The person who loves you is someone you cannot see. The person you love cannot see you. On the night she married him, he went to his concubine’s quarters. The next day, when she went to serve tea to her in-laws, she was viciously beaten. After that, she might as well have been banished to the cold palace. The prince despised his princess and doted only on Lady Yan. How tragic. But she loved him, and that love made her utterly humble. Only after he had wounded her beyond repair, when she had lost all hope and left without looking back, did he realize that somehow, she had found her way into his heart. People only regret what they’ve lost; they never cherish what they have. From then on, he lived out his days alone, accompanied by a solitary lamp and a lifetime of regret.
