loved my mother. Maybe he still did. I wasn’t sure what to think about that.


    could be a scenario these two unlikely people would come together––through their love of gardening. And not only that, at least on the Emperor’s side, there had been genuine feelings between them.


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    did deny me the opportunity to know you. And that’s something I can’t forgive.