What is "ancestress"

Usage examples of "ancestress".

The excesses of the Ancestress were being performed in his name, so he spent the entire trip staring into a mirror.

Yang was responsible for the crimes of the Sui Dynasty and allowed the Ancestress to retire in luxury.

Kuangfu, although I would not like to be quoted in the presence of the Ancestress because the slightest mistake can mean instant decapitation.

Garden of Forty Felicitous Fragrances, Fainting Maid was insulting the intelligence of her ladies-in-waiting in the Gallery of Precious Peacocks, and the Ancestress was chiding a servant who had dropped a cup on the Terrace of Sixty Serenities.

Such lacquered lohans are extremely rare, but the Ancestress possessed no less than twelve of them.

This may or may not have been true, but the Ancestress was unquestionably proud of them and brought them out for all great ceremonial occasions.

Next came soldiers from the army of the Ancestress who carried an immense canopy of phoenix-embroidered yellow silk, and beneath the canopy were bonzes who pulled twelve bejeweled carts.

Of course everyone understood that the Ancestress had no intention of burying her wealth with Fainting Maid, but the display was customary, and it was also designed to make lesser mortals turn green with envy.

The imperial dragons were embroidered all over a large silken pillow, and the Ancestress was sitting on it.

I had worn during our visit to the Ancestress, and the silver belt with the jade trim and the gold-spattered fan.

And do you realize that the Ancestress has ordered me to draw and quarter another prisoner?

I came here to try to chop the Ancestress to pieces, but her soldiers caught me first.

At least I thought it was an elephant until I realized that it was the Ancestress, and I gaped at an incredible sight.

Henpecked Ho I shoveled the largest pieces of the Ancestress into a wheelbarrow and trundled them to the kennels and fed them to the dogs.

Anyone who tries to steal a valuable item from the Ancestress is begging for an unpleasant death, and I am now too old to attempt it without having some muscle to back me up.