Within the main hall, nearly every eye was fixed upon the three figures near the imperial desk.
Shu He stood a half-stride away from Emperor Qiwen, wiping the tears from Yi'er’s face. A single sentence was all it took to soothe the sobbing child. Emperor Qiwen gazed down at the little girl with red-rimmed eyes; she was so soft and adorable it was almost absurd. *Strange,* he thought. *Were my own princesses this heart-melting when they were little? Why didn’t I ever feel this way back then?*
Baili Zizhan, watching blankly as his Imperial Grandfather held someone else—the very girl who had bullied him—promptly sat on the floor and began to howl.
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