Even the late emperor never apologized to the Empress Dowager!
In history, has there ever been an example of an emperor apologizing to a concubine?
Li Yuanjing couldn't bring himself to swallow his pride, and Shen Wei, too, refused to take the first step toward reconciliation. He hadn't expected her to be so stubborn at heart—a revelation that both surprised and intrigued him.
Shen Wei was an inexhaustible treasure, always offering something new, luring him to dig deeper.
"Your servant takes her leave," Shen Wei said, seemingly oblivious to the twists and turns of Li Yuanjing's thoughts. With perfect propriety, she curtsied and turned to leave, her child in tow.
At the doorway, she suddenly paused and glanced back at Li Yuanjing across the courtyard.
The spring night was bathed in moonlight, clear as water.
Shen Wei seemed to have a thousand words left unspoken, but in the end, she departed in silence, her heart heavy.
