Then Taizong let go of her hand, and when he averted his head, his steely composure was revived. Emika thought that he was truly someone with a mercurial temper underneath his manner of dispassion and detachment.
Madame Nüying pulled her daughter by the hand, a step back away from His First Highness. Emika turned to her mother whose brows furrowed at her like she had just done something wrong. But the young woman reflected that she did not say anything wrong, so why did Taizong and her mother seem plainly displeased with her. Emika knew that what she said was logical, sensible and right. In fact she naturally wanted to give out a loving attitude. It is natural to care for friends, as she had always done.
She was about to open her mouth again when her mother quickly added, respectfully and apologetically: "Your Highness, take no notice of my daughter, she is young and giddy. She knows nothing of the ways of the world, nor she understands the politics of the court.
