BUG: read_excel failed with empty rows after MultiIndex header
- [x] closes #40442
- [x] tests added / passed
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Prior to this fix, a blank data row after a MultiIndex header was a interpreted as containing a blank index name, but that only works if the user has specified an index column. If index_col is None all subsequent rows should be treated as data, even if the first one is empty.