At that moment, Ambrose turned and asked, “That’s right, where is my father? The Emperor wanted to kill him yesterday; he wouldn’t be dead, right?”“He…” Yvette did not know what to say. She forced a smile and consoled him, “He’ll be alright.”‘I wasn’t able to rescue Lord Kenny. He might have been executed by now. There’s only so much a child’s heart can take. I can’t tell him such cruel news for now.”Before Ambrose could speak, Yvette hugged him in her arms. “Ambrose, time to go to sleep.” Feeling Yvette’s warm embrace, Ambrose calmed down but did not feel sleepy at all.Yvette could not sleep, either; she had too many thoughts in her mind. “Ambrose is such a pitiful child; I cannot let him be harmed!’Both of them were deep in thought. The temple was completely silent, with only the sound of the rain outside. There was no telling how long it had been; Ambrose could not help but ask, “I can’t sleep. Can you tell me a story?”“Sure!” Yvette smiled and nodded. Yvetter tho
“Yvette, I’ll sleep. Tomorrow you’ll tell me stories again, okay?” Ambrose smiled as he spoke.“Good, good.” Yvette patted his head and smiled.Ambrose nodded happily. He was so sleepy that he fell asleep quickly and was breathing deeply.Yvette hugged him in her arms as she watched him sleep soundly. It was raining heavily outside, and it was really cold in the temple. Both of them were hugging each other tightly to keep themselves warm. After a very long time, Yvette finally fell asleep.Meanwhile, at the Empress’ residence in the palace of South Cloud World.Darryl kneeled in front of the Empress calmly in the quiet but exquisite garden. He was unsettled.Since Darryl was able to use an ant to tie the red string, the Empress was about to reward him. He had told the Empress that he wanted Quincy’s Dragon Essence. At that moment, the Empress looked coldly at Darryl. It was only after a while that she finally spoke, “You little eunuch, you want Princess Quincy’s Dragon Essence?
Darryl had decided at that moment.He could only find the opportunity to steal the Dragon Essence back from Quincy since he could not get it from the Empress.‘What?’ Those few civil officials were stunned and furious in their hearts at that instance upon watching Darryl’s action.‘This bloody eunuch!’‘Her Majesty allowed him not to kneel in the future, but he should still kneel now to show his gratitude. How dare he immediately sit down? How unruly!’The Empress also frowned but did not reprimand Darryl as she had a generous personality.The Empress looked at the few officials after sipping some tea and smiled. “My fellow officials, it’s been a while now. Does anyone have a good verse for me?”The Empress’s beautiful face was filled with urgency when she said that.A spring snowfall happened in the Royal City two days ago! The entire palace became beautifully covered in the silver snow.The Empress loved poetry, so she gathered these civil officials for them to enjoy the sce
“What are you laughing about, Eunuch?” Stanley could not help but walk over and sneer at Darryl.The eunuch already infuriated many from his lack of having any etiquette shown just moments ago when the Empress gave him a seat. At that moment, he was laughing insultingly at Stanley’s poem.Stanley instantly felt utterly humiliated as the fury in his heart suddenly surfaced.Darryl smiled upon feeling Stanley’s anger and said, “I wasn’t laughing at anything.” Darryl was completely indifferent when he said that.At that moment, the Empress looked at Darryl and gently asked, “Are you of the opinion that Official Stanley’s poem isn’t good?”Darryl’s reaction was too obvious and one could see it as long as they were not an idiot.“Hmm…” Darryl scratched his head and casually said, “Well, it’s just mediocre.”‘What? Mediocre?’Everyone present was stunned upon hearing his words.Such bold words from a eunuch!“What an arrogant eunuch!” At that moment, a civil official stood up and r
“How dare you provoke Official Stanley! You are out of your depth!”The Empress looked at Darryl at that moment and gently said, “Darryl, why don't you give us a verse since you say that Stanley’s poetry is just mediocre?”Her voice was gentle, yet authoritative and unquestionable!At that moment, the Empress was curious about Darryl. This eunuch could use an ant to thread the red string, which meant that he had some talents. At that moment, he said Stanley’s poem was not great. Could he have the capabilities to compose poems? Gasp!The entire courtyard was in utter silence with everyone shutting up their mouths once the Empress started speaking.“Uh…” Darryl scratched his head and said politely to the Empress, “Let me think about it.”The World Universe indeed had many poems about snowfall. However, perhaps the Empress had read the World Universe’s ancient poetry since the enchanted barrier between the Nine Mainlands had disappeared. Therefore, Darryl could not use those anymo
Darryl was also extremely excited when he recited the poem!‘Haha! No wonder Pang Tong was a famous strategist from the Three Kingdoms. He’s so talented that he could compose this poem in such a short time!’Although the poem sounded a little like doggerel, this poem could be passed down for generations when you slowly savored it! It was even comparable with the World Universe’s ancient poetry!Darryl scanned his surroundings with that thought in mind and finally laid his eyes on Stanley. He smiled and said, “Master Stanley, I was suddenly inspired and simply wrote this poem.”‘What? He casually wrote this poem after a mere dozen breaths?’The surrounding crowd was stunned by those words. This eunuch did not even know how to be humble. However, this poem was truly amazing.Stanley’s face flushed as he felt unspeakably embarrassed and awkward.Darryl continued at that moment, “Master Stanley, I can continue. I’ll immediately pour wine to make amends if you can recite a better poe
Darryl could only smile bitterly and helplessly nodded. “I’ll try my best.”At the same moment, Darryl sent a signal to Pang Tong in the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda. “Pang Tong, I’m so sorry to trouble you again.”“Master, you’re too polite!” Pang Tong respectfully replied from the pagoda.Darryl recited a few poems for the Empress in the next ten minutes or so. Every poem was a masterpiece which was written by Pang Tong of course!The mood of the Empress instantly turned joyous as she slowly savored the mesmerizing poems and even treated Darryl as though he was a rare talent.It was not until dusk did the Empress finally let Darryl off.Darryl took a deep breath and immediately bowed at that moment. “I’ll take my leave.”Darryl then turned and left.The Empress’ heart could not help but flutter upon seeing Darryl’s back.Darryl was so talented that it was such a pity for him to be a eunuch. Otherwise, she might have appointed him into a high-level official position.“Da
“Hold on, Ambrose, I’ll find you a doctor,” said Yvette anxiously. At that moment, her heart was aching terribly from Ambrose having a fever.She carried Ambrose and ran as fast as she could!It was slightly after midnight and the entire Royal City was silent without even a single person on the wide streets. Yvette immediately slammed on the door when they reached one of Royal City’s largest clinics.Knock! Knock! Knock!Yvette was almost losing it and yelled out loud, “Doctor! Is there a doctor? Open the door quickly! Please save this child!”Yvette could see Ambrose was already asleep. However, his face was hot, his body shivered harder than before, and his lips were also peeling.“Open the door! Quickly open the door!” Yvette continued yelling and kicked the door down when she finally could wait any longer.She saw there was no one in the long-closed clinic as it was already late.“Yvette…”At that moment, Ambrose groggily woke up and feebly said, “I’m fine, I can still l