Wanwan did not want to lie to Kangxi. "Your Majesty, I have never believed in Buddhism or reincarnation."
Kangxi thought that Wanwan could at least fool him, and there was some resentment in his eyes: "Can't you even fool me?"
Wanwan lowered her head, her eyes scrutinizing Kangxi's face. She had actually liked him before, but that liking had faded over time.
"Your Majesty, what we seek in this life is this very life. How could you, as the Emperor, possibly believe in such an ethereal thing as the next life?"
Kangxi suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness throughout his body. "So be it. In the end, I forced you. It's alright, you will always be my woman in this lifetime."
Kangxi released Wanwan's hand and tremblingly took out the imperial edict he had written from under the other side of the pillow. "It seems I will not see the sun rise tomorrow. Here is the imperial edict of abdication that I have written."
“There are two copies here, one written in Chinese and one written in Manchu. There is another copy, which Liang Jiugong put away.”
Kangxi pointed to the imperial desk beside him and said, "It's in that box on the table. Take it here."
Kangxi looked down at the table and indeed there was a box. He walked over, picked it up, and then sat down on the edge of the bed to look at Kangxi.
Emperor Kangxi felt his health was deteriorating. "My preferred successor is the fourth prince. He will be a good emperor in the future."
Wanwan looked at the three imperial edicts in her hand. What was this? Was it a reassurance from Emperor Kangxi?
Wanwan's eyes were a little moist. "Your Majesty, I understand."
Kangxi looked at Wanwan and saw sadness on her face.
Her voice was soft, yet she asked uncertainly, "Did you ever love me?"
The tears that had been welling up in Wanwan's eyes finally fell. "I used to like him."
Kangxi murmured, "Was it in the past?"
Then he smiled with relief.
"You still loved me."
Emperor Kangxi reminisced about his days in Jingren Palace.
At this moment, Kangxi's mind was already blank. "You said you...you don't believe in Buddhism, but...but...we once prayed together for a love knot...and hung it in Jingren Palace...on that big...big tree."
"My only regret in this life is that I didn't walk with you to the very end."
Kangxi struggled to sit up. "Yin...Reng...hasn't...returned...yet?"
After saying that, he closed his eyes and fell onto the bed. Wanwan held his hand and knew that Kangxi's hand had lost its strength and fell down.
Tears streamed down Wanwan's face as she placed her trembling hand under Kangxi's nostrils; he had stopped breathing.
Wanwan thought she had developed a heart of stone, but in the end she couldn't help herself.
With a slightly trembling voice, she said, "Memories should remain in their most beautiful moments. I wish that in the next life, Xuan Ye, I may find one person who loves me dearly and stay with me until our hair turns white."
"As for this life, there are too many things between us."
"Since we can't go back, let's keep those beautiful things as a memento."
Wanwan looked at the three imperial edicts beside her.
He rose shakily and walked to the door, where everyone knelt down.
Especially the young women in the harem, who couldn't help but cry early on, it was hard to tell whether they were crying for Kangxi or for their own future.
Wanwan's voice was a little hoarse, "His Majesty... has passed away."
These words were like a switch being flipped; everyone burst into tears, including the ministers who were waiting outside.
Wanwan glanced at the concubines, princes, and ministers, and said, "Go inside, all of you."
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