Still Loved Even In The New World
CHAPTER 154: Chess.

I did not expect at all that the one in intent as 'Your Majesty' was a beautiful little girl. The girl had golden-coloured pupils with an extremely clear blue aura under the red sky.

She wears very fancy white clothes with black and red accents. At each corner of the cloth is a strange bird-shaped embroidery with a long neck and beak.

He walked slowly under the auspices of the golden-winged angels accompanied by melodious music that instantly knocked on someone's heart. His long silver hair reflected an extremely beautiful colorful luster, as if all the colors in the world were on one person.

Every step he took, exuded an extremely sticky noble aura.

As the girl stepped closer and closer to us, the Emperor came forward and immediately knelt on the ground. Led by the emperor, everyone also formed two rows and left a path in the middle for His Majesty to cross, then immediately kneeled down without daring to raise their heads.

Jianlin: "Our respect to the new emperor."

"I appreciate your welcome."

His Majesty only replied with simple words and directly passed us towards the Throne room. No one dared to stand up before the entire entourage of His Majesty passed by and disappeared into the throne room.

Jianlin:"Let's go."

The former emperor led him everyone to stand up and go to the Throne room to meet His new Imperial Majesty. As soon as I arrived at the throne, I saw a line of sparkling blue Knights and the winged woman who formed two very impressive rows.

His Majesty sat on the high throne and looked at everyone calmly. Next to His Majesty stood a beautiful woman wearing all-black armor with a purple accent that flickered with a dim light.

"All kneel...!"

The black-armored lady said calmly. Everyone, without exception instantly knelt down and lowered their heads.

Filia:"I'm Filia Rosefield. I'm sure you're not satisfied with me taking your throne. But, this is the fate of the weak."

The atmosphere became quiet and very depressed. Although it was the voice of a gentle girl, but in her words there was an extremely strong and frightening pressure.

Jianlin:"T, no. Servants do not dare to have any dissatisfaction at all."

The former emperor said with his voice trembling.

Philia:"Even though you have dissatisfaction, can you do something?. But, even though I say so, I do not intend to take government in this country. Let the government in this country continue as it is. Merely, this country will become a subordinate of Moon Palace."

Those words were shocking. Usually the country that loses the war will be immediately taken over by the winner. But this. The government is really left as it is without change and let this country run as before.

Although this country became a vassal state, but the emperor could rule and still control this kingdom. In other words, as the kingdom recovers, perhaps the emperor can launch a coup again. Is His Majesty so confident in his strength?.

Of course it can be prevented by giving a lot of restrictions and monopoly of resources so that the power of the vassal state does not swell and eventually against the superior state.

Philia:"However, the vassal state must follow the terms and rules of the superior state. Arkne..!"

"I, Your Majesty."

The black-armored lady got up from her kneeling position and faced us. Even though his eyes were closed, I could still feel the sensation of a condescending look emanating from him.

Arkne:"The terms and conditions of the Moon Palace are very simple, namely: 1. Moon Palace is entitled to all lands, territories, and resources of the Xuan Ming empire, 2. Xuan Ming was obliged to pay taxes to the Moon Palace with a predetermined amount, 3. Moon Palace reserves the right to replace any officials it deems unable to perform its duties, 4. Moon Palace reserves the right to amend and determine the rules and laws in Xuan Ming Empire, 5. Any edict in the name of His Holiness Filia Rosefield is obligatory to be executed without refusal. Other than these five things, Xuan Ming's empire could develop as normal."

Although I don't know much about this kind of thing, but I have been the maid of Her Majesty's empress for a long time, so I can still understand one or two.

Although the rules said by His Majesty Arkne severely limited the empire, the Moon Palace did not at all limit the amount of military power the empire could possess. In other words, the empire could develop their strength as much as possible. Isn't this a hole?.

Phile:"There is no rejection. Now, you can go and come back to the party tomorrow."

"Please resign, Your Majesty."

Everyone said in unison and was ready to leave. As the empress' servant, we should always be by her side. The distance from the throne room to the silver palace was quite far, it would at least take a while to arrive.

Along the way, I noticed that Her Majesty the empress continued walking with a calm face and a small smile that continued to hang at the corner of her mouth. There were several times the emperor tried to talk to His Majesty the empress, but His Majesty only answered him with a common and relaxed answer, as if there was no interest in talking to the emperor at all.

