Is This Reality? {II}

"Does that mean you can see into the future?" The maid who was in a state of confusion asked. Even the greatest shaman of Ming kingdom didn't possess such ability.

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"Bring me another shot! A much stronger tequila!" A girl said, holding up her shot. "Let's get drunk and party like there's no tomorrow!"

"Yay! It's party time!!"

"Xiaofan raise your glass!" The group of girls urged her.

"Yayyy!!! Cheers!!!" They all said in unison except for a girl, she was already dead drunk!

"No, I'm drunk...I can drink no more!" The girl that spoke was none other than Xiaofan, she let her hair down and it covered half of her face making her look like an evil spirit. She pushed the shot away and stood up, she staggered her way to the rest room. She knew she was going to be dead drunk so she didn't wear heeled sandals.

She wore a white bodysuit(swimsuit), wine suede mini skirt, a net leggings and sneakers. Not forgetting to drape a denim jacket over her shoulder, She looked truly like a celebrity, her outfit wasn't something to be trifled with. She was finely dressed but at that moment she wasn't a sight to behold, she reeked of alcohol and strong tequila! Even she herself felt stupid!

She went into the cubicle and threw out all her lungs. It took her about ten minutes to recover herself. She looked around for water to rinse her mouth but found none. "Oh, fuck!" She swore.

She stood up abruptly and stumbled, almost falling into the toilet. She was struggling to open her damn eyes, they were getting heavier by the minute and screwing her... Sleep! It was coming, it was trying to catch up to her. She rubbed her eyes and staggered out of the cubicle, but then a gust of cold wind blew pass her making her shiver. It is believed that the drunk ones could see more clearly! She turned toward where the wind blew, at the wash mouth mirror she saw...

"What tha hell? What are you made of?" She directed her question to the human form at the mirror.

The white form moved in a flash and came standing face to face with the dead drunk Xiaofan.

Xiaofan balanced herself on the cubicle wall, took a deep breath and better look at the form. Finally her eyes were now wide open, it's a woman dressed in a Royal Chuddar... The woman looked angelic with her beautiful smile.

Thud!!!

Xiaofan drops to the floor in a loud noise.

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Yes! To think of it, that ghost form, It must be Xiuying! The person was none other than Empress Xiuying! But how she got here she couldn't tell, it was a mystery only known to the ghost.

She had gotten a peaceful sleep and a dream of how she had gotten here!

The dream which she had forgotten suddenly came flooding in. 'She must have possessed me and brought me into this world! Oh, no why me? Wait, I'M POSSESSED!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

She was scared of being possessed that she forgot she was hungry, "Ouch!!! My stomach hurts!"

Maid Yue passed her a glass of water immediately which she took without throwing a tantrum... Very surprising! Even the maid was now getting used to it! It has only been hours but she now fully understands that her Empress has gone crazy!

Xiaofan picked up the chopsticks and wiped it with her Royal Chuddar.

Maid Yue cast down her eyes and shook her head.

Xiaofan swallowed hard staring at the dish table. Everything looked tasty. If truly she had died then she wouldn't stand on ceremony with food, she can't be a model in this world so she would eat whatever that is served to her! She took a peek at the maid, and dug her chopsticks into the rice, "Hmmmm. Tastes good!" She wouldn't starve herself no more. She dropped the stick and picked the soup bowl, drinking almost half of it. "Wow... And I've been starving... Why didn't you tell me the meal taste this good?"

There was a lot like: pheasant, steamed glutinous rice, tofu & rice, duck meat, wontons & dumplings. She overlooked the porridge, it looked tasteless.

Maid Yue who has raised her head was shocked to see the Empress eating everything on the table excluding the porridge. 'When did she have such an appetite? Oh it must be because she had died and woken up(according to the physician). While she was bedridden she ate nothing but congee.

Today is really a good day!

She watched her eat in delight and felt her eyes water, before she had died... She rarely ate much, she wasn't a picker but would only eat a little.

She looked frail, but her beauty concealed everything.

The Empress burped signifying her satisfaction. "Hehe..." Her laughter a little bit awkward. "Sorry!"

Maid Yue smiled at her.

Xiaofan sat up, dressed her Chuddar then strutted to her table. She decided to inspect everywhere with her narrowed eyes, from the corner of her eyes she saw the maid carrying the table away.

Now that she knows where she is, even if it's still not yet clear on the reason why she was chosen to be the one here. She needed to know her surrounding, to be sharp and on alert in case of any impending danger. She opened the first chest(drawer) and expected to see Xiuying's Royal Chuddar and Robes, but it didn't look like it. They didn't belong to the Empress, the foldings made it look small, it won't possibly belong to Xiuying. Xiaofan took one out, a Royal Chuddar for a girl, a baby girl, pink with the collar white. She picked another, this time Royal blue Chuddar with the same white collar, "This must be for a boy, a prince!"

"The Royal physician has arrived!!!" A maid announced from outside.

'The Royal physician? What does he want?' She questioned herself. 'Where's maid Yue?' Can she let him in? Without the maid?

She thought for a while and decided to sit put.