Spring Snow - Chapter 1 Part 2 H

The emperor did not call himself an emperor, so there was no way to know. However, Eunhwan instinctively realized. The hand that loosened the clasp on his chest, the man before his eyes was the emperor…
The hand, which seemed whiter than Eunhwan’s skin, was large and elongated. The knuckles were thick but neat, exuding an elegant demeanour. She looked at the hand that was untying the golden sash. She couldn’t even think of what expression to wear when meeting the emperor in such a state. How was she supposed to show her respect to him while lying on the bed like this?
They really didn’t teach me anything. The emperor was just a man. No, he was a very noble man. His chiseled features were astonishingly beautiful. So beautiful that if it weren’t for the wide and thick black silk ceremonial robe draped over his broad shoulders, the wide sleeves, and the large gold crown and hairpin with dragons engraved on them, and the neatly tied topknot…
Her eyelids trembled. Inside the silk robe, there was nothing but her bare body. She was not wearing anything. Yet the emperor completely removed the robe. Now her body, which could no longer be covered by anything, was fully exposed to his gaze. Eunhwan raised her hands to cover her chest. Then she stood up and tried to compose herself.

“Ah…”
The hand that had removed the veil pushed her down to the floor. It was a forceful touch. Before Eunhwan could even react, the hand that had knocked her down coldly removed her hand that was covering her bre*st. Teeth clashed.
The dry eyes blinked rapidly. The emperor showed no expression. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking. The empress dowager’s gaze, which had swept over Eunhwan’s waist and bre*sts, came to mind. But it was different from that. The eyes that quickly and meticulously scanned the emaciated chest adorned with full bre*sts, the navel, the slender waist, and the lightly haired p*bic area were chilling.
“Your Majesty.”
“Spread your legs.”
“Your Majesty…”
“Didn’t I tell you to spread your legs?”
“I humbly apologize, but the servant, the servant…”
” Eunuch!”

“Your majesty……”
Tears burst forth. It meant that if she didn’t open up, he would call for the Eunuch and force her to do so. Eunhwan trembled and shook her head. Standing up, she tried to atone for an unknown sin. However, the emperor did not allow it.
“Ha, I will. I will open it… Huh, huh…”
Tears smeared the carefully made-up face. Eunhwan, with tear-streaked eyes, lifted her legs. The emperor’s gaze was stern. He discreetly spread her legs apart. There was no hint of satisfaction on the emperor’s face. A faint sound of weeping echoed through the Hwasimjeon. Eunhwan slowly and gradually spread her legs.
“Your Majesty…”
“Get in so I can see your h*le.”
Tears went down her throat. At the icy cold voice, Eunhwan hiccupped. She raised her butto*ks high to expose her entire v*lva. Then she clasped her hands over her knees and tightly shut her eyes. She felt a foreign object touch her split l*bia. Her chest heaved incessantly. Eunhan was afraid she might commit an even greater offense. She knew nothing about the process. She had believed that the court ladies of the Empress Dowager would at least give her a rough idea before entering the inner palace, but they had given no hint about it.

My eyes twitched with shame. I opened my tightly shut eyes and sniffled. The emperor’s fingers brushed against the lightly hairy l*bia and the plump inner l*bia surrounding the h*le. Eunhwan trembled and rolled her eyes, finally looking at the emperor. Their gazes met.
They were black eyes. Like graphite. Inside the black, round, inorganic eyes, there was a deep well. The glossy pupils were looking down at Eunhwan’s flushed face. A finger that had been teasing the split l*bia poked the now-wet v*gina. Naturally, the emperor’s gaze shifted to the genit*ls. Eunhwan’s cheeks trembled.
“Your Majesty.”
There were no words in return. A sigh-like whisper scattered hopelessly. A finger entered through the small gap. Eunhwan instinctively twisted her waist. Eyes devoid of colour, showing not even a grain of interest, looked at Eunhwan’s genit*ls. Each time the finger delved in and out, the h*le opened and closed repeatedly. Eventually, a hand that did not rummage through the h*le touched her clit*ris.
“Ah, ahh······.”
Amidst the panting, a whimper mixed in. Eunhwan wiggled her hips and trembled. The fingers that had been probing the shallow h*le were thrust deep inside. Her eyes crinkled in discomfort. The swollen clit*ris, plump and erect, was pinched by the fingers. The h*le, which had been oozing drops, convulsed. The man, who had been stirring the creaking inner walls, withdrew his fingers and pushed her thighs apart to expose her v*lva more clearly.

