Six months later, Xie Yi's health deteriorated rapidly.
On her deathbed, Qingyin looked at the weak man lying on the bed, her tears dripping onto his hand.
"Don't cry," Xie Yi comforted softly. "I'll go down and scout ahead for you. I'll try to beg that judge to let us be husband and wife for the rest of our lives."
As the man's voice faded, Qingyin bid farewell to the husband who had protected her throughout her life.
With Xie Yi's passing, Qingyin's health deteriorated, and all the imperial physicians in the palace were helpless. Xie Xi was so anxious that he even hired a doctor outside the palace at a high price, but unfortunately, there are no miracles in this world.
Xie Xi sat alone by Qing Yin's bedside, his eyes filled with pain.
The beautiful woman on the bed had her eyes tightly closed, her thick eyelashes obediently resting on her eyelids, casting a slight shadow that made her features appear even more defined.
Xie Xi looked at Qingyin sleeping on the bed and finally couldn't help but vent his pain when no one was around.
"Do you really like Father Emperor that much? Do you want to follow him even after he's gone?"
"Bai Mengyin, Yin'er, can you stay here for me, okay?"
Xie Xi's tears dripped onto Qing Yin's soft couch, one drop at a time, like his half-broken heart.
The emotionally charged Xie Xi didn't notice the person on the bed; her slender fingers twitched, indicating she was awake.
"Xie Xi." A gentle, familiar, and affectionate female voice rang in her ears, and Xie Xi looked up in a panic.
Tears still clung to her eyelids, making her look incredibly pitiful.
He worried that Qingyin would scold him, disown him, and despise him, and that she would covet the mother who raised her.
Qingyin looked at the panicked young man below the stage, who seemed to have reverted to his childhood self-consciousness and sensitivity, and sighed softly: "Axi, there is no such thing as being able to part forever in this world. You need to learn to grow up."
"The world isn't just about love. You are an emperor, and you have responsibilities, including those of the people."
"Ashi, I hope you can be a qualified emperor."
Xie Xi lowered her head, hiding her tears: "I...I understand."
Your wish is for me to be a qualified emperor, and I will certainly do so.
In her final moments, Qingyin gently patted the head of this fragile yet strong child, demonstrating through her actions that she did not dislike him.
Xie Xi was stunned. He remained silent for a long time before a bitter smile appeared on his face.
...
In the years that followed, Xie Xi remained unmarried. In his later years, he adopted one of the most outstanding members of the royal family as his heir.
Looking into the boy's slightly upturned almond-shaped eyes, Xie Xi vaguely saw in those similar eyes the beautiful girl who had amazed him.
You were born before I was born, and I was born after you had grown old.
Xie Xi was fortunate enough to meet a truly gentle and loving person, but time has made him regret it for the rest of his life.
On his deathbed, Xie Xi looked at the child of his beloved's sister, who was also his crown prince, and in a daze, he seemed to see that beautiful and captivating girl again.
"Yin'er, you've come to pick me up, right..."
In his sleep, the aging man finally managed a smile.
A new crown prince ascended the throne, marking the changing of the guard.
Because of their good health, Xie Chenwei and Bai Zhenzhu, who outlived two emperors, never expected that the throne would eventually fall to their son.
Looking at Xie Mo's yellow dragon robe, Xie Chen sighed softly, and his obsession vanished instantly.
Over the years, due to various events, his relationship with Bai Zhenzhu had deteriorated to that of familiar strangers.
The only connection between the two is their shared son, Xie Mo.
Looking at her tall and handsome son, Bai Zhenzhu's face was full of pride, but she couldn't help but think of her older sister, that beautiful and gentle older sister.
His son was able to succeed to the throne, and this emperor probably did so because of her.
Bai Zhenzhu thought that without this, she couldn't imagine Xie Xi choosing her son.
If there is an afterlife, White Pearl hopes to see her again.
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Back in the system space, Qingyin chatted with the system for a long time, still feeling that it would be better to find an easy-going partner. Although the points weren't many, the person was comfortable.
As for points, you can earn them slowly.
The system readily agreed to the host's request.
"Yinyin, there's a mission from an ancient world. The person making the wish wants to become a woman who attracts attention, but they don't want to come out and meet people. Yinyin, do you want to accept it?" the system said excitedly.
Mixed with a bunch of tasks like revitalizing the country, becoming an empress dowager, and then an emperor, this task was incredibly simple, perfectly suited to her exhausted and lazy self.
Qingyin nodded. "I'll accept it."
"Alright." The system cat snatched the small world with a flick of its furry paw.
The halo representing the small world, a tiny point, falls into the river of time.
Qingyin also entered the River of Time.
...
"Ah, this girl from the Hu family has finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel. Although her husband is dead, her biological parents in the capital have come looking for her, so she won't have to worry about the rest of her life."
"But the Hu family really did switch the daughters of an official with someone else. But is their biological child a boy or a girl? Will they ever come back?"
“Come back? How could that be? It would be a fool to abandon his parents, who are officials in the capital, and come back to the Hu family, these peasant parents.”
"Then the Hu family will be missing a child!"
"Alright, this official took the child away, but he won't give that Hu guy any money, will he? You don't know, my niece's brother-in-law saw Hu Dashan at that big restaurant in our town, where he had a table full of good food and wine on the second floor. There was chicken and duck. Do you think that stingy Hu Dashan could afford such good food? It must have been Hu Sanya's parents, who are high-ranking officials in the capital, who gave him the money!"
"Tsk tsk, that's really enviable. How come the good things never happen to my family when the child who was reported wrongly is reported?" The man asked in confusion, then suddenly realized and looked envious.
The other person laughed: "Hahaha, come on, I heard that the Hu family's child who was switched at birth was a boy. Your son was taken away, do you think it's comfortable? The Hu family won't be happy with this money."
Upon hearing that the baby switched at birth was a boy, the man who had just expressed envy changed his expression. This fleeting wealth was definitely not the same as having a son.
Hu Dashan dreamed of having a son, but his only son was switched at birth. Tsk tsk, it's truly pitiful and lamentable.
At the funeral, none of the whispering guests paid any attention to the pale, emaciated woman in burial clothes with empty eyes kneeling beneath the black coffin. Instead, they listened intently to the gossip they had gathered and chatted enthusiastically.
At this moment, Qingyin has transmigrated to this world.
The girl, whose eyes had been vacant just moments before, suddenly changed. Her eyes became clear and bright, as if they had been washed by a spring, revealing their true beauty like gemstones that had been cleansed of dust.
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