Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Wang couldn't help but feel a little emotional when she saw Princess Consort Ji in her aged appearance.
"Lady, please tell me, is the matter with Ze'er true?" Princess Consort Ji was eager to find an answer, looking at Empress Dowager Wang with eyes no longer filled with previous pride, but only with pleading.
Empress Dowager Wang replied: "I have already sent someone to ask the Emperor for permission. Whether you can go to Chaoyang Palace or not will be known once the Emperor gives his approval."
Upon hearing this, Princess Consort Ji burst into tears: "How can this be? What did my Ze'er do wrong? Oh heavens, must you treat him like this...sob sob sob, our late Emperor, we mother and son suffer terribly..."
The tears, once they started, would not stop, flowing like a broken dam.
