White Fence Dream

Chapter 268: Flash

When Madam Wu entered the Prince of Chu's mansion, the Prince of Chu personally greeted her.

The young man was wearing a formal suit, standing there in the cool summer weather, which was pleasing to the eye.

Mrs. Wu was reluctant to take on this task at first, but after meeting the King of Chu two or three times, she became fond of this young man, especially when compared with her own old son. No matter his appearance or his words and deeds, he did not look like a dandy at all.

What's wrong with marrying a maid? That's because the King of Chu has no parents and has lived in shame until now. Princess Jinyu and Shangguan Fuma are not the ones who can raise children. If the King of Chu was born in their Wu family, he would definitely be a handsome man who is no less handsome than the son of Dongyang Marquis.

"Thank you for your hard work, Madam Wu." Li Yu bowed respectfully.

Madam Wu returned the greeting with a smile, but felt somewhat unhappy when she thought about how the wife of Marquis Dongyang had rejected her proposal.

"The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang is arrogant. She took someone in and adopted her as her daughter, which was just a piece of cake, but she refused," she said.

Li Yu looked a little stunned: "Rejected." He hesitated and asked, "What about Miss Bai..."

Madam Wu thought that Miss Bai had also refused at that time, but it was not surprising. She could see that the wife of Marquis Dongyang had a weird look on her face after Miss Bai came out. Miss Bai was smart and could naturally see it. She must have known that the wife of Marquis Dongyang looked down on her. In order not to humiliate herself, she took the initiative to refuse.

"Ms. Bai was not affected at all and remained calm and composed." Madam Wu praised with a smile, and then said, "As soon as she entered the room, she asked me why His Highness hadn't come in the past few days."

Li Yu's smile spread across his eyes, with a hint of anticipation: "I can go see her when the time comes to ask for the marriage proposal."

Even after the child was born, she was still looking forward to seeing him. Madam Wu sighed even more, saying that she was just a maid, it was not easy to find a lover, and the King of Chu did not need to achieve anything in his life.

"Yes." She said with a smile, and called the maid over, "I will tell His Highness about what needs to be prepared during the marriage proposal period, including the marriage certificate."

Li Yu immediately took over the conversation: "I ask Your Majesty to write it."

Mrs. Wu was amazed at how grand the ceremony was.

"The betrothal gifts are all ready, all of the standards expected of a prince." Li Yu said with a smile, and asked Cai Songnian to fetch the gift list for Madam Wu to see, "Madam, please see if there is anything else that needs to be added."

Mrs. Wu was shocked again and sighed, "Enough is enough."

Li Yu handed over another gift list: "This is the dowry I prepared. Madam, please help me take a look. It is quite decent."

The preparations are really complete, this is really going to be a decent wedding, Mrs. Wu thought, the King of Chu really cherishes this maid and the child.

Mrs. Wu also stopped being careless and looked at it carefully.

"The weddings of our daughters by the wealthy and powerful families in the capital are not so luxurious," she said with a smile.

It seems that although the King of Chu has been dependent on Princess Jinyu and her husband Shangguan over the years, he has also accumulated a considerable fortune.

This young man is indeed not as dissolute as the rumors say.

As an adult descendant of the royal family, it is not a bad thing to make friends with them.

"Although the wedding is only a month away." Madam Wu said solemnly, "Since we, the Wu family, have accepted His Highness's request, we will definitely make sure it is done in a comprehensive and decent manner."

Li Yu bowed deeply to Madam Wu and said, "Thank you, Madam Wu."

After seeing off Mrs. Wu, Li Yu stood in the corridor with a look of regret.

It's a pity that the wife of Marquis Dongyang refused to acknowledge A Li as her adopted daughter, otherwise it would have been great for A Li and Zhou Jingyun to be siblings.

However, he let out a breath and a smile spread across his face. In one month, he would marry Ah Li.

From then on, A Li lived with him in the Prince of Chu's Palace.

Li Yu looked at several eunuchs in the courtyard who were setting up ladders to trim the flowers and trees. Now the Prince of Chu's mansion was busy day and night with various repairs and decorating the bridal chamber.

One month is still too long.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye Zhou Jingyun was able to get out of bed and walk around freely.

But Bai Li still followed carefully with his hand outstretched, just like the first time he got out of bed. Zhou Jingyun was a little amused: "My leg is not injured."

Bai Li shook his head: "It's the heart that's injured, and it affects the whole body."

However, seeing Zhou Jingyun take a few steps with steady steps, he felt relieved and helped him sit down on the Arhat bed.

"You still need to rest and don't move around too much." Bai Li said, turning around to call Chunyue, only to find that Chunyue was not there. The courtyard was also unusually quiet today, without the sound of her daughter's laughter.

"Forgot?" Zhou Jingyun chuckled, "Chunyue went to the Prince of Chu's Mansion with her mother today."

Mrs. Zhuang and her daughter's wet nurse, Mrs. Xu, also moved there first to familiarize themselves with the environment so that the daughter would not be unfamiliar and cry on the day of her due date.

The due date is tomorrow.

