Chapter 30 Chapter 30: The Love Story of Chenghua Years (30)

I smiled and said nothing. He couldn't help but said: "If Concubine Wan Gui knows about it, she definitely doesn't want you to become like this." I was silent, I said: "Youtang, be a good emperor, don't be like me." His tears finally flowed from his eyes. He knelt in front of me, hugged my legs, and said, "Father, you are a good emperor." I stroked his hair and my son was so close to me, only when I first met him did he hold me like this. I said, "You are a good boy, smarter than me, and you don't need others to take care of you anymore."

He didn't speak, but still choked up. Later, he took out a tiger-shaped jade pendant from his pocket, "Father, before the concubine died, I stole this jade pendant." He handed the jade pendant into my hand, and I stroked it slowly.I've long since discovered it was missing, yet I never asked about it. My son said to me, "Father, are you going to live in her shadow forever?" I smiled: "Son, such days are not long." We father and son faced each other silently, and the night began to fall, and Zhen Er's soul seemed to be watching us quietly from somewhere.

My son suddenly said: "Father, I always feel that the imperial concubine is still here." I looked up and saw the shadow of the mulberry tree cast on the window lattice, and there were a few insects chirping.I held Yutang's hand, his hand was cold, and I said, "Yes, Yutang, we all feel her." In the autumn of this year, Emperor Chenghua died without any illness.Zhu Youtang ascended the throne, named Hongzhi.