"You can come in, now."
Li Qiang smiled at the King's Chief Knight as he strutted inside his brother's quarters.
"Your Highness," he bowed and waited for King Zenu to acknowledge him.
"What are you doing?" the king's words were as sharp as the memories that the previous Li Qiang gave him. "Stop bowing."
"Your highness?" Li Qiang lowered his head, he looked at his brown tunic.
"You never call me your highness." This was a fact. Li Qiang always used the word brother to address the king. Even when he was living in the capital, Li Qiang called him brother. It was a way to tell everyone that he is his brother and not his king.
"I am a changed man." Li Qiang said. His eyes were glued at the marble floor. Silence followed as he felt the king's eyes on him.