“Is this how you want it done?”
“Your Majesty, hic, no, no, the servant…”
“Weren’t you panting because you were in heat?”
The emperor, dressed in a black robe tinged with green, raised his hand and grasped Eunhwan’s chin. His cool fingers touched her heated skin. Just moments ago, those fingers had been teasing her genit*ls. The emperor’s face still showed no hint of desire.
Thus, he neither seemed like a living person nor felt like a man. The saliva slid down his throat. Cold and cool. The contours carved into his wax-like white face were perfect, without a single tilt or flaw. There was not a single rough or blunt corner. Indeed, it was a magnificent beauty.
Suddenly, the man’s thick eyebrows moved. As if to say that the woman who dared to look so deeply into the emperor’s eyes was audacious. Eunhwan, with her gaze lowered, tried to get up slowly. Just as she was lifting her upper body halfway, the emperor’s hand suddenly grasped her br*ast.
“Ah!”
The hand that grabbed a handful was large and long. Eunhwan’s soft chest was crushed in his hand. The hand that squeezed and pulled the sagging chest was merciless.

Eunhwan soon cried out in pain. From the hands that were teasing her genit*ls to the hands that were pulling at her chest. It felt less like foreplay for release and more like mere teasing. The emperor’s face was no different from that of a child who had caught a dragonfly that had fallen from the sky and was tearing off its wings. Eunhwan, unable to push those hands away, cried and looked at the emperor.
His hand rubbed the bre*st. The man, who was flicking the ni*ple with his thumb, looked at Eunhwan with a bored expression. It was said that when a man was in heat, he would rub his erect pen*s against a woman’s butto*ks, eager to enter her h*le. But the emperor’s lower body… she averted her gaze. Eunhwan, biting her lips tightly, stared at the wrinkled lower body and then at the man who was tearing at her own chest.
‘So you’re not a pervert.’
“Your Majesty. Ah, it hurts…”
Daring to speak of pain, my lips trembled. My breath came out in sharp, rattling gasps. Eunhwan shrank back, looking into the icy cold eyes. The eyes, as round as olive fruits, were like a wall of ice.
The emperor, who had been gazing at Eunhwan’s wet chin and reddened bre*sts, stared at Eunhwan. The strength in his hands, which had been kneading the bre*sts, disappeared. The black ceremonial robes fell one by one to the floor beneath the bed. Before long, the bulging male member touched Eunhwan’s thigh. The long, thick, blunt club with a dark red hue caressed her knees and thighs.
The emperor said he did not know women. However, some said he knew women but just did not bring them in. Eunhwan did not know whose words were true. The emperor had no empress, nor did he have concubines. Therefore, it was natural that there were no heirs.

His limbs weren’t twisted in any way, and he wasn’t a man who didn’t know how to enjoy the company of women, yet he had never taken a single court lady into his embrace. But unbelievably, that was the case. The palace was filled with court ladies, but no one had ever spent a night with the emperor.
So, could he be a eunuch? A eunuch, yet such a beautiful and flawless man, a man who could have as many women as he wanted, and yet he has no concubines. When will the empress be brought in, and what will happen to the heir? It was only natural that Queen Dowager Yeoh’s worries grew deeper by the day.
However, Eunhwan didn’t care. It was like that until the emperor’s phall*s entered the h*le and his test*cles hit her v*lva.
“Ah, ugh, huff…”
The tip that had filled the inner wall came out. The pillar that had squeezed through the narrow h*le was smeared with glistening bodily fluids and blood. Eunhwan trembled and looked down. Whether it was a dream or reality, it was an unbelievable sight that made her vision blur.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty…”
I called out to the man while sobbing. Looking at the pillar that had come out of the h*le, I recalled what had just happened. The h*le did not open easily, as if it were parting the butto*ks. Even in a rigid state, fearing the emperor’s wrath, I tried to part my l*bia myself, but it was in vain. The man’s eyes, who had been staring blankly at the glans at the entrance, came to mind, and I felt like I was going to faint.

