat delicious snacks anymore."

The woman smiled and said, "Then your highness, please eat more."

Li Yu lowered his head and ate another piece, then heard the woman say, "Have some tea." A cup of tea was placed beside him, and the aroma of tea lingered in his nostrils. In the courtyard, a nanny was coaxing a child to sleep, and the child was babbling.

The courtyard in summer is noisy and warm.

How nice it would be if it were true.

A trace of sadness flashed across Li Yu's eyes. Unfortunately, he could no longer dream. His mother had warned him before she died and also left a mirror in his dream to keep him awake, just to prevent him from having sweet dreams and deceiving himself.

Li Yu raised his head, smiled, picked up the tea and took a sip, then looked at the woman beside him: "Ali, there is something I want to talk to you alone."

The woman and Zhou Jingyun both looked over.

"what's up?"

"Okay."

The two said in unison.

"It's a very important, but also very offensive matter." Li Yu said, looking at Zhou Jingyun with a firm look in his eyes, "I can only talk to Ah Li alone."

Zhou Jingyun looked at him and refused to give in until the woman stood up from her chair.

"I want to hear what the offense is." She said, "Come with me." She pointed at Li Yu and then Zhou Jingyun, "Wait." She smiled again, "Don't worry, I'll tell you later."

After saying that, he went into the house.

Li Yu didn't care about what she said to Zhou Jingyun and told him later. He followed her in happily and closed the door first. As the woman sat at the desk in the east wing, he was busy closing the window.

Zhou Jingyun stood in the corridor, frowning. There was always a sense of foreboding when the two were alone together. The doors and windows were closed, and the two people in the room deliberately lowered their voices to speak, so nothing could be heard.
Since she is going to use Ah Li's identity, she shouldn't say anything ridiculous.

Even if Li Yu noticed something was wrong, he probably wouldn't think too much about it. After all, she was still Ah Li no matter how you looked at her.

Zhou Jingyun stood in the corridor and felt as if a long time had passed until a cheer came from inside.

"I knew Li would help me."

"Then I will go and do as planned."

"Go."

As the voices were talking, the door opened and Li Yu rushed out with a bright smile on his face.

"Prince." He stopped and smiled at Zhou Jingyun, "I'm leaving first."

He said he was leaving first, but then he thought of something and ran to the room where Mrs. Zhuang was. He stood outside the door and called her daughter. Mrs. Zhuang came out and said that her daughter was asleep. Then he smiled and strode away.

"What's the matter? Why are you so happy?" Mrs. Zhuang said, although the smile on the young man's face was very contagious.

But she didn't laugh along. Instead, she looked at Zhou Jingyun with some uneasiness and nervousness.

Zhou Jingyun shook his head and looked into the room.

The woman was still sitting at the desk, flipping through the books on it.

"What did he say?" Zhou Jingyun walked in and asked.

But she didn't say anything, just smiled and said, "Let's see if he can do it."

Zhou Jingyun clenched his hands: "Don't use her body, speak nonsense, and go against her will."

She smiled and interrupted him: "Zhou Jingyun, my existence is her will. How do you know that what I did was not what she wanted to do?"

She looked at him and raised an eyebrow.

"Zhou Jingyun, don't forget how she came to the capital. The first time you saw her, she was inseparable from me."

"Whether you admit it or not, she and I are inseparable."

Zhou Jingyun lowered his eyes: "Nothing in the world is inseparable. People always have to separate. She left home, left Zhuang Feizi, killed Zhuang Li with her own hands, and left Dongyang Marquis Mansion."

She will definitely leave you too.

Zhou Jingyun looked up at the person at the desk. The person at the desk smiled and said, "You are still arguing with me like before, maybe, but now she is inseparable from me." He yawned lazily and said, "Summer is really sleepy. I'm going to take a nap. When I wake up, I want to eat the yellow rice cake from last time."

Zhou Jingyun looked at her, nodded and said hello, then watched her walk towards the inner room.

"You are just as calm as before when I objected to you," he said.

