In a tale where the legend had been told,
In the love wherein the story had been crafted,
In the person where the curse had been punished,
In the time where all was not filled in.
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THE YEAR 1904, a century away from the present time.
"I just realized something from when I was a child, did you ever had the courage to tell me the folktales?" Lei Jie asked that made the Empress taken aback.
"I mean, I need to...," Lei Jie squinted his eyes. He narrowed it so much that his mother was worried about what he might think of. Empress Zhang Lian raised her hands as she glimpsed at the other way and licked her lips. Lei Jie tried to swing off his feet from the get-go and he squealed in pain.
He held through the side of his abdomen and moaned in pain.