A Female Emperor.
Burn everything?

Somewhat far ahead Li Ying could see a basin between the rock cliffs. Realizing that the raindrops were now starting to grow faster, Li Ying also increased his speed. The black horse on its mount ran faster, breaking through the wind and falling rain.

The clothes that Li Ying was wearing were almost drenched, but it was already not a problem since he had now entered into the cave.

“Thank God there is a place to shelter!” Li Ying sighed in relief and descended from on his horse.

Then, the little girl's eyes glanced at the surroundings. He carefully looked at every corner of the cave and saw that it turned out that the cave he stopped at was actually just a large basin on a naturally formed rock cliff.

It was not really a cave with long passageways into. But that's not a big deal. After all, whether it was a cave or just an ordinary basin, the two were the same, for Li Ying the most important thing was to be able to shelter and avoid the rain. And again this cave is also big enough to be stopped by a little girl and a horse.

“It looks like this storm will last overnight.” Li Ying muttered softly to himself.

From inside the cave the girl could see the atmosphere outside, her two eyes were now glancing upwards and watching the dark clouds that emitted rumbling thunder and lightning bolts in the sky.

The sound of raindrops is now getting noisy, hundreds of green leaves were released from the tree stalk and flying everywhere. The wind that blows strong as if it penetrates the body to the bones. It was cold and felt so gripping.

“It is very unlikely for me to continue the journey with such a heavy rainstorm, the road full of rocks will obviously be very slippery!” Mumbled again.

The cold gale blew and entered the cave. Li Ying was now glancing towards his horse, the dashing black horse seemed to be sitting quietly in one corner of the cave.

Seeing that Li Ying walked towards him, the little girl sat down and leaned her back on the belly of her dark horse.

From outside the thunderous sound continued to be heard along with the lightning flashes that struck. Perhaps most young children will be afraid of noise like this, especially when they are in a foreign place and alone.

The little ones would definitely cry loudly, feeling scared and confused. Their small bodies would tremble in fear, curling up in a corner of the cave while calling out the names of their mother and father.

But that was clearly not the case against Li Ying. The things that little children would do would be very unnatural if the little girl did too. The current situation did not make him feel threatened at all. In his mind this storm was just a storm. The ones descending from the sky were just a collection of water, the sound of thunder, and a flash of lightning.

The only thing that disturbed him a little was the cold wind that entered the cave, but it was no big deal. The little girl just sat quietly while closing her eyes, her tiny hands folded in front of her chest, her legs straight with her right legs crossed over her left leg.

The little girl seemed very calm in the stormy weather, she even casually fell asleep regardless of the heavy rain out there.

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The rainstorm lasted all night, even as the morning rained down storm still left the remains of drizzle and gray clouds above the sky.

Li Ying, who had woken up from her sleep, was now standing at the mouth of the cave and watching the weather. Seeing that the rain had subsided and left only a small drizzle the girl decided to continue her journey.

He has now made his way around the rock cliffs, walking into the forest with leaves dripping with the remnants of rainwater from last night's storm.

This morning was definitely not a bright morning, but on the other hand Li Ying felt such a peaceful atmosphere. The morning wind was very cool, it was a little cold but Li Ying really liked it.

“Have I ever felt so comforted by this morning drizzle? If I were still like I used to be, maybe I would never know how much fun it would be to walk under the drizzle of rain while holding a sheet of taro leaves as an umbrella.”

The little girl muttered in her heart, the corner of her lips now curled up and formed a thin smile that looked so beautiful.

His shoulders, which were not covered by the width of the taro leaves, looked a little wet. The atmosphere of the forest was still cold, some twigs and small trees seemed to fall on the ground. Maybe it was all because of the stormy winds last night that blew fiercely and knocked down the poor little tree whose roots were still not strong enough to withstand the storm.

And while she was in the forest, Li Ying now decided to look for fruits to eat. Unlike the forest he had passed through before, Li Ying was now only able to obtain a small supply of food. Trees with fruits that can be eaten apparently do not grow much around here. However what Li Ying got right now might have been more than enough, and if it was less he stayed to look for the river and catch fish.

“The man said if you want to get there you have to travel for one week. Then let's just enjoy!” The girl muttered while biting the fruit in her hand.

This long journey will be fun. Li Ying could not wait to get to his destination. The little girl wanted to immediately see the beauty of the place that the middle-aged man had said.

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On the other hand, Li Ying is now enjoying her life full of adventures and new things. Elsewhere at this time, precisely at the residence of the great master Li some servants seemed to be busy carrying some items to burn.

The faces of the servants looked very bad. The expression they were showing at the moment was filled with pressure. Some of the servants looked sad, feeling affectionate with items that would soon be burned. While some of the other servants now looked very frightened, their minds were now worried between having to endure the wrath of their great master or their great mistress.

The items they were currently carrying were none other than Li Ying's remaining possessions. Some of them were the clothes and playful little Li Ying used to wear first. But for some reason, early in the morning their great mistress came and ordered the servants to take the belongings of the second miss out of the residence and burn everything to the point of being charred.

“Do we have to obey him? The orders of the great mistress are clearly beyond the knowledge of the master, and upon knowing all this the great lord will definitely be very wrathful!” Said one of the servants whispering to the other.

Hearing the servant's words, another servant came a little closer and whispered. “The big master will obviously be angry, but do you dare to defy the orders of the big madam?!” He whispered in a very slow voice, glancing to the left right to ascertain whether the person they were talking about existed or not. “You know for yourself how fierce that woman is? What if we all get whipped just because he's pissed off?” Say again.

“Large master Li does look terrible if he is angry, but at least he is not a cruel person!”

“That's right, we better just follow the woman's orders first!”

“Yeah, and if the big master gets angry just say that this is a direct order from the mistress!” Said the servants whispering to each other.