"So, compensate me! But seeing as you're my mother, I won't demand any other compensation. Just help me wash up and get dressed!
So be grateful. This is a special privilege that others could only dream of." Princess Kaguya pointed at Fu Hua and spoke with righteous conviction.
"..."
"Fine, fine, I understand... my little princess."
Fu Hua silently stared at the adorable Kaguya before her for a while, but she did not refuse.
Just as Kaguya had said, if she wanted someone to serve her, even an emperor would find it hard to refuse. This was not punishment, but a reward! A privilege!
It could even be said that, setting everything else aside, Kaguya's beauty and charm alone rivaled a vast empire—rivaled even the allure of immortality.
That was no exaggeration. Princess Kaguya's appeal to men was simply that powerful.
Since ancient times, every emperor had found it difficult to resist the temptation of eternal life. After all, emperors possessed the greatest power in the world.
All under Heaven belonged to the king; all within its borders were the king's subjects. The emperor was master of this vast land, enjoying the finest things in the world. Immortality... represented eternal enjoyment.
And in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, that emperor had been willing to give up his throne and even personally abandon immortality for Princess Kaguya. After losing her, he was miserable every day. He burned the Elixir of Immortality and abdicated not long afterward.
Therefore, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Princess Kaguya's beauty and charm equaled, or even surpassed, the whole world.
Trading Kaguya for an empire would not be difficult at all!
Fu Hua looked at Princess Kaguya before her, a girl worth a fortune and comparable to an entire dynasty. Carrying