She turned around and said, "Getting angry is the most useless thing. If I really can't stand it anymore, I will just kill you."

But she never killed him.

Zhou Jingyun looked at her and was about to say something but stopped.

She thought of something again, and stroked her arm with a half-smile.

"But don't cut me with a knife while I'm sleeping. It's useless. She really doesn't care about it."

After saying that, he walked into the inner room, and the swaying gauze curtains with mountains and water patterns blurred his figure.

Zhou Jingyun withdrew his gaze and looked down at the dagger hidden in his sleeve.

Doesn't she care about herself...

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The afternoon sun was getting hotter and hotter, and there were fewer officials walking on the Imperial Street.

The carriage of the Prince of Chu's palace stopped outside the imperial city. Li Yu jumped off the carriage and straightened his clothes.

"It's not a good time to see His Majesty." Cai Songnian followed down and said in a low voice.

The emperor was just pretending to be diligent, but he could no longer keep up the pretense in the past two years. Now that he had a prince, he had even more excuses to be lazy.

She must have returned to the harem by now.

Even if the court officials wanted to see the King, they might not be able to do so. Although the King of Chu was the Emperor's nephew, he was not close to him.

He felt a little regretful: "When the princess came to see His Majesty, I should have followed her..."

Li Yu smiled and said: "I will try not to trouble the princess in the future. I have new connections now."

Don't bother the princess anymore? Does that mean you don't need the princess anymore? So soon?
Also, new connections?
They also have spies in the palace, but they are eunuchs who are not valued. They can find out what is going on in the palace, but it is impossible to recommend them to the emperor.

Li Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, someone will come to pick you up soon."

Cai Songnian looked toward the imperial city gate suspiciously.

"Isn't this the King of Chu?"

Wang Degui came out with two eunuchs, and saw Li Yu standing at the palace gate with his name card waiting, and said with a smile.

Li Yu nodded with a smile: "General Manager Wang."

Although Wang Degui is someone close to Concubine Bai, because Your Majesty has been in Hanliang Palace frequently recently, he has taken charge of all matters concerning Your Majesty. Although he has not officially taken up the position, everyone already calls him the Grand Steward.

"You are too polite, Your Highness." Wang Degui said with a smile, "Are you here to see His Majesty?"

He gestured with his hand.

"What a coincidence! Come in with me! When the princess came this morning, His Majesty was still talking about you."

Li Yu thanked him with a smile and followed Wang Degui inside.

Cai Songnian stood at the palace gate with a surprised look on his face. Was the new connection His Highness mentioned Wang Degui? Or was it Concubine Bai?
How could His Highness be able to get close to Concubine Bai? Isn't Concubine Bai the one who is most wary of His Highness?
Bai Ying glanced at Li Yu who was brought in by Wang Degui, and slowly drank a sip of tea.

"My question to you doesn't mean that I don't trust Zhang Ze, nor does it mean that I trust you," she said.

Li Yu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am not telling you this to distrust Zhang Ze, nor to trust me. I am asking for your help." Without waiting for Bai Ying to speak again, he took the initiative to say, "Zhang Zhongcheng and Zhou Jingyun are discussing together to be good ministers."

Good minister? Bai Ying was stunned, and suddenly he didn't understand what the word "good minister" meant.

Could these two words be related to Zhang Ze?
"What exactly are they going to do?" she asked, frowning.

But Li Yu stopped talking.

"I don't know." He said, "After all, the Zhongcheng is very cautious, so it's not easy for me to ask."

After saying this, his face looked sincere again.

"But I will continue to inquire for my lady."

Bai Ying sneered inwardly at the trick and asked directly, "What do you want me to help you with?"

Li Yu looked at her and bowed: "Please let me see His Majesty."

Bai Ying looked alert: "What do you want to do when you see His Majesty?"

Li Yu raised his head, looked at her and smiled, saying, "If I do something that makes Princess Jin Yu very angry, it will also ruin my own future."

Is it true? Bai Ying's eyes flickered. If it was true, it would be a good thing.