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

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

Chen Changsheng first saw the middle-aged woman, and then saw the black sheep, if it was replaced by someone else, he would definitely be startled, but he didn't, because he was used to seeing the black sheep in the pond every time he came out of the bottom of the Beixin Bridge, as for the middle-aged woman, he was no stranger to her, when he came out of the pond for the first time, he saw her.

Deep in the Forbidden Palace, if he alarmed the people in the palace, it would be a big trouble, he was inconvenient to speak, and waved his hand to the middle-aged woman on the other side of the pond.

His behavior was very polite and his movements were very standard, but he was now soaking wet, and if he saluted so respectfully, he couldn't help but look a little funny.

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

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

Then he said to the black sheep in the shape of his mouth: "Close your eyes." ”

He always thought that the middle-aged woman was deaf and mute, so she could naturally understand the mute language he learned from Senior Brother Yu Ren, in fact, she did know dumb language.

But she didn't turn around, because there was nothing in the world that qualified her to turn away from it.

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

Chen Changsheng didn't know what to do, he was soaking wet, dripping water constantly, and he looked very pitiful.

The middle-aged woman seemed to dislike his reaction and waved her sleeves.

A night breeze blew from the pond and lingered around him.

The wind on a summer night is not dry, but it is somewhat hot.

After a few moments, his clothes were dry, and they were dry inside and out.

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

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

In the past, when he returned to China from the palace to teach the academy, it was the black sheep who led the way, even if he had the key later, and his habits were always extremely powerful. So he followed the black sheep and the middle-aged woman into the night of the palace, and then came to the ...... through the secluded secret door of Guò Herb Garden.

Luoluo is now living in the palace for a month and in the palace for a month, and the Baicao Garden has been unoccupied for a long time.

Except for coming over with Tang Thirty-six to steal medicinal herbs, Chen Changsheng hadn't been here for a long time.

But the garden of herbs has not changed from before, the promenade is still winding fiercely, the trees and flowers in it are growing very well, covering half of the road, and the table in the forest is still in its original place. There is still a teapot and two tea bowls on the stone table, but the tea I drank today is white tea, the tea is very clear, but the taste is very fragrant.

There are many things he can't understand and can't understand, such as why there are no teapots and tea bowls on the stone table, why the tea in the pot is freshly brewed, the temperature is just right, not hot or cold, for example, this black sheep heard Mo Yu say that it was raised in the palace, why it was so close to this middle-aged woman, such as why this woman just waved her sleeves, and the wind dried her hair and clothes, such as this middle-aged woman...... Who the hell is it?

This middle-aged woman's strength is unfathomable, at least he can't see it, she has a very high status in the palace, she moves very freely, and she knows a lot of palace secrets, and she has strange feelings for Baicao Garden - Chen Changsheng has long known that middle-aged women are not simple, and he has guessed her identity many times, from the concubine who was once favored in the harem of the first emperor and is now losing power, to the Taoist aunt who was meditating in the Baicao Garden with the Holy Empress Niangniang, but he always felt that these guesses were not right.

Chen Changsheng didn't guess again later-the middle-aged woman didn't ask him to do anything, and she helped him easily, and just like Tang Thirty-six said, because of his own reasons, he didn't care too much about many things, and always showed a calmness beyond his age, and because he had a lot of secrets, he didn't want to explore other people's secrets.

What's more, he was very accustomed to it, and it could even be said that he enjoyed the atmosphere when he sat and drank tea with this middle-aged woman in the Baicao Garden, although no matter how he counted, 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 have to speak, and the middle-aged woman is mostly looking at the stars in the night sky or the traces of old years in the herb garden, and doesn't look at him, so he doesn't have to be nervous. That feeling of tranquility seemed to be able 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, and without knowing each other's minds, just sit in a daze.

Because of Zhou Yuan's affairs, Chen Changsheng's mood has been a little restless recently.

There was no way for him to enter the Zhou Garden, so there was no way to finally confirm the whereabouts of the girl, which made him very anxious, and he needed the tranquility at this time.

However, unlike the previous times, this feeling of tranquility that he longed for and cherished was shattered in the next moment.

The middle-aged woman withdrew her gaze to the stars and began to look at him.

This look is a long time, she looks very carefully, very calm, very focused, as if his face has mountains, waters, flowers, trees, clouds, infinite scenery.

Chen Changsheng didn't know why she was looking at herself like this, a little inexplicable, naturally a little nervous.

As time passed, the middle-aged woman was still watching him, and he became more and more nervous, so that 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 he drank tea here for the first time, the middle-aged woman had touched his cheek, but because of the love in her eyes, Chen Changsheng endured it and didn't do anything.

But stroking your cheeks and pinching your chin are two completely different actions. The former can be understood as the love of the elders for the younger generations, the recollection of certain lost feelings, and the latter ...... It's more like teasing small animals or teasing. And although the woman is old enough to be his mother, after all, there is a difference between men and women, and this action is really unacceptable to him. I wanted to turn my head to avoid it, but I found that an incomprehensible aura came from between the other party's fingers, which directly made my body immobile.

She lifted his chin and studied his face carefully.

Of course, she is not teasing the little boy, nor is she teasing the little animal, because there is no pity in her eyes, reminiscing about those feelings, and there is no love.

She looked at Chen Changsheng's face as if she was looking at a painting, wanting to see what kind of secret was hidden behind the painting.

Chen Changsheng didn't like her eyes very much at this time, because he was too indifferent, but he couldn't move the slightest, his nose rose and fell slightly, and the breath that came out became a lot thicker.

If it was Luoluo or Tang Thirty-six, looking at this scene, you would know that he was really angry.

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

However, she probably thought that Chen Changsheng was cute like this, smiled, and then prepared to release his chin. However, at this moment, her smile suddenly faded, and her face became stern and cold, as if she saw something on his face.