(Thanks to Son of the Round Clam, Pete Griffin, for the tip—bonus chapter 44/50)
Little Sun's mother had actually just been a family maid with a bit of looks.
One day, the Solar Lord unexpectedly finished reviewing all his paperwork. In high spirits, he had the chef make a pot of oyster soup.
After drinking the oyster soup, Old Sun actually had a physiological reaction. His raisin began to regain its vigor, and he immediately played a round of Contra with the maid who had come to clear the table!
That one round ended up getting the maid pregnant, and she successfully rose to become his concubine!
Because she was carrying the Sun's bloodline, and because the Solar Lord was overjoyed to have a son in his old age, he directly elevated the maid into the noble class.
Her life suddenly improved, and the maid was overjoyed. But after she gave birth to Little Sun, things changed.
After all, she was only a maid, not someone of noble blood. Politically, she had no way to provide the Solar Lord with any benefit.
She was young and had an abundance of Star Value, but the problem was that the round of Contra the Solar Lord had played with her had already squeezed the last drop of juice from his raisin.
She went to find the Solar Lord, wanting to play another couple rounds of Contra, but he always looked troubled and found excuses to turn her down.
One could imagine that at the side of a top Imperial aristocrat like the Solar Lord, a woman who could neither provide political support nor Star Value...
And with an elderly family matriarch jealous of her beauty watching her from the sidelines, how much pressure was she under?
To preserve her life and her