novelraw Chapter 140
Chapter 140
140~ Expanding the Army~
"Father the King?"
"Come in."
The little Princess tiptoed and pushed open the door.
Today she needed to explain the situation to her cheap Father the King, to facilitate going to the Western Region later.
"How have the past few days been?"
"Pretty good, the training has basically all met standards."
"That's good."
Gong nodded with relief.
As long as his precious daughter could manage, that was fine. He'd been afraid the little Princess wouldn't be able to keep control.
After all, his precious daughter had never led troops before. At most, it was just a Military Police squad escorting her.
"I want to make a trip to the Western Region after a while."
Without beating around the bush, the little Princess directly stated her purpose.
"Western Region? What do you need to do over there?"
"Looking for someone."
"Looking for someone?"
What kind of person could she look for by going to the Western Region?
"Father the King, you should also know that I secretly send people out every day to search for someone in the Eastern Region, right?"
There was no way her cheap Father the King didn't know what little moves she was making underneath, right?
Moreover, her matter of sending people out to secretly investigate transmigrators hadn't been just a day or two. It was just that the people she sent out didn't know they were actually investigating transmigrators.
Gong was silent for a while. He didn't know what to say.
Don't mention it, he actually really didn't know his precious daughter had been constantly sending people out to investigate in private...
Gong helplessly sighed and asked:
"Then first tell me how you plan to go to the Western Region."
As far as he knew, there were only two places that could safely lead to the Western Region. One was a beach in the southern part of Misty Great Forest. Because there was a large sandy beach there, it hadn't been affected by Misty Great Forest.
The other place was the narrow strip of land between two lakes in the northern part, surrounded by lakes on both sides. In the Western Region direction, there were dense mountain ranges known as the "Hundred Thousand Mountains," the route was very rugged, and one might very likely encounter magic beasts along the way.
So to safely reach the Western Region, the safest passage was the southern large beach.
"I plan to take the army through the Hundred Thousand Mountains."
"Your reason?"
"That route has magic beasts, but they're all relatively low-level magic beasts. With this army's strength, we can completely pass through safely."
"It's very difficult for ordinary people to pass through here, but with my current army, there's absolutely no problem. It's a bit slow, but as long as food is sufficient, there won't be any losses along the way."
"Moreover, in this area of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, the Western Region side has very few defenses. There's a chance to bypass the Western Region's patrol guards."
Gong sighed again.
He didn't want the little Princess to go to the Western Region. His own factors aside, not to mention the Empress's side, the Western Region's attitude toward the Eastern Region was very unfriendly. Both sides were unwilling to interact.
And if the little Princess brought troops over and was discovered by people from the Western Region side, they probably couldn't avoid a fight.
His precious daughter personally leading troops to fight with people from the Western Region side, just thinking about it made him feel very uneasy.
"Can you not go?"
"I'm sorry, Father the King. I have reasons I must go."
The little Princess said firmly.
No matter what, she had to wait until the chaos on the Eastern Region side ended, then make a trip to the Western Region.
Reasons she must go?
Gong reassessed the little Princess.
He didn't know from when his precious daughter had already grown to the degree of standing on her own.
First, she negotiated with the Empress for the opportunity to rush back at full speed to stop the First Prince's conspiracy to usurp the throne, all the way until now being able to control an army. Compared to before when it was limited to theory only, she really had already grown tremendously.
"Are you really certain?"
"I'm certain."
Since his precious daughter was already so certain, and had also grown to a certain degree, some matters he couldn't interfere with too much.
"I agree, Mo, but you also must guarantee you will return, and you must return completely intact."
Gong walked in front of the little Princess and forcefully gripped the little Princess's shoulder.
"Father the King, could you be a bit gentler..."
It already hurt so much her legs were starting to tremble! Her small frame couldn't withstand this kind of treatment!
"Mm... sorry."
He'd been too agitated. As soon as he heard his precious daughter wanted to leave him to go to the Western Region, he couldn't help but use extra force.
The little Princess rubbed her shoulder. Gong also sat back in his seat.
"By the way, I forgot to ask you before. Didn't Empress Fei establish you as Imperial Consort? I want to ask if you two have..."
Before the rest of the words came out, he saw his precious daughter's face covered in black lines, as if he asked one more word she'd come up and slash him.
"I don't want to answer this question, so could Father the King please not ask?"
"Won't ask, won't ask."
From his precious daughter's expression, he already knew the answer, but he didn't dare say it out loud, afraid the little Princess would explode on the spot in a moment.
"Then let's change the topic. Mo, I plan to expand your army a bit. What do you think about expanding to 5,000 people?"
This was no longer a small army. It could barely be considered medium-scale. And if those additional 2,000 people all knew how to use Breech-Loading Rifled Guns, that would be quite explosive!
Here, Gong was also weighing the strength of the army under Mo's command before considering the army expansion.
The strength was quite formidable. In a situation where both sides had no mages, an army of the same number couldn't even get close.
After all, she was his precious daughter, Glaze Nation's treasured jewel. And she was going to the Western Region. There was absolutely no need to scrimp on this army's expenses.
"Thank you, Father the King."
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"Princess? Have you fallen asleep?"
"Not yet."
The little Princess hugged her pillow and turned over.
"Can't you fall asleep?"
Hearing that both of them hadn't fallen asleep yet, the loli maid Xiyan also turned over.
Mo: "..."
What was going on today? How was it that she couldn't sleep, and these two maids on both sides also couldn't sleep?
She had a total feeling that the two of them seemed to have reached some consensus, both waiting for her to fall asleep.
This... should be an illusion, right?
Thinking about it, whether it was an illusion or not didn't seem to matter? Anyway, these two maids couldn't possibly backstab her or anything. Usually, they were very obedient.
Of course, the Maid Xiao Xi was an exception. This one now didn't listen to her very much anymore.
"Then Princess, do you need a bedtime story?"
Although it was a very clichéd method of coaxing children to sleep, in this regard she dared say she could absolutely make her Princess, fall asleep sweetly and soundly.
Before, Princess loved listening to her tell bedtime stories when going to sleep!
"This... then you tell one."
Anyway, she didn't have anything to think about now, so she might as well listen to the Maid Xiao Xi tell a story.
Right now, she just needed to quietly wait until the chaos on the Eastern Region side ended.
"Then I'll start?"
The Maid Xiao Xi glanced at the little Princess. After receiving indication, she began:
"A long, long time ago, there was a Princess..."