The Delicate Beauty

[I wrote this in high school and posted it later on a whim. I really don't have the ability to keep writing it, so you'd better not click in to read.] The empress lost her reason, fell under the spell of shamans, and was unfit to receive the Mandate of Heaven. Her seal and ribbons were taken, and she was dismissed to live in Changmen Palace. ++, History of the Han Dynasty, Biographies of the Consorts [Liu Che] "If I could marry my cousin, I would build her a golden house to keep her in." "That line was a lie, of course, just something I said to make you happy. I never thought you'd remember it for all these years." "You really are... utterly foolish." [Li Yannian] "In the north lives a beauty, peerless and alone. One glance topples a city, a second brings down a kingdom." "You're nothing but a pawn, yet you really think you're somebody." "..." "How many times have I told you not to call me elder brother?" "Would you not know that a city and kingdom can fall, but such a beauty is hard to find again?" Historically clueless + best read as an alternate universe + Writing just for my own enjoyment + don't nitpick the history Theme: Love and justice