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

Qi Ling'er thought proudly in her heart. She casually withdrew her gaze and decided not to cause trouble for Su Jingya for the time being.

However, when she looked at Su Qingning, she suddenly discovered that she had no hair accessories on her head except an ordinary silver hairpin. Even the clothes she was wearing were made of the most ordinary materials, and it was obvious at a glance that they were old clothes that had been worn many times.

On the other hand, although Su Jingya was wearing a white dress, both the fabric and the design were very exquisite. She had at least seven or eight hair accessories on her head, each of which was a fine product from the Treasure Pavilion, gorgeous and exquisite.

Although they were both legitimate daughters, their treatments were so different that the sense of justice in Qi Ling'er's heart instantly emerged.

"Qingning, why are you so thin? You look so frail. You should be ten years old this year, but why do you look only eight or nine?" Qi Ling'er widened her eyes and deliberately shouted loudly. The volume was so loud that everyone around could hear it clearly. She looked Su Qingning up and down and said in disbelief: "Qingning, you are at least the third daughter of the Su family! How come you don't even have a decent hair accessory on your head? It's too shabby! And the clothes too, the fabric is too bad! My maids wear better than you."

Hearing Qi Ling'er's words, the people around couldn't help but look over, even the emperor and the empress stopped; they looked Su Qingning from head to toe and found that the little girl was indeed as Qi Ling'er said, dressed simply and monotonously, without a single good thing on her. Even their maid was better dressed than this so-called Miss Su San.

Su Qingning felt the gazes of others, and a cunning smile flashed in her lowered eyes. Haha, the opportunity has come.

"This is Qingning's best dress." Su Qingning lowered her head, pretending to be a pitiful little white flower. Her voice was small, and her tone was timid with a hint of grievance.

"What?!" Qi Ling'er exclaimed in disbelief, "This is your best dress! You're living such a miserable life! Aren't you the third daughter of the Su family? Could it be that a family as big as the Su family would actually skimp on your food, clothing, and other expenses?"

"No, no..." Su Qingning waved her hands anxiously and defended herself in a low voice: "I'm actually living quite well in the Su family. The head of the family and the elders are also very good to me."

Su Qingning's voice became softer and softer as she spoke. It was really heartbreaking to see her trying to explain carefully even though she had been wronged.

Now, what is there that everyone doesn't understand? In all likelihood, the Su family has treated the girl harshly.

Four years ago, the Su family's expulsion of Su Qingning's widow and orphan from the imperial capital had already caused widespread gossip throughout the capital.

Later, just recently, they heard that the Su family had taken Su Qingning's family back home. They still thought that the Su family still had some conscience and knew how to consider blood ties.

But now it seems that their previous thoughts were simply a joke. The Su family is really heartless.

For a moment, everyone looked at the other members of the Su family with a hint of condemnation in their eyes.

"No way! Your Su family is one of the five major families after all. How can you treat this little girl so harshly?" Qi Runyu was the first to stand up for Su Qingning. He looked at the other members of the Su family and condemned them, "No matter what, Su Qingning has your Su family blood flowing in her body. She is the direct descendant of your Su family! Can't you tolerate her?"

Seeing Qi Runyu standing up for Su Qingning, Xie Yichen was a little surprised. Although he didn't know what the relationship between the two was, he would naturally help the person his good brother chose to help.

"I heard that Second Madam Su is now in charge of the Su family's finances." Xie Yichen's words immediately drew everyone's attention to Liu Ruyan. He raised his lips slightly, and said with a half-smile, "Could it be that Second Madam Su didn't buy clothes and jewelry for Third Miss Su?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Liu Ruyan suspiciously. Then someone noticed Su Jingya standing next to Su Huaiyang. Seeing how her attire was so different from Su Qingning's, Madam Yang sneered inwardly, mockingly saying, "As expected, if they aren't biological children, they won't treat them sincerely! Look at what Second Miss Su wears and uses—everything is top-notch. And then look at Third Miss Su—her entire outfit probably can't even match the amount of spirit coins worth of a small piece of clothing that Second Miss Su spent on!"

After hearing what Mrs. Yang said, others also began to look at Su Jingya, comparing her with Su Qingning.

"That's true! Miss Su Er is dressed much better than Miss Su San!"

"That's right, look, the hair accessories on Miss Su's head are all exquisite products from the Treasure Pavilion, while Miss Su's third one only has an ordinary silver hairpin."

"Second Madam Su is too partial! Although Miss Su San is not her daughter, she is still the legitimate daughter of the Su family, the granddaughter of the head of the Su family, the daughter of Second Master Su's younger brother, and her niece!"

"Mrs. Su usually pretends to be gentle and elegant, but I didn't expect that she is so mean in private. She can't even tolerate her brother-in-law's daughter."

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Listening to the discussions around her, Liu Ruyan was almost furious. She clenched her hands tightly into fists under her sleeves, pinching her palms with her nails, leaving fingerprints one after another, and even faintly pinching the skin on her palms, revealing strands of bright red blood.

Despite this, Liu Ruyan did not show any expression of pain on her face. She wanted to use the pain to remind herself that she must not reveal any flaws and must not show any anger or resentment, otherwise, her disguise of many years would be ruined.

Damn little bitch, you want to use such a despicable trick to frame me and ruin my reputation? You are just dreaming!

Liu Ruyan took a deep breath, opened her red lips, and was about to defend herself, but Mo Lintian didn't intend to give her a chance to speak.

"Royal brother, Miss Su San's father, Su Huaijin, was a general appointed by you personally. He disappeared while defending the Longteng Empire against the demons. He is a hero of our Longteng Empire." Mo Lintian looked at Su Huaiming and the rest of the Su family with icy eyes, accusing them coldly, "But after General Su disappeared, his wife and children were not treated well."

"Four years ago, their orphan and widowed mother were driven out of the imperial capital by the Su family. They lived a hard life in a remote village outside Anyang County. Now, although they have been taken back to the Su family, they are still suffering unfair treatment."

"Brother Emperor, if the Su family truly cannot accommodate General Su's wife and children, then we, the royal family, cannot sit idly by." Mo Lintian looked at Mo Linyuan and said seriously, "No matter what, we, the royal family, cannot let down the soldiers who are defending the Longteng Empire from the demons at the border!"