An Unexpected Reason

After listening to Princess Twilight's account, Li realized that everything Three-Eyes had said about his master was true. Gentle in character, caring for the people, disliking conflict, completely different from his younger brother Talius, and so on... none of it had been exaggeration born of some ulterior motive. That was simply who she was!

In fact, she was even more so than Feleton had described!

Even Mr. Three-Eyes himself was stunned.

"Then did Talius keep his promise?" Qian Yan suddenly asked.

"This..." Feleton was briefly speechless. After the Second Prince took the throne, he had indeed replaced all of the princess's trusted aides, but beyond that, he truly had not launched any large-scale purges. The entire transition had proceeded extremely quickly. In less than half a month, the upper ranks of Natating had completed their transfer of power, and no great upheaval had swept through the kingdom.

Afterward, most of their losses and casualties had occurred while plotting against Talius and seeking information about the princess.

"But Your Highness—are you truly willing to be imprisoned here for the rest of your life?" He could only turn back to the princess. "I know Your Highness has no desire to compete for the throne, and I do not wish to see you drawn into a struggle for royal power either, but... this is absolutely not where you should be. I cannot leave you here alone to suffer!"

"I'm sorry for making you worry." The princess comforted him. "I never intended to remain imprisoned for the rest of my life, either. According to the agreement, I only need to stay in Hila for ten years, until Natating's political situation is completely stable. By the way, how many years have passed now?" She looked slightly embarrassed. "This place truly is harder to endure than