Vol 2 Chapter 40 (2/2)

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It was a late April day The grass that surrounded the capital had been trimmed, and the orioles had been startled by people out on nature walks There were only ts of green s along the side of thethe people who had come to the city from all over the world

A convoy of three carriages approached fro to enter the city

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and out came a clean face with a brilliant smile He looked at the city walls and the peaceful happy faces of the people around him He breathed in deeply ”So this is what the capital is like”

The face, of course, belonged to Fan Xian After weeks of difficult travel, they had all finally arrived in the capital On the road, he had observed the unfareat interest, finally fulfilling his oanderlust, and having gotten to know Teng Zijing and his bodyguards, he had become closer to them

Fan Xian was a loveable teenager who always had a smile on his face A person like that finds it easy to make people happy

Teng Zijing took hold of his are

When his feet touched the road, Fan Xian rotated his ankles slightly, letting the soles of his cloth shoes touch asto feel whether the ground in the capital was different

A greatto enter the capital, and security was tight, so the line was long The waiting left Fan Xian rather bored He pointed at the city before hiured that the Count had not sent a large team of people to collect hireat

As they chatted, there was a sudden disturbance in the crowd behind theh A squadron of cavalry rode silently and quickly through toward the city gate without stopping

On the horse in the front was a young woht-colored jacket and skirt She had on a white deerskin hat that looked very attractive on her in the bright spring air

Her eyebroere indigo, like the color of distant ht She was quite beautiful, though she seemed worried as she sat on the horse It see must have happened

Fan Xian stood by the side of the road, s past ”It seems there are many beautiful women in the capital,” he said in admiration He couldn't help but wonder what his 'wife' looked like

Standing on the side of the road, Teng Zijing coughed lightly

Fan Xian was only giving a cootten his manners - as there to be nervous about? ”It seeht,” he said with a s a horse, and nobody said a thing about it”

Teng Zijing laughed bitterly ”The wohter of the arrison,” he explained ”nobody would dare say anything to her”

”Oh,” said Fan Xian, standing on top of the carriage to get a better look at the city gate When the riders reached the gate, they did not wait in line at all Presenting a token, they entered the city

When it cauard's expression It remained neutral, which was a part of his job When he looked back at the carriage, he realized why

There were none of the es It seereat fanfare