Uncle Qiu sighed, knowing that she wouldn"t stop asking until he told her all about it. "She"s almost a hundred years old. Back then, she had already old enough but insisted on following the other Bei Yue people to find a new land --- just to protect them. She only wants to be called Aunt Yue. I don"t know her real name too!"
Such a person tended to have a weird temperament, how could she tell her enemies her real name?
Xiao Fang looked up in surprise. "Almost a hundred years old?! It"s so rare for people to be able to live that long ah~!"
Uncle Qiu nodded. "Indeed..."
Xiao Fang wanted to know the relations.h.i.+p of Aunt Yue with the glowing symbols, however, she didn"t know how to ask the questions. After all, she had been warned by Yao Ying and Lin Jian not to ask directly and say anything about Yao Ling"s condition. Her G.o.dfather had denied that those things were related to any kind of magic.
It seemed like he also didn"t know about the glowing symbols. So... how should she ask for an information about it? If they wanted to fish out more information about it from Aunt Yue... it was impossible too. After all, she was guarded heavily inside the forbidden place.
After having an intruder, she was pretty sure that they would increase the defense of that forbidden place. She realized that the old woman was an important person for the Han Emperor and he wouldn"t let her go. Xiao Fang was at a loss...
Truth to be told, this was the first time she tried to fish up information from other people and it wasn"t as easy as it looked like ah~! It seemed like she didn"t have what it took to become a spy... Xiao Fang didn"t know how to continue the conversation with Uncle Qiu.
Uncle Qiu calmly looked at her while drinking tea. It seemed like there were a lot of things in his G.o.ddaughter"s mind. Was she in shock because of the news? He believed so... After all, this little girl was quite innocent and simple-minded.
"G.o.dfather, what usually happened when Aunt Yue got a prediction about the future?" Xiao Fang suddenly asked. She was curious and she hoped that Aunt Yue would have something weird happened when she got an insight --- maybe... a glowing something? She looked at Uncle Qiu, feeling full of expectation.
"What do you mean?" Uncle Qiu didn"t really understand what she meant.
Xiao Fang pretended to look excitedly at him and said, "Han Yi used to tell me a story that happened in the market when I was a little girl. There was always something magical with a popular fortune-teller on the street..."
"For example?" Uncle Qiu became curious as well.
"A magical thing happened such as having a mystical ball..." Xiao Fang said. She was just talking nonsense actually and she made up the story on the spot. She started to think that she was getting better at lying and she shuddered at the thought. Besides, she also felt guilty ah~!
Uncle Qiu didn"t know whether he should laugh or cry. He didn"t know what kind of things ran inside her mind ah~? He looked at Xiao Fang, feeling doubtful.
"Really?" Uncle Qiu furrowed his eyebrows. He seemed never heard about this kind of thing before, but he trusted Xiao Fang. Girls usually liked a fortune teller to predict their future, so maybe what she said was true.
Xiao Fang nodded her head vigorously with a wide grin, "Really!"
Uncle Qiu tried to remember something, but he shook his head. "Nothing weird had happened back then... I"m not really sure though. I only saw she did it once, after that... I never involved myself with Aunt Yue. The Han Emperor doesn"t trust me enough to put me in charge of Aunt Yue because he"s afraid that I will help her run away. However, once in a while, I"m allowed to meet her..."
"Eh? How come?" Xiao Fang"s eyes lit up when she heard that. There was a chance that she could meet with Aunt Yue! That woman literally became her idol now!
"This is a special request by Aunt Yue," Uncle Qiu admitted. Otherwise, with the Han Emperor"s distrust, how could that possibly happen? Especially now... he understood that he had become a thorn in the Han Emperor"s eyes and he was no longer an important official in his eyes --- just like how he used to be. However, he didn"t regret it for one bit.
Serving such a despicable man was also against his conscience. He realized that he had made the right choice back then.
"What do you always do when you meet with Aunt Yue?"
Uncle Qiu answered, "Nothing really. I just sit down and chat with her. After all, being imprisoned... she always lives a lonely life. The only person she knows in this kingdom is me, so naturally, she chose me to accompany her once in a while back then. If the Han Emperor didn"t permit her request, then she wouldn"t tell him anything about what she saw in her insight..."
Xiao Fang nodded in understanding. "You helped her and her people, thus, she is thankful to you. Not only that, G.o.dfather... If she wasn"t impressed by you back then, she wouldn"t ask for this request."
Listening to such sweet words, it made Uncle Qiu feel quite happy. Who didn"t like being praised? His expression became slightly better. It was true... this happened because he was the one who fought for the Bai Yue people back then. Well... not only him, but also Xiao Fang"s father. Maybe the seed of the doubts had been planted in the Han Emperor"s mind because of this matter ah~!
"How many times do you visit her in a month?" Xiao Fang asked curiously.
"Why do you ask so many questions ah~?" Unce Qiu asked her back.
Xiao Fang laughed. "You caught me! I want to go along with you when you meet with her, G.o.dfather!"
Uncle Qiu shook his head helplessly. "Xiao Fang ah~! I already told you that it"s better if you aren"t involved in this matter. I usually meet her once a week, but I don"t think I can bring you in."
"But why?" Xiao Fang whined.
"Because it"s our nation"s secret... It"s dangerous for you to be involved in it." Uncle Qiu was quite adamant with his belief --- he didn"t want Xiao Fang to know more. He indeed covered up a few things just to make her give up. He knew that there was something special happened when the old woman got her insight, however, he wasn"t going to tell Xiao Fang that. Or else, she would become more curious.
Uncle Qiu failed to realize that this matter was really important to Xiao Fang. If he just told her about it, she wouldn"t create problems for him in the near future!
Just look at this! Even without knowing those intriguing things, she was still curious and wanted to follow him. What more if she knew about it?
"Uncle Qiu, were you always going there all alone?" Xiao Fang asked with a mischievous smile.
"Not really. Once in a while, I brought someone else with me. However, those people are always my chosen subordinates... I know that she wouldn"t have entertainment in there, so once in a while, I would prepare gifts for her and I needed people to help me bringing those gifts..." Uncle Qiu explained.
"Then, it"s great!" Xiao Fang said excitedly.
Uncle Qiu suddenly had a really bad premonition when he looked at her excited expression. He somehow knew what she would say next.
Xiao Fang didn"t disappoint him, she really talked about the dreaded request, "Then, can I go along with you?"
"I already said no!" Uncle Qiu answered sternly.
"But... I can pretend to be your maidservant ah~, G.o.dfather! It should be fine, right?" Xiao Fang asked pleadingly.
"No... it"s too dangerous..."
"G.o.dfather, please..." Xiao Fang kept begging him.
Uncle Qiu answered exasperatedly, "You are quite popular around here. You stay here a few times and each of the guards already knows how you look like. So, it"s not a good idea!"
"I have an idea, G.o.dfather! No one will find out that it"s me!"
"What idea?" Uncle Qiu looked at her suspiciously.