It's a quiet little courtyard.

On one side of the courtyard wall on the left is a long alley with high walls on both sides, and this alley has a name, called Yongxiang.

At the end of Yongxiang, there is a black door, an inconspicuous black wooden door, next to the wooden door, no matter when, there are always two palace guards in armor and fully armed standing guard, behind the door, there is a palace, this palace is the famous cold palace. This is the place where the concubines in the palace are most afraid, once they enter the cold palace, they can only fend for themselves, and it is said that the concubines who made mistakes during the Shenzong Dynasty are also imprisoned here.

Many times, there will be some creepy cries coming from behind the palace walls.

Above Yongxiang, there is only a line of sky on the high wall, and there are locust branches above the head that poke out of the courtyard wall, casting shadows in the alley, and when the wind blows, it sways like a ghost.

Even if the sun is shining in the sky, the light can't shine into Yongxiang, here, all you can feel is the cold, as if someone is blowing on your neck, shuddering.

Whether it is a chamberlain or a palace maid, if they have to pass through Yongxiang, they will all walk through with their heads down and hurriedly walk through small steps.

The building of Daming Palace is divided into three levels, the first level is the hall, such as the Danfeng Palace, the Zihuan Palace, the Hall of Eternal Life and so on; The second level is the garden, such as the pear garden, the Danzhu garden, the Shangshu garden, and so on; The third level is the courtyard, like the Hanxiang Courtyard where Du Rui is standing now is one of them, these courtyards are about two entrances in front and back, just like a private house.

Under normal circumstances, favored concubines would live in gardens, and some authoritative eunuchs also had their own gardens, such as courtyards, which were just places where low-ranking chamberlains and court ladies lived.

Mrs. Shu has the title of lady, although, in the rank of concubine, it is the lowest.

After all, she is still a concubine, and it stands to reason that she should live in the garden, not be assigned to the Hanxiang Courtyard, you know, even if it is a small courtyard, the Hanxiang Courtyard is also the lowest residence, after all, it is against the cold palace, and the cold palace is only separated by a wall, every day and every night you will hear the voice from behind the cold palace, in which, there are not only white bones, but also countless crazy women.

Crying, laughter, singing, swearing, moaning......

And so on.

In this environment, normal people can also be driven crazy.

Of course, Du Zhen didn't know that Mrs. Shu was sent here, he just said to the attendant with him, and asked him to send Mrs. Shu far away, so Mrs. Shu was sent to Hanxiang Courtyard.

Here, Du Rui has lived for a long time.

Until he left the palace last year, he lived in Hanxiang Courtyard and depended on his mother, Mrs. Shu.

According to the rules of the palace, this is not allowed.

In infancy, the mother can be with her children, but with a nurse and a mother, as a mother, she can't get close to her children casually, and she still needs to get permission from her mother if she wants to hold her child.

Of course, the powerful and favored concubine will not care about grandma.

Once the children reach the age of age, they are taken from their mothers and moved elsewhere.

They had to live separately from their mother, but they were not too far away and could still see each other from time to time, of course, if the mother came from a humble background and had no strong support outside the palace, it would be difficult to see her child, and she had to bribe the mother who took care of the child, so that she could get along with the child for a short time. There is no such thing as Du Rui living with his mother all the time, and only because he is stupid that no one cares.

"The beauty of a good day is ......"

In the air, there was a burst of singing in the wind.

The song floated over the high wall, accompanied by a falling leaf, echoing in the small courtyard.

The voice was beautiful, ethereal, but also extremely poignant, full of hatred, full of resentment, full of irretrievable despair that seemed to float in the darkest depths......

Du Rui tilted his head and listened to the voice.

Speaking of which, I haven't heard this song in a long time!

The desperation in this tune is getting deeper and deeper, and I don't know when it will come to an abrupt end?

After a while, the sound of the song dissipated in the wind, and only the sound of the wind blowing the leaves remained, rustling.

Du Rui turned around, and in front of him, in a corner of the courtyard, under a plane tree, there was a black coffin, a thin black coffin, lying alone on the stone platform, with fallen leaves withering on it.

The coffin is painted black, which is the custom for the burial of the dead.

Legend has it that the soul of such a dead person is not at peace and has to wander in the world, so the coffin must be painted with black lacquer so that the soul can be locked in the coffin so as not to disturb others.

Looking at the coffin, Du Rui was silent.

Whether it is Wei Yue or Mo Chou, he has already been incensed, at this moment, he is standing outside the small courtyard, as for the female official Bai Zhi who led them here, she has already left, and when she left, she left a small eunuch, and the little eunuch was responsible for sending the three of them out of the palace after the time was up, as for accompanying the coffin to Wanshou Mountain for burial, it was impossible.

