Even at a time like this, you're still thinking about that thing.

Xiaoxiao was incredibly bored. She put down the whip and took out a row of slender silver needles from her pocket.

"Killing someone is just a matter of beheading them, what exactly do you want!" Madam Su was truly frightened.

Xiaoxiao held a silver needle, tracing its shape on Su Wanwan's face, her smile both innocent and cruel. "It's not very good. I just feel that Su-jie's face is a menace if it stays. Why don't I help you destroy it?"

"No! No!" Su Wanwan shook her head frantically in fright, tears and snot streaming down her face.

Xiaoxiao was too lazy to waste any more words on them; tormenting these two idiots was a waste of time. She turned and walked out of the cellar, her eyes lighting up as she looked at the Su family's mansion outside.

Medical expenses, compensation for emotional distress, lost wages... surely some principal and interest should be collected?

The Su family's warehouse was easy to find, and the lock was practically useless.

Xiaoxiao looked at the room full of gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, and calligraphy and paintings, her mouth practically watering. Her little pouch flashed, and the entire storeroom was instantly emptied, as if swarmed by locusts.

After emptying the warehouse, Xiaoxiao returned to the cellar, completely satisfied.

She looked at the mother and daughter still cursing on the wooden frame, a hint of murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

Just then, a cacophony of footsteps and the clanging of weapons suddenly came from outside.

somebody is coming!

Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, and she immediately had an idea. She quickly grabbed a handful of ash from the ground and smeared it on her face, then tore her already tattered clothes, lay down in the corner, closed her eyes, and pretended to be dead.

"Bang!" The cellar door was kicked open.

The emperor's head of the secret guards rushed in, and when he saw the scene before him, he was stunned.

The Su family mother and daughter were stripped of their outer garments and tied to the rack in a disheveled state, while the little princess they were looking for lay in the corner covered in blood, her life hanging in the balance.

"Quickly! Save the princess!"

……

Upon hearing the report from the secret guards, the emperor was so angry that he smashed his most beloved white jade cup on the spot.

What audacity of the Su family!

He's gone missing, and before he's even confronted the Su family, they dared to kidnap him themselves? And even use torture to extract a confession?

"Search the Su family's property! Search every inch of it! I need to know where they hid the things they stole from the princess!"

However, half an hour later, the news came back that the Su family had been ransacked. Not to mention the divine medicines and treasures, even the silver in the storeroom was gone, as if it had been licked clean by dogs.

Even a thief would be so angry he'd vomit blood.

The Emperor didn't believe it; how could this be?

The Su family mother and daughter were brought before the Emperor. Su Wanwan was terrified, but Madam Su was still stubborn, insisting that Xiaoxiao had gone to the Su family on her own and injured them.

The Emperor, too lazy to listen to her sophistry, directly pronounced the verdict: "The Su family plotted to murder the Princess of Daqian, an unforgivable crime. She is hereby given a cup of poisoned wine."

"No! Your Majesty, spare my life!" Su Wanwan cried out.

"Uncle Emperor," Xiaoxiao, who had been hiding behind the Emperor and pretending to tremble, suddenly whispered, "It seems like she has a baby in her belly."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

The imperial physician examined her pulse and indeed it was a sign of pregnancy!

Murdering a princess is a capital offense, but bearing a royal heir is a great achievement.

Ultimately, they were spared the death penalty, but could not escape punishment. The Su family was sentenced to exile three thousand li away, never to return to the capital.

After dismissing the Su family, only the Emperor and Xiaoxiao remained in the Imperial Study.

The Emperor pointed to the surveying instrument that had been brought back by the secret guards and asked, "Xiaoxiao, what exactly is this iron lump?"

The exploration instrument had long since run out of power, and the screen was completely black.

"It's for digging holes," Xiaoxiao said innocently. "It's really useful, much faster than a shovel."

The Emperor's eye twitched. Such a treasure, used for digging pits? He wanted to keep it for research, but he was afraid the girl wouldn't allow it.

"Xiaoxiao," the Emperor rubbed his hands, looking troubled, "Look, you've suffered such a great injustice this time, it's all my fault. But this matter concerns the fate of my Ali Kingdom, do you think you could..."

"No!" Xiaoxiao immediately hugged the exploration instrument to her chest, looking very wary.

"Well then," the Emperor said, seeing that force wouldn't work, he could only try to bribe him, "give me that little pouch that can hold things, and I'll let you take this metal lump with you, how about that?"

Xiaoxiao's face was immediately filled with conflict and reluctance. She looked at the exploration instrument in her arms, then touched the empty space at her waist, her little mouth twitched, and she looked like she was about to cry.

The emperor was overjoyed inside, but on the surface he still maintained a sorrowful expression.

“Okay…” Xiaoxiao sniffed, as if she had made a huge decision, and took out the blood-stained cloth bag that she had taken from the Su family from her bosom. She handed it over with great reluctance, “Then…then you have to treat it well and don’t break it.”

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