The sky had yet to darken when Nanli decided to visit Tianfo Temple to have Master Yuanfan perform a soul liberation for the spirits in the Spiritual Bag. Ye Siheng, unusually, did not accompany her but merely advised her to return early.
Emperor Muwu had lost the mood to even draft imperial edicts, leaving the task to Ye Siheng, who penned the decree and affixed the Imperial Jade Seal. The emperor sighed repeatedly, lacking the appetite for dinner, murmuring, "I thought I could be buried alongside the Empress... the Xie family."
His imperial journey had reached an end, marked by the loss of his wife and children, unable to find peace.
Ye Siheng dispatched someone to announce the imperial decree and sent the palace servants away. "Brother, hold on a bit longer. It seems that Yanli and the others have decent qualifications," he remarked, referring to the cousins they had selected.