Yino didn’t dare to answer. He sat up straight and felt the purple sandalwood fragrance surrounding him like a silver dragon. Hua looked at his profile and spoke with appreciation.
"Think about it. What does the National Advisor gain from governing the Great Dragon Dynasty? Power? Wealth? Fa? She doesn’t seem to care about any of those. For years, she has worked day and night to support Nina. She bears the burden of labor and the insults of the world for being a Phoenix Regent. She is the last of the ancient Vermilion Bird clan. She has no relatives in this dynasty, so there is no profit in being a Regent. She is a thousand-year-old Venerable who served the old Dragon Emperor. She has already tasted imperial power. At her level, would she really crave worldly power?"
Hua laughed coldly. Yino could feel that she wasn’t mocking Changli. On the contrary, she respected her. She was mocking the reality that a simple girl like Nina was the Empress, while an ambitious Princess like herself could not take the throne.
"Let tell you the truth. The National Advisor only supports Nina because of the old Dragon Emperor’s final decree. In her eyes, Nina is just a burden she must carry to repay a debt. In fact, the National Advisor’s ideals are far beyond the emotions and desires of this world. They are not sothing we can easily understand."
When ntioning the old Dragon Emperor, Hua frowned with a look of disdain. Her gentle face turned cold, and her dragon aura leaked out. But when she ntioned Changli, her eyes showed respect and admiration. She leaned closer and looked into Yino’s eyes. "Did you know? For the past thousand years, the National Advisor has used Heavenly Divination to calculate the future tens of thousands of tis every day. She calculates day after day, forgetting to eat or sleep, as if she has suffered Qi Deviation. What kind of future do you think she saw?"
Hua shrugged. She stopped being seductive and simply leaned near Yino to share her discoveries. Yino looked confused, but as a player who had been reborn, he understood every word. Changli was definitely not a woman who craved power. She had said that Yino was the "Seed of Variables" she was looking for. She knew more about the tilines than Yino did. Therefore, Hua’s words were credible.
"I think," Hua said while looking into the distance, "the National Advisor must have calculated a disaster that cannot be reversed. It is a tragic ending that makes even her feel despair. That is why she has spent thousands of years in seclusion, trying to find a way to break the future Heavenly Tribulation from billions of tilines!"
Hua smiled. She leaned forward and tilted her head. Her dragon eyes, reflecting a purple glow, stared straight into Yino’s eyes. The answer seed obvious.
"Are you saying... I am the variable Master is looking for?" Yino asked tentatively.
"Perhaps you are indeed the only variable in this world in her eyes." Hua nodded with satisfaction. It was easy to talk to smart people. She continued, "So, Lady Changli’s heart is not in imperial power. She is busy calculating the heavens. Supporting Nina is a burden that wastes too much of her ti and energy. Nina is just an obstacle. She only took the throne because she was the old Dragon Emperor’s favorite daughter and because of his final decree. People say the three Grand Tutor Mansions are divided: the Lin mansion supports the Azure Dragon, the Liu mansion supports the Silver Dragon, and the He mansion supports Nina’s faction. But does the He mansion really support Nina? What is there to support? She has no blood relation to the He mansion. She is obsessed with being selfless and brings no private profit to the He mansion. In the end, the He mansion is only loyal to lady Changli. Who actually cares about that puppet Empress?"
Hua finished her long speech and felt thirsty. She stood up and sat back in her seat, drinking a cup of tea in one go. Across from her, Yino’s mind was racing. He summarized her points:
Nina is a burden to Changli.Nina is a puppet to the He mansion.
He finally understood her aning. "So, you’re saying that since the He mansion and the National Advisor don’t care about Empress Nina, you want to help you take the throne?"
"Exactly. If you succeed and I beco the Empress, I will na you my emperor!" Hua’s eyes widened. She looked at Yino as if he were a rare genius.
Yino almost wanted to laugh. Even if he was the child of destiny, he was only at the Nascent Soul stage. He couldn’t even compare to a single hair on Nina’s head. He couldn’t imagine how a small fry like him could help with a rebellion. It felt like a multi-billionaire asking a college student to start a business together.
