Year After Year, I Never See the Capital

[Authorized non-commercial audio drama]

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I was a child who grew up in the palace's Long Lane. The year I came of age, I met a young scholar.

Whenever I look back, those were the days I treasured most.

Later, he placed a hair crown on my head with his own hands, and I tied a love knot for him.

But in the end

we went our separate ways.

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“Swallows do not stay till nightfall, and parting leaves us as far apart as the Shen and Shang stars.”

Fu Xuan, “Autumn Hu's Song”

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Sixth Princess of the Xuan Dynasty & the Crown Prince's study companion

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An entirely fictional setting, with institutions modeled on the Han Dynasty

Third-person perspective, no real-life inspirations. Please don't read real people into the story.

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2021.10.06

Theme: Swallows do not stay till nightfall, and parting leaves us as far apart as the Shen and Shang stars.