Xiao He both builds and ruins.
It was upon meeting Empress Dowager Mo that Emperor Yan ascended to greatness, yet it was also because of her that he failed to preserve himself, sunk into oblivion, and thus led to the issues with Empress Song, resulting in his premature departure in the prime of life.
Emperor Yan spoke in fragments about the past, tears welled in Empress Dowager Mo's eyes, shimmering and about to fall.
"Stop talking." Empress Dowager Mo turned her face away, using a handkerchief to wipe her eye corners.
Emperor Yan smiled: "Doesn't Ah Ke want to listen?"
"Emperor…"
Emperor Yan clenched her hand with exertion: "Call me by my name, don't call me Emperor."
Empress Dowager Mo looked at him, and after a long while, finally said: "Sixth Son."
With Emperor Yan being the sixth in line, calling him Sixth Son was the utmost limit.
"Alright." Emperor Yan softly smiled and said, "That name I heard only in my youth, in a blink, over twenty years have passed."
