following special edict of H. I. M.
We have reverentially received the the Empress-Dowager Tze-hsi yu-k'ang-yichao-yii-chuang-ch'eng-shou-kung-ching-hsien-chung-hsi:—" On a former occasion, the death of His Imperial Highness Chun, it was decided, when deliberating upon the funeral ceremonies to be observed, to obey the sacred dictates of our ancestors and acknowledge Your Majesty's father in the said Prince. Hence we bestowed upon the deceased Prince the appellation of "Father of the Emperor." Now, upon the death of H.I.H. Princess Chun, Lady of the Yeh: -na-la clan, it vice Ts'ui T'ing-kuei ordered to Peking for an audience.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.