The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 177: Networked Fantasy, Sharing Immortals

"So that the queen can know that although this treasure mirror has a fairy fate, it is difficult for ordinary people to obtain it. Moreover, after reading it, I am afraid that there will be many indecent behaviors. Please move to the next room and leave the left and right before reading it."

After hearing the "immortal's" instructions, Yuanchun ordered the room next door to be vacated so that she could comprehend the immortal fate more easily.

Mrs. Wang was afraid that her daughter would follow the old lady's footsteps after seeing this thing, so she hurriedly stopped her and said:
"If the queen goes to the next door, I'm afraid that if something happens, Lord Zhan won't be able to rescue her in time."

Yuanchun had great confidence in the "immortal" and planned to do as Master Zhan ordered, but the palace maids and eunuchs beside her were afraid of being held responsible if something went wrong, and they also wanted to take advantage of the immortal's fate, so they all urged her to serve him closely.

Finally, Mrs. Wang compromised and suggested:
"Why not put up a screen to block the outside view, and let Lord Zhan and the palace maids and eunuchs guard the other side of the screen, and I will watch with you on this side of the screen."

"We are mother and daughter, so even if there is something indecent, we don't need to worry too much."

"If there is any danger, I will have time to call for help."

Yuanchun thought about it and agreed.

So Mrs. Wang asked someone to bring a large screen to divide the room in the middle. She and Yuanchun were on the inside, and everyone else was on the outside.

The eunuch also called the imperial physician over and asked him to wait nearby to prevent any accidents from happening.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Master Zhan smiled and took out the Mirror of Love and Lust, handed it to the eunuch beside him, and presented it to the leader.

The eunuch picked up the treasure mirror and looked at it from left to right. He saw that both sides were covered with gauze. He didn't find any danger, but for safety reasons, he lifted the gauze and took a look.

Then everyone saw the eunuch's face froze, and then his body trembled, his hands loosened, and the treasure mirror fell to the ground with a "clang", and bounced a few times on the ground. If it was not made of copper, it would have broken into pieces.

The eunuch's face was red and he looked terrified. He prostrated on the ground, kowtowed in front of the screen, and begged for mercy.

"Please forgive me, Madam. I know I was wrong. Please forgive me, Madam..."

Yuanchun was on the other side of the screen and knew nothing, so she started to ask, and the palace maid went over and told her what had happened.

Yuanchun was surprised and asked:
"Is this treasure mirror so effective?"

"Tell me what you saw in the treasure mirror."

The eunuch had just taken a frontal photo, so he didn't dare to speak out the blasphemous vision he had seen. He just kept kowtowing and admitting his mistake, but he refused to say what he had seen.

Mr. Zhan guessed what he saw and smiled to smooth things over:

"This matter of fate is also a secret of heaven. Everyone may see it differently. It cannot be disclosed to outsiders at will, otherwise there may be punishment from heaven."

When Yuanchun saw that Mr. Zhan had spoken, she waved her hand and pardoned the eunuch.

"Since this is the secret of heaven, then I will pardon you. Hand over the treasure mirror quickly, but don't peek at it again."

The eunuch hurriedly thanked the emperor and stood up, then placed the treasure mirror on a tray and passed it forward respectfully. The other palace maids and eunuchs also saw the magic of the treasure mirror and did not dare to open it carelessly. In a moment, they delivered the treasure mirror to Yuanchun.

Yuanchun picked up the treasure mirror, and under Mrs. Wang’s nervous gaze, she gently lifted her veil and looked inside carefully.

In a daze, she saw Master Zhan smiling at her in the mirror. She was immediately delighted and forgot her identity as an imperial concubine. She also forgot that her mother was watching. She ignored everything and stepped into the mirror and threw herself into Master Zhan's arms. She raised her head to greet him and raised her lips to him. She wrapped around Master Zhan like an octopus and had sex with him.

This double cultivation made Empress Yuanchun, who had not been favored by the Emperor for a long time, truly taste the joy. She knew where heaven was on the spot, and even after waking up, she was still savoring the experience.

Mrs. Wang, who was sitting opposite her, only saw her daughter pick up the treasure mirror and take a look at it, then she began to tremble all over, her limbs became weak, and the treasure mirror fell out of her hand.

She was afraid that something might happen to her daughter, so she quickly snatched the treasure mirror from her, stared at her daughter carefully, and asked in a low voice:
"Is everything alright, Madam?"

