Heaven's Beloved took the adoption manual of the sick apprentice

Chapter 86

When Zhongliqing was young, she was not taken seriously in the palace. Because of her humble background, the emperor did not like her, her brothers and sisters ostracized her, and some maids dared to step on her, let alone others.

But there was one person who was really different to her. Every time Zhongli Qing was bullied, lost, or sad, that person would appear, always standing in front of her in a sparse black robe.

She was still a child at that time, not tall and too thin. Every time she looked up at that person, she felt that she was very tall and out of reach.

But that person would hold her hand and walk through the towering red wall and the emerald green lake to get here.

His broad palm brushed her hair. Although the man never said a word, his unusual movements made a child who had never received any warmth feel waves in his heart.

Here, she also had fun in her childhood, weeding, catching butterflies, fighting crickets...

After so many years, looking back now, it seems that nothing has changed except for the weeds that have grown a lot taller. I think this person must be lazy and not take care of them seriously.

Zhong Liqing suddenly felt a little regretful. The change in the palace was so sudden, and many things were not explained, so she was hurriedly pushed to the throne. She only knew that there was a hidden world in the imperial study, but she had never set foot in it.

Even once, she had reached half the steps with the candlestick, but she finally came back.

What's inside?Whether she could enter or not, she was still a little worried. If something happened and the privacy of the imperial study was exposed, it wouldn't be worth it.

Xu Shi hesitated until today. Ran Ye said that he saw a man in black walking away, with a silver hair crown... This couldn't be Ning Nan, it could only be someone whose memory had begun to blur.

That person took the initiative to show up every time and led her through different scenery. Later, when she grew up, she waited for that person countless times at the place where they met each time, but she never saw him again.

She once stood in a deserted courtyard, trying to pass through the door to find a different world... However, nothing changed.

She seemed unable to find that place on her own, the place that once brought her happiness. She was abandoned, abandoned by that person and that place.

Zhong Liqing squatted down and looked at the grasshoppers and butterflies jumping around in the grass...

Zhong Liqing walked forward along the path, passed through the flowers, crossed the threshold and walked into the room. He walked to the table and picked up the tea cup, still warm.

"Are you there? Can you come out and meet me?" Zhong Liqing looked around and saw no one. He looked at the clean tables, chairs and benches and asked in a low voice.

In the quiet and empty room, there was only her echo. Zhong Liqing stood at the table and waited for a while but did not get any response.

She shook her head helplessly and smiled bitterly. That person would probably never see her again.

Zhong Liqing sat down, picked out a cup of tea from the three cups that had been poured, and took a sip before spilling it on the ground. He put the quilt on the table, "Since you don't want to meet, then forget it, I'll do it." There are still some doubts here, I wonder if they can be answered.”

Wherever the breeze passes, the wild grass sways.

Just when Zhongliqing thought he would not get a response and was about to leave, a strange voice suddenly came from behind him.

"You are finally here. I have been waiting for you for many years."

That was the voice she heard nearly 20 years later. It was different from what she imagined. She thought the person would be a woman like Jiang Yu, but she didn't expect that his voice was a deep and hoarse male voice.

"Do you remember me?" Zhong Liqing turned around in surprise and saw a black figure standing by the door, still wrapped up, making it impossible to distinguish between male and female.

This can't be blamed on the fact that when she first saw Ning Nan a few days ago, she was stunned on the spot. She thought Ning Nan was the person in front of her for a while, but as soon as Ning Nan spoke, she knew it couldn't be Ning Nan.

Maybe there is a pull somewhere.

The person in front of her, with just one sentence, she had already determined in her heart that this person was the original person.

"Remember, you used to be very young and cute, but you were always bullied and didn't know how to resist. It made people angry when you looked at them." The man said softly, with a hint of nostalgia in his voice.

"Then why didn't you come to me?" Zhongliqing asked puzzledly: "If you came to me, it should be easy, but you have never come back to see me."

Zhong Liqing stared at the man. Suddenly she felt her nose was sore and her eyes were filled with tears. She quickly turned her head and stared at the white clouds floating in the sky, not knowing how to calm down her emotions.

It's funny to say that she was already in her early twenties. She had never been so sad when her father died, and now she was doing it for someone she had never met.But he couldn't hide his sadness.

"I'm waiting for you to come to me. You can't grow up under my protection forever. Just like the place you found now, it can't be your safe haven forever." The man sighed.

Zhong Liqing didn't speak, she didn't want to express her complaints.

"You wait until you take the throne. Sooner or later we will meet again." The man said firmly.

Zhong Liqing turned around, his expression returned to normal, "I'm not here today because of you."

"I know."

Zhong Liqing looked at him steadily, and after a while he said, "You know a lot."

The man chuckled but did not speak. He stood under the eaves of the corridor. The sunlight wrapped around his black robe, but it could not penetrate that layer of fabric and peer into his face.

After a moment, Zhong Liqing said: "Ning Nan's life or death is uncertain, and Jiang Yu's threat to the royal family is always there. I have to be on guard, even though I don't know what will be under the study. Without a way out, I dare to break into anything. "

Jiang Yu looked at the man sitting at the table, his pale and thin hands faintly exposed in the black robe. He picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and then put the tea cup in his hand back to its original position.

"So what exactly do you want to do with me now?" the man asked.

"Why are you under the Imperial Study Room? What agreement did the royal family reach with you?" Zhong Liqing stood more curious about this question.

"I won't tell you the conditions for now. If nothing happens, you should go back as soon as possible." The man waved his hand at Zhong Liqing. Suddenly, with a slight wave of his hand, he had retreated to the room and the door was closed tightly.
"and many more!"

"What else?"

Zhong Liqing stared at the closed door and suddenly said, "Did you take Ning Nan away?"

For a moment, the entire courtyard fell into silence.
"So what if it is not?" A deep voice penetrated the door and reached Zhong Liqing's ears.

"If so, you killed her? Where on earth did you want to send her? Where is she now?" Zhong Liqing frowned and stared at the door, with a complex look in his eyes.

"Who told you that I killed her? Jiang...Jiang Yu was the one who killed her."

"Of course there is someone." Zhong Liqing didn't want to say more, so he just said something casually.

"Does her whereabouts, life or death, matter to you?"

Zhongliqing was silent and didn't speak. It couldn't be said how important it was.

　Ask for leave:
　　There is an exam on 3.12. I need to review thoroughly today and take a day off.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)