novelraw Chapter 19
Chapter 19
19~ Compensation~
After being teased by the Empress for a while, she'd lost her mood. Now she just wanted to quickly get away from the Empress and find her craftsman young lady. She had an idea that needed the craftsman young lady to realize.
However, how could the Empress easily let her go? She held her on her lap as a body pillow for quite a while before letting her leave.
Just about to go find that craftsman, she discovered she'd been waiting for her all along.
"Your Highness."
Calling her Your Highness upon meeting. Looks like the Empress had already told her, also saving her the effort of self-introduction and explanation.
"Mm... Ling?"
As she expected, she merely called out once, and the Empress's personal maid, the all-purpose tool person, Ling, directly appeared at her side. It was almost becoming like she was her personal maid.
"Your Highness wants to find a suitable place for Qin Feng to forge things, correct?"
Before she could speak, Ling directly stated what was in her heart.
"Ah, right, right, right."
"My apologies. There's no place for casting within the Imperial City."
This meant her idea couldn't be implemented immediately. However, she didn't mind waiting a while longer.
Having already given her the craftsman young lady, surely they wouldn't not give her a place for the craftsman young lady to forge things, right?
However, when she made the request to the Empress again, she was brutally refused.
"My Imperial City isn't for doing these kinds of things."
"But..."
"You can tell Qin Feng what you want to make. Naturally, she'll deliver it to you when it's done."
"..."
This meant she couldn't secretly make some things that would give her self-protection ability or escape capability. After they were made, they'd most likely be intercepted by the Empress first for inspection.
Looks like she still had to think of a method to unknowingly gather the parts for what she wanted to make, then assemble them. Only this way could she avoid the Empress's eyes and ears.
But the question was... how to get these parts unknowingly?
Well, she couldn't think of what to do, but at least there was still possibility. It wasn't like she had absolutely no method.
If the needed parts were made separately, installed on different items and sent in, then disassembled and assembled, the size and compatibility of the parts would definitely be a problem.
Emmm... forget it, won't think about it. Better eat some pastries first.
"So what is Mo planning to make?"
The Empress pulled her hand back just before the little Princess bit the pastry, successfully making her bite empty air.
"Nothing much. Just some small trinkets for daily use."
At least for the Empress, they really were just small trinkets...
"I see."
The Empress smiled, didn't ask further, only instructed Qin Feng to bring everything to her for inspection first each time something was made.
Afterward, she stuffed the pastry in her hand into the little Princess's mouth, continuing the daily feeding.
Now it was confirmed that the path of having Qin Feng directly make it wouldn't work. She could only consider how to reasonably get the needed parts into her hands with appropriate dimensions.
First, she could start with some simple little trinkets. Not rush to get parts, but make some simple practical things to lower the Empress's guard.
While the Empress was reviewing memorials, she picked up a pen and paper to sit on the other side and began scribbling.
...
...
"What's this?"
The Empress held the paper, uncomprehending.
Needed some strange mineral and seawater, and had to use different processes to refine them?
The paper wrote a long string of operation steps and their principles. They were things completely beyond her knowledge.
Regarding the description of the mineral, the little Princess called it nitrate ore, and wrote that discoverable locations were deserts...
This was truly a huge project. Mineral that needed to be mined in the desert. She'd never heard of this kind of mineral. Calling Qin Feng over, she said this kind of mineral temporarily hadn't been discovered for its use by any country yet.
"Does the national treasury have any?"
"Of course. But because it has no use, there isn't much stored."
Qin Feng was somewhat excited. If the little Princess knew what these minerals were for, perhaps it could broaden her knowledge.
The Empress heard this and thought for a moment.
As expected, those strange equipment and weapons of Glaze Nation were made by the little Princess. Previously, she couldn't be too certain, but now she could be one hundred percent certain.
Mo, how many more surprises can you bring me?
She really wanted to see what the little Princess could tinker out.
"Then just do as she says."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
At this time, the little Princess was leisurely lying on the bed, completely unaware of what kind of impact she'd caused.
"Hmm~ hmm~ hm hm~"
After rolling on the bed hugging a pillow for a while, she discovered this kind of life was truly tedious. After a consecutive month of this kind of life, she'd already gradually begun to tire of it.
Go find the Empress again?
This thought flashed through her mind, startling herself. How could she have the thought of going to find that hentai Empress? This was truly too absurd. How could this possibly be her thought?
After continuing to lie down for a while, discovering there really was nothing to do, and the usual methods couldn't dispel the boredom, she finally couldn't help but call Ling.
"Take me to see Fei. Have something to tell her."
"Alright."
Ling picked up Fei and left the bedchamber, heading toward the great hall.
Seeing Mo proactively come find her this time, the Empress roughly guessed the little Princess's purpose. So she displayed a smile and asked:
"So, Mo, what do you want this time?"
"...Want a pet."
"A pet? So Mo also wants a toy of her own?"
Seeming to think of something, the little Princess's cheeks were already red as apples. She herself was the Empress's pet...
"Not that kind! Want a normal pet!"
Cats or dogs were fine! As long as they were cute and could kill time!
"Of course. But has Mo thought about what she wants to pay?"
The Empress asked with narrowed eyes.
"Huh? Pay what?"
"Equivalent exchange. Since Mo is making requests to me and asking for things, I'm collecting corresponding compensation from Mo. This is a perfectly normal thing, right?"
"But you previously..."
"The compensation will be the same as last time. No objections, right?"
The Empress licked her lips. Immediately, the little Princess understood what "compensation" the Empress meant.
This, this, this, this??
"Pardon my intrusion, farewell."
"Come back."
The Empress spoke in a commanding tone. Her body immediately lost control again and returned before the Empress.
"I don't want it anymore!"
"Since you've proposed it, this isn't up to you anymore."
The Empress licked her lips again and collected this compensation.
...
"Your Majesty?"
Gong rubbed his temples. He didn't know why, but recently whenever he fell asleep, he dreamed he was a farmer, then saw a Chinese cabbage he'd planted being stolen by another Chinese cabbage, and he could do nothing besides get angry on the side. He also didn't know why he was getting angry.
What kind of nonsensical stuff was he dreaming about? Made him sleep poorly several times.
This time, this dream made him wake up in anger halfway through his sleep.