Chương 173: You know swords better than people

[Past]

At the age of eighteen, Rue Yim meets the king. 

The old king is scrawny, old, and dying. Rue Yim doesn't have to lift her head and look at the king. She can sense the energy around him. He doesn't have more than three or four years. 

"You have grown into a beautiful young day," The king says in a low tone, loud enough for her to hear, but not loud enough for even the concubine who is sitting close to him. The screen hides her face. Rue Yim senses another person with the young concubine. It's the beloved princess of the kingdom. After her birth, the kingdom saw the first rain after more than twenty years. People have more faith in the princess than the king. 

She is only three years younger than Rue Yim.