A long, long time later, the emperor's close ministers who had gone through life and death with him asked the emperor, "Looking back on so many turbulent days and so many detours in the past, is it worth it all for one woman?"
The emperor gathered up the cloak covering He Xiaoxuan's body, who was sleeping sweetly on his lap, and said softly: "As long as she is still willing to want me, everything will be worth it."