Imperial Palace.
Due to the sudden death of the Empress Dowager, both inside and outside the palace were adorned with white mourning banners.
Of course, this so-called death from illness was a lie devised by The Emperor to conceal the true cause of her death. Everyone in the palace knew the truth, but they could only pretend not to know and keep the secret of the Empress Dowager being hanged in front of The Emperor's room buried in their hearts.
After Long Rui and Xuexue alighted from the carriage at the palace gates, there was already a sedan chair waiting for them inside. They got into the sedan chair, and after approximately two hours, the sedan chair finally came to a halt.
Xuexue reached out to open the curtain of the sedan chair, looked around, having never been to this place before, asked: "Prince, what is this place?"
Long Rui held her hand, carefully helped her down from the sedan chair, and said: "This is the side hall. The Empress Dowager's funeral will be held here."
