THIRD PERSON POV
CRASH!!
BANG!!
CRACK!!
BAM!
"Don't you ever come near me again, you insolent bastard!" Screamed Huizhong after slamming the door open. He glared daggers at Zhong Shen before turning away and marching off to the Emperor's Palace.
Zhong Shen was crawling to the door with a battered bleeding body created by Huizhong. He didn't mean for that to happen. It wasn't supposed to happen. After finding out about that, he wanted it to be kept a secret from his beloved. Unfortunately for him, his beloved found out about it right after he knew.
'Oh, how am I to fix this problem with him? I'm going to suffer for months. That's for sure.' Zhong Shen thought dejectedly.
Huizhong briskly walked to the Emperor's Palace where he knew his brother was at with a poker face. Arriving at the palace, he states his business and went in to see his brother had just finished cooking lunch for the Emperor. His little brother was just wrapping it up before going to see the Emperor.
Feng Liqin turned to face Huizhong's way after finishing up and looked curiously at his big brother. His brother didn't say a word at first and Feng Liqin became worried. His brother was not like this before. He is only like this when-
'Oh, no.' Feng Liqin thought.
"Ye Li! Ye Qiu! Can you take this to the Emperor, please? Tell him I'm not able to have lunch with him today. Something important came up."
The servants nodded and went to do as told. Feng Liqin immediately took his brother to his room with Ye Hai on tow.
"Ye Hai, get me a large cloth and a small tub of water." Ye Hai nodded and turned away. When she arrives once again, she sees the general lay his head on top of Feng Liqin's lap. She wondered why at first, but then knew when she heard the sound of sobbing coming from him. Feng Liqin looked up at Ye Hai. "Ye Hai, come and put them here." Ye Hai placed the tub and cloth by Feng Liqin's side and sat in front of him.
Feng Liqin brushed his brother's hair to the side and picked up the comb that he retrieved before sitting down. He dipped it in the water and combed his brother's hair. Ye Hai did the same on the lower part of Huizhong's hair where Feng Liqin couldn't reached. As they sat there combing Huizhong's hair, Huizhong cried and soon, fell asleep. Feng Liqin placed a pillow below Huizhong's head before standing up on trembling legs. Ye Li and Ye Qiu, that just came in, helped their Empress stand. Afterword, they went to help their sister.
Once the both of them were fine, Feng Liqin and his servants went out to the garden. He wanted to let his brother sleep it off first before letting him tell his story. As he looked over the flowers, he was suddenly pounced on by a little body. Surprised, Feng Liqin lost his balance and fell to the side.
"Oh My Lord!" Feng Liqin screamed, surprised by the sudden impact. He looked to the laughing body beside him to see his playful son laughing heartily. He frowned with a smile on his face. He picked up the small prince and placed him on his lap. "Shun Rong, what do you think your doing? You scared me."
Shun Rong looked at his Imperial Mother with a smile. "I wanted to surprise you. That's all." Feng Liqin returned the smile and hugged the young Prince. Shun Rong returned the hug and looked up at his Imperial Mother. "Mother, can I see your power? I haven't seen it in a while and I would really love to see it."
"Shun Rong, I would actually love to show you but Xiaoli isn't here. She needs to be here to help me cultivate if you want to see it." Feng Liqin explained as gently as possible. He doesn't want to upset his son. Shun Rong pouted but nodded. He understood that in order to cultivate, your beast must be with you to help control your power. If they're not beside you as you cultivate, your powers would go haywire without you knowing. It's very dangerous even for lower leveled cultivators.
"It's a good thing I'm here then, right?" Xiaoli emerged from the trees. She walked forward and sat beside Feng Liqin. "By the way, thank you for suggesting cultivating to your mother. If you didn't ask for it, I'm sure he wouldn't want to start cultivating yet." Xiaoli said as she looked at an embarrassed Feng Liqin with an eyebrow raised.
"Hooray!!" Shun Rong jumped on the black tiger. "Your here! Now I can see mother's power!"
Xiaoli growled at Shun Rong for jumping on her. Shun Rong ignored the angry black tiger and continued to hug her. Feng Liqin giggled and pulled Shun Rong into his lap after receiving a glare from his beast. "Can you start now? Can you start now? I want to see!" Shun Rong asked excitedly as he looked back at his mother and forward at Xiaoli again and again.
The tiger chuffed. She stood up and sat by the trees, waiting. Shun Rong stood up and sat on Ye Hai's lap, further away from where Xiaoli and Feng Liqin were sitting. Feng Liqin prepared himself before looking back at his son. He smiled, having the feeling of warmth as he started. Once he has a hold on that feeling, he closed his eyes and thought of both his husband, Huang Longwei and his son, Shun Rong. Then, he was engulfed in a green light as the trees and small plants near him created a shield around him. Xiaoli stood to the side and concentrated on not letting the power from going wild. As they did this, Shun Rong was in awe. He loved to watch his Imperial Mother cultivate. The swirling greens and whites of his mother's power fascinate him. He wished to get his powers soon so that he could do what his mother does.
As the Crown Prince and the Empress's servants watched the spectacle of Her Highness's powers as he cultivated, none knew of the harm coming their way. Before they knew it, a dagger was thrown the Empress's way. Fortunately, it was caught by Xiaoli. She growled menacingly at the person who threw the dagger. Without much thought, Xiaoli went straight to the person that threw the dagger and attacked him. He managed to doge and run, but Xiaoli wouldn't have it. She went after him.
Suddenly, the calm swirl of power that became everyone's attention started growing bigger. It became wilder and violent. Ye Hai hurriedly took the Crown Prince inside to safety. She ordered Ye Qiu to find the Emperor quickly. Shun Rong watched from inside his mother's power growing wild and violent. The trees and small plants that were guarding him was destroyed and his mother was fully engulfed by the swirl of power. Shun Rong was frightened by the sudden change right when Xiaoli disappeared. He wanted his father to quickly come before that happened again.