Fortunately, after shivering twice, Yuanchun came back to her senses. She looked at her mother in front of her, felt the wetness under her body, and her face flushed. She lowered her head in shame and whispered back:

"Thank you for your concern, my daughter is fine."

However, the feeling of being in heaven just now remained in Yuanchun's heart and could not be shaken off, so after a slight hesitation, she picked up the treasure mirror again and took another look.

Sure enough, she met Master Zhan again.

She had had the experience of looking in the mirror once before, and this time she looked in the mirror again, thinking that she would be able to resist the temptation, stay rational, and have a good chat with the immortal about the methods of cultivation.

But who knew that she overestimated herself. When they met again for the second time, she was still blinded by her reason. She forgot who she was and only wanted to have a good time with Master Zhan.

Then he trembled again, and the treasure mirror fell into his hand again.

This time, after Mrs. Wang got the treasure mirror, she refused to give it to Yuanchun.

Every time she looked at the mirror before, she only looked at the back, and what she saw was a skeleton, which was enough to scare people to death. The old lady was really scared to death, but she had never looked at the front. She only heard Mr. Zhan mention that it was dangerous to look at the front and that she should not do it casually, so she always covered it with gauze.

Now looking at the expression on my daughter's face, it doesn't look like she saw a skeleton, so doesn't that mean the photo was taken from the front?

What if this is dangerous?
After she refused Yuanchun's request for it again, she took a look herself, wanting to see what was in the mirror and how dangerous it was.

This glance... is really dangerous!

She was immediately immersed in it.

Yuanchun had never had any substantial contact with Master Zhan, so although she went to heaven, the process was very conventional and not very exciting.

But Mrs. Wang had truly witnessed how powerful Master Zhan was, and knew how strong, how durable, and how many tricks he had. So when Mrs. Wang saw him, it was as if she had entered the Tsukuyomi illusion, where Master Zhan had manipulated her to learn dozens of kinds of knowledge and used hundreds of magic weapons. The degree of stimulation she felt was a hundred times greater than that of Yuanchun.

Then Mrs. Wang also began to tremble, and fell on the bed and trembled continuously.

Yuanchun was immediately frightened and hurriedly left the treasure mirror behind to check on Mrs. Wang's condition first.

She was not a little girl anymore. As soon as she saw the symptoms, she knew that Mrs. Wang had encountered some problem, which was exactly the same as what she had just encountered.

I just don’t know whether what Mrs. Wang saw was the same illusion as what she saw herself. However, seeing Mrs. Wang’s dramatic reaction, I think the illusion should be different from her own.

After hesitating for a while, she finally did not call the imperial physician in, otherwise she was afraid that her mother would lose face.

She waited for a while, and finally saw Mrs. Wang wake up. She breathed a sigh of relief, leaned over and whispered:

"If you are tired, mother, you might as well go back and rest."

How could Mrs. Wang be willing to let her daughter face this danger alone? She immediately refused in a stern manner.

"My Lady, if you look at this treasure mirror too much, it might be harmful to your health. Why don't you just stop here?"

After hearing this, Yuanchun just smiled and shook her head, saying:
"I'm afraid that mother has not fully understood the mystery, but I already know where the immortal fate is and how to seek the immortal method."

Mrs. Wang was immediately shocked and asked in surprise:

"I don't know what the queen saw, and where the immortal fate is. Do you need your family to help you with anything?"

Yuanchun hesitated for a moment, thinking that her parents were clearly familiar with the "immortal", but in the end they did not have any deep friendship. It was clearly a pity that they went to a treasure mountain but came back empty-handed.

But she didn't want to reveal the secret of the "immortal". If she revealed the identity of Lord Zhan, it would make the "immortal" dissatisfied and backfire.

After thinking for a while, she decided to give her mother a hint, so she took Mrs. Wang's hand and said with a smile:
"My daughter looked in the mirror twice, and the illusion she saw each time was different. But in these different illusions, there are similarities. And this unchanging part is where the immortal fate lies."

"Come, come, mother, take another photo and compare them, then you will know where the immortal fate is."

The mother and daughter stood shoulder to shoulder, face to face, and took a photo together in front of the Fengyue Baojian.

The mirror of the Fengyue Baojian is not very big. Under normal circumstances, most people look at the mirror alone, so the person they see is naturally a single person. Moreover, the dream lover of different people is different. Even if multiple people look at the mirror together, it is impossible to see the same lover. Naturally, the illusion is still one-on-one.

