Late in the first month, in the capital of the State of Chu—Nanxia.
From deep within the ninefold palace towers tolled twelve muffled death knells. Emperor Xuanzhi of Chu had passed away.
Xuanyuan Haitang knelt before the sandalwood dragon bed, watching her father become a cold corpse. A piercing pain gripped her heart; she experienced at that moment the deepest agony of losing a loved one.
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