C36 Love is a disaster for the emperor
Due to too many reasons, Emperor Kang Xi was extremely filial to the Empress Dowager. Thus, at the start of the new year, the Emperor would definitely accompany the Empress Dowager at Cining Palace on New Year's Day.
Just like how the empress dowager would also stay with the empress dowager in the Cining Palace, two women who came from far away from the Horqin to live alone in a different place