Two hours in the Dream equaled one year in reality. In others words, she could wander freely in the Mansion for a year with only two hours. If she wanted, she could secretly observe and learn skills from Shangguan Ming Ri and Qi Xuanyu. And also, she could let Zhou Jinglan be scared to death.

Therefore, He Danggui settled in the Mansion of the Dream. In fact, to be more specific, she “stayed” here because she was a spirit. She didn’t need food for her sustenance and couldn’t be seen by people here. Besides, she was able to flash to anywhere instantly as she wanted.

She often threw Shangguan Ming Ri’s head with a handful of pebbles. After being angry, Shangguan Ming Ri would locate her with his amazing sensory ability, and covered her with ferocious attacks. In the first few months, she often fainted as soon as she was beaten by him. But she gradually gained the confidence to fight against a senior. At least, she gradually became a passing challenger.

Even the most stupid apprentice would learn something after months of training, not to mention the responsible teacher Shangguan Ming Ri, who always treated her the most harshly no matter how many times she poked him. He Danggui gradually got used to her status, and she could even flash during the battle. In addition, she found a pair of daggers from her former residence, and sometimes, she could cut off a piece of Shangguan Ming Ri’s clothes with them.

Recently, people in the Mansion said that Shangguan Ming Ri had lost his mind because he seldom went to bed except for meditating. When he was awake, his eyes were turning around all the time. He was always in the preparation to kill somebody. Damn scary!

More interestingly, Senior Concubine Zhou was entangled by a ghost. She had invited many monks and Taoist priests to make special rituals, but nothing worked. In every noon, as long as Senior Concubine Zhou and her maid Xu Siniang didn’t slap each other’s faces 50 times under the hot sun, her eight-year-old son would jump into the dungeon as if he was manipulated by a ghost. Who was that ghost? Everybody knew the answer.

Later, the Lord heard this. Then, he set up a spirit-seeking station in the Mansion and slept on it after the daily ritual. Sometimes, several thin quilts were blown by the wind on the Lord’s body, causing him to believe in the existence of ghosts more firmly. Sima Ming Yue and other servants tried to persuade him, but it was in vain. After a few months, the Lord even got praised by the Emperor because of upholding Taoism.

When it was the eleventh month in the Dream, He Danggui was able to tie the 35-year-old Shangguan Ming Ri with the advantages of “invisibility” and “flashing”. She had made great progress in practice. Before, she didn’t know how to use her great internal force. There was even an unexpected fruit that she was getting better and better at hidden weapons after practicing throwing at Shangguan Ming Ri’s nose with small stones every day. She even could control the weapon landing on the left side or the right side of his nose. The truth proved that she couldn’t use hidden weapons well because she did not have an attractive target.

She had never seen Qi Xuanyu nor Zhu Quan again. In the Dream where her previous-life-enemies gathered, she became an outlier.

According to Bai Yangbai’s description, the Dream was a variant from the Eight-diagrams tactics, divided into eight gates: Sheng (birth), Shang (injury), Du (clumsy), Jing (prospect), Si (slacken), Jiing (surprise), Kai (relax), and Xiu. (rest). She had already found the Sheng gate of the Dream in the fifth month since she got here. However, thinking that she would never come back, she really wanted to stay longer to communicate with that expert Qi Xuanyu, but he had not shown up for a whole year, and it had been almost two hours in reality.

The high intensity of her Kungfu practice throughout the year had made her taller, showing that the experience in the Dream would also leave traces in reality. Being alone in an isolated environment enabled her to relax from the inside out, and she had more time to think about things that she couldn’t figure out before. However, the lack of communication also made her feel incredibly lonely.

Finally, the time had come when the fight with Shangguan Ming Ri and the begging sound from Zhou Jinglan and her maids could not amuse her anymore. So, she decided to leave the Dream and come back to reality.

A warm light wrapped her. She felt she was falling all the way. When she opened her eyes again, she saw a bright green figure rushed towards her. Her vision blurred for a moment. After blinking, she recognized that it was Zhu.

“Aunt, are you okay? Did he force you?” Zhu asked a weird question.

