At the same time as the gods on the sacred mountain of Olympus had a fierce dispute like cooking oil, the goddess of the earth had already changed her clothes, the enchanting goddess of autumn took over the shyness of the goddess of spring and dyed the earth in brilliant hues, and the towering and dense ivy in the palace of Thebes was also dyed with a layer of black, green and purple deep, and half a year had passed in the blink of an eye, and Princess Semele's slightly round and bulging abdomen could no longer be covered with a dress. None of her sisters believed in the god of the man who impregnated her, and the slander and criticism of the attendants and slave girls were even worse. King Cadmus was not bothered by this god-given scandal, and he could not bear the fact that people were pointing fingers behind his back and became more and more gloomy, and shut himself in his room all day long, not asking about state affairs. The heartbroken Queen of Harmonia knelt in the temple of Zeus and prayed every day, and her sad words were poignant.

"O Supreme God of Thunder and Lightning, have you heard my prayers in the mortal world? Why have you refused to respond to a mother's cry of grief for so long? Is it my daughter Semerus who has told a great lie and tarnished your reputation and made you angry? Then before you decide to let the clouds cover the sky over the city of Thebais and send thunder and fire to destroy the palace of the city of Thebais to vent your anger, please put all the blame on my head, as the mother of Semele, I am willing to bear all the consequences for my unfortunate daughter, if I had disciplined the arrogant young girl well, if I had known to guard against the crooks who climbed over the wall, such things would not have happened that would have tarnished your honor! But if my poor daughter is not lying, why don't you punish those who speak ill with your strong will, and let the false slander disappear! Why don't you use thunder and lightning to split the gloomy canopy and confirm that my daughter is pregnant with the son of Thor! ”

Zeus, who heard this prayer with the ears of a god who knew the universe, was very displeased in his heart. Shallow human beings are unbearable and even want to die because of the temporary loss of reputation, but they do not know that enduring humiliation and obeying God's will will bring them greater glory in the future.

But Princess Semele had become healthy and cheerful with the son of Zeus, and the worldly eyes and mortal voices had no effect on her, and her face was often flushed and shiny, more radiant than ever, and she was full of energy every day since she was conceived, and the blood of divinity grew in her, making her as vigorous as Artemis, who was good at shooting, and she often jumped excitedly into the Asopos River to swim, and then ran alone into the Black Forest of Thessaloniki to feel Pan's meditation. The goddess of Autumn dutifully watched over her from above, learning the roars of wild beasts and the neighing of pythons, and the young mother spent the whole day chatting with the hermiters of the forest, and in the evening she tirelessly returned to her bedchamber with merry dances.

All the creatures in the universe envy this happy bride, only the goddess of jealousy, Nemesis is tormented in her heart, and in order to take away the luck that this mortal woman should not enjoy, Nemesis turned into the queen of heaven Hera and came to the world.

Nemesis, tormented by jealousy, wandered restlessly over the city of Thebas, and when he saw Queen Harmonia praying alone in the temple of Zeus, his sorrow overflowing, Nemesis took the opportunity to appear in the temple of Zeus. Queen Harmonia, whose face was stained with tears, recognized this dignified queen, because the statue of Hera was built on a huge rock opposite the temple of Zeus, and the mortal Queen of Harmonia could not recognize it as Nemesis, thinking that her sincerity had moved the heavens, and fell to the ground in surprise.

Nemesis imitated the sharp tone of Hera, the queen of heaven, and spoke: "Ares and Aphrodite's illegitimate daughter, Harmonia, what's the use of crying!" Your cry has reached the sacred mountain of Olympus, nine thousand miles away, disturbing the peace of the gods! Now that the gods of Olympus know about it, but no one dares to speak out, who has raped/defiled your beautiful daughter Semele and impregnated her, and has cast an indelible stain on her, so that she will have to live only by pointing fingers in the future? As the patron saint of women, I must remind you that this is not something that mortals do, her dormitory will not be opened for no reason, her belt will not be untied willingly, and when I see her happy appearance after she is pregnant, I know that her body must be infused with divine blood! But who is this sneaky and shameless man? If it was Ares, who was abandoned by Aphrodite, who stole her virginity, then let him use his spear of the god of war as evidence of marriage, because as the mortal bride of Ares, the god of war, how could she be overwhelmed by the voice of the world! If Hermes, the deceitful messenger, patron saint of thieves and liars, had done this dishonorable deed, let him use his herald or flying shoes as evidence, so that the sisters and attendants of the palace of Thebais would no longer dare to despise the young mother! If Apollo, the god of the sun, sneaks into the palace and has a night of fun, let him step out of the sacred chariot and bring his beloved lyre as a sign of marriage, for he has been madly chasing after Daphne to show off his extraordinary virtuosity! If it was Poseidon, the merry god of the sea, who had deceived her of her first night, let him use his trident as a sign of marriage, for he had also been in the form of Ernipus and had gone to Princess Tylo's bed! If Zeus, the god of flowers, is your son-in-law, let him fall from the sky with his thunderbolt rod and prove with lightning and thunder that Semele is the Son of God in his womb! No matter which great god in the heavenly realm did this, he wanted him to use his holy relics as a dowry, then what god or person would dare to despise this mother and son! Then as their parents and grandparents, Cadmus and you will have a light on their faces too! ”

While Nemesis said these words, Eris, the goddess of discord, and Ampheloja, the goddess of quarrel, were hiding from the eaves of the temple of Zeus watching this qiē. Nemesis disappeared from the sky with a malicious grin. At the instigation and instigation of Hera, the cowardly Queen of Harmonia had a tremendous courage in her heart, and she was full of the power to blow up the sky. The goddess of discord and the goddess of quarrel laughed at each other, although they knew that this was not Hera's intention, but they were obliged to spread such rumors for Hera. Queen Harmonia left the temple of Zeus, returned to the palace of Thebais, and told King Cadmus about the apparition of the goddess Hera. The goddess of discord and quarrel flew back to the sacred mountain of Olympia to find their sister, the goddess of friendship, Ferrotes.

