"Heavenly Fiend Lone Star?"
"Yes, the Heavenly Fiend Lone Star..." Xiaoyao briefly explained Guxing's situation.
"To have such a grandfather! No matter what, she's still his own granddaughter. Just because of a fortune teller's few words, he treated his own granddaughter like this! Truly despicable!" The Eldest Princess hated people who abandoned family bonds.
"He'll regret it. He only knows how to resign himself to fate, but doesn't understand that man can triumph over heaven. Many times, fate can be changed! My boss will definitely become a legend of the continent in the future. They'll regret it too late then!" Xiaoyao also said indifferently, because he knew the outcome, the outcome he had been guiding all along.
"Yes, I believe she can do it, because you'll help her!" The Eldest Princess smiled. She didn't know where her confidence came from, but just felt that Xiaoyao could accomplish it. This had nothing to do with Guxing.
"Yes, I'll help her, because she's my boss!" Xiaoyao smiled.
"Has she ever paid you wages?"
"..."
Xiaoyao suddenly froze. This seemed to really not have happened, but had always been overlooked by him. It seemed like he provided more to Guxing.
...
...
If that was the case, he didn't really seem like Guxing's servant. No, he had to go ask her for wages.
This night, Xiaoyao was pulled by the Eldest Princess to talk until midnight. Most of the conversation was about Xiaoyao's affairs, and also about Princess Zhuyue.
Although the Eldest Princess originally intended to introduce Princess Zhuyue's affairs to Xiaoyao, later she unconsciously began asking about Xiaoyao's matters - how he grew up from childhood, where he was found, and so on. She was interested in everything about Xiaoyao.
Xiaoyao also answered. It was nothing more than being a servant. He had been a little servant since childhood and continued to be one until now.
As for the things Xiaoyao knew, he just said he learned them while being a servant, because of professional needs. The Eldest Princess didn't ask much about this, because she still didn't know Xiaoyao's abilities. She just thought Xiaoyao merely knew some things - well, just knew a little bit of ordinary things.
As they talked, the Eldest Princess also grew tired and gradually fell asleep. Yesterday, her other self had gone gambling for several all-nighters, and her body needed rest.
At this time, Xiaoyao seemed to understand somewhat. The situation outside wasn't that the Eldest Princess didn't want to act, but that she had no choice, because her other self always used up her time, forcing her to rest.
Well then, let me clean up this place. This kind of thing we servants can handle in minutes!
When the sun was high in the sky, when many people had already worked until tired, some people were still in their dreams. These people were generally those without worries about life, or those with special circumstances.
At this time, the Eldest Princess, who was both worry-free and had special circumstances, slowly opened her eyes, sat up, and stared blankly for a while.
"Zhuyue, yesterday I seemed to dream of Zhuyue. Was it real, or was I dreaming?" The Eldest Princess said somewhat confusedly. At this time, she was in a state of just waking from a dream.
Originally, because of her long-term personality split, the Eldest Princess always felt that some things were like dreams. Like what happened yesterday, she felt it was somewhat dreamlike, possibly just her own dream.
The Eldest Princess took a bath in the bathroom, changed into clean clothes, ate breakfast, and then... wait, why were all these things prepared? Bathwater, clothes, breakfast, these were all prepared in advance. Why? There was no one else here!
Also, her palace seemed to have become tidy, extraordinarily tidy.
This was too strange. Before, not to mention tidy, it couldn't even be called clean. But now it was extraordinarily tidy, spotless, with everything arranged neatly. There was no damage visible anywhere in the palace - it was completely renewed.
This... was she still not awake?
The Eldest Princess found this strange. At this time, she heard sounds from the courtyard, so she went out to look. With this look, she was stunned again, feeling somewhat lost in a dreamlike sensation.
The originally somewhat overgrown courtyard was now completely different. The weeds were gone, the disappeared flower beds had reappeared, the vanished small bridges and flowing water had reappeared, the original... This could be said to be different, but could also be said to be the same. Same as before, different from yesterday's condition. This courtyard had been restored to its former appearance, exactly the same, equally elegant and peaceful.
Was this a dream, or had Zhiyuan arranged for others to do it? No, even if he arranged people to do it, this progress was too fast - she had only slept!
No, could it be that she had gone crazy for a long time again?
