"Brother Chengnan, see the imperial brother, the imperial brother has been fine recently?" The letter walked behind him when the south of the city was not looking.

Chengxin suddenly jumped out and really jumped down the city, but he immediately answered Chengxin without a trace.

"Get up, my dragon body is very good, don't worry about the emperor."

"That's good, the weather has been unpredictable these days. The royal brother was worried that the royal brother's dragon body was sick, so he came to the palace to ask for peace. ”

Chengnan ignored the hypocrisy of this Chengxin, knowing that this Chengxin must have something important to discuss with him when he entered the palace for no reason. He smiled at the city around him; "Brother Huang has something to do now, and I will come back to accompany you later."

"Well, Brother Huang and Brother Chengxin go and do things, laugh and play here alone." Cheng Xiao said obediently.

Seongnam got up and walked to the pool beside him, washed his hands of sludge, and left the ceramic room with Seongshin.

The two of them walked through the Imperial Garden one after the other. The flowers in the imperial garden are in full bloom, and the lotus flowers in the pond are straightening their stems one by one, swaying in the wind as if showing off their wonderful posture with the scorching sun.

Cheng Xin saw that Cheng Nam did not take him to the official office, but walked towards the place of the cold palace. I wanted to ask Seongnam what he was going to do, but he opened his mouth and didn't ask.

"Hurry up." Cheng Nan glanced at Cheng Xin, who was slow behind him, and reminded him.

Chengnan said this, and Chengxin was not good at grinding, so he had to follow quickly.

Seongnam took Seongshin through the overgrown path and walked all the way in the direction of the cold palace.

Cheng Xin looked up and saw a corner of the cold palace, and the brick-red city wall had been discolored. Like a dying old man, his face is pale in this impersonal palace. In the end, it can only be reduced to ashes and disappear into this endless world.

Seongnam soon brought Seongshin to the gate of the cold palace. After the death of the first emperor, the harem was disbanded according to the edict. Moreover, the people in this cold palace also left the palace together, and now there are no concubines in the south of the city. So this cold palace has been vacant, and there is no one in it.

Chengnan pushed open the big red vermilion lacquer door of this cold palace, and this door was in disrepair and made a squeaky sound. It makes this originally cold palace even more terrifying, and makes Chengxin feel that this cold palace is like a haunted house.

Seongnam pushed open the door, and the left foot collapsed. Chengxin could only stubbornly follow.

Seongnam looked at Seongshin who was following behind, and there was a faint grim smile on his lips.

The inside of this cold palace can be described as dilapidated, and there are cobwebs everywhere. The smell of dust in the air is suffocating.

The eaves in the cold palace have fallen off and broken, and the heavy rain a few days ago has caused a lot of water inside. Seongnam walked on tiptoe through this sewage, and Seongshin followed Seongnam to cross this sewage.

Seongnami, who crossed the sewage first, looked at Seongshin who was standing on tiptoe to cross the sewage, and laughed and mocked. Without waiting for Chengxin to come, he walked forward alone, and Chengxin behind him could only speed up his pace and move forward. As soon as he was careless, he stepped into the sewage, and the shoes were all soaked with the sewage. Looking at the far south of the city, Chengxin couldn't care so much, and his heart was crossed and his two feet stepped into the sewage.

Chengxin stepped on the mud-covered shoes and hurried to catch up with Chengnan.

Seongnam walked all the way inside with Joshin, and after the two walked for a few more minutes, Seongnam stopped at a wooden door. Seongnam looked at the people behind him, and directly pushed the door open and went in.

On the opposite wall hung a picture of a beautiful woman wearing a pale yellow breast-length skirt and holding a fan with a large letter engraved on it.

Cheng Xin looked at this woman and was speechless in shock, the woman in this picture was the mother in his memory.

Chengxin's mother was a nobleman back then, because his father was corrupt. So he was beaten into the cold palace by the first emperor, and later died depressed in the cold palace.

Ji Guiren was just ten years old when he was beaten into the cold palace, and that day happened to be his coming-of-age ceremony. He only remembered that day he held his mother's feet and prevented the eunuchs from taking Ji Guiren away, and the emperor was rarely gentle to him that day.

After Ji Guiren was imprisoned in the cold palace, the first emperor hugged the city letter and said to him; "Father is useless, he can't protect your mother."

At that time, he was only ten years old, and he couldn't understand why the lord of a country said that he was useless. It wasn't until he grew up later that he realized that his family was full of family members and frontiers, and his mother was locked up in the cold palace, and he was spared because he was the prince. All of this is attributed to the strategy of the Shang Shu Shi of the current dynasty, and the Ji family helped the emperor capture the army of Nanshui, which angered the Shang Shu of the current dynasty. Shi gnawed the Ji family, saying that he wanted to seek power and usurp the throne. Later, the emperor was forced to give up the Nanshui army, and the emperor gave up the Nanshui army to Shi Gnaw at the cost of ensuring the safety of the Ji family.

But he still didn't feel at ease when he got the stone gnawing of the Nanshui army, and sent the Ji family to the frontier. Ji Guiren was also imprisoned in the cold palace, and Chengxin escaped punishment from Shi Nibbling because he was the prince.

Ji Guiren died depressed in the second year of being locked up in the cold palace, and was secretly thrown in a mass grave by stone gnawing. The parting of that day was the last meeting between Chengxin and his mother.

