lcionline Chapter 263 Dreaming Again (11)
Chapter 263 Dreaming Again (11)
The Emperor's Mausoleum is located east of the Imperial Palace. It is said that it takes ten years to complete the construction of the entire Mausoleum. It has been under construction for eight years now.
The Zhou Kingdom had no regulations requiring concubines to be buried with the emperor. After the emperor's death, except for the empress and the imperial concubines, the remaining concubines were required to reside in the imperial palace near the mausoleum. They would pray for the deceased emperor daily and recite sutras to bless the Zhou Kingdom with good weather and good harvests.
If the concubines died before the emperor, their tombs would be around the imperial mausoleum and they could not enter the imperial mausoleum and be buried with the emperor.
Mingtang told Gu Chang all this news.
After returning to Gu's house, Gu Chang changed his clothes first.
Then he took off the clothes on the right side and looked at the wound on his arm in the bronze mirror.
There were candles lit around the bronze mirror, and Gu Chang could see clearly by the light of the flames.
Until now, the wound had not changed at all. Gu Chang felt that even if he used needle and thread to sew it up, it would eventually tear. So Gu Chang wrapped two or three rounds of gauze around the wound, biting the front end of the gauze with his mouth while his other hand began to tie a knot.
After successfully tying a bow, Gu Chang used his left hand to cut the end of the gauze shorter. However, it was still a bit difficult to cut things with his left hand, but fortunately, the scissors were sharp enough and cut it off easily.
But after putting on his clothes, Gu Chang looked at the small bulge on his right arm and fell into deep thought. After thinking for a while, he decided that if anyone asked him what was wrong with his arm, he would say it was an injury.
Gu Chang stood up, turned the bronze mirror face down, and then walked towards the bed with the candlestick.
This time, Gu Chang fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the bed. The system wanted to discuss the plot of the TV series it was watching with Gu Chang, and called out to the host several times, but got no response from him.
Then the system saw a screen full of red warnings appear in front of it.
system:······
Gu Chang fell asleep and dreamed again.
He dreamed that he was standing in front of a big door and there was a lot of noise in his ears.
Suddenly someone pushed his back. Gu Chang turned around and saw a palace maid in a light blue palace skirt.
"Midwife Xu, why are you still standing there? Concubine Li is about to give birth!" The palace maid's anxious voice exploded in Gu Chang's ears.
Gu Chang: Huh?! Concubine Li?!
He looked down and saw that his hands were obviously those of a middle-aged woman, with short, round nails and obvious wrinkles on the back of his hands.
Before Gu Chang had time to react, he was pushed into the room.
The surrounding scene was blurry, only the woman's screams of pain were particularly clear.
Gu Chang blinked, and the palace maid behind him was still urging him forward.
All he saw was a luxurious bed, with several palace maids surrounding a woman on the bed, their faces blurred. Gu Chang wanted to continue looking around, but unexpectedly his body moved forward without his control.
Gu Chang suddenly thought that when he was born, his mother must have been as miserable as Murong Yunming.
He wanted to help Murong Yunming and give birth to the baby in her belly smoothly, but the scene in front of him quickly flashed by. Then he saw the baby lying quietly in his arms.
At the same time, the sad voice of the palace maid rang in my ears: "Empress Li... has passed away!"
As she spoke, the scene before him split in two like cloth cut by scissors. After a brief period of darkness, this time Gu Chang stood in front of the vermilion gate.
He saw a eunuch holding a baby in his arms, walking hurriedly to the gate.
Gu Chang was in a translucent state this time. He looked up and saw three big characters on the plaque above the gate - Prince's Mansion.
The Prince's Mansion is located in the south of the Imperial Palace, and only princes without mothers will be sent here.
A plump woman walked out of the gate. She spoke a few words to the eunuch, then took the baby from the eunuch and returned to the prince's mansion. Gu Chang followed her into the gate of the prince's mansion.
The surroundings were foggy, and only the area within one meter centered on the woman was visible.
Gu Chang tried to call the system, but the system did not respond to him.
Seeing this, Gu Chang had no choice but to continue following the woman.
The woman came to a house, put the baby in the cradle, and then turned and left.
Gu Chang walked to the cradle and looked at the baby whose face was not even as big as his hand. His intuition told him that this was Tu Mingyuan.
The skin of a newborn baby was still wrinkled, but Tu Mingyuan was obviously fair and tender, and he opened his eyes, looking at where Gu Chang was.
Gu Chang:... I always feel that this baby can see him.
Not long after, the woman who had gone out earlier came back.
After she finished feeding the baby, she went out again.
Gu Chang wanted to see what the nanny was going to do, so he followed her out of the house.
The wet nurse standing in the yard was talking to a guard. After a while, the two left the yard together.
Then Gu Chang saw a man in black jumping down from the roof.
Gu Chang, “…”
The man in black clearly had bad intentions and headed straight for the room Tu Mingyuan was in. Gu Chang wanted to stop him, but he couldn't.
Unexpectedly, the nurse who had left returned, and the moment she opened the door, the man in black had just hidden on the beam. The baby lying in the cradle was facing the man in black.
