A figure in white staggered and fell before Queen Jelena.
Her hem was caked with mud, and a vicious scar was visible through a tear in her sleeve.
It was the Eldest Princess, Anna Feng, unseen for so long!
Su An'an's pupils constricted as she stared intently at her Eldest Imperial Sister.
Five years ago, Anna Feng had worn the Monarch Butterfly coronet.
On the eve of her coronation, she had declared she was going to find true love and vanished into the stellar mists with a Beastman of unknown origin.
The same Eldest Princess who had once proudly proclaimed the glory of the Empire to be above all else now groveled on the floor like a stray dog.
The crowd of onlookers erupted like a disturbed beehive.
The din of the nobles whispering amongst themselves nearly blew the roof off the dome.
"It really is the Eldest Princess! Didn't she die in an interstellar storm?"
"Shh! Back then, the Royal Family only announced she was missing. It was actually an elopement scandal."
