Volume 2 Chapter 4-5 (2/2)
Lie Er was very fahtened his master with numerous stories Not only did he inform the Prince about the specialities of his country but he even dee of the other eleven countries, telling the Prince about scenic wonders and interesting facts
The Prince was gobs! You know so !”
Lie Er’s facial expression changed with the praise, a s on his face “I like to read, e collection of books and I was allowed to read Sadly, all these fun places I’ve talked about, I’ve never been to”
Being acco was a able to learn more about the world around him
In this way, another five days breezed past, and the party from Xi Rei had roup arrived at the borderline of Fan Jia Fan Jia was earlier infor as an areeted by athe party how to reach the capital, Le Xi before waving them off
The cold treatment was a complete contrast to the kind hospitality that welcomed the Prince in Ruo Yan
Chiu Lan jeered discontented, “Such a lowly official, doesn’t he know that this is the Crown Prince and his consort!”
She snorted
“He is not aware of his position in terms of hierarchy”
Even in the dead of winter, Official Xia had had his fan opened and in action
“Little ’s son in law died in Xi Rei, we approach their borders and are lucky that they did not greet us with knives and bows”
Feng Ming listened and his face paled
General Tong chortled, “Dear Prince there’s no need to panic, King Rong has already corresponded with Fan Jia, If Fan Jia was unwilling to repair our relationshi+p; our King would not have sent you to here as an ambassador”
With those words of reassurance, Feng Ming felt a bit of peace
That evening, the group pitched tents to rest within the borderline region
The Prince’s three maids and male chamberlain helped hi hiht’s rest
In thefrom his slumber, he called out into the darkness, “Who is it?”
“Your Highness, it is ht but I cannot seehness”
Feng Ming sat up, and leaned against the backboard of his bed before reaching for a jacket and draping it over his shoulders
“Ah, Official Xia, Please enter”
“I apologize for disturbing your rest my Prince,” Official Xia pushed the door open and rabbed a tall backed chair and moved it closer to the Prince’s bed and sat down
“The reason why I have come at this hour is to discuss that servant from Ruo Yan”
“Lie Er?”
“Yes”
Feng Ming cocked and eyebrow, “What’s wrong with Lie Er?”
“He is a suspicious character The boy joined us without a real reason or cause Recently the Prince has becoer A true citizen of Ruo Yan normally loves his country and would refuse to leave his holy Not only that, he hasn’t tried to escape He has not de his countryI had even ordered the other chamberlains to bully hiainst his mistreatmentIt is likely this is all a ploy to trick the Prince to allow hie
This is what I have ed to deduce fro person, and certainly not as simple as he portrays himself”
“Do you mean…”
“In Xia’s opinion, he is likely a spy that Ruo Yan has pinned onto the Prince” The skinny oldof Ruo Yan had a male consort called Fu Er, who apparently died of an illness less than half a o I stumbled across portraits of his lover, and I was shocked to see that Lie Er is a spitting resemblance of the late Fu Er How could there be such an uncanny coincidence? There is so shi+vered
“If Lie Er was a spy sent by Ruo Yan’s King, ould they want to tailtohis head
“Prince should not over thinkyou any hare of war Hence spies are a cohout the countries like stars in the sky Where would you find influential people of a country without spies aht have a worth later on so heHowever, he will not have access to classified material If a war breaks out with Ruo Yan we can use hiotiations Such beautiful people are a rarity If the Prince wishes to bed hihter was somewhat different than usual and it took a while for the Prince to work out what theiestion
“No, I won’t be doing that!”
Official Xia continued to chat to hi back to bed
As the door closed shut behind hi the rest of the night with Rong Tian on hiswas by his side at this very moment, even if there was a hundred spies around him he wouldn’t be afraid
He reached out into the cold, feeling around for his unparalleled sword, grabbing it and bringing the cold metal into his embrace
Daas a few hours away before he slipped into sleep