e didn't know that the maidservant who had just cleaned up the mess, carrying shards of a broken bottle and ashes, had left the Hundred Flowers Palace with her front foot, and two expressionless eunuc...goose-feather-sized snowflakes collided and danced in the sky. They swirled chaotically, striking faces indiscriminately. A sudden gust of wind sent a stinging barrage into people's eyes, making it ha...