The shrine to the Mount Tai Holy Mother, the Heavenly Jade Maiden, was eventually built.
For two hundred years, the people at the foot of Mount Tai had enjoyed the blessings of Verdant Green Maiden and Chunyu Tiying. In the shrine, alongside the statue of Verdant Green Maiden, they had also enshrined Chunyu Tiying, the Medicine Dispensing Female Immortal. This left Chunyu Tiying with a feeling she could hardly put into words.
She... had become someone worshipped in a shrine, too?
"Everything is thanks to Your Goddess's protection!"
Hearing this, Verdant Green Maiden shook her head. "You have only yourself to thank. The Medicine Dispensing Female Immortal saving the people is a tale worth celebrating!"
She never took credit for another's deeds.
Chunyu Tiying had traveled the land for many years and saved countless people. She deserved to have a shrine built for her!
Verdant Green Maiden thought they should even build a shrine just for her!
Luoyang, Han Palace.
Liu Xiu was on the verge of death, his expression hazy. The palace halls glittered with gold and jade, but to his eyes, they had lost all color.
Half dreaming, half awake, he heard a woman's voice speak with disdain.
"The Han palaces in Chang'an aren't unusable. Why move the capital to Luoyang and build this palace anew? I truly don't know what use there is in having so many palaces. They really must have plundered the people's wealth to build them; spending it doesn't hurt when it isn't your own..."
That voice was familiar.
Liu Xiu opened his eyes and saw a woman in green robes strolling toward him. She sat down beside his bed.
Verdant Green Maiden said, "Liu Xiu, I've come to see you off on your final journey."
"Thank you, Master..."
Liu Xiu thanked Verdant Green