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... Polished stone gleamed like ice, and the air carried the faint scent of sandalwood mixed with old incense, heavy enough to cling to the breath. Painted dragons coiled up the pillars, their golden scales catching pale sunlight that filtered through the high lattice windows.
At the far end, beneath a canopy embroidered with cranes and chrysanthemums, sat the Dowager Empress.
Her back was straight, her hair pinned with silver ornaments heavy as crowns, and her face showed the beauty ...
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