The Returning Stranger of Years Past (Empresses in the Palace: Empress Fan Fiction)

As she stepped into the carriage, the pear blossoms filling the garden were shrouded in a pale blue haze, as if immersed in crystal-clear water, so lush and dewy that a touch might draw out droplets.

She turned back and smiled sweetly. The pear blossoms throughout the city smiled back at her.

And just like that, sixteen years had passed.

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