C85 (2/2)
After leaving the empress dowager's sleeping quarters, Xuan Ye once again remembered Rong'er and headed towards the palace.
In Rong'er's room, Rong'er was lying on his bed, tears flowing uncontrollably from his eyes. She couldn't be sad, she didn't even have the authority to be sad. The empress dowager had come this morning, and her words struck a deep chord in her heart. Remember...
In the morning, after Xuanye went to court, the empress dowager found out that Rong'er's child was gone and came to visit him in person. Actually, even the empress dowager herself didn't understand why she felt especially close to him. Or was it because she had gone with him to Tangquan, or Rong'er's character, that made her think of a person, a person who was sealed in her memories, her own sister: Helan Zhu. She didn't know, she couldn't explain it, but when she heard that Rong's child was born into Shang, her first thought was to come visit Rong.
Rong'er let everyone leave, leaving himself alone in his room, enjoying the grief from losing his two sons. Suddenly, a shout came from the door, ”The empress dowager arrived!” Rong'er only raised her head woodenly, looking at the empress dowager in a daze. She felt like it wasn't real, how could it be? It was true. Tears continued to flow. It was true. She wanted to lie to herself, but she couldn't.
The empress dowager sighed heavily and called out softly, ”Rong'er …”
”Old Ancestor …” Rong'er looked at the empress dowager with misty eyes.
When the empress dowager saw Rong'er act like this, her heart was also in pain. She sat down on Rong'er's bedside and took his hand in both of her own. With a sigh, her eyes reddened. ”Rong'er, why are you working so hard?”
”Old Ancestor …” Upon hearing the empress dowager's words, Rong'er finally cried out. When Sai Yinchan died, she had thought that she had reached the pinnacle of sadness, but she hadn't expected that this sort of sadness still hadn't ended.
The empress dowager lightly patted the back of Rong'er's hand. ”If you want to cry, just cry. This one understands your feelings, but this one has a request …”
Rong'er raised his head, looking at the empress dowager with teary eyes.
”This Dowager knows that this is a little cruel to you, but Rong'er, you might not know it yourself, but he will feel sad if you're sad. He might be happy if you're happy, but you won't feel it, but this spectator can see that clearly!” The empress dowager paused before continuing, ”You're sad that your child is gone. This Dowager is already an old man. Seeing that my great-grandson is gone, the white-haired man's sorrow for the black-haired man is great. This Dowager's sorrow is no less than yours.” However … ”Now that the war is in the south and the mountains in the Great Qing are in disarray, all the grief cannot be compared to the importance of the rivers and mountains in the Great Qing. Rong'er, I beg of you, please hide your sorrow deep within your heart and try to comfort the Emperor.”
”Old Ancestor …” Rong'er sat up and called out to the imperial emperor.
The empress dowager held Rong'er in her arms and said in a low voice, ”Rong'er, just how many women are there in this imperial palace? How many of them can be doted on by the emperor, you have no children, but how many of you will never have the chance to have a son in this palace? Think about the places where you're lucky, the Great Qing is very carefree right now, the emperor must concentrate on the mountains and rivers without any worries. The emperor is still young, after all.”
The empress dowager let go of Rong'er and looked at him bitterly. ”Rong'er, didn't the women in the harem do it to make the emperor happy? If the Emperor saw that you were unhappy, how would he spoil you? A few days ago, that Ann agreed to be pampered, wasn't it because she could make the Emperor happy? ”
”Old Ancestor … Rong'er understands … ” Rong'er choked with sobs. ”Rong'er knows what to do now. Rong'er won't let His Majesty worry … Rong'er will bury his sorrow deep in his heart... ”
The empress dowager nodded her head with a heavy expression and said bitterly, ”This Dowager knows that you're sensible. Your temper will definitely understand this one's painstaking efforts. This Dowager doesn't need to worry about you, so you're a woman worthy of this one's love and love …”
She understood that she liked the emperor, so she couldn't add to his troubles. She had to comfort the emperor, she couldn't let him be sad, and she couldn't let him be sad either. Rong'er knew in his heart that every word spoken by the empress dowager was reasonable, so she had to control her sorrowful heart and bury her sorrow deep within her heart.
As Rong'er was thinking this, he suddenly heard an eunuch call from outside the room, ”The emperor has arrived!” Rong'er quickly wiped the tears off his face.