"Once they enter the harem, they're gone?" Yu Jingchen asked.

“Your Majesty, the person disappeared around the same time that Consort Nan went missing,” Xinglai replied.

"Find out where the person went. Even if they're dead, find their body." Yu Jingchen was annoyed by these things.

“Yes…” Xinglai hurriedly replied.

Yu Jingchen waved his hand, and thankfully, the man tactfully withdrew.

He'an Hall

Nan Zhiyun sat on the bed, and the Empress Dowager was personally feeding her medicine.

"The medicine is a bit bitter, but you'll feel better after drinking it. Yun'er, just bear with it a little longer, you'll be fine soon," the Empress Dowager comforted her as she fed her.

Nan Zhiyun dislikes bitter tastes, but she has no choice but to drink it now. Perhaps she is still shaken by what she saw yesterday, so she hasn't quite recovered yet.

After feeding Nan Zhiyun her medicine, the Empress Dowager put down the bowl. Then she held Nan Zhiyun's hand and said, "Yun'er, be good. You'll be better soon. Just hang in there a little longer, okay? I promise you, everything will be alright after this period." The Empress Dowager's face was full of affection.

Nan Zhiyun looked at the Empress Dowager with a blank expression, and as the Empress Dowager looked at her, tears fell from her eyes.

"Yun'er has grown up so much..." the Empress Dowager said with a sigh.

"When Yun'er was little, she was such a tiny little thing that I couldn't even feel her weight when I held her. In the blink of an eye, Yun'er has grown so big. Now I'm old, and I can no longer hold our Yun'er," the Empress Dowager said.

Although Nan Zhiyun was frightened, upon seeing the Empress Dowager like this, she still gently leaned into the Empress Dowager's arms: "Your Majesty the Empress Dowager..." Nan Zhiyun softly parted her lips.

The Empress Dowager hugged her and gently comforted her.

"It's alright, everything will be alright," the Empress Dowager said.

"If I'm gone one day, Yun'er, you must take good care of yourself. Don't always hurt yourself, and don't always wrong yourself, because it will break my heart," the Empress Dowager said.

"Your Majesty, Yun'er is in so much pain, but Yun'er only dares to tell you," Nan Zhiyun said.

"Everything will be alright. I will help you. I will give you whatever you want." The Empress Dowager's doting affection remained unchanged.

"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, you are like Yun'er's own mother." Nan Zhiyun slowly began to speak. She lost her mother when she was three years old, and it was the Empress Dowager who raised her. Although she did not have a mother, the Empress Dowager gave her the best maternal love and care in the world.

"Silly child, what are you saying? I've always treated you like my own daughter." The Empress Dowager affectionately patted Nan Zhiyun's head. When Nan Zhiyun was little, she called her "Mother," so she would be Nan Zhiyun's mother for the rest of her life.

"Your Majesty, Yun'er just wants to stay with you like this forever," Nan Zhiyun said.

"How could that be? Yun'er needs to have her own life..." The Empress Dowager paused slightly, then smiled again.

"Your Majesty, Yun'er is so tired," Nan Zhiyun said, resting her head on the Empress Dowager's lap.

The Empress Dowager gently stroked Nan Zhiyun's hair: "If you're tired, take a rest. You never need to do this. Our Yun'er deserves the best of everything in this world. Anything that makes you tired or hurt doesn't deserve Yun'er's attention."

"Yun'er, remember this: no matter what happens in the future, you must think of yourself first. Sometimes it's okay to be a little selfish. If I'm not by your side anymore, you can't let anyone bully you, otherwise I won't be at peace." The Empress Dowager's tone became distant.