The emperor, having thrown off his formal robes and exposing his flat chest, glanced down at her as she spread her lips. He parted the edges of the narrow opening with two fingers to check the position, then slid his member into the h*le. With a single thrust, he pushed in. Eunhwan, who had been crying like a child, screamed.
I couldn’t bear to push him away, and my hand flailed in the air awkwardly. I swallowed the words “please save me” that were rising in my throat. The emperor thrust forward a few times with a rustling sound. The man’s slender waist, as narrow as a woman’s, glowed faintly in the dim light. Eunhwan half-swallowed a long sob before letting it out. After confirming that the pillar was fully inserted, he pulled out the object he had inserted.
The blunt glans touched the entrance again. It was a strange sensation. It wasn’t like there were thorns on the rounded tip, but it felt prickly all the way to the entrance for no reason. The goosebumps that rose up added to the chill. Eunhwan writhed and twisted her chest. It hurts. It felt like the entire genit*l area was being torn apart. Remembering the squeezing pain, he looked down at his trembling shaft.
“Ah, it hurts… Huh. Your Majesty…”
I pressed my lips tightly together to stifle the sobs that were about to burst out. He was an emperor, not just an ordinary person. So, the current situation was not just a casual encounter between a man and a woman rolling around in bed. Yet, tears flowed endlessly. My heart, heaving with hiccups, was filled with shame.
At the entrance, the woman who cried out in agony with just a touch to her clit*ris left the emperor silent. With a ghostly pale face, Eunhwan bit her lip. Her beautiful face was expressionless, as if weighing something.

“The h*le is gaping.”
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty. It hurts. It hurts…”
“Even so, it’s still so wobbly…”
I struggled. Eunhwan tried to close her legs. I was afraid of being seen as a promiscuous woman. I wanted to say that all I felt was pain. But Eunhwan was not in a position to be embraced; it was time to teach him about release… The pleasure should have been solely his. The excitement, discomfort, pain, and pleasure during intercourse… Only the emperor could feel and express them. Yet, Eunhwan was already sobbing. They would think of me as a foolish woman. How dare I, a mere maid, in such a position… Would the Empress Dowager be angry?
No. Before that, wouldn’t the emperor be angry? The reason he was disgraced as a eunuch was precisely because of the incident with the court lady he brought in to teach him the art of seduction. If it was a bizarre act, it was indeed bizarre. The suffering of the court lady, which began during his time as crown prince, could not simply be kept as an unusual anecdote.
By the order of Seonje, they drag the shamaness who entered the East Palace by her hair and threaten to bring the torture device to cut off the wrist of the court lady who was supposed to spend the night due to the Empress Dowager’s scheme.

However, these embarrassing matters were all from the time of the Crown Prince. The emperor, who had a pathological aversion to women, did not allow sex*al intercourse, nor even permitted a woman to touch his body. As a result, there were no court ladies in the Hwasimjeon. Everything that only court ladies could do was instead the eunuchs’ responsibility.
He was such an emperor. The concubine he received shortly after ascending the throne fell ill and returned home after the first night, and the court lady sent to cure his pathological aversion to women also committed suicide. Contrary to the wet nurse’s words that everything would be fine with time, the emperor’s condition did not improve.
So, he must be a eunuch. If not a eunuch, then a sodomite. No matter which one they mentioned, it was something unpleasant that had long flooded the minds of the palace officials. Any woman who entered his chambers was bound to end up in such a disgraceful state, so it was only natural.
“What on earth is a woman?”
“Ugh…”
“What is ‘ssibjil’ that you cling to it so much?”
The erect phall*s flickered in front of her blurred vision. The emperor, who had fiercely struck down the tightening shaft, thrust the phall*s into the h*le repeatedly. It was clear at a glance that the object, as thick as his forearm, was sputtering out bodily fluids. His hand pressed down hard on the clit*ris.

