novelraw Chapter 38
Chapter 38
38~ Declaration~
"Your Highness is very beautiful~"
Xiyan commented. Maid Ling gave the same evaluation. Perhaps wearing these ornaments really did make her more beautiful?
But no matter what, she still felt these ornaments were too obstructive, heavy and without any substantial use, merely pure decoration.
She wasn't like ordinary girls who cared about these icing-on-the-cake trinkets. What she cared more about was practicality. Things without practicality hanging on her body would only become burdens. This was her thinking from her previous life. Even living a second life hadn't changed it.
"So heavy..."
Hearing this, the Empress applied lightness magic to the jewelry, making the heavy precious metal ornaments seem weightless, so her small body didn't have to bear "a thousand pounds" to attend the celebration banquet.
The ornaments were done, so makeup was naturally essential. Earlier when the Empress pressed her in front of the vanity, she had only simply braided her hair. She knew nothing about makeup. Being the Empress didn't mean understanding everything.
The makeup matter was handed over to Ling. The little loli maid Xiyan observed from the side so she could get started more quickly when learning with the Imperial Maid Corps maids in the future.
The little Princess's delicate face didn't require excessive decoration. Her flawless face had absolutely no need for foundation to cover blemishes. She only needed to lightly outline her eyebrows, then apply a light layer of lip rouge to declare the makeup finished.
"Your Highness with a bare face is already enough to outshine all the noble young ladies!"
Maid Ling exclaimed.
This wasn't her blindly boasting. Which of those noble young ladies could do like the little Princess, completely not paying attention to maintenance yet still maintaining skin that was soft and delicate, skin that was fair with a rosy tint like a piece of jelly? Even her Majesty the Empress had to regularly use magic for maintenance to achieve this level!
The current little Princess wore gold and silver jewelry, dressed in a gradient purple formal dress, like a princess walking out from a fairy tale.
The Empress looked at her own masterpiece very satisfied. She somewhat wanted to thoroughly pet the little Princess, but was also afraid of messing up the hair. In the end, she could only gently pinch the little Princess's face.
"My little Princess is indeed very beautiful."
The Empress also evaluated like this.
Princess...?
Xiyan was thoughtful.
......
The celebration banquet time was during lunch at noon, so the little Princess only played with the cats in the back garden for a while before rushing to the venue.
"Your Highness, after you enter, just go directly to sit beside Her Majesty the Empress. You don't need to do anything else."
"Oh."
Wasn't this obvious? If she came to attend this celebration banquet and didn't directly find a seat to sit down, what else could she do?
Very soon she discovered she was wrong. The moment she stepped through the door, a general came up to stop her, attempting to exchange a few words with her.
Being able to fight such a beautiful battle was all Princess Mo's merit. Without such brilliantly clever tactics, they simply couldn't have conquered Donglai Nation in such a short time.
"Please return to your seats, generals. Her Highness is about to take her seat."
Maid Ling extended her hand in front of the little Princess and said to the crowd of generals.
The group who hadn't managed to strike up a conversation weren't vague either, all sitting back in their own positions.
They probably knew their status differed from the little Princess's imperial family member status, so they all didn't cross the line. The Empress's eyes were watching. Although they were Scarlet Phoenix Nation's important great military officials, they also understood they were chess pieces that could be replaced at any time. Just randomly fabricate an assassin charge and slap it on them, and they were basically equivalent to being sentenced to death.
"Where's Fei?"
The entire banquet only had the position beside the little Princess still empty. This was the Empress's exclusive position.
"Her Majesty will arrive shortly. Please wait patiently, Your Highness."
Who wanted to wait for her!?
And in outsiders' eyes, she probably had the image of a little loli who clung to the Empress.
They didn't know what exactly Princess Mo's relationship with the Empress was. The Empress had never publicly announced it either, but the outside world all speculated she was the Empress's younger sister. In their eyes, only this explanation was relatively reasonable.
Hiding her for over ten years, only bringing out her sickly younger sister when her own position was completely stable. If literary scholars saw this, they probably couldn't help but compile this touching experience into a book.
"Sigh..."
The little Princess secretly sighed.
She was now sitting here topped with the identity of a Scarlet Phoenix Nation imperial family member. Who could think she was actually Glaze Nation's First Princess?
Waiting became somewhat long, so she lay on the table, burying her head down.
"Mo."
"Mm?"
The little Princess groggily lifted her head for a look. After discovering it was the Empress, she immediately sat up.
"Is Mo tired?"
The Empress gently stroked the top of the little Princess's head. In others' eyes, it was like declaring sovereignty.
"Just a bit bored from waiting."
"Then next time I won't make Mo wait this long. Forgive me, alright?"
Mo: "???"
The little Princess forcefully pinched her own thigh. If it weren't for still having pain sensation, she would even think she was currently in a dream. Since when would the Empress apologize to her?
She looked around and discovered all the gazes around were placed on the two of them. She then immediately reacted.
Was this declaring sovereignty to the outside?
A trace of pain came from her shoulder. The Empress grabbed her shoulder with slight force. She was urging her to quickly cooperate.
"It's fine. Fei had important matters to handle, right? I forgive Fei."
The little Princess squeezed out a smile and answered.
After this wave, the outside's image of her would definitely be refreshed again and start spreading wildly, right? Things like the apple of Scarlet Phoenix Nation's imperial family's eye and such. At the same time, more people would also be watching her.
However, this also counted as a kind of indirect protection. She was so doted on by the Empress that those with ill intentions would also have to weigh whether they could bear the Empress's fury.
"Apologies for keeping you generals waiting. There was a matter that delayed me on the road."
The Empress squinted her eyes at the crowd of military officials.
"No problem, no problem. How can we say Her Majesty was delayed when she had important matters?"
"Then let's begin."
Following the Empress's command, the celebration banquet began. The maids who had long been prepared started bringing up dish after dish.
"Eat quickly. Eat when you're hungry."
While speaking, the Empress had already picked up a mouthful of food and brought it to the little Princess's mouth, completely not giving her the chance to pick up food herself.
At the banquet, one person had one table of food, while the Empress and little Princess ate from the same table of food. In the middle, there were also dancing girls and performers dancing and playing music for viewing. Each one was a beauty.
"Yawn~"
After eating, the little Princess propped up her cheeks watching the dancing girl young ladies dance. What the crowd of military officials discussed below, she didn't care. Only when the Empress spoke would she listen.
"Does Mo find it boring?"
"Not really."
The celebration banquet actually was just going through formalities. The real rewards would be at tomorrow's conferment. Dressing her up beautifully was mainly still to declare sovereignty, right? Declaring to the outside that she was the Empress's possession.