The Princess and Her Rough-Rider Khan

Li Xianyun looked at Yelu Yan and asked again, "Khan, what are you doing here?" "I was just passing by here on my way back from attending to some business outside the palace."

With one hand casually resting on the back of her chair, Yelu Yan took a sip of tea from the cup in his other hand.

Even as he drank his tea, his gaze never strayed from Li Xianyun’s petite face, no larger than the size of a palm.

Yelu Yan’s explanation was quite different from someone else’s story.

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Next to the private dining room marked by the character for "heaven," there was a place for the servants to have their meal.

The guards took turns eating so that everyone got a meal and there would be someone ready to serve the Khan whenever he called.

A win-win situation.

Jinwu said to Zhuo Ma, Youlan, and Bater, "Go have your meal. We’ll stay here and keep watch."