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

Chapter 273

273~ The Dream on the Verge of Collapse~

"Probably won't be much longer before they wake up, sometime today."

After the Empress woke up, there would definitely be a period of weakness. Taking advantage of this weakness period, before the Empress could react, they would swiftly and forcefully suppress the reactionary forces and directly execute those remnants of the previous dynasty on the spot.

The reason the Empress hadn't done this before was entirely due to the Little Princess's influence, as well as the fact that among those remnants of the previous dynasty, there were still some who had once helped her.

But as an emperor, one couldn't be limited to what was in front of them. The remnants of the previous dynasty had become increasingly brazen under the Empress's slight indulgence, reaching a point where they could no longer continue to be tolerated.

If it weren't for the fact that this level of decree required the Empress's personal signature and magic power attachment to take effect, they might have already done everything during these two days while the Empress was in the Little Princess's dream.

"Red Leaf."

"Lady Ling, what is it?"

"Stay here and watch over Her Majesty and Princess Mo. If there are any signs of awakening, notify me and Lady Cecilia immediately."

"Understood!"

Right now, she still had more important matters, which was to search for traces of the previous dynasty's remnants.

These remnants of the previous dynasty that appeared this time included a heavyweight figure. If they could capture that person, then Scarlet Phoenix Nation's cleanup of reactionary forces would become much easier.

This heavyweight figure was the deputy leader among these remnants of the previous dynasty, equivalent to a prime minister's position in a country.

And in fact, that remnant of the previous dynasty was one of the last generation princes of the former Scarlet Phoenix Nation, that is, her older brother. She understood this older brother very well. He was a very formidable person.

And the fact that the northern reactionary forces now had such great strength to wrestle with Scarlet Phoenix Nation's government was inseparable from her older brother's guidance.

As long as they could eliminate this older brother, they could strike at the root and deliver a devastating blow to the northern reactionary forces.

"Elder Brother, please don't blame your little sister for being ruthless."

Walking different paths, standing on different positions, then they could only be destined to be enemies.

Moreover, the collapse of the former Scarlet Phoenix Nation was also something she had single-handedly instigated, ultimately allowing the Empress to complete the usurpation. On this point, the remnants of the former Scarlet Phoenix Nation must hate her to death. If it weren't for her single-handed instigation, perhaps the former Scarlet Phoenix Nation wouldn't have collapsed so quickly.

"Someone come."

"Present."

Following Maid Ling's call, other members of the Scarlet Maid Corps immediately appeared before her, kneeling on one knee and listening to this lady's orders.

"Now take a few people and go to the north to have a look. Search for the remnants of the previous dynasty hiding in the north, especially that commander."

Her older brother...

"Do we execute on the spot?"

"No, capture the commander alive. If he attempts to resist and escape, and you can't control him, then execute on the spot."

"Yes!"

In the eyes of all the Scarlet Maid Corps members, the Empress's orders were supreme. Next were the Empress's personal maid Ling and Scarlet Maid Corps Head Maid Red Leaf. In the absence of the Empress's orders, Ling's orders were equivalent to orders from the Empress.

Red Leaf still needed Maid Ling's approval. Only when both the Empress and Ling were absent would it be Red Leaf's turn.

"Also, Her Majesty will wake up today. All of you should be careful with your words and behavior. Don't let Her Majesty discover anything suspicious."

"Yes."

This large-scale extermination of reactionary forces and remnants of the previous dynasty was entirely presided over by Maid Ling alone. The Empress's decree just allowed her to legitimately carry out this great suppression campaign.

As long as Her Majesty the Empress was weak enough, then these pressing matters would definitely be handed over to her and the Scarlet Maid Corps members to handle. Conveniently, the Scarlet Maid Corps' original tasks had already been mostly completed, so there were sufficient personnel to carry out the great suppression campaign.

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"Princess."

"What's wrong?"

"May I take a good look at you again?"

"What are you saying?"

The Little Princess put down her phone, walked in front of Maid Xiao Xi, and grabbed Maid Xiao Xi's hands to rub them.

"Nothing happened to me. Why do you have such a dejected expression?"

"Because I'm afraid I'll never see you again..."

"Huh?"

What?

Although she knew Maid Xiao Xi had problems, at least physically she looked quite healthy and normal! Even if she wasn't the original Xiao Xi, her body shouldn't be that fragile, right? She had always been treating this Maid Xiao Xi as the real Maid Xiao Xi.

And nothing had even happened yet!

"What are you saying? Don't always think about those negative things."

Just as the two were talking, the Empress suddenly appeared behind the Little Princess.

"Mo."

"Mm?"

"We need to prepare to leave."

"What do you mean?"

The Empress fell silent for a moment, but ultimately spoke up and directly revealed the essence of this world to the Little Princess.

"Hasn't Mo noticed? This world isn't the real world."

"Not... the real world?"

"Come here."

Her finger lightly touched the Little Princess's forehead. Sealed memories flooded into the Little Princess's mind like a tidal wave. The important memories she had been reciting, they returned.

"Fei!!!???"

Shock, anger, confusion, and finally helplessness. The Little Princess gave up on the idea of cursing the Empress's eighteen generations of ancestors.

She really hadn't expected it. She had actually been fooled by the Empress for over a whole month!

She remembered, she remembered everything. She was a "Divine Proxy" who could use Divine Power and a small portion of Xuan's authority. Moreover, under the backlash of Divine Power, she had grown cat ears and a cat tail. Right now, she couldn't find these two features on her body, which could only mean this world was fake, including her current body.

"This is Mo's dream. A dream world I created for Mo."

The dream was about to collapse. She should about take the Little Princess back to the real world.

"So... this is all a world created based on my memories?"

"That's right."

Which meant... the Empress had peeked at everything from her past!?

Thinking of this, she was about to explode.

She had never imagined that one day the Empress would actually know the secret she had hidden for eighteen years, and under circumstances where she was completely unaware...

Honestly, she really thought she had returned to the modern world... Unfortunately, all of this was a dream created by the Empress, including Maid Xiao Xi...

Everything was fake. Only the Empress was real. No wonder the Empress could leave her side so casually. It turned out this wasn't reality at all.

"Then why are you confessing to me at this time? Haven't you excavated everything about me yet?"

"Because the dream is about to collapse."

Under her series of operations, the entire dream was about to collapse, and very likely wouldn't leave a trace of the kind. That is to say, after the Little Princess woke up, this segment of memories might disappear with the dream's collapse.

However, it could also be considered making closure with her former self, right?

Although the memories would be lost, the things that had already happened would cause subtle changes in the real Little Princess's mindset, and that would be enough.