Volume Four: The Buddha Saves No One; Only I, the Demon, Shall Save Them - Unexplained (Part Two)

In the Soaring Firmament Treasure Hall, the Supreme Pure Emperor was reviewing memorials. "Your Majesty, the Eldest Princess requests an audience." "So she's finally willing to see me... Summon her!" "As you command."

The eunuch with the strange, affected voice had not been gone long when a woman slowly entered the Soaring Firmament Treasure Hall. The Supreme Pure Emperor set down his imperial brush and smiled. "You've come. Have you been well these past years?" He nodded. "Haven't you seen for yourself?" Silence fell, and the atmosphere grew awkward. "What brings you to me?"

The woman looked embarrassed. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "He's been captured by the Li Household. It isn't convenient for me to intervene..." The Supreme Pure Emperor frowned. "Luo Qian?" She nodded. He paced for a long while before saying gravely, "Do you know Ke'er is close to him too? Are you going to fight your own niece over a man?"

Without a word, the woman rose and walked out in silence.

The Supreme Pure Emperor opened his mouth, but in the end he only sighed dejectedly and let her go. Back at his desk, his thoughts in turmoil, he drove his imperial brush hard against its surface. "That bastard Luo Qian caused all this trouble!"

"Xu Hu!" the Supreme Pure Emperor roared. Xu Hu appeared from the side like a ghost and bowed. "What are Your Majesty's orders?" The emperor gave him a meaningful look, but Xu Hu stood as steady as a boulder, unmoving. "Tell them to be careful!" Xu Hu accepted the order. "Your subject obeys!"

To "atone," Xiao Xiangzi had been pressed into service by Pei Sefei. Riding her cloud of light, Feng Feitian complained unhappily, "If that boy isn't faithful to you, even if you rush over, all you'll be