C44 (1/2)
The king thought of his mother hurt, and the title of mother entered the throne;
Love is the heart of Emperor Rong'er, who only dotes on beauties looking forward to the future.
The empress dowager had personally come to visit Gai Rong'er, and Rong'er could feel that the empress dowager's heart really ached. After all, this was his great-grandson, and he had contracted a disease in her palace, so Rong'er felt that he should not place more pain on this venerable elder. This, in turn, comforted the empress dowager, and Rui'er went to heaven to pray for his royal father and empress dowager.
As Rong'er began to eat, he became aware of the changes in his body. If Xuan Ye didn't have any important matters to take care of every night, he would go to Rong'er's chamber to take care of them personally. Right now, the imperial court was temporarily quiet, and Rong'er had just lost his son, so the empress dowager didn't object. She specifically ordered the empress to speak with the Imperial Concubine Zhao, the benefactor, and the two men in her palace, so that the empress would understand more about the emperor. Since the empress had to take care of Chengbai, she could not stay here for long with Rong'er, but would visit her everyday. Zhang Leyan and Yin Ruo Lan would occasionally come over, and Imperial Concubine Zhao also came over for a rare visit. Rong'er was a woman without children after all, so everyone was very polite to her and tried to comfort her.
Today, Xuan Ye appeared to be preoccupied with something, and Rong'er's illness was almost completely cured. Seeing the emperor constantly walking back and forth on the ground, occasionally looking up at the ceiling, Xuan Ye knew that he had something on his mind. He asked, ”Your majesty, do you have something on your mind today?”
Xuan Ye nodded his head. ”Say, Rong'er, in a few more days, it will be my birth mother's and Empress Dowager's funeral. I will put my first wife on the throne and raise her to the highest temple. After my mother's death, I will wait for her to ascend to the throne and never give her the official title. I can finally give my mother this title this year.”
Rong'er asked, ”Did the emperor miss Ci and the empress dowager?”
Xuan Ye smiled bitterly and said, ”Rong'er, did you know? I am very young. ”Since I was not by my mother's side and would occasionally see my mother, my mother's eyes would always be filled with sadness. Therefore, I have a very shallow impression of my mother, but I know that my mother is my closest family.” Xuan Ye shook his head and continued, ”Rong'er, my mother is not favored by the late emperor. She is unhappy. ”When I ascended the throne at the age of six, I could finally see my mother often, and it was also the time for me to repay my mother's kindness for bearing children, and experience her kinship. However, my mother was very fortunate, and left me the second year after I ascended the throne. I remember that when my mother was sick, I was very sad, and served my mother myself every day. I was afraid that my eldest mother was no longer around, and I was really afraid.”
”Your Majesty …” Rong'er walked over and gently embraced Xuan Ye.
Xuan Ye smiled and held Rong'er's hand, saying bitterly, ”Did you know? When Cheng Rui got sick, Zhen had the same feeling again. To think that the fear of his loved ones leaving was so painful.”
”Your Imperial Majesty, as the ruler of an empire, you may appear to be awe-inspiring and imposing, but the hearts of your subjects will still be filled with pain that your subjects do not know of.” Rong'er said softly.
Xuan Ye nodded and said hesitantly, ”Rong'er, I've made a mistake a while ago.” Rong'er looked up at the emperor and asked with his eyes.
”Rui'er was very ill a while ago, and I got drunk in the palace. I actually doted on a palace maid.” Xuan Ye lowered his head to look at Gai Rong'er and said with a wry smile, ”I think of her as Rong'er.”
”Huh?” Rong'er was very surprised, not because the emperor favored other palace maids, but because the emperor was actually so drunk on Rui'er's behalf. ” ”Your Majesty …”
Just as Rong'er was about to speak, Xuan Ye interrupted her. ”Rong'er, do you know? When I was young, I often thought to myself, if royal father doesn't pamper my mother, why did he marry her into the palace? I think that when I grow up, I must not be like royal father. ”But …” Xuan Ye painfully shook his head and said, ”It's only now that I've become the emperor that I've discovered. As a sovereign, there are many things that I can't do, and I'm even more willing to do as I please by relying on my own throne. Zhang Ye promised that I needed too much warmth to help her, and Yin agreed that it was because he could make me happy that I favored him. ”She needs to be treated. Even if I owe her a favor, it was because you were able to clear my heart and make me feel warm. But now, and also because I've destroyed her happiness with my own free will, I don't like her, but she's fated to stay in this palace for the rest of her life. What I can give her is only a title and something that I don't have to worry about.”