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.

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

the emperor and the empress were deeply in love after

in the heavenly realm was also

addressed the emperor directly

my wife's doing. I couldn't stand her nagging, so I

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

merely shrugged

my objective, didn't I?4f I didn't threaten to do that,

an empress from the heavenly realm would resort to the same

husbands with divorce to get what they

amazing," she laughed, raising her thumb

Since you're here, why don't you both stay for

not, she

year in the human realm. A year would have gone by there if we had spent a