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When Xiuyi Zhao saw the empress dowager, it was as if she had seen her savior. She struggled with great difficulty to crawl in front of the empress dowager and prostrate at her feet. As she did so, she wailed, "Empress Dowager, please make the decision for chenqie —"
The empress dowager said sternly, "Quickly tell me, what happened?"
Xiuyi Zhao cried until she was on the verge of dying