"Yes, when the old lady comes later, the slave will give it to her," Ling Xiang passed the comb to Lady Xiao.
Lady Xiao's fingers trembled as they caressed the comb's spine, her face wearing a faint smile.
Lady Xiao had once been the Empress of the Xiliang Kingdom, wife to Emperor Xiao Ming.
According to Ran Yan's knowledge, Emperor Xiao Ming, Xiao Kui, was a highly talented emperor who had written 'The Classic of Filial Piety' among fourteen other books. He was magnanimous as a gentleman, a wise sovereign amid chaos. Upon his death, his subjects all mourned with tears streaming down their faces.
Such a man, the ruler of a nation, would personally make a wooden comb for his wife, would whisper sweet nothings to her. Presumably, the love between the emperor and empress must have been deep. Yet he had been dead for decades, and during those years, as Lady Xiao recalled his gentleness and his words of affection, how lonely she must have felt.
