760 She definitely has a purpose! _1

Upon finishing her statement, the Empress's eyes, once filled with hot tears, were now brimming with bitterness.

She pushed away the wax-paper umbrella held by the maid behind her, took a step forward, and entered the sprawling rain.

The patter of the rain could not drown out the Empress's aged melody: "You abide by the head of the long river, I live by the end of it, I think of you every day but cannot see you, together we drink the water of the mighty river…"

Han Zhao remembers this poem.

At the time, His Majesty was still the Prince Duan, and the Imperial Residence was at the northern end of Suzaku Street, while the Lin Residence was at the southern end.

This poem was copied by hand by the Empress and gifted to His Majesty after they pledged to marry each other.

His Majesty was exceptionally pleased at the time and even inserted the piece into one of his favored books, from which he would occasionally take it out to read.