A family inclined to kindness and charity would grace the descendants. Thanks to one small act of kindness, by providence she comes across a grateful friend; Fortunate that her mother, has done an unperceived good deed…. Men should rescue the distressed and aid the poor… Who would have guessed that kindness in this world ultimately would be the road that one must choose, that proverbial fork in the road? Clouds of rain float on eastern winds as new vines start to blossom. Though drums of war roar too loudly and their brilliance has been lost, a green grass carpet greets the sun by the break of morning. Let us wait for the yellow leaves, a few gourds are harvested.
The snow in Jingdou stopped and then started again. It wasn't clear-cut and at ease like the snow situation in Shangjing in Northern Qi. It also wasn't as worrying as the complete lack of snow in Danzhou. It just happened to hang around annoyingly like the spring rains in Jiangnan. Fan Xian extended his hand angrily to brush away the snow on his hair and looked at the Great Prince standing by the manor's door. "It's just a meal. What need is there to be so nervous?"
The Great Prince wasn't wrong. If the inscription on the invitation did not have the name of the Great Princess of Northern Qi, whether or not he would sneak out early or not he even come was not certain.