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Chapter 1111 - 520: Using King Kang to Command the Region! (Double the last day, asking for Monthly Tickets!)

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Princess Xi sat down in the main seat of the conference hall and inquired, "What do you mean by what happened to King Kang?"

After sitting down, she seemed to notice the dampness on her chest. She discreetly adjusted the neckline of her nightgown.

When she moved her hand away, the dampness had vanished without a trace.

Then she looked at Qiu Tu again, her gaze sharp and tinged with the authority of someone in power as she said, "I told you before that King Kang was ill."

Qiu Tu nodded and then seated himself beside Princess Xi, asking, "What kind of illness?"

Princess Xi paused before saying, "Lethargy."

Qiu Tu raised an eyebrow.

Lethargy, this was indeed interesting.

He couldn't help but ask, "Is lethargy really an illness?"

Princess Xi gave him a blank look, "What if I told you he only wakes up for half an hour each day?"

Qiu Tu was taken aback for a moment, just about to say, "Isn't he awake for half an hour every day?"

But Princess Xi added, "And during that half hour, he can't get up, only lying there blankly, staring at the ceiling."

"Though his mind seems to be not greatly impaired, he can even communicate with us."

"But... he has no continuous memory."

"No continuous memory?" Qiu Tu asked, puzzled, "What does that mean?"

Princess Xi replied, "It means... if I tell him today that the Kou family intends to rebel, he becomes furious and denounces the Kou family as treacherous."

"But... the next day, he still summons Kou Xuan, assigns him tasks, and encourages him to be a mainstay of the Sanctuary."

Qiu Tu cautiously inquired, "Isn't there a possibility that King Kang has not lost his memory."

"But because the Kou family is powerful and his health is not good, he doesn't have the confidence to uproot the Kou family. So he is feigning compliance to temporarily appease the Kou family?"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's analysis, Princess Xi shook her head without a trace of hesitation, "Impossible."

"You don't understand King Kang's prestige in the Sixth Sanctuary."

"Although there are always rumors of the Kou family sharing the world with King Kang, but... King Kang is the iron-willed emperor who built the Sanctuary with his own hands."

"Everyone in the Sixth Sanctuary is a follower of his. Even the rise of the Kou family was his deliberate act because he trusted the Kou family."

"So... if he really wanted to deal with the Kou family, it would be impossible to be unable to do so."

Saying this, Princess Xi paused and then added, "There's another important reason."

"If he was really just lowering the Kou family's guard, then there would be no need, when he was awake, to summon ministers to a meeting, and then delegate all matters great and small of the Sanctuary to Kou Xuan?"

Hearing Princess Xi's words, Qiu Tu was genuinely stunned for a moment.

He couldn't help but ask, "When King Kang is awake, he summons ministers and then delegates various affairs to Kou Xuan?"

Princess Xi nodded slightly, her expression unchanged.

Perhaps because this matter was something she also found hard to accept, her fair, exotically beautiful face was full of anger.

Qiu Tu furrowed his brows slightly.

He was just about to say something.

But Princess Xi added, "The Kou family clearly has treacherous intentions."

"At first, when they knew that King Kang had fallen ill, they were quite cautious and uneasy."

"During those days, I often heard news of the Kou family secretly mobilizing troops."

"Later, after they discovered that King Kang woke up only half an hour each day and still trusted them, even entrusting the major powers of the Sanctuary to them, they completely relaxed."

"Then, after probing for some time, they began to gradually displace the guards of the inner and outer palace and gradually took control of King Kang."

Princess Xi, perhaps really having been suppressed for too long, found it rare to have someone to confide in, so she poured out her grievances.

Upon hearing her words, Qiu Tu nodded slightly.

The reaction of the Kou family was not entirely rational—many a time, when an iron-willed emperor falls ill, for the sake of their descendants, they will purge powerful ministers to pave the way.

It seems the Kou family is also worried about King Kang becoming like this.

But the subsequent development of events made them realize that the current King Kang would not only not purge the powerful ministers but even help them consolidate their power.

Only then did the subsequent series of changes occur.

And it was also by understanding the current situation at the Sixth Sanctuary that Qiu Tu finally figured out previous series of doubts.

For instance... how could a minister dare to attack the personal soldiers of the princess and half-confine the princess.

For instance... why was the Kou family so fearless.

The root cause was... they not only held sway over the Sixth Sanctuary but also used the emperor to command the region.

In a certain sense, King Kang was now standing on the Kou family's side, not Princess Xi's side.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu half-seriously, half-jokingly said, "Princess, now that King Kang is supporting the Kou family, even the inner and outer palace have been controlled by the Kou family."

"What are you still struggling for?"

"There seems to be almost no hope of turning the tables."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Princess Xi's willow-leaf brows furrowed coldly, glaring at Qiu Tu, "King Kang is merely bewitched, not truly confused."

"I believe that if he were to wake up, he wouldn't let the Kou family continue to be so arrogant."

Qiu Tu propped up his chin, then curiously asked, "What if he wakes up and still decides to continue supporting the Kou family?"

Princess Xi's expression faltered, and she fell silent.

Seeing this, a smile naturally appeared on Qiu Tu's face....

In his mind, the "character model" of Princess Xi had almost been fully formed.

Indeed, his few encounters with Princess Xi, including tonight's series of teasing gestures, were all intended by Qiu Tu.