None of the ministers present had imagined that Li Gui would actually comply with An Yuan'er's wishes and allow the already deceased sixth prince to reappear in front of the public.
"Please turn around, gentlemen. The Sixth Prince's remains would not wish to see you all," Li Gui said before the memorial hall opened.
The ministers were indignant and dissatisfied with such excessive discrimination.
But Li Gui was, after all, the Sixth Prince's personal servant, and had received the Emperor's decree to personally oversee the Sixth Prince's funeral. No matter how dissatisfied the adults were, they could only reluctantly turn their backs, leaving space and time for Yi Chenli and An Yuan'er to say their final farewells.
But they were still unconvinced, saying, "Just take a look quickly, all the ministers are waiting. If we miss the appointed time and it gets to the Emperor's ears, neither of us can afford to be offended."
Li Gui nodded, indicating that he would know what he was doing.
The ministers stood outside the Chenyang Palace with their backs turned, while Yi Chenli's coffin was opened with the help of several eunuchs.
I never imagined that when we met again, we would be separated by death.
Inside the coffin, Yi Chenli lay quietly, eyes closed, motionless, without breathing or rising and falling; he had truly fallen into eternal sleep underground.
There was no miracle; the person in the coffin did not come back to life.
An Yuan'er knew that Yi Chenli had never slept well. She gently touched Yi Chenli's face with her hand and said softly, "Ali, now you can finally get a good night's sleep. No one can disturb you."
The girl's hand gently brushed over Yi Chenli's eyebrows, eyes, and nose... touching him delicately, as if she wanted to etch Yi Chenli's image into her mind forever.
An Yuan'er thought: She could never fall in love with anyone else in her life, because no one would ever treat her better than Ali.
Finally, the girl's hand rested on Yi Chenli's lips.
His lips were beautifully shaped, thin and sensual. A gentle touch always brought a passionate, intense feeling, completely different from Yi Chenli's cold personality.
Although An Yuan'er knew that what lay in the coffin was just a cold corpse, a corpse that would never give her any feedback or reaction again.
But the girl slowly lowered her head, her lips gently touching his, tracing the shape of Yi Chenli's lips.
A single, glistening tear slid from the corner of the girl's eye, down Yi Chenli's face, and into his lips.
Tears are salty.
An Yuan'er held the lifeless Yi Chenli and uttered the most simple and sincere words of love in the world.
"Yi Chenli, An Yuan'er likes you."
"I love you, I love you, I only love you, from beginning to end, just as you love me."
Even though Yi Chenli could no longer hear her, An Yuan'er still patiently repeated it over and over again.
If there is anything in this world that can transcend the distance between life and death, it is love.
An Yuan'er will not stop loving Yi Chenli just because he is dead. He is dead, but he will live on forever in An Yuan'er's heart.
There's a corner in her heart that will always belong to him, and no one else can ever enter it.
Li Gui and the eunuchs of Chenyang Palace watched the two walk this far, and now seeing this scene, they couldn't help but burst into tears and sob softly.
The entire Chenyang Palace was shrouded in sorrow.
Li Gui finally calmed down: "Miss An, let's see our master off. If there's a next life, he'll be able to find you sooner."
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