Let them offer their loyalty!
Chapter 1153 - 534: Captured Yaksha! (Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch "Xnkon"!)

With these thoughts, Princess Xi couldn't help but recall the events that had just transpired.

Earlier, she told Qiu Tu that she hoped to reclaim her power in a "peaceful" manner.

However, Qiu Tu bluntly shattered her illusions.

Because Qiu Tu told her... wanting her own son to succeed was, in a way, also usurping the throne.

The reason is simple.

The Sixth Sanctuary is not a true feudal imperial system, but rather a "dual monarchy constitutional system."

This system is inherently immature—resulting from a compromise between the empire's rulers and the ruling class, often seen in countries with feudal remnants.

Although the state's head remains a monarch with absolute authority in such political systems,

many loopholes have been opened up, such as allowing party activities, political groups, an established cabinet, and a parliament to exercise legislative power, etc.

The Kou family has come to control the entire nation through the cabinet and the parliament.

Thus, to a certain extent, the Kou family holding power is originally in accordance with the law.

In this situation, if Princess Xi wants her son to bypass King Kang and the Kou family to ascend, it is actually betraying her own political system.

This—this is a usurpation of power!

As for whether there's a non-"usurpation of power" method to allow Princess Xi's son to ascend:

There is indeed one....

And that is to revive King Kang and have King Kang abdicate.

But, first of all, reviving King Kang has uncertainties about whether he would even agree to abdicate afterward.

Even if King Kang agrees to abdicate, the monarch would be an infant, and the national power would still legally fall into the hands of the cabinet and parliament.

Only when the monarch comes of age can he exercise his authority, which would take at least 17 years.

Seventeen years... is too long. No one can guarantee that no unforeseen incidents will occur during this time.

With the Kou family's ambitious nature, when King Kang was critically ill, they managed to seize supreme power—would they genuinely be diligent and law-abiding with a young monarch?

Believing this would be as plausible as believing that Qiu Tu is still a virgin.

Princess Xi had actually simulated and rehearsed everything Qiu Tu mentioned on her way to the Eighth Sanctuary.

However... like Pang Haichen, people's "avoidance psychology" tends to lean toward positive outcomes when unable to discern a course of action.

Furthermore, similar to Pang Haichen's situation:

Pang Haichen, having worked with Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng for many years, had a deep foundation of trust. Princess Xi and King Kang also had a certain foundation of trust, being married for many years.

Thus, even if they sensed something was amiss, they remained blinded by emotions.

Now, Qiu Tu tore open the illusory facade, presenting the stark reality before Princess Xi.

Making Princess Xi understand that her fantasies were nothing more than unattainable illusions.

Once you've sat on either side of the chessboard, all you can do is exert all your efforts to win the game!

If you cannot win, what then?

Then you pick up the chessboard and slam it on your opponent's head, then win the game!

It was Qiu Tu's theory that shook Princess Xi.

She was intrinsically a highly intelligent woman, ambitious, and politically savvy.

With Qiu Tu's guidance, she grasped the entire truth, rendering her completely shocked and motionless.

As a result, perhaps sensing a further opportunity, Qiu Tu, seeing Princess Xi in a daze, directly reached out and pinched Princess Xi's dough-like flesh forcefully.

In that instant, the front of Princess Xi's clothes was soaked through.

Qiu Tu took the opportunity to pull Princess Xi onto his lap, using the excuse of "no Little Prince, is the Princess a bit plugged" and began a self-service refreshment.

Princess Xi, belatedly regaining her senses, intended to resist, but she was so weak at the waist that she had no strength at all.

It was then that Larilo entered the dream space to witness and hear that arousing scene.

However, this "dream space" belongs to Princess Xi. Although she cannot manipulate it at will, detecting the presence of any intruders is quite simple for her.

Especially because... Larilo is a fully empowered Peak Fourth Rank Evil God.

No matter how cautious she is, in this dream space, her soul's mass is such that not drawing attention is almost impossible.

Thus, Princess Xi jolted awake, hastily pulling her clothes on to escape Qiu Tu's grasp and began to warn Larilo.

But then, who would have thought... Larilo didn't appear, but the Yaksha did.

This made Princess Xi question her previous perceptions....

Truth be told, she didn't underestimate the Little Yaksha.

In fact... she comprehends the strength of the Little Yaksha better than anyone else in the Eighth Sanctuary.

Back then, the Yaksha single-handedly repelled hundreds of thousands of troops from the Sixth Sanctuary.

Not only did he defeat King Kang, but he nearly swept through the Sixth Sanctuary!

If not for Kou Xuan's schemes gravely injuring the Yaksha, the Sixth Sanctuary might have been obliterated. (Chapter 510)

Therefore, she is one of the few who witnessed the Yaksha's immense power firsthand.

But... the Yaksha has fallen now.

A fallen Evil God is not akin to a human. He exists merely as a wandering soul and consciousness.

While Princess Xi can control this dream space, a soul and consciousness this weak should theoretically have gone unnoticed by her.

'Did I sense it wrong? Or has another Evil God infiltrated?' she wondered, suddenly uncertain about her earlier perception.