Nan Zhiyun listened and gradually fell asleep. The Empress Dowager looked at the sleeping Nan Zhiyun and smiled, but then she started to cry.
"Yun'er, I also want to stay with you. How can I be at ease with you in this state... But I can't. I don't have many more chances left."
"You are still young, and your road ahead is long, but my road is one that I can see the end of. So, Yun'er, I can't protect you forever. I can only do my best to keep you safe and sound."
"Yun'er, you must know that I also want what's best for you, so I will do everything I can to pave the way for your future. Even if I'm not by your side then, you will still be the best girl in the world, loved and cared for..." The Empress Dowager said a lot, but Nan Zhiyun, who was already asleep, didn't hear a word.
The Empress Dowager stayed inside for a long time before leaving, and when she did, she tucked Nan Zhiyun in.
The Empress Dowager had just stepped outside when she encountered someone...
The Empress Dowager was somewhat surprised, but her expression quickly cooled.
"Why did you come here?" The Empress Dowager's cold voice rang out.
"I heard that Consort Nan has woken up and that the Empress Dowager is going to take care of her personally, so I wanted to come and see her."
"Yun'er has fallen asleep again, and I don't have time, so go back." The Empress Dowager dismissed her very directly.
"The Empress Dowager has changed."
"Most of the time has passed, and I am now the Empress Dowager, so naturally things have changed." The Empress Dowager turned her eyes away from the man.
"But that's only how others see the Empress Dowager. Here, the Empress Dowager is still the same as before."
"Gu Yin, you have overstepped your bounds!" The Empress Dowager's tone changed.
Gu Yin, the name of the current imperial advisor...
"It's been a long time since anyone called my name. It turns out the Empress Dowager still remembers." Who else could this person be but the Imperial Advisor?
"My name was personally chosen by the Empress Dowager," the Imperial Advisor suddenly said.
"I named you Gu Shun, but the Imperial Advisor doesn't seem very satisfied," the Empress Dowager said. However, the current Empress Dowager... seems a little different.
The Empress Dowager's words amused the Imperial Advisor.
"So Your Majesty still remembers? It's just a name, isn't it? If Your Majesty likes it, you can continue to call me Gu Shun." Compared to his aloofness in front of Yu Jingchen, the Imperial Advisor was now much more casual in front of the Empress Dowager.
"Enough, I have no right to interfere in the affairs of the Imperial Preceptor. This is the He'an Palace, Imperial Preceptor, please leave." The Empress Dowager dismissed him again, and then sat down on her own.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, no one will know I'm here." Gu Yin didn't stand on ceremony at all. He found a seat and deliberately chose one close to the Empress Dowager. He then skillfully poured a cup of hot tea for both the Empress Dowager and himself.
"What exactly do you want?" The Empress Dowager had lost all patience.
"I don't want to do anything, I just came to see the Empress Dowager." The Imperial Advisor slowly sipped his tea. How could the usually composed Empress Dowager lose control of her words and actions in front of him?
"Gu Yin!" The Empress Dowager was getting angry.
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry, have some tea," the Imperial Advisor said, smiling happily instead.
How did the Imperial Advisor, who was as cold as ice, develop this side to him?
The Empress Dowager was at a loss for what to do with him, so she simply gave up on trying to reason with him and let him be.
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