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.

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

and the empress were deeply in love

heavenly realm was also a

the emperor directly with

It's all my wife's doing.

added after a

merely

surprised. I only did that to achieve my objective, didn't I?4f I didn't

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

women threatened their husbands with divorce to get

she laughed, raising

you're here, why don't you both

not, she

head regretfully. "I heard that spending a day in the heavenly realm is equivalent to a year in the human realm. A year would have gone by there if