She counted them off on her fingers, one by one. She and the Emperor had been entangled in all sorts of affairs for thousands of years. There was a time when even she felt that Heaven was kind to all the world, but had dozed off only when it came to the match between her and the Emperor. Clearly, they were not fated to be together. Their bond could neither be explained away nor won by pleading.
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Very warm, so good!