webnovelfull Chapter 584 A Beauty in Troubled Times (19)
Chapter 584 A Beauty in Troubled Times (19)
After making thorough preparations, Da Xia began to take action, just like banning the opponent's hero in a game, starting by taking care of the countries with mushrooms.
The sudden move by the Great Xia caught the world off guard. After all, the Great Xia had always been known as a peace envoy, and its sudden action left these countries completely unprepared.
With their most powerful mushroom destroyed by the opponent, the outcome of the next battle was no longer in doubt. Only then did the nations realize just how powerful the Great Xia truly was, as evidenced by the densely packed mechanical battle teams.
Another hundred years later, the Great Xia Dynasty finally settled down on the outer planet, using Blue Star as its main star, and began its interstellar era.
Bai Guan passed away two years ago. After Wang You saw that everything was stable, she also closed her eyes and passed away, her body turning into thousands of starlight and disappearing.
The Heavenly Dao breathed a sigh of relief as it watched the two unknown big shots leave one after another. The one who left later even reinforced the world, so now it had no worries at all.
Wangyou returned to her natal space and pondered who her father in this world really was, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't think of a suitable candidate. However, he seemed to know her exceptionally well.
It's definitely not her brother. If it were her brother, there wouldn't be any offspring, otherwise the karmic consequences would be too great. So who is this person?
Wangyou asked Duobao, who said he didn't know either. So Wangyou decided not to dwell on it. Whoever that person was, as long as they didn't have any ill intentions towards her.
After stabilizing his soul, Wangyou prepared to head to the next world.
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In the Tianfeng Dynasty, at Shangyang Palace, the Empress was in the midst of a difficult childbirth, while Her Majesty the Empress, now middle-aged, waited calmly outside.
After a night of effort, the Queen successfully gave birth to his and the Empress's youngest daughter.
Thirteen years later.
"Wangyou, can you please give your father a break and stop visiting brothels?" The Queen of Shangyang Palace chased after Prince Huai, Ji Wangyou, who was jumping around, with a feather duster in her hand.
"Father, please calm down. I didn't do anything else, just listened to some music!"
"You didn't do anything else, you didn't do anything else but made the Grand Tutor sick!"
"I'm not taking the blame for this. It was clearly the Grand Tutor who couldn't answer my question, yet he called me a trickster!" Wangyou shouted indignantly.
"You still dare to argue? Stop right there!"
"No, Father, please calm down. I'm leaving now." Wangyou dashed out of Shangyang Palace.
The palace servants of Shangyang Palace went up to fetch feather dusters and serve tea with great skill. This scene had been a frequent occurrence since Prince Huai entered school at the age of five. The palace servants of Shangyang Palace had gone from being frightened at the beginning to handling the situation with practice.
"Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Huai knows what he's doing, so please don't be so angry," the maid Qingwu whispered, trying to persuade him.
"I'm used to it. This girl is a real handful. Of all the children, she has the highest talent and status, but she doesn't do any serious work. It seems I should find someone to keep an eye on her."
Seeing the Empress's expression, Qingwu couldn't help but silently mourn for Prince Huai for a second, but she dared not tip him off.
As Wangyou stepped out of the palace, she suddenly felt a chill down her spine, as if someone was plotting against her.
But after thinking it over, she stopped worrying. Over the years, all those who tried to scheme against her have suffered the consequences. She was too lazy to bother finding out who was who.
"Your Highness, where do you plan to go?"
"Let's go back to the manor. I'm sleepy." Wangyou yawned. She had been playing at Qingyun Tower until midnight last night and was summoned to the palace by her father this morning. She hadn't had a proper rest.
"But Your Highness, it's morning class time now." Qingzhu hoped her master would have a change of heart and go back to class.
"No, I'm sleepy," Wangyou said matter-of-factly.
Qingzhu sighed helplessly, clearly having gotten used to it, and drove the carriage back to the Prince of Huai's residence.
After the court session, the Empress listened to the eunuch's report and rubbed her temples with a headache. Her ninth princess was truly a helpless situation.
If I hit her, I could catch up with her when she was little, but I haven't been able to since I started learning martial arts. If I scold her, she'll pretend she didn't hear it if I'm too lenient, but if I scold her too harshly, she'll be struck by lightning. And I can't afford to punish her.
Originally, after Wangyou showed her photographic memory in the Imperial Study, she was already planning to change the Crown Princess. However, she never stopped causing trouble. When she was a child, she would often confuse her teacher with her questions, making the teacher furious. Finding it troublesome, she made her the Prince of Huai and sent her out of the palace.
Good heavens, once she went there, she didn't miss out on anything, from eating and drinking to whoring and gambling. But when she went to whoring, it wasn't the slang kind; she'd just sit in a brothel listening to music for days on end, or flirt with some handsome men. That's all she did.
When it comes to gambling, she's even more formidable. The four major gambling dens in Fengdu are so intimidating that they'd close up shop as soon as they saw her.
Thinking about this gave the Empress an even bigger headache. Such a fine woman, the only choice to succeed her to the throne, how come she has no interest in the throne at all? She does a better job than the other princesses even with the slightest effort. She can't imagine how powerful the Tianfeng Dynasty would become if she were serious.
"Zhao Ling, go to the Prince of Huai's residence and issue an imperial decree that she no longer needs to go to the Imperial Study starting tomorrow, but should attend court and listen to my pronouncements." The Empress said fiercely after a long pause.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
While one is sleeping in one's own home, disaster strikes from the sky.
When Wangyou woke up, it was already evening. "Qingzhu, water!"
"Your Highness, you're awake." Then, a group of servants filed in.
"Your Highness, Lord Zhao has been waiting for a long time, saying that His Majesty has issued an edict."
"Let's go!" Upon arriving at the front hall, Wangyou lazily sat on a chair, waiting for Zhao Ling to announce the imperial edict.
Zhao Ling was clearly used to it, and read the imperial edict without changing his expression.
Upon hearing that she was to attend court, Wangyou threw the imperial edict back, saying, "Whoever wants to go can go, I'm not going!"
"Your Highness, His Majesty said that if you don't go, he will cut off our heads." Zhao Ling knelt down on the ground with a thud.
"I'm not going. Why would she chop off your heads?" Wangyou asked, puzzled. Shouldn't she be chopping off the heads of the people in the Prince of Huai's mansion?
Zhao Ling mustered her courage and glanced at Wangyou. Her eyes conveyed the same message: Don't you know why?
When Zhao Ling looked at her like that, Wangyou remembered that the last time her mother threatened her to go to school, she used the people from the Prince of Huai's mansion to threaten her. However, those who came to carry out the threat were all hit by a lightning bolt. It wasn't fatal, but it was still unpleasant!
Since the people of the Prince of Huai's mansion cannot be touched, we can only hope that Wangyou will have some compassion.
"Your Highness, we have elderly parents and young children to support. Please forgive us this once!" Zhao Ling kowtowed directly.
"If I were to be threatened like this today, my mother and father would surely take advantage of me frequently. So, I cannot set this precedent. But if you were to lose your lives because of me, my conscience would not allow it." Wangyou muttered to herself, her feet resting on the stool.