But how much must the Emperor's heart endure to accept such a reality?
...
The carriage continued forward, and for the first time, Gong Lin looked behind them, following his own master. He did not discover anything, but he still felt that something was not quite right.
"Third Brother, what's wrong?" asked a young man not much older, curiously looking at the scenery beside the mountain. He felt that since they had been gathered, his days had been much more delightful than in the deep forests, having seen many things he had never encountered before.
Furthermore, their master turned out to be such a beautiful woman.
At the thought of this, Hong Xian felt somewhat embarrassed.
"Nothing. We cannot be careless in protecting our master," Gong Lin replied, turning his head back. It wasn't strange - what was truly strange was their master herself.
