"Your majesty, please let me come with you. You never know what might happen." Song mama pleaded with the Empress dowager.
After thinking about it long and hard, the Empress dowager finally resolved to go with Monk Du to the Tauhua temple. She was going to go but if they proved useless, she would burn down that temple and all its inhabitants before returning. She looked at Song mama, irritated with her nagging. Song mama had been pleading with her all week to go along, but the Empress dowager refused. There were things that needed to be handled in her absence.
