The man sat upright at a desk made of tung wood. The corners of the table were carved with lifelike lotus flowers, and further inward sat the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. A thin wisp of incense smoke curled upward in the sunlight.
"Lady Ning has regained favor. It seems someone is going to be heartbroken again," a refined and handsome man said jokingly, a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes.
The man remained silent, holding a volume of ancient texts. His distinctively jointed fingers gently turned the pages, and his attractive brow furrowed slightly when his eyes fell upon the two characters for "Love Gu".
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