After Empress Shi passed away, the Qin Kingdom's Lord followed his wife's final wishes and kept the funeral simple.
According to Qin custom, a parent's funeral was usually presided over by their children.
Thus, at Empress Shi's funeral, Qin Siyao, the current Qin Kingdom's Lord's only legitimate daughter, forcibly held back her tears as she presided over her mother's funeral and watched her mother being laid to rest.
After the funeral, Qin Siyao knelt in the ancestral temple in mourning clothes, praying for her mother.
Xiao Mo came to the ancestral temple.
The young woman held her back straight and raised her lovely head, gazing at the spirit tablets of her Mother Queen and her two elder brothers.
Beneath her long lashes, her glass-clear eyes blinked softly, somewhat unfocused.
Perhaps she was remembering her childhood, those days to which she could never return.
Xiao Mo stepped forward, lit three sticks of incense, and bowed before sitting beside Qin Siyao.
Xiao Mo gently gathered her into his arms and said softly, "You don't have to keep holding it in. If crying will make you feel better, then cry."
Nestled against Xiao Mo's chest, Qin Siyao clutched his collar tightly.
Before long, Xiao Mo felt Si Yao trembling.
Her tears soaked his clothes.
At first, Qin Siyao merely cried softly.
But as time went on...
Her tears became increasingly impossible to stop.
She gripped Xiao Mo's clothes ever harder.
Her sobs grew more and more heartbreaking.
The person who had left her was the one who had been strictest with her, but also the one who had loved her most.
After crying for who knew how long, Qin Siyao gradually quieted in Xiao Mo's arms.
When Xiao Mo lowered his head, Qin Siyao was still clutching the clothes over his chest, but