Zhou Shuren anxiously sat in the carriage headed to the palace, with Eunuch Zhang silent throughout the journey. This was not the time to leak information.
Zhou Shuren didn't ask either, closing his eyes, contemplating all possibilities and organizing his words to respond to whatever the Retired Emperor might say.
Arriving at the palace gates, Zhou Shuren found himself alone. Being treated specially in this way didn't make him happy; he would rather not have this honor!
He went all the way to the Retired Emperor's sleeping quarters, where he saw Prince Qi and others kneeling, with the Crown Prince at the front.
Zhou Shuren, "..."
Don't scare him like this. Could it be someone has already passed?
Fortunately, as he entered the sleeping quarters, the Retired Emperor was leaning against a cushion, the Emperor sitting by the bedside, and on the other side was the Empress Dowager, her eyes red, not knowing how many tears she had shed.