The woman in the depths of my memory is a gentle and beautiful woman, she will gently call him to Xinxin, and she will gently sing to him and coax him to sleep.

But all this was shattered at his ten-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, and when he saw it, there was only a yellowed painting on the wall.

"Mother...... The child has come to see you. Joshin muttered to himself, his trembling hand touching the painting.

The woman above is so beautiful that it is hard to imagine that she would live in such a place. In the end, he died with no place to live, and abandoned his body in the wilderness.

The confident smile on the corner of her mouth is so bright and inviting.

At that time, the emperor smiled for this and leaned over and sang. When the young nobleman smiled, it was a blessing for the country, but this smile stopped at the best time.

"Mother...... Stone gnawing is dead...... No one is bullying you anymore. My child is living well, and I married the person I loved. She is gentle, virtuous, and intelligent. The child loves her very much, and she loves the child ...... very much. ”

Chengxin lay on the painting and whispered, as if Ji Guiren was still there.

If Chengxin's eyes were filled with blood, the already yellowed paper would have been dripped with Chengxin's most sorrowful tears.

"Do you want to know how your mother died?" Seongnam's voice came coldly from behind.

When Chengxin heard Chengnan's words, he turned his head and glared at Chengnan, "What do you mean?" How did my mother die? ”

Chengxin was grief-stricken and questioned Seongnam, and Seongshin felt that Seongnam must know something. Otherwise, he wouldn't say that, he must find out how his mother died!

Seongnam sneered and turned to pick up the painting on the wall.

"What are you doing!" Chengxin shouted excitedly towards Chengnan, this hand stretched out to retrieve the portrait.

Seongnam quickly turned to the side; "If you still want this painting, keep it for me, otherwise I won't be able to tear him apart with one hand."

was so intimidated by Seongnam, Seongshin was really afraid that Seongnam would tear it up. Don't dare to go forward again; "I won't go, don't animate."

"That's good."

Chengnan looked at the noble Ji in this painting and couldn't help but be speechless. No wonder my father was so obsessed with this Ji nobleman, and in the portraits of these years, Ji Guiren has not lost his demeanor back then. There are many plump beauties that some people are worried about.

"Your mother was imprisoned in the cold palace back then, and your father can be said to have begged for mercy from the nobles. Where will this stone gnaw let go of this peerless beauty Ji Guiren, and break into this cold palace that night. Regardless of Ji Guiren's resistance, she was defiled! ”

"Impossible!" Cheng Xin heard Cheng Nam say that his mother was defiled by the enemy, and he collapsed and shouted at Cheng Nam.

Chengnan ignored Chengxin and talked about the rest of the matter to himself; "Since that night, this stone gnaw has broken into this cold palace every night. A year later, the cry of a baby was heard in this cold palace. The next day, the noble man was thrown into the wilderness. ”

Cheng Xin listened to Cheng Nan's words and froze directly in place.

He didn't dare to believe Seongnam's words, but he had to believe it. He couldn't think of any reason for Seongnam to deceive him, and he had no value for Seongnam to deceive.

"Why ......"

Seongnam couldn't help but sneer when he heard why Seongshin said; "Because my father is incompetent, because the power of foreign power is too great. Because outsiders will only harm you, and their ultimate goal is this throne.

It's not like you don't know how much effort we put into getting rid of the stone gnaw, and how much we lost for him.

If you are still obsessed with helping your surname, then your mother's fate will be the fate of your princess Kehua. ”

Seonami's voice hit Seongshin again and again, making Seongshin feel extremely heartache.

Chengnan carefully rolled up the painting and replaced it in front of Chengxin. Cheng Xin took the scroll tremblingly, and looked up at Cheng Nan blankly.

"Brother Huang, I know how to do it."

Seongnam nodded with satisfaction, now you can really be obedient! You were born in the royal family, so you don't want to escape my control, so you should be a person who will not resist.

Seongnam thought in his heart, while Seongshin stared at the scroll in his hand without knowing everything.

Suddenly, Chengxin thought of something and asked about Chengnan; "My mother gave birth to a child, what about the child?"

"Dead." Seongnam said indifferently, in fact, he didn't know what was going on with the kid now. He was still young, and he had been looking for the child for the past few years, but unfortunately he had been looking for him to no avail.

Cheng Xin nodded like a machine, he had not yet accepted that his mother was defiled and gave birth to a child.

Chengxin now feels like his head is going to explode, and the unacceptable truth is in front of him.

"Let's go back!"

Seongnam turned away from this filthy place, he didn't want to stay in it for a moment. It was filled with the feeling of suffocation and the stench of corruption.

Seongnam left alone, and the seongshin remained where he was.

"Mother...... The child misses you......" Chengxin looked at the scroll in his hand and hugged it tightly. It's as if her own mother is still in this world, but she has been watching her from the side.

"Drip ...... Drip ......"

The sudden rain hit the sewage and splashed gray ripples.

The rain kept falling, getting heavier and heavier. Chengxin hid in the corner with Chengxin holding the picture scroll, the house was leaking everywhere, but he couldn't let the rain wet the last bit of this mother's thing.

The rain didn't seem to stop, and it didn't stop in the evening, and the temperature dropped rapidly. Cheng Xin in the corner was holding the portrait of Ji Guiren, as if he couldn't feel cold.