When the nurse bent down to look at the baby, the man in black reached out his hand, holding a silver needle between his fingers. The needle shot directly into the back of the nurse's neck, killing her instantly.
The baby began to cry loudly, attracting people outside the yard.
Seeing that he couldn't kill the baby, the man in black climbed out through the back window.
The people who came saw the dead wet nurse and didn't know why she died.
Gu Chang felt that this was the beginning of Tu Mingyuan being called the unlucky star.
As time goes by, the flowers outside the window bloom and fade, fade and bloom.
Gu Chang had already seen five wet nurses killed by the men in black. In the end, it was a nanny who took care of the young Tu Mingyuan and saved his life.
During this time, Gu Chang discovered that Tu Mingyuan could see him, so Gu Chang often played with him when Tu Mingyuan was alone.
Sometimes, just by sitting on the tree and throwing a fallen leaf in front of Tu Mingyuan, Tu Mingyuan would laugh.
Then other people saw that there was no one in front of Tu Mingyuan, but he was sitting under the tree, smiling happily.
Gu Chang touched his chin with his hand, thinking that he was just dreaming. It shouldn't be because of him that Tu Mingyuan was considered an ominous existence...
Time passed quickly after that, and in the blink of an eye, Tu Mingyuan was over one year old.
Gu Chang was sitting by the bed, staring at the sleeping Tu Mingyuan in a daze. Then he saw a guard pick up the sleeping Tu Mingyuan and walk out of the room.
Gu Chang was a little shocked. In the middle of the day, this guard took people away so blatantly?
Then Gu Chang looked around and when he found that there was really no one else in the room, he widened his eyes slightly.
Seeing Tu Mingyuan being carried away, Gu Chang didn't care about anything else and hurriedly followed.
Gu Chang followed the guards all the way to the stable in the backyard, and could only watch as the guards placed the sleeping Tu Mingyuan on the millstone.
The kitchen is closest to the stable, so there must be someone there!
This thought flashed through Gu Chang's mind, and he turned and ran to the kitchen.
As he ran, Gu Chang remembered that the nanny was the one who worked in the kitchen.
When he saw that only the nanny was in the kitchen, Gu Chang stopped. Without much time to think, he bent down to pick up the fallen leaves on the steps.
The nanny was still sitting on a small stool washing vegetables when she suddenly saw a leaf floating motionless in the air. Her eyes widened in shock.
Gu Chang pointed at Tu Minyuan's location with a leaf. The other party couldn't hear him, so he could only use this method to tell the nanny that Tu Minyuan was in danger.
Nanny clearly didn't understand Gu Chang's meaning and was still wondering if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight. She had heard before that a ghost would tease Tu Mingyuan with leaves when he was alone. Now that she had seen it with her own eyes, she was completely taken aback for a moment.
Gu Chang had no choice but to pick up fallen leaves from outside and bring them in, and then put them on the ground in front of the nanny to form the word "walk".
The nanny was even more shocked. This ghost could write!
But after a brief shock, the nanny also figured out something was wrong.
"Did something happen to Yuan'er?!"
Gu Chang held the leaf and waved it up and down to express his affirmation.
The nanny understood what Gu Chang meant, so she immediately stood up and wanted to go to the room where Tu Mingyuan slept.
Gu Chang took the leaf and waved it wildly left and right in front of the nanny. Fortunately, the nanny did not lose her composure and she quickly realized what Gu Chang meant.
"Do you want me to follow you?" asked Mammy.
Gu Chang took the leaf and moved it up and down again.
This time, the nanny followed Gu Chang all the way to the stable.
When they arrived, the guard was holding a knife and was about to chop Tu Mingyuan who was lying on the millstone.
Fortunately, the nanny spoke up in time and stopped the guards.
However, the guard seemed to be in a state of emotional instability. He shouted at Madam: "If it weren't for him, my Yunniang wouldn't be dead!"
"He is just an innocent child! Didn't the coroner later find out that Yunniang's death was caused by poisoning? Why do you blame all the mistakes on Yuan'er!" The nanny ran directly to Tu Mingyuan and hugged him in her arms.
Tu Mingyuan, who was woken up, rubbed his eyes. There was still some confusion in his eyes, and he subconsciously called out "Mammy."
After hearing what the nanny said, Gu Chang realized that the first wet nurse who died was the wife of this guard.
"What about my child?! He lost his mother and his home when he was young..." The guard retorted excitedly. He walked towards her with a knife in hand. "He is a jinx! He is the nemesis of everyone who treats him well! Several wet nurses died because of him. If he continues to live, then all of us will die!!"
"You are crazy!!! Didn't Yuan'er also lose his mother when he was young? What does what you said have to do with him?!" Seeing that the guard had lost his mind, the nanny wanted to carry Tu Mingyuan out of the stable and seek help from others.
The guard would not give Mammy this chance. He ran up to her with a knife in hand and threatened her, "Mammy! I advise you to put this unlucky man down. Because you took care of my child, I will spare your life. If you still want to protect him, I will kill you!"