An old eunuch ran towards the court where a meeting session was taking place. Using a jade pass. He was quickly let in. "This subject greats Great Emperor and Great Empress!" The eunuch kowtowed.
The Emperor wrinkled his brows and spoke with an indifferent voice, "What is so important that you have come to interrupt Zhen's beloved Empress' speech?"
Everyone knew how high the Emperor put the Empress in his eyes. Their story was a legend amongst legends. Many doubted that a man more or less an Emperor could withstand having many beauties in his imperial harem. However, the Emperor abolished the imperial harem and only had the beautiful Empress who bore him 2 daughters and two sons. Unfortunately, the First Princess was born with a dead look in her eyes as if she had no soul. But even that did not stop the Emperor from doting on his Empress.
The eunuch grew even more frantic and cried, "Great Emperor! Great Empress! The First Princess fainted!" The court grew deathly quiet as mental pressure from the Emperor increased. The Emperor wasted no time in picking up his Empress. "Zhen declares the court to be dismissed!"
The couple vanished before anyone could blink. The Emperor saw the Empress' worried face as they flew to their daughter's quarters.
"Don't worry Rhea'er. Our girl will be fine." Hua Ju-Long tried to persuade his wife feeling her worry grow more.
"I know Ju-Long. I just can't bear to lose Seraph. Her little siblings are already little geniuses and can stand up for themselves though I still worry about them. Yet Seraph is like a ghost. A ghost of a reminder of who we lost long ago. I am afraid her blank eyes won't ever wake up."
Hua Ju-long internally sighed. He couldn't bear to see his wife looking so distressed.
His mind suddenly flashed back to an old memory, an image from a long time ago. Of when his beloved wife gave birth to their first child. The tears rolling down his wife's cheeks as she held her daughter for the very first time. Despite the pain she went through, she kept on smiling as her beautiful blue eyes flickered between her husband and child.
Everything fell so naturally into place. However when the child opened her eyes. There was a dark and empty look in them. When the mystic priest came, they quickly learned that the child's body had no soul that occupied it. Destroying a soul was something that was easy for the Immortal Emperor, but a missing soul apart from its body? No one has ever heard of such a thing! Only trusted subjects knew of this and more guards were stationed in order to protect the child from evil demons that could possess the child's body. The only hope they had was that the lost soul would find its way back to its being.
As they came closer to their daughter's quarters, a thundering shout was heard, "Dammit! What is this?". The Emperor and Empress quickly glanced at each other before banging the door open only to find the owner of the voice.