He smiled back, Lan Jingyi was very direct but sometimes that was necessary, it was refreshing. To have things in the open.

And it was true, his own job was to remind people of the cost. It was what a kirin did. Reminded the king of his people, kept their needs firstmost in his hand.

He smiled softly. "It's alright... I know you wouldn't be up to cooking and... It was a way I could help."

He couldn't bring Wen Sizhui back. Couldn't ease the pain in Lan Jingyi's heart.