Meanwhile, the Empress flew slowly through the star-filled night sky with Dai Er. After a long while, Dai Er coughed lightly and glanced several times at the Empress with her pitch-black eyes.
"If you have something to say, say it!" the Empress snapped impatiently. "You've held it in for so long—were you really planning not to ask?"
"Your Majesty is indeed wise; this servant could never catch up in this lifetime!" Dai Er sighed with feigned maturity. "I wonder... is Little Huang... doing well now?"
"Alas, I fear its soul has already returned to the Yellow Springs!" The Empress sighed as well and said softly, "Even if Little Huang found its mother, its injuries were far too severe. Even I could do nothing. What could Xiao Hua possibly do? Leaving Little Huang with him spared us from facing the pain of life and death parting!"
"After coming to Xiaoyu Continent for several years, Your Majesty's heart... hehe, seems to have softened quite a bit!" Dai Er chuckled.
"You little girl, how do you speak?" The Empress frowned and rebuked her. "How can you be so disrespectful?"
"This servant knows her error, this servant knows her error!" Dai Er immediately begged forgiveness, though she hardly looked remorseful. Blinking her eyes, she smiled. "That Xiao Hua is truly amusing. He is clearly a male cultivator of the Cultivation World, yet Little Huang called him Mother. He is far more different from what this servant imagined!"
"Hehe~" Hearing this, the Empress covered her mouth and laughed. Even the bright moon paled before the charm of that smile. "Exactly... I also thought he would be... a Great Huang! Who would have thought he was actually... a grown man!"
"By the way, Your Majesty, regarding Xiao Hua's... memory loss, do you think... there is something