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Kaoru came to the palace as ordered. The emperor pulled up a Go board. "There is something I might wager," said the emperor, "but I am not quite sure that I have the courage." The emperor secretly wanted Kaoru to take the Second Prince as a wife. The emperor lost the game and told Kaoru, "I will let you break off a blossom." Immediately guessing what he meant, Kaoru went down into garden and broke one of the chrysanthemums. Returning, he offered a cautious verse, saying that if he had found an uncommon flower, he would pluck it in a suitable way.
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