Sometimes she wished that Master Ling wasn't so flightily, he certainly would be a lot easier to keep track of. Not that he purposely would run from her, he probably didn't even notice that he was doing it.
Which was probably one of the most irresponsible traits to possess was ignorance and it seemed that Master Ling had it mastered for many important matters.
Which in the end cause many problems for Ran Fan as a body guard for a future emperor but really what could she do? Not much but hint at changing certain things but mostly be discarded.