Iris always felt that what her grandmother was telling was less of a story and more like teaching herself how to be a competent queen, not only to protect the interests of her country but also to control other countries in a reasonable manner.

The art of empire is very complicated.

Originally Iris just wanted to learn about Lilia's strength at that time, or about Lilia's humiliating history. Is it considered humiliating history for Lilia to disrespect her older brother? At best, it is just disobedience. Iris can understand it. After all, they are born at the same time. why he can be a brother, but she have to be a sister?

Lilia is a kind of hypocritic person with double standard. She was able to go to the human kingdom to play when she was a child. But now her own daughter wants to go to the kingdom, but she requires her daughter to sign a contract, or she will break her legs.

It has been under the way. Night White has to act according to the signed contract.

...

"Gollum, gollum."

At the moment it is already afternoon. If it was not because Iris was so hungry, she would have chosen to continue sleeping until dark.

Rubbing her messy hair Iris walked out from within the bedroom and walked with idle steps towards the kitchen.

When she was about to pick up a bag of blood to suck, Iris was interrupted by the maid on the side: "Your Highness, these food is not suitable for your noble identity. Just tell me, what would you like to eat? I will make it for you right away."

"Hey! Noble?" Iris laughed helplessly. She took the blood bag and left the kitchen, not paying any attention to the maid.

Iris was not living as well as these servants. Who could want to have a mother who made her feel uncomfortable? And this so-called "mother" forced Iris to become her daughter.

Iris came to the dining room and sat lazily in a chair, sucking on the blood bag from the back kitchen.

The sweet blood flowed into the throat, and the feeling was soothing, but Iris was not yet full. So Iris snuck into the back kitchen once again to get more bags of blood, otherwise it was not enough to satisfy herself.

There was no one in the back kitchen, but it was good that Iris could get some more food. The table were full of small cakes of various shapes, an orange-red drink and watery strawberries. Iris thought nothing of it and took these away, not caring who these were for. Anyway, the task at hand was to deal with her hunger. Other things were left behind for now after she can eat her full.

"Eh? Your Highness's afternoon tea?" The maid looked flustered and a little overwhelmed.

Since this maid came here to serve Her Highness, the afternoon tea had always been delivered to Her Highness on time, but now she had lost it, which was a dereliction of her duty.

This orange-red drink emits a fragrance, elegant aroma, slow and persistent smell. Iris swallowed. She put the tray on the table, and then took a big sip directly. The mellow and sweet taste let people aftertaste.

Then Iris picked up another cookie and sent it to her small mouth. Then a faint milk flavor came in, and there was a hint of blood inside the cookie.

"These two things are really good. If there was something delicious every day, it would be better!" Just after the words, another strawberry was stuffed in her mouth.

The maid took trembling steps to the top floor of the castle where Ye Li was sitting by the fire at the moment, admiring the view outside the house through the window.

The maid hurriedly knelt down in front of Ye Li and said with trepidation, "I am sorry, Your Highness. I lost your afternoon tea. Please chastise me."

"If I chastise you, can you bear it? Tell me what happened." Ye Li continued to look out of the house.

The maid wiped the tears and whimpered, "I had prepared afternoon tea for you earlier. Then I left for a while. When I returned to the kitchen your afternoon tea was gone."

"So it's a theft! I have it in my mind. You can leave now!"

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Who did not know that it was her afternoon tea in this castle? It was more likely to be stolen by Iris.

"It's time to be hungry! Whatever."

...

After enjoying the food, Iris sat down on the chair and started to cultivate!

The flame flower of the Consciousness Space has bloomed two-thirds. As long as it reaches the middle-ranked level three, the flame flower can be completely bloomed. Iris does not know what the flame flower is like in the end.

The flame flower sucked up the black and red liquid little by little.

Iris felt that she had signs of breakthrough again. Just in twenty days she was able to raise two levels of cultivation. This speed is too fast, so Iris can not believe it.

The petals of the flame flower opened up little by little. Once Iris was not focused on it, the petals turned back to their original state.

Iris adjusted her breathing and the flame flower bloomed outward slowly once again, with a tendency to bloom completely.

The winter night is silent and empty. The castle stands like a giant in this icy land, the forest is infested with hungry animals, every night to live the day without food, quietly waiting for the arrival of the prey ...

Ye Li wanted to ask Iris to have meals, but found his granddaughter sitting on a chair for meditation. Although Iris doesn’t have enough etiquette, at least she is a hard-working child. "Xiao Tao, save a meal for Her Highness!" Ye Li commanded.

"Yes! Your Highness."

The maid who was called Xiao Tao was the one who made afternoon tea for Ye Li. Now Xiao Tao was standing far away from the entrance of the dining room, waiting quietly for Her Highness to finish her meditation.

It was not known how long had passed, and the rising sun could already be seen through the window. All of a sudden, there was a shout from the dining room: "Wonderful! I am finally successful!"

Iris jumped up from chair with excitement. With a "pop" she fell out of chair.

"Are you all right, Your Highness?" Xiao Tao hurriedly ran in and helped Iris up.

"No, it's fine. Eh? Why is it you? The maid from the kitchen?"

"Your Highness! Just call me Xiao Tao. Her Highness the Empress Dowager asked me to save a meal for you, but it's already dawn. So why don't you wait for a while? Now I will make a fresh delicious meal for you." Xiao Tao said respectfully.

Iris looked at the morning sun outside the window and sighed: "So it's been a night. I didn't expect time would pass so fast!"

"I'll go with you to the kitchen!"

"Eh? Your Highness is a noble person. How can you go to the back kitchen? That's all the work done by our underlings." Xiao Tao replied in surprise.

"Are you the princess? Or am I the princess?" Iris questioned.

"Of course you are the princess. I am just a maid." Xiao Tao replied warily, afraid of being punished for some improper answer.

"Since I am the princess, then do as I say."

"As you command, Your Highness."

Under the leadership of Xiao Tao, the two came to the kitchen. Looking at the simple kitchen, Iris was almost surprised. If there were no pots and pans, it would not even make people feel that this was the back kitchen.

An ordinary faucet is decorated in the shape of roses. Those beautifully shaped roses are really everywhere, even from the white walls you can vaguely see the rose pattern.

There was no trace of oil on the table, cleaned and refreshed by the maids. You didn't feel like this was the kitchen at all.

"Xiao Tao, isn't the kitchen where I went to get the blood bag today?"

"That is the tea house where the afternoon tea that Her Highness the Empress likes to eat, such as black tea, cookies, fruits and so on, are placed. Only when I make afternoon tea, I will go there. All three meals a day are made in this kitchen." Xiao Tao replied.

"Got it!" Iris 's inner panic was overwhelming. Now Ye Li must have been very angry that Iris had eaten her favorite afternoon tea yesterday afternoon.

"It seems that Her Highness the Empress Dowager's afternoon tea was stolen yesterday. It seems that she is pursuing this matter."

"It would be terrible to get caught!"

"Stealing is a shameful thing. Her Highness hates such people. If this thief is caught, he will definitely receive a hundred strokes of the cane and whipping. A servant who stole something earlier was beaten and then died like this."

"I know it, Xiao Tao. You make breakfast first. I will come later."

"Yes, Your Highness."