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

Chapter 181

181~ Plans to Expand the Scarlet Maid Corps~

If they were going to abduct the little Princess, perhaps those several Abundance Order members could play a certain role, such as disrupting the army's normal patrols.

They didn't plan to harm other soldiers when abducting the little Princess, probably so that after the little Princess was abducted, she wouldn't be even more angry at them.

Those soldiers could all be considered the little Princess's "own brothers." They got along very well.

"Lady Red Leaf."

"Speak."

"Um, Her Majesty the Empress has transmitted new orders."

"New orders?"

Red Leaf raised an eyebrow.

What new orders again? Could it be to have them eliminate some people unfavorable to Lady Mo? Or telling them to act as quickly as possible?

"Her Majesty the Empress wants us to investigate everything about that Abundance Order."

Red Leaf: "?"

She didn't understand why the Empress would suddenly issue this order, having them investigate that Heretical Cult. Could it be that this Abundance Order had significant backing?

Heretical Cults also existed within Scarlet Phoenix Nation's borders. The Empress also continuously issued various policies to suppress them. Once a Heretical Cult's hideout was discovered, troops would immediately be dispatched to destroy it.

Those Heretical Cults, without exception, all worshipped an Evil God, praying to the Evil God to obtain power, then opposing and being hostile to the nation, continuously creating panic.

However, generally these Orders were usually wiped out in one swoop before they could even pray for power.

The Heretical Cults on the Western Region side should also be similar to the Eastern Region side, right? It was just that the Western Region side might not have appropriate suppression policies, causing the Heretical Cults to be much more rampant than on the Eastern Region side.

But if that were the case, why would her master still order them to investigate thoroughly? Did it have some relationship with Lady Mo?

In other words, in the following time, they not only had to find ways to abduct Lady Mo, but also try to destroy this Order as much as possible before abducting Lady Mo, and they also had to investigate it...

"Xiao Bai, you go handle the investigation."

"Eh? Me?"

The maid named Xiao Bai was somewhat dissatisfied.

"It's you. Only you are most capable of taking on this task."

She had always greatly trusted Xiao Bai's investigative abilities. As an intelligence agent within the Scarlet Maid Corps, she considered herself far inferior to Xiao Bai in this aspect.

"Then fine, if I go, I go."

The maid Xiao Bai agreed.

Red Leaf was her direct superior, and the Empress had also ordered her that everything must follow Red Leaf's decisions.

After assigning tasks, only Red Leaf remained here watching the little Princess, preparing to abduct her at any time after the little Princess's body completely recovered.

......

......

On the other side, far away in the Eastern Region's Scarlet Phoenix Nation Imperial Palace...

"Bang!"

The Empress exerted force with one hand, instantly shattering a priceless table.

"Ling!"

"I'm here."

"Invite the head of the Miller Family over for Me!"

"Understood."

Ling was clear that this so-called "invite" wasn't politely inviting the person over...

At a time when the Empress was already angry, the Miller Family actually played the trick of inciting criticism aimed at her. They had undoubtedly touched the Empress's bottom line.

She estimated that today, even if the Miller Family possessed a death-exemption medallion, her Majesty the Empress would play the game of eliminating nine generations with the Miller Family.

Plus having targeted the little Princess last time, the two together, even the poultry and livestock raised in the courtyard would probably be implicated and die together.

Originally, Scarlet Phoenix Nation was currently at a critical period, continuously annexing other surrounding countries that had already given up resistance to strengthen its own territory and power...

But the Miller Family suddenly said that the Empress herself had abolished the slave system, yet still privately created slave contracts and used them herself, claiming the Empress fundamentally wasn't worthy of being a qualified emperor...

One could only say they were probably missing a part of their brain. For profit, they dared to widely spread even this kind of rhetoric that would have the Empress come knocking to play the game of eliminating nine generations.

Before she realized it, the Maid Ling had already arrived at the entrance of the Miller Family estate...

The luxuriousness of the decorations here was already on par with the Imperial Palace.

"Ahem, excuse me, could you please call your family head out for a moment? Her Majesty the Empress invites him."

The Maid Ling said to the gatekeeper guard.

"Apologies... Our master already left a few days ago."

"Then find your family head's wife."

"Um, the lady also went out together with the master."

"Then..."

Before the Maid Ling could finish, the guard had learned to rush his answer:

"The entire master's family has already gone out. Right now, only us servants and guards remain in the house to manage things."

Good heavens, the whole family went out? It seemed they were afraid of the Empress's retaliatory targeting and fled overnight, right?

......

Then, having returned empty-handed in her search, the Maid Ling informed the Empress of this matter.

"Bang!"

The table shattered again with a sound.

"Your Majesty the Empress, do you need to dispatch people to capture them?"

"No need. Since they dare to challenge My authority, they must have naturally prepared to not be caught."

For instance, the Scarlet Maid Corps was almost entirely busy conducting sweeps of diehards in enemy nations, and the only idle personnel had been summoned by her, three people sent to the Western Region to abduct the little Princess back. The head of the Miller Family definitely knew about this matter before daring to challenge her authority.

Without the threat of the Scarlet Maid Corps, those nobles naturally began to gradually become more rampant. Among them, the Miller Family was the most rampant, daring to directly incite criticism aimed at the Empress.

"So I've said it long ago... After these nobles gained a foothold in Scarlet Phoenix Nation, there was no need for their existence..."

"Ling, immediately dispatch secret sentries to watch the other nobles. Remember to have all those secret sentries sign contracts."

"Yes."

The Scarlet Maid Corps was her sharp blade and also the organization she trusted most. They could handle for her the vast majority of matters she couldn't personally handle conveniently, such as secretly cleaning out those parasites above and below the court.

And now the Scarlet Maid Corps had all been dispatched by her. She could only find some secret sentries to first watch over the remaining nobles.

Later, when the dispatched Scarlet Maid Corps members all returned, these secret sentries wouldn't be needed anymore. They would all have to be dismissed, then retreat into seclusion to return home and live their comfortable lives.

As for things that couldn't be disclosed to outsiders, she only needed to use contracts to prevent them from disclosing anything in any form to the outside.

Not long after the Maid Ling left, someone came in and began cleaning up the shattered table, clearing away all the debris. Then they brought over a brand new table and placed all the original documents back exactly as they were.

"Phew..."

It seemed the Scarlet Maid Corps was due for expansion. With the increase in territory, population, and national strength, she had to cultivate more "sharp blades."