What he found even more unbelievable was that his daughters each had their own country.
And the grandchildren of the emperor share the same goal as their aunts!
There was only one Qing Dynasty, but there were many unclaimed territories!
It doesn't matter if they're already taken; they can just take them over...
Yinreng thought he was dreaming and it took him several days to recover.
Because of his physical weakness and the hardship of rehabilitation, he finally realized that he was not dreaming.
He listened as the young eunuch recounted what happened after he fell into a deep sleep.
What made him feel both bittersweet was his imperial father.
Because of his deep sleep, the edict deposing the crown prince was never announced.
Because of his prolonged sleep, the Emperor felt extremely sorry for him and was wary of the princes and powerful ministers.
Yinreng reached out and touched the bedside, and a hidden compartment popped open. He pulled out a stack of letters, and the young eunuch serving him looked on incredulously.
Of course they didn't know, they didn't know he was playing games with the Emperor.
Emperor Kangxi frequently wrote letters to him after he fell into a deep sleep. Even before his death, he left a letter, fearing that his son might mistakenly believe that he no longer loved him.
Yinreng looked at the letters and cried his heart out until he fainted.
Sherry and the Emperor and Empress rushed over upon receiving the news. After examining the Emperor, the imperial physician said, "The Emperor Emeritus was emotionally agitated and his heart was in turmoil, which caused him to faint!"
The family stood silently by, and Hongbing looked at the letter in Yinreng's hand, his face showing sudden realization.
He had seen it before, and Emperor Kangxi had also mentioned it to him.
"If your father does not wake up, put these letters in his coffin."
"If Father wakes up, will I fetch it for him?" Hongbing asked at the time.
But what he met was Kangxi's sorrowful expression.
Later, when the Emperor passed away, he never saw those letters again and assumed that the Emperor had arranged for someone to do it himself!
Hongbing felt a mix of emotion—a mixture of gratitude and envy, along with an indescribable sense of complexity.
Sherry took the letters, read them, and found them all interesting.
In the novels she had read, she had seen stories of protagonists and antagonists loving and killing each other, and stories of male leads loving and killing each other. This was the first time she had ever seen a father and son loving and killing each other like this!
Indeed, excessive intimacy makes it easier to hurt each other.
Because they were deeply loved/cherished, it is easier for one party to become hysterical and find it difficult to accept being abandoned.
And when the other one truly departs this world, the one left behind lives in pain.
This includes romantic love and familial love.
That's why great demons don't touch that! Deep affection is short-lived, and great demons want to live a very long life!
Sherry tidied up the letters and placed them beside his pillow.
Let the imperial grandsons come and keep him company when they have free time.
After experiencing extreme joy and sorrow, Yinreng's health deteriorated, though his spirits remained high.
He often tells his grandchildren funny stories about his and his father's childhood.
Urgong'e and Foerguochun put aside their court duties and rushed back.
When Yinreng saw his two daughters looking so spirited and imposing, his eyes were filled with admiration and pride!
Both of his daughters wanted to take him to their countries to see for himself, but Yinreng neither said he would go nor that he wouldn't.
Sherry knew that his health was failing!
His heartache was for Emperor Kangxi. Seeing those letters brought him both redemption and peace of mind.
Moreover, his descendants are all successful, so he has nothing left to regret.
Sure enough, Yinreng passed away in his sleep within two days.
Sherry was too lazy to wait, so she went along too!
People say that the retired emperor and the retired empress dowager were a loving couple.
The three children pretended not to hear and proceeded with their funeral arrangements.
Emperor Hongbing posthumously conferred upon Yinreng the title of Emperor Yuan'an, with the posthumous name: Emperor Chengtian Yundao Shengde Kuanren Mingxiao Ruizhi Hongyi Xianwen Zhicheng.
Sherry's posthumous title: Empress Dowager Renhe Kangning Zhaosheng Zhuangyi Gongtian Xianyun Duanyou.
The other two empresses also held grand sacrificial ceremonies in their own countries, and those historical records unsurprisingly became powerful evidence for tracing the origins of these ceremonies in later generations!
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