<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/3a/Xiang.jpg)</div>Just one table away, a blue haired girl dressed not unlike many of the serving girls was reclining casually, sipping at what she considered to be very delicious tea. In fact were it not for other circumstances, she would have been completely focused on her tea instead of the conversation going on at the next table. But these were troubling times, and one needed to keep her ears open for opportunities such as the one which just presented itself to her.<br/><br/>She stood up, taking a moment to dust her black, tight bodice and straighten her black cuffs, which like the rest of her out fit were lined with pristine white lace. She walked over to the table where the teahouse's proprietor had been talking to two men, taking the other women's silence as a cue to introduce herself.<br/><br/>"Greetings, fellow travelers. My name is Xiang Wu Long, and I couldn't help but listen to your conversation. If you seek to find the One Tea which might cure the Empress, I would be most grateful if you would allow me to accompany you," she glanced down to indicate the spear resting between her ample breasts, the wooden shaft was simple enough but the spearhead seemed finely crafted and sharpened. Her golden eyes sparkled, "I won't slow you down, I promise."