I want to know the answer to the following question:
What happened when Gautama left the palace grounds?
All the background I'm provided with is that "In a series of encounters—known in Buddhist literature as the four sights—he learned of the suffering of ordinary people, encountering an old man, a sick man, a corpse and, finally, an ascetic holy man, apparently content and at peace with the world.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes