Chapter 44 postscript

On May 21st of the fourteenth year of the Dali calendar, Li Yu, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, died.The prince ascended the throne in front of the coffin according to the edict. He was Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty. Emperor Dezong said: "When the king serves his father's filial piety, the story is bright; when he serves his mother's filial piety, the story is observed by the earth. Therefore, the heaven should not be preceded by the strict father, and the earth should not be more important than the honored relatives. I respect the destiny of heaven, and I will rule the country and hold the jade. To serve God, the ancestors are restrained, and the garden will die forever. But the seat in the inner court is empty, and the ceremony of asking for peace is lacking, with sorrow and inner sorrow, and sorrow and love to the end of the year. Thinking about the road of boats and cars, listening to and asking, and the Lord hereby Heavy equipment, don’t be saddened by bandits. It is to use Yangji’s old rituals to respect the heavy trumpet, to honor the order, and to follow the previous code. It is appropriate to order the ministers and officials to read the previous training and honor the title of the empress dowager.”

In the 25th year of Dezong's reign, he issued several edicts to search for his biological mother, Shen, but found nothing.In November of the first year of Jianzhong, the Holy Mother Shen was honored as the Empress Dowager, and the ceremony was presented in the Hanyuan Palace, as if it were a formal ceremony.