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Yan Sha flipped open the cloth curtain on the carriage window as the horses slowed to a trot. The journey had been ruthless. Yan Sha had not been allowed outside the carriage other than to take care of her bodily functions quickly before being shoved back inside. It was a three grueling days. When the carriage finally stopped and the doors opened, the light hurt Yan Sha's eyes. She saw the shadow of a wrinkled hand reach out to her and she took it. The light blinded her for a moment until she saw her cold breath bloom in the frigid air outside.
The hand pulled her out more urgently and Yan Sha turned to see an elderly statesmen with an honest face. He had a slight moustache which hung down the sides of his face like a tendril of vine. His body was withering muscle like he had been a warrior in his youth.
The dingy manor they were standing in front of was even in its disarray stately and elegant, like it had once belonged to a great house. But the fortunes of the house hand changed quickly before the house had been finished so it had been built in a more modest fashion afterwards.
Yan Sha opened her mouth as questions bubbled forth, but the elderly man shook his head as he led her inside. Two servants stood in front of the gate. He motioned to one of them who was holding a spear. He mounted steps quickly and threw his spear. But as Yan Sha's head snapped back to see where it went, the wall of the house came in front of her view. There was a yelp of a man and the whine of horses. Then nothing.
"Why did you do that? The servant was innocent."
The man gruffly replied. "Loose ends, my Yan Sha. We cannot have gossips saying a beautiful maiden from Wei has come. No one shall know you're here. Especially not anyone other than the one who sent you."
"You could have sent him back to his hometown."
"Look at this place. Do you think we Guos have money anymore? There's a useless boy king who is to blame for all this. He's terrified of the generals who rule the state for him so he's essentially a puppet for their maneuverings. Spoilt brat couldn't even grow a spine after all these years of being coddled."
The hand pulled her out more urgently and Yan Sha turned to see an elderly statesmen with an honest face. He had a slight moustache which hung down the sides of his face like a tendril of vine. His body was withering muscle like he had been a warrior in his youth.
The dingy manor they were standing in front of was even in its disarray stately and elegant, like it had once belonged to a great house. But the fortunes of the house hand changed quickly before the house had been finished so it had been built in a more modest fashion afterwards.
Yan Sha opened her mouth as questions bubbled forth, but the elderly man shook his head as he led her inside. Two servants stood in front of the gate. He motioned to one of them who was holding a spear. He mounted steps quickly and threw his spear. But as Yan Sha's head snapped back to see where it went, the wall of the house came in front of her view. There was a yelp of a man and the whine of horses. Then nothing.
"Why did you do that? The servant was innocent."
The man gruffly replied. "Loose ends, my Yan Sha. We cannot have gossips saying a beautiful maiden from Wei has come. No one shall know you're here. Especially not anyone other than the one who sent you."
"You could have sent him back to his hometown."
"Look at this place. Do you think we Guos have money anymore? There's a useless boy king who is to blame for all this. He's terrified of the generals who rule the state for him so he's essentially a puppet for their maneuverings. Spoilt brat couldn't even grow a spine after all these years of being coddled."
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