“Ah!”
The hot sensation tingled and throbbed at the genit*ls. The toes curled. The heightened breathing scattered across the lips. The emperor, who was gently rubbing the clit*ris with his fingers, pinched the swollen part. The silver ring trembled at the genit*ls, making the opening widen even more. A clear fluid flowed out in a disgusting manner.
The glans were slapped and rubbed as if punishing the mischievous clit*ris. Eunhwan looked at the emperor with eyes brimming with tears. Why on earth was he burdened with the yoke of being a eunuch? Some court ladies said it was because he couldn’t get aroused by a woman’s genit*ls, so they treated him so harshly… He was homosexual. He was aroused by the male backside.
However, the emperor now stared intently at the h*le of the silver ring and thrust his object into it. After rubbing the entire v*lva with his glans, he pushed it back into the h*le.
“Ah, ah, ah! It hurts, it hurts. Huh, it hurts…! Ah, ugh! Your Majesty!”
Biting her lip in pain, Eunhwan pushed him away with a jerk. The muscular chest pressed against her plump bre*sts. The emperor was skilled without needing to be taught. In fact, he seemed quite adept at it.
If he hadn’t directly held a woman, he would have only learned through erotic art, yet he embraced the struggling Eunhwan, whispering and blowing softly into her ear. Eunhwan, who had been pushing him away in a daze while crying, looked at the emperor. Her eyes, which had been closed in resistance, were already brimming with sweat and tears.

“It hurts, it hurts. Your Majesty, ugh… please, please take it out. Ugh…”
“It’s because it’s my first time.”
“I don’t want to, I don’t want to…”
It hurts. They said it felt good, but it didn’t feel good at all. My mind was filled only with questions. The emperor was not a eunuch. He was not the kind of man who would mutter about wanting to cut off a woman’s bre*sts in disgust. He was kneading Eunhwan’s bre*sts like dough. He was familiar with sliding his hand down to her genit*ls, holding her butto*ks, and there was no way he was the kind of fool who didn’t even know where the v*gina was. So, the Empress Dowager could rest easy. This should be enough. My whole body was filled with sharp pain. The pain was so horrendous and chilling that I couldn’t gather my wits.
“Shh, shh. It’ll get better soon.”
“Your Majesty. Ugh! It hurts…”
“Stop, stop crying and look after the luggage.”
As she hunched her shoulders and twisted her body, he hugged her tightly, exhaling hot breaths. Eunhwan trembled, surprised that she had merged her lower body with the emperor’s. His expression was not kind. Although his tone sounded gentle at first, there was a hint of annoyance in his voice.

The emperor must be trying to soothe the woman’s crying out of annoyance. Eunhwan blinked in surprise at the emperor trying to comfort her. While it was her responsibility to teach him about the release tonight, it was the emperor who was teaching her what release meant and what it meant to become a woman.
“Ah, ha-eung, ha-eu-uk…”
As the emperor moved his waist, Eunhwan let out a suppressed sound. Inside the dim interior. The place where the pillar repeatedly extended and retracted. Every time something bulging was touched, his p*lvis involuntarily twitched. Eunhwan blinked and parted her lips.
As the pillar thrust in and out, rubbing against the inner wall, her legs involuntarily spread wider. The h*le began to greedily open wider, as if wanting to take in more. The emperor started thrusting his hips without a hint of a smile. Sticky fluids and drops of blood began to stain the bed. Eunhwan gasped and flailed her arms.
He casually wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed his lips to her bre*st. The n*pples stood erect in the air, round and firm. His well-shaped, pale pink lips latched onto her n*pple. Each time his smooth, beardless chin pressed against her bre*st, her skin tingled.
Eunhwan struggled, trying not to touch his back. Even while writhing in ecstasy, she couldn’t embrace him. The hand that couldn’t find him despite wrapping around his neck fell limply onto the bed.
“Wrap your arms around my neck.”

