Security at the Red King Mansion had always been handled by the Brotherhood on a rotating basis.
So when a young woman calling herself Yue Linglong knelt in the heavy snow before the Red King Mansion, it didn't take long for her to be discovered.
Soon, a number of assassins had gathered to watch the drama unfold.
The assassins muttered amongst themselves in the shadows.
"The Moon Race... Yue Linglong?"
"Could she be the 'Barbarian Princess' everyone in the city's been buzzing about? The one who's supposed to become Madam Zheng?"
"Don't be ridiculous. You really think just any plain Jane can become Madam Zheng?"
"Uh, now that you mention it, she doesn't look plain at all."
"Hmph. Men." The speaker was a married woman who served under the Red King. She scoffed, her voice laced with displeasure. "It's just a cold political marriage between two nations. There are no feelings involved."
"So why is she kneeling at our gate in the middle of the night?"
