"Ah Hao, are you cold again? Your fingers are all cold. Here, let me warm them up for you."
As he spoke, he lowered his head and breathed warm air onto her hand.
"Hao, do you think you did this on purpose?"
He smiled and teased.
"Did you make your hands so cold on purpose so I would keep warming them for you? Did you want me to warm your hands?"
"Don't think that just because you don't talk, I don't know what you're thinking. You used to do this all the time. Don't think that just because I'm old, I have a bad memory and have forgotten."
"I remember everything about you very clearly."
Shen Hechuan suddenly sneered, interrupting Emperor Rongcheng.
"Yeah?"
"If that's the case, why doesn't Father remember Mother's wish?"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Rongcheng paused in his act of rubbing Jiang Xianhao's hands, slowly turned around, and looked at Shen Hechuan with a puzzled expression.
Shen Hechuan chuckled softly.
"It seems that Father Emperor is unaware of this!"
Shen Hechuan smiled, but his words were like knives, piercing Rongcheng's heart.
"My mother's greatest wish is to leave you."
Emperor Rongcheng leaned back slightly in shock, his gaze unconsciously falling on Jiang Xianhao before turning to Shen Hechuan.
"Chuan'er, what are you saying?"
"Your mother loves me so much, how could she possibly want to leave me?"
Shen Hechuan continued to chuckle.
"Love you?"
"Father, what are you joking about?"
"Your mother hates you so much, how could she possibly love you?"
He is now a demon.
The day after Jiang Xianhao died, his personal maids Jingtan and Yunshu found him.
They knelt on the ground and told Shen Hechuan everything that had happened between Jiang Xianhao and Emperor Rongcheng during this time, and begged Shen Hechuan to find a way to get Jiang Xianhao to leave.
They said that Jiang Xianhao had previously stated that she did not want to be buried with Emperor Rongcheng.
If she could, she would like to be cremated and have her ashes scattered directly outside.
It doesn't matter where it is, as long as it's not in the palace.
Although Jiang Xianhao did not mention the matter again before his death because of Shen Hechuan.
However, the two palace maids did not want their mistress to suffer the pain of being with Emperor Rongcheng even in death.
Jiang Xianhao vividly remembered those days when she kept vomiting.
That's why the two of them sought help from Shen Hechuan.
It was at this moment that Shen Hechuan realized that Jiang Xianhao actually loathed Emperor Rongcheng to this extent.
The more he thought about how much his mother had endured for him, the more heartbroken he felt.
He absolutely refused to let Jiang Xianhao be buried in the royal mausoleum.
That's why we're in this situation today.
A cold smile played on his lips as he prepared to shatter Emperor Rongcheng's beautiful dream bit by bit.
Emperor Rongcheng, however, looked utterly incredulous.
He sighed first before explaining, "Father knows that I made a mistake before and hurt your mother, but I have already explained it to her."
Your mother has forgiven me. I... your mother and I have been very happy lately.
As Emperor Rongcheng spoke, he took Jiang Xianhao's hand and gently massaged it.
“Ah Hao has already told me that we can start over in the future.”
Shen Hechuan stepped forward and directly pried open the hand that Emperor Rongcheng was holding Jiang Xianhao's.
"Father, you should stop touching Mother."
"When your mother was still alive, she would feel disgusted and repulsed whenever you touched her."
Now that Mother has passed away, I do not want her to suffer any more.
Emperor Rongcheng then looked at Shen Hechuan in disbelief.
What are you saying?
Shen Hechuan chuckled. "Father, don't you know?"
“Every time you touch the Empress Dowager, you will make her suffer from all kinds of nausea and vomiting.”
"The reason why the Empress Dowager's health deteriorated later was because she kept vomiting and couldn't eat anything, which made her body weaker and weaker."
"No, no..."
"Impossible."
Emperor Rongcheng kept shaking his head, but his mind kept replaying the events of this period of time.
When Jiang Xianhao first stepped out of Jingyu Palace, he held her hand.
Afterwards, she fainted due to vomiting.
He even went to fetch the imperial physician, only to learn that she was in poor health.
Later, her body seemed to grow weaker and weaker. He guessed at various reasons, but he never imagined that it would be because of him!
He looked at Jiang Xianhao, held her hand, and wanted to ask her if it was true.
However, she kept her eyes closed and didn't say a word.
Emperor Rongcheng held her hand, but then, remembering these words, he subconsciously let go of her hand.
He took a step back helplessly, his body too weak from sitting for so long, and he fell to the ground.
Even so, he couldn't believe that Jiang Xianhao had always hated and loathed him.
He thought of all the things they had done together in the past, and all the details of their time together. His face was streaked with tears and filled with regret.
But Shen Hechuan stood in front of him, his tall figure looking down at him.
"Father, you imprisoned my mother for her whole life, and then you killed her with your own hands."
Now that she has passed away, please, let her go.
Even for my mother's sake, I beg you, please give her some freedom.
Emperor Rongcheng lay on the ground, his face blank.
The emperor, who was usually high and mighty, was now curled up on the ground, looking as aggrieved as a child.
Shen Hechuan glanced at him and then used his eyes to order the people outside the door to come over and move Jiang Xianhao's body away.
But Emperor Rongcheng on the ground suddenly got up and rushed in front of everyone, ignoring everyone's attempts to stop him, and protected Jiang Xianhao.
"Who dares to take her away!"
"Ah Hao is just asleep, she's not dead. What do you want to do with her?"
"Put it down! Put Ah Hao down, or I will take your lives right now."
The crowd looked at each other in bewilderment, then quickly put Jiang Xianhao down before kneeling on the ground.
Shen Hechuan had a cold face, and an invisible aura emanated from his body, making people dare not look him in the eye.
He looked at Emperor Rongcheng, his voice icy.
"Father, Mother, she has passed away. You have imprisoned her your whole life. Now, if it is for her sake, let her go and let her be laid to rest as soon as possible."
But Emperor Rongcheng seemed to have gone mad and refused to agree no matter what.
"No, Ah Hao is just asleep!"
"With me here, none of you can take Ah Hao away."
Shen Hechuan frowned. Seeing that persuading Emperor Rongcheng was useless, he stepped forward and, taking advantage of the emperor's inattention, delivered a swift chop to the back of the emperor's head.
Emperor Rongcheng felt a sudden darkness before his eyes and fainted, losing all consciousness.
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