novelraw Chapter 57
Chapter 57
57~ Accident~
After bathing, Luo Ningning wrapped herself in a bath towel and poked her head out from the bathroom. After confirming that the maid who had come to deliver clothes earlier had left, she walked out.
"Mm..."
Luo Ningning looked at herself in the mirror and touched her cheeks.
As expected of the Imperial Palace. Even the things used for bathing could make skin whiter and make people look better...
After bathing, Luo Ningning obediently sat on the bed waiting for someone to call her. She lay there until dinner time when a maid finally came to call her to eat.
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"Hah..."
The little Princess could no longer answer a complete sentence. Her whole person was no different from a废person, curled up on the bed with her body trembling slightly.
She was almost completely worn out, already...
"Speak, why?"
The Empress seemed to have tired of playing and commanded directly.
"..."
The little Princess lay on the bed without responding, gradually falling into unconsciousness.
Strange, the contract wasn't working?
The Empress tried waking the little Princess to go again, but still there was no response.
Not believing it, she checked the contract over once, but discovered there was absolutely no problem. This was simply bizarre!
Why couldn't she continue commanding when the contract was clearly intact?
"Sit properly."
The Empress commanded again.
The little Princess was immediately force-booted, sitting up straight.
Fei: "???"
Why did this command work?
Thinking it over, the Empress couldn't find the reason. After testing several more times and finding the same lack of response as before, she could only temporarily give up.
How strange. Why was there no response? The Pet Contract was clearly still in effect and shouldn't have any problems.
Looking at the little Princess who had fallen into slumber, the Empress shook her head.
No, she still had to find the reason. There must be a problem somewhere in the process. She'd try again when her little pet woke up.
She had played a bit too much today, hadn't grasped the proper measure, and accidentally went overboard.
However, fortunately she could use magic like last time to directly eliminate the unusual sensations on the little Princess's body. Although it couldn't restore any strength, it was still better than just leaving it and doing nothing.
"Ling."
"Your Majesty, please instruct."
"Bring over that book 'Magic Contract Creation Process' from before."
She needed to carefully check whether there was a problem with one of the steps when she made that Pet Contract.
The Empress quickly flipped to the page she had looked at during creation and examined it carefully, confirming she hadn't missed or made a mistake in any of the steps...
Then there was only one possibility: her little pet had somehow blocked some of the Pet Contract's effects.
Despite having no magic power herself, she could block the Pet Contract's effects. You had to know this was a Pet Contract created by a Great Archmage. Even mages of the same level could hardly undo it. For the little Princess with no magic power to block partial effects was simply inconceivable.
Her little pet really could always bring her wave after wave of surprises~ It seemed she needed to study this carefully~
"Hehe... sleep well. Sleep more so you'll have energy tomorrow."
After all, tomorrow she still needed to continue the interrogation...
But tomorrow she'd reduce the intensity a bit. If she accidentally broke her, that would be bad.
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The next morning...
She woke almost bathed in sunlight. The sun had already reached her bottom; it was time to get up.
Strange... today she actually slept until she woke naturally?
After thinking briefly, she suddenly realized it was because yesterday she had been played by the Empress until she lost consciousness! All these brand new marks on her body were evidence of the Empress's actions last night!
The hentai Empress actually did it again...!
She vaguely remembered last night the Empress had used the Pet Contract on her. She didn't know what had been extracted from her mouth.
The little Princess picked up the clothes casually draped on the headboard and put them on. The set she wore last night was no longer on the floor; the set at the headboard had already been washed clean.
After putting on her clothes, the little Princess examined herself in the mirror and discovered the marks on her legs couldn't be hidden at all. She opened the wardrobe again and took out a pair of white stockings to put on.
This was much better. As long as no one lifted her skirt, they couldn't see those marks.
Emmm... no, she still had to probe how much information the Empress had extracted from her...
If she found out about her past life, wouldn't she have to be a walking "100,000 Whys" for several days?
And her past life was...
Right now she didn't know how much information the Empress had gotten out of her. She couldn't guarantee the Empress didn't know her true identity...
"Click~"
Suddenly, the bedchamber door was pushed open, and a small head poked in.
"Your Highness, you're awake?"
"Mm, I'm awake."
"Then does Your Highness want breakfast? I'll go heat it up right away!"
"No... do you know where Fei is?"
"Eh? Is Your Highness in a hurry to find Her Majesty the Empress?"
"Not particularly, I just want to ask Fei some questions."
To probe how much the Empress knew.
"Oh oh, then Her Majesty the Empress is in the Council Hall. She seems to be investigating corruption problems among the lower officials."
Cleaning up the officials' conduct? How rare!
From what she knew, rulers in this world who actively cleaned up officials' conduct were only a minority. And most did so in the early days of kingdom establishment. Later on, unless some major terrible incident occurred, they maintained the status quo.
"Then I'll wait for Fei to come back..."
She was afraid if she went over now, she might run into the Empress who was angry from catching corrupt officials and end up being vented on tonight. She didn't want to pass out in a daze two nights in a row!
"Your Highness is awake?"
The Maid Ling pushed open the bedchamber door and asked.
"Um..."
Why was everyone asking if she was awake?
"Her Majesty requests Your Highness's presence. There are some matters that need to be discussed with you."
Was it coming?
The little Princess thought.
Perhaps she had obtained information about her transmigrator identity from her mouth and now planned to make full use of it?
"Alright, take me there."
Following the Maid Ling to the Council Hall, just as she expected, the Empress was crossing her legs, looking coldly at the officials kneeling on the ground in front of her, with several ministers standing to the side.
"Mo, come here."
As soon as she saw the little Princess, the gloom on the Empress's face immediately dissipated somewhat, and she smiled as she called out.
The little Princess obediently walked to the Empress's side.
"What's wrong...?"
"Did you sleep comfortably last night?"
"Ah... comfortably..."
The little Princess's face turned completely red.
Asking this question in front of so many people?
With outsiders present, she couldn't say much and could only cooperate, letting others think it was just a normal greeting.
"That's good. I called Mo here today to ask, do you have any suggestions for reforming the officials' conduct?"
As expected, the Empress called her over for this.
But answering in front of so many people? What was the Empress's plan in pushing her forward like this?