Eris and Amphelogya deceived their soft-hearted sister Ferrotes and said: "We saw a sad mother in the sky above the city of Thebais, who knelt before the statue of Zeus and cried about her daughter's misfortune, but Zeus did not answer her prayer, but then we saw Hera, the queen of heaven, descend from heaven, lift her from the earth, wipe away her tears, and show her the way." ”

"As I said before, the goddess Hera has forgiven the Cadmus family and the Sammele mother and son, but why are you so happy to lose? ”

The two sisters repeated to their sisters what Hera had said to Queen Harmonia. The calm and wise Ferrotes did not believe this to be true, and she smiled and said, "Since you do not keep the agreement of the game, then the bet is void, my dear sisters." ”

"My dear sister," said Amphilogya, "since we have all done our tricks in the game, it will be settled, but from now on, let's not interfere anymore, just keep our eyes peeled." ”

Ferrotes knew that she couldn't hide it from her quirky sisters when she went to the temple of the gods to persuade her sisters, so she had no choice but to acquiesce, and then she deliberately intertwined her fingers in her chest and prayed: "I hope Zeus, the omniscient thunder god, will not be confused by rumors." ”

Eris and Amphelogia were impatient to spread the rumor, so they hurriedly said goodbye to Ferrotes and went elsewhere to fan the flames. At the same time, King Cadmus and Queen Harmonia held a grand sacrifice under the idol of the god Hera. The god Hermes, who had a keen sense of smell, smelled the scent of butter from the earth, and pushed back the clouds to look down on them.

The couple had tried to make the goddess Hera's apparition public with such a sacrifice as guò, so that all gossip mouths were tightly shut, but no one believed them without any evidence, and their sacrifice was seen by the people of Thebais as a self-deceptive performance.

As Princess Semele's pregnancy progressed, the whole city-state of Thebais was in turmoil, and gossip had shifted from Princess Semele's lower belly to the king's credibility, and it was King Cadmus who invited the best men of the nobility to the palace to choose a husband for the world-famous Princess Semele, and now it seems that he was looking for a pot boy for the daughter of the broken pot. King Cadmus and Queen Halmonia realized that it was useless to perform the sacrifice alone, and the exhausted parents summoned the full-bellied Princess Semele to the front and decided to put pressure on her.

The red-faced Princess Semele, who did not know why her father and mother had summoned her, ran back from the nearby pasture with her newborn lamb in her arms, and none of the pregnant women were as good-looking as her, and even her sisters with a flat belly were envious of her beauty, like a goddess, she wore an ivy crown on her head, a sleeveless skirt full of tassels, and a pair of boots made of ramskin wrapped around her slender calves, and her outfit changed from the style of a girl in the past. This will be the signature garb of the future celestial god Dionysus, whose son squirms excitedly and hungrily with his mother's every heartbeat.

King Cadmus has always been known as a strict father, and he has never relaxed his control over his daughters, but it is precisely this way that His Majesty, who regards honor as his life, has suffered a complete destruction of his dignity. In fact, this was only the beginning of the bad luck of the Cadmus family, but at this time, King Cadmus wanted to do his best to redeem this qiē, so he gave an order to his beloved young daughter: "If you can't prove that your secret lover is a god, don't stay in my country any longer, and go incognito and be a single mother alone before the seed in your arms is born!" There are no more of your relatives in the city of Thebais! ”

When the Queen of Harmonia heard this, she shed tears of anguish.

Princess Semele, who was holding the lamb in her arms, had a smile on her face for a moment.

Her sister Ino, who was closest to her, was the first to protest: "Father and mother! Is this what you are going to say to poor Semele? Who have you been bewitched by? The goddess Hera is nominally a goddess who protects women, but in reality she does things that harm young mothers! ”

Queen Harmonia immediately pounded her chest and said to Princess Ino, "Oh my God! Shut your mouth! Blasphemy is not something you can afford! ”

Princess Semele said nothing, and silently returned to her own bedchamber.

On the sacred mountain of Olympus, the god-king Zeus sat on a golden chair with a scepter in his hand, listening to the advice of Hephaestus. When he heard that his mother, the goddess Hera, was leaving the realm alone, he straddled a small bag on his shoulders and walked out of his blacksmith's shop, deciding to return with his mother to the island of Euboea in Peotia. He first went to the chamber of Zeus, the god-king, to deliver his verbal resignation to Zeus. He is a very capable god, the palace of the heavenly realm and all the living utensils are forged by his own hands, without him, the daily life of the heavenly realm will be paralyzed, so Zeus has repeatedly kept him, but he has made up his mind. Zeus's howl outside the temple distracted Zeus, who seemed a little hesitant at this time, and Hephaestus took the opportunity to persuade Zeus to abandon the decision to divorce.

Just as the god-king's mountain-like will was about to be shaken, he heard the mortal Semele crying aggrievedly, and his icy eyes immediately condensed on one point, and the god's gaze penetrated the edges and corners of the holy mountain and the layers of floating clouds and the blue tiles of the Thebais palace, and saw Semele kneeling beside his bed and leaning on the bed railing and sobbing in despair, her bitter cry pierced the heart of the god-king Zeus