When the man took off his mask, the emperor was stunned upon seeing the one before him. Shockingly, he muttered, " It's you?"
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The empress dowager and the princess couldn't quite see from their position, so they moved places. Upon seeing the man, the empress dowager was so shocked that she almost fell to the ground. " Mother, are you okay?" The princess caught the empress dowager in the nick of time.
With her voice trembling, the empress dowager asked the princess beside her, " Are you seeing the same thing I'm seeing?" The princess nodded and uttered, " Yes, I'm seeing the same thing as you, Mother. This is reality; Your eyes aren't deceiving you."
Seeing how calm her daughter was about the situation, the empress dowager asked, " You don't seem all that surprised by what's going on. Were you aware of this?" Faced with the empress dowager's question, the princess didn't answer.
