1 1. What Is That Thing Speeding At Me?

"Princess Shen Ying, please wake up!" Shen Ying groaned as she flipped over on her own bed again. She had indeed been staying up too late yesterday, roleplaying a game where she was a cultivator with a maid. It was the best entertainment she could come up with in this enclosed space of hers.

"Princess Shen Ying, are you okay? Please don't blame me for waking you up please! I don't want to die just yet!" A cute voice came into hearing from outside the door.

The door slid open, and a maid came inside Shen Ying's chambers. Shen Ying rubbed her sweaty forehead, as she turned around to look at the maid who had come in. Her eyes were still blurry and she was still half unconscious, so she rubbed her eyes quickly. It was only then she recognised the maid. It was one of the royal maids assigned to serve her, Liu Ying.

Liu Ying was kneeling on the ground in front of her, kowtowing to her repeatedly on the wooden floor.

"Stop kowtowing! What do you think I am, a dead person that have passed away?" Shen Ying was annoyed at this scene. She just woke up and someone was already kowtowing. It was bad luck to be kowtowed to while still alive. It would increase the chance of someone dying.

"Of course not, Princess. I was only thanking Buddha that you would wake up. Otherwise, the emperor would remove my head!" Liu Ying praised her lucky stars that nothing had happened to her since she entered the palace. Everyday, she could see some of her poor colleagues being punished by the other princes or princesses for doing something they did not like. She was lucky that Shen Ying was a kind princess.

Shen Ying stretched out her legs, and as always, Liu Ying was mesmerised by her legs. It was truly a piece of art. Not even the royal palace's porcelain could be compared to the fairness of her legs. How lucky was Shen Ying to be blessed by the heavens to have such a good pair of legs? At the same time, she felt strangely contented.

Meanwhile, Shen Ying noticed Liu Ying staring at her legs yet again. For some reason, a lot of people's gaze always lingered on her legs for an abnormally long time. From the royal doctors to even the palace maids, all of them would beg to be selected to see her. Shen Ying did not know why was this the case. There were nothing special about her legs at all.

Shen Ying slipped into her premium bamboo slippers that her father had constructed specially for her. She was barely covered by the silky garments that she wore, but she did not care, for it was very comfortable to wear at night. Liu Ying woke up from her trance and stood up from her kneeling position.

"Ah! Pardon me for being disrespectful to you, Princess!" Liu Ying was horrified that her admiration of Shen Ying's legs were discovered. She had only secretly glanced at the princess's legs from time to time, but she was embarrassed that her weird habit was discovered.

Shen Ying, however, had already been used to this for a long time and treated it as just another normal day.

"Just prepare my bath and my morning garments. Yada yada yada yada." Shen Ying yawned her mouth wide open as she spoke these words.

Liu Ying quickly bowed once more to Shen Ying, before retreating swiftly from the princess's chambers. As Liu Ying slid the door close, Shen Ying laid back down onto othe bed, and continued sleeping for a few more minutes.

It was quickly interrupted by Liu Ying, who slid open the door and looked Shen Ying's legs for one minute, before she woke up the princess with a loud yell.

Shen Ying was shook awake by Liu Ying, who quickly stopped after realising Shen Ying was awake. "It was a pity I could not catch some more sleep." Shen Ying casually said to the anxious Liu Ying, knowing that she would be punished if she did not get Shen Ying into presentable attire for the courts in time.

Shen Ying wanted to drag her feet when Liu Ying wanted to her to go bath. However, she did not want to cause Liu Ying to get punished, so she willingly went along with her to the bathing chambers.

As always, when she got to the bathing chambers, she marvelled at the rose scented water. It was amazing how the royal maids could manage to create such a spectacle in a few minutes. The steam coming from the water gave a comfortable feeling when she waved her hand over it.

"It seems like this is my bath time. Can you please go away now?" Shen Ying shooed them away for her bath. All the maids-in-waiting at the side moved out of the room in a beeline immediately. They also made it look very pleasing to the eyes. They truly deserved to be called the royal maids. Shen Ying removed the nightwear and dipped her body into the water.

"What a relaxing bath!" Shen Ying thought to herself as her sore muscles were invigorated by the warm scented water. They had added some cultivation herbs inside the water to make the bath more enjoyable for members of the royal family.

After she had gotten rid of the grime and sweat on her body, she emerged from the bath, sparkling with a white glow, like an emerging butterfly from her cocoon. However, upon seeing no one was around, a naughty smile appeared on her face.

She knew that the baths in the palace had a window for ventilation. Outside of these windows, were the gorgeous gardens that her father had carefully nurtured over the years. It would be a great place to catch a breath or two.

She got the garments that her servants had already prepared and draped them over herself. As she did so, she inched closer towards the window, before lowering her head, slipping through the window.

What awaited her was an absolutely breathtaking scenery. Birds were chirping with gusto, the butterflies left glitter marks in the air, with the flowers emitting a smell most pleasant. This was the immortal garden that her father had cultivated over the years!

As she looked at the scenery, she pondered over her dreams and ambitions. Over the years, all her dreams had been crushed by her brothers, sisters and her father. Only her mother, the Queen, supported her endeavours. Whenever she wanted to do something mildly dangerous, her father rejected it without a second thought.

"Father, I want to learn horse riding!" Shen Ying remembered that when she was 15, she had told her father this question seriously.

However, he replied with, "Dearest Cutie Pie, I don't want to harm your delicate self with such brutal arts." Her brothers and sisters nodded their heads too.

Recently, she had asked her father to let her cultivate. Her father has been aghast at this question and quickly denied the request with the reason that cultivation was too hard and arduous for her. He had even assigned his royal spies to look over her, in case she really went to cultivate. She felt that it was so unfair for her brothers to cultivate, but she could not cultivate.

"Heavens, give me a new life where I can cultivate!" She wanted to be like those cool and suave cultivators flying across the sky like her father did! She yelled out her desire from the bottom of her heart.

Suddenly, a futuristic truck came out of the portal onto the balcony. The occupants of the truck looked to be normal humans, but it immediately crashed into Shen Ying, killing her physical body instantly. The last thing she thought was, "What was that thing speeding at me over there?"