novelraw Chapter 88
Chapter 88
88~ Collusion~
"If you have something to say, say it. If you need to fart, fart. Don't disturb my reading."
Fei: "..."
Honestly, she was starting to wonder if she had been too tolerant, allowing the little Princess's courage to grow fatter and fatter. But she didn't dare be more aggressive in restricting the little Princess.
Placing the intelligence report on the table, the Empress looked at her with a smile, expecting her reaction.
The little Princess glanced carelessly at the intelligence, then continued reading with no reaction.
This was different from what she'd expected. Logically speaking, seeing this intelligence should have made her very happy, but in reality the little Princess merely swept over it indifferently.
She suddenly remembered she had overlooked the fact that the little Princess was the instigator of this major purge of Glaze Nation's upper echelons...
Since she was the instigator of all this, having a general understanding of how things would develop, her indifferent reaction after seeing this intelligence wasn't strange.
"Mo, don't you want to see what Glaze Nation has become?"
"You say that as if you'd let me go back to see."
The little Princess exposed the truth.
"Of course I can, as long as Mo is obedient."
In the end, the power to decide was still in the Empress's hands!
She said it would be fine as long as she was a bit obedient, but only the Empress herself was clear on what the evaluation standard was.
"Then forget it."
The little Princess continued reading.
No point. Really no point. What was the point of continuing like this?
"Then let's go eat."
"Oh."
Only when it came to eating did the little Princess jump down from the chair.
She could be angry, but starving herself was absolutely unacceptable!
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Before she knew it, she and the little Princess had been in a cold war for a full two-plus months. For these entire two months, the little Princess's attitude toward her had been one of indifference, which made her very angry, but she didn't dare show her anger in front of the little Princess.
On the other hand, the little Princess, although quite restricted these two months, had been doing pretty well aside from the Empress bothering her from time to time.
Room and board included, plus entertainment. Although she had no real freedom, each day was still acceptable. At least she wouldn't be too bored.
After coming to this world, she had gradually gotten used to the slow-paced life without a phone. She normally just read books, painted for a bit, then ate, slept, and played around. Just like that, the whole day would pass.
"Princess, Princess~ Something terrible happened!"
"Mm? What's wrong?"
The little Princess stepped forward to help up the little loli maid who had just tripped over the doorframe.
"The Eighteen Alliance Nations have reached cooperation with the Western Region!"
"Oh, what does that have to do with me?"
She said without concern.
What did the Eighteen Alliance Nations cooperating with some countries in the Western Region have to do with her? Anyway, Glaze Nation had already achieved a complete self-sufficient production chain. Cooperating only with Scarlet Phoenix Nation in the short term was completely fine.
"But, but... the Western Region side intends to attack Glaze Nation together with the Eighteen Alliance Nations!"
"What?"
The little Princess immediately straightened her small body.
What was going on? In such a short time, the Eighteen Alliance Nations had already allied with the Western Region to prepare to attack Glaze Nation?
What made her even more confused was, why did they keep targeting Glaze Nation? There was such a huge Scarlet Phoenix Nation they weren't eating, yet they insisted on running to eat a tiny Glaze Nation? Fried pancakes, eat or not?!
"This won't do..."
If things continued like this, Glaze Nation really would be done for. But she didn't want to ask the Empress for help. Right now the Empress was waiting for a turning point, waiting for a turning point to draw closer in their relationship.
These two months she had deliberately maintained her distance, precisely to avoid developing feelings for the Empress... Actually, from the moment the Empress forced herself on her, she hadn't developed even the slightest bit of affection anymore.
Taking a pen, she quickly wrote a letter and stuffed it into the little loli maid's hands, then instructed her to deliver it to Red Leaf, who would then have someone else send it to Glaze Nation...
Mm... Although she hadn't given the Empress any opportunities these days, the Empress had still specially assigned her someone specifically for delivering letters, making it convenient for her to write to Glaze Nation at any time.
Before long, the little loli maid returned to the little Princess's side.
"Princess, Princess, it's already been delivered."
"Mm."
The little Princess nodded with satisfaction and patted the little loli maid's head.
Very good. She was satisfied. She was becoming more and more satisfied with this little loli maid. If this were Glaze Nation and she wasn't under any restrictions, she'd be even more satisfied!
"Ehehe~"
Earning Princess's trust was such a happy thing!
Mm... Now that the Eighteen Alliance Nations had hooked up with the Western Region, the war with the Western Region that the Empress had originally envisioned would probably have to start early.
Since the Eighteen Alliance Nations had hooked up with the Western Region, it definitely couldn't be just one or two countries. Otherwise, with Scarlet Phoenix Nation backing them up, they couldn't possibly have the confidence to plan to attack Glaze Nation again.
Perfect timing. She also knew that no matter how powerful an army protecting Glaze Nation was, it couldn't be counted as military strength. After all, no matter how powerful, it wasn't their own. Only when they themselves became powerful would they be truly powerful.
So she pulled out all the backup plans she had left behind: flintlock musket manufacturing blueprints and a book recording over twenty siege defense strategies.
This was one of the backup plans she had left for Glaze Nation. As for the others, there was no need, because they wouldn't be used.
She had always been conflicted about whether using modern knowledge to interfere with this world would cause something bad to happen, but right now she couldn't worry about that. If she didn't interfere, her country would fall.
"Sigh..."
Back then she really should have had her Father the King properly popularize education, then work on ideological concepts to make Glaze Nation more united. That way they could accelerate recovery and development.
But it was fine. As long as Glaze Nation got through this wave, she would immediately have a good discussion with her Father the King. She was determined to give Glaze Nation's overall appearance a complete makeover!
"What are you looking at?"
The Empress rubbed her little head.
Too lazy to dodge anymore, the little Princess curled up boneless on the bed. She had been worried for a long time today, afraid that Glaze Nation would suddenly suffer some impact because of the Eighteen Alliance Nations, causing an overall setback on the political and economic levels. Glaze Nation really couldn't withstand any more turmoil!
After thinking, the little Princess answered:
"Thinking about how to blow this place up."
Fei: "..."
This was the little Princess's attitude toward her these past few days. She really wouldn't answer questions properly.
"Mo, you've also heard the recent news about the Eighteen Alliance Nations colluding with the Western Region, right?"
That was certain. If it weren't for the Empress authorizing her to know, no matter what, she couldn't possibly know about this matter.
"So does Mo have any thoughts?"
"My thought is that I have no thoughts."
The little Princess answered.
Anyway, what needed to be done was done. Even if the Eighteen Alliance Nations colluded with the Western Region, they couldn't possibly dispatch troops so quickly. They were wary of Scarlet Phoenix Nation and still needed to carefully plan how to attack while avoiding Scarlet Phoenix Nation's interception as much as possible. This time was enough for Glaze Nation to produce a certain quantity of flintlock muskets.
Huh? You ask why a history graduate student could draw gun blueprints? That was definitely because of amateur hobbies!