Chapter 360: It's just a forced love plot, but who forces whom is not certain

Tang An snapped her fingers, already having an idea.

"Since we're here, presumably the plot of throwing the embroidered ball will also unfold."

"Tomorrow, if we have nothing to do, let's go out and stroll around to facilitate triggering the plot."

"It's just a forced love plot, I'm familiar with this."

But who forces whom, that's not certain.

Sure enough, when they went downstairs to eat at the inn that evening, they heard about the princess's parade to recruit a husband tomorrow.

The real princess also heard about it and became even more anxious.

She didn't want to have an extra husband inexplicably before returning to the palace. Her husband must be someone she is happy with.

In the evening, the Tianzhu princess's room.

"What's the rush, your life is almost gone, and you're still thinking about the parade to recruit a husband?" Tang An walked in alone.

"Don't worry, at the latest the day after tomorrow, you will be able to return to your princess position."

"But how many days you can sit in the princess position, I can't guarantee."

The Tianzhu princess was surprised. "What do you mean?"

"Did this palace not introduce herself? I am the Great Tang Princess, Tang An."

The Tianzhu princess stood up and took two steps back. "Could it be that your Great Tang is going to invade my Tianzhu?"

"Hey, why say it so harshly, it's clearly your Tianzhu surrendering to my Great Tang."

"Absurd!" The Tianzhu princess was furious, and she seemed very disappointed. "So you saved me just to force my father to surrender Tianzhu territory!"

Tang An sneered. "So that's how you think of me?"

"Otherwise? Otherwise why would you be so kind?"

Tang An shook the wine glass in her hand. "I saved you only because you and I are both women. Seeing you being persecuted, I just saved you."

The Tianzhu princess couldn't believe Tang An. "Stop talking so high-sounding."

Tang An put down the wine glass in her hand. "The door is right there, you can leave anytime."

"But after walking out of here, how the monsters will treat you, I can't guarantee."

The Tianzhu princess wanted to leave toughly, but after walking only two steps, she had to return.

It was precisely because she had seen their power that she knew clearly in her heart that only by being with them could she be safe.

"You want to take my Tianzhu, even if you saved me, I won't be grateful."

Tang An propped up her head indifferently. "I don't covet your gratitude."

"Aren't you afraid that I will know your purpose and take your life in the middle of the night?"

"You?" Tang An took a dagger from the Wealth Gathering Ring. "Do you dare to take it?"

The Tianzhu princess looked at the dagger, obviously the cowardice in her eyes made her only able to be tough with words.

Tang An stood up, took her hand, and stuffed the dagger into her hand.

"You, someone who doesn't even know how to hold a dagger, doesn't know how to use your brain when harmed by others, only knows how to accept fate, and uses death to solve problems."

"What face do you have to talk big in front of this palace?"

The Tianzhu princess was provoked, pointing the tip of the dagger at Tang An. She was crying, and fear and long-suppressed anger were fighting.

"Don't force me!"

"I am forcing you." Tang An directly grabbed her hand and pulled it forward, making the dagger press against her own throat.

Outside the door, Nezha gripped the Fire-Tipped Spear in his hand, his eyes unable to hide his tension. Sun Wukong held Nezha back, telling him to believe in Tang An. And Yang Jian also had no intention of making a move.

Because Tang An had told them before coming over that it was more appropriate for her to handle the Tianzhu princess's affairs. She had an indestructible body, and that princess couldn't hurt her.

"You... don't force me..." The Tianzhu princess's hand was trembling, although cutting a person's throat only required one stroke.

But she never had the courage to make that stroke.

"The knife is in your hand, killing me is just a matter of an instant. This is your only chance to kill an enemy princess, what are you hesitating for?"

"Do it!"

Tang An roared, scaring the Tianzhu princess into dropping the dagger with a "clatter~" and crouching down to hold her head and cry.

After she vented those emotions, cried until she had no more tears, and her emotions truly calmed down, Tang An walked over again.

