"Your own family member failed to awaken and you're blaming the Eighth Princess? Why don't you just accept your fate of being exiled to a garbage planet? Why do you have to cause trouble? Do you think everyone is as stupid as you?"
"Are you out of your mind? She's the seventh princess of the royal family! Be careful she doesn't complain to Consort Xu!"
"Oh dear, I'm so scared. I wonder if the royal family will still stand up for her, since she's a useless piece of trash about to die on a garbage planet?"
Not far from the Temple of the Sacred Beasts, a group of eighteen-year-old boys and girls surrounded a girl kneeling on the ground, their eyes filled with disgust and contempt as they looked at her.
The girl had long, naturally curly black hair that reached her waist, and delicate features. Beneath her thick, raven-feather-like eyelashes were a pair of striking ruby-red eyes, but at this moment, they were filled with confusion and bewilderment, as if she didn't quite understand why she was facing this situation.
Just as Qiao Mei was wondering what was going on, a docile-looking girl with gray eyes, wearing a beige dress, stepped forward and spoke up for her.
"You're not allowed to say that. Seventh Sister is just too upset and can't accept the failure of her awakening, that's why she's like this. You've gone too far. How could you push her like that? Seventh Sister, let me help you up."
After hearing this, Qiao Mei avoided the gray-eyed girl's outstretched hand and struggled to her feet with one hand on the ground.
She glanced at the scrapes on her hands, then at the palace roof decorated with five sacred beast statues not far away, met the gray eyes in front of her, and tentatively called out, "Qiao Yingying?"
Qiao Yingying didn't understand Qiao Mei's meaning and stepped forward to pull her arm, saying, "Seventh Sister, don't take what they said to heart. I know you didn't mean it..."
Upon receiving Qiao Yingying's reply, Qiao Mei once again avoided her hand. Looking at Qiao Yingying's reddened eyes, she was basically certain that she had transmigrated into a book, becoming the cannon fodder seventh princess in "The Interstellar Marshal's Little Darling Wife," who didn't even survive three chapters.
And now, it should be the plot where she successfully awakens, but is framed by the female lead Qiao Yingying as having failed to awaken, and is about to be exiled to a garbage planet full of radiation to wait for death.
In her memory, there were witnesses when she successfully awakened, but the original owner was too crazy and even made a move on Qiao Yingying, leaving her no chance to defend herself before being taken away to a garbage planet.
Having grasped the general situation, the confusion in Qiao Mei's red eyes was replaced by composure, and upon closer inspection, there was also a hint of joy and excitement hidden within.
Under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, she sent the good news via her personal terminal, glanced around at them, and said, "Since no one is willing to believe it, then let my witnesses come and testify."
Sitting idly by and waiting to die is not in her nature. She had finally entered this world in the book and hadn't even seen him again yet. How could she willingly die?
The people around her, however, thought Qiao Mei was making a last-ditch effort and mocked her:
"Oh, so you have witnesses? Well then, bring them here!"
"Seriously, if your farts were true, I'd just shout 'I'm an idiot!' three times right there in Imperial Star Square!"
Imperial Star Plaza is crowded with people and is a great place to socialize. Qiao Mei narrowed her jewel-red eyes and nodded: "Okay, I've already recorded it with my personal computer. Remember to keep your promise!"
Seeing her confident demeanor, the person who said those words suddenly panicked, but only for a moment.
After all, the criterion for judging a successful awakening is whether the Familia Stone has the color of the corresponding Sacred Beast Familia power. According to Qiao Mei, she awakened the fire Familia of the Sacred Beast Vermilion Bird, and the Familia Stone turned red. But later, the Familia Stone turned colorless after passing through Qiao Yingying's hands. How is that possible?
Before long, the person Qiao Mei had called arrived; it was a sixteen-year-old girl with freckles on her face.
"Seventh Princess, may I ask why you summoned me here?"
Someone recognized her and whispered among themselves: "I know her. She's Yu Tong, who has been Qiao Mei's personal maid for six years. She's Qiao Mei's woman. Could she be helping her give false testimony?"
"It's hard to say. I heard that she was almost raped by a bully from Orchid Star back then, and it was Qiao Mei who helped her drive the bully away. She's very kind to her!"
Qiao Mei explained the general situation and then looked at Yu Tong, asking, "You also saw my familiar stone turn red and receive a response from the Vermilion Bird, right?"
Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze fell upon Yu Tong, only to be surprised to see her shake her head and move closer to Qiao Yingying: "Seventh Princess, this servant does not understand why you are framing the Eighth Princess. This servant saw clearly that the Companion Stone in your hand was colorless from beginning to end!"
Upon hearing Yu Tong's words, a look of surprise flashed in Qiao Mei's red eyes, and the person who had made the bet earlier chuckled:
"Hilarious! Qiao Mei, now we have all the witnesses. I think we should just send you to a garbage planet instead of waiting until the awakening ceremony is completely over the day after tomorrow, so you don't have to stay here and disgust people anymore!"
Seeing Qiao Mei's surprised expression, Qiao Yingying secretly raised the corners of her mouth before letting it fall: "I won't allow you to talk about Seventh Sister like that. Seventh Sister only made a mistake because she was confused for a moment. I believe she still has good intentions. You..."
Seeing Qiao Yingying's hypocritical act of seemingly speaking up for her but actually subtly belittling her, Qiao Mei's red eyes flashed with impatience, and she coldly interrupted her: "Alright, stop acting. You're not disgusted, but I am!"
After saying that, she looked past the crowd around her who were still trying to speak up for Qiao Yingying, waved to the opposite side, and interrupted them, saying, "Besides, I didn't say that I only found one witness, did I?"
Everyone followed Qiao Mei's gaze and saw a short-haired girl with a sour face, wearing a leather jacket and black skirt, and with a lollipop in her mouth, walking over and stopping in front of Qiao Mei.
"Why did you get yourself into such a mess?" The girl frowned, picked the grass clippings off Qiao Mei's waist-length curly hair, then took the lollipop out of her mouth and looked into Qiao Mei's red eyes to ask, "Is there anything I can help you with?"
Qiao Mei glanced at Qiao Yingying, whose face had turned pale for a moment, and after a hint of mockery in her eyes, she took out Qiao Yingying's colorless amulet stone and explained the general situation.
"How is this possible? I was also looking for the sacred beast Vermilion Bird. You were not far away at the time, and I clearly saw that there was a red light in your familiar stone. Wasn't your maid also there?!" The girl in the leather coat looked at Qiao Mei's maid in surprise, but found that she was avoiding her gaze guiltily.
Fearing a reversal, the boy who made the bet interrupted provocatively, saying, "Anyone can talk the talk, walk the walk! Do you have any proof? You're just starting to go along with Qiao Mei's rhetoric?!"
Seeing how arrogant this person was, the girl in the leather jacket bit into the lollipop in her mouth, activated her personal computer bracelet, and snorted coldly: "You want evidence, huh? Then open your dog eyes and see clearly. My friend, Shu Qingqing's friend, would never lie!"
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