After abdicating in favor of Hongxu, Yinchu and Empress Dowager Mingwei went to the Yuanmingyuan Palace.
Along with them came the three concubines and three mistresses who had been virtually invisible in the imperial harem for many years. Their lives in the Yuanmingyuan Garden were comfortable and carefree; they listened to music and took walks every day.
By the way, it's worth mentioning that Yin Chu also has a special hobby: he likes to dress up.
According to Xu Lejin, it's called something like cosplay. Anyway, Yin Chu had no idea what it meant, because ever since Kangxi abdicated, Xu Lejin had been spouting strange things from time to time.
Yin Chu has played the roles of a farmer, a merchant, a schoolteacher, a peddler, and a knight-errant.
I've dressed up as anything I could think of, anything that came to mind on a whim.
The ten years at Yuanmingyuan were a difficult time for the Empress Dowager and the concubines, who had to endure the turmoil until the beginning of the tenth year of the Qian'an era, which was the tenth year since the abdication to Hongxu.
The Empress Dowager's health deteriorated rapidly; she fell ill as quickly as a landslide and became emaciated within a month.
Yin Chu stayed by his side every day, his heart breaking.
The Empress Dowager finally succumbed to her fate, passing away in October of the tenth year of the Qian'an era. Half a month later, Yin Chu also followed her in death.
Yin Chu didn't know how later generations would judge him, whether they would say he was unfilial for disregarding his elderly mother with white hair, causing her to bury her son, or praise his deep love for Empress Dowager Mingwei.
Yin Chu finally met the Empress Dowager in the underworld, and they made a promise not to be reincarnated, but to remain husband and wife in the underworld forever.
In the years that followed, Yin Chu saw the concubines of the harem on the Bridge of Helplessness, but unfortunately, he never saw Xu Lejin, his younger brother and sister, or his older sister.
Yin Chu didn't know where his sisters, brothers, and sisters ended up.
In the underworld, I encountered all sorts of ghosts and learned from their different attire that the world had undergone earth-shattering changes. The Qing Dynasty no longer existed, and in its place was a prosperous world where everyone was equal.
The change of imperial power and the rise and fall of dynasties—Yinchu understood this principle…
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