After Defeat, the Empress’s Negotiating Chip Turns Out to Be Me

Chapter 134

134~ Rest~

"Ahem, anyway, I'm fine."

"But Your Highness, you're coughing..."

"Alright! Xiyan, be good!"

"Mm... okay."

Since her Princess Mo had said so, she could only restrain herself a bit.

"Princess, since you can't sleep, you should get up now."

"Mm."

The little Princess shook herself, stretched slightly, and jumped down from the bed.

"Alright, you two go out first."

Then the two of them were chased out by the little Princess.

The two stood outside the bedchamber door waiting...

After a while, the little Princess emerged from the bedchamber, having already changed her clothes, taking much less time than before.

"Changed. Let's go."

The Maid Xiao Xi pouted slightly.

Should she not have let her Princess, learn to dress herself? Now every time she changed clothes, both she and this outsider were chased out together, when clearly only this outsider needed to be chased out.

It's not like she hadn't seen her Princess's body plenty of times!

"So Princess, what do you plan to do today?"

"Continue reorganizing the army."

Continue reorganizing the army?

She'd noticed that ever since her Princess obtained this army, she hadn't even glanced at the back garden she usually loved to visit most, and spent most of the day in the military camp...

This wouldn't do. If her Princess continued like this, before long that delicate skin would become old and sallow. She absolutely couldn't tolerate such a thing happening!

"Princess, you should rest properly."

The Maid Xiao Xi pressed down on the little Princess's shoulder.

"Rest? Rest from what?"

"You go to the military camp to worry about things every day. I think you're not resting enough. You should rest properly today."

"I can rest over there too, didn't they specially set up a tent for me to rest in?"

How could that be called resting!?

The Maid Xiao Xi couldn't help but complain internally.

Clearly when her Princess went there, she was thinking about how to train the army well. Even during rest time she kept her head down thinking about this matter, never truly resting at all. Otherwise, why would she feel drowsy every day before the sun even set!

"Princess, you should rest in the Imperial Palace today."

"Huh? Why?"

The little Princess asked somewhat dissatisfied.

"Because Princess, you haven't rested properly at all these past few days!"

"I have not!?"

Seeing her Princess, still wanting to refute, the Maid Xiao Xi directly gave several examples, such as how she constantly wrote down various points of attention in the military camp, then during rest periods still kept staring at that little notebook.

And even after returning to the Imperial Palace, even at the dinner table she still chatted with her Father the King about matters concerning the army.

"Yes, Princess, your body has rested, but you're still thinking about the army. Your spirit hasn't gotten rest. This kind of rest can't be considered rest at all!"

The Maid Xiao Xi spoke with well-reasoned arguments. The little Princess had nothing good to refute with, but still insisted on going to the military camp.

"No, I still have to go check on the military camp!"

"Princess, if you're like this, you can't blame me."

"Hmm? What do you want to do?"

The little Princess, seeing the Maid Xiao Xi's somewhat off expression, fearfully took a small step back.

"His Majesty Gong told me to take good care of you, Princess, and told me I must not let you tire yourself out. Now that you haven't rested well is my dereliction of duty, so if you won't rest properly, I'll have no choice but to use some unconventional means to make you rest properly for a while."

"Gulp!"

Looks like she couldn't go to the military camp today...

"Then have someone take a message for me. Taking a message to the military camp should be fine, right? Just say I can't come today, and tell them to just follow the usual training... This should be okay, right?"

This request wasn't unreasonable, surely she couldn't refuse it?

"Of course, as long as Princess, you promise to rest properly these next few days."

"These next few days!?"

"Yes, these next few days."

"Isn't just resting one day enough!?"

"Of course not. Princess, your body is delicate. If you keep busying yourself front and back every day, I'm afraid your body can't support it. Look at the dark circles around your own eyes."

The Maid Xiao Xi brought a mirror and placed it in front of the little Princess. Her reflection indeed showed two heavy dark circles.

"Isn't this because of what you two did!?"

"Princess, you should also think carefully about how many days ago it was that we kept you from sleeping well."

"Uh... but even so, I'd recover pretty much just by resting one day, right?"

The Maid Xiao Xi pressed down on the little Princess's shoulder again.

"If Princess, you continue like this, I'll have to report the situation to His Majesty Gong and have His Majesty Gong directly order you forbidden from going to the military camp these next few days. I'm sure when His Majesty Gong sees you looking like this, he won't refuse my suggestion, right?"

"Ugh...!"

Now she was completely held in check by her personal maid.

The Maid Xiao Xi was right. Although her cheap Father the King was labeled by the outside world with the nickname "daughter-doting fool," if it were this kind of situation, even if she acted cute and wheedled to her cheap Father the King, she'd probably be forbidden from approaching the military camp for several days, right? He might even set a schedule for her afterward, requiring so many days of rest after going to the military camp for so many days...

Much less that she could never possibly act cute and wheedle in front of her cheap Father the King?

"Fine, I promise you. I'll rest properly for a few days, but Xiao Xi, you're not allowed to tell on me to my Father the King!"

"I won't tell His Majesty Gong, as long as Princess, rests properly these next few days. After these few days pass, you can continue going to the military camp."

"Fine."

The little Princess readily agreed.

Anyway, besides agreeing she had no other options. Her personal maid had her firmly in her grasp.

How annoying. A mere maid could actually restrict her movements. She suddenly felt her identity as Glaze Nation's First Princess was practically fake.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, you should rest properly."

The loli maid Xiyan also grabbed one of her hands and said.

"...Fine, rest properly it is then."

Anyway, this army still couldn't meet her standards for quite a while yet. Training during this period while she rested probably wouldn't have any problems.

"Well then, Xiyan."

"Your Highness, I'm here!"

"I want to eat egg tarts."

"Yes, Your Highness, I'll go make them right away!"

Princess, actually taught the method of making egg tarts to this outsider too?

The Maid Xiao Xi saw this and immediately felt somewhat dejected.

But fortunately, Princess's favorite dessert surely this outsider still didn't know about, right!?

"And chocolate cake!"

Yu Xi: "..."

Fine, now the dessert Your Highness loved eating most had also been learned by this outsider...