In safe hands.

Both the eyes and the voice of the butler seemed a little hesitant but it surprised him when no correction was made to his words for quite some time. He looked at the king and smiled. All this time he has known that it was hard to ignore the call of the blood. Though at first came the denial, even in that course of denial, he has felt a sense of acceptance somewhere. 

Shin Tinming's expression didn't say anything. But his eyes held some dilemmatic questions for which he was trying hard to find the answers. No doubt he felt the sense of familiarity from Li Xue that neither he could deny nor he could ignore, but still he felt some strings inside him that were halting him from the acceptance of his heart. 

"Your Majesty! …" the butler began his words again but before he could continue, there came an interruption that paused him in the talks.