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Lian Qing Shen · Set Free — on the finale of Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace
Always hoping the news will bring a next time with it, never leaving, never forsaking. Orchid cause and catkin fruit teach two people to cherish each other, borrowing the look of helplessness.
Love can hardly last until both heads are white; regret burns its tears to ash. The moonlit night is cold, the solitary heart is scalding, and the green plum hangs low.
Glosses—
orchid cause and catkin fruit: a figure for a marriage beautiful at its beginning and ending in separation;
borrowing: to borrow, to make use of.
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