Hades stared at him blankly, and wanted to keep him: "His Royal Highness, can we wait until you have something to say, please help me deal with the official documents first..."
Aphrodite glanced at it, and said with a natural smile: "Wait a minute, Your Highness Pluto, let's take things one by one, shall we?"
Hades sighed with some regret, and said, "Okay."
He glanced at Persephone, and said to Aphrodite, "Your Highness, please don't run away with Persephone..."
Aphrodite raised her eyebrows slightly, Hades closed her mouth embarrassingly, rubbed her nose, and said with some embarrassment: "I said it casually before."
Persephone glanced at him and smiled with her lips curled up. She didn't seem to have any ill feeling towards Hades.
With this in mind, Aphrodite took Persephone and Demeter to sit in the poplar grove outside Elysee Paradise, and Apollo and Artemis were also there.
Demeter stared at Artemis for a while and asked, "Artemis, why have you come to the underworld too, and you won't be with your Orion lover?"
Artemis said with a heavy face, "Don't mention him to me."
Demeter asked strangely: "Why can't you mention it, don't you like him very much?"
Aphrodite then told Demeter what happened before entering the underworld, and Demeter thoughtfully said: "The lead arrow..."
Aphrodite was not surprised to see her pay attention to the lead arrow. No matter whether she had a good or bad view of Hades, it was definitely not as important as she valued Persephone.
Unless it is absolutely necessary, Demeter will never want to marry Persephone.
Aphrodite explained to Demeter the power of the collision between the lead arrow and the golden arrow, and finally said euphemistically: "Under normal circumstances, the golden arrow and the lead arrow cannot act on the same person. Take Hadi For example, Persephone and Persephone, only when Persephone has some shortcomings that Hades can't accept and strongly reject, can the lead arrow penetrate into Hades' body... "
Before Aphrodite finished speaking, Demeter said angrily: "Persephone is such a perfect, pure, beautiful, kind, gentle and beautiful girl, how can she have shortcomings, Hadi Unless he doesn't have the capital to be a male god, he absolutely can't reject and hate Persephone!"
Aphrodite smiled and glanced at Persephone, Persephone's brows and eyes were bent, she smiled shyly, feeling shy because of her mother's eccentric praise, but Demeter didn't look at her again To put it bluntly, this seed goddess is indeed outstandingly beautiful, and she is not inferior to any of the beautiful goddesses with different temperaments, especially beautiful and dazzling.
Aphrodite reassured Demeter and said: "I knew at that time that no male god could refuse the charm of Persephone. I was just making an assumption. You also saw how much Hades loved Persephone before." Persephone is gone, even she and I have to worry about asking, for fear that she will abandon him and leave, so it can be seen that he values Persephone, my hypothesis is just a hypothesis, it does not exist at all."
Demeter snorted coldly, her face softened a little, and she said indifferently: "Forget that he still has some vision."
Aphrodite looked at Persephone, and after pondering for a few seconds: "Artemis, Persephone, before the next topic starts, I want to apologize to you on Cupid's behalf, I'm sorry, we Not being optimistic about the golden arrow caused it to be lost by accident, which caused you two to suffer an indiscriminate disaster."
Artemis and Persephone looked at him in surprise, Qiqi waved their hands in panic and said, "Your Highness, you don't have to do this..."
When Cupid saw Father God apologize on his behalf, he was so anxious that he jumped up and hugged the legs of Artemis and Persephone, crying tearfully: "Woooooo, don't Father God apologize for me, Cupid do it yourself!"
He wiped his tears and said tearfully: "I'm sorry, two sisters, Cupid will never lose the golden arrow arrogantly and carelessly in the future, please don't blame Father God..."
Artemis rubbed his pink curly hair, and said dotingly: "Okay, Cupid, wipe away your tears, how could I blame His Highness for being a human being... The more hateful guy is the king of gods, he deliberately The golden arrow was thrown to Orion."
After Zeus took out the golden arrow and shot it at Hades, Artemis was very sure that Orion's golden arrow must have been given by Zeus. Your Highness guessed correctly, Cupid's arrow was picked up by Zeus and the others! Artemis thought angrily.
Persephone was not familiar with Cupid, so her expression was very gentle and restrained, she didn't show much emotion, but there was not much blame on her face either.
Persephone asked, "Your Highness, what should I do now?"
Aphrodite asked: "Persephone, do you want to stay in the underworld to be the queen of the underworld, or do you want to return to the mountain? Tell me your decision first."
Persephone propped her chin in thought for a few seconds, and asked, "Your Highness, is Hades true and will he always love me?"
