"The mont we win and gain access to Daniel Emberweave's technology and know-how, my Qing Empire will unite the world! The na Tianhao Zhusheng will resound through history! My glory will surpass even that of Qin Shi Huang! As long as we succeed, we'll write history however we want. Do as you see fit, Grand Councilor!" The crown prince's voice brimd with glee as he smiled, imagining the glory that awaited him.
Zhuge Liang glanced at his emperor, doubt flickering in his eyes. Is this truly the descendant of Lord Liu Bei? He felt a pang of disappointnt but suppressed it. Even so, as a loyal retainer, he could only serve, no matter how far this descendant had fallen from the ideals of his forebear. Zhuge Liang can only curse at his fate.
— New Atlantis - Daniel House —
In the gazebo outside Daniel's house on the Astral Corp's rooftop, Tian Xingyun is sitting and listening to a report from two people.
The first one was the Ancestor of the Peng Clan, and the Second one was the Ancestor of the Qing Empire… no, the Ming Empire, who ca from the All Heaven sect. Tian Xingyun didn't kill him, but she had to use them to find the answer.
Since these two can't enter Elpis because of their identity, Tian Xingyun can only have a eting with them here.
The answer to her blank mory. Tian XIngyun now knows that her mory has been lost, and it might not co back. There's a large blank of mory in her mind. While she accepts herself to be called the Empress since that is her right all along, as she will eventually be the one who inherited the Heavenly Palace, she still doubts in many places.
In her mind, she only has a mory of her father and her happy days, the mory of her training and cultivating, learning how to rule under her father's guidance. The mory of her living the life of a princess, not the empress…
After that, she knew that a lot of ti had passed, and that ti represented a vast blank space in her mory.
During this ti, she knew many things about what had happened during that blank mory; her father died… killed by a man nad Zhou Yu Huang, who had already died for an unknown reason.
That man forces himself on her and forces her to be his wife… this ans…. She's not a maiden anymore.
Daniel Emberweave didn't sully her body, but he still followed the arrangent of old man Yuan to play the role of a husband. He didn't even complain or show signs of disgust…
This…. She is very grateful for him… but is she worthy of him?
This question will be on her mind the mont she knows the truth. The information she let the two find out about it has confird her suspicion about her lost mory. Now… she only needs to decide on what to do.
She does not want to return to the Immortal Realm without her father and all of her enemies already dead.
She no longer had any connection to that place… the place that was full of sorrow.
"Sigh…" Tian Xingyun let out a sigh. "All of you may go; I release all of you from my service." She waved her hand, shooing the two people away.
"Thank you for your rcy, your majesty!" The two replied in tandem before they turned back. But the Empress's voice was heard before they could escape.
"By the way! I hope you don't cause trouble to Lord Daniel Emberweave and peacefully return to the Immortal Realm." She looked straight at the Ming Empire Ancestor, making him shiver.
"Otherwise, I don't mind strolling at the All Heaven sect while stepping over the rugged made out of your sect guardian beast hide. Rember that, " said the Empress.
"Ye… yes! Your Majesty!" the Ming Empire Ancestor replied in nervousness.
After that, the two imdiately fly out as fast as they can. They are afraid that if they were slower, the Empress might change her mind and kill them instead.
Tian Xingyun looks out to the far horizon. She doesn't know what to do next. Should she still live here as Daniel Emberweave's wife, acting like nothing happened? Even now, she doesn't rember anything other than the happy ti when she was still being pampered by her father.
Her mory wouldn't co back anymore thanks to old Yuan treatnt that also made sure her mory during the painful ti wouldn't co back.
But even when her mory didn't co back, her instinct, her muscle mory, was still there. She easily accepted being called an Empress, even though, in her mory, it was the first ti she was called that. But it sounds like she's been called and revered as once in a long ti. That's why her act, deanor, and the air of authority that she exudes are so natural.
While Tian XIngyun was lost in thought, she noticed a move that was not far from her.
"Why are you here, purple head? Are you coming to laugh at ? Laugh at who stupidly believes that she can compete with you?" Tian XIngyun asks, her voice self-derision.
At this mont, Envy Appeared. She used her invisibility spell, wanting to hide around here to see what Tian Xingyun was up to. Part of her was pure curiosity, while another part was her worry about Tian Xingyun.
"You seem to already know the truth." Said Envy.
"Yes… pathetic right? You can laugh, I don't mind. A dirty woman who thought she was a maiden clung to your husband's kindness and even enjoyed the care and warm feeling of the family he gave off." Tian Xingyun said in self-loath.
"Dirty?" Envy repeated with a playful smirk. "C'mon… If you're saying you're an egotistical, arrogant, narcissistic, two-faced b*tch who loves to act cute in front of our husband, then yeah, I'd agree with you."
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