"Lady Hua, are you serious?"
"Yino, this is just a long-term investnt. You don’t need to give an answer now, and I won’t ask you to do anything yet. We are just eting to reach a consensus." Hua shrugged. She didn’t think it was absurd because this boy was the one chosen by the National Advisor. She believed in Changli’s vision more than Nina did. Recruiting Yino while he was young was a guaranteed profit.
Hua’s eyes beca serious. Her cold pride was her true self; flirting was just a tactic. Seeing that Yino didn’t fall for it, she stopped trying to seduce him.
"Well? My cute little variable, are you interested in a deal? If I beco Empress, what could I not give you? Power? Money? Won? You can have whatever you want. Of course..."
At the end, Hua’s cold face turned seductive again. She ca to Yino’s side and licked her lips, showing the purple totem on her tongue. She whispered, "If you really beco the one who changes the world, I wouldn’t mind being yours even if I am the Empress. Think about it. In front of the world, I am the Empress. But behind the scenes, I am just your woman. My sincerity is enough, right? You males always dream of having an Empress beneath you. The chance is right in front of you."
The atmosphere was quiet. Yino’s heart wavered under her seductive words. But then, a cold voice shouted from the back of the temple.
"Don’t listen to this venomous woman’s nonsense!"
"If she becos Empress, she won’t let you ride her. She’ll be the first to kill you once you’ve outlived your usefulness!"
Everyone turned around. A stunning dragon woman in a green qipao walked over with a dark expression. An Azure Dragon totem was tattooed on her pale thigh visible through the slit of her dress.
"Yino, cooperate with my Azure Dragon clan. We aren’t looking to steal the throne right now, but the Lin mansion can certainly work with you to deal with the Divine Gate."
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"Ah-choo!"
"Ah-choo!"
"Ah-choo!"
In the palace backyard, the White Dragon girl was busy copying ancient books on governance. She suddenly sneezed three tis. She put down her pen and wiped her nose with a handkerchief.
"How strange. I feel a chill down my back today."
"Master hasn’t returned for days. I wonder if that idiot Yino is in trouble at the Liuli Sect..."
Nina sighed with boredom. She had promised her Master to finish her howork while her Master went to Jiangnan to bring Yino back. She was supposed to handle the ss where Yino stole Lin Ze’s Azure Dragon bloodline. She had even prepared a small whip to interrogate Yino.
She had waited for nearly seven days. Now, the Lin mansion Elders had stopped complaining, the Liu mansion Elders had stopped making a fuss, and even her sisters Yune and Hua had disappeared. The palace was empty. Without the different factions fighting, her life as Empress was unusually quiet.
"So boring... I want to find Yino. I want to hear the interesting stories... no, I an the trouble he caused in Jiangnan! He’s my only friend in this world..."
The White Dragon girl propped her chin on her hand and pouted while staring at the sky. After a long ti, she went back to her work, only to find that her sneezes had smudged the ink on her scrolls.
"Ah!!! My howork! I have to start over again!!! It’s all Yino’s fault! He must be cursing behind my back!"
...
In the Demon Abyss of the Western Region, within an ancient prison.
The sound of light footsteps from high heels approached. A woman in a red dress with Vermilion Bird patterns pushed open the cell door. She made eye contact with a girl with ssy hair and black eyes.
"Are you here to disgust again?" the woman mocked with a cold sneer.
Changli ignored the comnt. She walked forward and grabbed the woman’s chin, forcing her to look up.
"Rebellious Disciple, during your thousand years in the Demon Abyss, did you ever fall in love with a human man? Or were you forced into a relationship?"
"Is this your new way of insulting ?" The girl curled her pale lips into a smile. "Humans are disgusting creatures. I would never let their low-grade genes enter my body."
Changli stared into her eyes. "If no human man impregnated you, why does the child hatched from your Phoenix Egg have half-human blood? And why is he already so intelligent. even smarter than his mother?"
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