"Empress Dowager, what took you so long?"
The grand empress dowager asks annoyingly the moment the empress dowager managed to break into her hall. She really used the main door and just walks in like nothing. The empress dowager is even carrying a tray with a teapot and a teacup on it. The old empress doesn't know how did she pass through the guards outside her hall but not that it matters to her.
"Forget it, it's not important. Quick, do something. We cannot remain like this while they're enjoying their reign. Where's the head eunuch?"
The empress dowager gracefully walks closer to the grand empress dowager and puts the tray on the nearby tea table.
"I apologize for my late arrival, Grand Empress Dowager. Your hall is highly guarded day and night. It's hard for me to come in without anyone noticing." The smile on the empress dowager hides her annoyance.
She's thinking that this old woman thinks too highly of herself when she doesn't possess t
Empress Xue Chi is currently fixing her hair with her wooden comb while facing the mirror. She's still inside the empress dowager's hall and is planning to ask permission to go outside. She wants to see Xu Zhengming and check his condition now. Ever since the empress is hidden in this hall, she hasn't heard anything about this eunuch. And so, she can't help herself from worrying about his well-being. "Ah Chi." The empress dowager is back in her palace. She went somewhere and the empress didn't bother to ask where she's gone from. "Your highness!" Empress Xue Chi puts her comb down and comes closer to the empress dowager. "Can I go out of this hall now?" The empress dowager doesn't seem to like her request. Despite that, she still asked, "Why? Where are you planning to go?" The empress lowers her head and plays with her fingers. Her cheeks slightly turn rosy. "I'd like to check Ming--- I mean, Eunuch Xu's condition. The last time I heard about
Sect Leader Zhao slides the door open. He sighs the moment he saw his child sulking inside his room. This child of his has been acting like this since yesterday and seems he's not planning to get out of his bed any time soon. It's like an important thing from him got snatched away from his tight grip. He's too upset. Zhao Yangguang enters the room and headed towards the sulking man. The sect leader sits on the edge of the bed and reaches his hand to stroke the other's hair. "Renshu, are you sure you're not going?" He said in the most soothing voice he can. Sect Leader Zhao knows very well that this child of his is aching and devastated about the news he heard yesterday. So, the former eighth-generation emperor of the current Dynasty, Yin Renshu, arrived two days ago in Wan Moli Hua Palace. At first, the sect leader, as well as all the elders in the sect, thought that he's just paying the sect a visit. Turns out, he wants to live here for good. Even th
Empress Xue Chi is currently fixing her hair with her wooden comb while facing the mirror. She's still inside the empress dowager's hall and is planning to ask permission to go outside. She wants to see Xu Zhengming and check his condition now. Ever since the empress is hidden in this hall, she hasn't heard anything about this eunuch. And so, she can't help herself from worrying about his well-being. "Ah Chi." The empress dowager is back in her palace. She went somewhere and the empress didn't bother to ask where she's gone from. "Your highness!" Empress Xue Chi puts her comb down and comes closer to the empress dowager. "Can I go out of this hall now?" The empress dowager doesn't seem to like her request. Despite that, she still asked, "Why? Where are you planning to go?" The empress lowers her head and plays with her fingers. Her cheeks slightly turn rosy. "I'd like to check Ming--- I mean, Eunuch Xu's condition. The last time I heard about
"Your highness!" Xu Zhengming rushed inside the hall. He's heading straight to where the empress is. But before he could even step on the circumference of the array, a hand pulled him back. It's the princess being cautious of what the array may do to them once they stepped upon it. On the other hand, the empress lifts her hand, about to reach it to Xu Zhengming but she stopped halfway the moment she sees the crimson red blood streaming across her arms, and the bruises on it. She looks at him again for some time, and then put her hand back down. There's no way Xu Zhengming would reach for her filthy hand. Too late, she can't be saved now... or rather no one will save her now. The weakened empress can only whisper in the thin air. "Why are you here of all times? I don't want you to see me like this." Even though she wants these words to reach Xu Zhengming, she can't say them any louder. Maybe there are really some things that are better left unsaid.
"Xiulan! Watch out!" A white shadow shows up in the skies and throws a flame on the enemy that's about to attack the first princess. Bull's eye! The flame hits on the opponent's forehead. Princess Yin Xiulan is occupied with dealing with these bloodthirsty creatures. Yes, another wave of these monsters is causing havoc inside the imperial palace. The innocent people who turned into these hideous creatures? The palace servants. She turns her head to the direction where the flame came from and saw his other twin, the previous emperor. "Renshu... why are you here?!" Even though he's wearing white robes underneath the white cloak that conceals his face, she could tell that it really is Yin Renshu. His built, the fire element of his spiritual root, and even his voice that is very much similar to Emperor Yin Wenyan. "Wrong. You should tell me 'thank you'." Yin Renshu landed on the ground near his sister. It was a smooth landing, he almost looks like
Xu Zhengming let go of the empress and immediately distanced himself from her highness. His throat is acting up again. And his pair of canine teeth aches. His heart starts to race and his blood rushes through his veins at an abnormally fast pace. He can feel that the poison within him got triggered. He grits his teeth as he clutches on his lapels. He thought the spirit herb already healed him completely. Turns out, there's still remaining poison that circulates in his body. Although it's not as intense and as painful as his previous metamorphosis, he's still afraid that he'll lose his consciousness again, and worse, he might attack people. It was hard for him to stand but he still managed to rise on his feet. He needs to get away from here or else, he might end up harming the empress. "Ming'er... you still have..." The empress couldn't finish what she wants to say. Uttering a word is too painful and hard for her in her state. She's very exhausted and
Even though it's in the middle of a chilly night, droplets of sweat are forming on the Empress Dowagers' forehead. She's hiding in a dark corner while she's concentrating the flow of her spiritual energy in her body. There's one more thing that she needs to do before this night ends. The empress dowager is trying to recreate one of the most dangerous weapons that her clan made: the Crimson Javelin. The weapon does not look too different from a normal javelin, except that it has the same color as blood, and it's very deadly. Once injured with this weapon, the victim tends to die in a short time. A poison will quickly circulate in the victim's body and when it reaches the heart, it will immediately turn the organ into an iron (literally), making it an agonizing death due to lack of oxygen. There's no remedy made for it. The javelin doesn't look special in terms of its physical form at all. In fact, it's just a long shaft with a sharp-pointed end. The main diffe
Everyone is having a rough time due to this chaos that has risen. Emperor Yin Wenyan didn't have it easy as well. He can barely keep up with Eunuch Ye. Dealing with this monster for an hour or two will do but he's afraid he can't keep up for the third hour. If this continues, he will eventually get exhausted. The deceased eunuch sensed the order of the empress dowager. As her mere pawn, the creature suddenly backed off from the emperor and immediately headed out of the Union Hall. Emperor Yin Wenyan didn't see this coming. He didn't know why Eunuch Ye suddenly runs out of the hall at full speed. Of course, his majesty won't let him go just like that. He chased after him, hoping on the roof from eves to eves. He followed him closely until they reached the Empress Dowager's Hall where his sister and the empress dowager are in combat. Without any forewarnings, Eunuch Ye grabs the empress dowager on the waist and took her with him away from her opponent.