Aphrodite thought for a while and said, "I don't know either."
"The power of the golden arrow will disappear."
After thinking for a few seconds, Persephone said, "I want to stay in the underworld and become Hades' queen."
Before Aphrodite said anything, Demeter said excitedly: "No! Persephone, haven't you seen how busy Hades was before? The underworld is so busy. Life is so boring, there is no interest in this kind of life, how can you stay in this kind of place! Do you want your mother to be heartbroken and blame herself to death!"
Persephone blinked her blue eyes and looked at Demeter earnestly, and retorted: "There are indeed many bad things in the underworld, but the queen of the underworld is the existence of the status second only to the queen of the goddesses. If this is the case, I think it can offset other bad things.”
Demeter choked up when she heard the words, and her face was obviously distorted. She gritted her teeth and said, "I don't agree! The environment in the underworld is too bad, and there is death everywhere. You are the goddess who gave birth to this vitality. To be able to live in such a bad place!"
Persephone couldn't help looking at Aphrodite for help, and Aphrodite said: "It's not impossible to solve this point alone, Demeter, you have seen how busy Hades is before, He must not be able to accompany Persephone all the time. Why don't you make an appointment with him. If Persephone wants to stay in the underworld to be the queen, let Hades rest and accompany Persephone for a certain period of time. Persephone, let Persephone accompany you for another period of time."
Demeter was a little moved when she heard the words: "But if Persephone really becomes the queen of the underworld, will Hades be willing to let her leave the underworld?"
Aphrodite said with a half-smile: "Demeter, if they are really married, then Persephone is the queen of the underworld, not Hades' slave. As long as the queen of the underworld does not rebel and betray Pluto's affairs can naturally be done as one pleases."
Persephone looked at Aphrodite brightly, and hesitated, "But will Hades always want me to be the queen of the dead?"
Aphrodite thought for a while and asked, "Are you worried that Hades will regret it after getting rid of the influence of the golden arrow?"
Persephone nodded, and Aphrodite said: "Then when we talk about this topic later, you can tell him all your worries, and let Hades give you an answer after calm thinking."
"Although he fell in love with you under the influence of the Golden Arrow, he never forgets his work. It can be seen that his reason is still clear, so his answer must be reasonable enough. And with me, you don't have to worry about Hardy. Si can deceive you by talking, he is not such a god, and I will protect your interests."
Persephone frowned and smiled in relief, she said softly: "Then I will leave it to you, Your Highness."
Aphrodite breathed a sigh of relief. It would be nice if Persephone could combine with Hades in a friendly way, so that the damage caused by the golden arrow to them would not exist.
Aphrodite took several gods back to find Hades. When Hades saw him coming back, he immediately lit up his eyes and asked expectantly, "Your Highness, are you done?"
Aphrodite nodded: "Half of the work is done, and I will refer to your opinion next, Hades, let's put the work aside for a while, and we will settle the matter between you and Persephone Bar."
Hades was very entangled. He pointed to some official documents that were not only missing, but also seemed to have increased, and said distressedly: "No, Your Highness, I can't be idle. If I stop for a while, the official documents will overwhelm me."
Aphrodite casually flipped through an official document he had corrected, and looked at what he was correcting. It was nothing more than some judgments on the good and evil of the soul before it was alive, and then punished.
Because there is no fixed standard, it is a bit laborious to judge, which took Hades a lot of time.
Aphrodite glanced casually, closed the document, and said indifferently: "No hurry, after you and Persephone are finished, I will help you with an idea to reduce the complexity of the work."
Hades immediately dropped the pen when he heard the words, his emerald eyes curved up happily, and his eyes were filled with a joyful smile, then he looked at Persephone, his eyes softened, and his eyes were full of love With pity, he came out from behind the table, held Persephone's hand, and asked, "Your Highness, Persephone, what do you want to tell me?"
Aphrodite told Hades about her previous conversation with Persephone, and then asked: "Hades, you love Persephone very much at this moment, and you are willing to marry her as the Queen of the Underworld, but if there is One day your love fades from the bottom of your heart, how will you face and deal with the relationship between Persephone?"
Hades pondered for a few seconds, real confusion floated in his eyes, and he asked: "If I marry Persephone, I will bestow the queen of the underworld godhead on her, and she will become the one besides you and me in the underworld. The third master besides him is in charge of the authority of Hades, and this will not be shaken by anything. If so, what does it have to do with my love?"
Hades said naturally: "Zeus and Hera hate each other, but they still hold the authority of the mountain together."
