novelraw Chapter 14
Chapter 14
14~ How to Play~
"So, what are we playing here?"
Just after getting up and washing, breakfast hadn't been served yet. She asked somewhat curiously.
"Playing what?"
The corner of the Empress's mouth lifted slightly.
"You'll know in a bit."
Seeing the Empress didn't plan to tell her, the little Princess was too lazy to pursue the question. She'd know in a bit anyway.
"Your Majesty, ready."
Ling respectfully bowed to the two, then stood behind the little Princess, both hands pressing on her shoulders.
"Fei?"
She immediately had an ominous premonition in her heart. This so-called outing to play, wasn't it just changing locations to toy with her!?
The next second, what the Empress pulled out from the bag confirmed her thoughts. It was binding rope!
Probably because she was already wearing a collar around her neck, among the large and small items in the bag, there was no collar. But she really couldn't be happy about it at all.
"Of course, to play with you."
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After being thoroughly bound, Ling left after serving breakfast, leaving plenty of space for the two.
"Come, open your mouth."
At this moment, Mo was tied to a stool, both hands folded and bound behind her back, both feet also shackled, and a rope passed through her crotch, pressed against the most tender skin all over her body and tied together with the rope on her hands. At this moment, her face was full of dark lines.
This rope artistry was clearly the work of a master. The originally dutiful clothes now seemed somewhat improper, making anyone who looked develop a slight blush on their face.
She had no appetite for breakfast, but couldn't withstand her stomach being truly hungry. Plus, not eating on time might cause some problems with her body, so she still endured the emotion of wanting to curse and bit the food extended to her mouth.
Before the second bite, the Empress's hand withdrew slightly, causing her to bite at empty air.
Glaring at the Empress with a fierce yet adorable look, she extended her neck again to bite, only to miss again.
"..."
Damn! I'm not eating this breakfast!
Seeing the little Princess no longer extending her neck to bite the food, the Empress finally began to properly feed her, no longer teasing like at the beginning.
After finishing breakfast, she led the little Princess to the beach.
Fortunately, this was a deserted beach. The only ones seeing her in this disheveled state were the Empress and the Empress's personal guard Ling. Otherwise, she might consider digging a hole in the ground to crawl into.
A leash was tied to the collar. The Empress walked in front pulling it, while the little Princess followed behind with small steps, trying hard to keep up...
"I don't want to move anymore. You figure it out yourself."
Finally, Mo, truly unable to endure the torment, chose to sit down on the spot, no longer wanting to move another step.
Originally, walking too much with her frail body made her tire easily. Now with her feet restricted by shackles, walking and trying to keep up the pace was even more exhausting. Plus that rope under her crotch kept...
Ahem, in short, she completely didn't want to move anymore. She was reaching her limit, both physically and physiologically.
"Walk a bit more."
The Empress seemed to be in a very good mood, probably because her twisted interests were satisfied, she thought.
As expected, full of twisted interests...
Very unwilling, but in the end, the Empress stopped indulging her and directly used the contract to force her to continue walking. Fortunately, in the end, she didn't lose anything important... but she'd already reached her limit.
The Empress picked up the little Princess, whose face was already completely flushed.
"Pervert!"
Mo said quietly, then very quickly fell asleep in the Empress's embrace.
"Ling, prepare a bath."
"Yes."
Ling quickly emerged from the shadows nearby.
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"Mm..."
Waking up groggily again, she felt she'd already gotten used to the working adult life of falling asleep after overexertion, then waking up due to poor sleep quality. Although she wasn't exhausted from work...
"Awake?"
"..."
The little Princess didn't want to acknowledge her. She was really tired.
After bathing and eating, the time had just reached noon. The day was still long.
"Let's continue walking by the sea."
"No. No energy left."
If the Empress planned to keep toying with her throughout this outing, she could seemingly only resign herself to fate.
As expected, the previous gentleness toward her was all fake. She was fundamentally a demon who devoured people without spitting out bones!
Sure enough, not long after, the Empress thought of a new way to play, hanging her from the ceiling. Only by straightening both feet could she barely touch the ground.
"If you brought me out just to toy with me, might as well have just played in the palace."
Through these past few days of observation, she discovered that besides her and Ling, no one else had approached the Empress's bedchamber. There was no need to worry about running into others or anything.
The Empress only smiled lightly, skipped this topic, and started taking out sweets to eat in front of her, occasionally extending them to her mouth to tease.
Following the principle of out of sight, out of mind, the little Princess closed her eyes and began thinking about other things.
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"Fei."
"Mm?"
"I want to use the toilet."
The little Princess said tremblingly, tightly pressing her legs together.
Perhaps because she'd been fed a lot of soup during the meal just now, she felt her lower abdomen somewhat sore and swollen, especially when the rope was pressing on her lower abdomen.
"Hold it. Wait till I finish eating."
Looking at the sweets piled into a small mountain on the table, she knew this was most likely hopeless. As expected, very twisted interests...
She thought of those days in Glaze Nation.
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"Achoo..."
"Afflicted by 'Divine Punishment'?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I'm in good condition."
The so-called Divine Punishment probably meant getting sick. Although Mo had once vigorously promoted the concept of "illness" to the public, due to deep church influence, the concept of "illness" was ultimately only accepted in certain areas.
And while Gong and Yu Xi had accepted this concept, they still hadn't completely changed over in terms of terminology.
"Pay more attention to your body. Eat more medicine for prevention. 'Divine Punishment' is prevalent recently."
"Yes, thank you for Your Majesty's concern."
As a guard he personally cultivated, he still gave very high trust. Concern was also appropriate.
"What do you think about Scarlet Phoenix Nation's general's death?"
"Forgive my ignorance. I don't have many thoughts on this matter."
"Mm..."
Gong continued reading the documents in his hand.
He'd probably already guessed it was due to internal conflicts within Scarlet Phoenix Nation.
Since the Empress came to power, other royal family members of Scarlet Phoenix Nation collectively met with misfortune. This was probably the Empress's means of ascending to power. And because royal family members drastically decreased, although the Empress had supreme authority, she was ultimately only one person, unable to handle everything, unable to manage too much.
And this general's death was probably also because he violated the Empress's decree and pressed the army into Glaze Nation's territory, right?
Now, with the general's death, the army withdrew from Glaze Nation's territory. It was hard not to make people associate it with this, and the facts were indeed so.
"Start restoring people's livelihoods near the battle lines. Now the war has ended. Convey my decree. Have those responsible for areas near the battle lines come over."
"Understood."