C178 Cold Palace Day

My lord, a man I had hated, a man I had thought of, burned, and died, who had been hurt and would never come to see me.

How could a proud heart allow such a blow?

Who owed who, who could say?

He woke up in a daze and ate something with his mouth full of food.

She sobbed as she pleaded, "Empress, I beg you to eat something. You can't not eat or drink."

I'm not determined to die