But it so happens that Mrs. Wang's relationship with Jia Zheng has broken down and they are in a cold war. Instead, she is in a passionate love affair with Mr. Zhan.

Yuanchun entered the palace at a young age and had never had any contact with normal men. Although she was an imperial concubine, she had no feelings for the emperor, let alone his dream lover.

However, she had been obsessed with finding the "immortal in her dream" to cultivate immortality for more than a year, and her obsession was far greater than that of others, so she was exposed by the Fengyue Treasure Mirror.

The two women shared the same lover, so the single-player game became an online game, and the one-on-one fight became a group fight. The treasure mirror created a new fantasy world based on Mrs. Wang’s rich life experience.

In a daze, the two women, wearing the standard tight black leather jackets of investigators and black three-inch high heels, walked side by side into the underground magic cave and greeted Master Zhan inside the cave.

After experiencing the failure of infiltration, being captured in a fight, being insulted, being taught all kinds of lessons, a change of mind, and a dark turn, the story finally comes to an end.

The treasure mirror fell out of his hand again and landed between the two women who were twitching continuously, face down, hiding its huge power.

After a long time, Mrs. Wang regained consciousness. Looking at her daughter who had suffered such a shock for the first time and had not yet recovered, she felt extremely guilty.

If she hadn't been involved, how could Yuanchun have encountered such an illusion?
It is said that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Only after seeing the light can you understand the darkness of the night.

After experiencing the taste of happiness and joy, it becomes particularly difficult to tolerate the painful torment of loneliness.

After this exciting experience, I am afraid that my daughter’s life in the palace will be more difficult in the future.

While she was sighing, Yuanchun also recovered a lot. She struggled to get up and looked at Mrs. Wang who looked troubled and guilty. However, she did not blame her. Instead, she smiled and asked:

"After experiencing this illusion, mother, have you discovered the commonality of these illusions? Do you know where to go to seek immortal methods?"

“Uh…” Madam Wang was stunned for a moment before she remembered the important matter. She looked strange and pointed at the screen outside, stuttering, “Could it be… is…”

Yuanchun extended her index finger and pressed it to her lips, indicating that it should be kept secret, and said with a smile:
"It's good enough for my mother's family to know about this, but there's no need to tell anyone else. Just remember to maintain this relationship in the future and don't waste this great opportunity!"

Mrs. Wang's face suddenly became interesting. She had heard Master Zhan boast about being an immortal who came down to earth to experience the tribulations of love before, but she still didn't quite believe it in her heart. She only regarded Master Zhan as a freak of ecstasy. But now that she had seen the illusion in the treasure mirror with her own eyes and heard her daughter so confident, and thought about Master Zhan's miraculous abilities, she couldn't help but believe it a little.

But of course she didn't dare tell these things to her daughter. After all, she couldn't say that she had a very close relationship with the immortal and had already swallowed the immortal fate many times.

After hesitating for a while, she whispered:
"Your Highness, you don't know that your concubine sister Tanchun is in love with that, that Master Zhan, and wants to be his concubine, but because of your status, the Master has never agreed..."

Yuanchun was overjoyed when she heard this, and smiled:
"Master Zhan is a nobleman of the imperial court, and his status is noble. Sister Tanchun becoming his concubine is a match made in heaven."

"My mother just told my father that it was my idea. I think my father won't refuse."

With Empress Yuanchun speaking up, things naturally became simple, and it also saved Mrs. Wang the trouble of thinking of excuses to fool her husband.

The matter was settled and both parties were happy.

Yuanchun's leaving the palace this time was just a casual act to see the old lady off to her final resting place. After all, they hadn't seen each other for many years and had no feelings for each other anymore.

Her main purpose of returning home to visit her relatives was actually to find the "immortal in her dream" of that year, seek immortal fate, and embark on the path of cultivating immortality.

Now that we know that this "immortal in the dream" is the loyal and upright Viscount Zhan, our goal has basically been achieved.

If there is anything in the future, I can ask my family to convey it. When I meet Master Zhan in my dream and look at the treasure mirror again, it will be a bit useless.

She wanted to send it back, but she was reluctant to give up the wonderful feeling in the illusion. After hesitating for a long time, she raised her voice to the outside of the screen:
"I will take this treasure mirror back to the palace and study it in detail. Lord Zhan, please spare it."

This Fengyue Baojian is just a toy for Master Zhan. Since he had the Mind Image Cave, Master Zhan has many treasures and does not need this one at all. He agreed immediately.

