worthless [rebirth]

The lotus pond was all gone, and the dead branches and fallen leaves that were full of the pond were also cleaned up by Jiang Chi not long ago, and the water in the pond was drained by Jiang Chi, waiting for new ones in the spring of next year.

Sitting alone on the stone platform by the pool, Chen Ling stared at the mud that hadn't dried up in the pool, dazed.

Before they knew it, it had been more than three months since they came back from Chaozhou. It was midsummer at that time, but now it was late autumn. The weather turned cold and winter was about to begin.

When Jiang Chi came back, he saw from a distance that Chen Ling was wearing only a lavender thin shirt and sitting by the pool blowing the wind. His black hair was half up, leaving his side face expressionless, with a bit of loneliness in his eyes. Very distressed.

He thought that if Chen Ling moved to Chengqian Palace, the other party would have a good time, but in the past three months, Chen Ling has almost never smiled. Although he eats and rests on time, he seems to be getting thinner and thinner, and his complexion is also changing. Every day is not as good as one day.But whenever Jiang Chi asked him if he was not feeling well, the man forced a smile on his face and talked about him. As time passed, Jiang Chi could only think that he was thinking too much.

"Huang..." Xiaotao saw that Chen Ling didn't wear much, so she went back to get clothes for him. When she came back, she met Jiang Chi, and she just called out to salute, but Jiang Chi stopped her.

"Hush—" Jiang Chi made a gesture of silence, glanced at Chen Ling who looked a little thin in the wind, took the cloak from Xiaotao's hand, walked lightly behind Chen Ling, and put it on On Chen Ling's shoulder.

With a heavy shoulder, Chen Ling withdrew his attention and turned his head back to meet Jiang Chi's concerned eyes.

"What are you thinking, so engrossed that you didn't even notice me behind you?" Jiang Chi said, and sat down beside Chen Ling.

Chen Ling pulled down the neckline of his cloak to wrap himself more tightly, turned his head away from looking at Jiang Chi, looked at the dirty and wet mud in the pool, and said softly: "When you get out of the mud, you won't be stained, if you wash the water, you won't be stained." Demon..." After a pause, he pursed his lips and smiled, his gaze was a little wandering, "Ah Chi, tell me... why can the lotus flower maintain its original nature, unyielding and unyielding?"

"Because she has a firm self and is not influenced by the outside world." Jiang Chi replied, looked at Chen Ling with a smile, and asked, "Why did I suddenly think of asking this? Did you read "Ai Lian Shuo" yesterday?"

"Self..." Chen Ling repeated, nodded: "You're right." Suddenly, he turned his head to meet Jiang Chi's eyes, and said seriously: "Ah Chi, you always say you love me...but I don't know yet What do you love about me?"

"..." Jiang Chi froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer.To love is to love, to love him as a person, to love everything about him... How can I say it in detail?

Seeing Jiang Chi in a daze, Chen Ling bent his eyes and asked half-jokingly, "You...love my face, don't you?"

"Ha, haha." Jiang Chi laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to pinch Chen Ling's nose, and joked: "Yes, yes, I just fell in love with Ling'er's good looks, um... I fell in love with you at first sight Abducted you here, haha!"

"Heh——" Chen Ling pulled his stiff face, and forced a laugh. Sure enough, Jiang Chi loved his face, which was very similar to Mo Ziling's.It was as if a hole had been stabbed in his heart, and Chen Ling could even hear the sound of blood flowing out, but the strange thing was that he didn't feel any pain this time, maybe it was because he had gone through too much in his previous life that made him numb.

"Actually..." Smiling, Jiang Chi pulled Chen Ling's shoulders and kissed his forehead lightly, and said straight into his eyes: "What you said just now was right, but not completely right. What I want is you A person is not so superficial that he only recognizes his appearance... Even if one day you are gray-haired, I think... I can grow old with you..." As he spoke, he took Chen Ling into his arms, and couldn't bear to let go.

I believe that you want to grow old together with Mo Ziling, always by your side and never separated.It's a pity, I'm not him, and I won't be willing to be a substitute for you.

At this moment, leaning against Jiang Chi's arms, Chen Ling was suddenly a little thankful, thankful that he didn't love Jiang Chi deeply enough, that's why he still had the courage to leave after going through so much, so that he didn't give up the last bit of himself for love , to be completely another person.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Luo has something urgent to see." At this moment, a little eunuch came to report that Chengqian Palace is the emperor's residence, and officials in the front are not allowed to enter, so Luo Feng asked the little eunuch to deliver the message.

"Oh?" Jiang Chi let go of Chen Ling, turned around and said, "Master Luo, what did you say?"

"Master Luo said that something happened on the road last night." The little eunuch said, "Master Lu is also on his way now."

"On the way..." Jiang Chi's eyes darkened, and he jumped off the stone platform to meet Luo Feng. Remembering that Chen Ling was still there, he told him, "There's wind outside, don't sit for too long, and go back to the house in a while."

"Is it something important?" Seeing how anxious Jiang Chi was, Chen Ling felt that something important had happened, so he asked, "When are you coming back?"

"It's very important." Jiang Chi nodded heavily. Seeing Chen Ling looking at him nervously, he thought he was worried, so he smiled to comfort him and said, "It's okay, I'll be back in two hours at most."

"En." Chen Ling responded, waved to Jiang Chi, and said softly, "Go, don't delay important matters."

Jiang Chi didn't say any more, and hurried to find Luo Feng.Luo Feng came here at this time, it is very likely that some fork happened on the way to secretly escort King Huainan, and he has been preparing for nearly two years just to wait for this day, so it must not be destroyed overnight.

This was the first time that Chen Ling watched Jiang Chi leave, looking at the back of the other party, until the figure disappeared within sight, Chen Ling looked away, and lowered his eyes to cover a little crystal in the corner of his eyes.

Two hours, is it enough for him to leave the palace?

This was the last time he and Jiang Chi met in this life, but they didn't even say goodbye.

It's best not to see, from now on we will return from bridge to bridge, and from road to road, each has nothing to do with it.

"Xiao Tao, I'm going to walk around, you go and prepare lunch, the emperor wants to eat together when he comes back." Chen Ling smiled and dismissed Xiao Tao.

He had escaped seven times in his previous life, and three times he managed to reach the gate of the palace before being caught back, so he was very familiar with the way to the outside of the palace.

With Jiang Chi's token in hand, Chen Ling easily reached the palace gate.What Jiang Chi said was right, with the token, not to mention walking around in the palace at will, even leaving the palace is a piece of cake.

Seeing the token was like seeing a monarch, and the guards guarding the city did not dare to stop him rashly. After seeing the token, they let Chen Ling out of the palace.

The moment he stepped out of the palace gate, Chen Ling had a feeling of being reborn.Finally, he looked back at the majestic deep palace, as if those unbearable memories that had imprisoned him for several years were gone.

Although there was still a slight stabbing pain in a certain corner of his heart, which made him unable to bear to think about it, dare not think about it, did not want to think about it, but everything...is over.

At that moment, Chen Ling seemed to hear Jiang Chi's whispering tone again:

"Zi Ling, can we have a long life..."

Chen Ling shook his head and sighed: "Jiang Chi, as I said, a lifetime is too long, I can't afford to wait, and neither can you..."

Turning around, Chen Ling walked away from Jiang Chi step by step.