Chapter 27 Twenty-Seven Cuts "Do you all sleep together?"...
After the library door closed, Guard Bao and Consort Neng looked at each other with serious expressions.
"I told you, I could have come alone. Now look what's happened!" Guard Bao said, exasperated. "I saw Consort Gao come here a few days ago. She seemed to have made some progress. I told her I'd come over tonight. By then, it would be too late if Consort Gao used the clues to move on to the next step and leave us behind."
"But Consort Neng, what are you doing???" Guard Bao questioned. "Why did you follow me after I left? Now look what's happened. No matter who among us is caught, even if we didn't touch Imperial Physician Ku, they will still suspect us."
"There's not a single one who can fight. Where did you get the courage to name your spirit network, huh?" Guard Bao and Consort Neng were obviously acquainted in reality, so she directly mocked Consort Neng's spirit network name.
Consort Neng pinched her brow helplessly. The main reason was that Guard Bao hadn't consulted with him beforehand, and she had suddenly left, so naturally he had to go looking for her.
Like Guard Bao, he began searching inside the library. They were both ordinary cultivators with little spirit stone accumulation, so they wouldn't waste their spirit stones on passing through the barriers. At worst, they could just try the Misty Star Sea again, and next time they probably wouldn't be so unlucky as to encounter a few strange opponents.
However, the two of them were clearly more familiar with the level design of the Misty Star Sea, so they were able to solve the difficult problems presented by the level restrictions in the shortest possible time.
Finally, they found six clues: [the purple earring and black mouse fur that fell on the book page], [the footprints on the windowsill], [the disguise pill hidden behind the bookshelf], [the half-eaten bun left behind by the bamboo], [the silver thread at the entrance of the library], and [the traces of a fight between the bookshelves].
Of course, Guard Bao and Consort Neng had a heated discussion about these clues.
"Are you stupid?" Guard Bao thought she needed oxygen. "You climbed in through the window and left footprints. Besides, didn't you tell me you were 1.88 meters tall? Judging from these footprints, you're only 1.85 meters tall!"
Consort Neng, having been exposed, immediately changed the subject: "That half-steamed bun was the one you ate while playing Dou Dizhu, wasn't it? You're a cultivator now, you should be practicing abstinence from grains, why do you still love eating steamed buns so much? You even named your spiritual network 'Loves Eating Steamed Buns,' are you afraid people won't recognize that this half-steamed bun is yours?"
"The disguise pill was yours too, wasn't it? Of all people to disguise yourself as, you had to turn into Consort Ya. God knows how scared I was to see Consort Ya here. I had no choice but to take action to prevent 'you' from calling the guards. I didn't expect you to hit me. Now look what happened, you've left traces near the bookshelf." Consort Neng began to list her crimes.
It's no wonder they ganged up on Lu Yaoyao when they were at the Imperial Hospital, because in their minds, "Lu Yaoyao" had indeed been there.
“This disguise pill is well hidden; they might not be able to find it.” Guard Bao began to think cautiously. “Besides, they probably haven’t been able to find all the clues, just like us. We should focus on other clues.”
"As for the disguise pills and the like, we can completely deny that. Let's focus our attention on other teams first. Look at these earrings; they even have silver threads. It's obvious that other teams are also involved." Guard Bao devised a plan. "The earrings should belong to Consort Mei, but why are there rat hairs on them? Does she keep rats?"
"In short, attack their team first, and the secondary target is Consort Ya, because I used a disguise pill to impersonate her before," Guard Bao said calmly.
After they finished their discussion, they came out of the library. Luo Mingshu and Xie Changming sat to one side, getting a little tired from waiting.
Luo Mingshu leaned to the side, rested her chin on her hand, and yawned: "You guys have been sneaking around inside for so long, were you discussing how to get out of this?"
Xie Changming sat beside her, his face calm and quiet, but he was the person everyone here feared the most.
At this time, many palace maids, guards, female officials, ministers and other officials from Yingtian Palace had gathered around them. Some who could not come to the scene were broadcast live by the female official through the palace network.
In short, everyone in the entire Yingtian Palace, except for the Emperor and Empress, had the right to vote and decide the fate of the six people.
This shows that this "harem" is indeed outrageous.
"Alright, Your Highnesses and Your Excellencies should have finished searching for evidence, right?" The pretty female official said gently to them. "Now, you can speak up and tell us what you did last night, or raise suspicions based on the evidence you found."
Before Luo Mingshu could speak, Shui Qingnian had already stood up. As a direct victim, she hated Xie Changming the most, and Luo Mingshu the second most.
"You—Consort Gao, and Consort Mei, what were you doing last night?" Shui Qingnian asked, pointing at the two of them.
Luo Mingshu and Xie Changming answered in unison, "They're sleeping."
After speaking, Luo Mingshu turned her head and looked at Xie Changming in shock. That damned anonymous cultivator had actually copied her answer.
"Are you both sleeping? Sleeping together?" Guard Bao sat up straight and questioned her directly, still remembering her plan to smear their affair.
"It's already night, are you going to be sneaking around doing bad things like me, instead of sleeping?" Luo Mingshu said innocently. "Everyone's sleeping, so we're all sleeping together. Guard Bao, why are your thoughts so filthy?"
Luo Mingshu's small mouth rattled off, displaying the charm of a vicious female supporting character, leaving the other side speechless.
