Chapter 900: Political Struggle!
900 Chapter 900: Political Struggle!
Tang Li Xue fell asleep without realizing it until the next morning.
When the female servants woke her up the next morning, Tang Li Xue realized that Little Loki, Yaya, and Lucia in her System's pet space were already revolting in hunger.
Tang Li Xue slapped her forehead as she thought: 'Oh, right... How the heck can I forget to feed you three kids?!'
Then she also recalled that she had previously put her space pouch into her System's storage, so her space pouch would not be destroyed in the Void Space.
Just as the female servants bathed Tang Li Xue, Tang Li Xue tried to communicate with her System through her mind: 'System, can you help me feed Little Loki, Yaya, and Lucia with the snacks I stored in my space pouch?'
Tang Li Xue also told her System that Little Loki, Yaya, and Lucia usually ate different kinds of foods, so it could feed them according to their preference.
Little Loki could eat everything, but normally, it ate high-energy snacks such as spirit stones or beast cores.
Yaya usually ate spirit foods like spirit fruits, while Lucia usually ate Spirit Dew Cucumber.
Who knew that her System actually gave her a surprising answer instead?!
[This System already gave them the foods stored in the Host's space pouch every day when Host passed out for a few days straight before.]
[Their foods are already completely run out today unless Host wants to feed them with precious treasures such as [100,000 years Stalagmite Essense] which is still stored in the Host's space pouch.]
"What?! No~! Don't you dare to... Ouch, ouch, ouch..." Tang Li Xue suddenly jumped excitedly from the bathtub, but she immediately slumped down again as her entire body was assaulted by unbearable pain because of her sudden intense movement.
Several female servants anxiously held Tang Li Xue before she could accidentally slip and fall down.
Well... In short, they have completely run out of ration for Little Loki, Yaya, and Lucia right now.
Tang Li Xue felt really grateful for her System's attentiveness this time, but thinking about how to feed those three gluttonous little children made Tang Li Xue's head hurt.
After helping Tang Li Xue take a bath, the female servants dressed Tang Li Xue up before escorting her to meet the Third Prince.
Tang Li Xue's topaz blue eyes were shining in excitement when she saw the table full of delicious food.
It seemed the Third Prince was actually waiting for Tang Li Xue to eat breakfast together.
The Third Prince also knew that Tang Li Xue was probably very hungry since she had only eaten a bowl of nourishing soup yesterday. That was the reason why he deliberately prepared so much food this morning.
But the gentle smile on the Third Prince's face immediately turned into a strange expression when Tang Li Xue greedily gobbled so much food by herself without leaving anything for him.
The Third Prince thought that he did not know what Tang Li Xue's favorite food yet, so he prepared many different kinds of delicious foods for Tang Li Xue to taste in order to find out Tang Li Xue's taste.
Who knew that Tang Li Xue actually cleaned all the food by herself instead?!
Of course, Tang Li Xue did not really eat all of those delicious foods by herself, but she secretly sent most of them into her System's pet space to feed Little Loki, Yaya, and Lucia.
Tang Li Xue could actually introduce Little Loki, Yaya, and Lucia to the Third Prince right now, then ask him to feed them, but somehow the Third Prince's possessive stare gave her an eerie feeling, so she did not fully trust him yet.
In short, Tang Li Xue decided to keep the existence of Little Loki, Yaya, and Lucia a secret for now, so she would at least have a backup plan to escape with their help later if something untoward happened.
"Uhh, Miss Tang, is your stomach all right? Those foods contain a lot of spiritual energy." The Third Prince asked Tang Li Xue in a strange tone.
Tang Li Xue gracefully wiped her lips with the handkerchief prepared by the female servants while replying politely to the Third Prince: "I am all right. Thank you very much, Third Prince, for your treat."
The Third Prince waved his hand signaling for the servants to clean up the table and replace the empty plates with a tea pot and tea cups.
"So, what is your decision, Miss Tang? Would you follow me to the Capital City of the Great Wei Dynasty?" The Third Prince asked as he poured the tea from the teapot to Tang Li Xue's teacup and his own tea cup.
