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    will try something, and when they do, I will be a bit more direct with my response to that.” He gazed into the distance for a moment before focusing on her again. “Cedar did...have someone deliver something odd to him recently, and I need to check on that. In any case, you don''t have to worry. I will prepare everything. Do you know what the best about this event is? I have an excuse to gift you another dress.” Since he hadn''t heard about the dinner until a few minutes ago, this meant that he had bought it for her earlier. He seemed to be in the middle of starting to shower her with gifts again.


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    run-down mansion full of dust and spiderwebs? The one the dowager empress despises because it''s rather simple in comparison to the palace? I think that house is bigger than all houses around the area where I grew up, including the temple.” To be honest, that mansion might as well have been the emperor''s summer residence. It was huge and looked gorgeous from the outside with its sand-colored pillars and countless ornaments adorning the walls. “I thought this was the smallest and ugliest of the three mansions within the royal estate.”


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    Ahh’.” To her, it almost seemed like he was keen on embarrassing her in front of those people, but obviously, that wasn''t true. He wanted to enrage his mother, and it seemed to work.