Xi’s driving motivation is to ensure her sister’s safety. Whilst she shares her sisters desire to bring the brothers to justice and see them pay for their crimes she does not prioritise it over the wellbeing of Yangjing or Yizhi. Her heritage always made her feel like an outsider in the courts of the Empire and she has found great self worth being the sword arm of her sisters, frustrating their would be attackers with perfectly orchestrated defence. —description from the publisher