She crouched down to pick up the dagger and handed it back to the Tianzhu princess.

"Believe it or not, I didn't think about using you for anything when I saved you."

Hearing this, the Tianzhu princess hugged herself tighter with red eyes and teary eyes. She couldn't understand what Tang An wanted to do.

"As for what you said, holding you hostage to force your father to surrender..." Tang An chuckled.

She pinched the Tianzhu princess's chin, forcing her to look at herself. "I advise you, never overestimate your weight in other people's hearts, especially the heart of a monarch of a country."

"Since ancient times, for the sake of peace, the ones who sacrifice the most between countries are princesses."

"If sacrificing you could exchange for Tianzhu's peace, guess whether your father would be willing to give you up or give up the throne?"

The Tianzhu princess stood up and rebuked Tang An with red eyes. "You are also a princess, how can you be any better than me?"

"Yes, I am also a princess. And I am worse off than you, I am a fake princess, without even royal blood. I was only named a princess because of my identity as a Destined One."

"But so what?"

"I have relied on my own ability to expand territory for Great Tang again and again. Even if the Great Tang Emperor is truly cold-hearted, he cannot ignore my achievements and send me to marry for peace."

"In other words, even if he wanted to, he would weigh the pros and cons. Is it beneficial for Great Tang for me to stay in Great Tang, or is it beneficial for Great Tang for me to marry into another country?"

"A princess who can expand territory for Great Tang, as an emperor, does he dare to send her to marry into any country?"

"In other words, even if I don't have the title of Great Tang Princess now. I can still be the richest person in a city, I can still use many novel ideas to open shops and make money to support myself."

"And you, what would you do if you became a princess in distress?"

"Would you still choose to commit suicide?"

"If you only know how to seek death when you encounter problems, don't think about solving them, and are timid and weak. Then, I really saved your life for nothing."

Tang An was so thirsty from talking that she sat down to drink a glass of water, waiting for the Tianzhu princess to think slowly for herself.

The Tianzhu princess couldn't recover for a long time; what Tang An said just now had never been said to her by anyone.

Her language was truly too cold and ruthless, but she was unable to refute it.

Tang An poured her a glass of water. "Becoming a Great Tang Princess is my fate. Becoming a Tianzhu princess is your fate."

"But what kind of woman you want to become is something you can choose yourself."

"I saved you out of kindness. And Great Tang conquering Tianzhu is based on the positions of both sides. There is no right or wrong, only success or failure."

Why did she say so much to the Tianzhu princess?

It was nothing more than that the Great Tang Iron Cavalry would eventually have a day to trample on Tianzhu, and how could a flower raised in a greenhouse like her survive in the torrent of history?

After all, giving a person a fish is not as good as teaching them how to fish. Since she saved her life, it was better to simply wake her up to the way of survival.

As for whether she could survive in the end, it could only depend on herself.

"Aren't you afraid that you will teach me the way of survival, and one day I will kill the Great Tang Emperor and restore my Tianzhu?"

Tang An shrugged. "That would be another short drama plot."

"What?"

Tang An couldn't help laughing. "Alright, I won't tease you."

"I will help with the favors I can help with. You will soon be the Tianzhu princess again."

"As for what you said, killing my noble father the Emperor or something..."

"If you can really succeed, it only shows that the Heavenly Dao wants to weaken the foundation of my Great Tang and destroy the national fortune of my Great Tang. And you, are just a pawn being controlled."

"At that time, what I should deal with is the Heavenly Dao, not a small pawn like you."

Tang An wasn't angry at all and patted the Tianzhu princess on the shoulder. "No matter what the future holds, at least for now, I saved you, and I don't want to save you for nothing."

"Live well, you don't need to return this dagger, keep it for self-defense." After saying that, Tang An turned and left the room.

The Tianzhu princess looked at Tang An's departing back, the moonlight hitting her, so soft, cold, making people yearn for her but difficult to reach.

And what moved in her eyes, was it just her eyes that moved? ===== CHAPTER 361 =====