C247 (2/2)

A puzzled light flashed in Xuan Ye's eyes. He couldn't understand why he had come over. Rong'er was about to leave, but after staring at him for a moment, he slowly nodded his head and said, ”Fine.”

Rong'er blessed himself lightly and retreated towards Xuan Ye and the empress dowager.

When Rong'er left the palace, the empress dowager looked at him benevolently and said, ”Ah, grandson, do you know why I asked the Imperial Concubine Rong to take care of This Dowager?”

Only then did Xuan Ye turn his head to look at the empress dowager. Puzzled, he murmured, ”Grandmother …”

”Cough …” The empress dowager coughed lightly. Aunt Su Ma La brought up the water with worry. Xuan Ye took it and fed it to the empress dowager.

The empress dowager then nodded and said, ”There is nothing that the people in this palace can't see through the relationship between the Imperial Concubine Rong and the noble person Yin. Su Ma La and This Dowager said that Master Yin had died, and Imperial Concubine Rong locked herself in the palace all day without going out. Hearing this, Xuan Ye's face showed some worry. The empress dowager paused for a moment before continuing, ”Now that the empress dowager's concubines have died, there aren't many left. Grandson, I hope someone can accompany you to the end of the road!”

”Royal Grandmother!” Xuan Ye felt his eyes grow hot. He had never thought that his imperial grandmother would be so sick for his sake.

”That child Rong'er, I've already said it before. He's a good child, the sad family sent her here to console me, but she suggested taking care of me. I've made my decision, there's something that she won't think too much about, and her grief will soon pass as well!”

”Royal Grandmother, you've troubled yourself!” Xuan Ye held the empress dowager's hand as he spoke softly.

”Cough …” ”Cough, cough …” ”This Dowager has lived for so many years, I don't understand anything. This Dowager can see that my grandson and Rong'er have some problems, and I don't want to ask any questions, so I don't want to be involved in what the Emperor wants to do. However, this Dowager remembers all of my words from the past, and it's normal that the Sovereign's heart has changed …”

Before the empress dowager could finish, Xuan Ye quickly interjected, ”Grandmother, your grandson's heart has never changed!”

The empress dowager only smiled and looked at Xuan Ye without saying anything. Under the gaze of her grandmother, the thirty-something year old Xuan Ye actually felt a little embarrassed. Logically speaking, he was already a very shrewd emperor, yet he would actually say something like that … Since the last time, Rong'er had been very cold to her. He was the emperor, and he had never done anything to coax a woman, so even if he had blamed her for her death, it had still hurt her. But since he had already apologized, what more did she want from him? I can't let him, the emperor, beg her, can I? Xuan Ye felt that his head was a little too big...

The emperor flipped Rong'er's cards in the middle of the night. Xiao Qing was overjoyed as she excitedly brought out a beautiful embroidered and flowered garment. Rong'er frowned slightly as she looked at Xiao Qing and asked, ”Xiao Qing, what are you doing?”

”Mistress, the last time the emperor asked you to sleep in his palace, you have to dress up well. If you want the emperor to know, you must be no worse than those young concubines!” Xiaoqing excitedly said, ”Come, let this servant help you change them!”

Rong'er shook his head with a bitter smile and pushed the clothes away. ”The clothes I have on me are quite good. Ruo Lan just passed away, and the Empress Dowager is sick. I don't wear embroidered clothes, but the white satin dress is pretty good. It suits my mood.”

”Master …” Little Qing raised her eyebrows as she helplessly looked at Rong'er.

”Alright, just help me comb my hair. No need to be so deliberate. It's not like I'm sleeping on my first day.” Rong'er lightly said.

After all, there were so many women in the harem. To be able to be summoned by Xuan Ye, she felt somewhat moved in her heart, but … She didn't know why, but he felt that her heart wasn't as fervent as it was before. Logically speaking, she didn't blame Xuan Ye for what happened before, but Ruo Lan had died on the day of the enthronement ceremony … This made her feel that the Emperor's love for his was too weak, causing his to feel less anticipation …