"These are the guards His Highness Prince Huan dispatched to protect you," she explained. "Ever since the Prince left that day, these soldiers have been stationed outside. However, since Your Highness the Little Princess has been in low spirits lately and hasn't gone out, you didn't notice them!"
Su Luo was puzzled and didn't understand. "Prince Huan is so kind? Didn't his trade with my brother come to an end?"
Lei Yun glanced at her naive master and felt a pang of pity for the Prince in that instant.
She immediately explained, "The slave heard from the Prince's attendant that the Dayue-Persia trade agreement actually made the Prince suffer a considerable loss, but he still signed it because he used it to strike a deal with Prince Huan."
Su Luo's eyes widened in realization. "It can't be that he gave up so much just to protect me!"
Lei Yun nodded emphatically.
"But..." Su Luo hesitated for quite a while, yet found no argument to the contrary.