Then, after that, another one comes in.
"Yue Lao *shén, this one has such a talented and gorgeous daughter. Please bless her and help her gain His Majesty, Nangong Jiyu's attention. Let her shine before her peers so that His Majesty will be attracted to her."
(*Note: shén - God)
"Yue Lao shén, this minister wishes for your miraculous power to bind my daughter's fate with His Majesty, Nangong Jiyu, so that perhaps she can be his Empress."
And then another one.
"Dear, God of Love, I just saw His Majesty's carriage this morning. I believe our eyes met! Oh my god, I'm so happy. Thank you, Lord Yue Lao, for granting my wish. Oh, please bless me so that I may have a chance to be his concubine."
"God of Love...."
"Yue Lao shén...."
One after another, they come relentlessly into her head. All these wishes and the majority of them are the same. They all wish for either their daughter or themselves to be married to His Majesty, Nangong Jiyu, whoever that is.
Ying Yue knits her eyebrow with her eyes close. 'What the hell is going on?'
"My Lady, are you listening to the prayers?" The little girl asks.
Ying Yue opens her eyes and glance at her.
"You two can hear them too?"
The two children nod in synchronization as their respond. "If the God is away, us, the messengers have to help our Lord with their duty. We'll keep record of the people's wishes and later, report them to our Lord for him or her to judge which one deserves to be granted."
"Eh? How do I grant their wish?"
The two children look at each other again then, they shake their heads.
"We don't exactly know how, but Lord Yue Lao usually just circles the name of the prayer or scratch their name with his brush. Then he says, 'I've granted today's wishes' and shoves the report back to us."
Ying Yue "..."
The children cough before they speak again, "As for now, do you want to take a look a the records first?"
Ying Yue immediately crosses her arms in front of her chest into an X sign.
"No. Thank you."
The two kids then nod dejectedly but understandingly at her. They seem to be depressed as the records keep on piling but the God hasn't even touched it yet since a week ago. Yet, they understand because even they do not wish to keep the record anymore after two months ago. It's a nightmare.
Ying Yue frowns as she can still hear the overflowing prayers in her head. They are giving her a huge headache. She sighs.
"Tell me. Who's this His Majesty, Nangong Jiyu?" Ying Yue inquires with a serious and also pissed off expression on her face.
The children blink their eyes. "My Lady, where have you been living? How come you don't know His Majesty, Nangong Jiyu?"
Ying Yue "..."
'Excuse me, is he important for me to remember?'
"My Lady, Nangong Jiyu is the officially new emperor of Tianlong Empire since two months ago after he had returned from the big war."
Ying Yue holds out her right hand to support her head. "So he was the crown prince?"
The little boy shakes his head. "No. Once the previous emperor passed away, the crown prince fell sick all of the sudden which turned out to be the second prince doing along with the help of the sixth prince."
"Nangong Jiyu, the third prince, was the one who exposed them since he was close with the crown prince. However, by that time, it was too late. The poison was deathly and the crown prince passed away not long after they found the culprit," the little girl chimes in.
"And then there isn't any other capable prince, so this Nangong Jiyu becomes the crown prince and ascends the throne, am I right?" Ying Yue replies lazily as she connects their story.
It's easy to guess after all. Welcome to the world of Chinese drama serials. Maybe she really is in a dream or maybe she is currently shooting a movie.
However, Ying Yue is mistaken this time. The little girl shakes her head and denies it, "No, My Lady. That is incorrect."
"Oh?" Now, Ying Yue is interested. The third prince didn't take over the throne right away?
Then the two children begin retelling the story to their lady in complete details.
Nangong Jiyu fell into a deep depression after he lost one of his closest brothers. Then, he went into rage when he later found out that the second prince made a deal with the Southern Kingdoms that if he succeeded in ascending the throne, he would be their allies and help them in time of need since Tianlong is the most prosperous and largest kingdom. In return, they had to support him with everything they've got to make him king.
Turns out, the second prince doesn't really trust his sixth brother as well. That's why he needed a couple of allies to support him in case he had to wage war against this brother of his. Unfortunately, his well intricate planned scheme went down hill with the existence of Nangong Jiyu. He never expected that this not so ambitious third brother to be so upset with the crown prince falling ill that he would investigate it thoroughly.
No matter what the second prince did, it went south in the face of Nangong Jiyu's intelligence. After he found out about it, he called upon the court and with the crown prince's supporters, he won over the rest of the ministers and managed to sentence the second and the sixth princes to death.
Afterwards, when he found out the second prince's deal with the Southern Kingdoms, in the face of his depression, he went to war with them and successfully conquered the four kingdoms in the south. Since then, they have become a part of Tianlong Empire and Tianlong becomes even more prosperous and bigger than ever before.
The people cheered for his victory and wished for him to be their Emperor. Thus, he ascended the throne with full house votes and the fourth prince becomes his advisor. The seventh and the eight princes joined his reign. They happily helped him by ruling the Kingdoms of the south.