Chen Chang Sheng leaned against the pillar and sat for a long time. He didn't open his eyes until the sun moved west and his body warmed up.
The Black Goat walked in front of him and prepared to lead him away.
Chen Chang Sheng looked at it and shook his head. "I still have something to do."
He continued to sit where he was and looked at the ice in the pond. He didn't say anything. No one knew what he was thinking.
A hint of confusion appeared in the Black Goat's eyes that were as dark as the night.
After a long time, Chen Chang Sheng stood up. He didn't leave the Imperial Palace to return to the Orthodox Academy. He went to another palace.
He had come to this palace many times. Every time, he came at night and talked to her through the window. This was the first time he entered the palace.
Shuang Er entered the palace as expected. Her face paled when she saw him. She almost cried out in surprise. She calmed down a little. Her hand trembled as she poured tea and almost splashed it on him.
"Don't worry about it. I can say with certainty that she didn't want to take revenge on you."
Xu You Rong looked at him calmly. "What happened?"
She was very clear that since she had made a request, then under normal circumstances, Chen Chang Sheng would definitely not take the risk of being discovered to see her.
Chen Chang Sheng hesitated for a moment. "I … have a friend. He's been trapped in a place for a long time. I want to save him."
Xu You Rong was silent for a moment. She asked softly, "And?"
"He might have done something wrong in the past, but … he's been trapped for a long time. He's really pitiful."
Chen Chang Sheng didn't know how to describe this matter. His words were a bit messy. "But I have no way, so …"
Xu You Rong didn't wait for him to finish. She looked at his eyes and asked, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Chen Chang Sheng was surprised. He said seriously, "Yes, I want to do this."
Xu You Rong looked at his eyes. "Your friend … is Zhusha?"
Chen Chang Sheng was confused. "Zhusha?"
Xu You Rong didn't expect it. "You don't know her name?"
Chen Chang Sheng was surprised. "You know who I'm talking about?"
Xu You Rong said, "Zhusha is Xiao Longnu's name. It's said that Master Wang Zhi Ce gave it to her."
Chen Chang Sheng looked at her in surprise. "You know about the Black Dragon?"
Xu Yourong nodded.
Chen Chang Sheng was silent for a long time. The Black Dragon was a taboo in the Zhou Royal Palace, a secret that very few people knew of. But Xu You Rong was the Holy Maiden and had been educated by the Divine Queen since childhood, so knowing of this matter wasn't hard to imagine.
"So … her name is Zhusha."
"So you don't know."
"Why was Lord Wang Zhice the one who named her?"
"Many years ago, the Golden Dragon tribe suddenly disappeared, and the noble Black Frost Dragon became the sole candidate for leader of the dragon tribe. However, the most powerful Black Frost Dragon of that generation had a soul that yearned for freedom, and was unwilling to bear this responsibility. She stealthily came to the human world, and then met Zhou Dufu."
"And then?"
"The noblest, strongest, and proudest Black Frost Dragon in a thousand years perished just like that, becoming the Garden of Zhou's Sunset Valley."
Chen Chang Sheng was silent.
Back in the Garden of Zhou, he had seen with his own eyes the magnificent sight of that winding mountain range seemingly ablaze in the twilight. He had also sensed the abnormality of the Black Dragon's divine soul. But how could he have imagined that Sunset Valley was actually the body of a Black Frost Dragon that had perished?
"And then?"
"Zhusha was the daughter of that Black Frost Dragon. For some reason, she left the Dragon Island of the Southern Sea and came alone to the human world … according to the records of the Li Palace and the Imperial Court, she said that when her father left, he forgot to bestow her a name, and the name that her clan elders gave her was too long, too ugly, and too hard to remember. She didn't like it, so she came to the human world. She wanted to find her father and ask him to give her a nicer sounding name."
"She just wanted a name?"
"Yes, so in those years, she was also called the evil dragon in search of a name."
"Evil dragon?"
"Yes, after she came ashore from the Southern Sea, she destroyed many fishing villages and towns, killed many people, and even almost caused chaos in the capital. You should know what happened afterwards. Lord Wang Zhice planned to capture her, and then used that array to imprison her under New North Bridge. "
Chen Chang Sheng shook his head. "That's not called planning, that's called deception."
Xu Yourong thought it over, then said, "That's true."
Chen Chang Sheng asked, "Why did Wang Zhice give her the name Zhusha?"
Xu Yourong noticed that when he mentioned Wang Zhice this time, he did not add the words' Lord 'behind it, and she couldn't help but smile.
"No one knows why, but Lord Wang Zhice must have a deeper meaning for this name."
She glanced at him with a meaningful look.
Chen Chang Sheng did not notice, asking, "Then how old is she now?"
"If the lifespan of the Dragon race is equal to that of humans, then she should be one or two years younger than us?"
"Although I thought about it, it still felt a little strange … back then, I always called her Senior."
"Do you still want to rescue her?"
"Yes."
"Even if she once committed monstrous crimes?"
"You said that she's one or two years younger than us, so how old was she when she left the Southern Sea and came to the human world? One or two years? "
Chen Chang Sheng was quiet for a while, then said, "I don't know what happened in those fishing villages and towns back then, nor do I have any intention of defending her, but she was just an infant back then. Even if she committed monstrous crimes, she has been imprisoned for several centuries, which should be enough."
Xu Yourong very seriously thought this over, then softly said, "It really is enough."
Chen Chang Sheng was very happy that she shared the same view on this matter, but no matter how slow-witted he was, he still knew that his request was somewhat inappropriate. Thus, he did not become elated, but instead became even more cautious. Even his voice became much softer. "Can you help me?"
Xu Yourong earnestly replied, "Of course I can, but besides the Divine Empress and His Holiness, who else can undo the array left behind by Lord Wang Zhice?"
Chen Chang Sheng recalled his conversation with his martial uncle the Pope in the Li Palace after returning to the capital from the Garden of Zhou and shook his head.
Xu Yourong understood and said, "Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I can imagine that this array is probably not something we can undo at our current level."
"We can't just keep waiting like this. After many more years, New North Bridge won't become a real bridge."
"That's not necessarily true. Even a vast sea can become a mulberry field. The power of time is far more powerful than we imagine."
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