"Shu Qingqing? Could she be that newly popular streamer on X site?"

"Who is it? Is it someone powerful?"

"She's only eighteen years old. I heard she just awakened her fire-type familiar. Her strength is average, but she's got a sharp tongue. She became famous by roasting people!"

Qiao Mei glanced at Shu Qingqing, who was standing beside her with an angry expression, and couldn't help but thank the original owner of this body in her heart.

Aside from being love-struck and rebellious, the original owner of this body was actually a very nice person. For example, Shu Qingqing, who was beside her, was a friend that the original owner had helped when she went to Orchid Star.

There are three habitable planets in the interstellar space: the Empire, the Federation, and Orchid Star. Orchid Star is despised by the citizens of the other two planets because it is inhabited by civilians.

When the original owner met Shu Qingqing, Shu Qingqing was being bullied and ridiculed because of her naturally chestnut-colored hair. The original owner helped her and later obtained her contact information and a promise. So, just now, she remembered that Shu Qingqing was also there, and sent her a message just to be on the safe side.

In hindsight, she made the right decision.

Shu Qingqing shielded Qiao Mei behind her and pulled up the footage of her live-streaming the awakening of the sacred beast using her personal terminal, specifically skipping to the part where Qiao Mei appeared.

In the scene, after Qiao Mei said, "Lord Suzaku, would you like to choose me?", a red light quickly appeared on the familiar stone in her hand, and Yu Tong stood not far away, watching this scene.

Everyone was stunned.

"She really did awaken successfully. Then why is Qiao Mei's Familiar Stone colorless now?"

"Moreover, Qiao Mei's maid was also there. She clearly saw it, so why did she say she didn't see it and even speak up for the Eighth Princess?"

"Eighth Princess, what on earth is going on?!"

Seeing the growing number of questioning glances and voices, Qiao Yingying calmed herself down, thinking that Shu Qingqing must have only recorded the footage from the Awakening Domain. She quickly distanced herself from Yu Tong and helplessly defended herself:

"I don't know either. When I saw Seventh Sister's retinue stone, it was colorless! I don't know why her maid spoke up for me..."

As she spoke, tears welled up in Qiao Yingying's eyes. Her seemingly innocent and well-behaved face was filled with helplessness, making people feel sorry for her.

Shu Qingqing's live stream did not record any scenes outside the Awakening Domain, so she didn't know whether Qiao Yingying was telling the truth or not. She could only help Qiao Mei criticize the maid Yu Tong first.

"Tsk, I guess I was blind. I always thought you were a person. After all, even if Qiao Mei rescued a dog, a dog would still protect its owner!"

Hearing Shu Qingqing subtly insulting Yu Tong, saying she was worse than an animal, Qiao Mei tugged at her arm and walked up to Yu Tong. Her naturally curly long hair stopped swaying as she stopped walking and lay neatly against her waist.

She raised her red eyes to look at Yu Tong, her eyes full of seriousness: "I'm giving you one last chance. Tell me who instructed you, otherwise you should know what the crime of framing a royal heir is, right?"

Since she inherited the body of the original owner of the body, she naturally has to give Qiao Yingying an explanation for harming her. If she can expose Qiao Yingying, the possibility of her being retested in the Awakening Domain will be greater. Therefore, finding out the result is the priority now, rather than just seeking pleasure and venting her anger.

After hearing what Qiao Mei said, Yu Tong's legs went weak with fear. She collapsed to the ground and instinctively looked at Qiao Yingying for help: "Eighth Princess...?"

Qiao Yingying, with tears in her eyes, looked at her and asked, "Why did you call me? I never asked you to do that. What did I do to offend you? Why are you framing me?"

Yu Tong stared blankly at Qiao Yingying's aggrieved expression, noticing that everyone was looking at her with disgust, as if she were some kind of trash.

Seeing this, she was stunned for a while before making a decision. She got up from the ground, turned on her personal computer bracelet, and played a recording.

"Eighth Princess, isn't this a bit inappropriate? If the Seventh Princess fails to awaken, she'll be sent to a garbage planet, a place where no one can survive!"

"What, you still want her to live? If she lives, she'll cut half of your monthly pay. If she doesn't die, how will you get rid of her? Just do as I say, find a chance to bring her here to me."

The voices in the recording were Yu Tong and Qiao Yingying. Qiao Mei looked at Yu Tong's posture, which seemed to want to take them both down with her, and curled the corners of her lips.

She knew that someone who dared to do such a thing couldn't have done it without having a backup plan. It seems she made the right bet.

The recording that followed was a conversation between Qiao Yingying and Qiao Mei. From their greetings to Qiao Yingying asking Qiao Mei for her Familiar Stone, and then to Qiao Mei's shocked question to Qiao Yingying about how her Familiar Stone had turned colorless, every word was clear. To the people who had previously supported her, it was like a series of slaps to their faces.

The recording was put away. Qiao Mei looked at Qiao Yingying, who was completely disoriented, walked up to her and leaned close. Her bloodshot eyes reflected Qiao Yingying's helpless face. She asked her, "So, Eighth Sister, now that we have both witnesses and physical evidence, shouldn't you tell us what you did to my Familiar Stone?"

Qiao Yingying still tried to deny it: "It's fake, it's all fake! It's all a recording fabricated by that vicious maid. I never said anything like that!!"

Shu Qingqing chuckled and added, "This maid is quite skilled. She managed to synthesize such realistic audio in less than half an hour. As far as I know, even a master synthesizer would need at least an hour, right?"

The implication is that Qiao Yingying is talking nonsense.

Regardless of the facts, everyone wasn't stupid, and they all distanced themselves from Qiao Yingying.

"That's terrifying! She acted so convincingly before, I almost believed her!"

"How vicious! What grudge does the Seventh Princess have against her that she would want to kill the Seventh Princess? A place like that garbage planet is a sure way to die!"

"You can never truly know a person's heart just by looking at their face. I almost let her use me as a pawn. How disgusting!!"

Qiao Mei noticed that the boy who had made a bet with her was trying to sneak away, so she reached out and grabbed his collar: "Don't rush off, leave your personal computer ID, and I'll wait to see you fulfill your promise to shout 'You're an idiot' three times at Imperial Star Square."

The young man had no idea that Qiao Mei still remembered him. His face turned pale as he left his personal computer ID and hurriedly left, as if a ghost was chasing him.

The truth came to light, and Qiao Mei ignored Qiao Yingying's struggles, asking Shu Qingqing to help restrain her. She also called her maid Yu Tong and explained the situation to the awakening registration staff of the Sacred Beast Hall, showing them the video and audio recordings from the quantum computer.

The registration staff frowned as they looked at the items and then asked Qiao Mei to take out the family stone.

The family stone remained colorless and transparent. The registration staff called over the person who distributed the family stones and examined them.

After the inspection, they shook their heads and said they had not found any family power in the family stone.

"So, Seventh Princess, according to interstellar law, you will still be sent to a junk planet in a day and a half!"