The woman was radiant with health and beauty, and she walked into her bedroom, gently stroking her lower abdomen.

"Princess!"

At the entrance of the main hall, two maids stood on the left and right, both bowing their heads.

Is the Empress Dowager in the palace?

"Your Highness, the Third Princess Consort has been waiting in the palace for quite some time!"

"Understood. You all stay here and no one is allowed to go in!"

"yes!"

Upon entering the hall, the beautiful woman in black immediately stepped forward, her face filled with anxiety, and asked, "Leier, how are you? I've been feeling uneasy lately, as if something bad is about to happen..."

The beautiful woman was naturally the mother of Zhu Lei, and also the third queen consort of the Dragon King Zhu Xuan, Wei Qiu Shuang. Her maternal clan was the Ghost Ray clan of the East Sea.

Zhu Lei also possesses some of the bloodline of the Manta Ray Clan, which is why she is able to unleash such earth-shattering power.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Lei smiled faintly, "Mother, you must be overthinking it! I have already obtained the Heart of the Vast Ocean without any mishaps! This is all thanks to Mother for using her power to interfere with the perception of those old fellows in the Dragon Palace!"

"They succeeded so easily?"

Wei Qiushuang frowned.

"Of course!" Zhu Lei seemed to be in a very good mood, patting her flat belly. "Both the person and the treasure have been absorbed into my belly. The Heart of the Vast Ocean is already in my possession!"

It's truly...in the bag.

"You ate that child too?" At this moment, the beautiful woman in black suddenly realized something and frowned, "Didn't we agree beforehand that we would only take the treasure and not harm anyone?"

Zhu Lei's expression stiffened for a moment, then she hesitated before explaining, "That kid can use the power of the Vast Ocean Heart, making him extremely agile in the water. In addition, there were members of the Python Clan nearby at the time, so I had no choice but to act quickly, trapping him inside my belly first, and then dealing with him slowly..."

"..."

Wei Qiushuang paced back and forth in the hall with a sullen face. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Daughter, if that little boy doesn't know your identity, let him go after taking Han Haixin. Don't take his life!"

"Why?" Zhu Lei was taken aback. "Does Mother know something? This child must not be killed?"

The beautiful woman nodded and said, "I have already sent people to find out all the rumors about this boy. He not only has a real marriage relationship with the Guanghan Palace, but he has also recently made some contact with the Demon Emperor's Palace. If we kill him, it could easily bring about the annihilation of my Ghost Ray Clan!"

"Your Majesty, you are overthinking it! This matter was arranged flawlessly by your son. Apart from Your Majesty and your son, no one else knows about it. The steward of the Ice Spirit Python Clan and the Nether Sea Tiger Shark Clan are just pawns in a game. They have no idea about our plan. As long as no one knows, the trouble will not reach us!"

However, upon hearing this, Wei Qiushuang said with a serious expression, "Leier, never treat your father like a fool. This is how we survive in the North Sea! No matter how I fight with that python, in his eyes, it's just a palace intrigue. He won't favor anyone... But once we kill someone, this balance will be broken, and there will be no room for maneuver."

"But Mother, now that we've already devised a plan to seize the Heart of the Vast Ocean, why should we be afraid to kill an insignificant outsider? Could it be that in Father's eyes, this little boy is more important than the Heart of the Vast Ocean?"

“Leier, you don’t understand your father enough,” the beautiful woman in black sighed, her worry deepening in her eyes. “My fight with that python has already greatly displeased him! The Han Hai Heart, no matter how much it’s fought over, ultimately belongs to our North Sea. The fact that Zhu Li couldn’t protect it only shows her own incompetence… However, whoever makes the first move to kill will be the first to cross your father’s bottom line. Enraging your father will never end well in the North Sea, and that’s an unchanging principle!”

Zhu Lei frowned, seemingly disagreeing with her mother's statement.

The victor is king, the loser is villain. Only one person will inherit the Dragon King's throne in the future. If one does not learn from the lessons of blood and tears, who is qualified to sit in that position?

This is the world of cultivation, where life and death are at stake, not a game of make-believe.

She didn't rush to refute him, but said, "But that kid has already seen my Ghost Ray true form. If we let him go, and they investigate along this line, the fire will soon burn us... We can't possibly return the Vast Ocean Heart that we've already obtained!"

The beautiful woman stroked her chin. "Now that we have the Heart of the Vast Ocean, there's no reason to return it. After extracting the Heart of the Vast Ocean from that boy, let me handle him. I'll make him forget some things!"

"Besides... even if those stupid snakes guess that we were the ones who did it, as long as your father doesn't get involved, I'm not afraid of Mei Yu'er! If she has the guts, let her come and take it back!"

Having said all that, Zhu Lei had no choice but to suppress her dissatisfaction and nod, "Your subject will obey Your Majesty's orders..."

"Okay, then you should remove the Han Hai Xin from that kid's body as soon as possible. I'll go prepare some things!"

After saying this, the beautiful woman in black waved her sleeves and left the hall.

Actually, there's one more thing she didn't tell Zhu Lei.

She has been feeling restless lately, which is clearly not a good sign for a powerful person like her.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, she chose to let Shen Yunhao go.

As long as Zhu Xuan remains on the throne, she will always be the Third Princess. Even if she can't compete with that python demon, she at least has her maternal clan to rely on.

However, after the beautiful woman in black left, Zhu Lei's face, which had been beaming with joy, immediately darkened.

"What great things can a woman accomplish with such compassion and timidity?"

"Why is it that Zhu Li gets all the love and attention, becoming the most beautiful woman in Beihai! She even gets Han Haixin's favor and can keep any gigolo she likes, while I have to marry a good-for-nothing..."

"Only the blood of the Ancestral Dragon can help me turn the tide, and this kid is so kind to Han Haixin. If I can also gain that kindness, then Han Haixin will no longer belong to Zhu Li alone!"

At this point, a deeply hidden fervor surfaced on the girl's face.

"Han Haixin, I want her! And this little boy, I want him too! Anything that belongs to her, I'll take it all!"

"Ouch! Hiss—"

However, before she could gloat for long, the girl suddenly frowned, cried out in pain, and then raised her hand to rub her stomach.

"That's strange. I feel something poking me in my stomach. Is it just my imagination?"

...

Meanwhile, in that lake that resembled a secret realm, Shen Yunhao glanced at the girl in the purple dress beside him and asked, "What are you doing?"

Mo Yan gave a cold snort.

"Take the Heart of the Vast Ocean, and you might only offend your little white dragon... but she actually wants to take my stinky brother, so she'll probably offend a whole bunch of people!"

Shen Yunhao: "..."

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