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Tsotuga becomes irritated with
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Zamben proves an able administrator and so ingratiates himself with the emperor that he even ousts Reiro the Beggar from his position as the emperor's crony. Canny as well as ambitious, he manages through a stratagem to switch
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For a month all is well; then the emperor is irked by his finance minister, Yaebu, and fans him away. He instantly regrets the action, but cannot bring the minister back, as he had hidden the code book and cannot remember where. The missing book is searched for, but fruitlessly. Spring advances, and
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1962:Collections
1606:Science and
1276:The Command
1093:" (1970/78)
978:Black Tears
665:Harold Shea
649:Rogue Queen
627:Summer Wear
210:(1978) and
84:Publication
28:Short story
2326:Categories
1599:Nonfiction
1402:The Merman
1311:Employment
1195:Genus Homo
613:Git Along!
325:References
202:Lin Carter
119:Chronology
101:Media type
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1444:Throwback
1023:(1955/81)
691:(1941/50)
377:Mythprint
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302:Medieval
145:—
74:Genre(s)
66:Language
1640:Engines
1608:history
1304:The Egg
1172:fiction
468:Krishna
266:Setting
243:himself
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58:Country
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290:Earth
276:Japan
272:China
172:is a
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