"So, Your Majesty the Queen, what should we do about Princess Ava and Princess Bella?"
Lia's words gradually cooled the smile on Queen Ylaya's face.
"Did Ava deceive me back then, Lia?"
Lia said nothing.
Queen Ylaya shook her head, "If that's truly the case, I can hardly believe that a little girl of just seven or eight could harbor such malicious intent."
Lia couldn't believe it either. At that age, children are usually naive, curious about everything in the world, not knowing how to manipulate to gain the Queen's attention and care.
"I don't understand why the gold and jade bracelets I gave to Phoneix ended up in her hands... It's terrifying... She lied that Phoneix had been cremated. So young..."
Queen Ylaya closed her eyes deeply, her voice quivering.
If she hadn't trusted in a child's innocence so much, if she had insisted on investigating back then, maybe her Phoneix would have returned to her side much earlier.
To be deceived by a child for most of her life.
