The palace under the night is very deserted, the pond and the small garden are also very deserted, although it is a summer night.
There are not only two people by the pond, but also the black sheep, which is in the bushes not far away.
Chen Changsheng first saw the middle-aged woman, and then he saw the black sheep. If it were someone else, he would definitely be shocked, but he didn't, because he was used to the fact that every time he came out from the bottom of the Beixin Bridge, he would be in front of him. He saw the black sheep by the pond, and he was no stranger to the middle-aged woman. When he came out of the pond for the first time, she was the one he saw.
Deep in the Forbidden Palace, if the people in the palace were disturbed, there would be big trouble, so he could not speak, so he bowed to the middle-aged woman across the pond.
His behavior was very polite, and his movements were also very standard, but he was drenched all over now, and saluting so respectfully, it would be a bit funny to watch.
The black sheep looked at him through the leaves, tilted its head slightly, and seemed to be teasing him.
He didn't care so much, he gestured to the middle-aged woman and said that he wanted to change into a set of dry clothes, please turn around and wait for her.
Then he mouthed to the black sheep, "Close your eyes."
He always thought that the middle-aged woman was deaf-mute, so she could naturally understand the dumb language he had learned from senior brother Yu Ren. In fact, she could indeed understand dumb language.
But she didn't turn around, because there was nothing in the world that qualified her to turn around and avoid it.
The black sheep didn't close its eyes, but opened them wider, which were very bright in the night.
Chen Changsheng didn't know what to do, his whole body was drenched, dripping water constantly, looking very pitiful.
The middle-aged woman seemed to dislike his reaction, and waved her sleeves.
There was a night wind blowing from the other side of the pond, lingering around him.
The wind in summer night is not dry, but a little hot.
After a while, his clothes were dry, and they became extremely dry from the inside to the outside.
Chen Changsheng was very surprised, and then saw the middle-aged woman walking out of the garden with her hands behind her back.
The black sheep glanced at him, turned around and walked out from the bushes, following the middle-aged woman.
In the past, when returning from the palace to the Orthodox Academy, it was always the black sheep who led the way, even if he got the key later, the habit is always extremely powerful. So he followed the black sheep and followed the middle-aged woman into the night of the palace, and then passed through the quiet secret door to... the Baicao Garden.
Luoluo now lives in the Li Palace for a month, and in the Imperial Palace for a month, and the Baicao Garden has been unoccupied for a long time.
Apart from stealing herbs with Tang Thirty-Six, Chen Changsheng hadn't been here for a long time.
But Baicao Garden has not changed much from before, the promenade is still ruthless, and the trees and flowers inside are growing very 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 that stone table, but the tea I drank today was white tea, the tea was very clear, but the taste was very strong.
There are many things he can't understand, can't figure it out, such as why there is no one in the Herb Garden, why there are teapots and tea bowls on the stone table, why the tea in the pot is freshly brewed, and the temperature is just right, neither hot nor cold, such as Mo Yu said that this black sheep was raised in the palace, so why is it so close to this middle-aged woman, for example, why this woman just waved her sleeves, and the wind dried her hair and clothes, For example, this middle-aged woman... Who is it
This middle-aged woman's strength is unpredictable, at least he can't see it, she has a high status in the palace, she can move freely, and knows many secrets of the palace, she has a strange feeling for Baicao Garden - Chen Changsheng has long been Knowing that a middle-aged woman is not easy, I have guessed her identity many times, from the concubine who was once favored in the emperor's harem and now lost power to the Taoist nun who was meditating in the Baicao Garden with the empress, but I always feel that these guesses Neither is right.
Chen Changsheng didn't guess again afterwards—the middle-aged woman didn't ask him to do anything, and even helped him, and just like Tang Thirty-Six said, because of his own reasons, he didn't care too much about many things. , always reveals a kind of calm 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 used to it and could even be said to enjoy the atmosphere of sitting and drinking tea with this middle-aged woman in the Herb Garden, although no matter what, he had only done it three times.
When drinking tea in the Herb Garden, the middle-aged woman can’t speak, and he doesn’t need to speak. Most of the time, the middle-aged woman is 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 needn't be nervous either. That peaceful feeling seemed to bring 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, and without 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.
He couldn't enter the Zhou Garden, so he couldn't finally confirm the girl's whereabouts. This made him very anxious, and he needed the tranquility at this moment.
However, unlike the previous few times, this peaceful feeling that he longed for and cherished was broken in the next moment.
The middle-aged woman withdrew her gaze from the starry sky and began to look at him.
It took a long time to look at it, she looked very carefully, calmly, and focused, as if there were mountains, water, flowers, trees, clouds, and infinite scenery on his face.
Chen Changsheng didn't know why she looked at him like this, he was a little inexplicable, and naturally he was a little nervous.
As time passed, the middle-aged woman was still watching him, so he became more and more tense, until finally his body 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 taken aback.
When drinking tea here for the first time, this middle-aged woman had touched his cheek. At that time, 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 love and affection of the elders for the younger, and the memory of some lost feelings, while the latter is... more like teasing small animals or molesting. Moreover, although the woman is old enough to be his mother, there is a difference between men and women after all, this action is really unacceptable to him. He wanted to turn his head to avoid it, but found an incomprehensible breath coming from the opponent's fingers, which directly made his body unable to move.
She lifted his chin and studied his face carefully.
Of course she wasn't teasing a little boy, nor was she teasing a small animal, because there was no love, reminiscence, or any emotion in her eyes.
She looked at Chen Changsheng's face as if she were looking at a painting, trying to find out what kind of secret was hidden behind the painting.
Chen Changsheng didn't like her eyes very much at this time, because they were too indifferent, but they couldn't move at all, the wings of her nose undulated slightly, and the breath she exhaled became much thicker.
If it was Luo Luo or Tang Thirty-Six, looking at this scene, one 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 that Chen Changsheng in this appearance was very cute, so she smiled, and then she was about to loosen his jaw. However, at this moment, her smile suddenly disappeared, and her face became very serious, as if she saw something on his face.