Reject me, you damn woman.

With power like that, Lily could have been an adventurer, a knight, or even just an ordinary country girl with the power to slay dragons.

She clearly had thousands of better paths to choose from, but she still chose the one she hated the most and the most thorny one. Even after her death, she felt that she had not done well enough, and she endured a thousand years of loneliness alone for the sake of the empire.

"You don't have the mind of an emperor, but you act like an emperor. Lily, you are not the best emperor, but you are the proud ancestor of the Norton family and the best emperor of Zijinhua."

Lynn finally made the final judgment.

"Ooooooooh, Lynn!"

The brand on the back of her hand flashed repeatedly, and Lily's voice became tearful.

"alright,"

Lynn comforted him:

"Isn't your mission over now? Now you are no longer Emperor Pendragon, but only Heroic Spirit Lily. Are you happy with your life? If you don't like it, I will release the Heroic Spirit Contract, and then you will be truly free."

"No, you can't be released! No matter what happens, you can't be released. I don't agree! I am very happy. Even if you are annoying and always lie, I will always stand by your side. This is the choice made by my will!"

"Really? Maybe I'll do something disgusting to you in the future?"

"It doesn't matter. If it's you, you must have your reasons!"

As he spoke, the sword-shaped emblem that originally only covered the back of Lin En's hand suddenly had some silver lines extending to Lin En's arm. This was proof that the bond of the Heroic Spirit's blessing had deepened.

The plan goes through!

After using a little CPU to persuade her ancestor to continue to be devoted to her, Lin En finally showed his true colors:

"Besides, I have to thank you. If you were not the first ancestor, Novi would never have had the chance to be born."

"Originally, these words should not be said..."

When the topic came up, Lily was a little hesitant, but she quickly put her concerns aside.

I just promised Lin En that I would trust him completely, and if it was Lin En, it shouldn't matter.

"Actually, as you said, I did not kill the child that day. After all, no matter what mistakes the Morris family made in initiating the rebellion, the child who was created was innocent. But how to deal with her gave me a headache. Her dragon blood was too dangerous..."

There was a hint of reminiscence in Lily's voice, as if she was thinking of a suitable word to describe it.

"How does it compare to that bitch Divira?"

Lynn thought about it and set up a reference.

"How can you call your own mother a bitch!"

Lily was very shocked, but she still replied:

"Still a little bit worse - don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the child is bad, but even your mother's current state is still a little bit worse."

"Worse?"

Lin En was a little surprised. In addition to the red dragon's blessing, the empress mother also had seven practical buffs from the previous kings, five of which were quite heavyweight. Wasn't that enough?

An artificial dragonborn is stronger than one blessed by the dragons themselves. Is it reasonable for a mere artificial dragonborn to kill his master?

"Yes, it is indeed a little worse, because you have no idea what those bastards in the Morris family did to that child."

There was a rare hint of anger in Lily's voice, and Lynn was reminded of the alchemy laboratory in the Holy Trial that was filled with stinking filth, flying flies, mutated monsters, and a dead girl with twisted limbs.

"There are no less than seven laboratories in the entire imperial capital that you saw during the Holy Trial, and they were conducting different experiments. The results of those experiments were eventually combined on that girl, and we got a monster that could even fight me."

"Is it so strong?"

Lynn was a little suspicious.

Although she was a Heroic Spirit made of energy, Lily swallowed dryly under the influence of her emotions.

"It's not a question of strength or not. Novi's ancestor, that child is, in a sense, just a copy of me. No matter how strong she is, she will never be stronger than me. But she can allow her offspring to stably awaken the protection of the Golden Holy Dragon, an artificial dragonborn."

"Fuck!"

Lynn blurted out a swear word.

The protection of the awakened dragon clan is not scary, but the scary thing is the word "stability", and it is also hereditary!

Even for the Norton family, who had been blessed by the dragon clan themselves, they could only draw lots to awaken dragon blood.

If Quinn's silver dragon is the first or second prize, and the Empress's mother's red dragon is at most the third prize, then the golden holy dragon is the well-deserved special prize. Even in the past thousand years, there is only one such person, Lily.

Of course, we have to mention Lin En's "thank you for your patronage". As the first one in nearly a thousand years, even Lily suspected that he was not her biological son...

But Novi's ancestors can actually produce special prizes stably. If she were to allow them to reproduce for a thousand years, not only would the entire Purple Gold Flower Empire have to change its surname, but the Magic Bell Tower's daily research topic would have to be how to resist the Celestial Dragons.

"It's not that simple,"

Lily sighed:

"Our family can control dragon blood because the dragons themselves have given it protection, which is equivalent to a gift from a host to a guest. The Morris family's artificial dragon descendants are equivalent to taking without asking. It is stealing, stealing, and stealing the most precious treasure. Do you think there is no price?"

Lin En nodded. This made sense. He thought about it and said:

"Those mutated test subjects?"

"Yes,"

Lily nodded.

“Those thieves who have not been blessed cannot bear the blessing of the Golden Holy Dragon at all. The mutated dragon fetuses will try to tear the mother’s belly before they are born. Even if they are born, they will most likely be corrupted by dragon blood and become deformed monsters who only know how to kill.”

Lily sighed:

"If the dragon blood of the Norton family is a blessing, then for Novi's ancestors, it is simply a curse."

"But you helped them solve it later?"

Lynn probed.

"It's mostly luck,"

Lily said,

"The elven arcanist who helped me create the Holy Trial Space knew a priest who was good at the art of life. I asked them to work together to impose a ban on Novi's ancestors so that the deformed dragon blood would never awaken. Then I sent her to the countryside, and only occasionally sent shadow knights to check on her."

