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

Chapter 212

212~

"I don't think so. Fei and I have some things to talk about tonight."

The little Princess deflected.

"Then can't you just come back directly after finishing talking?"

"What we need to talk about might take quite a while, so it will be very late. It's more convenient to sleep directly at Fei's place. How about this, tomorrow, okay? Tomorrow I'll sleep with you."

"But... but..."

But if today she couldn't get the little Princess to tell the Empress she wanted to sleep with her, wouldn't she lose this contest?

No way! Absolutely not! She wouldn't allow herself to lose to a mere human! Absolutely not!

"Oh come on, just sleep with me tonight! Let me properly examine you."

"No need. If there's anything, having Fei examine me is the same."

The little Princess refused.

It wasn't that she was unwilling to sleep together with Xiao Bai. It was just that tonight she really had to discuss some very important matters with the Empress. This concerned the issue of whether she could return to Glaze Nation in the future.

"But..."

"No more 'buts.' Tonight I must make things clear with Fei. This matter is very important to me."

"Wuu..."

Xiao Bai looked like she was about to cry.

When had she ever suffered this kind of grievance? Back when she was still living it up in Midias Empire, even that so-called Deity of Abundance Midilayo had to give her some face. Now that she'd arrived at Scarlet Phoenix Nation, she was severely restricted. Even wanting to sleep with her own Master Mo required begging.

"I've really had enough!"

Xiao Bai heavily slapped the table.

"Just tell me whether you're sleeping with me tonight or not!"

"I'm not."

The little Princess directly refused and pushed Xiao Bai out to throw a tantrum by herself for a while, letting herself be alone and quiet.

"..."

It seemed that without using some unconventional methods today, Master Mo absolutely wouldn't sleep with her.

Just like back when she wanted to sleep in the same coffin with Xuan. After she fell asleep first, when she woke up, she discovered she'd been thrown into another coffin.

Later she got smarter. After Xuan fell asleep, she would secretly crawl into the coffin where Xuan was and sleep together. Although Xuan would still throw her out after waking, no matter how you thought about it, they had slept together, so it wasn't a loss no matter what!

She had decided. Tonight she would steal the little Princess away! As long as she stole the little Princess away, then tonight she could sleep together with the little Princess!

It was just that hateful Empress might notice. She had to think of a way to replicate an identical little Princess dummy and swap the little Princess out. Otherwise, when the Empress woke up later and called the little Princess awake, she would likewise be thrown back to sleep by herself.

As for where to replicate a dummy identical to the little Princess? She already had an answer in her heart.

......

......

Evening...

"Fei."

The little Princess pushed open the bedchamber door. The Empress was already waiting inside early.

"Mo, you're back?"

"Mm, regarding that matter Fei had Xiyan tell me about, I feel we really should have a proper discussion."

And as the price, the Empress had to allow her to return to Glaze Nation at intervals.

Negotiating terms with the Empress was perhaps her only way to fight for some degree of freedom for herself.

As for the method of obtaining freedom that Xiao Bai mentioned? She could only say she really didn't want to become a sinner for all eternity!

"As long as it's what Mo proposes and doesn't exceed my bottom line, I can accept it all."

Including what she initially told the little Princess, that she could give the little Princess permission to return to Glaze Nation at intervals. As long as the little Princess didn't think about escaping, she could completely grant this.

As long as the little Princess didn't think about escaping from her hands...

"Gulp~"

The little Princess swallowed her saliva.

She knew the Empress seemed somewhat off right now, as if she'd suppressed her desires for too long. She felt as if she herself were like a small rabbit being targeted by a starving python.

It should be fine... right?

"Sit. Sit down and let's talk slowly."

The Empress held the little Princess in her embrace, her finger lightly drawing circles on the little Princess's lower abdomen.

Feeling her lower abdomen itch, but she couldn't do anything about it. As soon as she pried away the Empress's hand, as long as she loosened that hand, it would be placed back on her lower abdomen to continue drawing circles.

"Fei..."

"Mm? What is it?"

"Can you let go..."

"I can't~ Mo is dressed so alluringly. Even if I don't eat, I should at least enjoy myself, right? Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold back from eating Mo up, you know?"

But this set of pajamas was the one you picked!

It was also fortunate that within the entire bedchamber's scope, men were forbidden from appearing. After all, this was the place where the Empress usually lived. If males appeared and saw some of the Empress's private items or clothes, wouldn't that be great disrespect toward the current ruler?

Within the entire bedchamber's scope, only females were allowed to appear. Including the maids' residence connected to the Empress's bedchamber by a passage, the same applied. Males were not allowed to approach.

So under normal circumstances, even if she wore those improper pajamas the Empress carefully selected for her, it was completely no problem. Anyway, even among females, only the Empress's confidants could enter the bedchamber.

"...Enough! Fei, hurry up and get to business!"

"Alright."

After teasing the little Princess enough and satisfying her hands, the Empress also rarely became serious before the little Princess.

"Mo should know about the hidden troubles existing in the current Scarlet Phoenix Nation, right?"

The hidden troubles after implementing the "Favor Promotion Decree."

Originally, according to normal expectations, after implementing the "Favor Promotion Decree," those nobles' power would fragment over time, with their wealth and authority gradually shrinking.

But now it had deviated from expectations. Those nobles began uniting, colluding with merchants and officials. Even though splitting assets caused their power to fragment into several entities, under the mutual collusion of nobles, merchants, and officials, they could quickly use various reasons to retrieve all those fragmented portions from the court, thereby rendering the "Favor Promotion Decree" ineffective in disguised form.

"Mo, do you think if I crack down on those merchants, will these nobles behave themselves?"

"..."

After briefly considering, the little Princess shook her head and gave her answer:

"It would be useful, but I don't recommend it. Although cracking down on merchants can solve the problem you're worried about, it will create even greater hidden troubles."

"Such as?"

"Such as Scarlet Phoenix Nation's economic development speed will decline in a cliff-like manner."

"Why?"

The Empress was somewhat surprised. This point the little Princess mentioned, she hadn't considered.

"Scarlet Phoenix Nation originally developed its economy through both agriculture and commerce. It's not like other countries that rely on agriculture, nor is it like Glaze Nation, which mainly focuses on commerce."

"Once Scarlet Phoenix Nation breaks its own development model, it must adopt a new development model. Under this situation, the merchants within Scarlet Phoenix Nation's territory will drastically decrease, causing reduced communication between cities, reduced economic exchanges..."