Xie Lian glanced at the small tea table and saw a jaded cup, its contents emitting a strange fragrance. He curiously asked “What’s this?” as he picked it up. But the queen warned, “Don’t drink it! That’s not something you should drink!” Xie Lian was curious. “Why can’t I drink this?” The queen reached for the small jaded cup and took it from him, poured a bit of its contents on her handkerchief, and pressed it gently to her face a few times. “Mount Taicang recently sent a batch of fresh fruit. I don’t like cherries, but there’s a method of making them into paste for facials, so I squeezed some
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