After Empress Shi passed away, the Sovereign of Qin, following his wife's last wishes, kept the funeral arrangements simple.
In the customs of the Qin Kingdom, the funeral of a parent is typically presided over by their children.
Thus, at Empress Shi's funeral, Qin Siyao, as the Sovereign of Qin's only legitimate daughter, fought back tears to preside over her mother's funeral and watch as she was laid to rest.
After the funeral, Qin Siyao, dressed in mourning clothes, knelt in the ancestral temple to pray for her mother.
Xiao Mo arrived at the ancestral temple.
The young woman knelt with a straight back, her head raised, gazing at the Tokens of her mother the empress, her eldest brother, and her second brother.
Beneath her long lashes, her crystalline eyes blinked softly, a dazed look within them.
Perhaps she was reminiscing about her childhood, those days she could never return to.
