amaotonovel Chapter 997 Interconnected Dreams
Chapter 997 Interconnected Dreams
They had walked a long way when they saw a woman lying unconscious under a withered tree by the roadside. When they got closer, they realized it was Zhang Yumo.
Jiang Fenghua stepped forward and patted her face. "Zhang Yumo, wake up."
Zhang Yumo pretended to slowly wake up, "Your Majesty, I... cough cough... water... I want to drink water."
Jiang Fenghua took a glass of water and held it to her lips. Only after she had drunk the water did she ask, "Are you alone? No one else was with you. How did you get here?"
Zhang Yumo said, "I wasn't with anyone else. I walked such a long way to get here. It's so wonderful to meet Her Majesty the Empress here. I thought I was going to die here. I was so scared! I miss Xiao Chu so much. I'm afraid I'll never see her again. Waaah..."
She spoke while crying sadly, as if she was truly frightened.
Zhang Yumo cried uncontrollably. "I've thought about a lot of things from the past. I was wrong before. I'm sorry. When I get back to Shengjing, I will definitely apologize to Jin Yan and ask him to forgive me. I want to live a good life with him. Feng Hua, I will never care about the Zhang family again. I've figured it out. I am Jin Yan's wife and a daughter-in-law of the Jiang family. You have to believe me. I really know I was wrong."
Jiang Fenghua didn't like her, but considering that she was Xiao Chu's mother and a weak woman brought to a place like Xichuan, she said, "It's alright, I'm here. I won't let anything happen to you. Xiao Chu can't be without her mother. I'll take you home after we leave here."
Jiang Fenghua didn't believe her at all, but seeing her so sincere, she grasped Zhang Yumo's wrist and saw that the red spider lily flower decoration on it had disappeared.
She asked, "When did the Other Shore Curse on you disappear?"
“I don’t know either. It was gone when I woke up that day.” Zhang Yumo stared at Jiang Fenghua’s brow. “Your Majesty’s curse is gone too. That’s wonderful. But how did the Other Shore Curse on Your Majesty’s brow disappear? Did you find the Ghost Realm? Have we all become normal people again?”
Jiang Fenghua knew that to break the curse, she had to overcome her inner demons. She defeated her inner demons, so the flower mark between her eyebrows naturally disappeared. Zhang Yumo also inexplicably had the Other Shore Curse on her body, which meant that she also had inner demons.
Now that the curse of the other shore is gone from her body, it means that she truly has no resentment.
Jiang Fenghua wouldn't completely believe her either; she was no longer the Zhang Yumo she knew. She asked again, "Where did you come from to get here?"
Zhang Yumo explained, "There's a cave over there, and there are a lot of human bones at the entrance. It's terrifying. I was just running around randomly and never expected to run into the Empress. I was so scared all by myself."
"What cave? Take me to see it," Jiang Fenghua asked.
"Okay." Zhang Yumo agreed without thinking.
Xie Shang had already disguised himself as a bodyguard. He wore a mask and stood guard beside Jiang Fenghua with the other bodyguards, so Zhang Yumo couldn't recognize who was who.
He changed his tone again, "Your Majesty, it is best to be careful. I am ordered to protect Your Majesty's safety. Perhaps I should go and investigate first and then report back to Your Majesty on the situation in the cave."
Jiang Fenghua looked at him, knowing full well that she wouldn't leave him.
Did Zhang Yumo lie?
Xie Shang carefully observed Zhang Yumo's actions. She said she had come here randomly. Xichuan was indeed a strange place, and there was not a single complete road. Since she had come here randomly, did she remember the way back?
She readily agreed, which means she remembered the way. Even the hidden guards of the Divine Concealment Camp might not recognize the path they had just taken, let alone her in a state of panic.
Furthermore, his men had been searching the area for several days without finding them, so it was suspicious that she suddenly appeared in front of them at this particular moment.
Xie Shang gave Jiang Fenghua only one look, and Jiang Fenghua instantly understood the meaning in his eyes. She was also the kind of person who liked to plan ahead.
Zhang Yumo clearly has a problem.
They saw through her intentions but didn't say anything. The couple had a great understanding and worked together very well. They followed Zhang Yumo towards the cave. Since someone wanted to lure her there, how would she know what they wanted to do if she didn't cooperate and go along with their wishes?
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At the same time, Yan Dinghai, along with his men in black, detained Xiao Yu and the others.
Xiao Yu and Qin Yunyan were also tied up together. When Xiao Yu woke up, he saw that Feng Qingyu and Gongsun Lan were also tied up and unconscious.
Xiao Yu recalled the scene that night. He was originally trying to find his way back, but suddenly a thick fog appeared in front of him. There were ghostly figures in the fog, but now it seemed that they were not ghosts at all, but someone pretending to be a ghost.
They must have been drugged.
Zhang Yunyan was tied to him, and he bumped her with his back, shouting, "Qin Yunyan, wake up!"
Qin Yunyan woke up groggily, "Xiao Yu, there's a ghost! Help..."
"What ghost came out of nowhere in broad daylight? We've been drugged," Xiao Yu said.
Feng Qingyu and Gongsun Lan also woke up. They recalled the circumstances of being taken away. Gongsun Lan never expected that he, who often called himself a master of poison making, would be drugged.
At this moment, Feng Qingyu was tightly bound to her body, and they were unable to move.
The group exchanged glances, all knowing what had happened.
Feng Qingyu said, "Why didn't I see Xiao Shang and Zhang Yumo? They were with us at the time, so they should have been arrested together!"
Xiao Yu said, "Xiao Shang was originally a member of the Earthly Fiend Sect. He was the one who sent us to Xichuan. He might be the mastermind behind it all."
Gongsun Lan said, "I don't think it's him. He has no idea that the Ghost Realm exists."
When the Ghost Realm was mentioned, everyone looked at Gongsun Lan, because none of them knew that she was the first to suggest this name, not Xiao Shang.
Gongsun Lan explained, "I also learned about the Ghost Realm by chance a few years ago. At that time, I met a girl who also had the mark of the Other Shore Curse on her body. Later, that girl also died. I learned about the existence of the Ghost Realm from that girl, and then later..."
Gongsun Lan seemed to have forgotten something but now remembered it. She murmured, "I had a dream. I dreamt that someone planted red spider lilies all over the mountains. It's a kind of medicinal herb. I don't know what it's used for. The woman's back looked like Empress Jiang."
Feng Qingyu also said, "I had a dream too, I dreamt of Miss Lanlan."
Xiao Yu frowned. It seemed this place was indeed very strange. They had all been dreaming. He had dreamed of Jiang Fenghua.
Several people were stunned after hearing this, because ever since they entered Xichuan, they had been having strange dreams about things that had never happened.
Qin Yunyan wasn't dreaming, and she was getting a little anxious. "What do you mean? What kind of dream are you talking about? I'm not dreaming."
Xiao Yu looked at Qin Yunyan. She had also appeared in his dreams. Why hadn't he dreamt of her?