After Defeat, the Empress’s Negotiating Chip Turns Out to Be Me

Chapter 9

9~ Purpose~

The Empress pinned her on the bed. She didn't dare move an inch, afraid that one careless moment would plunge her into a point of no return.

"So, little kitten, what were you just looking for?"

"Aha ha ha..."

Mo guiltily turned her face away, not daring to meet Fei's eyes.

That notebook should be something very important to the Empress. She didn't dare bring it up.

"Uwah..."

It's over, it's over. If this continues, she'll really lose her chastity!

Feeling the Empress's hand slowly moving up along the inside of her thigh, she felt today was probably doomsday.

Doomed...

"Is this what you want to see?"

"Eh?"

The Empress suddenly pulled out a notebook, leaving her somewhat at a loss for a moment.

How strange. Just gave it to her like that?

This Empress suddenly being so nice to her was pretty weird. Did the sun rise from the west today?

And after stuffing the notebook to her, the Empress sat back at the desk and continued writing something in another notebook.

Emmm... then let's just say the sun rose from the west today.

Today the Empress wasn't using her as a body pillow to hold. How nice. If only it could be like this normally too, that would be even better.

She'd been wearing the collar around her neck for a week now. To be honest, she'd completely gotten used to the feeling of wearing an accessory around her neck. When others in the Imperial City saw it, they wouldn't say anything extra because they feared being executed.

Wearing this collar meant she was the Empress's possession. No one dared harbor ill intentions toward her. Even if there were, they were an extremely small number of reactionary elements.

Despite years of continuous warfare, within Scarlet Phoenix Nation's borders, aside from border regions, life was relatively stable. No one became displaced due to warfare. Although life wasn't particularly abundant, it couldn't be called bad either, so voices of resistance were relatively few and hadn't formed any scale.

This probably benefited from Scarlet Phoenix Nation's political system. Right now, the notebook recording Scarlet Phoenix Nation's political system was in her hands. As a history graduate student in her past life, of course she had to examine it carefully!

...

...

At night, the Empress carried the already somewhat drowsy little Princess into the bathroom.

"Mm...?"

"Don't move around."

Mo tried hard to fight off drowsiness and sit properly, but still inevitably swayed left and right.

Was she really this sleepy?

Fei was somewhat puzzled, but after thinking about it, Mo's body seemed indeed very poor. Even reading, concentrating for a long time would tire her out.

Such a body was truly worrying, but it also suited her intentions.

A frail body unable to resist her, a body unable to escape from her hands...

"Mmph...?"

Mo rubbed her eyes somewhat confused. Was she still bathing?

Wuu... so much wanted to go directly back to bed and enter dreamland...

When she came to her senses, she discovered she was already sitting on a stool having her hair dried by the Empress using magic.

"..."

"..."

Her body was still bare. At this moment, she had no defenses. Any random person could push her down, then devour her completely. As for resisting, that was completely impossible from the start.

"Fei."

Not knowing how long passed before the little Princess called out that name again.

"What's wrong?"

"What's your purpose in keeping me here?"

"Well..."

The Empress didn't give an answer, only continuing to dry her hair. The two remained silent in this stalemate for a short while.

"I want to know your purpose for keeping me here."

She had speculations in her heart. The Empress keeping her here was absolutely not simple, not just because she valued her abilities or appearance. After these past few days of observation, she discovered that with the Empress's own abilities, she completely surpassed her. She didn't need her at all to unify the Eastern Region alone.

Things were far from as simple as she initially imagined.

"..."

Looks like the Empress wouldn't give her an answer. Then she could only take things one step at a time.

Being tossed onto the bed naked by the Empress, the little Princess was somewhat puzzled.

She hadn't put on clothes yet...

Then she saw the Empress also remove her own clothes, leaving only a thin gauze nightgown for sleeping.

Mo: "..."

...

...

"Your Majesty, the populace has begun to grow restless."

"I know."

The princess's disappearance made the people uneasy. Various conspiracy theories and rumors were spreading everywhere. If this continued, they might directly suspect him, the king.

As for the strategist's disappearance?

The strategist had never shown their face, and there was temporarily no war now, no need to formulate tactics. How could there be a disappearance?

Mo's influence domestically was too great. It could be said she was the people's hope. When they were about to die of thirst, she dug a well for them, giving them hope to continue surviving. She'd even personally led troops to suppress a rebellion while dragging her sickly body, restoring local livelihoods.

The support of tens of millions of citizens throughout the nation, as well as Glaze Nation's current king, this was probably the reason she could secure the title of Glaze Nation's first great princess, also the reason other princes didn't dare touch her, also Mo's confidence in not taking other princes and princesses seriously.

"Prepare to follow Mo's plan."

Even before going to Scarlet Phoenix Nation, Mo had already prepared for not returning, leaving behind a notebook with the next governance plans written inside...

Speaking of which, it was somewhat embarrassing. He, as Glaze Nation's king, had fewer achievements in governing the country than his own daughter.

If Mo wanted the throne, he could completely pass it to her with peace of mind. Unfortunately, his precious daughter had no intention of inheriting the throne. Despite having powerful backing, she had not a shred of desire for the throne...

This was fine too. Ever since Mo was born, he'd never thought of forcing her to be a certain way, but rather hoped Mo could grow up safely.

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On the other side, when Mo woke up, she found herself still entangled by the Empress like an octopus.

With only a layer of gauze between their skin pressed together, the sensation produced made her feel somewhat strange no matter what.

Wanting to secretly slip out from the Empress's embrace, she discovered both hands were already firmly locked below her armpits. She couldn't slip through at all. Then she could only try to pry open the Empress's hands.

She pried forcefully once. The result was being locked even tighter. This made her have to suspect whether the Empress had already woken up, but there was no movement afterward, and she couldn't turn her head back.

"Fei?"

"..."

No response. Looked like she wasn't awake yet. But she kind of wanted to use the toilet now. She couldn't hold it much longer. She'd drunk a bit too much water last night.

After calling several more times to no avail, she began to struggle, constantly pushing backward with her bottom.

Finally, the Empress woke up and responded.

"Don't move."

"Fei! Let me go!"

Can't hold it much longer!

"Do what?"

"I want... to use the toilet!"

Finally released, not caring about the low blood sugar from waking up so early in the morning, she dizzily supported herself against the wall, slowly walking toward the toilet inside the bedchamber.

Wuu... almost there, hold on a bit more!

Finally entering the toilet, she couldn't hold it anymore. The aching sensation in her lower abdomen couldn't be endured anymore. She let the liquid flow down her thighs.

"Wuu..."

Mo stood frozen in place at a loss. She actually... actually...!

Wuu... now she probably really had no face to see anyone!