He reached his little finger and stopped. “Need I go on?” Prince Tang shook his head. “We only sell poisons, not use them. Yanseldara’s condition is not our fault.” Hsieh lowered his hand. “You know I do not care if it is, as long as your reason is good. But if you are lying” “Never!” Both Tang and his wife spoke at once. Hsieh raised a cautionary finger and continued, “If you lie to protect Lady Feng, I have no mercy.” Tang’s head began to spin. “To protect Lady Feng?” he asked, truly confused. “How does lying” “We do not lie.” Wei Dao stepped around the table to her husband’s side. “We send a company of guards to inform Lady Feng of your arrival. Perhaps you wish to send Yu Po along?” Hsieh considered the offer, then shook his head. “That is not necessary. If there is anything I should know, it is certain to come to light.” The mandarin rose and honored them with a shallow bow, then led Yu Po and his guards from the room. As soon as their steps faded from the corridor outside, Tang sent the servants away.
