She said she wanted to enter the Royal Domain to see the Celestial Empress.
The Celestial Empress didn’t agree right away. Instead, she asked what the matter was.
Quinn Xiao said it was something very important—and very urgent.
In the end, since she was her own daughter, the Celestial Empress let her in.
So Quinn Xiao went in.
When she saw the Celestial Empress, Quinn Xiao immediately started crying, saying that Sean Shaw wanted to marry her off to the Nora Clan, to the clan chief’s son.
Who would have thought—the Celestial Empress didn’t object. She said, “I’ve met that child before. He’s excellent. He’ll have a bright future.”
“Mother Empress, I don’t want to marry him!” Quinn Xiao sobbed.
“Then who do you want to marry?” The Celestial Empress’s face darkened.
“I... I don’t want to marry anyone! I don’t want to get married, and I especially don’t want Sean Shaw arranging it for me!”
“Have you forgotten what you promised me?” the Celestial Empress asked sternly.
“I haven’t forgotten! But... Mother Empress, I have something I want to ask you.”
“What is it?”
“Darren Xuan... is he really dead?”
“What kind of question is that?” The Celestial Empress asked, puzzled. “Hasn’t he been dead for ages?”
“Is he really dead?” Quinn Xiao pressed again.
“Did someone tell you something?” the Celestial Empress asked.
Quinn Xiao shook her head. “Mother Empress, if he’s still alive, I beg you—please tell me where he is? I miss him so much...”
Seeing her like this, the Celestial Empress’s temper flared. She suddenly slapped her across the face. “What are you thinking about all day? After everything that’s happened, you’re still obsessed with Darren Xuan! Let me tell you, even if he’s alive, I’d kill him myself! I will never let you be with him!”
Quinn Xiao covered her face. She didn’t cry or shout, but calmly said, “I understand, Mother Empress. I know I was wrong.”
Seeing her daughter like this, the Celestial Empress’s heart softened. She hugged her and said, “My daughter, if you don’t plan for the future, you’ll only have worries in the present. You need to broaden your horizons and think long-term! Stop clinging to the past. Darren Xuan never truly loved you—he’s not the right match for you!”
Quinn Xiao didn’t say anything, but behind the Empress’s back, she began casting a spell.
By the time the Celestial Empress noticed, it was already too late.
Quinn Xiao struck her mother with the Soulbinder Talisman.
Adrian Drake stared in shock. “What’s going on?! Why would she use it on the Celestial Empress?”
Fish just smiled and said nothing.
Quinn Xiao watched as her mother’s eyes gradually turned blank, then asked, “Mother Empress, is Darren Xuan really dead? If not, where is he?”
Celestial Empress: "I don’t know."
She’d never seen Darren Xuan’s death with her own eyes, so she didn’t know.
“You don’t know?” After a long pause, Quinn Xiao frowned. “Then who would know? Liam Leshan? Jenna Stormscar?”
“Whether they know or not, I don’t know either,” the Celestial Empress replied.
Quinn Xiao asked a bunch of questions and kept getting “I don’t know” for an answer. She was about to explode with frustration. Finally, she asked, “Then do you know where Liam Leshan is?”
Celestial Empress: "I do."
Quinn Xiao’s eyes lit up. “Where is he?”
Fish and Adrian Drake held their breath, listening intently.
Through the Surveillance Talisman, they saw the Celestial Empress reply, “Liam Leshan is my grandson!”
Quinn Xiao froze. “What do you mean? I’m asking where Liam Leshan is!”
“I don’t know.”
Quinn Xiao was stunned for a long moment, muttering, “Is the Soulbinder Talisman fake? Why does she keep saying she doesn’t know? And she even called Liam Leshan her grandson...”
Quinn Xiao really is a good daughter. She didn’t get the answers she wanted, but not wanting to waste the Soulbinder Talisman, she blurted out, “Mother Empress, are you really planning to spend the rest of your life in the Royal Domain and just let Sean Shaw do whatever he wants?”