What am I seeing/hearing?

Chou Lian being almost always on the battle field has the habit of always being alert, even when she is sleeping. After an unexpected tiring day when she was sleeping she could feel something against her heart, over her sleeping robe. She at once opened her eyes wide, while her hands went to grab the thing disturbing her peaceful sleep. She thought it to be some kind of insect perhaps; however, what she did not expect was to grasp a squishy ball of red. The ball of red was shaped perfect to fit into her palm and was felt quite docile when she caught it.

'What a strange thing. What is it?', Chou Lian whispered bringing it close to her to inspect.

The fact that the ball of red seemed to be alive was what amused Chou Lian. A normal person might have been scared by such a thing, but Chou Lian who was living her 2nd life in another world, and had access to a secret space wasn't weirded by it at all. While inspecting the little ball she felt a presence on her roof and looked at that place sharply. She got alarmed and thought of chasing after the individual sneaking up on her. But before she could catch that individual had already darted away.

She jumped at the rooftop elegantly and found some of the tiles were removed. Now who would come to her courtyard? She looked at her surroundings where she could only she the darkness of the night which was being penetrated by the moonlight. The sound of night guards making their rounds. The sound of insects calling. Nothing out of the ordinary could be felt as if there was no one hiding and looking in her room at all.

As soon as she didn't feel any presence the little ball of red got out of her hand. The little ball floated around her before coming to sweetly caress her cheeks lovingly which made Chou Lian smile widely. It was no doubt that the little thing was strange, but for some reason this little thing made her heart feel so calm which she has not felt in such a long time. Not knowing where it came from, she  let the little ball of red play to its heart's content.

Having enough flying around her the little ball of fluff settled down on hovering over heart, and before Chou Lian noticed the little ball of red quickly entered her heart; as if there was no clothing, skin, or flesh between the heart. In a blink of an eye, the little ball of red disappeared. Within a moment Chou Lian felt the litttle ball of red burst and sparks of red light flowed into her heart, and engulfed her heart. It was quite a strange feeling though, not unpleasant. Her heart felt as if it was blooming like a flower for the first time. Her heart started to pound against her chest in a way when a maiden first falls in love. She felt a presence within her heart, as if all this was for forging a bond. Strange.

"What bond!", Chou Lian screamed in her mind.

Chou Lian clutched her sleeping robe near her heart as she took deep breaths to calm herself down. Her emotions all over the place. She could not make sense of anything. Ever since she died and got reborn, she ended up in a world where strange things keeps happening with her! The fact she got a second chance in life was strange to begin with! All this supernatural things keep occurring honestly was more than difficult to take in. All her life she had lived in a world which was ruled by science and logical thinking. A place where there was no place for anything supernatural. But now being experiencing all these supernatural things was like forcing all her original beliefs to jump down the cliff.

She suddenly felt so cold though it was summer. Shivering she stood up from the bed and took strides to reach the wooden cupboard within which there was a blanket. She took it out hastily to wrap it around her. She then walked back and settled down to sleeping in a fetus position so that she can keep all the warmth to herself. Though she thought it would be difficult to fall asleep again with all things going on, but soon she was out. While she was having her much needed sleep the things were different, much heated in another place, at this moment.

Even though it was night time through the help of the moonlight and from such a high position all the buildings positioned in sequence could be seen easily. Along with the front hill which is rich with splendid halls and pavilions. The place is quiet with natural beauty with the light breeze flowing by. The tan hua flowers that bloomed at night were swaying with the fragrance getting entwined with the air, and while the moonlight fell on them making them look dazzling. Through the window the scenery outside was so calm and scenic, even at night. But within the palace room one was kneeling,wearing a satin white robe, with a nonchalant face; while the other standing near the window wearing the yellow dragon robe had his left hand behind him standing mightily, and could be seen seething in anger.

"So cultivator Ruan means to say that zhen's (the emperor's) little one's fate is connected with another woman?! When you told zhen of holding the Mingyun ceremony was it to give zhen false hopes?! Do you think what you are saying makes sense?!", the one standing by the window said without turning to the one kneeling.

"Bixia (your majesty), it is the 36th year since your reign and since I have been the high priest of the nation. Within these years have I ever said anything that has not benefited in any way? Carrying the Mingyun ceremony meant I had to give up 1/3 of my cultivation to find the person that is fated to be princess' savior and can be said to be her fated other half as trying to pry into the will of heaven is strictly forbidden. Giving up hard earned cultivation voluntarily impacts the core adversely , yet for the sake of Bixia and princess I gave up my cultivation and went against the heaven without any hesitation, so how come Bixia believes I gave him false hopes? It is true it does not make sense, but when has the will of heaven made sense? Who knows what goes in the Jade emperor's mind; however, this is the only way we can hope to save 6th princess. The Mingyun ceremony being harmful to a cultivator's cultivation there are not any cases where it clearly states how the fated partners can protect each other. But we have to give it a try Bixia. The princess has already suffered enough and no imperial doctor can pinpoint what is exactly wrong with her. I beg Bixia to consider getting them together. Bixia take some time to ponder it; however, do keep it in mind that there's not enough time for 6th princess."