"It's because I am in poor health," the Empress Dowager said, her body half buried in the grave. "I don't have many years left, and I just wish to see Yuyu marry Wanxin, so I could see the addition of two great-grandsons. That would allow me to depart in peace."
With a grip on Xiao Jinyu's hand, the Empress Dowager spoke slowly, nearly gasping for breath after each sentence, as if she might expire the next second.
Under normal circumstances, Xiao Jinyu would have certainly responded, but now, seeing the Empress Dowager exhaling more than inhaling, so sensitive and fragile, he dared not speak another word. What if he misspoke and shocked her? Then he would be the criminal.
The Emperor spoke softly to soothe her, "Royal Mother, you need to rest more now. Once you are feeling better, you can preside over Jinyu's wedding ceremony."
Hearing this, the Empress Dowager looked towards Xiao Jinyu, her cloudy eyes full of hopeful expectations, "Is Yuyu willing to marry Wanxin then?"