Persephone couldn't help but glanced at Aphrodite, and Aphrodite said for her: "Hera and Zeus are in a special situation. Normal couples don't say they love each other, but at least they have a harmonious relationship. Persephone Ersephone just doesn't want you to regret the decision you made now after getting rid of the love of the golden arrow, and hate her, to the point where Hera and Zeus are."
Hades looked at her again after hearing the words. The innocent and pure goddess was full of vigor and vitality just like her priesthood. The breath of water spirit rushed from her, giving people a very refreshing and comfortable feeling.
Hades couldn't help but said: "She is so beautiful, even without the love of the Golden Arrow, I admire her. With such a wife, why should I regret it?"
Demeter looked pale, and said happily, "Hades, you have great vision."
Hades blinked, looked at Persephone expectantly and asked, "Then are you willing to marry me and become my wife, Persephone?"
Persephone pursed her lips and smiled shyly, then nodded lightly, and Hardist instantly became happy.
He is not as scruples as Zeus is, he is not yet married, but he did not hesitate to take out the queen of the underworld and hand it over to Persephone. Daughter married off, but if her son-in-law is very discerning, she is still very happy.
Aphrodite took Hades' official document and looked at it. After thinking for a few seconds, she drew a drawing on the back of the official document. The drawing showed a triangular cone pattern like an inverted hourglass. The fall was divided into nine layers by horizontal lines.
Aphrodite said to Hades: "Your Majesty, divide the Hades into nine floors and build them all as places of punishment. Different layers will be given different punishments. Then, according to different degrees of crime, we will divide them into a degree of severity, and then use The accumulated amount of sins is the second standard, and the two are combined to determine which layer the soul is exiled to."
"If all the judgments are decided by you alone, the task is too heavy. You should establish a reference standard and assign people to help you complete it. There are more than ten or twenty gods in the Underworld. If everyone completes it together The task will be much easier."
Hades hesitated: "But everyone is already very busy, wouldn't it be too much to assign tasks to them?"
Aphrodite raised her eyebrows and couldn't help laughing, probably because she didn't expect Hades to be so sympathetic to his subordinates...
Aphrodite: "Having a fixed standard can also improve your work efficiency. If you feel sorry for the gods of the underworld, you can also do it slowly by yourself."
Hades looked at the pile of official documents and fell into tangled thought.
Cupid nestled in Aphrodite's face and looked around. Seeing that the adults had no time to pay attention to him, he squatted down obediently and grabbed the paper on the ground to play.
He picked up an official document that had been corrected by Hades and opened it to read it. When he saw the name that Hades had annotated at the bottom of the official document, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and pointed to Aphrodite by the hem of Aphrodite's clothes: "Father, behold, the bride of the ruler of the gods, Pluto!"
Aphrodite was stunned for a moment, took the document and looked at it, with a strange look in her eyes, Aphrodite pointed to the name of 'Pluto' and asked Hades: "Your Majesty, what is this?" Is one of your names?"
God does not necessarily have only one name, but people usually only call that one fixed name.
Hades nodded and said, "After I inherited Hades, I also inherited the underground wealth. The creatures on the ground call me 'Pluto', which means the controller of the underground wealth."
After finishing speaking, he paused and asked in confusion, "Your Highness, what does Cupid mean by the bride of the ruler of the gods?"
Aphrodite gave him a pityful look, and told him that he had accidentally obtained twelve magical golden arrows aimed at Zeus, and each golden arrow would lead Zeus into that irreversible love, falling in love with him The owner of the name written on the golden arrow.
And the third divine arrow reads, 'Bride of the ruler of the gods, Pluto'.
Cupid was worried about the trouble caused by the stolen golden arrows, and kept thinking about how to get revenge on Zeus. After reading the twelve golden arrows over and over again, he knew the names on the golden arrows by heart.
So when I saw the name of 'Pluto', I immediately screamed and told Aphrodite.
After Aphrodite thought about it carefully, she felt that the 'Pluto' was really referring to Hades, either Hades or Persephone.
Because in the memory of Venus, she has a somewhat stereotyped impression of the names on the other golden arrows. She probably heard the story of what happened between Zeus and those human women, but the "Pluto" from the beginning to the end Never heard of it.
But although Cupid had never heard of the name of 'Pluto', she heard of another thing.
In the memory of Venus, after Hades and Persephone got married, Zeus suddenly went to the underworld for some reason. It is said that he became Hades and raped Hades' wife. ; his daughter Persephone, with whom he then had a child.
Hades didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't reveal this matter, and kept it a secret from Persephone without saying a word.
