Luoyi Imperial Palace.
"What? Changle went to the Heaven Temple Branch?" Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long, the Holy Son of Heaven of Great Zhou, was reviewing memorials when he heard this report. He lifted his head in astonishment, and his expression gradually turned angry.
"She's gotten mixed up with those bald thieves from the Heaven Temple?
What is she trying to do? Does she still have any regard for me, her Imperial Father?" In his fury, Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long casually hurled the pile of memorials before him at the eunuch reporting to him, frightening all the palace attendants into kneeling and kowtowing.
Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace Yu Chaoen stepped forward soundlessly, waved a hand to signal the attendants to withdraw, then slowly picked up the scattered memorials and placed them back on the imperial desk.
"Your Majesty, the Princess Changle in your heart is still that Princess Changle from several years ago, the one who only liked flowers, grass, and pets, isn't she?"
Yu Chaoen's tone was respectful, yet it carried a different sort of meaning. "Your Majesty, as they say, reading ten thousand scrolls is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Princess Changle's gains from being stranded in a foreign land this time went far beyond ten thousand miles of travel."
Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long's expression darkened somewhat. "You mean Changle... has grown up?"
"Not merely grown up, Your Majesty. Since Princess Changle returned, she has made three requests of you, yet you have not agreed to a single one!" Yu Chaoen reminded him.
"That is because her requests..."
Before he could finish, Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long abruptly stopped. As the supreme ruler who held Great Zhou in his grasp, he immediately understood.
"It seems my Changle truly has grown up..." Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long