novelraw Chapter 350
Chapter 350
350~ Advice~
"Alright, I'm not trying to probe you for anything. You don't need to be so guarded against me."
She really only came to eat together out of curiosity. Who wouldn't want to meet their sister whom they'd never met before?
"..."
The Little Princess still looked at her, her face showing a "do you think I believe you" expression.
"Really. I have no reason to lie to you."
Knowing this was extremely likely the most favored royal family member aside from Mo, and still going up to try to fish for some benefits, wouldn't that be pure foolish behavior?
She hadn't become stupid enough to reach her First Royal Brother's level, daring to make a move knowing Mo had the Empress of Scarlet Phoenix Nation backing her.
"...Then I'll take it as you being genuine."
Anyway, she probably wouldn't dare do anything to her.
Not long after, someone else came in and handed Jiu a letter.
"Princess, there's a secret letter."
"Mm, just set it aside. I'll look at it in a bit."
"But this is a secret letter from your Royal Brother, Princess."
"My Royal Brother's?"
Jiu thought for a moment, then simply opened the secret letter directly in front of the Little Princess. The maid delivering the letter was just about to stop her but was intercepted by the maid beside Jiu.
"This is Princess Liuli. The Princess said there's no need to avoid Lady Liuli."
"Yes."
"..."
After Jiu finished reading the entire secret letter, the expression on her face gradually became serious.
"Liuli."
"What?"
The Little Princess raised her head.
"I'm afraid I can't eat with you today. I have some urgent business and need to leave first."
"Mm."
The Little Princess only nodded in response.
It didn't matter whether Jiu stayed to eat with her or not. Anyway, she hadn't really let down her guard against Jiu either.
However, from Jiu's reaction after just reading the secret letter, she guessed it was probably urging her to hurry back to handle business, right?
The princesses in the Glaze Royal Family were like this. The vast majority of princesses were just tools, serving as backing support for the princes' power struggles. Glamorous and beautiful on the outside, but their status within the Glaze Royal Family was far lower than the princes.
Of course... aside from Little Princesses like this who received the King's favor and were treated as treasured daughters.
"Lady Liuli, I think Princess Jiu's motives for this action were impure. Eating with you was obviously fake. I'm afraid she wanted to get some information out of you, right?"
"Then do you think I would have no guard up?"
Within the Glaze Royal Family, after that incident four years ago, she had long been full of various guards against all royal family members. Of course, she couldn't possibly let people extract information from her without any defense.
"But Lady Liuli, you've almost never had contact with other royal family members. I'm afraid you don't understand Princess Jiu's temperament and fell into her trap."
"Mm... thoughtful of you, but not necessary."
The Little Princess said casually.
...
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"Jiu, you know what I called you here to do, right?"
"Of course I know. I just want to ask, Royal Brother, are you certain you really want to make a move on Liuli?"
"Right. You've seen Liuli's status yourself. Even Father the King obviously favors her excessively. Perhaps her position in Father the King's heart might not compare to Mo, but it will definitely be much higher than the rest of us."
Otherwise, how could his Father the King give her the name "Liuli"? Up until now, within Glaze Nation's borders, not a single person dared change their name to "Liuli."
"I think this is inappropriate. You can't make a move on Liuli. Royal Brother should think of another way."
"If I don't make a move on Liuli, where else should I make a move? I came back precisely because I heard Liuli appeared. Father the King was able to hide her so well. She must hold considerable power in her hands. As long as I can get Liuli's support, how could I fear not obtaining the throne?"
This was what he thought in his heart. If he couldn't get the princess Mo who held the greatest power, he would directly find a way to obtain Liuli's support, by whatever means necessary.
He didn't believe this Glaze Nation would produce a second Mo. Anyway, he also wouldn't use military force to coerce. At most, he would just threaten a little. He didn't believe his Father the King would directly take him down just because he threatened Liuli a bit, nor did he believe Mo would make a move against him because of this.
"No, you can't make a move on Liuli!"
Jiu emphasized again.
"What? You became close just from eating one meal with Liuli today? Now you're protecting Liuli?"
"No. I just want to tell you that Liuli has absolutely no interest in the throne and won't help anyone compete for the throne. She has Mo's support behind her. If you make a move on her, Mo will get angry."
"Mo..."
He frowned.
"Mo supports Liuli maintaining a neutral state? How can you be certain Liuli has no thoughts about the throne? Just because you chatted with her for a few sentences?"
He felt Jiu was just protecting Liuli. He really didn't know why she started protecting Liuli after just a few sentences of conversation. Moreover, he didn't plan to harm Liuli or anything. He would just threaten and intimidate her a bit, make Liuli obediently help him obtain the throne. He wouldn't do something unlucky like touching Mo or his Father the King.
He simply felt that Liuli was newly experiencing the world, just starting to come into contact with the outside world for the first time, making it convenient for him to intimidate her.
"Liuli is absolutely not as simple as you imagine, Royal Brother. The family head of the Tolma noble family has already found Liuli, saying he's already established a cooperative relationship with Liuli. But Mo just announced she's preparing to unite with Father the King to carry out institutional reform, continuing to weaken those nobles' strength. No matter how foolish Liuli might be, she should know she can't get too close to the nobles. She's been in constant contact with Mo, and they're so close that Liuli can even casually sleep in Mo's bedroom and freely command Mo's maids. With all this, do you still think Liuli is just some naive fool who doesn't understand anything?"
Sometimes she really wanted to see if her Royal Brother's head was filled with paste, unable to see even this clearly.
"Then according to your meaning, Liuli is actually a chess piece Mo arranged?"
"Yes. While Mo leaves Glaze City for Jade City, she's conveniently fishing out those nobles."
"...Alright then. I'll listen to you."
He stood up with a smile on his face:
"Sorry, Jiu. It's Royal Brother who misunderstood you."
"Spare me."
Jiu stepped back, her face full of disdain.
She didn't want to be infected by this simple-minded, thick-headed Royal Brother of hers.
"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. Royal Brother, you can handle it yourself. Anyway, my advice is, no matter what, don't think about making a move on Liuli. Otherwise, when you regret it, it will be too late."
She believed Liuli was absolutely bait that Mo pushed forward, originally meant to fish for nobles. But if royal family members bit the hook, Mo would very likely not consider blood relations and directly deal with them together.
"Take care. I won't see you out."
"..."
"Princess."
The maid walked to Jiu's side and handed out an umbrella.
"Let's go. Return to the bedroom and help me prepare dinner."
"Yes."
The maid responded.