If she had known there was so much rice, she would have stopped being so euphemistic and would have just eaten it in big mouthfuls. But now that the words had been said, she could only wait until the evening to eat.
night.
Bai Yaoyao looked at the pot full of thick porridge and drank five bowls of it without hesitation with a little bit of pickles. Her stomach was full and she felt warm and comfortable.
"Yaoyao, are you full?"
Bai Xiaolu looked at the princess with a smile, her beautiful eyes narrowed into a thin line.
"Uh-huh."
Bai Yaoyao nodded comfortably and lay on the bed very comfortably. Bai Xiaolu even reached out to touch Yaoyao's belly. The bandage had been removed, and her smooth skin was particularly elastic.
Without any burden in her heart, Bai Yaoyao ate heartily for several days in a row and didn't notice that at lunchtime, Lu'er would finish eating first and then come into the house with a bowl of thick porridge to feed her. She never saw Lu'er eating.
A few days later, when she was completely healed, Bai Yaoyao got up early to stretch her body, intending to help Lu'er cook. But when she arrived in the kitchen, she saw Lu'er sweeping the cold porridge sent from the palace with a spatula, pouring it into the pot, and heating the porridge with a few pieces of firewood.
"That's not right. Didn't Lu'er say that she used her hidden gold ingots to buy a lot of rice? Why is she still cooking the cold porridge sent from outside?"
"Even if you adhere to the premise of not wasting anything, shouldn't you make some more porridge yourself and then heat it up together?"
The perceptive Bai Yaoyao quickly sensed that something was wrong and immediately walked into the kitchen and stared at Bai Xiaolu motionlessly.
"Husband... Yaoyao, why are you up so early? I'm cooking porridge."
Bai Xiaolu was flustered for a moment, but quickly adjusted herself and naturally fanned the steam coming out of the pot.
Although she had concealed it well, Bai Yaoyao still caught on to it. She immediately found a small piece of charcoal and wrote on the ground with great effort: "Lü'er, tell me the truth. You don't have that hidden gold ingot at all!"
"If you really have it hidden, show me your bag of rice!"
Although due to the hidden injury on his hand, the handwriting was not as neat and tidy as before, and a little distorted and ugly, the meaning could still be understood. After seeing the words on the ground, Bai Xiaolu's body froze and his expression became flattering.
"Yaoyao, I——"
Bai Yaoyao held Lu'er's mouth with a complicated expression, and continued to write on the ground with the black charcoal: "Did you see that I wanted you to eat more, so you came up with this trick to trick me?"
Faced with the princess's extremely serious eyes, Bai Xiaolu could not say anything to refute and could only nod honestly.
"you--"
Bai Yaoyao opened her mouth slightly, wanting to scold him out of disappointment, but then she realized that she had become mute, so she had to continue writing and drawing on the ground with the charcoal in anger.
"If you lie to me again, I will ignore you!"
"what."
Bai Xiaolu quickly hugged Yaoyao and apologized repeatedly, "I really know I was wrong, Yaoyao, please don't ignore me, or I'll be sad."
Bai Yaoyao just puffed up her cheeks and was filled with anger. She didn't expect that she would be tricked by Lu'er after coming to this world. She actually thought that there were nearly a hundred kilograms of rice. Now it seems that it was all left for her by Lu'er who saved by spending frugally!
Her appetite was not big to begin with, and even if she ate until she was full, she would probably have one or two bowls left. Lu'er had probably been living on that thin porridge with little rice in the soup base day after day these days, and she also had to clear the snow, clean the house, collect firewood in the backyard, and take care of her every day...
For some reason, Bai Yaoyao felt her nose swell and feel very uncomfortable. Few people were so kind to her, and she had rarely felt warmth, so she was easily moved.
"I won't allow you to do this anymore."
There was a lot of dust on the ground. Bai Yaoyao used her feet to even out the dust before writing, "From now on, I'll distribute the porridge. I'll take four and you'll take six."
Seeing that Lu'er was still about to refute, Bai Yaoyao immediately wrote: "If you don't agree, then I won't drink either! You do so much work, how can you not eat more?"
Seeing the princess's firm attitude, Bai Xiaolu had no choice but to agree. She tidied her dark green hair, found a clean rag and carefully wiped Yaoyao's little hands which had turned black from holding the charcoal.
"Yaoyao, I will listen to you. Don't be angry in the future."
