January 18 A quiet, uneventful day. Nothing out of the ordinary, no orders from the Emperor. Spent the time bu…
January 18
A quiet, uneventful day. Nothing out of the ordinary, no orders from the Emperor. Spent the time buried in my books...
January 19
Another calm day, no new directives. The Emperor hasn't said a word. Just more reading...
January 20
Same as before—peaceful, nothing happening, no message from the Emperor. I've gone over these passages for three days now and still can't make heads or tails of them...
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January 25
Word is that a civil official is coming tomorrow. I can't stand dealing with those types, but the Emperor seems to favor them lately... No idea what this is about.
January 26
Turns out they want us reassigned to Chang'an! No!