What was she to do now?

Was she up for this challenge? It had weighed heavy on her mind for days and nights. She knew not how to find Ying, not after the snow and rain hid her scent away. She would've wandered forever in search, but the whole wide world was out there. She had searched the beach, and the flatlands surrounding the plateau. She had hesitated to approach the place too closely, and so she'd made a wide semi-circle around it. Her sister was gone. Had she continued inland, who knew how far she would have to travel to find her?

Fine, then. Ying would not show herself, and Huā was not sure where to find her. So she would draw her home. 

Draw her to home- to their new home. Make an empire so perfect that nuvujak could not turn away from the promise of paradise. She would make sure the word of her people would travel throughout the land. Would make sure rumors of the mandarin empress of the beach would find their way to Ying. Word could travel faster than Huā's little legs could, and so she would make good use of it. She already had her empire behind her, as her cousins appeared like prophecy, one by one. And at such a significant time! Kicked to the curb by Rusalka and determined to create the perfect home for herself. And here came the people of her homeland, people whom she trusted already. Part of Huā feared that her cold-hearted cousin would come too, but she was confident that they would secure their strength by then. 

With that, she had made her decision. She must recruit the people one by one, mark the borders accordingly, and build herself into an empress worthy of the people.