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“She said I would lose my throne, but if I didn't continue the reforms, I would lose my country too. It had never been properly mine anyway, this throne, and it meant less to me than these lands and peoples who'd been entrusted to my hands.”

People Emperor Throne Reforms

Book:The Sunset Emperor

Source: The Sunset Emperor

“There was no need to fear new things. Shaking hands with a foreigner didn't make me foreign.”

China Foreigners Emperor

Book:The Sunset Emperor

Source: The Sunset Emperor

“I listened with interest, but thought it too sad a thing that we and the foreigners knew each other only in this way: they came conquering, and we went with apologies forced from our lips.”

China Foreigners Emperor

Book:The Sunset Emperor

Source: The Sunset Emperor

“The darkness here was different, much louder for one thing, layered with voices and calls, people coming and going.”

Darkness China Emperor

Book:The Sunset Emperor

Source: The Sunset Emperor