Longing for Kindred Spirits on the Front Steps

1. Blurb:

"After court, I sleep in the inner chambers;

Before the steps, my thoughts turn gloomy.

The plum blossoms seem to need no borrowed snow,

The willows cannot withstand the mist."

Li Shangyin, "Sitting at Dawn"

2. Guide:

A short story written for a dear friend.

3. Column:

Jiulu's Bodhi Terrace column. My other completed works are collected here~

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