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

Sunlight filtered through the gaps between the leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground. Su Qingning and her group rode the warm sunshine into the vast mountains.

The Cangmang Mountains are home to many magical beasts, and many people like to come here to train in order to improve their cultivation. Of course, most of the people who come here are mercenaries. They come here to capture magical beasts or look for medicinal herbs after accepting missions from the Mercenary Guild.

People like Su Qingning and others who are simply trying to hurry on their way are very rare. Most people would choose to take the official road for their own safety.

However, to get to the imperial capital from here, one only needs to go around the outer perimeter of the vast mountains without going to the inner perimeter. With the cultivation level of Su Han and his companions, if nothing unexpected happens, they should be able to escort Su Qingning and her family out safely.

Su Qingning and his group walked around the outskirts of the Cangmang Mountains for three or four days and encountered several low-level magical beasts, but they were all dealt with by Su Han in the first time, so these magical beasts did not disturb Su Qingning and his family.

That day, they finally walked from the outer circle to the middle circle. It was also on this night that Zhang Qing, who had been inactive, finally could not sit still and decided to take action.

With a "hiss" sound, the flames ignited and everyone sat around the fire. Several guards began to process the monster meat. Zhang Qing was among them. While others were not paying attention, he secretly sprinkled some kind of medicinal powder into the meat.

When the monster meat was roasted, Su Qingning knew that something had been added to the meat when she took the first bite. A hint of coldness flashed in her eyes, but she did not say anything. Instead, she ate the monster meat calmly.

The moonlight was bright, and everyone was already fast asleep. Zhang Qing, who had taken the initiative to keep watch, slowly stood up after confirming that the medicine had begun to take effect. He walked step by step towards Su Qingning's family, and finally stopped in front of Zhang Ma and Su Qingyu.

Young Su Qingyu was held in Nanny Zhang's arms, sleeping peacefully. Her delicate and lovely face looked quiet and well-behaved.

But when Zhang Qing looked at the sleeping Su Qingyu, his small eyes were filled with resentment, and his low voice was full of gnashing of teeth.

"Damn you little brat, you finally fell into my hands. Just wait and see how I kill you today!"

After saying that, Zhang Qing bent down and stretched out his hand to grab Su Qingyu from Zhang Ma's arms. However, before he could touch Su Qingyu, a faint voice floated over from behind him.

"Oh? How are you going to kill him?"

Zhang Qing didn't react at first, and even answered smugly, "Of course, break his arms and legs, sprinkle some beast-attracting powder on him, throw him into the inner circle, and let him watch his body being devoured by the monsters."

"Hahaha..." As Zhang Qing spoke, he burst into laughter, but after he laughed twice, the sound got stuck in his throat.

He belatedly realized something was amiss. Clearly everyone else had taken the sleeping pills he'd given them and were already deep asleep, so how could a voice come out of nowhere and talk to him?!

Zhang Qing's first reaction was that he had encountered a ghost. He was frightened by his own guess. He turned his head slowly and tremblingly, and then saw Su Qingning standing behind him with cold eyes.

"Huh~" Zhang Qing breathed a sigh of relief. He glared at Su Qingning fiercely and cursed, "You stinky girl, you're playing tricks on me. Do you want to scare me to death?"

At this point, Zhang Qing hadn't realized the danger yet. He didn't know why Su Qingning had suddenly woken up, and he didn't intend to dwell on it. In his opinion, Su Qingning was just a ten-year-old girl. She posed no threat to him, and wouldn't affect his plans for the night.

"Stinky girl, since you're awake, I'll deal with you first."

As he spoke, Zhang Qing was about to reach out to grab Su Qingning, but a cold light flashed before his eyes. Before Zhang Qing could react, his outstretched hand was chopped off at the wrist by some sharp weapon.

Blood splattered everywhere, and Zhang Qing opened his mouth to let out a scream, but suddenly, a pill was swallowed into his stomach through his open mouth, and then Zhang Qing could not make any sound.

"You are too noisy. In order to prevent you from waking up others, it is better to poison you to make you mute." Su Qingning said slowly with a blank expression.

Zhang Qing grabbed his injured right hand, his expression distorted with pain. He looked at Su Qingning as if he were looking at a devil, his terrified eyes falling on her right shoulder, where a little white fox was lying.

Xiaobai licked the hair on his paws gracefully, and his sharp nails emitted a little cold light. If you look closely, you can see that his fingertips seem to be stained with a little red, like blood.

Obviously, Zhang Qing's right palm was broken by Xiaobai's claw.

Zhang Qing looked at Su Qingning in horror, his mouth opening and closing. Having been silenced by the poison, he could only ask silently, "Warcraft? You...you are a summoner?!"

Although Su Han did not tell others why the head of the family suddenly wanted to take Su Qingning and her family back, Zhang Qing had already learned the reason from the second branch of the Su family before leaving.

Apart from the royal family, the five most powerful families in the imperial city are the Qi family, the Tang family, the Xie family, the Yang family and the Su family.

The reason why the status of the five major families is so stable is that their ancestors once signed a contract with the five elements of the divine beasts, the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise and Qilin; whenever any of their direct disciples becomes a summoner, the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise and Qilin must choose a summoner from among them to become the other party's summoned beast.

Now, five hundred years have passed since the last time the Five Elements Divine Beasts broke their contracts with the five major families and fell into a deep sleep. During these five hundred years, not a single summoner has appeared among the direct disciples of the five major families.

It wasn't until the past two years that a summoner appeared among the younger generations of the Qi, Tang, Xie, and Yang families. Upon hearing this news, Su Qingcang, the head of the Su family, began to worry. If the Su family didn't have a summoner, the other three families would surely suppress them, and they might even be squeezed out of the top five families.

Su Qingcang was naturally unwilling to see the Su family fall into decline in his hands, so he thought of the siblings Su Qingning and Su Qingyu, and planned to bring them back to the Su family to raise them together with his other grandchildren.

Zhang Qing looked at Su Qingning and Xiaobai, already convinced that they were summoners. He knew that if Su Qingcang knew Su Qingning was a summoner, he would not only force her to sign a contract with Suzaku, but also pass the position of Young Master of the Su Family to her. Then, the Second Branch of the Su Family would completely miss out on the position of Patriarch.

Therefore, Su Qingning must not be allowed to return to the Su family alive.

The fear on Zhang Qing's face faded, and his eyes were filled with determination and viciousness. He must kill Su Qingning!