The emperor also gave a call to speak and drink tea for the empress, but the empress said that this was not the right time to relax like that. Moreover, the empress said that her condition was not very good and should return to rest as soon as possible.

However due to the aura of Her Majesty the empress was gentle and pleasant to the people, it seemed that the emperor did not mind her and allowed the empress to return to the palace to rest.

Arriving at the silver palace gate, there seemed to be no change in things. However, as soon as we passed through the gate and came to the main building, I saw that there were six blue-armored knights guarding the door with spear-like weapons in their hands.

I'm really confused about what happened. There was a feeling of fear from the bottom of my heart at the sight of the blue-armored warrior, especially since I knew that the blue-armored warrior was a solemn army guarding His Holiness Philia.

I saw the empress' face remaining calm and led us to approach the main building guarded by the soldier. As we approached, a soldier in blue armor stepped up and said to the empress in a soft voice.

"Come in..."

Zhang Zilin:"I understand..."

Seeing the interaction of the warrior and empress who looked like the thing that should have happened really left me stunned in shock. Were these soldiers already waiting for the empress, and the empress also knew that there would be people waiting for her?.

I don't know what's going on, but my mind goes on to something else. I remember that be it a winged woman or a blue knight all are beautiful women. Have I even seen the male figure among them?. I don't remember seeing him yet. So, are women more dominant than men in that place?.

It's probably. Or my other guess is whether His Holiness Philia dislikes men, or even that she may hate men.

I stopped thinking of such a dangerous thing and followed His Majesty walking into the main building. The room was very spacious and bright. In the middle of the room were two black-robed people kneeling facing into one side of the room. As I followed their point of view, I saw His Holiness Philia sitting, leaning against a simple wooden chair.

The empress continued walking forward and finally knelt in front of the two black-robed people. The empress' face remained calm, but there was a hint of excited light in her eyes.

Zhang Zilin:"It is an honor for me to be able to meet you personally, Your Majesty."

Filia:"Wake!."

Everyone who was kneeling instantly got up and looked at the little girl who was sitting casually on one side of the room. His eyes looked at everyone with a hint of a refreshing gentle smile.

Philia:"I have heard you from Tia. I originally wanted to infiltrate some people to control the emperor, but it seemed like it was unnecessary. I feel that it will be easier for you to take over the emperor's throne in my name, but I only need people loyal to me."

The empress' face showed a very excited and happy smile. Apparently, the queen had been waiting for this for a long time.

Zhang Zilin:"I... I swear allegiance to you, Your Majesty Filia Rosefield."

There was a satisfied smile on the face of His Holiness Philia after hearing what the empress had said. Then, I saw that there was a white flame burning on the empress' forehead and carved a silver-colored curved symbol on her forehead. (Sickle month.)

Zhang Zilin:"I will not deny my oath to you, Your Majesty."

Philia:"I know that with you who will take the throne of the emperor under my name, there will be many difficulties and opposites. But, I have already given the blood essence of the Tier 3 Heart Orchid Fox to you. By combining that blood, now you have inherited the power of that ferocious beast. Fox Orchid Heart was not very good at direct combat, but he possessed extremely powerful abilities in soul attacks and soul control. Especially, he was very good at heart manipulation and illusions. That ability will greatly help you in this task."

Zhang Zilin:"I'm very grateful for your gift, Your Majesty. I will not disappoint you."

Filia:"That's great!. Right, as long as I stay here, I'll rest in your palace."

Zhang Zilin:"I really welcome you."

Filia:"Good, I'll rest for a while."

With those words, His Majesty was burned by the silver flames and disappeared in nothingness. In the room other than us and the Empress, there were still two robed people and a woman with pitch-black armor.

Arkne:"Your Majesty trusts you, so don't betray his trust. I can't tell you what kind of punishment a traitor might be, but I can confirm that you'll never want to see it."

After which, the woman also disappeared along with the black smoke.

"Oh, I'm your bodyguard. I'm Tia. If you need anything, just call my name."

The black-robed lady smiled and introduced herself. After the introduction, the two robed people also disappeared without a trace.

After seeing that only us and the Empress were left in the room, I ventured to ask the empress about what happened.

