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

Chapter 334

334~ Throw in a Hand~

"Then, can I understand your meaning as, that imposter... no, after the other Mo returns, you'll help the other one?"

"I said before, I won't intervene in the struggle between the two Princesses. I'll only watch from the side until the two Princesses determine a victor. Whichever Princess achieves victory, I'll specifically serve that one."

"One last question."

After pondering for a moment, Cecilia spoke.

"Where did you and the other Mo come from?"

"Me and the other Princess? I'm also not clear about this, but we came from the same place..."

"......"

Regarding this Maid Xiao Xi before her eyes, she felt temporarily there was completely no threat. She couldn't see a single trace of lying.

"Don't mention this matter to Mo."

"Naturally."

Even without Cecilia saying it, she knew. The conversation between the two of them couldn't be heard by the Little Princess.

"Alright, you may go down first."

Cecilia waved her hand, issuing an order to expel the guest to Maid Xiao Xi.

She needed to properly digest this information...

"Then... I wish Miss Cecilia and Princess Mo success."

Anyway, she could serve whichever Princess. But Cecilia had to ensure this current Princess could achieve victory in the struggle between the two Princesses.

Of course, this was still under the premise of not being able to kill the other Princess.

......

"Princess? Princess?"

"Mm-mm?"

After waking from her sleep, it was already close to dinner time. After opening her eyes, she was somewhat dazed.

At this time, the sky had already completely darkened because it was winter.

Fortunately, Glaze Nation's location was relatively southern. Even during the coldest times, it wouldn't get too cold anywhere. Plus, inside the palace, there were magic arrays maintaining constant temperature. Even wearing short sleeves and a short skirt, one wouldn't feel cold.

"Princess, time to get up!"

Sleeping from noon until now, sleeping a full nearly seven hours, sleeping an afternoon nap so thoroughly, she estimated the Little Princess wouldn't sleep too early tonight either.

"Princess?"

"Mm-mm, awake, awake. Stop shaking..."

The Little Princess pried open Maid Xiao Xi's hands.

"Princess slept so soundly~"

"Well... if you want to sleep, then sleep!"

The Little Princess waved her hand.

"Then has Princess slept enough?"

"Mm... more or less."

It was just that sleeping too long made her head ache somewhat. She basically couldn't sleep tonight. This was also good. She could just research that notebook.

"Let's go eat first."

After straightening her hair, the Little Princess jumped off the bed.

Conveniently, she'd also go tell her cheap Father the King some new ideas that popped into her head.

"Yes."

......

......

"Mo, regarding the system..."

"Father the King."

"Mm?"

Before he'd said much, he was interrupted by his precious daughter. But he wasn't angry. Instead, he waited for the Little Princess to speak.

"From now on, no matter what those three National Advisors say, you must not change your mind. Otherwise, there won't even be a chance to change the system in the future."

"Mm, I know this."

As a nation's sovereign, could he not understand this?

But the Little Princess was just worried, worried her cheap Father the King would suddenly have a brain spasm and directly follow the National Advisors' opinions to abandon system reform.

"The continental future development trend will definitely be the continuous centralization of royal power. So Father the King, no matter what, you must not give up system reform, alright? As long as you continuously conduct the system's self-perfecting reforms, Glaze Nation's future will definitely be able to endure longer."

The Little Princess looked at her cheap Father the King, a trace of pleading in her gaze.

"Of course. When have I not properly listened to Mo's suggestions?"

"Then that's best."

The Little Princess nodded.

"Then regarding the obstacles existing in system reform, Father the King, you must listen carefully..."

Once the time the Empress gave arrived, she had to return. So she had to give all instructions properly.

Regarding system reform matters, no matter what, power must continuously be centralized, concentrating power in one's own hands. Core power absolutely couldn't be delegated downward, nor could any one person grasp excessive power.

Military authority and political authority, these two great powers, must be firmly grasped in one's own hands. No matter what, they couldn't be handed over to others.

Then regarding the military, military generals' power had to be weakened. Establish a civil general to restrain military generals. But it absolutely couldn't be restricted too severely. Otherwise, it would seriously weaken the military's combat capability.

After that, directly strip away most of the princes' and princesses' power. If they committed crimes, they'd likewise become criminals and be punished. Don't give princes and princesses special powers. This way, it would be convenient to supervise these royal family members, lest they cause trouble everywhere outside, ruining the Glaze Royal Family's reputation. Simultaneously, it could also win popular support.

"Brilliant, truly brilliant."

Gong applauded in praise.

Worthy of being his precious daughter, always worrying about Glaze Nation. Worthy of being the princess he'd set his sights on as most suitable to inherit his throne!

No matter how he looked, he felt his precious daughter was a perfect heir apparent, a natural-born king! Absolutely a politician and ruler!

"Very good, extremely good. Worthy of being my daughter."

Gong continued praising.

"Having a daughter like you brings me great comfort!"

This was far more sensible than other princes and princesses! At such a young age, she already knew to worry about the nation, to share his burdens!

