The Evil King's Favorite: The Princess Is Too Cruel

Su Qingning said that, of course, to tease Su Muxin and Su Muzhe on purpose. Seeing their stunned and lost expressions as she wished, Su Qingning felt an inexplicable sense of pleasure that her prank had succeeded.

However, seeing the two people's depressed looks, Su Qingning couldn't bear to bully them anymore. However, before she could open her mouth, Su Muzhe had already changed the subject.

Su Muzhe took out a sandalwood box from his storage ring and placed it carefully and preciously on the table.

"Third sister, this is a thank-you gift from my parents." Su Muzhe said, "First, to thank you for saving my sister and me so many times; second, to thank you for saving their lives this time."

Hearing this, Su Qingning frowned slightly. She reached out and pushed the sandalwood box back, refusing, "I have received your kindness, but there is no need for a thank you gift. We are family, there is no need to be so polite."

Su Muxin and Su Muzhe were very happy to hear Su Qingning say that they were a family, which meant that their third sister had completely accepted them.

"Third sister, it's said that brothers should settle accounts clearly, let alone saving our lives. We should thank you." Su Muzhe pushed the sandalwood box back and said, "Third sister, please accept it! It's not a valuable item, just a small token of our gratitude."

"That's right! Third sister, you've helped us so much, and we haven't thanked you properly." Su Muxin begged coquettishly, "Third sister, please accept it! Okay?"

Su Qingning was pestered by the brother and sister and had no choice but to compromise.

"Okay, stop arguing. Isn't it okay for me to accept it?"

As she spoke, Su Qingning picked up the sandalwood box on the table and put it into her space. Then, she looked up at Su Muxin and Su Muzhe and said helplessly, "I've already accepted the gift. Is that ok?"

"Yeah, sure, sure." The brother and sister nodded with a bright smile.

Afterwards, the three of them chatted for a while before Su Muxin and Su Muzhe left reluctantly.

After the two left, Su Qingning picked up a pen and added the Xiao family and the Ning family of Mingcheng to the invitation list.

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The Xiao family of Mingcheng and the Ning family are in charge of the Mercenary Guild and the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce respectively. Although their strength cannot be compared with the five major families, they are also two major forces in the Demonic and Martial Continent.

When the Xiao family and the Ning family received the invitations from the Su family at the same time, the two family heads showed puzzled expressions on their faces, because they really couldn't remember when they had established friendships with the five major families in the imperial capital.

"Why...why did the Su family invite us?" Patriarch Xiao and Patriarch Ning raised the same question in their respective homes.

The elders who were called into the hall to discuss this matter were also full of confusion.

Just when everyone couldn't help but think of conspiracy theories, Xiao Muye, the eldest son of the Xiao family who was also called to the front hall, thought of something.

"That..." Xiao Muye hesitated and said, "Dad, maybe the Su family doesn't want to invite our Xiao family, but someone from our Xiao family."

"Hmm?" Patriarch Xiao frowned. He looked at Xiao Muye and asked, "Muye, what do you mean by that? Do you know something?"

"I don't know much." Xiao Muye said, "Dad, why don't you call my brother over and ask him."

"Mu Fan?" Patriarch Xiao was puzzled. "What does this have to do with Mu Fan?"

"Heh~" Xiao Muye laughed meaningfully and said, "It's a big deal. Maybe in the future our Xiao family and Su family can become relatives!"

Um? ? ? ! ! !

Patriarch Xiao and the other elders opened their eyes wide with astonishment, as if they had heard some terrible news.

Patriarch Xiao took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, and ordered calmly, "Come here, ask the second young master to come over."

At the same time, at the Ning family, Ning Chuyue was just about to go out shopping, but on the way she met her eldest brother Ning Chuhan who was going to the front hall. Then, she was domineeringly taken to the front hall by her eldest brother.

Originally, Ning Chuyue looked unhappy, but when she heard her father say that the Su family had sent an invitation, inviting them to attend a banquet at the Su family's house, a light suddenly lit up in her eyes, and a hint of surprise appeared on her face.

Ning Chuhan clearly noticed the change in Ning Chuyue. He frowned and asked, "Yue'er, what are you so happy about?"

"Ah?" Ning Chuyue came back to her senses, quickly restrained her expression, and shook her head innocently, "I'm not happy!"

"Really?" Ning Chuhan didn't believe it. He asked, "Yue'er, do you know why the Su family sent an invitation to our family?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the inquiring gazes of the Ning family head and several elders fell on Ning Chuyue.

Being stared at by so many elders, Ning Chuyue couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She stammered and replied, "I...I'm not...very clear, but I...I'm a classmate of several young masters and young ladies of the Su family, and we have a pretty good relationship."

Upon hearing this, the other members of the Ning family understood what was going on. The reason why the Su family invited their Ning family was probably because of the face of Ning Chuyue, the eldest daughter of the Ning family.

After knowing that the Su family had no ill intentions, the Xiao family and the Ning family breathed a sigh of relief. They also decided to go to the imperial capital to attend the banquet. Of course, they also brought Xiao Mufan and Ning Chuyue with them.

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In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the Little New Year, which was also the day when the Su family invited all the major families.

Early in the morning, Su Huaichuan and Su Huaiming stood at the gate to welcome guests.

At about two quarters past nine, the invited guests had almost all arrived, so Su Huaichuan and Su Huaiming no longer stood guard at the gate, but went to the front hall to help greet the guests.

At this moment, the Su family was extremely lively. People who knew each other gathered in groups of three or four to chat, and the Xiao family and the Ning family were naturally sitting together.

Xiao Mufan and Ning Chuyue have been a little absent-minded since they entered the Su family. They looked around, obviously looking for someone.

When they saw Su Muxin and Su Muzhe following Yang Xinyi, Xiao Mufan and Ning Chuyue's eyes lit up at the same time, and they suddenly became restless.

Patriarch Xiao and Patriarch Ning looked at each other helplessly upon seeing this, and then both said, "Alright, we know you young people can't sit still. Go go play with your classmates!"

"Thank you dad."

Xiao Mufan and Ning Chuyue responded happily, and then couldn't wait to get up and walk towards Su Muxin and Su Muzhe.

However, what they didn't realize was that although their father seemed to be talking, he was actually keeping an eye on them out of the corner of his eye.

"Xin'er"

"Aze"

Xiao Mufan and Ning Chuyue shouted at the same time.

Su Muxin and Su Muzhe, the brother and sister who were sitting next to Yang Xinyi, raised their heads when they heard the voice. When they saw Xiao Mufan and Ning Chuyue, there was a look of surprise in their eyes.

"Mu Fan/Yue'er, why are you here?" Su Muxin and Su Muzhe asked in unison.

After asking, the brother and sister suddenly remembered Su Qingning's meaningful question in the study that day, and immediately understood what was going on.