Have you read Empress Orchid?

I dont really understand the end. Why doesnt Antehai bow to Orchid and why does he leave his jacket in the place whete the emperor is buried??

Thanks! xx

Have you read Empress Orchid?
I'm reading the novel so, presumably, for your second query I think he did so as an act of reverence or something to pay his last respect to the emperor. I guess (for the first query) it might be a old tradition not to bow to Orchid since the only one everyone there were required to pay respect was the emperor.

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