"Mo, I want to ask one more time. Do you truly not wish to inherit the throne?"

"Father the King, you know, I don't want to be bound here by the throne. What I want is freedom. I want to go to other places to walk and see. I also don't want to participate in power struggles, don't want to compete with other prince brothers and princess sisters for the throne. Don't you already have an answer in your heart, Father the King?"

"......"

Gong was silent for a while.

"Fine, if you don't want to, then forget it. Anyway, this is the last time I'll ask you this question. Since Mo truly doesn't want to, then I won't mention it again in the future."

"Mm."

Unless it was an absolutely unavoidable situation, otherwise she truly didn't want to become this king.

Being king wasn't something where once you became one, you could do whatever you wanted. Carrying the entire nation's weight on one's shoulders would press down on a person until they could barely breathe. This was one of the main reasons she was unwilling to inherit the Glaze throne.

"Mo, let's eat."

Gong placed a piece of meat into the Little Princess's bowl.

"Mm."

Ending this topic, the two began discussing Glaze Nation's future development direction. Continue developing commerce? Or develop in the direction of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce?

The answer the Little Princess gave was to balance both sides and develop simultaneously. Whether agriculture or commerce, or even the newly emerging modern industry and handicraft industry, none could be easily abandoned.

"Take everything?"

"Right, take everything. Although this will make Glaze Nation's early-stage development slightly slower, once it develops to the later stage, Father the King, you'll see Glaze Nation will absolutely develop rapidly at a super astonishing speed, reaching for the continent's number one comprehensive powerful nation."

Under Scarlet Phoenix Nation's protection, Glaze Nation fundamentally didn't need to worry about the problem of being beaten for developing slowly. Other nations wanting to attack Glaze Nation would still have to pass Scarlet Phoenix Nation's checkpoint first!

As for the problem of Scarlet Phoenix Nation attacking Glaze Nation, there was also no need to worry. With her bearing the two identities of "Scarlet Phoenix Nation's Imperial Consort" and "Glaze Nation's First Princess," aside from the Empress, who in Scarlet Phoenix Nation dared declare war on Glaze Nation?

Moreover, the Empress had also promised her she absolutely wouldn't attack Glaze Nation. On this point, she completely believed the Empress absolutely wouldn't break the agreement.

"Good. Since that's the case, then let's proceed as Mo says."

As long as heavy industry could develop, continuously progressing technology could drive Glaze Nation's productivity to substantially increase. Once Glaze Nation's productivity increased, rapid development was absolute!

"Mm..."

After eating dinner, the Little Princess leaned against the window, appreciating the brilliant lanterns of Glaze City outside...

"Princess Mo, and... Glaze Nation's His Majesty?"

"Cecilia!?"

"Mm."

Cecilia stood at the door, waiting for the two to allow her to step into the dining hall.

"Cecilia, how come you're here?"

"Came to find Princess Mo to ask something."

After obtaining the two's permission, Cecilia stepped into the dining hall and came before the Little Princess.

"What matter?"

She felt somewhat guilty because Cecilia had said before that she wasn't permitted to casually change the future historical destined development trend. But she didn't heed the advice and directly forcibly wanted to conduct deeper-level reforms on Glaze Nation, directly reforming the entire system framework.

"Princess Mo... are you planning reforms?"

"This... mm!"

The Little Princess nodded.

"...Here."

Cecilia pulled out a book from her Magic Storage Ring. It was a complete reform reference, which was a successful reform example from a certain dynasty in the previous life!

"Cecilia?"

What did this mean? Didn't she oppose her changing the future historical destined development trend? How come now she was sending her a successful example?

"I changed my mind. I'm throwing in a hand."

Cecilia said firmly.

She was going to go against "Destiny"! Kick its ass!

"Eh?"

Although she was quite curious why Cecilia suddenly had a change of heart and chose to help her, because her cheap Father the King was on the side, she couldn't directly ask. She could only ask later when the two were alone.

"Father the King, you should slowly proceed with centralization and system reform according to this book later."

The Little Princess took the book Cecilia handed over and stuffed it into her cheap Father the King's hands.

"Proceed according to this book?"

"Right, no problem."

"No problem..."

Since his precious daughter trusted this Miss Cecilia so much, then he had nothing to worry about.

"Alright, I'll proceed with reforms step by step according to what's in this book later."

Immediately after, he placed his gaze on Cecilia.

"Miss Cecilia, thank you very much for looking after my daughter. With you by my daughter's side, I'm completely at ease."

Scarlet Phoenix Nation's Great Guardian, a Great Archmage top-tier combat power as his precious daughter's personal bodyguard, how could he not be at ease?

"Mm... just my duty. I'm only protecting Princess Mo under Her Majesty's orders. Plus, with my appreciation of Princess Mo, I feel Scarlet Phoenix Nation absolutely cannot lack Princess Mo, such a talent."

"Is that so..."

As expected, his precious daughter was extremely excellent wherever she went.