"Go out for a walk."

Bai Xihe said.

"This..." Little Yunzi looked around and knew that his master was distressed, so he took a lantern and accompanied Bai Xihe out of the yard.

The temple is located on the top of a mountain. At night, the mountain breeze blows wildly, making Bai Xihe's long black hair and robe flutter.

Because it was late at night, Bai Xihe did not wear palace clothes, nor did she do any complicated bun. She simply picked up a finger and pinned it with a white jade hairpin.

Xiao Yunzi is a eunuch and has no male roots. Even so, he still thinks his master is truly beautiful, like a fairy in a painting, a charm in the mountains, and a goddess who has fallen into the mortal world.

However, for a helpless woman, beauty is sometimes not a good thing.

The temple, which was bustling during the day, was now empty and lonely.

Bai Xihe strolled along the long bluestone path and unknowingly arrived at the back door of the temple.

She stared at the tightly closed wooden door for a long time without moving.

Xiao Yunzi hurriedly advised: "Master, we can only go this far, but we must not go out... There are guards everywhere outside. If we are discovered, then..."

"I know."

Bai Xihe said in a daze.

She turned around, walked towards the stone table and stone bench in the open space, and sat down at a random seat.

Little Yunzi was shivering in the mountain wind. He glanced at Bai Xihe, who was wearing thin clothes, and said, "Master, the wind is strong. Let's sit for a while and then go back. Be careful not to catch a cold."

"I don't want to go back yet." Bai Xihe said.

"Then... A-choo!" Xiao Yunzi turned his back and sneezed.

He hurriedly said, "Let me get you some clothes!"

Bai Xihe nodded lightly.

She wasn't actually cold.

In other words, she couldn't feel the cold.

How could this wind be as cold as her heart?

Xiao Yunzi left the lantern behind and walked towards the meditation room in the dark.

Bai Xihe was dressed in white, sitting alone in the night, like a fairy who had been banished to the banks of the Forgotten River.

And just behind her, a dark shadow approached silently.

In Shadow's hand was a gleaming dagger, reflecting its sharp edge in the night.

"Who is it?"

With a loud shout, the shadow instantly hid the dagger, turned into the corridor behind him, and fled into the night.

Bai Xihe subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound and saw a burly man in silver armor striding towards him.

The night is as dark as ink.

It was not until the other person came closer that she could see his appearance clearly, and her eyes trembled slightly.

"Mrs. Bai?"

Su Cheng was surprised.

She was dressed up in the daytime and had an aura that kept strangers away. She was really different from what he remembered, so it was no wonder that Su Cheng didn't recognize her.

But now that she had taken off the Empress Dowager's palace dress and had no time to put on her domineering aura, Su Cheng recognized her.

"Mrs. Bai, why are you here?" Su Cheng asked curiously.

"I..." Bai Xihe opened his mouth.

Su Cheng exclaimed, and suddenly realized: "Are you here to burn incense as well? Are you a pilgrim to this temple? What a coincidence."

Bai Xihe lowered his eyes and said, "Yes, there are many people coming to the temple today."

Su Cheng said: "The emperor came to burn incense, so of course there would be a lot of people."

If Father Su had a diploma from an official school, he would know that when the royal family came to burn incense, the place would be cleared and it would be absolutely impossible for common people to be allowed in.

Of course, if it were someone else, Su Cheng would still arouse suspicion.

But it happened to be Bai Xihe. The other party was a patient of the fat girl and had stayed in their house several times. He couldn't be a bad person.

Su Cheng asked again: "Why did you come out alone at this late hour?"

Bai Xihe was hesitating about how to answer when her stomach growled.

Su Cheng understood again: "Are you out looking for food? There is nothing to eat at this hour."

"Really?" Bai Xihe appropriately showed a hint of disappointment.

Su Cheng reached into his pocket.

Since he had a child at home, he would usually carry a few candies with him, but he changed into armor and didn't bring his purse.

Su Cheng's eyes lit up when he thought of something: "Madam Bai, I know a place with food, come with me!"

He opened the back door and looked at Bai Xihe who was sitting on the stone bench: "Let's go."

Bai Xihe looked at the door that opened for him, with waves in his eyes.

She walked out of the door against the wind, as if she was walking out of a cage that trapped her.

Su Cheng took her to the orchard on the back mountain.

"Which one do you want to eat? I'll pick it for you!"

Bai Xihe looked at the fruits above his head and pointed: "That one, that one, and that one."

Su Cheng flew up and picked up seven or eight fruits in a flash.

"There's more over there," he said.

"Yeah." Bai Xihe nodded.

The two continued picking until Su Cheng's arms were filled with so much fruit that they could no longer hold it.

He wanted to rub the fruit for her with his clothes, but he forgot that he was wearing cold armor, and the fruit turned into pulp...

"Ahem, there's a stream over there."

The two came to the stream.

Bai Xihe sat on a stone.

Su Cheng washed the fruit and handed it to her.

He himself was not actually that particular, but once his daughter got a stomach upset after eating freshly picked fruit. After that, he would wash the fruit he gave to his daughter.

"Wait a minute."

"What?"

Bai Xihe looked at Su Cheng in confusion as he went to the stream again.

When Su Cheng came back, he had two killed fish in his hands.

Bai Xihe smiled and said, "Not really."

Su Cheng squatted down, quickly built a fire, skewered the fish with sticks, and roasted them over the fire.

The aroma of the fish soon wafted out.

The warm firelight reflected on Bai Xihe's stunningly beautiful face, and her cold body felt a long-lost warmth.

