“It is a fact that you have become a royal merchant, so it is only right that you call him Lord Song.” After Ji Minxiu finished speaking, he solemnly added, “Actually, we came to say goodbye to you.”
“But we are going to hold a celebration banquet in a few days. You and Miss Yun are the greatest benefactors of the Song family. I was thinking of inviting you two to sit at the head table.”
Song Shuyi said urgently and with a puzzled look, "If there's nothing urgent, I hope you two can stay a few more days."
Yun Zhourong shook her head, and then recounted her encounter with Zhao Gan, "So I had to leave immediately to avoid implicating the Song family."
"Is that so? I have heard that His Majesty and the late Empress were indeed deeply in love. It is just a pity that fate played a cruel trick on them. The late Empress died in an accident at a young age, which became His Majesty's greatest regret."
After listening, Song Shuyi said with some emotion, "If you really are as similar as the late Empress, it is understandable that His Majesty would react so strongly."
"You're saying the Empress died in an accident?"
Hearing this, Yun Zhourong asked in bewilderment, "How could the Empress, who has always resided in the inner palace, have encountered such an accident?"
"That's right. His Majesty comes from humble origins. Although he had previously established his capital, he had not yet settled there. The late Empress still had to travel around with him on campaigns, and it was on the way that she met with an accident."
After finishing his sentence, Song Shuyi couldn't help but say with regret, "At that time, the late Empress was already pregnant with the imperial heir, but in the end, she was unable to keep the pregnancy. That's why His Majesty has always felt very guilty. After that, he immediately established the capital and stopped traveling around."
He thought that if the death of the late empress had not interrupted the current emperor's fighting spirit, with his ambition back then, he would probably have conquered several neighboring countries and unified the world.
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