Lin En nodded silently. This made sense, along with the reason why the royal family had never had a fourth princess and why she suddenly appeared later.

It was probably because Lin En's grandfather, the Empress Mother's father, had always been on the sidelines, which led to some problems with the descendants of this bloodline. After the Empress Mother came to the throne, she found them and adopted Novi into the palace.

"Lin En, even though I told you all this, please don't use it to do anything bad."

Lily said a little nervously.

"Don't worry about this,"

Lynn smiled:

"No one is more worried about Novi's safety than me. If possible, I would rather this power never awaken in my lifetime."

Lily responded, but still felt a little uneasy.

Although Lin En agreed in all seriousness and his concern for the little girl named Novi was genuine, Lily always felt that with Lin En's character, he would not just let it go after knowing these things.

But Lily couldn't imagine what he was going to do specifically.

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While Lin En was hiding in a corner pretending to rest but actually exchanging information with Lily, the others were not idle either.

Servants came in one after another to clean up the banquet hall. Quinn was sent out by the empress mother to send back the guests who had been frightened tonight. Although Lin En didn't know whether asking Quinn to send those guys back would become a second fright for the guests...

The girls had been quite busy tonight, and now that the crisis was over, they relaxed and lay in a corner together like three cats sleeping. This scene was quite harmonious, and Lin En couldn't help but smile knowingly. He took out a blanket from the storage ring and tiptoed to put it on the three of them.

The Empress Mother and Lin En were still in a cold war, so naturally no one would pay attention to each other. However, the old lion Reinhardt glanced at Lin En several times, but Lin En deliberately ignored him all.

When dealing with this kind of old guy who likes to hold back, you have to focus on the fact that he knows you are anxious, but you should not be anxious yet. The game is to wait and see who is willing to take the bait.

The holy test space has been repaired, and there is no point for Captain Hilta to continue staying here. He is only subordinate to the Empress, and after making a brief report to the Empress, he naturally planned to leave.

As he was passing by the high priest, he saw the wise old man suddenly tap the ground with the golden staff in his hand and whispered:

"General Hilta, can you please spare me a moment?"

Hilta was confused. He and the high priest had different powers and they had no interactions on weekdays. They just had a few arguments about the decision tonight. Could it be that the other party felt that he had lost face and wanted a second round?

"Master Priest, I apologize for the offense tonight..."

He had just started when the high priest waved his hand:

"Hey, hey, don't say that. Tonight we are just following orders. It's all for the good of the country and His Majesty. How can there be any question of offending or not offending?"

Hilta was immediately even more confused. Since it wasn't because of the quarrel tonight, then what else did he want to find her for? The high priest must be a man of clear mind to have been able to work under the empress until this age.

Hilta didn't think that the other party had gone crazy and wanted to do something against Tiangang by secretly colluding with the army.

Unexpectedly, this old man who looked rather quaint suddenly opened his squinting eyes a little wider, looked around a few times slyly, and after confirming that no one was paying attention to this place, he asked quietly:

"What could an old man have asked? I just wanted to ask General Hilta if he had any dissatisfaction with His Highness Lin En?"

It turned out to be this.

General Hilta snorted coldly when he thought of this:

"I dare not hide it from His Excellency the High Priest. Before tonight, I personally had no opinion about His Highness Lin En. It's just that when he was on the city wall, he killed the butler who had served my family for many years just because of a few words. I can't pretend that I didn't see that scene."

"I see,"

The high priest nodded, stroked his beard, and suddenly said:

"It seems that the butler must have a deep affection for General Hilta!"

Hilta shook her head and said:

"That's not the case. I have been loyal to His Majesty since I was a child and have served in the army for many years. I have no interaction with the servants at home. That guy did make mistakes, but His Highness Lin En is overreaching."

Upon hearing this, the high priest, who had a kind face, suddenly glared:

"In that case, is it possible that General Hilta would offend His Highness Lin En for a slave with no feelings?"

"Your Excellency, what you said is a little biased,"

Hilta said coldly:

"First of all, it's not me who offended His Highness Lin En, it's His Highness Lin En who offended me. Secondly, even if that's the case, I have no ill will towards His Highness. The ceremony tonight was mostly about the facts, and I didn't show any intention of targeting His Highness."

He thought for a moment and added:

"If His Highness Lin En wants you to mediate on his behalf, then I'm sorry that Your Highness has bothered so much. Just go back and tell His Highness the truth."

Unexpectedly, the high priest was not satisfied after listening to his speech, and was so angry that his beard was wisping:

"Confused, confused!"

The high priest looked disappointed:

"I thought His Highness Lin En had accidentally killed someone important to you tonight. He just killed a servant. What's more, that guy was at fault first. So you want to offend His Highness Lin En for this?"

Hilta was too lazy to refute who had offended whom. He just snorted coldly:

"I am only loyal to Your Majesty. I don't care what other people think of me."

"Confused, General, you are confused!"

The high priest stroked his beard again, hesitated for a moment, moved closer to Hilta, and whispered:

"The current Majesty is His Majesty, but who will be His Majesty in the future? After tonight, can't the General figure it out?"

Hilta's face changed:

"Master Priest, be careful what you say!"

"General, be careful with your words!"

The high priest was so angry that he blew his beard and glared:

"Your Highness has never been interested in the throne. Everyone can see this. Before tonight, His Highness Lin En was just a kid who made a lot of noise in the academy. What about after tonight? Could it be that General Hilta thinks that His Highness Quinn will be the heir to the throne in the future?"

Hilta's expression suddenly changed, but he still said stubbornly:

"It seems that the High Priest has always looked down on His Highness Lin En."

The high priest continued to exhort: