Although the adults were surprised to learn that the youngest of all three siblings was the wisest of them, they did not pry. The Empress nodded to herself. It finally made sense why her first impression of this young child was fear. The way Zhao Anji looked at the world seemed as if she were looking at it from a distance and not truly a part of it. However, it made sense now that they knew she was a prophet-healer type of cultivator.
"We hear that you have come to help us with the night terrors," the Empress looked at the young child and placed a piece of fish in her bowl. "I was not expecting a young girl when Noble Consort Liu told me a reclusive sect expert was arriving. She did not reveal any other details, and I was half expecting an elderly sage."
Instead of taking offence, Anji giggled.
