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

Chapter 159

159~ The Naive Second Princess of the Midias Empire?

"Eastern Region people's taste isn't that great either. Do they really think wearing a necklace can make them look better?"

The banquet had no shortage of princes and princesses who were hostile toward Eastern Region people. The little Princess just sat in the corner silently listening.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, should I go beat them all up to vent some anger?"

The little Princess reached out to stop Xiyan's movement.

If she really beat them all up, they wouldn't be able to leave here tonight.

Propping her chin while looking at the food before her, slightly lost in thought, during this time someone suddenly sat down beside her so quickly that neither Xiao Xi nor Xiyan could stop it.

"Hello there."

"Hm?"

Not reacting for a moment, the little Princess subconsciously gave a polite reply.

"Eastern Region people don't seem very different from Western Region people."

The young lady gestured toward her face with her hand.

"People originally have no essential differences. It's just that some people have slapped labels of high and low, noble and base onto this."

This wasn't brainwashing. What she said was fact. However, she just felt that with this world's people's heads, thinking about this problem would probably take quite a while, so she tried mentioning it once.

"Well said! Worthy of being a Princess who could think of many novel ideas to govern her country in perfect order. Your way of thinking is also very extraordinary."

Unexpectedly, she didn't hear any belittling words from this princess of unknown country's mouth.

You have to know that when she originally said this in her own country, there were nobles below privately disparaging her, but this princess from who knows which Western Region nation did not.

"Let me reintroduce myself. I'm the Second Princess of the Midias Empire. My name is Yue Yingxue."

Yue Yingxue introduced herself, with not the slightest trace of belittlement between the lines.

What was going on? Had she encountered one of the rare exceptions among the Western Region?

You have to know that even if Western Region people didn't hate Eastern Region people, they wouldn't actively approach Eastern Region people to strike up friendly conversation. Yet this Midias Empire Princess actually initiated friendly conversation?

Strange. This was truly too strange. By normal logic, this kind of thing simply wasn't possible!

However, looking at Yue Yingxue's curious baby expression didn't seem fake either. For a moment, she couldn't determine whether Yue Yingxue was genuinely curious and striking up conversation or had ulterior motives.

"So, can you tell me about the situation in the Eastern Region?"

"Uh..."

The little Princess hesitated for a moment. After deflecting the topic and conducting several tests, she discovered this Yue Yingxue was simply a naive fool.

With an age not much different from her own, she herself plus her previous life already had forty years of life experience. She firmly believed no one could pretend better than her!

"The Eastern Region just finished its chaotic war. There's nothing much to tell."

"Then just tell me about this Eastern Region chaotic war."

Yue Yingxue still had an enthusiastic appearance. From her eyes, one could probably tell she was genuinely curious... right?

In any case, no matter what, she didn't really want to get involved with this Midias Empire Princess. Otherwise, who knew if someone would jump out in a moment and insist she was bullying this naive fool?

Newly arrived in the Western Region, she wasn't familiar with the local customs here. She didn't know which Western Region nations these princes and princesses came from either. She only knew that human hearts were sinister and she had to be on guard.

Thus, she directly brought Xiyan and Xiao Xi to another corner, but Yue Yingxue followed behind them.

Wait, you're not my maid, so why are you following? Moreover, the four big words "don't want to converse" are already written all over my face. Don't you understand even a bit about social norms?

"Look, the Midias Empire's Second Princess is chasing after that Eastern Region one!"

Many people at the banquet saw this scene and gathered to watch from the side. No one stepped forward to intervene, and for some unknown reason, this point made the little Princess always feel something wasn't quite right.

"Hey hey, wait for me. I still want to understand the situation in the Eastern Region!"

Before long, the little Princess really couldn't go on. Her two feet were already so tired they'd gone soft, yet Yue Yingxue still followed closely behind her.

"Your Highness, do you need me to carry you?"

"Don't."

Being carried by her own maid at this banquet, she didn't dare imagine that scene. If it really came to that, she'd probably find a hole to crawl into. That would be too embarrassing.

"Why are you running? I'm not going to eat you. I'm just curious about the process of the chaotic war in the Eastern Region!"

As she spoke, she even took out a notebook with detailed records of the Eastern Region nations' geographical information and some basic conditions, all handwritten. She took it out wanting to prove she was truly very interested in the Eastern Region.

"Haah..."

If she couldn't hide, then she wouldn't hide. In any case, as long as she didn't leak important information, it was fine. But the prerequisite was...

The little Princess signaled with her eyes to Maid Xiao Xi, who quickly understood and walked behind Xiyan, ready at any time to cover this little loli maid's mouth.

"Then I'll tell you about it."

"Mm mm!"

Yue Yingxue took out a pen, also opening the notebook to a new page, waiting for the little Princess to speak so she could properly record the current situation of the Eastern Region.

"This chaotic war in the Eastern Region was mainly a war triggered by Scarlet Phoenix Nation actively stirring up conflict. Aside from two small nations, all the Eastern Region nations participated. This war was mainly divided into two forces. One side was the aggressive force led by Scarlet Phoenix Nation, while the other side was led by..."

The little Princess slowly explained the basic information about this war. Yue Yingxue listened with great interest on the side, her pen dancing rapidly across the paper, recording everything she heard.

......

"Mm, that's basically all about the Eastern Region chaotic war."

After finishing, the little Princess picked up a cup of hot beverage that had already been poured and took a sip.

"Wow, Scarlet Phoenix Nation single-handedly swept through the Eighteen Alliance Nations? What kind of powerful weapons would be needed to achieve such a feat?"

"Oh right, oh right! I heard that those weapons Scarlet Phoenix Nation distributed to soldiers were all designed by you. Can you let me play with one?"

Yue Yingxue grabbed one of the little Princess's hands and inquired, her eyes filled with longing.

She felt that before her wasn't Midias's Second Princess at all, but a curious baby!

"This won't do."

The little Princess shook her head.

She wasn't foolish enough to casually let Western Region people closely observe the gun's structure.

Although she didn't believe the Western Region could replicate identical guns just by observing once, what should be guarded against still needed guarding. What if someone came up to snatch it after she took it out? In the end, the gun would directly disappear before her eyes and then flow into the Western Region to be researched?

Moreover, her army was equipped with Breech-Loading Rifled Guns, far more advanced than Scarlet Phoenix Nation's Flintlock Muskets. The structure was also very simple.

The gunpowder manufacturing method was difficult, involving the field of chemistry. But she couldn't guarantee the Western Region hadn't produced gunpowder before, so no matter what, this risk couldn't be taken.

"No, this absolutely won't do!"