Chapter 85
Seeing that the Empress Dowager had nothing more to say, Qi Junmu rose to take his leave. In that moment, as he stood, both he and the Empress Dowager understood—they would not see each other again.
The Empress Dowager said, "Your Majesty is now without wife, without children, without kin or friends. Do you not feel lonely?"
It was almost laughable—this was the first time he had ever heard her ask whether he felt lonely. But the one who had once longed to hear those words had long since grown up and ceased to hope for anything from this relationship.