No matter what, first look at the source of the movement in the courtyard - that person building a fence on the ground. This person was—
"Little Xiaoyao?! So I wasn't dreaming!" The Eldest Princess saw that person was Xiaoyao. She now understood that the matters about Zhuyue weren't a dream.
At this time, she thought she must have slept for a long time, or another self had appeared in between, so when she woke up, the entire Clear Moon Palace had changed.
Suddenly, she noticed what Xiaoyao was doing, and her expression changed, "Little Xiaoyao, what are you doing?"
"I'm building a fence. It'll be ready soon. You sit over there for a while." Xiaoyao didn't sense the Eldest Princess's displeasure and just replied casually.
"Who told you to do this? I said you're royalty, you don't need to work. I'll take good care of you," The Eldest Princess's expression became ugly. Having Xiaoyao work in her own place while she said she'd take care of him - wasn't this slapping her own face?
If she knew who made Xiaoyao work, she would definitely kill that person.
"I wanted to do it myself. This place is too messy - I'm not comfortable living here!" Xiaoyao replied casually.
"Uh..." The Eldest Princess became embarrassed. She seemed not to have thought of this point. Her place was indeed a bit dirty and messy, yet she said she'd take care of him while having him live in such a place. This place really needed tidying up.
If the Eldest Princess had more time, she would definitely discover this and have people come clean this place up. But now she had just woken up and hadn't had the time yet.
"Did you do all this by yourself?" After recovering, the Eldest Princess asked a question. She found this somewhat unbelievable, so she needed to ask clearly first.
Xiaoyao nodded and said, "Yes, you said you don't like other people coming here, so naturally I handled it. This isn't difficult - I finished it quickly."
"..."
This wasn't difficult? Not to mention this courtyard, just the cleaning and repairs inside would be very troublesome.
"How many days did you work?" The Eldest Princess asked. This amount of work would definitely require a long time. She must have overslept during this period, or been occupied by her other self.
"Well, counting it up, it was just three or four hours - half a day!" Xiaoyao replied while working on the fence.
"So it was half a day... Ah, what did you say?" The Eldest Princess came to her senses and asked loudly.
"I said half a day, maybe a bit more, but roughly that much," Xiaoyao replied indifferently.
"You're saying that in half a day, you cleaned up the inside, transformed this place like this, and also prepared bathwater, clothes, breakfast, and so on for me - all these things were done within half a day?" The Eldest Princess widened her eyes, listing each thing. Clearly, she didn't believe this was possible.
"Yes, this was actually slow. There were too few tools here, otherwise it would have been faster! You don't need to thank me - this is what I should do. As a servant, this is what I'm best at." Xiaoyao smiled and replied, then threw himself back into building the fence.
At this time, the Eldest Princess was completely stunned. Her "little nephew" really was servant material - to be able to complete all these things within half a day was too unbelievable.
Seeing Xiaoyao's fence-building technique, the Eldest Princess also believed it somewhat, because his technique was very fast. If every task could be this fast, completing all these things wasn't impossible.
"How did you know what this place looked like before?" The Eldest Princess was somewhat puzzled. This courtyard was restored to its former appearance. For Xiaoyao to restore it, he would definitely need to know what this place looked like before.
Even she herself didn't remember very clearly. She could recognize it when looking at memories, but to recall each detail was really difficult!
"The portraits in your room have some records, and I've also seen the design drawings of this place. It was roughly like this. I also made slight modifications to make everything more harmonious." Xiaoyao answered.
"I see. Let me look at your handiwork..." The Eldest Princess was relieved, then looked around the courtyard, examining every part. She discovered that in everything Xiaoyao had organized, she couldn't find a single flaw. Everything was so perfect, without any defects.
Was this really completed within half a day? Even if others used several days, they couldn't achieve this effect, and that would be for just one part.
Now, Xiaoyao had organized almost the entire courtyard - not just one part, but many parts!
"Really excellent! Just with your gardening skills, you could become a renowned master gardener!" The Eldest Princess sighed.
"I have no interest in that!" Xiaoyao replied casually.
This day, Xiaoyao finished renovating the entire courtyard, making the Eldest Princess very happy. She originally loved this kind of environment, but out of helplessness, had let this place become increasingly messy.
This night, the Eldest Princess slept very soundly. In these twenty years, she seemed never to have slept as well as today!
(End of Chapter)