Yuanchun then felt relieved. She wrapped up the treasure mirror and put it away. Then she said she was tired, asked everyone to leave, and ordered her personal maid to prepare hot water for bathing and changing clothes, and secretly changed the wet clothes.

While bathing, she quietly approached Mrs. Wang and whispered:
"Mom, find a way to tell that Immortal Zhan later, and tell him that your daughter admires the immortal way and wants to practice immortal cultivation with him. Please have mercy on him and grant me the immortal method."

"If the immortal agrees, you can ask him to come to me at night. Your daughter will be waiting for you every night."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was immediately frightened. Thinking of Mr. Zhan’s lustful behavior, she was afraid that if he really went to find her daughter, her daughter would not be able to escape his clutches.

Moreover, judging from the way my daughter seems to be willing now, maybe she is a money-losing girl who doesn't need Master Zhan to seduce her at all. She will take the initiative to come to Master Zhan and let him enjoy her.

Although she had previously envied and jealous Aunt Zhao for having a daughter who could help consolidate her favor, when it was really her turn to offer her daughter, she felt reluctant.

"Your Majesty, this matter needs to be carefully considered. The palace is heavily guarded and there are spies everywhere. If something were to happen, I'm afraid it would be a serious crime of confiscating the property and exterminating the clan!"

Seeing her mother's frightened expression, Yuanchun hesitated for a moment and decided to reveal some information to reassure her. She smiled softly and said:

"Mother, you don't know that more than a year ago, Immortal Zhan came to the palace to find your daughter and said that he wanted her to cultivate immortality with him."

"It's just that my daughter didn't believe in gods and ghosts at the time. She only thought of him as a strange person, so she didn't agree and missed this great opportunity."

"Immortal Zhan never blamed me, and even used magic to help his daughter obtain the honorable position of imperial concubine."

"Mother, think about it, since this Immortal Zhan can even control your Majesty's will, what else can't he do?"

"What?" Mrs. Wang was shocked after hearing this, "Did Master Zhan help you get this position of Imperial Concubine?"

Compared to Mrs. Wang who was so shocked, Yuanchun was much calmer and waved her hand disapprovingly.

"It's just a mere earthly fortune, what does it count for?"

"All fame, wealth, honor, money, women...are nothing but passing clouds. Only longevity is what practitioners should value."

"..."Thinking of Mr. Zhan's lustful behavior, Mrs. Wang really couldn't agree with her daughter Yuanchun's opinion.

Yuanchun thought that what Mrs. Wang was worried about was that the news would leak out and affect the family, so she specifically told her about Concubine Xian De's background, but she never mentioned that Master Zhan had met her in a dream before.

Mrs. Wang judged her daughter by her own experience and felt that her daughter was mentally prepared to sacrifice herself.

Although they are mother and daughter, they have not seen each other for many years, and the relationship between them is no longer as deep as it used to be, and a thick barrier has been created.

In addition, many things were embarrassing, and Mrs. Wang was embarrassed to tell her daughter. After hesitating for a long time, she decided to let nature take its course.

If Mr. Zhan is really having an affair with my daughter Yuanchun, then...let her be!
As a member of a powerful family, Mrs. Wang certainly knew what kind of life the women in the palace lived. It would not be wrong to say that they were widows.

When she thought of the rumors about all the dirty and filthy things going on in the palace, which were all shameful activities, Mrs. Wang suddenly felt that it was a good thing to let her daughter Yuanchun cling to Master Zhan's thigh.

"Oh, forget it, since Your Majesty has already made preparations, I won't say anything more."

"I will tell Master Zhan about your news later and ask her to come find you."

After the official business was done, Yuanchun took out her identity as the eldest sister and gathered with Baoyu and her younger brothers and sisters to chat about daily life, test their poetry skills, and watch Xichun perform a set of boxing and archery, praising her with a few words and rewarding her with many things.

Only after the night fell did Yuanchun bid farewell to her family and leave the house to return to the palace. After completing many etiquette at the palace, Yuanchun could not wait to wash and go to bed, waiting for Master Zhan to come and meet her in her dreams.

Unexpectedly, she was woken up from her dream just when she fell asleep. When she looked up, she saw Master Zhan dressed as a Taoist priest standing at the head of the bed under the bright moonlight outside the window, looking at her with a smile.

"Your Highness, why did you invite me here? What can I do for you?"

It would be so boring to meet in a dream, Master Zhan came here in person to teach you the Dharma with his own body!

Thanks to the book friend "Roil Chicken Cong Egg" for the reward of 1000 coins!
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