Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

The real emperor looked nothing like the one in the portrait Xyla Quest had seen previously.

"That is merely a coincidence. The real emperor is different from the one you saw in the portrait, isn't he?" the empress asked.

Xyla nodded her head and then leveled her gaze directly at the empress. "Thank you for protecting me, my husband, and our two children, Empress."

At last, she had finally found the answers to some of her lingering questions after so long.

As it turned out, the one secretly helping them all along was the empress.

Xyla was full of gratitude for her help that she pulled Stanley Batton along to kneel before the empress.

"Thank you," she said with utmost sincerity.

The empress chuckled. "You saved my life, and therefore it was my duty to return the favor.

"You should be thanking the emperor, too, to be honest. He is the reason why the charms I gave you worked during those crucial moments you needed them most.

when he couldn't stand my constant naggings. "He was even willing to guide you to the heavenly palace after defeating the nine-tailed demon fox to grant my wish of meeting you face-to-face after everything that has happened. "You see, ordinary humans do not

the emperor and the empress were

in the heavenly realm was also a loving

addressed the emperor directly with a

his head. "No, don't thank me. It's all my wife's doing. I couldn't

also because she threatened to divorce me if something happened to you this time," he added after a lengthy pause, his eyes betraying

empress merely shrugged

objective, didn't I?4f I didn't threaten

an empress from the heavenly realm would resort to the same tactics as ordinary women

husbands with

she laughed, raising her

bad, I guess. Since you're here, why don't you both stay for

rather not, she

heard that spending a day in the heavenly realm is equivalent to a year in the human realm. A year would have gone