She took a bite of the sweet and sour fruit and asked softly, "Will it delay your night watch?"

Su Cheng just said that he was here to patrol the area.

Su Cheng said: "No, I'm in the middle of the night, and there's still more than half an hour left! The fish is ready, here you go!"

He placed the fish on a lotus leaf he had picked and placed it on a stone next to Bai Xihe.

Bai Xihe reached out to take it, but Su Cheng reminded him, "Be careful of the heat."

Bai Xihe paused and moved the lotus leaf towards him: "You eat it too, I can't finish it."

This is not a lie. She doesn't eat much and gets full after just two bites of anything.

Su Cheng didn't bother to be polite with her. He caught the fish because he wanted to eat it.

He tore off the belly of the fish and left it to Bai Xihe, then he held the back and tail of the fish and started to eat them.

Bai Xihe looked at the greasy grilled fish belly, picked it up and took a bite.

Coincidentally, 99% of Su Cheng's cooking skills are dark dishes, but the two times he cooked for Bai Xihe were the few times that they did not fail.

Seeing that she had finished eating the fish belly, Su Cheng took the second grilled fish, tore off the fish belly and placed it on the lotus leaf.

Then Su Cheng continued to eat the fish.

Su Cheng didn't feel that he had done anything considerate. At home, the fish belly belonged to the children, and he always only ate the fish tail.

Bai Xihe took small sips of the fish belly and glanced at him secretly.

They had almost finished eating and it was time for them to go back.

Su Cheng put out the bonfire and said to Bai Xihe, "Madam Bai, let me take you back to the temple!"

Bai Xihe whispered: "I don't want to go back yet."

Su Cheng said: "The mountain wind is very strong here. You will catch a cold if you stay any longer. Besides, I have to go on duty."

Bai Xihe said softly: "You go, I'll be alone for a while."

Su Cheng said: "No, it's dangerous for you to be alone in the wilderness!"

Bai Xihe lowered his eyebrows and said, "I can't leave."

Su Cheng was stunned: "Why?"

Bai Xihe whispered, "My legs are numb."

Su Cheng: “…”

…

On the other side, Xiao Yunzi took a cloak to look for Bai Xihe, but found that Bai Xihe was gone. He was so scared that his soul flew away! He didn't dare to make a sound, so he had to look around first. While looking, he met Xiao Shunyang.

Xiao Yunzi was frightened. It was late at night, and neither of them was sleeping?

"What are you doing?" Xiao Shunyang asked.

"Slave...slave..." Xiao Yunzi's eyes flashed slightly, and he racked his brains to think of how to get away with it.

However, Xiao Shunyang was such a sharp person that he saw the woman's cloak in Xiao Yunzi's hand and asked in a deep voice, "Where is the Empress Dowager?"

"Uh..." Xiao Yunzi calmed down and said seriously, "The Empress Dowager is resting in the meditation room!"

Xiao Shunyang said coldly: "Nonsense! If she was really in the meditation room, why did you come out with her cloak?"

Little Yunzi was about to cry.

Xiao Shunyang said: "If you don't admit it, I will report it to the Empress Dowager right away!"

Xiao Yunzi was horrified: "No, no, no! Second Prince! I kneel down in front of you! Don't make a sound! The Empress Dowager... just felt too stuffy and couldn't sleep at night, so she came out to get some fresh air..."

Xiao Shunyang asked: "Where are the people?"

Xiao Yunzi lowered her head: "I don't know..."

Xiao Shunyang's face darkened.

He glanced at the half-open back door and walked out with big strides.

The wind on the mountain was so fierce that Xiao Shunyang could hardly open his eyes, but he did not stop.

Finally, he caught a glimpse of the fairy-like figure beside the stream.

But surprisingly, she was being carried on a man's back.

Anyone who offends the Empress Dowager will be killed without mercy!

Xiao Shunyang drew the long sword from his waist and rushed towards the two men with murderous intent.

He slashed at his opponent's legs with his sword.

But suddenly, the other party turned around and asked: "Second Prince?"

Xiao Shunyang's expression changed: "Guo Huan?!"

He put away his sword in time and looked at the other party in confusion, "How could you..."

Su Li said calmly, "I heard that my aunt was sick, so I went up the mountain to see her without even having dinner. She was hungry, and there was nothing to eat in the temple, so I took her out to pick some fruit and catch two fish. But it seemed like we waited too long, and my aunt fell asleep."

Xiao Shunyang tried hard to calm himself down. The throbbing veins on his forehead mixed with the cold sweat dripping down made him look a little scary.

"you……"

His eyes fell on Bai Xihe's sleeping face, watching her lying on another man's back, with her knuckles pinched until white.

Su Li felt Xiao Shunyang's murderous intent.

"He" was the nephew of the Empress Dowager and Xiao Shunyang's best friend, but Xiao Shunyang still wanted to kill him.

If the person Xiao Shunyang saw was his uncle, would he still be alive? Fortunately, he arrived in time!

Xiao Shunyang's murderous intent was finally suppressed by reason: "Don't do this in the future. You are older now, you should know your limits."

Su Li: "Oh."

"Give it to Xiao Yunzi." Xiao Shunyang said, "After all, you are a stranger, it would be inappropriate for others to see you."

Xiao Yunzi came over and carried the Empress Dowager back to the meditation room.

Su Li pretended to go down the mountain, and when he was sure that Xiao Shunyang could not see him, he turned around and hid behind a big tree.

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(End of this chapter)