chapter 14 The Crown Princess whose engagement was broken off (14)

It has been half a month since the appointment as the County Princess.

During this half month, the Crown Prince's faction has faced numerous accusations and criticisms. Besides the Crown Prince and the Empress who have been restricted, two ministers from the Crown Prince's maternal family were also implicated and removed from their positions.

Compared to the restless East Palace, Lilith Jin's days are becoming more comfortable day by day.

There are no secrets in the palace.

After the Empress and the Crown Prince were successively restricted, news quickly spread that it was because the Empress had sent someone to Wangshan Villa to set rules for the "Crown Prince's Consort," which displeased the Emperor.

Since then, there have been no more "uninvited guests" at Wangshan Villa.

In the morning, Lilith Jin practiced swordsmanship with the guards.

After breakfast, feeling bored, she brought out the system that had visited her just last night.

"Little Eight, Ethan Gu looks very similar to my dad in terms of appearance, personality, and some habits. Did you use my dad's data to create Ethan Gu, or is Ethan Gu a fragment of my dad's consciousness?" Lilith Jin asked.

System 288 corrected her with precision, "Host, please call me 288."

Lilith Jin complied and asked gently, "Alright, Little Eight, what's the real story behind this?"

System 288 responded, "Please call me 288!"

Seeing its insistence, Lilith Jin couldn't help but become more curious about this number.

She had a moment of insight and her eyes brightened. "I was born in the year 288 of the Last Century. Is your name '288' derived from that time?"

288 remained silent.

Lilith Jin recalled more memories. Before her incident, her father had promised to give her a special gift on her 18th birthday, but they never got to that day.

"What is your relationship with my dad?" Lilith Jin asked again.

288 replied, "According to the system's data, he would have caused the world's destruction."

Lilith Jin reacted as if she had heard the biggest joke. She said sarcastically, "Destroy the world? If my dad had such intentions, he wouldn't have allowed other hostile forces to grow and prosper!"

Under her father's leadership, they possessed the most advanced technology, biochemistry, medical care, and heavy industry in the world. Destroying the world would have been too simple for him.

288 pointed out, "All of what you're saying is based on the premise of your safety, isn't it?"

Lilith Jin was taken aback. She couldn't help but think back to the time when she was kidnapped due to an inside job at the base. She had been injected with a virus and had remained unconscious throughout her captivity. Only when she heard her father's voice did she instinctively respond.

When she woke up, she was lying inside a recovery chamber that her father had specially built for her, with her father standing outside in a handsome suit, looking cool and deep, asking her if she had fun.

The experts who had saved her life countless times as she grew up seemed like amateur actors, using clumsy performances to recreate a real dream.

There was no kidnapping, no near-death experience. She had merely gone on an adventurous journey to a strange space.

As they continued their storytelling and performance, memories of the so-called adventure journey began to emerge in her mind.

After a long time, her body had recovered somewhat, and she left the recovery chamber.

When she reappeared before the people at the base, she learned that during her illness, Base Three and Base Five had completely disappeared from Blue Star.

Moreover, in other major bases, many high-ranking officials had mysteriously disappeared or met gruesome deaths.

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