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

"Oh my god!" Yang Xinyi, who was always well-mannered, couldn't help but curse. She sneered coldly, "I've never seen such a shameless person before!"

"Liu Ruyan," Yang Xinyi, furious, stopped politely addressing her as "Second Sister-in-law" and instead addressed her by her first name. A hint of sarcasm curled the corners of her mouth as she coldly demanded, "Liu Ruyan, you said that Ning deliberately wore old clothes to the palace banquet. Now, let me ask you, are you in charge of the Su family's finances now? Since Third Sister-in-law and her family returned, have you given Jinyuan a single spirit coin? Have you bought them a single piece of clothing or jewelry?"

"I..." Liu Ruyan was speechless after being questioned.

"Ha!" Seeing Liu Ruyan speechless, Yang Xinyi sneered and mocked, "Liu Ruyan, does your silence prove that what I said is true? You didn't give my little girl Ning a single spirit coin, and you didn't buy her a single piece of clothing or jewelry. Tell me, what else can she wear to the palace banquet besides her old clothes?"

Yang Xinyi became more and more excited as she spoke. When she asked the last question, her voice suddenly became louder, which frightened Liu Ruyan so much that her body trembled.

When Liu Ruyan realized she had been frightened by Yang Xinyi, her face darkened. She glared at her in embarrassment, still refusing to give up, "I...I simply forgot. Besides, it's not time to pay out the monthly salary yet. And how would I know that the third girl didn't even have enough spirit coins to buy a decent piece of clothing or jewelry?"

"You... you're just making up stories!" Yang Xinyi pointed at Liu Ruyan with a trembling finger, clearly furious. "If you think about it, you'll know that Third Sister-in-law and her family just returned from the remote area of ​​Anyang County. How many spirit coins do they have on them? How could they possibly afford a piece of clothing from Jinxiufang?"

Every piece of clothing in Jinxiufang is carefully sewn by the embroiderers, and the cheapest one sells for twenty or thirty gold coins; how could Liu Ruyan not know this, but she just pretends to be deaf and dumb and shirks responsibility.

Seeing Liu Ruyan's red lips slightly parted, about to quibble again, Su Qingning stepped forward at the right time. She lowered her eyes, pretending to be pitiful and aggrieved, and whispered, "Second Aunt, Fourth Aunt, please stop arguing. It's Qingning's fault. She shouldn't have attended the palace banquet."

"Second aunt, it's Qingning's fault that you were misunderstood by everyone. Qingning apologizes to you here." After saying that, Su Qingning immediately knelt down and was about to apologize to Liu Ruyan.

"Ning girl, why are you apologizing? It's not your fault." Yang Xinyi quickly pulled Su Qingning to her feet. She glared at Liu Ruyan angrily and said indignantly, "It was Liu Ruyan who treated you harshly and confused right and wrong. She should be the one apologizing to you."

"But...but..."

Su Qingning lowered her head, her shoulders trembling slightly, her voice choked, and she looked helpless and pitiful, which made people feel distressed.

Whether it was Su Huaichuan and others, or Su Qingcang and the elders, they all looked at Su Qingning with pity in their eyes, and then they all glared at Liu Ruyan angrily, with obvious condemnation and blame in their eyes.

"Ning girl, you don't have to blame yourself. This is not your fault. You don't need to apologize." Su Qingcang spoke. He first comforted Su Qingning, then glared at Liu Ruyan with cold eyes and said angrily, "Liu, you are so bold that you actually reversed right and wrong and deceived this family head!"

From the conversations of other people, Su Qingcang had almost figured out everything. He also knew that he and the elders were almost deceived by Liu Ruyan. He immediately felt angry at being fooled, and naturally he didn't look at Liu Ruyan well.

Feeling the angry gazes of Su Qingcang and the elders, Liu Ruyan felt as if she was being roasted on a fire, making her sweat profusely and suffer greatly.

"Master, this is unfair! How dare your daughter-in-law deceive you?"

Liu Ruyan knelt on the ground and frantically tried to explain herself, but Su Qingcang didn't want to listen to any more of her excuses.

"Enough! You don't need to quibble anymore. This patriarch doesn't want to hear it!" Su Qingcang shouted coldly, staring at Liu Ruyan with a stern look on his face. He ordered without hesitation, "Liu, tomorrow, you will send all the gifts and spirit coins that should have been given to Ning's family over the past four years to Jinyuan. You must send exactly what you should have, not a single thing less. Also, select a few maids to serve in Jinyuan."

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan was struck by lightning, her face turned pale as paper in an instant, and she felt extremely distressed. According to the regulations, the monthly salary of the ladies, young masters and young ladies of the Su family was at least 2,000 gold coins, and for those like Nanny Zhang, it was 100 gold coins per month. In other words, Jinyuan should receive 6,100 gold coins per month, 73,200 gold coins per year, and 292,800 gold coins in four years!

Although these gold coins were not particularly numerous, Liu Ruyan still felt distressed; moreover, she also had to send over all the spirit stones, cloths, jewelry, gemstones, etc. that should have been distributed to Jinyuan in the past four years, which would be another considerable expense.

When Liu Ruyan thought about how much she had lost for no reason, she felt annoyed and regretful. If she had known the result would be like this, she would not have come to complain to the head of the family. Now, she has lost both the wife and the army!

Su Muxin and Su Muzhe, who witnessed the whole process, could not calm down for a long time. They looked at Su Qingning in astonishment and awe, and felt that this third sister was really amazing. She only said a few words and shook her shoulders a few times to make everyone stand on her side, and even let grandpa make the decision personally to take back the things that should have belonged to Jinyuan. Her level is really high!

After the matter was clarified, Su Qingcang was too lazy to look at his miserable second son's family. After he said that he wanted the seventh elder Su Yuanzhou to treat Su Huaiyang, he angrily waved his sleeves and left.

When the others saw the head of the family leave, they were unwilling to stay in the same space with Su Huaiyang, for fear that he would suddenly speak and let them smell the stench again.

Everyone left, leaving only the miserable Seventh Elder and Su Huaiyang's family staring at each other.

Alas! This old man is really destined to be a hard worker! Su Yuanzhou sighed silently in his heart.

……

Su Qingning left the front hall and went straight back to Jinyuan. However, as soon as she stepped into Jinyuan, she smelled a faint scent of ambergris. The smell was very familiar, and it was unique to someone.

"Your Highness Prince Lin, since you are here, why don't you show up?" Su Qingning closed the gate and spoke calmly.

As soon as the words fell, a figure jumped down from the pear tree in the yard. Mo Lintian looked at Su Qingning and said with an awkward smile: "Oh, you found me again."