26 Should we save them? (2/2)

[This seemed a bit much.]

”It is not too much, Ruan Qin Wang.” Xu Fei said with a wide smile as he reminded Ruan Wang he was a member of the imperial family, and of highest rank too, considering that he was the current emperor's uncle, even the emperor had to call him imperial uncle, giving him the highest standing in the entire Kingdom of Qing Cheng.

Considering that the current empress dowager was his brother's wife, and had to call him brother, he was quite high in the imperial family.

Yet, with all the power he had.

All the power he once accumulated to fight with his brother.

He had already let it all go over two decades ago. His ambition had already been a bright candle put out by a strong storm. Everything he had or ever wanted had died on that mountain that day…

… With her…

He had grown to love simplicity when he left the imperial capital forty-nine days after that incident.

After that, her every word had been etched in his mind.

The way she played the qin, so beautiful that even the majestic birds who roamed the skies would envy that sound to perch on a branch and tweet in hopes of disrupting her concentration, but they never could, as she grew more joyful and played even more beautifully to accompany her newfound companions.

She had also been a great player of Go. Playing against herself for hours, she had the ability to predict her opponent's next move, it was as though she could see into the future. Sadly, he never had a chance to play against her, as he looked down upon her so condescendingly the first time he heard of her.

The daughter of a concubine, whose mother had died giving birth to her. A woman with plain looks who did not have the care of her father. Who spent the youngest years of her life in seclusion, hidden from the rest of the world, by her own family.

She had also been quite good at her skill in medicine, as she claimed that it was self-taught since the moment she learned to read.

She had always been a mystery, who acted as a young maiden, who had the joys and curiosities of a little child, yearning to be free and roam to every kingdom going on an adventure, yet, what tied her down was the duty that was to her own clan.