Chapter 16: The Prophetic Dream Comes True

Wang Yun looked at Wang Baochuan with suspicion, his expression serious. He even doubted whether his daughter, in order to fool him, would lose her mind and go to the palace to set a fire.

“Whether it’s true or not, we’ll see in three days.”

“Even if what you said is true, what does it have to do with you ruining your reputation and not wanting to get married?”

Wang Baochuan started to feel wronged again, tears welled up in her eyes, making her look pitiful.

“Because I dreamed that the Emperor ordered me to have a lottery for marriage, and I ended up marrying a beggar, living a miserable life, and in the dream, you and Mother didn’t want me anymore…”

Wang Yun’s heart softened completely, he couldn’t bear to scold her anymore.

Forget it, it’s just a matter of reputation. His eldest and second daughters were already married, and he was the Prime Minister of the Great Tang, he could just support Baochuan for the rest of her life.

He instructed the servants to send Baochuan back to her room to rest. That night, he kept thinking about how much truth there was to his daughter’s words.

This doubt lasted for three days. On the third day at noon, the Chengqing Palace caught fire, causing a stir in the capital. Although the fire was put out quickly and there was no major damage, the Emperor was furious and punished many people.

After an investigation, it was discovered that a palace servant had been careless with fire, which caused the fire.

Prime Minister Wang returned home, his heart pounding. He called Wang Baochuan over. Wang Baochuan looked at him with an expression that said, “Now you should believe me, right?”

He knew that his daughter rarely went out and even more rarely went to the palace. She had no connection with the palace. This fire, if it wasn’t a prophetic dream, did his daughter have supernatural powers?

Therefore, he completely believed Wang Baochuan’s explanation.

Rumors spread throughout the capital that the third Miss of the Prime Minister’s mansion had encountered Xiliang assassins and fallen off a cliff, and was later rescued by a strange man, and the two of them spent more than ten days together.

The rumors were vivid, as if people had seen it with their own eyes.

Those who had previously gone to the Prime Minister’s mansion to propose marriage were extremely fortunate.  They were glad they hadn’t married her, otherwise, they would have become the laughingstock of the capital.

The Third Prince’s Mansion.

“Your Highness, the third Miss of the Prime Minister’s mansion is probably not having a good time lately, right?  I heard that even Prime Minister Wang has fallen ill.” Asong had heard many rumors from outside.

Bai Yu was actually Li Chen, whose courtesy name was Ziyu.  Because he had no presence in the court, and the Emperor and Empress in the palace didn’t like him, he had set up his own mansion outside the palace long ago.

Because he had nothing to do, and he couldn’t stay still, he changed his name to Bai Yu and traveled among the common people.

“What are those people saying?” Li Chen was wearing a black robe with a golden embroidered python, he looked serious as he put down the book in his hand.

“They say that the third Miss is such an unchaste woman, and the Prime Minister’s mansion actually tolerates her.  Even in an ordinary family, they would either hang their daughter or at least send her to a nunnery.”

Asong trembled more and more as he spoke.  He could see that the prince was angry, his whole body was cold and frightening.

“Prepare the carriage.” Li Chen instructed.

He was going to the palace to see his mother.  His mother was just a lowly noblewoman, she gave birth to a prince, but she didn’t even have the rank of concubine.

Noblewoman Bai was overjoyed to see her son come to pay his respects.  She was completely invisible in the palace.  If it weren’t for her son coming to visit her often, bringing her interesting books, and telling her about the common people, her life in the palace would be even more boring.

“Ziyu, why did you come to see your mother today?” Noblewoman Bai eagerly pulled him to sit down, and then instructed the palace maids to bring the tea she had made herself to brew for him.

Li Chen hesitated for a long time before he finally mustered the courage to say, “Mother, I want to get married.”