Tang Li Xue smiled at the Third Prince while nodding her head and saying: "My master told me to seek experience in the human world, so I can increase my knowledge. Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books after all."
"Thank you for your invitation, your Highness Third Prince. I will be in your care for now at least until we reach Capital City." Tang Li Xue said to the Third Prince.
It was a lie woven by Tang Li Xue to fool the Third Prince in order to give a hint to him that at least she still had a mysterious master behind her so you better not look down on her and do something untoward to her.
It might be a bit cliche, but it was also the most common excuse used by every protagonist.
The Third Prince sighed in relief and grinned happily after he heard Tang Li Xue's confirmation.
He was really afraid that Tang Li Xue would insist on parting with him soon, and he could no longer find or see her anymore later as if she was only his fleeting dream.
The Third Prince hastily ordered the servants to prepare for the carriage before Tang Li Xue changed her mind.
Since they had already prepared everything since yesterday, it only took a few minutes for the carriage to arrive at the Third Prince's tent.
The Third Prince immediately escorted Tang Li Xue to ride on the luxurious carriage outside his tent together.
When the luxurious carriage went out from the military camp and headed to the Capital City, Tang Li Xue also saw more than a hundred Iron-Blooded Army clad in black armor and riding unicorn-like horses guarding around their carriage in neat formation.
Tang Li Xue did not think much about it.
It was not strange since the Third Prince almost got assassinated a few days ago, so they should be really afraid that something similar would happen again on the Third Prince's way back to the Capital City.
.....
Right at this time, the news about the assassins' failure finally reached the ears of the mastermind behind the assassination attempt.
PRAAANGG~!
The handsome young man in the purple robe threw the teapot until it hit the head of the black-clothed man who kneeled right in front of him.
"Fool! Idiot! How could it fail?! He should be alone in that place, right?!" The handsome young man in the purple robe scolded in great rage.
"It was all my fault. I should send more skilled people to assassinate the Third Prince. Please punish me, Your Highness Second Prince." The black-clothed man kowtowed to the Second Prince.
Yes, this handsome young man in the purple robe was actually the Second Prince of the Great Wei Dynasty, Wei Guolin.
"Forget it. What is the point of punishing you now?! I still have a lot of things for you to do. If you fall sick, who will do those things for me, huh?!" The Second Prince said in an irritated tone.
Tang Li Xue did not know it yet, but the political situation in the Great Wei Dynasty was actually very complicated and tense right now.
The Great Wei Dynasty was one of the giant cultivator dynasties in the Azure Mist Continent.
The Great Wei Dynasty's current emperor was also a cultivator with high cultivation, and he already lived for almost a thousand years.
After living almost a thousand years, it was not strange that the Great Wei Dynasty's emperor had so many princes and princesses, but among them all, only the First Prince and Second Prince had the highest cultivation, and they also had so many supporters in the court.
Then why the Second Prince was targeting the Third Prince rather than the First Prince?!
The answer was because the First Prince and the Third Prince had the same mother. Their mother was the current Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty.
Meanwhile, the Second Prince was the son of the sixth concubine, Liu Guifei.
The First Prince gathered the supporters from the court side, while the Third Prince gathered the supporters from the military side.
This two-sided action clearly annoyed the Second Prince greatly!
The First Prince was always living in the Imperial Palace protected by many experts, so it was not easy for the Second Prince to make a move to target him.
Not to mention that the First Prince's strength and cultivation were very powerful. It was not easy to find someone who could assassinate the First Prince, but targeting the Third Prince was completely a different story.
The Third Prince spent most of his time running around in many military camps at the borders and training soldiers, so his cultivation and strength were not that high.
"I heard the Third Prince is currently on his way back to the Capital City. Should we try to assassinate him again?" The black-clothed man asked while making a cutting-throat gesture.
But the Second Prince shook his head and replied in a cold tone: "It would only be a futile effort. Do you really think my brother is a fool? After the first assassination attempt failed, he would definitely be wary of it. He should bring many soldiers to escort him back to Capital City this time."
Uh oh, it seems Tang Li Xue's life would not be that easy even if she managed to reach the Capital City safely with the Third Prince. We will see what will happen in the next chapter, so don't miss it~! (>w<)
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