Chapter Sixty-six Just like a river of spring waters flowing eastward (I)
Word Number：240
Author：一曲雨霖铃
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Release Time：2025-09-28
It was said: The willow boughs at the Azure Gate hung soft and weak, by the eastern wind blown into golden hue. To the east of the street, the wine was thin, drunkenness quick to fade; yet the springtime sorrow in the eyes could not be dispelled. Now the second year of Chang’an (702 AD), on the seventh day of the seventh month, the night of the Double-Seventh Festival. A time for lovers to share, yet Wu Youji and Princess Taiping bore little affection betwixt them. Thus Wu Youji went forth to a gathering of poets, leaving the Princess alone within her mansion. Lady Zhang, seeing this, said: “The Prince Consort brings no gift, yet leaves for a banquet this night. His place should be at Your Highness’ side, but who knows with what woman he now makes merry!” Princess Taiping only smiled, replying: “He has his affairs, I have mine; so much the better!” Then, shifting her words, she asked: “As for Yue’er’s request that Madam Zhang inquire concerning my aunt’s household—has aught been learned?” Lady Zhang answered: “That Your Highness should remember is an honor to the Rongguo Mansion, yet the house stands now in desolation.” Hearing this, the Princess was moved with grief, saying: “Why are the affairs of the world ever thus—things remain, but men are gone? Later, Yue’er shall go pay a visit.” Thus the Princess went alone to
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