1 Birthday

A woman's cries echoes throughout the hallways as man in imperial robes rushes through the hallways followed men and women in armor and scholarly robes.

'you're majesty will you please slow down' said a scholar as he started too fall behind. As more voices fell too deaf ears as the man in imperial robes navigated through endless corridors as fastest speed possible that he could muster as servants hurriedly jumped away from the man.

'Who made the damn imperial palace this big!' shouted the man as he wasn't lying as the palace he ordered too build is as big as 10chiong as he ran towards the other end of the palace.

As he a huge pair of doors he hurriedly pushed open too see 7 people ranging from 20 to 5 waiting outside a door as wails of a woman could be heard.

All the children in hall turned towards the man in imperial robes and say in a sonorous unison,

"greetings father" as the rest of the emperor's entourage started coming through doors and crowding the small hall. The women's wails got louder and every one quieted down as women's wails continued, hush tones were all anyone could hear as everyone in the hall looked towards the door with expectations in their eyes.

The wails of the woman died down as the wails of a baby started sounding. Everyone in the hall turned too the emperor bowed and said, "Congratulations your majesty". As he started laughing uproariously. The door opened in the room as the royal physician holding a baby exited the room as he held an bundle of clothes in his arms as offered the baby too the emperor.

"Congratulations your majesty on a baby boy" the royal physician said as he offered the baby the baby too the emperor as the rest of his children gathered around him and looked at the baby tightly wrapped in a bundle as the emperor held the baby in his arms. The emperor started laughing uproariously as he held the baby in his arms but that soon was cut short as the baby started weeping.

The emperor soon stopped as the baby started rocking the baby in his arms as he made his way through the door too see a lady that was standing upright in bed as she took laboured breaths from the recent delivery surrounded by imperial maids and eunuchs, as they tended too thelady inn the bed. She turned too look at the emperor as he carried the baby, he slowly lowered the child in too the ladies arms as he dismissed the people around her.

"He's a beautiful baby boy isn't he" , said the empress as she rested the babies head in her bosom, and looked at it lovingly.

"What's his name", said a little 5 year girl as who looked like porcelain doll as she tried too lift herself as too see the baby in the empresses arms.

"His name shall be Li Cheng, what do you think about that you're majesty" , she said as he latter was focused towards the emperor in teasing tone.

"Its perfect, from this day forth he shall be called Li Cheng, my youngest child and greatest child who shall fulfil the prophecy"