C27 (1/2)

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.