Volume 2 Chapter 23 (1/2)
Important notes:
An – 安 it is the character used in An He’s nas such as, calm, quiet, safe, security, peace
Sleeve pockets – in traditional Chinese clothing there sleeve had a sewn in cos
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Lie Er turned his focus to the old man, “Official Xia, there were twothe first one, what is the second?”
In a stern voice, theissue only concerns only the Prince As a servant Lie Er, you dare to pry?”
Lie Er gave the Official a disgruntled cold ‘Hurin drew across his lips, “I know you want to have a confidential discussion Well, I’ll see myself out and carry on withman waltzed out the door and shut it attentively after his exit He then left to seek the other servants
Feng Ming’s eyes left the door and back to the re occupant of the rooet Lie Er? He was only pro the continuation of our talk”
A nasty sneer drew across the advisor’s lips, “Prince, do you not feel as an attendant, Lie Er seeeable and overly bold for soiven foresight into have proceeded with his predictions”
“Haven’t we discussed this matter already? Heme any harm In fact he may be able to even help e of, but they can never be fully trusted” The oldhis beard with concern
“I am worried about Prince, under these circumstances you are well aware that he is untrustworthy, yet you’ve continued to invest your confidence in hienuinely surprised by his advisor’s co knew of Lie Er’s questionable origins, he held the young ard Lie Er had an unspoken unique charan to rely heavily on hi alar his charima and virtue to shuttle in between countries, indeed it would be very hard to put up a guard
Official Xia continued, “Up until now, Lie Er has openly showcased his talents He isit explicit that he is not as simple as he appears Preciously because of this, we have taken our guards down and relaxed in his presence”
Feng Ming nodded silently in agreeood point Lie Er does seeies up his sleeve
Official Xia was satisfied with the Prince’s response The oldthat he had addressed the ave his master a smile
“We can discuss Lie Er at a future date, it’s hard to say perhaps Prince’s charer and he is indeed serving you wholeheartedly”
Taking a deep breath, “As for the second agenda, it’s this…” he paused and carefully took out so tucked inside his sleeve pockets He held out the ite wrote a letter”
”Really?” Feng Ming immediately jumped with joy, “What did he write? Quickly, pass it to me!”
The moment the Prince’s hands reached out to snatch the letter the old man drew back and chortled and shook his head in disapproval
“Prince, compose yourself, have you lost your sense of etiquette? Letsent three letters in total Each of the, the second to ests our individual letters in private The Prince should proceed to do so alone”
The oldIn his pal blinked curiously as the odd container was presented to hi at a closer proxiht, he held it above hih transparency to hint at whatup to such strange antics to send a simple letter Naturally, he had no idea what he wasquickly to the Prince’s confusion, the advisor ian to explain
“Prince, to open the capsule you’ll need to knead the wax in your hands until it can be peeled back”
“Oh…” Feng Ming followed the man’s instructions and pinched the wax between his thuave and split open Interestingly, he found a luauze-like material that had been carefully wrapped
This tiers worked quickly to unravel the expensive looking material
As he stripped back the layers, the ht Instead, it was layer open layers of words written in black ink on a near transparent cotton gauze When he finally finished, the letter spread out could easily cover half the top of a large table
“Huh?” Feng Ming was taken aback as he tried to process the extree letter that lay before hiinally, he was very eager to find out what cohts the man had have written Perhaps even how the sly bastard would write about howhim out on a diplomatic mission
Now that he had time to settle down and read, unexpectedly the densely written letter was solely composed of one word repeated
“An”read notes