Ruan Wenyan stretched out his hands. The hands that had handled Privy Council documents and reviewed emergency reports from the border were shaking violently at this moment. The moment the baby was in her arms, warmth came through the brocade, and the little girl suddenly grinned - her toothless gums were exposed, and her eyes were bent into crescents.
The fifty-year-old grand master's tears fell on his daughter's face
