"Why was it so hard just to hold on to him for the brief time I had left? The tenderness we once shared could never compete with that autumn song of Miao Ge. If that was so, why bring that lowly songstress back to sully her eyes? Once I saw him for who he truly was, I would never shed another tear for him. The cannon fire, the flames, the thick smoke, the deafening cries of agony. The great ship slowly sank... Xu Shengtang, how could you be so cruel..."
