Prologue
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If you visited the New Mountains (Jiuxianshai), travellers would hear an old folk’s song about “The Mo Flower.” They said that in every spring Lady Wu Yue visits her family home in Lin An. The King always sent a letter to his wife saying only one sentence. “When Mo Flowers blossom, you can slowly come back.”—Su ” quote taken from The Mo Flowers.”
*Verse explanation: when Mo flowers bloom along the field, you can look leisurely at them so there’s no need to hurry back- opposite meaning to his true feelings if he would simply say “I miss you.”*
* “Lady* is a t.i.tle used for wives of the King besides the Queen below the rank of the Queen*