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The late emperor Gu Yiwei, head of the family was ashamed of the farewell;

The mournful wails spread deep into the palace, the tears flowed uncontrollably, causing the heart to ache.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of June. That morning, Gayon was in his room, reading a book. Xiaoqing ran into the house in a flurry, calling out, "Mistress …" "Master …"

"Xiaoqing, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry?" he asked.

"Mistress, your servant …" "I just heard that …" Xiaoqing was running around in panic, and her breathing was erratic.

Seeing Xiaoqing gasping for breath, Rong'er smiled and said, "Take your time and talk."

Xiaoqing steadied herself and continued: "I just heard, Old Zhong Tang..." "I just passed away, and this servant just saw an eunuch pass it on to the empress."

Gai Rong'er was startled, hurriedly said: "Come, Xiao Qing, let's go to the empress's place."

Gai Rong'er led Xiao Qing to the empress's Eastern Warm Pavilion. There was a eunuch standing guard outside the door. Gai Rong'er told her to summon the empress for an audience. A moment later, her father-in-law came back to instruct her to let him in.

Gai Rong'er entered the East Warm Pavilion. The empress sat alone on the warm brick bed with tears streaming down her face. Next to her, the four palace maids, Chun Xiu and Wang Jingzhi, consoled her.

"Elder sister, Rong'er has just heard that the Old Zhong Tang of Sony has passed away. Elder sister must grieve for him." Gayon stepped forward to comfort her.

"Rong'er, grandpa has been like this since young. "He doted on me and doted on me a lot. Now that he has passed away, I can't stay by his side and see him one last time. I'm really, really sad." The empress wiped her tears and continued, "These past one or two years, my grandfather's health has been worse than before. Two days ago, my first wife came to the palace to tell me that my grandfather's health was getting worse and worse every day. I was about to ask the empress dowager and the emperor to allow me to go back to visit, but before I could say anything, my grandfather left. As she spoke, the Empress became tearful.

Rong'er's heart ached as she saw this. She took out a handkerchief to wipe the Queen's tears and comforted her gently, "Big sister, as the Empress, you are both filial and virtuous. You have taken care of the harem so tightly, the Old Zhong Tang will definitely be pleased."

The empress didn't reply, but kept pouring out her tears like beads on a broken bead. Seeing this, Rong'er slowly pulled the empress into his arms. The empress had always restrained herself from letting her go. A leak is good. Ever since Gai Rong'er had lived in the Kunning Palace, his relationship with the empress had been extremely close, like that of a sister. Seeing the empress act this way, she also felt particularly uncomfortable in her heart.

At this moment, the eunuch outside the door came in again to report that Zhang Qinghong had come to seek an audience with the empress. The empress shook her head without saying a word. "Eunuch Lao told Young Master Zhang that the empress was extremely saddened and did not want to see him right now. Please ask her to go back first, the empress has accepted her kindness.

Seeing that the empress had not said anything, the eunuch went out to answer her.

"Auntie Spring Apricot, does the emperor know?" Rong'er suddenly remembered and asked.

In reply to Young Master Rong, the Emperor just sent someone to inform the Empress that the Emperor heard that the Old Zhong Tang wanted to see the Emperor when he was dying, so today His Majesty personally went to the Suo Estate to see the Old Zhong Tang for the last time. Not long after that, the Old Zhong Tang passed away. Spring Apricot replied from the side.

Gai Rong'er nodded and said, "Sister, when the Emperor arrives, you can ask for His Majesty's permission to go home and sacrifice your life as a form of filial piety." Garion said softly to the queen in his arms, who nodded, letting the tears run down her cheeks. Other than letting the empress calm down, Rong'er had also left. She let out the sadness in her heart and didn't say another word. She knew that no matter how much she said now, it would be meaningless. The sorrow of losing one's loved ones was not consolable.

After an unknown amount of time, he heard the eunuch outside the palace shout loudly, "The emperor has arrived."

Hearing that the emperor had arrived, the empress quickly rose from Rong'er's arms and wiped away the tears on her face. Xuan Ye was surprised to see Gai Rong'er here.

Rong'er saw that he wasn't suitable here, so he stood up and bowed. "Your Majesty, the Empress's heart is filled with grief. I hope Your Majesty can comfort her well. Rong'er will take his leave first." He then turned to the empress. "Queen, Rong'er will be leaving first. Please don't be sad for fear of hurting your body." With that, Gai Rong'er left the room.

Shortly after Xuanye's 14th birthday, the four aides asked for the emperor's personal authority. He was also discussing the best time to ascend the throne with the ministers he trusted, such as Mingzhu, Xiong Zhizhu, and Suo Fen. His father, Sony, had been ill for a long time, and Xuan Ye had rushed to the House of Suo upon hearing of the letter. Sony's eyes were filled with tears as he did not fulfill the responsibility of the late king, and he had not deceived the king, and he had not handed over the power of his aide-de-de-camp to the emperor. Xuan Ye was very touched by the request for the king's immediate personal authority, and told the imperial physician to look after him, but he did not expect to return to the palace and receive the news of his death.

He missed Rong'er in his heart, but he couldn't really spoil her. When he was about to get into a personal relationship with her, he became more focused on political affairs, and focused on court affairs first. He also heard from the empress dowager that Rong'er had gotten along better with other people than before, so he was more or less gratified in his heart. Today, when he saw that she didn't seem to have any feelings for him, he hurriedly excused himself, feeling a little disappointed.

Of course, Xuan Ye knew the purpose of his visit. Seeing that the empress was already in tears and was trying desperately to wipe away her tears, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart. He walked over and gently embraced the empress, saying, "empress, don't wipe it. Just cry to your heart's content." The empress's tears flowed freely in Xuan Ye's arms. This was the first time she had lost control of herself in front of Xuan Ye, and the first time she had released herself completely in front of him.

It had been a long time since he last saw the emperor, and he really missed him. But today, when the empress had lost her loved ones, no matter how much love she had, it was all covered up by sadness. Gai Rong'er felt a pain in his heart; he was both the empress and himself.

In July of the year of Kangxi, Xuan Ye served the three dynasties of Sony with devotion. Now that he had passed away, he respected his last wishes, which was to take control of the nation.