The flowers in Fengyi Palace cannot be kept alive, and the lamps in Changle Palace are never lit at night. She said that I am bold, she said because you like it. She said everything you have should be mine - from the phoenix bracelet to the heartbeat, from the jade pendant to the rest of your life.
Love in the palace is never expressed directly. It is hidden in the moment when you are late to say hello, in the ink orchid that was pointed away, in the sweetness of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and the small words on the last page of the Buddhist scriptures. Across the distance of half the court, they used confrontation to stare, used provocation to get closer, and used the eyes of the entire harem to cover up a selfish thing that only each other knew well.
Until one late night without lights, the moonlight filtered in from the window sill, she clutched her sleeves and said: Every time I go against you, it is just to make you look at me again.
Intention: An old enemy becomes his wife