Vol 2 Chapter 194 (1/2)
Chapter 194: Uncaged
Before, Fan Xian had never looked at Si Lili carefully He'd never even paid attention to her beautiful face, because Fan Xian's face was much that way too Yet since they had left the capital on this long journey, for some reason, little by little, she had left her mark on his mind
Perhaps it was her pitiful past Perhaps it was the cruelty of the Overwatch Council's methods Perhaps it hat that former head of the Seventh Bureau had said the first time he entered the prison of the Overwatch Council - Fan Xian's ht have been cruel, but his heart was soft Every part of hi his for her, but more and more he felt a certain exquisite pity for Si Lili It wasn't a false pity, but a feeling that ca someone with such a transient life, coly extraordinary Eldest Princess
In the past few days, Fan Xian had taken the pills he always carried on his person, and searched the lakeside wilderness for several different kinds of suitable plants Somewhat stupefied, he had blended them with the pills This was his promise to Si Lili, and since Si Lili had told hih he didn't knohether or not they were true, he agreed to treat Si Lili
As for Operation Red Sleeve, Fan Xian didn't really pay any ht about were simpler and more direct
After a few days of treat to the toiletworadually reat lake Two days later, they were able to cross over the lake, where the Northern Qi army would be there to receive and protect them
”People in Northern Qi call this lake the 'Northern Sea'” Si Lili sat by the lake side, idly fingering a coarse reed stalk
Fan Xian looked at her ”When did you go to Northern Qi?” he asked
”When I was very small My parents took me and my elder brother and we fled for our lives The Overwatch Council was hunting us Many of randfather's trusted aides died, and no one would dare take us in” Si Lili laughed bitterly ”To be honest, I have no randfather, but I know that at the time he was the prince most likely to take the throne”
Fan Xian made some calculations It had been a number of years since the assassinations of the princes of the Kingdo He couldn't help but be silent for a moment Out of the corner of his eye, he watched Si Lili's clothes flutter in the breeze He srandhed, s the hair on her temples that had been blown out of place by the wind fro us so closely,” she said with a worried frown, ”uard My h to escape withcountry, and yet there was nowhere we could go After son country, and we finally settled down in Northern Qi”
Fan Xian frowned A fan country Dark times indeed
Si Lili looked out at the slowly shi+fting hed ”It's a shame that times of stability can't last forever Somehow, the royal family of Northern Qi learned of our identity, so ere taken to Shangjing”
Fan Xian frowned again ”They ood intentions”
Si Lili turned her head and s, and the royal court – did they have good intentions for us?”
Fan Xian was at a loss for words for asmile ”They're
still an enemy nation”
”Before my father died that's e said, too” Si Lili see She slowly closed her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering ”Then my mother fell sick and died, and it was only my brother and me left, on our own As the royal faround, they took us in So we grew up in the royal palace of Northern Qi”
”Is that when you met the Ehtening her cloak ”I guess you and the young Emperor were childhood sweethearts”
Si Lili smiled ”His surname was Zhan At the tihtest He was the sae as et up to trouble in the palace all the ti to beco capital for them?” Fan Xian was very interested in the matter
”The Emperor of Northern Qi wanted toFan Xian with a smile that didn't look much like a smile ”And I hated that enemy nation I had irreconcilable differences with the royal fa So I wanted to return hoh for me”