Only after thinking for a moment did Shui Qingnian play her first card. She took out a luminous pearl stained with the fake Xie Changming's hair and questioned, "Is this hair Gao Fei's?"
Even at this point, Luo Mingshu couldn't resist mocking Lu Yaoyao. She raised her chin at Lu Yaoyao and teased, "Ya Fei, take a look. This is what normal male hair looks like."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yaoyao bit her lip and was about to cry again. She thought of the rat hair she had gone through so much trouble to obtain.
“But—Consort Gao is losing her hair! Didn’t she register to come to the library to read a few days ago?” Luo Mingshu still remembered the day the anonymous cultivator went to look for clues about poisoning the emperor. “Isn’t the whole Yingtian Palace aware of this?”
She reached out and tugged at Xie Changming's dark hair, preparing to pull out a strand to prove that he was experiencing hair loss: "His hair loss is an old problem that hasn't gotten better for many years. It's not surprising that he lost a strand of hair while reading in the library. It just so happens that you found it today."
Luo Mingshu's words were indeed correct, but she failed to pull Xie Changming's hair out. Xie Changming held her hand, pulled out a strand himself, placed it in her hand, and nodded expressionlessly, saying, "Yes, hair loss."
Although everyone knew he couldn't possibly be losing his hair, Luo Mingshu's excuse was still somewhat acceptable.
At this moment, Guard Bao immediately stood up and played his second key card, pressing aggressively, "You have your amethyst earrings in the library, Your Highness. You love beauty so much, you can't possibly drop your jewelry everywhere, can you?"
"Amethyst earrings?!" Luo Mingshu feigned surprise, her eyes widening. "What? You guys actually managed to find my lost earrings?"
She gently lifted the creature out of the cage, saying with a pained expression, "Look, this is my demon friend. He's still young and loves these precious little things. He likes to carry around with him, and like Gao Fei, he sheds fur—"
Luo Mingshu plucked a few more hairs from the fur that had already fallen off his back: "There must be rat hair on your amethyst earrings, right? Poor little guy, he doesn't even know when he'll go bald. If he really does go bald, it must be punishment for secretly taking my jewelry."
Of course, the female official standing to the side nodded in agreement, saying, "We just sent someone to check, and there are indeed rat hairs on the earrings."
Manman didn't understand what Luo Mingshu was saying at all; he just kept moving around in her palm and making a few "gurgling" noises.
This voice greatly angered Guard Bao, who slammed his fist on the table and said, "How dare your demon friend insult someone who's single?"
"That's what the Earth Moon Mole is called," Luo Mingshu said with a smile, patting Manman's head.
As soon as she finished speaking, Shui Qingnian, who had been silent all along, clenched her hands. Even if she didn't study history class seriously, she could still recognize that Luo Mingshu had taken out the Earth Moon Mole.
But—she looked up at the sky. It was afternoon, and the sun was shining brightly. Because of the deal with the Yinglong clan, the Earth Moon Mole couldn't touch the sunlight unless there was an Yinglong nearby.
When Luo Mingshu uttered the words "Earth Moon Mole," it was almost certain that Luo Mingshu had stolen the baby Earth Moon Mole that she had painstakingly borrowed from the Earth Moon Mole family. To this day, she still dared not tell the Earth Moon Mole family where the baby Earth Moon Mole had gone, only saying that the child wanted to stay with her for a few more days.
Shui Qingnian desperately wanted to snatch the Earth Moon Mole back right now, but she knew that Consort Gao, who was by Luo Mingshu's side, was quite powerful, and... why could the Earth Moon Mole survive in the sunlight? Was it related to this exploration scene called Yingtian Palace, which was decorated with Yinglong everywhere, or was it related to... Consort Mei?
She had thought a lot, but now she could do nothing. Even if the baby moon mole was in front of her, she dared not go and snatch it.
Shui Qingnian gritted her teeth, her blood rushing to her head, feeling immense pain. Finally, she stood up, holding her breath: "I saw with my own eyes you and Consort Gao come to my Imperial Hospital's library late at night. When Consort Gao saw me, fearing I would call the guards, she knocked me unconscious—"
"What's wrong, Lady? Even my testimony as a victim isn't considered evidence?" Shui Qingnian's mind became incredibly clear at this moment. She gritted her teeth and said, word by word.
At this moment, Luo Mingshu revealed her first move to refute Shui Qingnian's words. She was clear and logical, implying that Shui Qingnian might have misjudged her: "We found the jade bottle containing the disguise pill in the library. Please examine it, Lady, to see if this disguise pill has the effect of transforming into someone else's appearance."
Wait a minute… Luo Mingshu looked at Shui Qingnian with a hint of shock on her face.
Of course, others also noticed this situation, but didn't react in time.
At this moment, Xie Changming, who was sitting next to Luo Mingshu, spoke in a calm voice, his tone stern: "Imperial Physician, weren't you seriously injured? How did you manage to stand up?"
"Everyone in this palace has cultivation, so bumps and bruises are inevitable. If you hadn't been seriously injured, we wouldn't be making such a fuss here." Xie Changming's long eyelashes were half-furled, his tone languid. "Since you can stand up, why pretend to be seriously injured and waste the resources of Yingtian Palace to achieve your goal of framing others?"
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