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"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, General Murong asks for an audience."
"Let him wait in the main hall. The Ai family will tell you later."
I stared at my face in the bronze mirror. I was only thirty-four and had never raised an heir, but I was already the Empress Dowager of the Qin Kingdom, with overwhelming power over the world.
But, I'm not happy at all, Ayi, I'm really tired, I can't hold on any longer.
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"Qing Huan, promise me, live on. Qing Huan, you can only live on if you stand at the highest point of power. Qing Huan, live on for me and for your children..."
Power, glory.
I don't really care about any of this. The only thing I care about is that my Qinghuan can live in peace for the rest of her life and get the life-long peace that I promised her. But Qinghuan, I may not be able to do it.
Live, be happy, live, for our children, live...