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Langhua returned to her quarters where she Bingquing bandaged again with a fresh cloth so the ink that seeped through would be less likely to infect the open wounds there. The queen had disrobed again and was in bed when a maid came in to announce the arrival of her true born daughter. Bingquing began to remove herself from the queen's grip, but Langhua held her fast so she tried to make herself as small as possible. From her limited knowledge of princesses, Bingquing was not excited to meet someone she was really not in competition with as the newly adopted sibling to a definitely unwilling sibling.
Yan Ming bowed before her mother, "Mother I greet you. I wish your health will continue onto old age"
"Yan Ming you may stand. What a silly thing for you to say as your power begins when my life is no longer with you. I am the hurdle to your succession. Such a statement does not feel genuine coming from your mouth, my daughter.&nbs
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In this way the seasons changed, the warm summer drifted past and a cool winter began to manifest in soft snows that would cover the stately garden. All the flowers were different and the stiff branches were barren except for a sentimental plum tree that had small green fragrant flowers. It was the only thing that bloomed in the entire garden, but Bingquing would see the blossoms placed in little vases in the queen's quarters. None of the servants did this. Of course, no one else but the queen was allowed to touch them. Bingquing wondered if these were the communications of her with her lover. Who could love the queen more than the husband who was a mystery to all? He wasn't even the official king nor did he have much power other than being the prime whisper in the queen's ear on the affairs of state. Zaiyuan spoke so little, that Bingquing often forgot that he was even there.Everyday Bingquing would sit through c
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=//=Ning Ren unfurled the message from his father that had arrived via the imperial stream of messengers. It was odd that his father would not just scribble on some parchment and send it as he usually did to maintain that this son was not favored at all. These changes made his stomach drop as he wondered who had made a move to favor him beyond the scenes. The scroll sat untouched instead of opened as he could not calm his nerves enough to face whatever it was that his father now wanted from him. He was sitting in the Jungpi capital slowly peeling the skin off a young pear. The prince didn't eat it, but just kept peeling them in a growing pile by his desk. The task was relaxing to him after reading for long hours.Ning Fan came over, "I thought cook said he had enough pears? Are you planning on having a party or something with more people than we can fit in this house? Are you going to make some type of desert for a young
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In the morning, an amber scroll was sent to him along with a visit from the imperial doctor who pronounced him fit to travel. The doctor looked at the prince with a strange expression as he said this. The doctor immediately started to put his pins away and pack them into the case with his medical supplies. He shook his head with a strange look at his patient."You'd think after all this time you would at least take the liberty to disguise where you gotten the poison. It's such a shame that young men must play games of power when they should be playing with their own age. It would be simple for you to step down to where health could be your priority over this useless power struggle . . . and for what purpose?"Ning Ren rolled up his sleeve. "It's not something that outsiders are bound to understand. These games mean little to those who are not involved in it. Even if I left and ran as far as I could . . . an ar
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=//=Yan Sha sat on the bed with Langhua who was brushing her hair while Zaiyuan watched from the sill of the open window. It was a colder night where the cool breeze on the face was pleasant rather than a chill to bundle up in. Zaiyuan held a cup of tea in his hand that he poured langourously as he gazed at the moon. He seemed to savor the moment as if he was trying to hide his emotions from his very observant wife.Yan Sha knew his eyes would never give anything away. His body was rigid. But the reflection in the cup of tea was distorted as the man tried to pay his respects to the large luminescent moon. Zaiyuan was human too, but for his family his face was designed so that he could be a rock for his wife to lie on. His face was a rock, but his hands were the tides lapping against it, not truly deprived of his true thoughts.Langhua had calmed down some and regained some of her normal regnal demeanor. She was de
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Yan Sha flipped open the cloth curtain on the carriage window as the horses slowed to a trot. The journey had been ruthless. Yan Sha had not been allowed outside the carriage other than to take care of her bodily functions quickly before being shoved back inside. It was three grueling days of an uneven ride through extremely boring mountainous areas. Food was mostly packets of extremely dry pork buns which had obviously been packed in advance such that no one would even notice her hands as she reached outside the carriage to touch the objects being handed to her.Bandits were a real fear to her here as it was an unfamiliar terrain traveling all the way from Jungpi to Wei. It was strange to her that they had no trouble at all. All she could hear was the steady trotting only of the horses that were attached to their carriage and not the accompanying hum of soldiers who were protecting them from vagabands who were roving about as from th
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The door fell open and moonlight poored into the limited opening from a open window. The scenery outside of it was beautiful, but it was drafty so she closed the shutters. The door shut behind her and locked itself again. It was like being inside of a tomb as there was stone on every side of her. She could hear the echo of her own heart as it beat heavily inside of her.Yan Sha felt around again and found a soft bed that had been made up for her to sleep so she collapsed and fell into a deep dreamless sleep.As she closed her eyes she heard a faint clink, like something had opened. She knew she needed to be alert, but she was just too tired. The exhaustion more than she'd considered.=//="Your highness what is the meaning of this? I have spent over fifteen years doing every command at your whim. My whole life is devoted to you. Please you cannot do this to the empress. The harem will not stand i
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