Zhu Cai:"Y, Your Majesty... That's..."

Zhang Zilin:"I know what you want to ask. Well, I know them."

Zhu Cai:"S, I just want to know, how can you know them, Your Majesty."

With my question, the empress said everything that happened. There was nothing to hide from the three of us.

In short, before the war happened, there was a black-robed woman who came to see the empress. The woman said that she had already been watching the empress, she offered help to the empress to help her take revenge on the emperor.

Initially, the woman gave the task so that the empress could control the palace Harem and maintain order in the Harem.

I also know that the power in the imperial palace is not only made up of officials, but also of the Harem palace which holds at least 30-40% of the imperial power and public opinion. So perhaps Moon Palace planned to control the entire empire from within while avoiding the criticism and instability of society.

Indeed, rather than having someone control the empire from behind the scenes, it was better to replace the emperor with a loyal person, as well as be accepted by most people. And the answer was the empress, who had a grudge against the empire and great ambitions. By controlling and gaining the loyalty of the empress, the control plan will be very easy to do.

After the empress managed to control the palace Harem and quell the Harem riots after the war, the empress would be given further orders as the imperial controller, or in short the new emperor.

I did not expect that the so-called Moon Palace had already reached the imperial section long ago. The war was merely a charade for a greater purpose. I don't know what their purpose is, but I just feel that after this there will definitely be another movement.

(Philia).

Silver Palace...

It seemed like staying in the empress' room wasn't bad either. This room is quite spacious and has a comfortable bed. In addition, there was fragrant incense that was burned. Although it was just an ordinary incense stick, but it had a fragrant aroma.

Almost all of these rooms are dominated by the striking red color, very different from my room which is usually dominated by white.

I sat on the bed and looked at the holographic map in front of me. On the map are drawn the various dividing lines and regions of each country that has been investigated so far.

Arkne:"Your Majesty, do you seem to believe in the empress very much?."

I raised my head and saw Arkne asking me.

Philia:"He had a vengeful heart and was desperate for it. Such a condition was the most fragile moment for him for not having any support. We're the ones who'll give her support and she'll give us loyalty."

When you are fragile and feel abandoned, if someone suddenly gives strong support to you, then indirectly you will trust that person and consider him as a helper. With empress Zhang Zilin's heart, she will dedicate her loyalty to me, provided that I can support her grudges and ambitions. And the easiest thing I can do, is give him support for his ambitions. In other words, I can get a new arm (Bawahan) at no cost.

Arkne:"I understand. Fragile thoughts are the easiest to manipulate."

It was a harsh word to use, but it seemed like it was also the right one. Although I prefer to welcome the return. We gave her support when she was in her most desperate condition, and we asked her to be faithful under our hands and perform the tasks I wanted. Isn't that balanced?.

Arkne:"Then Your Majesty, are we going to carry out the next plan soon?."

While talking to Arkne, I touched one of the dots on the map and marked a red pin on it, and answered Arkne's question.

Filia:"Do you know the game of chess?."

Arkne:"Yes, Your Majesty."

Filia:"Chess is a game played by two people by moving pieces in turn. Right now, we're just running a pawn, so let's wait for the opponent to move their pawn, and after that we can move back."

Why don't I directly attack all the forces with greater power and prefer to commit some conspiracy?. It was easy, no matter how strong our strength was, we would only be overturned in the gutter if we moved recklessly.

I prefer to do things slowly with the minimum possible strength and the maximum possible results.

Give an example in a chess game. The queen is the strongest piece that can move in any direction in the chessboard area, but to gain victory in the game of chess, we cannot just hope for the queen. We need to advance the pawns and other biscuits. We also need to move the queen carefully, because even small pawns can swallow the queen if we move into the wrong box.

That's what I want to do. I can't just always hope in brute strength to get something. I need to utilize all the resources available to achieve the least loss of victory. I don't want to take risks that would endanger my own people. So, I have to move the pawn before the big slave.

In other words, I need a lot of pawns to open the game at the beginning.

But in using pawns, I also need to be careful. Because, once a pawn advances, it will not be able to retreat or turn without preying on another piece...

Then when the time is right, promote the pawn to be queen...!

(The end of this chapter.)

I don't know if this chapter is good enough or confusing, but I can only write like this with my ability. So, enjoy yourself.

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