That night, Song Zhiqing had a dream, in which he was almost entirely different from his current self, lacking the current decadence and not a useless person.
In the dream, his legitimate mother Song Ci fainted from sorrow during the banquet when Song Zhiyuan was chosen as Prime Minister. She remained unconscious for three days before waking, but suffered a stroke, leaving her body frail and elderly, falling ill every three days with minor ailments and every five days with major ones, relying on precious medicines to sustain her life.
Over time, Song Ci could only lie in bed, unlike in recent years, where she was versatile and radiant, associating with numerous prominent noblewomen and continuously donating to charity by starting charitable schools.
