After a moment of confusion, I had to accept the fact and pull myself together to face Dorgon, who would appear at any second. 

I could only imagine how crazy Dorgon would be when he knew that I had extinguished his mother’s last wisp of soul.

I stayed up the whole night to watch Mr. Jin. I didn’t dare to sleep and waited until the break of dawn. 

Not long after breakfast, Li Mazi returned. He asked, “How is it going?” 

I told him about Abahai’s story, then said with great emotion, “Did I do the wrong thing?” 

“Everything has two sides. You shouldn’t blame yourself,” Li Mazi said as he comforted me. 

I wore a wry smile and shook my head. I wanted to drive the topic away from this sad story so I asked, “What about the task I asked you to complete?” 

“Your brother Mazi aced it, of course!” Li Mazi smiled. 

The other day, after listening to Mr. Jin’s encounter with the peddler, I had secretly discussed a plan with Li Mazi. The plan was that I would stay in the villa to protect Mr. Jin while Li Mazi would go to Mount Changbai to find the peddler that had sold the bow to...