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.

decided to turn a blind eye 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

that the emperor and the empress were deeply in love after

man in the heavenly realm was

addressed the emperor directly with

thank me. It's all my

you this time," he added after a lengthy pause, his eyes betraying his helplessness as he spoke. Xyla was

empress merely shrugged

surprised. I only did that to achieve my objective, didn't I?4f I didn't threaten to do that, he would never allow those

empress from the heavenly realm would resort to the same tactics as

women threatened their husbands with divorce

laughed, raising

don't you both

not, she replied,

"I heard that spending a day in the heavenly realm is equivalent to a year in