“However, however…”
The emperor cast a stern gaze. Eunhwan sniffled again and hugged his neck. He began to thrust his waist again while sucking on the n*pple. Eunhwan babbled and patted his back. It was firm. Not like a man who lived only holding a brush in the inner palace.
Isn’t he a god? Even though he hardly ever moves, the muscles you can feel in your hands are as hard as stone at every joint. The sleek, intimidating masses glisten with sweat.
“Aw, aw, ah! Ugh, heuk…”
The act of biting half an inch and then thrusting it back in was savage. The rapid movements of the waist, as if he couldn’t control himself, reminded me of a dog in heat. Eunhwan clung to his neck, moaning repeatedly and trembling violently. The ticklish pleasure scorched my mouth and curled my toes. Every time his fingers flicked the clit*ris, I cried out, “Ah!”
The tip of the long pole that had been thrust into the h*le came out again. He turned the silver ring sideways and spread his legs once more. The silver ring, like a rag doll, buried its face into the bed and opened the h*le. Grasping the pole in his hand, he felt the piercing tip once again. The sensation was new.
My breath was still heavy, but the foreign sensation crashing against my inner walls heated my lower body anew. As he thrust vigorously, Eunhwan’s shoulders trembled with each of his movements. It felt as if the h*le was getting filled with water. I had cried a lot, but I was still afraid of making a mistake below. Eunhwan trembled her chin and grabbed his forearm. The man, who had been sucking on her collarbone while holding her chest, looked at her.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty. Stop, stop…”
“……..”
“Wait, wait a moment.”
The breath, heated with excitement, was strange. Eunhwan trembled her hips against the emperor’s hand, which was gripping her chest, as it bumped against his jaw. His p*lvis twisted repeatedly. She should have said to stop, but the words burned in her mouth.
“Your Majesty. Ugh, ah, mm! Huh…”
“Go Hara.”
“Yeah, ugh, huh. Excuse me, excuse me, ah! Stop, ah, Your Majesty!”
With each word that was uttered, the thrusts became deeper. The hands that kneaded the bre*sts and twisted the ni*ples turned sadistic. Eunhwan took a deep breath and twisted her waist. As she slurped the h*le with the intention of swallowing the t*sticles, the emperor kissed her deeply on the chin and moved his hand towards her genit*ls.
“Eek, huh! Ah, ah, no. Your Majesty, Your Majesty. Ugh, no…”

Struggling, she shook her head repeatedly. His hand, which had moved down to her genit*ls, rubbed her clit*ris vigorously. The urge to urinate, which she had barely been able to hold back, reached its peak and burst forth. Noticing the water leaking from the h*le, the emperor, who had been thrusting his p*nis while hitting her perin*um with his t*sticles, pulled out and watched as she squirted continuously.
Eunhwan trembled as she watched herself urinate on the emperor’s bed. A chill ran through her warm body. After barely regaining her senses, she raised her hand to stop the stream, but the emperor fiercely slapped her hand away.
My head spun around. Eunhwan instinctively called out, “Your Majesty…” The emperor’s long member was stained with white s*men and blood. Eunhwan tried to get up, but stumbled and braced herself on the floor. The golden robe, embroidered stitch by stitch with gold thread by the palace maids, was soaked with blood and s*men.
The corners of my eyes trembled pitifully. I couldn’t even grasp what had happened. Only the pressure of having to maintain decorum began to take root in my heated mind. I picked up the silk cloth prepared by the bedside to wipe the man’s pillar.
“She was about to collapse in tears…”
The white face, devoid of any signs of arousal, muttered indifferently. Eunhwan gazed at the erect phall*s even after a vigorous session. The emperor’s member was so massive that it was difficult to grasp with both hands. One hand held the tip while the other gently cleaned from the glans to the scrot*m. The innkeepers had instructed that after ejaculation, the emperor’s jade and flesh must be gently cleaned, so she endured the soreness below and proceeded.

“Your Majesty…”
It was the last time she wiped the blood off the glans and was about to pull her hand away. The emperor’s hand grabbed her wrist and pressed down hard. Eunhwan, startled, looked up. A tear fell from her eyes, which were brimming with moisture.
A face so white that not a single flaw could be seen caught my eye. Eunhwan struggled to free her captured hand. The emperor lowered his head and looked at her closely. His gaze, as if he wanted to tear her apart, was chillingly cold. It was a completely different temperature from his aroused member.
The genit*ls brushed against her knee and touched her perin*um. Eunhwan couldn’t bear the pain in her genit*ls and let out a moan.
“Sigh…”
Only then did the struggling figure sliding into the h*le come to a stop. Even after regaining my senses, I couldn’t bring myself to say that it hurt, and the groan I had been swallowing finally escaped my lips. Even shaking off the hand that was holding me felt like an act of cruelty. Shedding tears on the bed was out of the question.
Everything Eunhwan spat out in frustration must be blasphemous… Why did I end up sleeping with the Emperor? If I were to know a man, if I were to become a woman in his arms, I would have preferred a man who is kinder and warmer. Even if he were just an ordinary man, that would have been enough…

Tears streamed down her face in sorrow. The organ that had been hesitating near the h*le retreated. The emperor’s expressionless face gazed at her blankly. There was almost no strength in the grip on her wrist. When Eunhwan tried to subtly withdraw her hand, the emperor pulled her wrist.
Eunhwan was dragged along helplessly and bumped her forehead against his head. Eunhwan, who had calmed down with the tears she had shed, blinked her eyes. A long arm wrapped around her back as if to embrace her, then fell away. Suddenly, her chin was lifted. The emperor’s cold gaze scrutinized her intently. It was a gaze that could not be fathomed, as if judging what she was seeing and what she was thinking.
“Lie down.”

