If this news were to reach the palace, that exalted Emperor would likely be unable to keep her mouth shut for days, lamenting that the Da Qin Immortal Dynasty was destined to flourish and that the ancestors were watching over her. As the palace maid who had borne the dragon's seed, she would at least have been able to secure the title of Noble Consort.
But she had long since abandoned such thoughts. Having been punished within the palace, her Nascent Soul essence was severely damaged, and in her desperate attempt to protect the fetus in her womb, she had exhausted her very life force. By the time Qin Ziyan was born, the mother’s hair had turned entirely white. To ensure Qin Ziyan could grow up, she had borrowed forbidden arts to survive another ten years.
That year, Qin Ziyan was ten, and her mother was gone.
Chapter 276