In Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager had not slept well all night and felt some palpitations in the morning, so she called for the Imperial Physician to diagnose her. After the morning court session, Tang Yin immediately went to visit her at Cining Palace.
"Mother, why do you torment yourself like this?" Tang Yin sighed and then waved his hand, signaling that everyone else could leave.
The Empress Dowager's eyes were slightly red, and the whites of her eyes were laced with blood vessels, indicating she had not held back tears the night before.
"I just can't let go. Whenever I think that he is also your flesh and blood, my grandson, I feel such an agony in my heart," the Empress Dowager said as she clutched her chest, not knowing when she had begun to fear separation and death so much, particularly after the passing of the Former Emperor.
