The sun setting had made a little harder to see the garden but it was still nice to be out in it. Two attendants walked in front of the Empress Dowager with lanterns on sticks so there was some small amount of light. It also made it easier to not walk off the path and into something.
"I feel that she is fortunate as well. The life of a royal heir is often a difficult one. That she can have a happy life with her husband... it is good to see. She often talked about you when she visited me while the wedding was approaching."
Yes, he had left a mark and this might be why the Empress Dowager had wanted to walk with him, to see for herself as she hadn't had much interaction with him when he had been here before.
"I do," she replied. "I have spent time with the floral department to help pick and place some of the flowers in the different gardens. The Emperor wants me to enjoy my retirement, but it is hard to not want to have something to do."
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Date: 2021-02-27 02:11 am (UTC)"I feel that she is fortunate as well. The life of a royal heir is often a difficult one. That she can have a happy life with her husband... it is good to see. She often talked about you when she visited me while the wedding was approaching."
Yes, he had left a mark and this might be why the Empress Dowager had wanted to walk with him, to see for herself as she hadn't had much interaction with him when he had been here before.
"I do," she replied. "I have spent time with the floral department to help pick and place some of the flowers in the different gardens. The Emperor wants me to enjoy my retirement, but it is hard to not want to have something to do."