He Danggui picked herself up from the ground and grabbed Zhu’s pinky cheeks, “What does the note from Qing’er say? Why did you bring me a blank paper? I am nervous!”

Zhu didn’t answer the question. He covered his mouth in surprise and exclaimed, “Are you going to have a baby, too? Do you know your baby’s gender?”

He Danggui was puzzled, “I am not really following you.” Zhu confused her. She was having a baby after two hours? She found that she was still in the Depositary of Buddhist Texts, and the scene outside the window was dark. Did she miss anything?

Zhu pointed at the man on the ground with his hand, “I saw your movements.”

He Danggui suddenly turned her head to look at the man on the ground. Zhu Quan! He was in a coma with a strange green hat. She was puzzled.

“That is my hat,” said Zhu, “because his eyes are open when he sleeps. Creepy!”

He Danggui checked Zhu Quan and confirmed that he was really sleeping. Perhaps his spirit was still in the Dream, so his eyes were half open. She made a quiet gesture to Zhu and warned him solemnly, “He is a wicked man, and I have nothing to do with him. I am not pregnant at all.”

“But,” Chubby Zhu whispered proudly, “what are you worrying about? He should take the responsibility.” Seeing He Danggui’s frantic expression, he used his chubby hand to pat her chest and said, “You get fat. This is the sign of having a baby.”

He Danggui lowered her head in shock. Her breasts were bigger! She even touched them to confirm their existence.

What the hell! She wondered in confusion. The Dream could help her body grow! However, her breasts were not big like this in the Dream. What happened? In her previous life, she did not have breasts of this size until she was 16 years old. It was so weird…

She stood up and checked her body. She found that she had grown taller, the same as in the Dream. Then, she unraveled the cloth around her neck. Surprisingly, the wound made by Zhu Quan had healed. She took out a small mirror and found that there was not even a scar left. The power of time was amazing.

After checking her body changes, she preached to the little one with her hands on her hips, “Like I said, I have nothing to do with him, and I don’t have a baby.” However, Zhu was still wearing an unbelievable expression, so she angrily kneaded his face and continued her preaching, “A pregnant woman will gain weight in her belly, not her breasts. Therefore, I have nothing to do with him. You should never talk about it again.”

“Aunt, you are wrong.” Zhu guarded his cheeks with his hands and corrected her in an educational tone, “When women are pregnant, their breasts will get bigger firstly, and their bellies will get bigger next. In one or two months, your belly will start to be round. You have to ask him to be responsible.”

“Huh?” He Danggui thought she was an idiot. Maybe she had been in the Dream for so long that she lost her ability to communicate with people. What was this boy talking about?

Zhu waved his chubby hand to make He Danggui come closer. He whispered, “I know it. Women’s breasts are all small at first, but they will get bigger and bigger once a man touches them. And after a period of time, their bellies will also get bigger. You shouldn’t tell anyone now. Otherwise, they will laugh at you so that you can’t get married!”

He Danggui’s mouth opened wide. Was he really a seven-year-old boy? Where did he learn it? She didn’t even know it! She asked, “Who taught you these things?”

“Nobody. I just know it.” Zhu answered. He considered with his chin on his hand, “Your case is special. It took a short while before your breasts get bigger. Therefore, your belly must be growing up earlier than others. Maybe tomorrow. We must be quick. Find a daddy for the baby before dawn. Why don’t you two hold a wedding right now!”

He Danggui felt helpless. Though she was not a mother, she raised Zhu into a strong and healthy boy. She had watched him do his homework and listened to him reading those saint articles. She really didn’t know whom he learnt from.

“A baby?” Chang Nuo’s voice echoed, “Whose baby?”

“The baby of that man and my aunt.” Zhu pointed at Zhu Quan, who wore a green hat. And he was not afraid of the stranger, “Tie him up. I will help them marry.”

He Danggui turned her head. When she saw that Chang Nuo was wearing a servant uniform, she knew that Zhu must have regarded him as a servant. However, the man behind Chang Nuo was…

Third Childe Meng, Meng Ying, scratched his chin and asked, “Hold a wedding? Who approved it?”