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"Hmph. Is that your proof?!" The King asked in an icy cold tone.

With a frightened look on his face, the old seer shook his head and asked the King, "Please pardon this old seer, but may I ask if your son had died during his birth?"

At his question, The King widen his eyes and grip the handrail of his throne, and everyone in the room was astonished at his word.

Their face changed, "How could a baby live after dying?" they started to mutter.

As the King gritted his teeth and coldly asks the seer, "A dead person cannot be alive. What does that ridiculous question have to do with Queen Tian and my son?"

Seeing that the king appeared to be flustered, the old seer humpred in his heart at his victory. Yet still politely smiled and told, "My apologies King Bai. ...As I mentioned, that child was not destined to live, yet it did. This is my proof. I hope your greatness will understand. Other than this I have no proof. If your highness wants to punish me for this sin. I'll gladly accept any punishment as what I told was the truth and for the sake of King Bai and for this kingdom." After saying this he kowtows three times.

The seer watched as the King turn pale, clenched his jaw, and tighten his fist before letting out a shaky breath. "Tell me. What remedies do you have?" The King stated in a heavy tone.

This statement from the King caused everyone in the room to widen their eyes. They had no idea that the young lord had died once. This means the seer was correct about the child being a curse on the Bai Family.

The old seer showed a content smile on his old face but hide it before looking up, the seer again bows to the King before informing him, "The child must die."

The King winced and abruptly stood up in anger, the seer quickly kowtows again and pleads, "Your greatness, please forgive this old seer. This old seer just wants the best for the Bai family. This old Seer swears.

...But unfortunately, this is the only way to ensure the safety of the Bai family. I beg you to forgive this old man."

As the King glared at the seer with death stares, Tian Mi timidly stepped up, kneels down, and pleads, "Your greatness, ever since Miss Tian came into the Bai family, Miss Tian has never asked for anything. Miss Tian has tremendously appreciated everything that your greatness has given.

...However, miss Tian now begs your greatness to save Queen Tian. Queen Tian is Miss Tian's only sister. Queen Tian is benevolent and kind... sniff. Miss Tian cannot bear to see Queen Tian in pain. Please your greatness, consider this as miss Tian's one and only wish." Tian Mi begged him showing tears and pity for her older sister.

As Tian Mi finished, the Dowager Queen also interject, "My Son, Queen Tian is your precious wife. She is irreplaceable. Furthermore, the Bai family is not only your main responsibility but also our legacy. I have sworn to the late King that I will protect it at any cost. So I too, urge you to take what the seer said into consideration."

The King looked at his mother and Tian Mi then all the servants and maids in the room, he lets out a defeated sigh and waved for the seer to continue.

"Thank you, your greatness." The seer again kowtows before asking, "May I ask if your greatness knows of mount Zuzhou?"

Mount Zuzhou is the most cursed and evil placed in all of Kaihua. In fact, the Emperor prohibit entry into the mountain about 100 years ago, but to this day people still knew of its name because of the devil sealed it there hundred years ago.

Therefore, King Bai nodded.

"King Bai, the only way to protect the Bai family and Queen Tian Shu from demise is to bring the child there on his 18th birthday and sacrifice him to the gods. This is the only way to wipe his karma away from your family and the queen." He informed everyone of the only solution to the curse.

No one objected to his idea and even they felt relieved.

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After the meeting finished everyone left the hall. The news that The Heir Bai Yun was cursed and the devil spread like a fine in the forest.

Everyone in the mansion was talking about it. No one ordered and punished them for their misconduct to spreading rumors for their superior. As it was all planned by the Tian Mi.

....

In Night Bai manor becomes quiet and the crickets begin chirping, in a quiet room in Bai Manor's guest wing, two shadows cloaked in black were secretly carrying two boxes into the old Seer's room.

When the two cloaked people placed the boxes on the round table in the center of the living room, the old seer quickly pulled apart the black cloth and opens the lid of both boxes. Seeing too much gold his eyes narrowed from greed "I'm rich now. Hahahaha. I'm rich."

The seer laughed as he runs his hands on the top of the stacks of finger-size gold bars.

"Miss Tian sends her thanks." One of the cloaked people said, but the old seer was too excited to see so much money, he didn't even listen.

As the seer continued to pick up and mesmerized the stack of gold, he saw the two cloaked people looking at each other and asks, "what is it? Miss Tian already paid you two. So don't eye on my gold."

Shaking their head, one of them told the seer, "Master, we would never, but..."

Twitching his upper lip, the old seer wrapped his arms around his gold and bitterly spat out, "WHAT?"

"It's just... isn't Queen Tian Shu the genuine daughter of the Tian household. Is it wise to trick her like this? The Tian family is in power. Would they not retaliate?" One of the cloaked people asked.

"Hmph. Just leave the planning to me. You two just focus on protecting me. I would not agree to this risky plan if there was not a safety net." The old seer smirked as his eyes gleam at the shiny gold.

"What you mean Master?" The other cloaked person asked.

Turning his attention away from the gold, the old told them, "Tsk. Ask me how I knew about the baby's death experience?"

"...." they both looked at him puzzled. they thought he just faked it.

"Miss Tian Mi told me. Now since she was also giving birth at the same time, how would she know?" with a face full of disgust he said, "..Queen Tian Shu told her." He hurmped at her foolishness.

"Hah! That fool trusts Miss Tian Mi with everything. If Miss Tian Shu ever knew and accuse us. we just told them the truth. As an outsider how could we know their family secret? I assure you, she will throw away that child in an instant and also hand over the Queen of Bai crown as how foolishly she believed on her sister. Just imagine it, when Miss Tian becomes queen... heheheh, I will get so much more gold. Hahaha," The old Seer laughed imagining his bright future.