After Orion and Lumina finished talking.
Lumina was the first to walk out of the palace, with a calm and composed look on her face, and no expression could be seen.
Until she saw the two of them, or to be more precise, saw Sheng Wu, her lips slightly raised and a sly smile flashed across her eyes.
This means that her plan has succeeded!
But when she saw Lucius's face next to her, which looked as ugly as if he had been cuckolded, Lumina's expression turned a little colder. She felt angry and irritated just looking at him.
Lumina walked straight over, skillfully took Shengwu's hand and stood in line with her, looking at Lucius coldly.
"I've finished talking to Orion. He wants to see you. Sister Lillian is pregnant and it's not appropriate for her to go in."
Sheng Wu looked over and wondered if there was something inappropriate. How could she not know?
Lumina looked away.
"......good."
Lucius knew that she was anxious to ask about Sheng Wu's pregnancy, while Orion and he were just exchanging some polite words and talking about God's recent affairs, which had little to do with him.
So he pursed his pale lips slightly, and after regaining some color, he glanced at Sheng Wu, and finally lowered his eyes and walked into the hall.
After he left, Lumina tightened her grip on Sheng Wu's arm, and her expression, which had been relaxed just now, suddenly became cold.
"Come with me."
After saying that, she let go of his hand and walked forward.
Seeing this, Sheng Wu raised her eyebrows and followed indifferently.
After arriving at a palace with Lumina, she checked that there was no surveillance and spoke directly to Sheng Wu.
"Why did you get pregnant with his child?" Her cold expression was filled with confusion and questioning.
Sheng Wu sat down on a chair casually, leaned back and looked up at her.
"To protect himself, God has become suspicious of Lucius and I's progress and has sporadically monitored us. If I didn't have a child, and he knew I was practicing the evil art of fusing the bloodlines of different races, I'd probably be dead in the next second."
"..." This reason left Lumina speechless.
She didn't expect that God would pay so much attention to them.
However, according to this woman's cruelty and calculation, this child does have more advantages than disadvantages.
In an instant, Lumina, who had originally felt an inexplicable sense of betrayal because she thought Shengwu had given up power and freedom to devote herself to love, calmed down the strange emotions in her heart a little.
She blinked, and her fine eyelashes concealed a hint of gloom in her emerald green pupils.
"Then now that you have a child, can you still continue to practice the art of fusing bloodlines?"
Sheng Wu said calmly, "It's no problem, it's just a guarantee."
This child is just an illusion and does not exist at all.
After a pause, she asked Lumina, "What did Orion say?"
Having said that, Lumina temporarily put aside the matter of Sheng Wu's pregnancy, lowered her eyes, took a deep breath, and talked about the overall situation.
"Orion has clearly seen the situation I've plotted against him. He's now in a difficult position. He can no longer kill me to silence me, so he can only follow my plan and take the blame for killing Hogami. The most he'll have to do is pay compensation and be punished, but the dragon race won't be destroyed. I've reached an agreement with him to continue treating his son Reynard, not revealing that he's been infected with demonic energy, and to sign a 100-year peace agreement between the two races after I ascend the throne of the Elf King."
"As for the elves, with the testimony of those elven elders whom I seemingly saved with their lives, I will be seen as an innocent victim of the marriage. Not only will they not blame me, but the elven people will even praise my heroic rescue of the envoy from the Dragon Clan through the propaganda they spread back home, boosting my prestige among the elves."
"Hogami is dead, and the poison in the queen will eventually take effect. The eldest princess, Rosaya, is missing, and the second princess, Tanachu, is just a foolish conspirator. Those in the elven royal family will sooner or later realize that I am the best remaining heir."
Upon hearing this, Sheng Wu's brows slightly furrowed. She had once said to Lumina, "As long as all the heirs are killed, you are the only candidate." Lumina responded that the elven royal family would not recognize her as a cruel monarch who killed her relatives, at least it couldn't be too obvious that it was her who did it.
So, the two of them decided that Lumina could kill Hogami, but she needed to find a scapegoat.
As soon as the marriage proposal came up, Lumina already had a rough plan.
So she later kidnapped Rosaya, led away Hogami, and deliberately let Orion capture Hogami in front of the elf envoy. She also deliberately exposed her flaws to lead Orion to kill her, and deliberately let the elf envoy see that she was also a victim. She risked her life to save them and won the hearts of the people.
All these links are connected to each other, which has led to the current situation.
Of course, the most crucial thing is that she and Sheng Wu work together from inside and outside.
Shengwu kidnapped Rosaya, while Lumina was tasked with holding back and confusing Hogami. Lumina wanted to show the elven emissary Orion killing her, but she wasn't strong enough to resist him. Therefore, Shengwu needed to quickly bring Lucius with her after she sent out a smoke signal, using Lucius's identity to pressure Orion into submission.
The two of them work together very well.
Lumina knew that she was running out of time, so she placed half of her bet on Shengwu, which was a desperate gamble.
If she loses, she will be reincarnated and start over again.
Winning, now.
Sheng Wu listened and glanced at her with rare appreciation, "Well done."
She rarely met such a cooperative and intelligent person.
Hearing Sheng Wu's praise, Lumina, who had always been trained and suppressed by her, looked a little strange and turned away unnaturally.
"Once I have temporarily stabilized Reynard's condition, we can return to the Elven Kingdom."
She actually knows how to praise others, and not in a sarcastic way.
Lumina's eyes flickered slightly, and her throat moved.
"It's not us, it's you." Unexpectedly, Sheng Wu shook her head, sitting with her long legs crossed, looking lazy and relaxed.
"What?" Lumina was stunned and blinked.
Sheng Wu remained calm and composed. "After this incident, Lucius and I will return to the Garden of Eden to nurture the baby. God must be suspicious of us. If I continue to stay in the elves, he might notice the change in your destiny."
These words revealed a subtle consideration for Lumina, as if she knew everything, but did not care about this little difference, and even protected her.
Lumina's pupils moved slightly, and she looked at her with a hint of nervousness. Although Sheng Wu mentioned her abnormality again, this time she had much less murderous intent and fear towards Sheng Wu.
And she took the initiative to test Sheng Wu.
"You're not the real Lillian."
Even though she had been reborn many times before, she rarely had contact with Lillian. After all, she had left Lucius early in pursuit of power, disobeyed God's orders, and had been hunted by angels.
But it's not like she had never seen Lillian before. In her impression, she was not as powerful and cruel as the current Lillian. She even had an indescribable sense of mysterious danger.
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