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

Su Qingning gently weighed the purse in her hand, and then a crisp collision sound was heard in the room. It was the sound of spirit coins colliding with each other.

Hearing this voice, Xia Mian felt uneasy. Then, under her frightened gaze, Su Qingning slowly opened the purse, revealing a large number of golden coins inside. Judging from the number, there should be about five hundred gold coins.

"Oh! You've saved quite a bit!" Su Qingning said with a half-smile, hinting at something: "If I remember correctly, Xia Mian, you entered the Su family as a maid last year. You were a third-class maid, and your monthly salary was twenty silver coins. After working for a year, you only earned two hundred and forty silver coins."

"So, how did you manage to save up five hundred gold coins? Huh?"

As she spoke, Su Qingning threw the purse in her hand to the ground. There was a crisp "rustling" sound, and the gold coins in the purse were scattered all over the ground.

Listening to Su Qingning's questioning and looking at the gold coins scattered on the ground, Xia Mian knew that she had been exposed. She didn't dare to hope for anything anymore and quickly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "Miss Third, please spare me. I was wrong. I will never do it again."

Su Qingning didn't say anything, but picked up the teapot on the table, poured herself a cup of tea, and sipped it slowly.

Xia Mian didn't understand what Su Qingning meant, and didn't dare to say anything. She raised her eyes carefully, wanting to see the expression on Su Qingning's face, but she suddenly noticed a red figure beside Su Qingning out of the corner of her eye.

Immediately, Xia Mian was startled. She turned her head quietly and saw a handsome man in red.

Oh my god! Why is there a man in the Third Miss's room?!

Xia Mian's eyes widened in shock. Her mind was in turmoil, and she was secretly wondering whether she should tell the Second Madam about this. In this way, she could get another large reward.

Seeing Xia Mian staring at him with greed and calculation in his eyes, Jiuwei's face immediately showed disgust. He glared at Xia Mian coldly and threatened viciously: "Human, if you dare to look at me with such disgusting eyes again, I don't mind digging out your eyes!"

Hearing this, Xia Mian immediately lowered her head in fear, not daring to look at Jiuwei again. She begged for mercy in a panic:

"I dare not do that anymore. Sir, please don't dig out my eyes."

"Hmph!" Kyuubi snorted coldly, too lazy to bother with this human anymore.

Su Qingning really didn't expect that at this point, Xia Mian was still planning to betray her and please Liu Ruyan.

"Xia Mian, do you want to confess yourself, or do you want me to interrogate you personally?" Su Qingning was already very impatient. She looked at Xia Mian with cold eyes, intending to give her one last chance.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you whatever Miss wants to know."

Xia Mian's choice did not disappoint Su Qingning. She was greedy for small profits, but she was more afraid of death. Everything was not worth mentioning at the moment of life and death.

"It was the Second Madam. She asked me to monitor Jinyuan's every move and report to her regularly." Xia Mian betrayed Liu Ruyan without hesitation. She pointed at the gold coins on the ground and said, "These gold coins were given to me by the Second Madam."

Seeing Xia Mian anxiously defending herself, Su Qingning knew that she was not lying, because a fence-sitter like her who was afraid of death was the easiest to control and the least likely to be loyal.

"Well, what else?" Su Qingning asked coldly, "What did you say when you went to Mingyuan tonight?"

"That's...it's that the Second Madam asked me, Third Miss, whether you had any suspicions about me. I said no, and the Second Madam was relieved. Then she asked me to continue to keep an eye on Jinyuan and report anything unusual to her." Xia Mian spoke quickly, fearing that if she hesitated for a second, she would make Su Qingning angry.

"Is that all?" Su Qingning asked.

"Yes, that's all." Xia Mian nodded affirmatively, but she stopped halfway because she remembered something.

"That... Miss Third, there is one more thing. I don't know whether I should tell you or not?" Xia Mian looked at Su Qingning cautiously, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

"What's the matter?" Su Qingning frowned impatiently and said coldly, "Speak."

Hearing Su Qingning's cold voice, Xia Mian shuddered. She didn't dare hesitate any longer and quickly said, "Miss Third, there's something wrong with the dress you're wearing. The Second Madam has tampered with it. You should change it quickly and then ask the Seventh Elder to check your body!"

As she spoke of the latter part, a hint of sympathy and concern could not help but flash across Xia Mian's eyes. Although she was afraid of death, she actually had a kind heart.

Before coming to the Su family, Xia Mian had heard some things about Su Qingning's family. At that time, she also sympathized with their plight, but at that time she was just an ordinary citizen, and the Su family's affairs had nothing to do with her. She just complained a few words in her heart.

Later, she became a maid in the Su family, and Su Qingning's family was also taken back. She was very happy for them at that time, thinking that they had finally gotten their happy ending after all the hardships.

However, she ultimately underestimated the intrigues within the big family, and she did not expect that the masters of other branches of the Su family would be so intolerant of them.

Xia Mian knew that it was wrong for her to choose to be Liu Ruyan's informant, but she also had her own difficulties and she had no choice.

However, now that Su Qingning has discovered it, she has nothing to hide. She will tell her everything she knows, just to make herself feel less guilty!

Su Qingning didn't expect Xia Mian to tell her about Liu Ruyan's tampering with her clothes. She raised her eyebrows in surprise, but she didn't think much about it. She just thought that Xia Mian was afraid of death and wanted to surrender to her.

However, although Xia Mian was willing to surrender, Su Qingning did not dare to use her easily, because Su Qingning believed that if she could easily betray Liu Ruyan today, she could also easily betray herself in the future.

After thinking for a while, Su Qingning took out a white porcelain bottle and placed it on the table. She said coldly, "If you want to live, take the pills inside."

Xia Mian raised her head and looked at the porcelain vase on the table. A hint of hesitation appeared in her eyes. She asked cautiously, "Miss Third, may I ask what's inside?"

Su Qingning did not hide anything. She coldly spat out two words, "Poison."

"Hiss!" Xia Mian took a breath of cold air, and a hint of resistance immediately appeared in her eyes, but she knew that she had no choice. If she refused to take the poison, she would only die.

Xia Mian closed her eyes, and in the end, she chose to compromise.

She slowly stood up and walked slowly to the table. Then she reached out and picked up the porcelain bottle on the table. She pulled out the cork with a fearless attitude and swallowed the pill inside.