Yanli calmly put down the knife and turned towards him, offering her hands to him. But her gaze did not meet his.

"Jin-gongzi. Lotus Pier had burned. My parents were murdered. Chifeng Zun and the others have just taken Nightless City. A-Xian...he..." She couldn't bring herself to say it. "...he overexerted himself. I had been attending to him. Lan-er-gongzi had been coming every day to play for him and help his mind settle."