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The Commoner

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by John Burnham Schwartz

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Andreea This seems to me an ironic way of saying that the Empress had memory loss, thinking that her and her daughter-in-law were actually friends.
The word "a…moreThis seems to me an ironic way of saying that the Empress had memory loss, thinking that her and her daughter-in-law were actually friends.
The word "assassin" when talking about Oshima was a nickname for her harsh personality.


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