From the Ashes will Rise Again

Birth of the Pheonix

The astronomical board of Yuan was in chaos.
Anyone who stepped at it's courtyard bathed by fresh blood is deaffened from the screams of fear and despair before the pin drop silence haunted.

A middle aged man dressed in black stepped queitly exsuding a majestic aura as few more guards in black followed from behind.

The man stopped in the middle of the bloody courtyard and sighed gazing at the corps lying all around.
"Check for survivors!" he ordered.

"Yes your highness!"The guards scattered for their task.

Suddenly the corpse right next to him grabbed by his ankle. The emporer composed himself quickly after the startle and bent on his knees closing towards the dying man with the face covered in blood making him beyond recognision. The man trembled as he spoke his final words along with his final breaths.

"Your highness, the Pheonix has born in the mountains. With the dragon along changing the wind direction, they will prosper the empire and open a new world without limits.....your highness, your loyal subordinate quits." he breath his last.

Emporer Xuan stoodup sighing heavily looking at the chief of the astronomical board.
The guards returned saying there were no survivors.

"Bojan,..."

"Your highness," the eunach who came along with them replied.
"How many more people will die because of being loyal to me? till when should i endure this? The empress and that Lie family...How can they slaughter the innocent for their well beign?" he sighed.

The eunach took a glance at the corpse and fell silent.

"Xie Yue might be dissapointed on me when looking from above. I can't even give his only son his own rights...little Thahuwan is suffering because of my incompetence" emporer sighed.

"Your highness, don't say so. The previous empress Xieyue can understand your highness's sufferings and second prince Thahuwan is also under your protection your highness." The eunach who has being with him since he was the Crown Prince tried to comfort the emporer.

Emporer then look at the sky and pointed."The Pheonix is born. That is my last hope Bojan. I want let the Li family eliminated. The empire will fall in no time. I have to watch my people suffer under their hands. I'll have to strengthen forces for Prince Thahuwan as he will rise our empire along with the pheonix." eunach didn't disturb the emporer as he stared at the night sky."Check thoroughly girls who are born at the moment near the mountains."The emporer ordered after thinking deep a little.
This wasn't the thought of emporer alone as the empress's Li family was also on search not to protect but eradicate their future thorns.

As they were so, the crown prince Xuan Tian Ye unlike his mother empress was without worries and were playing with his huge harem. This good looking tall, slender man nearing 26 with a sly smile always hanging on his face always got what he wanted and had no worries of future.

As for the second prince, Xuan Tian Fei naturally born as a warrior, the son of the previous empress was on a blood bath in the nothern mountains fighting the enemies protecting their border. Though this young man at the age of 20 was frequently awarded for his services , the people of the capitol has rarely seen him and knew nothing than about his service. Even at the courts emporer also neglected this son who rarely once a year returned to the capitol to visit the concubine mother Sue whom he was raised by after his mother death.

Apart from these princes the biological son of consort Sue, the fifth prince Xuan Tian cay was a high spirited 13 year old child and was his father emporer's mood lightner, soul recupirator of consort Sue for her worries towards his half brother second Prince and was the only close sibling for the second Prince.