Later, it was Hera who discovered that an illegitimate son of Zeus was born in the underworld, and then the incident broke out, and then the goddess of love found out...
Thinking of this, Aphrodite's expression became uncontrollably subtle, countless thoughts turned in her mind at once, and she couldn't stop.
After learning the possible meaning of 'Pluto' from Aphrodite, the faces of Hades and Persephone also changed, and Persephone also changed from the previous gentle appearance, gloomy Said: "If Zeus dares to spy on my husband, I must make him pay the price!"
Aphrodite coughed lightly, took out the golden arrow with the name 'Pluto' engraved on it, and said: "In case this golden arrow is really referring to Hades, I destroyed it Bar?"
Hades frowned, but Persephone took the golden arrow and said viciously: "Don't destroy it, save it to shoot Zeus! No matter whether the name refers to Hades or not, I will treat it as Yes, it’s time to deal with it. I’m going to lay a trap in the underworld. If Zeus dares to come to the underworld quietly, no matter what he wants to do, I will make him regret it and pay the price for his sneaky behavior!”
The underworld is the home of the Pluto couple, where they have absolute control. It’s fine if you’re not prepared, but once you’re prepared, it’s basically impossible for Zeus to escape from their capture.
Aphrodite thought about the appearance of Zeus falling into the hands of the Pluto couple, and said with some expectation: "It's fine, I respect your opinions. How about it, then I will keep this golden arrow first, and once it flies out to find Zeus , I will report to you immediately so that you are ready to deal with it."
Seeing that Persephone had already made a decision, Hades didn't object, but looked at the golden arrow and said with an unpredictable expression: "Return the body in the same way!"
Aphrodite glanced at him hesitantly, and thought to herself, she must keep the Pluto and his wife in check, in case one of the two accidentally neglects... No matter which one is succeeded by Zeus, it is estimated that All must be pissed off.
But Aphrodite did not object to not destroying the golden arrows, and he also thought it would be better to keep the golden arrows.
He and Venus have different experiences in the world, but fate always returns to the same place in a weird way, just like the combination of Persephone and Hades, like Artemis being tempted by that Orion .
Although the details have changed a lot, the generality has not changed.
Under such circumstances, Aphrodite doubted that Zeus's sneaking into Hades would happen no matter whether the golden arrow was destroyed or not. That being the case, it's better to keep the golden arrow as a reminder signal. As soon as the golden arrow moves, they will know that Zeus is going to have a moth.
Aphrodite put away the golden arrow and bid farewell to Hades and the others.
Hades held the official document with the design drawing of the Nine Hells, and he hesitated to speak. He thought His Highness would help him deal with the official document...
In the end, he left a design drawing for him. The key is that the construction of the new hell still needs to be completed by manpower!
Didn't His Highness say to help him? How to work more help more!
Aphrodite was also a little afraid of being left behind by Hades, so she took Cupid, Apollo, and Artemis back to the mountain after finishing the matter.
Demeter also had to discuss with Hades and Persephone the time division between them, and would not be able to accept that her daughter belonged to someone else for a while, and refused to leave in the underworld.
And Artemis and Apollo also got off the chariot halfway, saying goodbye to Aphrodite.
Judging from the direction they left, it seemed that they were looking for Orion. Aphrodite didn't ask any further questions. If she dared to use the golden arrow to plot against the Lord God, she would have to bear the corresponding price.
Cupid was carried back to the temple by Aphrodite from the chariot. He hugged Aphrodite's neck, very excited and happy, and asked Aphrodite, "Father God, is Cupid this time Did I commit crimes and meritorious deeds? Did I do a great deed!"
Aphrodite couldn't help laughing at him, and said with a chuckle, "It depends on the final result, whether Zeus suffers or not."
Cupid bit his finger and said with certainty: "He will definitely be unlucky."
Aphrodite smiled, looking forward to such a scene.
Not long after Aphrodite returned to the temple, she asked the beauties to prepare him a stone for carving, and he planned to carve a statue of himself with a knife.
This was another strange thing for him, but after learning how to make clay puppets with Hephaestus, Aphrodite felt that she had mastered the knack of doing it, and she was confident in her sculpting path Full.
When Meihui was preparing the materials he needed, a fairy Nymph suddenly came to visit. She introduced herself as a fairy who belonged to the Temple of Memory. She heard that His Royal Highness Aphrodite had returned to the holy mountain, and sent her specially for the goddess of memory. a well-prepared gift
—A simple but impressive necklace, inlaid with the magic gem that Hephaestus showed him.
Aphrodite narrowed her eyes, her fingers hooked up the thin chain, and her expression was dim.