I hesitated for a moment. Seeing my hesitation, Hongdi nodded satisfactorily. “Or you can meet him first. You will definitely like him.”
I gritted my teeth, “Thank you for your kindness, but I currently do not want—”
A tall and elegant man walked out from behind the screen. I stood stunned, forgetting the reasons I had prepared. Hongdi laughed, “I knew you wouldn’t want to refuse him.”
The man wore a blue robe with a wooden hairpin, with a gentle, soft smile. “A Yao, I’m back.”
The princess of Nanrui and the commoner doctor who cured her cold became married. This romantic legendary story quickly spread throughout Nanrui and the other two countries, becoming a widely-told tale. In fact, An Jin’s appearance was precisely the medicine to cure my heartache. He came, my worries were resolved, so what illness could not be healed?
After the incident in Qi Kingdom, An Jin followed Xia Zhichun back to Qi Kingdom, intending to reunite with his mother-in-law and make the secret department a thing of the past. However, no matter how he persuaded her, she refused to leave Qi Kingdom for Nanrui. An Jin was helpless when his mother-in-law reached the end of her life and peacefully passed away.
Grief-stricken, An Jin began preparing his mother-in-law’s funeral, burying her and his father-in-law together according to her wishes. While he was handling the funeral, an unexpected incident occurred, and he encountered a group of highly skilled assassins.
An Jin’s martial arts were not weak, but the number of assassins was considerable. Although assisted by several elders from the secret department, he was still injured. His left hand’s tendons were severed, and without timely treatment, had almost lost function. That arm could no longer embrace me or gently stroke my hair as before. With his mother-in-law’s death and his left hand disabled, I wept bitterly holding his powerless left hand. An Jin kissed my face, saying he had returned to me and everything would be fine.
Those wanting to kill An Jin were Yan He and Xia Zhichun. Only in Nanrui, under the protection of the royal family, could we find peace.
