“The Beautiful Lady Yu” By warm tea, I raise the cup in my left hand, while turning right to watch your slowly furrowed brow. Vainly, I long to know the candle’s wavering red shadow; I reach amiss for the palace water clock as its last drip falls, my thoughts adrift in a clear wine cup. Spring blooms, autumn mallows, linger in the garden’s embroidery. Does mist veil the layered gates? I watch for a footprint left upon this small heart. Looking back, the world’s frost-cold dream still feels true.
〔Great Cang〕 Empress Dowager of the Niu clan: resides in the Palace of Longevity and Health. Shang Yu, his 13th younger brother: 19 years old, a prince. Li Mingtai, Chief Eunuch: Chief eunuch in the Emperor's service. Yin: Personal bodyguard. 〔Palaces and Gardens〕 Hall of Mental Cultivation Imperial Study Imperial Household Department Imperial Garden Imperial Medical Bureau Department of Punishment House of Hard Labor Pavilion of Secret Archives Hall of Ancestral Worship Palace of Long Gate Imperial Kitchen 〔Inner Palace Roster〕 Ranks, from highest to lowest, are Empress, Imperial Noble Consort, Noble Consort, Consort, Concubine, Noble Lady, First Class Female Attendant, and Second Class Female Attendant. Empress Niu Zhilan: resides in the Palace of Eternal Spring, niece of the Empress Dowager. Noble Consort Xiao Wanqing: resides in the Palace of Earthly Support, daughter of the Grand General. Virtuous Consort Shen Jingrong: resides in the Palace of Prolonged Happiness, from a family of upright scholar-officials. See Splendid Consort Xue Lianyan: resides in the Palace of Gathered Elegance, daughter of the richest man in Jiangnan. Peaceful Concubine Liu Qingxue: resides in the Pavilion of Cold Fragrance, formerly a musician. Noble Lady Su Wan: resides in a side hall of the Palace of Eternal Spring, originally a palace maid. Noble Lady Ye Mingshuang: resides in a side hall of the Palace of Gathered Elegance. First Class Female Attendant Xu Caiwei: resides in a side hall of the Palace of Prolonged Happiness. Second Class Female Attendant Wu Xuelan: resides in the rear wing rooms of the Palace of Bright Sunlight. 〔Special Festivals〕 Autumn Hunt: the imperial autumn hunt. Ten Thousand Longevity Festival: the emperor's birthday. 〈Frost Night〉 Winter in Great Cang always cut to the bone. That year, the bloody struggle for succession first began to show. Shang Jue, fifteen years old, was still an insignificant sixth prince in the imperial city. Late at night outside the pr…
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