Chapter 1: The First Fall and the Conspiracy (I)

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My mother once said that on the night of my birth, the red glow lit up the night sky, the stars were gathered in the north, and the land seemed to scorch all the life to feed the life that was about to be born. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

- "Memoirs of Fan"

Night. The sky was as black as ink, and there were no clouds. A drooping crescent moon, countless stars.

In the middle of the night, the palaces in the east, west and north have all gone to bed with lights out, but the Nanhuan Courtyard is still brightly lit.

With the sound of Suosuo's rapid trot, the figure surged. The palace ladies and eunuchs, holding clean white silk satin, washbasins made of jade, embroidered bags with gold dragon edges, and so on, are shuttling inside and outside the dormitory.

Outside the dormitory of Nanhuan Courtyard, a phantom figure dressed in a gold-rimmed dragon robe stood with his hands in his hands.

"Your Majesty, Master Fuchi has already guessed the time, and in a quarter of an hour, the dragon son will be born." The silver-haired old man standing on the side bowed slightly and whispered in a hoarse voice.

The golden phantom flickered faintly, raising his head and staring at the changing stars in the night sky.

"Deshun." The phantom spoke, and the voice was empty, as if it were coming from outside the sky.

The silver-haired old man took a small step forward, and did not speak, but looked in the direction of the phantom's gaze.

Above the starry sky, it seems that the stars in the north have become particularly shining.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the main water in the north, the stars are so bright, Xiaolongzi will definitely be able to pass on the true dragon vein."

The phantom looked in the other three directions, as if sensing a subtle aberration.

"Deshun, why do the widows think that it is not that the stars in the north are brighter, but because the stars in the other three parties are dim?"

"This ......" The silver-haired old man wanted to speak and stopped, although he was the personal servant of the Dragon Emperor, but the words of the stars involved the fortune of the country, but he did not dare to say it lightly.

"The northern stars are the source of the luck of the Dragon Clan, as long as there is no harm over there, the widow doesn't need to worry too much. As for the changes in the other three astrological signs, presumably the demon race, the barbarian race, and even the demon race are more concerned than the widows. The phantom turned his head to look at the dormitory, and the palace maids were still in and out in front of the door.

"Deshun, this will be the seventh dragon son of the widow, I really don't know if it is a happy event for our clan, or is urging the widow to hand over the imperial power quickly." The Phantom said slowly in a slightly self-deprecating tone.

"The whole clan is praying that Your Majesty will be able to ascend smoothly and become a true dragon. The dragons are still young, and they still need to be carefully taught by His Majesty and the Holy Empress Dowager before they can choose one of them and take over the important task. The silver-haired old man chose the words and answered very carefully.

"Hmph...... The Holy Queen Mother......" The phantom gradually began to blur, and the voice became ethereal, and then the last sentence of the instruction reached the ears of the silver-haired old man: "After the dragon is born, he will be sent to the altar to pray for blessings, and the widow will leave the customs three days later and give him a name." ā€

The silver-haired old man's expression remained unchanged, he turned around and bowed to the palace in the east, and replied softly, "Obey." ā€

At this time, inside the Nanhuan Palace. The ladies tried to keep a quick and light pace, constantly changing the decoration of the house. It is recorded that the birth of the dragon son will attract weak water, and all metals will melt in the water, which is not good for the biological mother, so it is necessary to exchange jade for it.

In the bedroom of the dormitory, a reddish gauze curtain is hung on the outside, and a jade bed is placed inside. The girl lying on the bed, with a little blood on her face, did not wear any jewelry, and her black and powerful hair was scattered at the head of the bed.

The girl touched her bulging belly, her head turned outward, and she looked at the crowd outside, frowning slightly.

Not far from the bed, stood a middle-aged woman without eyebrows, her eyes downward, without saying a word, as if waiting for a command at any time; There was also a half-kneeling man in a white robe, who was drawing strange symbols on the ground with a serious face at this time, and he didn't even have time to wipe the sweat that kept flowing from his forehead.

"Divine Master Mu, has the Dragon Descending Text been completed?" The girl's voice sounded soft, but it was clearly weak.

The white-robed man got up slowly, touched his gold-trimmed cuffs, and replied, "I'll check again, it should be fine." ā€

"Ahem...... It's hard work. When the girl had finished speaking, she turned her head and lay down, closed her eyes and recuperated.

The white-robed man was engrossed in checking the runes on the ground once, and after confirming that they were accurate, he wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with his hands, then straightened his waist and said to the middle-aged woman standing aside with a commanding tone: "Originally, the task of welcoming the dragon had to be completed by the divine master himself, but this time the divine master closed the life and death pass, and as a man, the etiquette is not in line, so it is up to you to activate the runes." Don't make any mistakes, or you'll be punished in purgatory! ā€

The middle-aged woman bowed deeply and replied hoarsely, "Yes." ā€

The white-robed man put his right hand on his left chest, nodded to the girl on the bed, and saluted, "Niangniang, it will take about an hour for the dragon to be born, I will wait outside the door, if there is an emergency, you can just scream." ā€

"Thank you, Master, after the dragon child gives birth, the palace will personally go to the temple to thank you." The girl turned her head sideways, smiled symbolically to show her gratitude, and then ordered, "Granny Qin, send the divine master on my behalf." ā€

"Divine Master, please." Granny Qin took two and a half steps forward, stopping exactly five inches away from the white-robed man, and then her right arm was facing outward, very respectful, but without a smile on her face.

The white-robed man glanced at it, then turned around with a slight flick of his sleeves, and the person walked forward, and the red gauze curtain floated up on its own, and the two walked out of the inner hall one after the other, and the gauze curtain slowly fell again.

The white-robed man saw the palace maids coming and going, looked at the night sky again, and turned around and ordered: "Come out with me and wait outside, the dragon son is about to be born, although it is unlikely that the young son cannibalism, but it will happen occasionally." ā€

When the palace maids heard this, their faces changed slightly, and they hurriedly put down the utensils in their hands and trotted out of the hall.

Seeing that everyone had withdrawn, the white-robed man glanced at Granny Qin coldly, snorted lightly, and walked outside the hall.

……

About half a pillar of incense passed, and the vision of one side of the night sky being bright and three sides dark became more and more obvious.

Next to the bed in the dormitory, the girl's expression was very serious at the moment, her mouth opened and closed frequently, but there was no sound in the room.

"Well, for an hour, the outside won't know anything inside." The girl let out a sigh of relief, then slowly got up, touched her stomach, and raised a happy smile at the corner of her mouth, but it only lasted for a moment, her expression changed immediately, and she nervously said to Granny Qin who was standing aside: "Granny Qin, quickly, rewrite the rune, time is running out." ā€

Granny Qin moved her palm to the original position of the "Dragon Descent", and as a beam of gray light flashed, the mysterious symbols disappeared one by one. As the right hand moved, the left hand began to swipe back and forth in its original position, and another strange symbol appeared on the ground.

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