novelraw Chapter 43
Chapter 43
43~ Nestling
"Princess, be careful. Let me help you up instead."
"I'm not to that degree yet..."
The little Princess waved her hand, signaling the two to let her go, letting her board the carriage herself. Then after a few seconds, she was caught by the two people behind her.
Mo: "......"
The slap in the face came a bit fast. She didn't react in time for a moment. She was actually blown over by a gust of wind...
"An accident! Absolutely an accident!"
How could she possibly be blown over by a gust of wind!?
The little Princess steadied her footing, once again stepping on the steps preparing to board the carriage. Just at this moment, another gust of wind happened to blow past, kicking up dust from the ground while also blowing her back into the two maids' embrace.
"Princess, if you can't do it, don't force yourself, okay?"
"No! I don't believe it!"
Blown over once again, the little Princess's eyes had already lost their light. She was carried onto the carriage by Xiao Xi while He Yan drove outside.
Previously being a guard, she had also practiced. Horseback riding was naturally also one of the required training items.
"Princess, please sit steady. The carriage is about to start running."
"Mm."
The little Princess propped up her cheeks looking outside. The carriage had top-tier shock absorption magic, so there was no need to worry about rough road conditions. As long as it wasn't extremely outrageous, it was all like walking on flat ground.
On the road, the bored little Princess leaned against Xiao Xi and gradually fell asleep...
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"Princess! Run quickly!"
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What happened? When she woke up, the entire world seemed to have changed. Enduring the intense discomfort of being forcibly powered on, the little Princess immediately widened her eyes. This was the most disgusting scene she had seen in this life. Internal organs, blood, corpses were everywhere.
She couldn't help but vomit out today's breakfast before barely feeling somewhat better, but the thick bloody smell in the air still continuously stimulated her, making her feel nauseous.
"Princess!"
Xiao Xi picked her up, kicked open the secret door behind with one foot, jumped off the carriage, and quickly ran toward the forest.
He Yan remained in place. Because she was formerly a guard, when going out she often carried a weapon on her body. So she stayed behind to delay time together with other escorting soldiers, creating escape opportunities for the two. The more time she could delay, the greater their chances of survival.
She didn't know why they were ambushed. Princess should have never provoked anyone. Yet now someone had revealed the inspection tour route and they were ambushed and attacked.
"Damn it!"
He Yan drew her blade and severed a person's head to vent her dissatisfaction.
Clearly Princess was so kind, doing her utmost to labor for the people, continuously carrying out institutional reforms. Why were there still people who bore grudges?
She had probably already guessed. If nothing unexpected, it was probably other imperial family members...
Clearly Princess had never thought about fighting for power and seizing the throne... Damn it, why? Why must they treat Princess like this?
"Kill them all! Don't let them chase after! Even if we have to pile up human lives, we must block them here!"
He Yan held her blade and charged at the front, with the determination to die...
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"Your Highness, He Yan has already used the transmission stone to call for reinforcements. As long as we persist for a while longer, we can be saved!"
Xiao Xi ran while gasping for breath, comforting the little Princess in her arms.
"......"
The little Princess was already completely scared stiff, completely not knowing what to do, looking dumbly like a wooden chicken in one direction.
"Xiao Xi..."
"I'm here, Princess."
"I want to return to the palace..."
"I will definitely bring you back, Princess."
The time waiting for reinforcements wasn't so easy. Pursuers had already started catching up from behind. Even in the end, they surrounded the two of them completely, clamoring that they had never tasted a princess's flavor, would wait until they finished playing before finishing her off, or directly playing her to death didn't matter either. Because the leader knew that of these two, apart from that maid having some resistance capability, there was nothing else. Calling them fish on a chopping board wasn't an exaggeration.
"Are you still waiting for reinforcements? Don't be foolish. They can't possibly arrive without three quarters of an hour. Hahaha..."
Fear and unease had already washed away her other feelings and emotions. Her entire face instantly became deathly pale...
"Princess, I will protect you until the last moment..."
Xiao Xi broke off the arrow on her shoulder and comforted.
In the end, she also didn't remember how Xiao Xi, who had only shallowly learned some martial techniques, protected her to hold on until reinforcements arrived. She only knew that in the end, Xiao Xi had already fallen to the ground still clamoring to protect her.
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He Yan died. Her guard corps died. Xiao Xi also fell in a pool of blood with uncertain life or death. Clearly they were still laughing and chatting before sleep...
After that, this became the memory she was most unwilling to mention in both her lives...
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"Mo? Mo? Mo? Wake up, wake up."
The little Princess awoke from a nightmare, discovering the pillow she was resting on was already wet a large area. Tears still continuously slid from her eye sockets. No matter how she adjusted her emotions, she couldn't stop them.
"Wuu..."
"It's okay, Mo. It's already okay. That was just a dream..."
The Empress didn't know what nightmare the little Princess had that could make her cry into a tearful person. She could only comfort her that it was just a dream.
"But that was..."
That actually really happened...
After crying for a long time, perhaps because she cried herself tired, the little Princess directly passed out in unconsciousness, nestling in the Empress's embrace still sobbing.
The Empress's mood at this time was extremely complex. In the middle of the night, woken up by the little Princess's crying, then this little wildcat cried herself tired and passed out on her own. Now she couldn't fall asleep.
"...Ling."
"Your Majesty, what are your instructions?"
Ling pushed open the door and asked, sporting two panda eyes. Behind her followed Xiyan also sporting panda eyes. When they were sleeping, they were suddenly scared by the little Princess's crying and hastily got up to be on standby at all times, so they could be in the bedchamber serving at the first moment when Her Majesty the Empress called them.
"Change the pillow. Also, tomorrow let Mo sleep until she wakes naturally. When the time comes, don't call Mo. And have breakfast ready at all times. You stay and take care of Mo together with Xiyan."
"Understood."
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"So... what happened last night?"
The little Princess scratched her head. Her memory of what happened last night was extremely fuzzy. She only remembered she seemed to have nestled in the Empress's embrace...
What? How could she possibly nestle in that hentai Empress's embrace? Who did she think she was?
"Your Highness, you cried last night, and you cried in Her Majesty the Empress's embrace."
Ling answered truthfully.
Mo: "......"
Joking. How was that possible?
When being carried by the two to wash, she suddenly remembered something. Last night she seemed to have dreamed of...
Her mood instantly plummeted to rock bottom. The face that originally couldn't show much expression also instantly collapsed.
After that... she brought the barely alive Xiao Xi back to the palace for treatment, then began investigating. Finally, with that cheap father king's tacit permission, she directly led troops to storm the Third Crown Prince's residence to arrest people. How many participants she arrested, she didn't know and didn't care. She only knew that in the end, in front of a crowd of princes and princesses, under that cheap father king's gaze, she slit their throats one by one, letting them die in the most painful way, watching helplessly as blood spurted out, body temperature gradually decreased, until finally death. She had even forgotten her mood at that moment herself.
Then she was in full view bringing her blood-soaked body back to her own bedchamber, collapsed onto the bed. After that, she didn't remember. Her memory had a gap here. She completely couldn't recall what she did after that...