novelraw Chapter 205
Chapter 205
205~ Xiyan's Punishment~
"Mo?"
Not knowing how much time had passed, after the little Princess had nearly finished reading all the details about the battlefield, the Empress finally arrived at the office.
"Mm?"
"Did someone deliver a letter to me?"
"Here."
The little Princess casually lifted her foot and pointed at that letter on the desk surface.
Seeing this, veins slightly bulged on the Empress's forehead.
Was she trying to seduce her? Wearing white stockings, faintly able to see through the white silk to the innermost intimate garments underneath. Due to her sitting posture, the skirt only covered up to her lower abdomen.
"I say, is Mo trying to seduce me with this posture?"
"Huh?"
The little Princess looked down at her own sitting posture, especially where her hem currently was. Startled, she immediately put her legs down and pressed down her skirt to cover her bottom.
This was no good! Just now she had actually faced the Empress in such a terrible sitting posture, and the Empress seemed to have stared at her exposed parts for quite a while before reminding her.
She'd been taken advantage of!!!
After realizing this, a blush rose on the little Princess's face.
"Does Mo mind very much that I saw?"
"I mind!"
She still hadn't forgiven the Empress for what she did back then. Now she was only being forced to continue staying in Scarlet Phoenix Nation. Yet now she'd also been taken advantage of by the Empress.
The way her little days were passing now, if it were someone more casual, they might just give up and accept the Empress's kindness. But having been a princess for over ten years, she could be said to have gotten somewhat used to being domineering, right? Which princess wouldn't have her head turned by her own power?
Anyway, having been a princess for over ten years, she wouldn't be easily tamed in this kind of life of being hit once then given a piece of candy.
"Then if there's nothing else, I'll leave first."
The little Princess picked up that notebook recording battlefield details. She still wanted to take it back to finish reading.
"Wait, Mo, just read it here."
The Empress grabbed her in one motion. After sitting on the chair, she placed the little Princess on her own lap.
During the work process, without a fragrant, soft little Princess in her arms to hold, it always felt strange somewhere.
"No, I want to go have afternoon tea!"
"It's only noon right now."
"Then I want to go eat breakfast."
"Didn't Mo just eat?"
"Then I'll take a nap, that should be fine, right!?"
"You can sleep right here."
"..."
Really unable to out-talk the Empress, the little Princess could only sit sullenly in the Empress's embrace and continue reading the contents recorded in this notebook.
After rubbing the little Princess in her arms a few times, the Empress opened the envelope on the desk, seemingly deliberately holding it in front of her.
After being slightly stunned for a moment, the little Princess placed her gaze on the letter in the Empress's hands.
It was a letter sent from the Midias Empire side. The recipient written on it was also her.
So this letter should be addressed to her!?
"Hm? Does Mo want to see?"
After saying this, the Empress raised the letter a bit higher, just at an angle where she couldn't see. After she tried hard to stretch her neck, the Empress also raised the letter a bit higher accordingly.
This was clearly just toying with her!!!
"This is clearly a letter addressed to me, right!?"
"That's right."
She actually admitted it! Admitted it without a trace of guilt. It was clearly addressed to her, yet now the Empress wanted to use it to toy with her. This really was... too much bullying!!!
"I originally wanted to give it to Mo, but Mo didn't open it, so I opened it first to help Mo take a look."
Full of lies! It was clearly just to toy with her!
She could tell now. The current Empress spent all day either thinking about how to toy with her or thinking about how to toy with her. Besides that, she was damn well still thinking about how to toy with her!
However, after sulking for a bit, she reopened the notebook in her hands and continued reading the details about the battlefield.
Anyway, in the end it would be shown to her. If the Empress wanted to look, then let her look. It wasn't anything that needed to be hidden from the Empress anyway.
After seeing the little Princess had no reaction, the Empress once again placed the envelope where she only needed to raise her head to see it. But every time she raised her head, the Empress immediately raised the position higher again.
After repeating this several times, the little Princess had completely no reaction anymore. No matter how the Empress messed around, she never raised her head to look even once.
After feeling somewhat bored, the Empress simply stopped continuing to tease the little Princess and began seriously reading. As long as there was even the slightest problem in this letter, she would need to reconsider whether to let the little Princess see it.
"..."
Just like that, after the entire office quieted down for a while, the Empress picked up the little Princess.
"Mo, prepare yourself. The day after tomorrow, go welcome the envoy coming from Midias Empire."
Because this letter was delivered by a special messenger, it returned very quickly. In contrast, the envoy coming from the Midias Empire side was different. They basically all came to negotiate by riding dedicated carriages, arriving about two days later than the messenger.
"Welcome?"
"Mm, the First Princess of Midias Empire agreed to send over Elysia and the senior Mo mentioned."
"Oh."
She hadn't expected them to agree so readily, and even with free shipping to the door!?
"Good."
"However, Mo, I want to know the reason why Mo wanted to bring over that Abundance Order bishop, Elysia together?"
"Well..."
Of course it was because she wanted to know if the Deity of Abundance Midilayo would recognize Xuan or something.
Since Midilayo initially called her Saint Maiden, there had to be a reason, right? And specially instructing Elysia not to harm her, there definitely had to be some unspeakable secret in this!
After casually stuffing the letter into the little Princess's hands, the Empress also began today's work, handling national government affairs.
Having accumulated for two days straight, it was enough to keep her busy for quite a while before finishing it all. During this period, if the little Princess was here, she felt she would definitely handle it quite easily.
......
"Your Majesty."
Not knowing how much time had passed, Red Leaf suddenly pushed the door open and entered.
"Mm."
After raising her hand to signal Red Leaf to stand, the Empress propped up her chin with both hands, waiting for Red Leaf's report.
"Your Majesty, Xiyan's punishment has been completed."
Red Leaf came to ask like this, naturally wanting to see if the Empress had any other punishments to use on Xiyan.
"Mo, what do you think would be a good punishment for Xiyan?"
"Punishment...?"
"Of course. Xiyan hid from me and secretly followed Mo to slip out. Such an irresponsible maid naturally must receive due punishment."
In other words, Xiyan suffered the Empress's punishment because of her actions?
"What did you punish Xiyan with?"
"For this, Mo must ask Red Leaf. I only had Red Leaf punish Xiyan."
"Red Leaf?"
The little Princess looked toward Red Leaf.
"Red Leaf only hung Xiyan up and lashed her with a whip for half the night. Please don't worry, Princess Mo. Xiyan can continue getting up to serve Princess Mo today."
Hung up and lashed for half the night!? Wouldn't that kill her!?