According to the rules, the bride's family had to go to the bridal chamber to make the bed, so the wife of Marquis Dongyang went to the Prince of Chu's mansion.

Bai Li smiled and said, "I really forgot. Chunyue told me when she went out." Then he stood up, took the washed peach, sat on the Luohan bed and cut it with a knife, "You are here so soon."

"It was actually very slow." Zhou Jingyun said, "He went step by step to ask about the betrothal date, decorate the new house, prepare for the wedding banquet, we were..."

Having said that, he coughed lightly.

It’s not appropriate to bring it up at this time.

They are all fake, and he still beats them.

Bai Li raised his eyebrows and took over the conversation: "That's right, we agreed to get married that night, and entered the bridal chamber three days later." He smiled and forked a piece of peach and handed it over, "I didn't know there were so many steps to getting married."

Yes, the wedding he gave her was too perfunctory and hasty. Zhou Jingyun looked at the peach handed to him. The fork was small and was held in Bai Li's hand. If he reached out to take it, there was no place to hold it.
He subconsciously leaned forward slightly and took the peach with his mouth and ate it.

"Yes, I wronged you at that time," he said.

Bai Li said, "How do you say I was wronged?" Seeing Zhou Jingyun smile, "I should say that the prince was wronged. At that time, the prince gave up his years of insisting on not getting married for my sake."

Zhou Jingyun smiled and said, "I am also asking for it for myself."

Bai Li picked up a piece of peach and ate it. He sighed and said, "It's so fast. More than a year has passed." Then he laughed and said, "I'm getting married again."

Zhou Jingyun smiled and suddenly said, "I don't know what night it is, I urge the balcony to approach the mirror table."

Bai Li laughed out loud: "My lord, the bride's groom hasn't even arrived yet, and you've already started reciting poems to urge her to get ready."

As they were talking and laughing, they heard footsteps in the courtyard. Turning around, they saw the wife of the Marquis of Dongyang and Mama Xu Chunyue walking slowly towards them.

"Madam is back." Bai Li stood up and went out to greet her with a smile.

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang looked at the woman who walked out briskly from the room, and stood in the corridor, smiling and bowing to her.

"Thank you for your hard work, ma'am."

She groaned inwardly.

Outside the courtyard gate, you can hear them talking and laughing non-stop. They are still laughing now. They are both heartless!

"I don't deserve it." She said indifferently, "It is my honor to serve the Princess of Chu."

Bai Li smiled and lifted the curtain: "Princess Chu, open the curtain for Madam."

Seeing this casual teasing that was both true and false, the wife of Dongyang Marquis glared at her and stepped inside. Zhou Jingyun got down from the Luohan bed and stood up to salute.

"Oh, Prince, don't worry about this." Mother Xu hurriedly helped him.

If you don't show filial piety when you should, why pretend to be a filial son! The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang glared at him and sat down on the chair.

Chunyue was busy pouring tea, but Baili had already gone there and whispered to her, "You must be tired too, take a rest." Chunyue smiled and watched Baili personally serve tea to the wife of Marquis Dongyang.

"We have done what we should do." Dongyang Hou's wife said, "The Prince of Chu's palace will come to welcome the bride tomorrow evening. The Prince of Chu has also arranged for the female relatives to accompany the bride. The palace maids and eunuchs will arrive early tomorrow morning to serve."

Bai Li thanked him again: "I am sorry for the trouble, Madam."

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang smiled and said, "I'm not tired. I'm always flattered wherever I go in and out, and I've received a lot of gifts."

Bai Li smiled and said, "That's good. Madam can't help but give money."

Zhou Jingyun asked, "Who from our family will be attending tomorrow?"

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang glanced at him and said, "This is just the King of Chu borrowing our place. It is not our family's wedding, and we don't have to organize it. So relatives and friends don't need to come. Only our family members can join in the fun. In addition, your aunt is also here. She is worried about you and wants to give you face."

Zhou Jingyun smiled and said hello.

Okay, okay, okay, you just know how to say okay, but you don’t know what’s good about it. Lady Dongyang Hou glared at him, then looked at Bai Li’s smiling face and didn’t want to see these two people at all.

"Okay, I'm leaving." She stood up and left.

Mother Xu signaled to Zhou Jingyun and Bai Li not to give any more gifts, and she followed them and left in a hurry.

"How is it over there?" Bai Li asked Chun Yue, "Is Nannan used to it?"

Chunyue nodded and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is very thoughtful. The room he prepared for Nannan is almost the same as our home."

The children didn't notice the sudden change of location.

Bai Li was a little surprised, then smiled and nodded: "He is very careful."

Chunyue hesitated for a moment and swallowed back what she was about to say.

"Are there many people over there? How is the layout?" Zhou Jingyun asked.

Chunyue glanced at him and said, "There are a lot of people here. Many of His Royal Highness the King of Chu's companions have come to help. It's very lively and the decorations are very festive, with flowers everywhere."

As a maid in the Dongyang Marquis's mansion, she had seen many weddings of aristocratic families, but the wedding arrangements of the King of Chu still dazzled her.

