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... oft and warm, chasing away the lingering tension of the previous days. For once, the palace felt calm—not the fragile calm before a storm, but the steady kind that came after hard work began to bear fruit.
The Empress sat at the low table with her friend, the twins, and the new man. Tea steamed quietly between them.
For a moment, none of them spoke.
Then Yao Qing leaned back, folding her arms with a satisfied sigh.
"Who would have thought," she said, smiling, "tha ...
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