So I'm going to expand the story I posted in Creations here, hope that you guys will like it Spoiler: Ibuki Satsuki art as cover Synopsis : The Emperor has turned into a woman! Goodness gracious, Amitābha! What happened?! Oh oh oh, he turned back! All the high-ranked minister were rooted on their spot in the Court, chaotic thoughts ran through their mind. After several investigations and interrogations, turns out that the Emperor has been cursed. The ministers were not sure at this point what kind of curse was placed and how it happened but from their observations in several days, the Emperor will start turning to his woman form whenever he gets angry. And seeing how short-tempered a person their Emperor is, they probably will see Her more than Him. "Do we start calling him the Empress now?" Genre : Comedy, Genderbend Table of Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2
Chapter 1 : The Dragon Turned into Phoenix?! Silence, a complete silence. When something unusual happened all of a sudden, general reactions would range from screams and shouts to fearful babbles and sound of people running away (if it’s scary). But in this Imperial Court, seasoned attendees of the Court have been trained by experience not to make sudden moves. Though if you were a mind-reader, the level of chaotic thoughts would blow you away. “Is that a … woman?!” “Did my eyes deceive me?! The Emperor has turned into a woman!” “Goodness gracious, Amitābha! What happened?!” “What happened?!” “So beautiful” “Heavens! What do we do now?!” “Oh my God, his(?) clothes are slipping down!” The Emperor suddenly felt weaker and somewhat shorter. His ministers were acting weird, some of them were trembling and looking down at the floor. The rest stared at him, bewildered. He stared at his(?) hands and looked down at his body. Soft and tender looking, this swelling chest … a body of a woman?! In the blink of an eye, the swelling chest flattened back to his normal chiselled chest. The Emperor felt a slight unbalance as the centre of his gravity shifted. Patting his chest and touching his face, he was back again! Albeit a bit disheveled. What happened? Is this a dream? An illusion? But the ministers saw it too. “My ministers*,” he started “What happened to Zhen just now?” 众卿家 : What I thought when he said that Is that a trick question? Flabbergasted, the ministers stood still, rooted to their position. Then, one minister stepped out, the Minister of Rites – Minister Shu bowed to the Emperor. “Your Majesty, please forgive this servant’s rudeness. A moment ago, Your Majesty seemed to turn into a woman form right in front of us.” The Minister of Revenue and Minister of Works, Minister Lou and Minister Xi stepped out and bowed. “Your Majesty, what Minister Shu said is correct. This servant saw it too.” “Your Majesty, this servant too.” Minister Shu continued, “Please pardon this servant for being straight-forward, this concerns your imperial body but this servant thinks someone has placed a curse on Your Majesty.” An uproar erupted in the Court as the people in the Court voiced their indignation at the suggestion. It soon died off when the Emperor opened his mouth to speak. “Minister Shu thinks Zhen is cursed?” Silence, that deathly silence again! The officials looked at each other and the Emperor, wondering if the Emperor would fly into rage and punish Minister Shu for making such outrageous claim. Bowing again, Minister Shu added, “Your Majesty, we need to investigate this thoroughly! We don’t know what will happen to your imperial body in the future. The culprit must be captured and interrogated.” Raising his hand, the Emperor stopped Minister Shu from continuing. “Zhen felt the same. Minister Shang!” A minister from Steward Department stepped out. “This servant is here.*” In Chinese, it would be臣在. “Conduct an investigation on this matter, Zhen give you three days. Check all the people who have come in contact with the Inner Palace and also the servants who served Zhen.”
If Imperial Court has a chatbox 1 : Stew-Shang : Kao! I'm doomed... Rites-Shu : There there, if you need any help, I will try my best? Works-Xi : It's all because of you, Minister Lou! If not for you arguing with me about the repairs... Rev-Lou : Hold it right there, Xi! What do you mean by that huh? Are you looking for a fight?! Works-Xi : You should have just agree with me regarding the repairs... Rev-Lou : I object, why do I need to agree with you. What you proposed was out of the budget! You... Rites-Shu : .... Stew-Shang : .... Rites-Shu : Just tell me if you need help. Stew-Shang : Many thanks, Minister Shu
Instead of cold water/hot water we get anger~ Ranma 1/2 in an Imperial setting! Wait, does this mean he'll have a male consort as backup? I mean what about his Empress and concubines?