But, isn't it fake? But the King of Chu was so attentive, I really can't tell that it's fake.

She was dazed and nervous at times, unable to tell what was real and what was not.

Zhou Jingyun smiled: "That's good, it will definitely be great tomorrow."

Bai Li glanced at him and said, "You are not allowed to go out and watch the fun. You have just recovered from your injuries and your energy has not yet recovered."

Just as he said this, the newspaper man Shilin arrived outside the door.

"Why are you here today?" Bai Li asked as he welcomed Zhang Shilin in.

Since Zhou Jingyun got better, he was mainly treated by the Imperial Hospital, who visited him every five days, and Zhang Shilin no longer asked about his condition.

However, when the news of the Prince of Chu's marriage spread, Zhang Shilin couldn't help but come over. He had seen the child at Zhou Jingyun's place, but what about the maid?

Bai Li pointed at the maid and told him that she was the one.

Zhang Shilin had some guesses but didn't expect them to be true, and was at a loss for a moment.

Bai Li told him that her and Zhou Jingyun's marriage was originally fake, and they changed their identities because they had no choice, and they also needed to have a fake marriage with the King of Chu. In short, it was all fake, and asked Doctor Zhang not to think too much about it.

Although Zhang Shilin looked even more confused, he did as he was told and left without thinking or asking any more questions. He hadn't been here for half a month. Why was he here today?
"I haven't seen you for a long time. I just happened to pass by and came to see the prince." Zhang Shilin said with a smile. As he spoke, he first looked at Bai Li's face, and then at Zhou Jingyun's face.

Zhou Jingyun smiled and stretched out his hand: "Doctor Zhang is here, please come and check your pulse."

Zhang Shilin really sat over to check the pulse, then nodded with satisfaction: "Your Highness has recovered well, I am relieved." Then he stood up and said, "I will take my leave now."

As soon as Chunyue brought the tea over, Baili was also stunned: "Why do you want a cup of tea too?"

Zhang Shilin smiled and said, "I have another patient waiting for me. I won't stay any longer. Come back another day." He walked to the door and reminded Zhou Jingyun, "Your Highness can walk around in the yard, but you must not get caught in the wind or get tired. You need to take good care of it for another half a month before it can be strong."

Bai Li said to Zhou Jingyun, "Look, Doctor Zhang also said that we can't go out."

Zhou Jingyun nodded with a smile: "Okay, I'll remember that."

Zhang Shilin then walked out, and Bai Li chased out to see him off.

"Doctor Zhang, is the prince really okay?" she asked.

Zhang Shilin saw her worried eyes. As the saying goes, a doctor doesn't knock on the door. This time, he behaved inappropriately, so he said with some embarrassment: "He is fine, it's me who is in trouble. I know that your marriage with the King of Chu is fake, but I am still worried that something is wrong between you and the prince. His body can't stand the bad mood now, so I came to see him."

He saw it with his own eyes. The relationship between Zhou Jingyun and Bai Li was not fake. Seeing the person he loved marry someone else, and having to leave the person he loved and marry someone else because he had no choice, even if it was fake, it was not pleasant.
Bai Li was stunned, then smiled and bowed his head, "Thank you, Doctor Zhang."

"No, no, I was rude." Zhang Shilin said quickly.

Bai Li shook his head: "It was us who were so absurd in our true and false statements that confused you, Doctor Zhang. Not only did you not criticize us, you also cared about us." After saying that, he bowed solemnly again.

It turns out that not everyone in this world dislikes her. First there was Zhou Jingyun and his family, and then there was Zhang Shilin, who originally had no family ties or grudges.

As Mrs. Zhuang said, there are both good and evil in the world. She should not hate the world or be a human being just because she encounters evil.

This world is full of different things, and we should enjoy it as human beings.

Night fell over the earth and the lights in the house went out.

Bai Li was lying on the Luohan bed in the outer room, unable to sleep.

She couldn't help but wonder, what was she doing the night before her fake wedding with Zhou Jingyun? What was she thinking? Was she also tossing and turning like this and unable to sleep?
It seems like he went to bed early.

It seems like I'm not thinking about anything.

There's nothing to think about, it's fake.

Bai Li turned over and sat up, looking towards the bedroom over there.

"Zhou Jingyun." She called softly.

The sound was sent out gently into the night, and the next moment the sound was sent back gently.

"what happened?"

Bai Li was silent.

The voice from the other end came again: "Are you hungry? The kitchen must have prepared some midnight snacks. Call me..."

"No, I'm not hungry." Bai Li interrupted him.

Zhou Jingyun paused and said, "Can't sleep? Do you want me to read to you?"

The words that were about to come out of Bai Li's mouth were inexplicably choked.

The east and west sides were quiet and silent in the night.

Just when Zhou Jingyun thought that everyone had fallen asleep, Bai Li's voice came again softly.

"Zhou Jingyun." She called again softly, "You know, this is a fake marriage."

Zhou Jingyun looked at the bed curtains in the dark night, with a smile on his face.

"I know," he said softly.