Lan Fan's eyes trailed over the room, making sure that she and Ling were safe.

They were waiting for the Amestrian troops to arrive.

They, Ling and Lan Fan, would be escorted out by them, so that Ling was not assasinated, after all Lan Fan was still his guard, so she would still die to protect her young lord. She had, after all, pledged to protect him his whole life as his guard.

She wondered idly, how she would protect Ling, when she becomes his empress. She grinned; Mrs. Mustang still was at her husband's side protecting him. Lan Fan decided, right then, that she would do that for Ling; she would be that kind of empress.

Lan Fan wondered what her Grandfather Fu, would make of this situation, and her decision, if he hadn't died. He would probably still want Lan Fan to be Ling's guard, rather than his empress. He would probably approve, however, about her decision to still protect Master Ling.

She would definately find a way to be both Ling's empress, and still be his most trusted guard.