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

"Your Highness Prince Lin, it's so late. Why are you coming to my place instead of going back to Prince Lin's Mansion?" Su Qingning looked at the person who suddenly appeared in front of her in confusion, her heart full of doubts.

Mo Lintian smiled awkwardly. He raised his hand to scratch his head and said with a guilty conscience, "Nothing, I just... I just wanted to come see you."

His voice became smaller and smaller, and a blush appeared on his face involuntarily. Fortunately, it was night and the light was dim, so Su Qingning did not notice anything unusual about him.

"Look at me?" Su Qingning was even more puzzled. "Didn't we just see each other in the palace tonight?"

"How can this be the same!" Mo Lintian secretly groaned in his heart. He couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "There are so many people at the palace banquet, and I didn't even have a chance to say a few words to you!"

His voice was so soft that Su Qingning didn't hear clearly, so she asked in confusion, "Your Highness Prince Lin, what are you talking about?"

"Cough cough... nothing." Mo Lintian coughed twice guiltily, thinking to himself: It was a close call, Xiao Ning'er almost discovered what I was thinking.

Su Qingning tilted her head and looked at Mo Lintian strangely. She always felt that he was acting weird tonight.

"Well...actually, I have a gift for you." Mo Lintian quickly changed the subject, trying to distract Su Qingning's attention.

"Gift?" Su Qingning's attention was indeed diverted. While she was puzzled, she couldn't help but feel a hint of curiosity and anticipation. "What gift?"

Mo Lintian walked up to Su Qingning and took out the things he had prepared to give to her.

"Here, open it and take a look." Mo Lintian said, holding up a wooden box about the length of an adult's arm in both hands and handing it over.

Su Qingning suppressed her curiosity, raised her hand and slowly opened the wooden box. Under the moonlight, the things inside the box were emitting a soft ice-blue light.

"This is……"

After Su Qingning saw what was inside, a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes. She saw an exquisite ice-blue magic wand lying quietly in the wooden box, inlaid with five high-level spirit stones without attributes, and on the top of the magic wand, there was also a top-grade spirit stone without attributes the size of an egg.

Although Su Qingning had never had a magic wand of her own in her previous life, Su Jingya had shown off to her in her previous life, and she had also seen the other's magic wand. Not only was the forging craftsmanship not as exquisite as the one given by Mo Lintian, even the spirit stones inlaid on it could not be compared with it, because Su Jingya's magic wand was inlaid with low-level and medium-level spirit stones.

After realizing how precious the magic wand Mo Lintian gave her was, Su Qingning felt a little embarrassed to accept his gift.

"This...are you really going to give it to me?" Su Qingning raised her eyes slightly, her clear dark eyes staring at Mo Lintian quietly, and asked uncertainly.

Mo Lintian nodded, his voice gentle but firm, "Yes, I'll give it to you."

"But..." Su Qingning was still a little hesitant. She bit her lip and said hesitantly, "This is too precious. I can't accept it."

Seeing that Su Qingning refused to accept his gift, Mo Lintian became unhappy. He took out the magic wand from the wooden box and forced it into Su Qingning's hand, saying nonchalantly, "It's just a magic wand. What's so precious about it?"

Su Qingning looked at the magic wand that was stuffed into her hand, and an indescribable feeling of emotion welled up in her heart. She opened her red lips and was about to thank him, but she found that Mo Lintian was looking at her gently. Then she heard him say in a very serious tone: "Xiao Ning'er, remember, in my heart, no matter how precious something is, it cannot compare to you. You are the most precious."

"Ah?" Su Qingning was stunned. She stared blankly at Mo Lintian, as if she had lost the ability to speak. At this moment, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, like a frightened deer pounding against her chest, and even her tone became slightly panicked. "Your Highness, Prince Lin, what do you mean by this?"

Su Qingning's voice was a little nervous. An absurd idea suddenly came to her mind, which made her a little timid.

No way! This can't be what I thought! I'm only ten years old now, and this is just a stir-fried bean sprout! His Royal Highness the Prince shouldn't have such a strong taste...right?

While Su Qingning was thinking this, she quietly raised her eyes and looked at Mo Lintian suspiciously.

Watching Su Qingning's face changing from time to time, that tangled little look really made him want to laugh; Mo Lintian knew that what he had just said was indeed very easy to arouse suspicion, but that was indeed his truest thought in his heart, and he couldn't help but reveal his true feelings.

"Ahem..." Mo Lintian coughed awkwardly twice and explained guiltily, "Um...don't get me wrong! I just think we should be friends. You gave me a gift before, so I should give you a gift in return, right?"

Su Qingning knew clearly what gift Mo Lintian was talking about, but this return gift was really too expensive; the corpse-dissolving water she gave was just something she casually concocted and was not worth anything at all, while the magic wand Mo Lintian gave was obviously the work of a master-level blacksmith and could not be bought without tens of millions of gold coins, not to mention the top-grade spirit stone on it, which was also extremely precious.

Seeing Su Qingning hesitate to speak, Mo Lintian knew she was about to refuse again. So, when Su Qingning was about to refuse, he spoke first, "Xiao Ning'er, don't be so hasty to refuse. Listen to me, every magician needs a magic wand to assist in combat. The higher the level of the magic wand, the more powerful the magic skill will be."

"You should know that if we cultivators have a good weapon, there's a high chance we can fight above our level." Mo Lintian looked at Su Qingning with a serious expression, a hint of worry in his eyes. "Xiao Ning'er, I pretty much understand your situation in the Su family. You also said that there's no one in the Su family you can trust. Everyone could harm you, your mother, and your brother. So, right now, you need to improve your combat effectiveness the most."

"From what I've observed, you probably don't have a magic wand yet! Although the magic wand I gave you isn't the best, it's enough for you now." Mo Lintian reached out and held Su Qingning's hand holding the magic wand, and said sincerely, "Take it and don't make me worry, okay?"

After hearing Mo Lintian's sincere words of consideration for her, Su Qingning couldn't help but feel touched. She knew that if she refused again, it would seem a bit hypocritical.

So, Su Qingning nodded and accepted Mo Lintian's kindness.

"Okay, I accept your gift." Su Qingning looked up at Mo Lintian with gratitude and said sincerely, "Your Highness, Prince Lin, thank you."