Fighter of the Destiny

The palace was deserted at night, and so were the ponds and gardens, even though it was a summer night.

There were not only two people by the pond, but also the black sheep, which was in the bushes not far away.

Chen Changsheng saw the middle-aged woman first, and then the black sheep. If it were anyone else, he would definitely be shocked, but he was not, because he was used to seeing people standing next to him every time he came out from under the Beixin Bridge. He saw a black sheep by the pond. As for the middle-aged woman, he was also familiar with it. She was the one he saw when he first came out of the pond.

Deep in the forbidden palace, if he alerted the people in the palace, he would be in big trouble. He couldn't speak, so he clasped his hands and bowed to the middle-aged woman across the pond.

His behavior was very polite and his movements were standard, but now that he was soaking wet, it was a little funny to look at him and salute so respectfully.

The black sheep looked at him through the leaves, tilting his head slightly, as if he was teasing him.

He didn't care so much, and gestured to the middle-aged woman and said that he wanted to change into a set of dry clothes. Please turn her around and wait.

Then he mouthed to the black sheep, Close your eyes.

He had always thought that since the middle-aged woman was deaf and mute, she would naturally be able to understand the mute language he had learned from Senior Brother Yu Ren. In fact, she did know the mute language.

But she didn't turn around, because there was nothing in the world that could make her turn away.

The black sheep did not close his eyes, but opened them wider, which were very bright in the night.

Chen Changsheng didn't know what to do. He was soaked and dripping, looking very pitiful.

The middle-aged woman seemed a little displeased with his reaction and waved her sleeves.

There was a night breeze blowing from the other side of the pond, lingering around him.

The summer night wind is not dry, but a little hot.

After a while, his clothes were dry and felt extremely dry from the inside out.

Chen Changsheng was surprised, and then saw the middle-aged woman walking out of the garden with her hands behind her hands.

The black sheep glanced at him, turned around and walked out of the bushes, following the middle-aged woman.

In the past, when returning from the palace to the Chinese Academy of Education, Black Sheep would lead the way, even if he later had the key. Habits are always extremely powerful. So he followed Black Sheep and the middle-aged woman into the night of the palace, and then passed through the quiet secret door and came to... Baicao Garden.

Luoluo has been living in the palace for a month now and in the palace for a month. Baicao Garden has been empty of people for a long time.

Apart from stealing medicinal herbs with Tang Sanshiliu, Chen Changsheng has not been here for a long time.

But the Baicao Garden has not changed much from before. The corridor is still winding, the trees and flowers inside are growing extremely well, covering half of all the roads, and the table in the forest is still in its original place. There was still a teapot and two tea bowls on the stone table, but the tea I drank today was white tea. The tea was very clear, but the taste was very fragrant.

There were many things that he couldn't understand and couldn't figure out. For example, there was no one in the Herb Garden, why were there teapots and teacups on the stone table, why was the tea in the pot freshly brewed, with just the right temperature, neither hot nor cold, such as Mo Yu said that this black sheep was raised in the palace. Why was it so close to this middle-aged woman? For example, why did the woman just wave her sleeves and the wind dried her hair and clothes? For example, who is this middle-aged woman?

This middle-aged woman's level of strength is unpredictable, at least he can't tell. She has a high status in the palace, moves freely, knows many secrets of the palace, and has strange feelings for Baicao Garden - Chen Changsheng early I know that the middle-aged woman is not simple. I have guessed her identity many times. From the concubine who was favored by the late emperor in the harem but is now out of power to the Taoist nun who meditated in the Baicao Garden with the Holy Empress, I always feel that these The guesses are wrong.

Chen Changsheng didn't second guess later - the middle-aged woman didn't ask him to do anything, and even helped him. And just like Tang Sanliu said, due to his own reasons, he was not too concerned about many things. If he cares too much, he will always show a calmness beyond his age, and because he has many secrets, he doesn't want to find out other people's secrets.

More importantly, he was very accustomed to and even enjoyed the atmosphere of sitting opposite this middle-aged woman drinking tea in the Herb Garden. Although he only did it three times.

When drinking tea in the Herb Garden, the middle-aged woman couldn't speak, and he didn't need to speak. Most of the time, the middle-aged woman was looking at the stars in the night sky or the traces of the old year in the Herb Garden, not looking at him, so He doesn't need to be nervous either. That feeling of tranquility seemed to take him back to the old temple in Xining Town, as if he was still sitting by the stream with Senior Brother Yu Ren, without saying anything or knowing each other's thoughts, just sitting in a daze.

Because of Zhou Yuan's incident, Chen Changsheng has been feeling a little uneasy recently.

Since he had no way to enter Zhou Garden, he had no way to finally confirm the girl's whereabouts. This made him very anxious and he needed the tranquility at this time.

However, unlike the previous times, this peaceful feeling that he longed for and cherished was broken the next moment.

The middle-aged woman stopped looking at the stars and started to look at him.

She looked at him for a long time. She looked at him very carefully, calmly and attentively, as if there were mountains, water, flowers, trees, clouds and infinite scenery on his face.

Chen Changsheng didn't know why she was looking at him like this. He was a little confused and naturally a little nervous.

As time passed, the middle-aged woman still looked at him, so he became more and more nervous, so that his body finally became stiff.

At this moment, the middle-aged woman suddenly reached out and lifted his chin with the upper edge of her index finger.

Chen Changsheng was surprised.

When he first drank tea here, this middle-aged woman had touched his cheek. Because of the emotion in her eyes, Chen Changsheng endured it and did nothing.

But stroking the cheek and pinching the chin are two completely different actions. The former can be understood as the affection of the elders for the younger ones and the reminiscence of certain lost feelings, while the latter... is more like teasing or teasing small animals. And although the woman was old enough to be his mother, there were differences between men and women after all, so this action was really unacceptable to him. He wanted to turn his head to avoid it, but found an incomprehensible breath coming from the other party's fingers, which directly made his body unable to move.

She lifted his chin and looked at his face carefully.

Of course she wasn't teasing a little boy or an animal, because there was no love or recollection of those emotions in her eyes, no emotion at all.

She looked at Chen Changsheng's face as if looking at a painting, trying to figure out what kind of secrets were hidden behind the painting.

Chen Changsheng didn't like the look in her eyes very much at this time, because it was too indifferent, but he couldn't move at all. His nose was slightly undulating, and his breath became much thicker.

If it were Luo Luo or Tang Sanliu, looking at this scene, you would know that he was really angry.

But she didn't know, and even if she knew, it wouldn't affect her decision. No one or anything could change her decision.

But she probably thought Chen Changsheng looked cute like this, so she smiled and was about to release his chin. However, at this moment, her smile suddenly faded, and her face turned serious, as if she saw something on his face.