When the people in the palace die, they will be buried in Wanshou Mountain.

After all, not everyone is eligible to be buried in a royal cemetery.

Time passed little by little, as the wind blew into the unknown distance, Du Rui did not move forward, but stood in place, a quarter of an hour ago, he stood there, and now, having the childhood responses in his mind one by one, he still could not move forward, could not walk to the black coffin with an open corner, could not look at her lying inside.

Mother......

Regarding the previous life, he was born as an orphan and had no impression of his mother, and he grew up very fast with his strong learning ability in the orphanage, and soon understood the truth of the world, of course, it was the truth he thought he had.

To this end, he worked hard to learn whatever knowledge he could use, not just books.

Soon, he became an excellent student cadre, and then, he also understood the truth that excellence needs to be promoted, so he used some channels to package himself as an inspirational, a grateful orphan, raised by the country and others, and now, trying to repay the country and all the people, to do this, what to do? Only to serve the people!

Whatever he thought at first, he was doing something.

Not only to do things, but also to be a person, in this way, all the way up, almost did not encounter any twists and turns, when it was time to get married, after weighing the pros and cons to find the most suitable partner, at that time, the object's family can be of great help to him.

After getting married, he was a model husband, and in addition to work, he was accompanying his wife.

The same is true when a child is born!

It can be said that no one can catch his weakness, the desire of human nature does not exist for him, whether it is beauty or money, it can't make any waves in him, he has only one goal in mind, that is, to climb up, as much as possible not to let others control his life, so, he always wears a mask and behaves as a man.

Or, in other words, he has become a mask.

Emotions or something, have long been left behind.

What is that?

Did it work?

His only emotional impulse was to learn that he had an incurable disease.

The news came before a congress after which he could have sat on the podium, and he was confident of it, but after a routine medical check-up, he knew that it was all in vain.

That's his flaw!

An irreparable flaw!

Manpower is irretrievable!

How can mortals resist the power of fate?

Woke up again, came to this world, but integrated everything of little Du Rui, whether it was memory or emotion, after all, little Du Rui's ability to never forget was too terrible, so his life in just ten years occupied a major position, the previous life was full of everything, but the moon in the mirror, the flowers in the water, like dreams and electricity, gradually went away.

Great grief locked his mind and kept him breathing.

I don't know when, my eyes are already full of tears, and I can't see the world in front of me clearly.

But the strings in my heart have been tightened and have never broken.

He's still there!

Still sanity!

Grief doesn't solve anything, it's just venting!

Crying doesn't solve anything, it's just incompetence!

Someday......

Du Rui raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes and turned his head to look west.

The line of sight swept over the courtyard wall and fell into the distance, where there was a group of magnificent palaces.

Tai Chi Temple!

There is a place for the court meeting, and there is also the imperial study of Yingzong to deal with government affairs, where everything in the Tang Empire is decided, although this power has been crumbling, it still exists.

From Hanxiang Temple to Taiji Hall, there are more than 5,000 steps in total.

More than 5,000 steps?

Du Rui smiled, took two steps in the direction of the Taiji Hall, and then, stood still and looked up at the blue sky, in the air, there were several white clouds, and the sun shone down without modification, shining straight on his face.

I watched like this until I burst into tears again.

"Ouch, my young gentleman, what are you doing?"

Wei Yue's voice came, accompanied by the sound of his footsteps one foot deep and one foot shallow.

At this time, Mo Chou was still arguing with the little eunuch.

"This commander, just let my young gentleman stay a little longer, right? After that, he will never see his own mother again......"

Mo Chou said slowly, pulled out the hosta inserted in the bun, and handed it to the little eunuch.

The little eunuch was also happy, and after looking down at the hosta, he pursed his lips disdainfully, pushed it away, and did not accept it, and then, he shook his body, and said in a hurry.

"This eldest sister, don't, our family is not familiar with you......"

Then, he pointed to Du Rui in the courtyard.

"What's the point of staying like this? It's better to leave quickly, you can't get out of the palace gate if it's late, you have to eat and hang, and our family can't pay the errand, the board of the Discipline Department is not comfortable......"

At this time, Du Rui had already lowered his head.

He ignored Wei Yue, raised the sleeve of his robe and wiped the tears from his eyes, and then smiled brightly.

The smile is like the sky after the rain, when the sun just comes out, it is exceptionally clean and bright.

Wei Yue was stunned.

Du Rui glanced at him, his eyes were indifferent, but Wei Yue felt a strong oppressive force, and couldn't help but lower his head, just as he lowered his head, he heard Du Rui's voice in his ears, very slight, but very clear.

"Let's go......"