LET IT BE BL *get slapped* I had this feeling that he emperor will end up sounding like a dere... tsuntsun
Chapter 2 : The calm before the storm By now, if this was an adultery gossip, the whole Palace would be already talking about it. But when the main character of the news was the Emperor, no one dared to squeak about it. It’s the Emperor after all. This man didn’t held on to his throne for eight years by looking fabulous. Ascended the throne at the age of 21, he was one of the few survivors of the bloody battle for the throne. Though, it was a good news to Minister Shang that the info about the Emperor temporarily turning into a women didn’t leaked outside the court. That means the culprit most probably doesn’t know he is on his track now. While Minister Shang was deep in thoughts on how to investigate the case, one of the supervisor ran up to him. “Greeting to Minister Shang!” “Yes, what is it Eunuch Ting? Why do you looked so anxious?” “Reporting to the Minister, this servant just received a report that a murder has just happened at the servant’s quarter. A maidservant was killed and -” “Outrageous! Who dared to commit such act in the Palace! Has the culprit be apprehended?” So the news really did leaked out? And now the culprit is cleaning up his tracks? “Yes, Minister Shang. What this servant wanted to say is a maid was killed by another maid, and we managed to hold that maid down before she slit her own throat. But the reason I came over to report to the Minister is because the maid looked … strange.” “Strange? Tell me more.” “Yes, replying to the Minister, the maid… her eyes looked uh, empty.” “Empty?” That was an unusual description. Strange things happening one after another. Maybe this is related to the Emperor. “Yes, Minister-” “Stop talking, Eunuch Ting. Immediately lead the way to that maidservant.” Minister Shang interrupted the eunuch and started walking to the direction where he came from. The eunuch led him down the punishment dungeon, to an occupied cell. Inside the cell, there’s a female with a bedraggled appearance. Her wrists were tied above her head, most probably to prevent her from hurting herself. “Minister Shang, it’s this maidservant.” Bending his waist a little, Minister Shang tried to peer into the maid’s eyes. All of a sudden, the maidservant raised her head and wailed loudly. That.Was.Spooky! Minister Shang unconsciously took a step back to stand behind Eunuch Ting, but Eunuch Ting was doing the same movement so both of them took a few steps back together. Minister Shang now understood what Eunuch Ting meant by her eyes looking empty. There’s no light of life in her eyes. Was she possessed? While he was trying to look anywhere except the maid’s eyes, he noticed that there’s a red mark by her left elbow. He wanted to look clearly at the mark but the maid suddenly struggled manically against her bindings so he can’t help but left the dungeon. Fast. They need an exorcist. - The next day, after the morning Court– Minister Shang stepped out to report his findings. “Your Majesty, this servant came across a strange incident among the servants and an exorcist has been called to-” “Minister Shang, is this related to Zhen’s problem?” “Re-re-reporting to Your Majesty, this servant thinks it’s related. This servant has checked and found out that the two maidservants involved in this incident have served tea to Your Majesty three days ago, in the Imperial garden.” “Three days ago?” The Emperor raised his eyebrows. Something seemed to have crossed his mind. “Was it also three days ago when that Princess from neighboring country was sent back by Zhen?” Minister Shu from the Ministry of Rites stepped out. “Reporting to Your Majesty, it was indeed three days ago. This servant has personally overseen the procedures to send Princess LeiTing back to her country.” Princess LeiTing, she was the Princess from a neighboring country. Her father the King offered her hand of marriage as a token of peace. But due to her real name was too mouthful to be pronounced, he immediately granted her a title as soon as she reached the Palace. Then, because of a certain matter, he sent the Princess back to her country after a week and cancelled the marriage agreement. Frowning, the Emperor thought to himself. Does this means she has something to do with my condition? But why? Is this … revenge?! The Emperor blanked out for a moment. The idiom 'the calm before the storm' can be applied on this short moment right now. . . . ... all right, time's up. How dare she! By turning me into a woman?! Of all thing, a WOMAN?! RIDICULOUS! IMPUDENT! “MINISTER SHANG!” The emperor instantly roared. “He-here!” “GET THE EXORCIST TO THE PALACE! ZHEN WANT TO-” The Emperor most probably wanted to say "to find out the truth" or something similar. But nobody really know what was said because at this moment, his loud bellow was abruptly replaced by a feminine shriek. Astonished, Minister Shang raised his head to look at the source of the feminine voice. What he saw in front of him was a beautiful lady gripping tightly at her loose garment, the large golden dragon robe slipping off her pearly white shoulders...GOLDEN DRAGON ROBE?! The Emperor has turned into a woman again! "Em...emperor!" Minister Shang turned to look down at the floor again, afraid he would be punished by the Emperor. The woman has a tight grip on the edge of the table, both of her knuckles were white from the exertion. Some days in the future when investigations were made, a maidservant described the scene as the Emperor was feeling weak and gripped the table to hold herself up. But another maidservant said the Emperor was trying to flip the Imperial table over because of how she gripped the table edge. Perhaps this maidservant was correct, because the aforementioned woman went down from the platform, dragging the heavy clothes with her and stood beside a tall vase. With a slender leg as pale as white jade, she gave the vase a kick and toppled it on the ground. The vase crashed and broke into a million pieces of porcelain. All the servants in hall trembled with fear, they stood in their own position, waiting for the Emperor's order. And yet, she didn't moved. Staring at the broken pieces of the porcelain vase on the floor with fury still evident in her eyes. Minister Shang timidly stood up and walked to the woman. "Em-Emperor..." He then turned his back to her, and waited. The Emperor glared at Minister Shang, before raising her tender white leg and kicked him at his bottom.
If Imperial Court has a chatbox 2 : Stew-Shang : *posted a picture of a scary pair of eyes* Works-Xi : WALAO! Rites-Shu : *hides the picture* Minister Shang? Rev-Lou : What the Hell, Minister Shang? I am going to report you for this if you don't take it down. Stew-Shang : *deleted picture* Sorry... that was what I saw when I was investigating the Emperor's case. Rites-Shu : How was the investigation coming on then? Works-Xi : Yeah, have you found the culprit yet, Minister Shang? Stew-Shang : Not yet, but the Emperor turned into a woman again. Rites-Shu : Yeah... Works-Xi : WHAT?! Rev-Lou : What?! Stew-Shang : Yeah, he got angry and I got a kick at the butt from him ... Rites-Shu : ... *pats*
You need an editor to help with your grammar. There were a lot of mistakes in the chapter. I'd make an attempt if I want restricted to mobile for now.
You can take a look at this for now. I have some other suggestions that would help with flow, if you're interested, but its after midnight here so not today. Sleepy so don't blame me if I missed anything.