Fei took Qianlong's arms out of his face and then she kissed them, then she kissed him on his lips. She did really love him - it was strange love but that's all they could manage at that time. He sat close to her and they both sat down looking at the fire together with fear of the unknown.
They had every reason to fear for Yishen's army was the largest army I had ever set eyes upon. On one particular day after we had breakfast he took me there to see it, and that was just the half of it. I couldn't see them pass the horizon and they all were on horses and uniformly arranged.
"They will all be fed and ready to attack once the day shall come" Yishen told me as we strolled down making our way back to the palace after seeing the army, he was holding me in his arms.
"Feed the whole army?" I asked and sighed "That would take weeks"
