Steps Towards You

Step Twenty Four : Black Swan

Fanyin Village

The King of Fanyin Village has been ambush by his own brother who try to take over not only the Throne but also woman. He already madly in love with The Queen, so he take a change to overthrow the Kingdom. With the death of the King, automatically he will be the next King of Fanyin Kingdom.

But not just the throne, he also made an offer for the queen to keep her status by being his queen, if she agree he will spare the life of child that she is conceived right now and will treat her child as royal family.

To avoid being killed the Queen agree with the offering, but deep down inside she hate his brother in law but as a woman without power there is nothing she can do. All the army was not on her side, even there is she is outnumber. So she will surrender for the moment to plan a perfect revenge for her late husband.

Time flies, she can’t gather any army by her side so she change her tactic, she pretend to love him back and willing to have his child, hearing of this news the King feeling jovial. But when the Queen find out she is pregnant while she is still hate her husband she try so many way to kill her baby in the womb. But none of them are work so she has to give birth to her second daughter. As soon as the baby born she take the baby with her and throw her away to a snake pit that guided by four pythons. She not feeling any regret for doing that.

The baby not knowing anything since she just born she just keep crying. The pythons are spirit animal even though they don’t have physical body they still try to care for the little baby that being throw into their home. The pythons try to provide her with fruit and water. Just enough to make the baby growth

When the baby reach five years old, a boy around 15 years old come to forest for cultivate since he will the next archmage of Fanyin Village. He bump into her at the snake pit, he come to her when the python leaving for spiritual moonlight bless. Seeing her injure he bite his finger and drink her his blood, since the blood of archmage is the best medicine to heal. He also use his magic to create a fruit tree and channel the mountain water to pass through her place, Since the girl doesn’t know how to talk , he give her name A’lanruo and remind her that she call A’lanruo. With the magic he place her name in the back of her arm.

He can’t stay with her since he must go to seclusion for training but he promise her he would come back, and wish she will survive when she come back.

Past another five years, the Queen give born again to Third Princess, with the care personally of the King that is nothing she can do to accept the born into Royal family. The king spoil his new born so much.

When A’lanruo is ten years old, Su mo ye the second prince of west sea come to Fanyin Village and saw her. Feeling pity he took her under his protection by being her teacher. He starts to teach her how to talk, calligraphy, and tea ceremony. They spend time together in his mansion. When he finally realize the girl he save was actually the second princess of Fanyin Village. After around ten years he took her to enter the Kingdom to introduce her as a second princess who long lost.

The king was found surprise hearing the information but after the queen admitted what she done long time ago, the king melt and accept his long lost daughter. But the queen doesn’t want her in the Kingdom, so she give her a mansion outside the palace so she can stay there. And only come to the palace when invite.

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Meanwhile at Taichen Palace ten days after the deep sleep, Donghua found his cultivation back 70% which is enough for him to protect his love. He then go the Fanyin palace under invisible magic. He feeling sad seeing her wife being treat so bad. But when he saw a man come to rescue her, he recognize the man, he is Su moye and one of Liansong friend. He follow her, to see how she is.