Royal Summonings

Ling Feiji's twittering servants and handmaids rushed around her like a flock of birds. Ling Feiji slowed her steady pace a bit as they applied her mask and wig. Her father had summoned her for a mission of utmost importance and secrecy, therefore she had to act like anyone but herself. First rule of spying: If someone is observing or tailing you and they report back to their master, you want them to report back the exact opposite of who you really are.

She hunched her back slightly, and started limping shaking her fingers back and forth. Suddenly she looked like one of the older men who had somewhere to be. The handmaids knew the drill and dispersed, they had been sworn to secrecy and had been in the royal family for years. Ling Feiji reached the intricatly carved red and gold doors, and pushed them open with "quivering hands". She saw her father in a plain wooden mask and nondescript robes sitting on a mat. She pretended to be nervous and folded her hands into her robe. She bowed, then slowly straightened like a man who had a weak back.

Clap! Clap! Clap! "Bravo!", her father chuckled slightly, "I don't regret making you top spy." You could tell her was smiling under the mask.

Ling Feiji bowed sharply in reply. "What is it that you want, father?"

"Xin Liu kingdom is hosting a banquet for your middle sister's wedding, I want it to be safe, and besides that kingdom has been quiet for too long. You will stay there for a year's time, only the fourth prince is head spymaster so he already knows about you checking for your sister's safety.", the emporer stated.

"Yes father."Ling Feiji replied, then promptly flipped to avoid the knife thrown at her.