After wiping her hands clean, Bai Xiaolu pulled Yaoyao to the stove to eat the not-so-small breakfast. As if to prove that she was obedient, she drank more than half of the porridge in big gulps.
Seeing this, Bai Yaoyao nodded in satisfaction and picked up the bowl to drink her portion of porridge.
Chapter 33 The Third Dream
In the evening, after having eaten and drunk her fill, Bai Yaoyao lay down on the bed as usual, concentrating her mind to continue constructing her dream world, while also waiting for Di Muxi.
It took a long time before Di Muxi had a chance to fall asleep. As the emperor, he slept later and later every day.
I don’t know if it’s Murphy’s Law, but Bai Yaoyao was thinking that she still wouldn’t be able to wait for the right opportunity to bring Di Muxi in tonight. As a result, when Lu’er just finished cleaning and went to bed, she happened to sense that Di Muxi had already gone to bed.
"Going to bed so early, here comes my chance!"
Bai Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief. She finally had the chance to improve her life. She must seize the opportunity. She had finally waited for the chance for Di Muxi to enter her dream, and she couldn't waste it.
…………
"Come in again?"
Di Muxi sniffed the musty and bloody smell surrounding his nose, which was familiar yet strange.
She seemed to understand a little bit about how to enter this strange dream. It seemed that she just had to go to bed early. She always went to bed early every time she entered this strange dream.
"Do you need more sleep, or is there another reason?"
Di Muxi didn’t know, she only knew that she was about to meet the person who had been silently helping her.
Mu'er's head was a little dizzy, but Di Muxi's consciousness was exceptionally clear. Although she couldn't see the surrounding scenes, her senses were extremely clear, and she could keenly capture the movements around her.
Just like the howling snow wind outside the house, constantly blowing the tattered window paper, and then breaking into the house and sweeping over Mu'er.
"Should it be coming soon?"
With a nervous mood, Di Muxi began to imagine her appearance. Was she pretty or ugly? Was she young or not?
If she is not pretty or is no longer young, then what should she do——
"Katz~"
The shabby wooden door was slowly pushed open. Di Muxi collected his messy thoughts and focused all his attention on the movements outside the door. Because Mu'er was still unconscious, everything she saw was dark. After all, this was a dream, and it was impossible for her to see scenes that her original self had not seen.
Several figures slowly approached, and the one leading them just exuded the orchid fragrance that haunted her dreams.
Orchids are only grown in the southernmost Hundred Nations Island Alliance, and are only slightly introduced in Qi Country. They are basically rare in Dahuang. Due to the long journey, the orchids sent over will not survive at all. Even if they barely survive to get here, they can't last for a few days.
After Di Muxi came to power, he tried many times to achieve this, but unfortunately all failed. That's why he was particularly obsessed with the scent of orchids and could recognize it just by smelling it.
"Hurry up and treat her. She was bitten many times by the big dog and is bleeding a lot."
When a childish voice came to his ears, Di Muxi was dazed for a moment and then shocked.
She, she must have heard it right?
Why is this voice Bai Yaoyao's voice?
Soon, Di Muxi felt several hands treating his wounds. He had to know that he had been bitten several times by the big dog that was almost as tall as his waist, and even a large piece of flesh on his arm had been bitten off, and there were even more bites on other parts of his body.
Di Muxi just couldn't remember it at all. She only remembered that someone helped her and she got through it. As for the process and the specific circumstances, she didn't remember anything.
So, was it really Yaoyao who helped her?
And you said that you helped her only this time, but she got it mixed up?
None of this is known, and scenes that subvert cognition and results that were never imagined appear before us.
Is it possible that the person who saved me is the enemy I have hated all my life? Is this possible?
My head was in a mess and swollen and painful.
Suddenly, Di Muxi was startled, and when she opened her eyes again, she found that she had woken up.
This kind of dream is too real. Every time I wake up, it takes me a while to realize that I am awake.
"Come here, call the imperial doctor!"
………………
"Your Majesty, are you having a nightmare again?"
Doctor Gu had some deep eye bags and his tone was a little vague. No matter who it was, they would not be in a good state if they were woken up by the empress in the middle of the night.
"Yes."
Di Muxi couldn't wait to ask: "Doctor Gu, do you know if the things you encounter in dreams will be things you have never seen before?"
"I don't know." Doctor Gu said after a moment of silence.
"I don't know?"
Di Muxi was stunned: "Why is this? Doesn't Doctor Gu know as much as Doctor Yan?"
