5
LO
Wyatt sent a magical curse into Aunt Carol’s
body, saying coldly, “If you say anything you
shouldn’t, no one will defend you when you
drop dead!”
Carol nodded like a bobblehead, said nothing
more, adjusted her expression as much as
she could, and backed out of the room.
Soon, Bethany’s voice, filled with a mix of
surprise and joy, came from next door.
She shouted at the top of her lungs, “Prince
Finnick, Queen Mom, I gave birth to a
pureblood golden phoenix egg!”
Finnick and the Queen brushed off their
gloomy mood. They squeezed past the screen
next door, completely forgetting about Wyatt
and me.
Wyatt and I looked at each other and laughed.
Wyatt picked me and the golden egg up and
headed back home.
I fell into a deep sleep in the carriage.
When I woke up, I was in Wyatt’s old palace.
By this time, Bethany had spread the news of
her giving birth to a pureblood golden phoenix
egg far and wide.
The Phoenix King was overjoyed, and a series
of rewards flowed into Prince Finnick’s
palace.
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Phoenix Clan royals and the wives of
ministers all sent gifts and congratulations.
The Queen personally held the “golden.
phoenix egg” for everyone to admire and
subtly hinted to the crowd, “Some people are
paranoid. I put myself out there to protect her
during her pregnancy, but she treated me like
a villain!”
“She thinks she gave birth to a gold nugget,
but it’s just a pureblood egg!”
The maid told me what they were saying.
I smiled faintly.
To allow the golden egg to hatch
successfully, Wyatt and I discussed
concealing its aura and turning it into an
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ordinary Phoenix Clan pureblood egg.
The more proud and arrogant they are now,
the worse it’ll be for them on the day it
hatches!
Bethany carried her golden egg around the
palace. When she saw me taking a walk in the
garden, she made a point of showing off.
“Look how beautiful my little phoenix egg is.
So bright and powerful. When it hatches, Dad
will be so happy!”
“Oh dear, why doesn’t my sister take out her
pureblood egg? Is there something
embarrassing about it?”
She covered her mouth and giggled
exaggeratedly.
The people around her also chimed in,
praising how beautiful the little phoenix was.
I curled my lips. “The phoenix egg is indeed.
dazzling, but my husband thought I had also
given birth to a phoenix egg. He looked up a
lot of ancient crystals that had records of
phoenixes hatching. He says that in order for
the little phoenix to hatch successfully, the
parents need to input a huge amount of
magical power, otherwise, it will be born
weak.”
As I looked Bethany up and down, I asked
with confusion, “But you look radiant, not like
you’re sending magical power to the little.
phoenix. Are you mistreating it?”
As soon as I said that, people realized
something.
Phoenixes are naturally stronger than other
races, but when they are young, they need
more magical power to support them than
other races.
And Bethany thought she got the pureblood
golden phoenix egg. She was not only
behaving in a high–profile and arrogant
manner, but she also offended many
phoenixes and other animals.
Prince Finnick seemed to have given up on
pretending. He publicly confronted Wyatt,
putting on the airs of an older brother.
Some of the other Phoenix Clan royals
couldn’t stand it anymore and chuckled softly,
“She probably thinks she’s about to become
the crown princess and doesn’t even care
about the little phoenix.”
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Bethany’s expression changed drastically.
“How could I mistreat my own child? You’re
just jealous of me!”
After saying that, she carefully examined the
egg in her arms, seeming to feel that its color
had really dimmed.
She panicked and told the maids to call
Prince Finnick back, and hurried away.
I watched her leave, smiling to myself.
The pureblood golden phoenix egg does need
a huge amount of magic power to nourish it.
My palace is full of spiritual stones, and
Wyatt has even put down his work to focus
on hatching the phoenix egg.
But a mixed–breed chicken egg can’t
withstand too much magic power… it will turn
into a dead egg.
I can’t wait to see what happens.
