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fei is flip flopping so hard that my head is getting whiplash

"人心隔肚皮: our hearts are separated by skin and flesh. "

in malay, it is 'rambut sama hitam, hati lain lain"

"伴君如伴虎: to accompany a king is like accompanying a tiger."

"Power corrupted. When men became accustomed to living above rules and consequences that the rest of us had to kneel for, the crueler their hearts became."

"英雄难过美人关: Even brave heroes struggle to survive the challenge of a beautiful face."

"水滴石穿. With time, water can wear down rocks. "

好人有好报, Good deeds really do come back around.

“I’m not on the run. I’m just…running.” ah words of wisdom

"不要多管闲事 was an underrated mantra that more people should follow. Don’t meddle in the affairs of others, and mind your own business."

bookmarked @ chap 7

"打狗还要看主人. Even when striking a dog, you ought to consider who its master is."

"Did these pampered heirs know that for every inch of conquered land, countless orphans and widows paid the price? Wailing parents were forced to bury their children. 白发送黑发. The white-haired burying the dark-haired. The worst kind of punishment."

“To be loved and doted on by one’s husband should be a basic necessity, not something to be admired."

listen ladies, shes cooking

"君子一言驷马难追, What is said cannot be unsaid, the words of an honorable man cannot be chased down by the fastest of horses."

"想不到一只山鸡都能飞上枝头变凤凰. I can’t believe even a mountain chicken can fly to a high branch and become a phoenix."

"This was the way of men. As daughters, we were the property of our fathers. As wives, we were the property of our husbands. And one day, if we ever outlived our husbands, we would become the property of our sons."

the annoyance i feel is immense

"Girls were not here to win prizes. Our job was to exist in docile and delicate beauty, while princes like Siwang basked in glory and admiration."

GET THE FUCK UP FEI YOURE AN EMPRESS

"I was the empress-to-be, but an empress still had to bend to the will of a man." i just puke in my mouth

"君要臣死臣不得不死. If the emperor wanted a subject dead, the subject must die."

get em siwang

"人在屋檐下不得不低头. When living under the mercy of another, one must bow one’s head."

"But I was the future Empress of Rong before I was my parents’ daughter."

plays susannahs die your daughter

"The Empress Promised by the Stars" solid headline

i hope to be redeemed from the earlier mess cough cough to gaze upon wicked gods cough coughh

"If you can learn to love that which despises you, that which terrifies you, you can dance on the shore and play in the waves again, like you did when you were young. Before the ocean is friend or foe, it simply is. And so are you."

".....the first work it will produce is a paper by Effy Sayre, entitled ‘The Ethics of Amanuensis.’”

she got she got awayyyyyyyy

IS HE GONNA PROPOSED IM SCREMAINGHJHDJDK

“If it’s too much, then let me carry it for you. Please.”

A MAN

"“My love,” he murmured. “Please don’t go.”"

“I want to go home,” she said. “Will you—will you take me home?”
“Yes.” He tasted the salt on his tongue. “Always.”

IM A SOBBING MESSSS