Doctor Yan was the new doctor who had recently taken over her position as deputy chief doctor. He had often treated His Majesty's nightmares before, and Doctor Gu was well aware of this.
After thinking for a while, Doctor Gu said with a serious expression, "As a doctor, I should not speak nonsense. I naturally dare not talk nonsense about things I don't understand. For example, the Qiheng Palace and even the source of nightmares, I have very little understanding of these things."
"So you don't know either?"
“I know, and I don’t know.”
Doctor Gu paused and continued, "I once read an ancient book that gave some subtle descriptions of the dreams that people encounter in the middle of the night. I don't know if it is right or wrong. If it offends you, Your Majesty, please don't blame me."
"Say it quickly."
"One of them is that what you encounter in your dreams are things you have seen before. It may be a scene you have seen but did not pay attention to, but it is still remembered deep in your mind."
With the same answer again, Di Muxi was disappointed but still asked, "Anything else?"
"The second is that the scene that appears in the dream is what you want it to appear, Your Majesty."
"I want it to appear in the scene?"
Di Muxi frowned and couldn't help but repeat it.
"good."
Doctor Gu nodded and said, "The ancient book also introduces a new concept. For example, Your Majesty, there is a hidden consciousness in your body that only appears in dreams and then follows your true inner views."
"Of course, this ancient book is not entirely correct. From my point of view, dreams are not credible. They are all unreal and illusory."
The sharp-eyed Doctor Gu instantly saw through the emperor's dissatisfaction with his answer and made a sudden about-face.
"That's possible."
Di Muxi nodded as if he understood, motioning for Doctor Gu to go back and rest, then he lay back on the bed and tried to fall asleep again, but he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
My mind was filled with Bai Yaoyao's voice and that unique orchid scent.
"Wait, Bai Yaoyao didn't smell like orchids after she got married. She probably didn't bring an orchid scent bag with her. Is she not happy or is she..."
Soon, Di Muxi thought of another possibility. This orchid sachet was not necessarily worn by Bai Yaoyao. After all, he did not smell orchid scent on Yaoyao when he met Fan Tuanzi several times before, so it was very likely that Bai Yaoyao's entourage was wearing the sachet.
It is more likely that, as Doctor Gu said, dreams are all vague and unreal things and cannot be trusted...
"But this dream is so real, just like a real mirror, is it really unbelievable?"
Chapter 34 Begins the Investigation
"It actually flashed back."
Bai Yaoyao helplessly looked at Mu'er, who had become empty again, and knew that Di Muxi's soul had already left the dream. Needless to say, it was probably because she could not accept the truth.
"I hope Di Muxi will believe it."
There were several chances to restore the impression later, not to mention the crucial scene where I could try out the manifestation function of A Dream of Yellow Millet, but the show crashed and I could only wait for the next chance.
"Let's improve it a little bit. The ability of Yi Meng Huang Liang to manifest is too demanding. It would be terrible if it fails to manifest at the critical moment."
…………
"Your Majesty, this is the detailed list of the confiscation, please check it out."
Early the next morning, Di Muxi got the detailed book of the property confiscation and quickly found the details about Bai Cainu's property confiscation. After a careful look, he found no property related to orchids, and the delicate embroidery on some clothes also had nothing to do with orchids. It was obvious that Bai Yaoyao did not like orchids.
After thinking for a moment, Di Muxi called Qianlongwei again. With this house search, Qianlongwei's funding has increased significantly, and the construction of the intelligence network in Qi State has also been expanded on a large scale, with remarkable results. It has become much easier to investigate some things in Qi State.
"Go check whether the people close to Princess Qi from 17 to 12 years ago used orchid scent bags. Be as detailed as possible."
"Here!"
Di Muxi nodded slightly. This kind of luxury plant is easy to investigate because orchids are extremely valuable. Only royal nobles would use them to make sachets for incense, or as expensive medicinal materials.
But no matter which type it is, the annual import volume is absolutely horrifyingly low. After all, Qiguo's soil is not suitable for orchids to survive, so they rely on imports. Most of the imported flowers are dried flowers for medicine, and even fewer are made into sachets. The huge consumption is one thing, and there are more types of sachets that smell better than orchid sachets.
It’s not that she hadn’t planned to investigate before, but investigating the orchid imports from more than ten years ago was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and there was no trace. But now that she has a specific subject of investigation, she can always find some clues.
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