It sounds quite heart-wrenching.
Gu Jiao isn't apt at understanding complex emotions, but she tries to put herself in Xiao Jingkong's shoes. If one day Xiao Jingkong abandoned her for someone else, she would be devastated, truly devastated.
Emotion is the most wondrous thing in the world. When unrelated to blood, when formed within a family, you can't lose that person.
"Did Grand Auntie and Empress Jing feel the same way?" Gu Jiao asked.
Eunuch Qin nodded, the Empress Dowager once sincere considered Empress Jing as a friend, but who hasn't made a poor judgement in their youth?
An enemy's attack isn't terrifying, but betrayal from someone you trust is the true agony.
Gu Jiao hesitated, then asked, "Even someone as smart as Grand Auntie, can't bring His Majesty back from that woman?"
Eunuch Qin helplessly shook his head, "It's not that she can't, but she doesn't want to strategize. Once the heart grows cold, nothing matters."