[In the year 1022 the Emperor of the great song dynasty perished. His son emperor Renzong was crowned as the new emperor on 24th of March, of the same year. ].
It was a summer night , the cool breeze blew off the silk adorned curtains. The man laying in the bed was clearly unable to sleep. He kept moving in his bed from one side to another. Finally unable to sleep, he sat up. The moon was shining brightly outside the window. The emperor decided to take a stroll on the lotus bridge. He brushed his disheveled hair with his fingers. And hopped out of the bed. He walked towards the bridge.
Someone snuck behind him with muted steps. He slowly bowed his head and said in a soft whimper like voice “Your majesty, the north wind is strong today, why forget your outer robes”. The emperor simply put on his robes without complaining. He said without looking back. , “A'ze what do you think about tonight” he said in an aloof voice. -“Tonight is nothing special, just another midsummer's night, just the wind is a bit stronger”.. “You know that's not what I'm talking about” the emperor said non-chalantly. “what do you think about what happened with the empress dowager tonight”. -“About that your majesty, pardon your servant for being overstepping, but it was not Your majesty's fault”
The man behind him was Zhang Maoze. He is the head of the palace eunuches and the emperors closest confidante. He used to serve the emperor when he was not even a crown prince. So after his coronation he was naturally the most trusted attendant the emperor had.
The emperor looking up at the clear starry sky, muttered “The stars seem to be foretelling the turmoil in my fate. Oh how I wish it could be peaceful again.” And so he stood their without any words while Maoze stood behind him, his head lowered, silent and immovable like a rock.
The next day, the emperor woke up to the scent of delicious freshly made lotus seed cakes. It was the emperor's favorite. He wasted no time in waking up and quickly hopped of the bed. He went to clean himself first and then entered the outer chambers. A lady was sitting in the magnificeny carved wooden chair. The lady was very pale and looked very frail, but there her eyes spoke differently, they were so resolute. This was the emperor's first and only wife at present, Lady Miao. Though she grew up with the emperor, she couldn't be the empress because of her low status as the emperor's nursing maid's grand daughter. The emperor was however, very fond of her. He happily began chewing on the cakes .
Just as the gong sounded the entire room fell silent. An eunuch announced
-“Her majesty, the empress dowager has arrived”
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