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Eunhwan was staring at the embroidered silk cloth, now stained with bodily fluids. The cloth, adorned with lotuses, had been embroidered by Eunhwan two months ago in the sewing room. The man who had forced Eunhwan down briefly glanced at the swollen genit*ls, then wedged his member between Eunhwan’s thighs and began thrusting. The slick shaft slipped through the narrow gap between the thighs. The sound of the t*sticles slapping against the perin*um echoed.
“Yeah, yeah, ah…! Huh…”
It wasn’t even being inserted into the h*le, yet the moans spilled out profusely. The black pubic hair rubbed against the white skin, and the perin*um twitched slightly as well. It felt like I was going to die. Even though the h*le wasn’t being touched. My arm, resting on the bed, trembled.
“Ah, ha…! Ugh, sob…”
My arms folded. I glanced at the man who was thrusting without giving me a chance to turn my head. He had been watching her all along, holding her hips apart to expose her genit*ls, sending indifferent glances.
Tears fell from Eunhwan’s eyes. Finally, the man who had been rough with her suddenly grabbed her and turned her around. Then, he took her hand, rubbed the glans dripping with s*men, and laid her down on the bed.
“Huh, huh…”

“Easy-”
The emperor made a low, whispering sound as he wiped her wet chin. Eunhwan, not knowing what he would do next, lowered her gaze in fear. Seeing her shivering with cold, the emperor pulled his robe up to his chest, called for the chief attendant, and ordered him to bring the royal hound and its handler.
Eventually, the attendant, bowing deeply, took the basin and the towel and went out. Eunhwan, tensed up, watched him closely. The man, after wetting the towel in the basin, looked down at Eunhwan.
“Open it.”
“···‥.”
Eunhwan blinked and stared at him. The man holding the wet towel pulled down the cloth covering his chest and commanded in a tone devoid of inflection. Eunhwan hesitantly spread her legs. The emperor’s hand gently wiped the genit*ls. It was a world apart from Eunhwan’s fumbling touch, which had never even properly seen the organ.

After slowly wiping the skin of the split v*lva and gently stroking the perin*um and thighs in turn, the emperor softly examined Eunhwan’s body. It was a touch as if attending to a master. The hands that had wiped the genit*ls with an emotionless gaze now abandoned the wet cloth and picked up a dry towel again. Wetting it lightly, he wiped the lower abdomen and chest, which were smeared with bodily fluids, in turn.
Eunhwan, who had been blankly watching him, flinched as if splashed with cold water when his hand touched her chest.
“Your Majesty. The servant…”
“Isn’t this the service we’ve been receiving all along?”
“That’s not it…”
Eunhwan shook her head. The emperor threw the towel with a nonchalant expression and then lay down. Eunhwan swallowed dryly as she picked up a fresh towel to wipe his body. The emperor grabbed her wrist and pulled her silently. Eunhwan leaned over the bed. Her head touched the pillow.
“Your Majesty. Oh, I will wipe your noble body.”
“Done. Just leave it.”
“However…”

The emperor opened his eyes, which had been closed, and stared at Eunhwan. Eunhwan flinched in surprise and stiffened. His indifferent eyes gazed at her for a long time. Not knowing what to do, she felt her wrist being held, and he closed his eyes again. Eunhwan dared not look into his eyes and lowered her gaze. The contours of his muscular chest and broad shoulders caught her eye. Suddenly, a long arm reached for Eunhwan’s shoulder. No, it wasn’t just touching; it was wrapping around her. Her heart raced so fast it felt like it would burst. She was relieved that the emperor had his eyes closed. Her flushed face trembled slightly. Before long, the emperor’s chest began to rise and fall evenly. Dawn trickled by. Eunhwan couldn’t close her eyes.

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