Chapter 53 - Malice & Mercy
Yue felt a hand on his knee, he wiped his eyes against his sleeve and looked up at a kneeling Huo, 'Can I offer some possibilities knowing they are ' how does Maomao put it? Conjecture. '
The young man nodded and the elder wiped a tear off Yue 's cheek, sitting next to him and putting a hand on his back, 'If I felt some overwhelming need to raise a child in a particular direction, and had to be politically savvy, (which I 'm not, and wouldn 't, so take this with whatever grain of salt you like), and the child 's trying to flee my plans '. If I could give him even a portion of what he wanted, I 'd try to make that happen. '
'Like hiding the Moon Prince in the Rear Palace? '
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