Linghu Lan suppressed the strange emotions in her heart and said to the king, "Your Majesty, if we want to find Snow White, we need to ask the Queen first. After all, the Queen is the greatest wizard in this country."
These words shocked everyone present.
"Is the Queen a sorceress?"
"That's nonsense! How could the Queen possibly be a sorceress!"
"Your Majesty, this person must be a madman to spout such nonsense!"
The people present started making noise.
The king looked at Linghu Lan with disbelief and said, "I don't know where you heard these rumors, but the Queen is definitely not a witch. I can guarantee that. You have slandered the Queen, and I should punish you, but considering that you brought news of Snow White, I will banish you from the palace and never allow you to enter the royal city again. Where are the guards? Throw this ignorant fellow out of the palace!"
Immediately, guards stepped forward to approach Linghu Lan.
Linghu Lan silently raised the magic wand in her hand!
Everyone was taken aback.
"She's the witch!"
"She must have taken Snow White away!"
"Yes, hand over Snow White now!"
Linghu Lan looked calmly into the king's eyes, and surprisingly, they seemed somewhat familiar.
A flash of lightning struck her mind, as if the truth was about to be revealed, but just a slight deviation caused it all to vanish.
Linghu Lan sighed silently, her agitated emotions calming down.
She solemnly said, "Your Majesty, wizards are not scary; it is blind stubbornness that is scary! If I were to take Snow White away, I would not walk into a trap."
"Ha! The sorceress's words are not to be trusted, Your Majesty. You must punish her. She is only after money!"
Linghu Lan calmly looked at the person who had spoken so arrogantly and said composedly, "If the wizard's words are not to be believed, then the courtier's words should be even less so. Your Majesty, there are seven dwarfs in the Dark Forest. They have a pair of fire boots. If a wizard wears the fire boots, he will be burned alive by the fire on the boots, but ordinary people will be harmless. As long as the Queen tries on the fire boots, we will know whether what I say is true. Your Majesty, do you dare to try?"
A silence fell over the hall as everyone looked at the Queen.
Queen's face flushed and paled in a daze, her gaze fixed on Linghu Lan, as if trying to discern a flower in her expression.
After a long pause, the Queen said haughtily, "I refuse! I will not accept this method; it would damage my reputation. There is nothing wrong with my actions, but if everyone were to fantasize about gaining benefits by slandering me, then the Queen's dignity would be repeatedly challenged. I believe there must be another way to find Snow White. As for you, poor witch, I don't care what your motives are for approaching the King and me, but I think you will not succeed. You have offended me, I…"
The queen stopped abruptly when she said "I". She wanted to say, "I will execute you!" But the words were on the tip of her tongue, and she suddenly couldn't say them. A strong sense of life and death made her shut her mouth.
She didn't understand what was going on, but she instinctively felt that it must be related to the annoying, unremarkable witch in front of her.
Seeing that the queen did not speak further, the king thought for a moment and said, "Indeed, it would be too unfair to the queen if everyone slandered her. However, I can send someone to the forest to find the seven dwarfs' fire boots for ordinary people to wear, to prove your words. Until then, you must stay in the palace and not go anywhere else!"
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