Once the first stranger arrived for the princess, Aini and Baohu did not remain in their home for another day.

They escaped as fugitives after offering Wanggou a funeral befitting a true warrior.

It was difficult yet also simple to leave home. Although the traumatic memories of losing a son and a sibling will always linger there, for Ta, it was all he had ever desired and for Aini, it was the only thing she had ever known.

They had no plan of what to do, they would just be on the run, hunted.

Baohu first advised that they go directly to the emperor during their flight, but Aini firmly disagreed, clearly against the idea.

She said that there were too many risky and unknowable variables.

“What if my father killed us right then and then?” She said.

Baohu wanted to find words in favor of her father but failed to do so, because in his heart, he could not be sure if he still was to be trusted.

The emperor was a very old friend. The whole Wo family had been, but since the death of Cho