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Chapter 1030 The Saintess's Arrangements

Leaving Su Yao's bedchamber, Dina, accompanied by several palace maids and guards, walked through a long, dark corridor and arrived at a secluded side hall deep within the palace.

Pushing open the door, Princess Samira was huddled in the corner, her eyes bloodshot. Hearing the noise, she looked up abruptly, her eyes filled with terror.

“Your Highness, it’s me,” Dina said softly.

Seeing that the newcomer wasn't a fierce-looking soldier, Samira's tense body finally relaxed. She jumped up and ran to Dina, taking her hand and asking:

"How's it going outside?"

"Brother, His Majesty..."

Before she could finish speaking, Dina shook her head slightly: "It's all over."

"Your Majesty Vasudeva has fallen."

Princess Samira's pupils contracted sharply, and her body trembled involuntarily.

She staggered back a few steps and collapsed onto the soft couch, tears silently streaming down her pale cheeks.

"I should have thought of that sooner."

The princess covered her face helplessly: "The moment he began slaughtering those innocent people, the ending was already sealed."

"I'm sorry I couldn't stop him."

Dina sat down next to the princess and took her hand to apologize.

"Prevent?"

Princess Samira smiled sadly:
"If I hadn't heeded your divine decree, how could my brother have ended up like this?"

Samira knew she had said the wrong thing as soon as she said it.

Without Dina's divine oracle, with that Han Chinese demon's power, they would probably have perished in the north long ago.
"sorry."

Almost immediately, Samira apologized, "That's not what I meant."

The princess wiped her eyes, her voice choked with emotion: "I just can't accept this ending."

Dina sighed softly, pulled the princess into her arms, and gently stroked her hair: "Fate can be so cruel sometimes. But now, the kingdom is in imminent danger, so please put aside your sorrow for now, Princess. There are many important things we need to do."

"us?"

Samira looked up at Dina, puzzled.

Now that her country is destroyed and her family is ruined, Dina's temple can seek refuge with a new master, but as a princess of the former dynasty, she is lucky to be able to keep her life and avoid being purged. What else can she do?
Princess Samira felt a chill run down her spine at the thought of the fate of the other small kingdoms that had been destroyed by their own countries.

"Is there anything else I can do?"

Samira's voice was barely audible: "Father is gone, brother is gone, and all the other brothers and sisters are gone too."

"What can I, a powerless woman, do for my country?"

"Could it be."

Samira suddenly looked at Dina with fear: "Is the saint here to persuade me to die for my country???"

"No, Your Highness, you have misunderstood."

Samira ignored Dina's explanation, suddenly struggled violently, retreated to the corner of the bed, hugged her legs, and asked:

"Was this arranged by that Han Chinese devil? Or was it the Holy Maiden's will?"

Dina felt a pang of sorrow as she looked at Samira's terrified expression. She gently shook her head and knelt before the princess.

“Your Highness, I swear in the name of Brahma that I will never allow anyone to harm you. On the contrary, you may be the last hope for saving the Kushan Empire.”

"What?!"

Princess Samira stared wide-eyed at Dina in disbelief: "Save...the Kushan? Me?"

“That’s right.” Dina Dina nodded seriously:
"do you know?"

"Judging from his words today, that Han Chinese Holy Lord does not intend to directly destroy or annex the Kushan Empire, but rather to find a suitable acting king."

"Now that the royal bloodline is dwindling, there is no more suitable successor in the entire capital than you."

Princess Samira was stunned; she had never imagined that she would become the heir to the throne.

Unlike neighboring Parthia, which had a queen in the distant past, the Kushan Empire, due to its nomadic traditions, had a low status for women and never had a woman inherit the throne.

“How could this be?” she murmured. “Those nobles and generals would never agree to this.”

Their opinions are insignificant.

Dina took a deep breath: "In the capital now, the Holy Lord's word is law. As long as he supports you, no one dares to oppose him."

"Cocoa"

"This is a very good opportunity."

Dina held the princess's hand:

"When the ministers are arguing about which distant branch of the family should succeed to the throne, no one will think of you."

"But in reality, what the Holy Lord needs is just an obedient king, and you are both the last bloodline of the late king and a weak woman, making you the most suitable candidate."

"The Obedient King"

Princess Samira's face turned pale: "So... you want me to bow down to the murderer who killed my brother and become his puppet?"

"This is the last chance to save the Kushan Empire."

Dina held the princess's cold hand and said slowly, "His Majesty is gone, but the legacy he left behind remains. This is the legacy of your father and grandfather. Your brother was willing to become a devil to protect the kingdom. Besides you, who else would take care of this country with all his heart?"

"If this foundation falls into the hands of some ambitious person from who knows where, their unconditional flattery for their own status or to save their own lives will sooner or later lead the Kushan Empire into an abyss of no return."

"But if you are willing to stand up, at least you can preserve the dignity of the royal family and give the Kushans a chance to survive."

Princess Samira remained silent for a long time, then tears welled up again: "But... I can't do it. I'm afraid. I'm just a powerless woman, how could I possibly resist him?"

"Don't be afraid of the princess. It is precisely because you are a powerless woman that you have more advantages than those men."

“A pride of lions will always have only one lion king. What the Holy Lord needs is a symbolic king, not a ruler who covets his power.”

"His actions today, such as allowing the coexistence of different religious sects, releasing the innocent, and not pursuing the various mistakes made by the ministers when they submitted to the late emperor, all demonstrate that, at least on the surface, he is willing to adopt a tolerant stance."

"In that case, as long as His Highness shows enough obedience, he will not make things difficult for you."

“Enough obedience,” Samira swallowed hard.

"Yes."

Dina hesitated for a moment, but still revealed her audacious plan:

“I have made arrangements. I will take you to see him tonight as soon as he wakes up. With your intelligence and beauty, Your Highness, you will surely win his favor. This way, not only will your life be saved, but you will also have a chance to secure a better future for the Kushan Empire.”

Samira trembled slightly, understanding the deeper meaning in Dina's words: "You...you want me."

"This is something only we women can do."

Dina took a deep breath: "Did you know? The ruler of the Eastern Han Kingdom was also an empress."

"Could it be?"

"Yes, the empress was also his woman."

Dina's words plunged Princess Samira into a long silence, with only the flickering candlelight illuminating her pale, weak face, streaked with tears.

(End of this chapter)