The Dragon Lord dreamed of having a golden dragon heir with a powerful bloodline, but for years his wish went unfulfilled. Not long after I married him, I became pregnant. The imperial physician said I was carrying nine golden dragons. Overjoyed, the Dragon Lord made me Empress. Once I safely delivered the golden dragon babies, he would announce the news to the world.
When the little princes and princesses bumped into my belly while playing, they and their mothers’ entire clan disappeared that very day. Knowing I preferred peace and quiet, the Dragon Lord specially arranged a residence for me outside the palace.
When I was close to giving birth, the Dragon Lord’s biological sister mistook me for a mistress her husband was keeping in pampered comfort, simply because her husband had been ordered to protect me.
“A lowly concubine dumped outside the palace dares to seduce my husband, and you’re carrying his bastard, too?”
“You and the bastard in your belly deserve to die!”
She stripped off my clothes, dragged me to the prison, and subjected me to every torture used on criminals. Then she smashed all nine eggs to pieces right in front of the Dragon Lord.
“Imperial Brother, this lowborn woman seduced my husband, and these are the bastards she was carrying! Give the order now to execute her entire clan!”
