"Your Majesty, Madame Ye is here."
An eunuch who stood at the door of Xi Ming's office announced.
Inside the room, Xi Ming paused mid-air, his hand trembling slightly as he gripped the brush he had been holding. He stared at the delicate strokes of ink on the scroll before him.
Jin-er was back.
He had known she was returning today. He had even prepared himself for this meeting. His shadow guards had sent him a message immediately after she had an argument with her parents. He had been gleeful reading that, knowing that she had no intention of marrying the person her parents had set for her. But then this excitement was shattered when he read that she also had no intention of marrying him. Did that mean she had been playing with his feelings all this time? Why give him hope when she knew she was going to shatter it anyway?
