Blue Moon Witch of Qaihong

Three weeks have passed since I have entered into my new reality. Currently, I am getting my outfit adjustments for the upcoming royal hunt. Usually, the princes and nobles would partake in the royal hunt of Qaihong.

The female nobility could partake in the royal hunt if they so desire. The female nobles would usually wait for the men to come back with their spoils to offer the magical beast meat, fur, and whatever else they could make from the magical beast.

The seamstresses furrow her brows while adjusting and restitching the coat of my hunting clothing. I had decided to partake in the hunt to gather some low-grade magical beast corpses to practice with.

On the positive side, I can practice killing magical beasts without hesitation. That brings me to my other goal, to gather some magic beast cores to experiment on; the core grade doesn't matter as long I can run a few experiments on them all is swell.

"Your highness, thanks for being patient with this lowly one" the seamstress lowered her head and apologized for taking a long time. I sighed "Jia Li you did nothing wrong so don't apologize" I gave her a head pat and got changed out of my hunting outfit.

"I will be looking forward to wearing the outfit for the hunt, have a good day Jia Li" I bid my goodbyes and left with steady strides towards the concubine palace. While minding my own business with Cheng Chin, one of my older brothers blocked my path.

"Imperial brother, may I pass through to see concubine Zuzu?" I asked politely not wanting to anger my older brother. His judgmental gaze wander all over my body before he moves his eyes to Cheng Chin, Cheng Chin kept her head low.

He made a scoffing sound "Seems like you still haven't been able to cultivate Gho. So why are you joining the royal hunt?" he asked with prejudice laced in his tone. I smiled sweetly at my disapproving older brother.

"If no one wants to marry me then who would protect a weak little girl like me?" I replied with a question of my own, his mouth gaped open a bit lost for words. He furrows his sword-like eyebrows in thought "Fair point Gho" he practically spat out my name out of his mouth like it was a vile thing to say.

He stepped aside and let me pass with Cheng Chin tailing me to my mother's quarters; I knocked on my mother's door and waited for someone to answer. Strange enough no one came to the door.

"Cheng Chin ask one of the servants here where concubine Zuzu is" I order my young maid with a frown. Cheng Chin left my side for a moment to flag down another servant since this was too odd, usually one of my mother servants would've answered.

I pressed my head up against the door to see if I could hear anything, nothing not even a mouse. Something is off according to the previous host memories her mother has always stayed in her room to avoid people.

She didn't want to be dragged into all of that power struggle between concubines, is my mother in a terrible situation? Many thoughts enter my mind. Someone placed their hand onto my shoulder snapping me out of my dark thoughts.

"Wha?" I raised my head confused "My lady your m-mother" Cheng Chin called out behind me, I turned my head towards her. Her expression is frantic, she looked like she saw someone die before her eyes.

I took her hand off of my shoulder and turned towards her "What happen to my mother?" fear squeezed at my heart, my heartbeat beat loudly in my ears. Cheng Chin cast me a look of pity "Your mother is in the cold palace" Cheng Chin's voice came out weak.

That's the worst place for anyone in the royal family, in the cold palace no servants are there to take care of the building or the people that live in the cold palace; my cheeks got wet from tears streaming down my cheeks.

"How long will she have to stay in there?" I asked in a weak tone, Cheng Chin pursed her lips and furrow her eyebrows. "Luckily your mother will be out in a few months my lady" she replied with some good news.

Even if my mother doesn't get to eat at her cultivation level she wouldn't die from starvation, it's common knowledge the higher the realm cultivators don't need to eat often. That won't prevent me from sending my mother sweets from time to time.

"Cheng Chin I want to start my own business, can you look around and see where I can get good real estate that I can buy and set up my shop. It needs a good traffic flow, I am even fine if it's on a branch street to the main busy street" I sated on what I wanted before sending my maid off.

I went back to my pavilion, an eunuch blocked my way to my study room. Raising a perfectly arch eyebrow I gave him a questioning stare. "Your highness, the emperor summons you to join him for tea" eunuch Bibi stated with a small smile.

Eunuch Bibi is one of my father's personal servants, he has been with my father since he was a young lad. A warm smile made its way onto my normally aloof features. "Is that so?" I uttered under my breath amused by the fact the old fart wants to see his useless daughter.

I followed the old eunuch to the main palace drawing-room, inside the drawing-room there's snacks and tea already set up. Very few guards guarded the room, the air felt tense and the atmosphere grew heavier after I had entered the room.

I had to leave Cheng Chin outside the study since my father's guards absolutely refused anyone but myself to enter. "Angel when I get to essence refinement stage 5 I can use the essence without backlash this time, correct?" I asked Angel telepathically.

"That is correct child" Angel replied with a small nod of his head, another thought popped up in my mind "What do you suppose on why imperial father summon me for?" I asked him with a slight frown.

Angel looked up towards the heavens in thought "I have no idea child" he replied in a happy-go-lucky tone. Before I can even ask another question an eunuch barged inside "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!" He spoke at the top of his lungs.

Damn this man got some strong long on him to speak this loud, soon after the eunuch announcement my father the emperor walked inside wearing his yellow robe and crown on his head.

He took a seat across from me "Qaihong Gho-" my father trailed off in a stern tone. What did I do to get into trouble?