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

Chapter 228

228~ Better a Dead Fellow Daoist Than a Dead Poor Daoist~

"Sit still, don't move around."

The Empress placed the little Princess on her lap, attempting to use magic to treat the wounds on the little Princess's body.

"It's no use. These are wounds left by Divine Force. Ordinary magic power can't heal them."

The little Princess shook her head.

Although she wasn't particularly interested in magic, she'd been in contact with Divine Force for quite a while now. She was still clear about the difference between Divine Force and magic power. It was almost like one was in heaven and one was on earth, a difference like clouds and mud.

"Divine Force... Did your Prince Brother do this?"

"No."

The little Princess shook her head again, denying the Empress's speculation.

Actually, these were wounds left by the Divine Force Xuan had left her. That kind of heavily diluted Divine Force wanting to leave wounds on her body? It would have to consider the dominance of the purest Divine Force within her body, okay!?

However, she didn't plan to tell the Empress how exactly these wounds were caused. After she told her, who knew how the Empress would further restrict her movements!

She absolutely didn't want her movements further restricted!

"Then can the wounds on Mo's body recover? Will they leave scars?"

"They can recover, they won't leave scars."

"Then that's fine."

She also didn't plan to continue pressing the question. That would be completely meaningless. If the little Princess didn't plan to say, no amount of threatening or scheming would be useful. After all, she wasn't an idiot.

"Let's go. I'll take you out of here."

"Wait, Xiao Bai hasn't been found yet!"

"After I send you out, I'll come back to find her. You two just rest assured and go out, return to the army encampment. Leave the rest to me."

"..."

Right now, could she only trust the Empress?

No, absolutely not!

"Fei, let's go out together."

"You're not looking for Xiao Bai anymore?"

"Compared to her... I don't want you to die in here even more."

To be honest, she and Xiao Bai actually weren't that familiar. Although they had some feelings, ultimately they'd only come to know each other because of Xuan's relationship.

As for the Empress, if the Empress died, then the Glaze Nation she'd painstakingly managed would also be destroyed in an instant. So no matter what, she couldn't just watch as the Empress went to her death!

"..."

The Empress stared intently at the little Princess's eyes. Before long, she withdrew her gaze.

"Then let's go. By the way, bring my Father the King along."

Perhaps with the three of them here, they were still burdens. Perhaps it was precisely because the three of them were here that Xiao Bai had misgivings and didn't dare use her full strength?

The entire Glaze City, all the ordinary common people were trapped inside this barrier. They could only watch helplessly as the barrier blocked them inside the city, unable to get out...

The battle between Xiao Bai and that deity should only raze the royal palace area to the ground, right?

Right now, it was impossible to have all the common people in Glaze City evacuate. Not only was it an issue with the Empress's internal magic power storage limit, it was also an issue of human nature.

She wouldn't say much more. Anyway, what could be certain was that if the Empress opened a passage, these people would definitely expose the truest side of human nature, leading to unnecessary bloodshed. This wasn't what she hoped to see.

So, sometimes it wasn't that they had the ability but didn't want to save people. They also had to consider many factors.

"Let's go first."

The little Princess tugged at the corner of the Empress's skirt.

"Mm."

She took the little Princess's hand and came to the barrier's edge. Here was crammed a large swath of ordinary common people. Moreover, no matter which exit, there was a considerable number of people gathered. There was simply no way to avoid the crowd and get out.

"It's Her Highness! Her Highness has come to save us! Her Highness must have a way to take us out!"

In the crowd, someone's voice suddenly called out, attracting most of the crowd's attention to transfer onto the little Princess.

"Huh?"

What did this have to do with her!?

Although she really wanted to complain, thinking that what she now represented was the face of the Glaze Nation royal family, she couldn't casually brush it off. At least she couldn't let others catch her scandals.

"Ahem... Silence! Now, could everyone please first return to your own homes and wait for news? I'll do my best to think of ways to resolve the problem. Please trust me..."

When she cleared her throat twice and finished shouting to the common people below, as expected, most people chose to follow her arrangements and return to their respective homes. However, there was still a small portion who remained standing to the side watching.

"Could I trouble everyone to leave first? It's inconvenient for us to have people watching from the side."

The little Princess spoke again.

"This... Since it's Her Highness, then alright!"

Before long, everyone had dispersed, leaving only a small portion of soldiers still here.

"Your Highness..."

"Mm, where is your leader?"

"The captain, he... attempted to lead several people to charge out of this strange barrier. After going in, he never came back..."

"Is that so..."

Then she could roughly guess the fate of that captain and the other squad members who'd been taken out. They were probably completely dead, the kind that directly turned to ashes.

"Could you help me keep watch over the surroundings? Don't let ordinary people approach. I'm going out."

"Your Highness, are you saying you have a way to get out?"

"Mm."

The little Princess nodded.

"However, only a few people can go out at a time. I still have to first get out and think of ways from outside to break this barrier. So I'm sorry, I can't save you out immediately. As a nation's princess, I'm truly too unqualified..."

"No, Your Highness, how can you view yourself like that? You are undoubtedly the best princess in Glaze Nation's history. Your going out is also to think of ways to save us, so please go ahead! I'll lead my brothers here to properly maintain order!"

The unnamed gate-guarding soldier placed his hand on his chest and assured her.

"Thank you. Then I'll trouble you."

The little Princess withdrew her hand from the Empress's hand, pinched her skirt, and performed a standard royal etiquette toward the soldier whose name she didn't know.

"Then without further delay, let's quickly go out."

The little Princess proactively grabbed the Empress's hand.

"Mm."

…

"Hey, hey, look, Her Highness went out! She went out with two maids!"

"Really! But didn't Her Highness say she'd take us out? How did she go out alone?"

"You're stupid! She's the distinguished Her Highness. How could she possibly leave life-saving opportunities for others? If she's saving anyone, of course it's saving her own life! I think that so-called Her Highness definitely didn't dare let us see she had a way to get out, afraid we'd steal the opportunity away, so she dispersed us!"

"Is that so? But Her Highness previously clearly..."

"Bah! Haven't you heard a saying? Better a dead monk than oneself!"

"Isn't it 'better a dead fellow Daoist than a dead poor Daoist'..."

"Ah right, that's the one!"