27 - Aihi
After too many formal meetings in the Hall of Resplendence and the throne room, Aihi was keen to escape the confines of the Cedar Palace and arranged her next discussion with Chunfeng and Zixin at the Winter Pavilion.
She had the servants replace the tables with a toasty kotatsu, and there Aihi knelt with a group of squirming officials. Aihi's amusement over how out of place the bullheaded Zixin and the bulky Terukage looked curled beneath the blanket table almost outweighed Takeha's look of irritation.
At this point, Aihi accepted that nothing she did would wholly please him.
"Thank you for your continued generosity." Zixin bowed her head to Aihi, Takeha, and the advisors. "Allow me to once again extend my sincerest apologies for my part in the expanding hostilities between
