Inside the Embassy.
The Eldest Princess suddenly cried out and jolted awake from her dream, startling the palace attendants outside.
Commandery Princess Yan'er brought people inside, pulled aside the bed curtains, and asked anxiously, "Aunt, what's wrong?"
The Eldest Princess froze for a moment, then caught her breath and said,
"Just now, I think I saw Imperial Grandmother."
"How could that be? Aunt, you must be imagining things. Your Imperial Grandmother can't be found at all, and neither can your Imperial Grandfather."
Commandery Princess Yan'er tried to comfort her.
The Eldest Princess rolled her eyes at her. "You're very good at comforting people. Don't do it again."
Her comforting words were like handing her a knife, and Yan'er had even helped plunge it into her heart.
The Eldest Princess nearly spat blood in anger.
She had distinctly heard her Imperial Grandfather and Grandmother calling to her beside her ear, night after night.
"Right, didn't we urgently request another Daoist from the Southern Mei Sect? Has he arrived?" she asked.
Commandery Princess Yan'er nodded. "That's what I came to tell you. The Southern Mei Sect sent Wumo's senior brother, Daoist Youmo. He's quite formidable. The journey here from Southern Mei takes fifteen days, but he arrived in two. He must have used magic to hurry here!"
That speed would easily beat even Master Shunfeng of Golden Mountain Temple.
"I feel unwell. There must still be some Cursing left in me. Have him come remove our curses!"
"All right, I'll summon him right away!"
Commandery Princess Yan'er rose and went to instruct the palace attendants to bring him over.
Meanwhile, the Eldest Princess stared at the two little gourds beside her bed, lost in thought.
Whenever she remembered that adorable little thing gazing at her eagerly as she offered them to her,