Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 1: The Encyclopedia Opens

A ray of warm and bright sunlight shines through the tiny gap in the carved wooden window, gently and softly falling into the spacious and tidy room like a silk thread.

The dazzling sunlight made Lu Ming, who had just woken up in bed, a little unable to adapt for a while. He tried to raise his hand to block it slightly, but found that he didn't even have the strength to raise his hand.

In desperation, Lu Ming had to close and open his eyes repeatedly to try to adapt to the sudden dazzling light.

At this moment, Lu Ming suddenly felt a surge of memories flooding into his mind like a surging tide.

Lu Ming endured the severe pain that almost swallowed him.

Fortunately, the pain passed quickly. Lu Ming suddenly opened his eyes and slowly scanned the entire room, taking in the furnishings inside one by one.

Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh at himself: "What's the point of recovering my past life's memories now? I'm almost dead."

Lu Ming is not from this world. He is a time traveler, or a reborn person.

In this life, he was reborn as the third son of King Xiaoyao of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He had been loved since childhood and was treated like a treasure by everyone in the palace. His life was even better than those princes and princesses in the palace.

However, such carefree days came to an abrupt end with the death of his father.

Not long after his father passed away, the royal family cut off the generous annual supply from Xiaoyao Palace for various reasons. At the same time, Lu Ming's elder and second brothers also died one after another.

After Lu Ming's two elder brothers passed away, his health became worse day by day. Now he is at the end of his life and may follow in his two elder brothers' footsteps at any time.

Lu Ming was very clear about his situation. Over the years, he had been cautious and acted like a playboy. On the surface, he seemed to have no ambitions and no harm. But even so, troubles kept coming to him.

Old King Xiaoyao was no ordinary man. He was known as the only immortal in the Great Zhou. He gave up practicing Taoism and followed Emperor Taizu in his campaigns. Eventually, he was named the King of One Word and One Shoulder by Emperor Taizu.

Because of this, the old King Xiaoyao obtained the dragon energy of the Great Zhou and possessed power almost the same as that of the emperor.

Since the death of Emperor Taizu of Zhou, every emperor who followed was very wary of the old King Xiaoyao, especially the dragon aura in him, which made the Emperor of the Great Zhou feel very uneasy.

After a lot of effort, the old King Xiaoyao died, but the dragon energy in his body not only did not return to the Emperor of the Great Zhou, but was inherited by his descendants. This was unbearable for any emperor.

Lu Ming suspected that his health was getting worse and worse, and it was the royal family who was secretly plotting behind the scenes.

Over the years, no matter what he ate or drank, he would ask his maid to test for poison first. He also sought out famous doctors from all over the Great Zhou, but those doctors were unable to find out what was wrong with his body.

At this moment, Lu Ming sighed deeply, "I never thought that my journey through life would end so soon."

"Never mind, I've enjoyed what I should have enjoyed."

Just as Lu Ming finished speaking, a maid's crisp and slightly nervous voice suddenly came from the door, "Your Majesty, the Queen is here to visit you."

Hearing this, Lu Ming was stunned. Queen?
Come to visit him?

What's the point of visiting him?
He and the Queen seemed to have never had any contact? They had never even met before, so why did the Queen suddenly come to see him today?

As the King of Xiaoyao, Lu Ming has great privileges. According to the will of Emperor Taizu, the King of Xiaoyao and the emperor have the same status, so Lu Ming does not have to go to court at any time. If the emperor wants to see Lu Ming, he cannot use the term "summon" and can only invite him with courtesy.

The old King Xiaoyao and Emperor Taizu of Zhou became sworn brothers. In addition, because the old King Xiaoyao had outlived three emperors of the Great Zhou, Lu Ming was now nominally several generations older than the emperor of the Great Zhou. Whenever the emperor saw Lu Ming, he had to call him "ancestor" respectfully.

The Queen wanted to see Lu Ming, but naturally couldn't let him into the palace, so she had no choice but to come to Xiaoyao Palace in person. Lu Ming frowned slightly, thinking to himself: Could it be that the Emperor Zhou wanted to see when I would die, so he sent the Queen to check on me?

After all, Emperor Zhou was the emperor of the Great Zhou. He must have been unwilling to let the ruler of a country come to the Xiaoyao Palace, so he asked the queen to visit him in a false manner.

After all, the old King Xiaoyao was a great contributor to the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Now his descendants are almost extinct. If no one from the royal family comes to visit, it would really be unacceptable.

After thinking of this possibility, Lu Ming said calmly: "Let her in."

As soon as Lu Ming finished speaking, the exquisite wooden door of the bedroom slowly opened, making a slight "creaking" sound.

What caught Lu Ming's eyes was a graceful woman, dressed in a gorgeous phoenix crown and bridal gown. She walked slowly into the room, and every step she took seemed to carry a noble and elegant temperament.

The woman's skin was as white as snow, and seemed to emit a soft glow under the sunlight. Her face was cold, her eyebrows were as dark as distant mountains, her eyes were clear and deep, her nose was straight and upturned, and she exuded a mature and dignified aura that made people dare not look directly at her.

The wide phoenix robe was bound by an exquisite belt, which perfectly showed off the woman's slender waist and chest, outlining her graceful figure.

The golden ornaments on her head sparkled brightly in the sun, making the woman look even more graceful and elegant, like a fairy from the sky descending to the mortal world.

Lu Ming was stunned for a moment. Is this the Queen of the Great Zhou?
Even though Lu Ming had seen many beauties, he was still deeply attracted by the noble temperament of the woman at this moment.

Lu Ming couldn't help but sigh in his heart: She is so stunningly beautiful, she is indeed worthy of being the queen who rules the country.

Just as Lu Ming was about to say something, a book pattern suddenly appeared in front of him. On the cover of the book were written four big words "Goddess Picture Book", shining with golden light and particularly eye-catching.

The next moment, the book slowly opened, and the portrait of the Queen of Da Zhou appeared on the first page of the book, with several lines of text appearing below the portrait of the woman.

[Name: Wu Wanrong]

[Identity: Fake Queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, sister of the real Queen Wu Siling, and a celestial maiden of the Jiutianyuan Temple.]

[Realm: Second Rank]

[Status: After her sister died, she pretended to be the queen and sneaked into the palace to replace her sister as the queen. She is very ambitious and wants to obtain the dragon energy in you and seize the imperial power of the Great Zhou Dynasty.]

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This... Lu Ming looked at the scene in front of him and his body trembled for a moment.

This must be his golden finger!!!

He originally thought that this was how his life would be, but he didn't expect that when he was about to die, not only did he recover his memories of his past life, but he also received such a surprise.

Seeing Lu Ming staring at her with his eyes fixed on her, Wu Wanrong's cold face flashed with a barely perceptible displeasure. She raised her chin slightly and said indifferently:
"I heard that King Xiaoyao's health is getting worse. His Majesty specially asked me to come and visit you and brought you a pill of immortality. I hope King Xiaoyao can recover soon."

Her voice was as cold as ice, yet it contained a hint of deliberate concern.

(End of this chapter)