Fusheng and Chaoying had been promised to each other since childhood. But he told her, "Chaoying, if you still haven't found someone by the time you're twenty, the empress's throne will be yours. You won't have to suffer the slightest injustice."
That was when she understood that he truly cared for her, but had no romantic feelings for her.
She held him, resting her head on his shoulder, but didn't dare let her tears fall on his clothes, afraid he would notice.
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