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"You... you are... Cinderella!" The Baron's eyes widened instantly. He couldn't believe that Cinderella, whom he had considered a mere outlet for his pent-up emotions, was actually so beautiful. Only then did he realize how long it had been since he had truly looked at his own daughter.

"Give it to her!" the Prince ordered the guards beside him. The Glass Slipper had just been taken off Katie's feet, and after the guards wiped it clean, they handed it to Cinderella.

Cinderella didn't go into the room. Instead, she bent down in front of everyone, stretched out her delicate, white feet, and slipped them perfectly into the Glass Slipper. After Cinderella put them on, the entire Glass Slipper seemed to shimmer with golden light.

"Wait, isn't she Cindy?" The Baroness looked at Cinderella and slowly realized that the Cindy who had outshone everyone at the ball and attracted the attention of all the men was actually Cinderella, the one they had bullied and oppressed.

"Perfect match, it seems you are my queen! And what is your name?" The Prince stepped forward, took Cinderella's hand, and asked softly in his magnetic voice.

"Cindy, my name is Cindy!" the woman said, her disgust for the name Cinderella palpable. From this day forward, she was no longer that lowly, filthy ass who was bullied and abused, but Cindy, the Prince's queen.

The Prince happily kissed her forehead, then instructed the guards, "You follow the Queen, obey her orders, and help pack your things."

"I'll head back to the carriage now. You can come with the guards to my palace later. We'll hold the wedding in a couple of days," the Prince said to Cindy with a smile, then turned and left the Baron's mansion.

"Yes, Your Highness." Cindy watched the Prince walk away, then turned to the Baron and Baroness, a chilling smile on her face, "Father? Mother, aren't you happy? Your daughter has become a princess."

"How could it be you, you wretched woman!" The Baroness exclaimed in disbelief, still somewhat taken aback.

But then she realized more clearly the gap between them now. Cindy smiled slightly and said, "Baroness, this is really rude of you to call me a wretch. Where do you put His Highness the Prince?"

"I don't need to tell you what to do, do I?" Cindy turned to the guard beside her and asked. The guard nodded with a sneer, walked to the Baroness's side, grabbed Baroness, and slapped her across the face until blood was drawn. Only then did the guard stop. The Baroness collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, crying out in pain, "I'm going to report you! How dare you assault a noblewoman!"

The guards chuckled dismissively. Others might be intimidated, but they wouldn't. Putting aside their status as the Prince's guards, a Baroness with no real power would be too busy taking care of herself to bother reporting them if she offended the princess.

Then Cindy turned her gaze to her father. She walked over quietly and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Father hasn't been in very good spirits lately. I suppose it's because some things are beyond his capabilities now that he's middle-aged."

"I've heard that castrato singers in the Church don't have this problem. I think Father could learn from them." Cindy seemed like a child truly concerned for her father. If you ignored her words, she chuckled and said, "I think Father understands what I mean. I'll come back to check on things when I have time."

"Cinderella, there's no need for this. We're family. Look at your two sisters, they've gone mad. Some things you can let go of, so let them go." The Baron's face turned pale and then red, and he spoke in an almost pleading tone.

"My name is Cindy," Cindy corrected with a smile, her eyes filled with coldness. "And I hope to hear good news from you soon, my dear father."

After saying this Cindy ignored the Baron's complicated expression and walked into the backyard. She looked at the Hazel Tree. As early as last night, Lu Li had told her that her mother needed her to shed tears of joy, and she was indeed very joyful now. Simply put, all she needed to do now was cry.

"Sir, may I ask your name?" Cindy turned around and asked the guard who had just drawn the Baroness's name.

"Des, Miss Cindy, my name is Des." Since Cindy has not yet been formally married to the Prince, the guard Des can only address Cindy as "Miss."

"That tree was planted by my biological mother. In the past, when I wasn't facing any hardship, I would cry under that Hazel Tree," Cindy said in a reminiscing tone, her eyes filled with coldness.

"Is it going to be transplanted?"

"No, cut it down. I don't want to keep crying." Cindy said with a smile. The real reason was that she had finally gained everything she had worked so hard for and was now in control of her own destiny. She didn't want to be exposed as having a connection with Witch. She would never let anyone destroy everything she had achieved.

If Lu Li hadn't disappeared after giving her the information last night, Cindy would have ordered the guards to arrest and kill him. That person knew too many of her secrets, not to mention his entire family.

"Mr. Des?" Cindy smiled gently, looking at the guard walking towards the Hazel Tree, and said sweetly, "My Stepmother's brother is the president of a merchant guild. I've often heard my two sisters mention that the guild might be involved in tax evasion. I think you might be able to help deal with these national parasites."

"Okay, no problem, Miss Cindy. Before long, you'll hear the good news that this tax-evading bug has been crushed." Des said excitedly. Cindy was already confirmed as the future princess. The fact that she was willing to use you meant that you had demonstrated your value, so you would naturally get credit for your work.

Des, carrying an axe, came to the Hazel Tree. Cindy looked up at this familiar place. How many times had she worked here, been beaten and scolded? There were too many things here that disgusted her. She had thought she would never have a chance to leave, and that one day she would not be able to bear it anymore and would just commit suicide. But this time she had finally won. She was finally leaving this place, and she would never have to come back here again.

As for why she told the Baron she would come back to check, it was because she knew the Baron's cowardly nature all too well. As long as there was a way out, as long as he could keep his title as Baron, the Baron would always choose to compromise. Even if she made the Baron learn to castrate himself, he might hesitate, but he would definitely do it.

Cindy wanted to humiliate the Baron and make him die a confused death. She wanted to bury her sordid past, but she couldn't rush it. She had to take it one step at a time. After all, she hadn't truly become a queen yet. She needed to vent all her resentment first.

This is even more important than securing her position as princess; otherwise, she would definitely go mad from holding onto her resentment for over a decade, or perhaps Cindy is already insane? Who knows?

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