"She was so frail because her mother suffered a difficult labor when giving birth to her, and her health had never been good since childhood. Later, she fell from a horse and damaged her constitution. It truly wasn't that I favored one child over another or mistreated her."
Su Qiao felt disdainful for two seconds, but on the surface, she lowered her head with a congenial expression and agreed, "Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince misunderstood. How could Father mistreat me?"
"After all, I have the Su family's blood flowing through my veins. For that reason alone, he couldn't let outsiders suspect that I was neglected in the residence, or that Mother mistreated her elder sister's daughter."
The benevolent expression on Prime Minister Su's face instantly stiffened.
These two... They deliberately came here to pick a fight today, didn't they? Were they trying to choke him to death?
Xi Hanzhou cast him a cool glance, then turned around and helplessly rubbed the top of Su Qiao's head. "Sigh, you're just too kind."
"Even the servants in the residence can mock and bully you to your face, and your food and clothing are inferior even to theirs. Yet you still speak up for those people whose consciences are blackened through and through. How can I possibly feel at ease with you like this?"
"Whenever I think of you living such days in the past, I wish I could immediately cut down those heartless bastards and chop them into pieces to feed the wild dogs."
Su Qiao glanced at Su Yuxin, who had finally fainted from fright on the ground, and at Prime Minister Su, who had completely lost any idea of how to react. She was laughing her head off inside.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I..."
Prime Minister