Chapter 34: The Loss of Sight (Part I)

It can be said that the fact that Jin Wangzhi became the crown prince was the best result for me. I quickly reaped the benefits of it.

Shortly afterwards, at the New Year's banquet in the palace, the crown prince asked his father to revoke the ban on me, and begged him to grant me the right of custody of the mighty house. After pondering for a moment, the father readily agreed.

I hurriedly left my seat and stepped forward to thank him, my joy palpable.

There were various expressions of everyone at the banquet, including disdain, unwillingness, flattery, and hypocrisy...... And I only noticed the relieved look of Concubine Xian and the knowing smile.

After the family feast, it is customary to observe the New Year's prayers. And since the lockdown has been lifted, I followed Concubine Xian to her. Concubine Xian has no children under her knees, and if I treat me as my own, I should also do some filial piety for her.

The New Year's bell continues to sound from the bell tower in the square in front of the Taiji Hall and the various Buddhist temples in Chang'an, announcing the arrival of the eighteenth year of Zhenguan to the world.

As is customary, I make my New Year's resolutions as the bell rings. My wish is actually very simple, I just want all those who care and love me to be safe and happy.

However, this time God did not hear my prayer and once again ignored my simple wishes.

Mingda fell ill in the spring of the eighteenth year of Zhenguan. This time, her illness was menacing, and the entire Tai Hospital was helpless. We can only watch Mingda be tormented by illness and become more and more emaciated.

During the day, as long as my father was away, I was almost always with her in Mingda's Linglong Pavilion, and my father and the crown prince would visit Mingda whenever they had a little free time. The father personally took care of the sick Mingda at night, and poured his fatherly love into his weak daughter without hesitation.

Luo Yingxuan started with himself, and everyone's thoughts were on Mingda's condition, and naturally he snubbed the originally beloved mighty. Fortunately, the mighty seems to be fierce, but in fact he is docile and docile, and he is very obedient. Every time it followed me to the Manna Temple, it would stop in front of the Linglong Pavilion. The spirit is like it, and judging from people's reactions, the place ahead is not what it can go.

In order to treat her younger sister, Princess Changle ordered people to find all kinds of rare medicinal materials and various folk remedies outside the palace.

However, all the efforts of the people failed to bring Mingda back to health, and the cruel illness eventually took her young and weak life. We ended up losing Mingda!

I couldn't believe it was true, and while everyone was crying over the loss, I was crazily hugging her and trying to wake her up. I can't afford to lose my mind! Ever since I met her, she has been my spiritual pillar and has always warmed me like the sun. Yet Mingda's slowly cooling body in my arms cruelly told me that she would never come back, and that I had lost her forever.

I shut myself up in Luo Yingxuan, a world of my own, to remember Mingda. Without Mingda, will there be sunshine in my tomorrow? I kept asking this question in my heart, and tears inadvertently dripped down my clothes.

I didn't want to see anyone, so I didn't listen to a word of Concubine Xian Niangniang and Mama Li taking turns to persuade her outside the door.

In the end, even Yuhan came to the door and begged me. I thought of the master-servant relationship between Yuhan and Mingda, and I deliberately asked her to stay in Linglong Pavilion to help Yunqing take care of Mingda, but I didn't expect that as soon as she heard about my condition, she immediately rushed back from Linglong Pavilion. However, even if it is Yuhan, I still don't want to see it at the moment.