White heather is not an easy flower to find. You may look for it among the highlands for a day without success. And when it is discovered, there is little outward charm to commend it. It lacks the grace of the dainty bells that hang so abundantly from the Erica Tetralix, and the pink glow of the innumerable blossoms of the common heather. But then it is a symbol. It is the Scotch Edelweiss. It means sincere affection, and unselfish love, and tender wishes as pure as prayers. I shall always remember the evening when I found the white heather on the moorland above Glen Ericht. Or, rather, it was not I that found it (for I have little luck in the discovery of good omens, and have never plucked a four-leaved clover in my life), but my companion, the gentle Mistress of the Glen, whose hair was as white as the tiny blossoms, and yet whose eyes were far quicker than mine to see and name every flower that bloomed in those lofty, widespread fields.
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她陪他五年，替他平定战乱征战沙场，为他出谋划策，铲除异己，帮他一步一步得到皇位。他为她专门定制最美的嫁衣，用她的名字命名她所住的宫殿，他说，他的登基之日，必定封她为后……然而五年后，他高居龙位，身边莺莺燕燕环绕不绝，他却冷笑不止，放下绝情之话：“你只不过是一罪女，有何资格称后？”他只手将她打落云端，命她服毒，灭她满门，削她血肉，就连尚在孕育的孩子也不放过。如今她重活一世，带着不死不休的怨气归来，定要将所受到的苦，倍数还之。--情节虚构，请勿模仿
