Chapter 546 – Who Will Come and Bestow upon You a Name and Surname (1/2)
Chapter 546 - Who Will Come and Bestow upon You a Name and Surname
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Chen Changsheng reclined against the pillar for a very long time. Only when the sun had moved west and his body was warm did he finally open his eyes.
The Black Goat walked in front of him, preparing him to lead him out.
Chen Changsheng shook his head at it, saying, ”I still have some other things to do.”
He continued to sit where he was, gazing at the pieces of ice in the pool in silence as he mulled over something.
The Black Goat's eyes, dark as the night, revealed a bewildered expression.
After quite some time had passed, Chen Changsheng stood up. He did not leave the Imperial Palace and return to the Orthodox Academy, but instead went to another palace hall.
He had already visited this palace hall several times. Every time, he would come under the cloak of the night and speak a few words with her through the window. This was the first time he walked into the hall.
As expected, Shuang'er had also entered the Imperial Palace. She instantly paled on seeing his face and nearly cried out in alarm. With great difficulty, she calmed herself down, but when she served tea, her hands shook so much that she almost soaked his body.
”Don't take it to heart, I can say with great certainty that she isn't thinking about seizing the moment to take revenge on you.”
Xu Yourong looked at him and calmly asked, ”What happened?”
She was keenly aware that since she had requested for their relationship not be known, Chen Changsheng would definitely not risk it being discovered for a normal situation.
Chen Changsheng dithered for a while before saying, ”I…have a friend who's been imprisoned in a place for a very long time and I want to rescue him.”
Hearing this, Xu Yourong fell silent, then softly asked, ”And?”
”In the past, he might have done some bad things, but…he's already been imprisoned for so long, it's really very pitiful.”
Chen Changsheng didn't know how to talk about this matter, so his words were rather disorderly, ”But I'm powerless to do it, so…”
Xu Yourong did not wait for him to finish. Calmly looking him in the eyes, she asked, ”You're sure you want to do this?”
Chen Changsheng vacantly stared back for a moment, then very seriously replied, ”Yes, I want to do this.”
Xu Yourong continued to stare into his eyes, asking, ”Your friend…is Zhusha?”
(TN: Zhusha means 'Cinnabar')
Chen Changsheng was somewhat confused, ”Zhusha?”
Xu Yourong was rather surprised, asking, ”You don't know her name?”
Startled, Chen Changsheng replied, ”You know who I'm talking about?”
Xu Yourong explained, ”Zhusha is precisely the name of the little dragon girl. It's said that back then, it was Wang Zhice that named her so.”
Chen Changsheng looked at her in shock, saying, ”You know about the Black Dragon?”
Xu Yourong nodded.
Chen Changsheng said nothing for a very long time. The Black Dragon was a taboo of the Great Zhou Imperial Palace, a secret known by very few. However, Xu Yourong was the Holy Maiden and was also taught and raised by the Divine Empress. For her to know of this matter was truly not difficult to imagine.
”As it turns out…she was called Zhusha.”
”As it turns out, you didn't know.”
”Why was it Lord Wang Zhice that gave her this name?”
”Many years ago, the entire Golden Dragon tribe suddenly vanished, so the respected Black Frost Dragons became the sole candidate for the next leaders of the Dragon race. But that generation's most powerful Black Frost Dragon possessed a soul that had an incomparable longing for freedom and was not willing to bear this burden. Quietly and invisibly, it came to the human world and then encountered Zhou Dufu.”