Linghu Lan laughed. "How do you know the new queen is the most beautiful woman in the world? What if she isn't?"
“I disagree!” The guard suddenly became very serious. “I can guarantee that the most beautiful woman in the entire kingdom will undoubtedly be the new queen. This is a fact acknowledged by all the subjects.”
"I see! So, as a stepmother, was she good to Snow White?"
"Of course, she is a beautiful woman with a kind heart. She cares about Snow White's daily life, hired the kingdom's best teachers for her to learn the noblest court etiquette, and as a stepmother, she treats Snow White like her own daughter. That's why the king and we don't believe you. How could a witch be so kind?"
"..."
The air suddenly became quiet.
Linghu Lan remained silent: Do you think I'm dead?
The captain of the guard coughed lightly. "Uh! I wasn't talking about you."
"It's alright if it were me; I only recently became a witch!" Linghu Lan continued to steer the conversation back to the topic. "Does the Queen usually pay a lot of attention to her beauty?"
"Of course, I have never seen her lose her composure. Her voice is as beautiful as her appearance. I heard that the king was captivated by the queen's voice. In fact, she is a perfect woman and deserves the title of the most beautiful woman in the world."
Was Snow White beautiful?
"You haven't seen Snow White? Ah! That's a real shame. You should see her. She looks almost exactly like the original queen, even more beautiful. Her hair is blacker than the most beautiful night, as if adorned with starlight. Her lips are as red as roses without any makeup. Her skin is whiter than porcelain. Her body is so light that she could dance in the wind at any moment. I can't even describe one ten-thousandth of her beauty."
Linghu Lan smiled slightly: "So, who is more beautiful, Snow White or the Queen?"
"Uh??..." The guard was speechless.
"I've heard that beautiful women often disappear in your kingdom. As the captain of the guard, have you ever thought about why?"
"You mean the disappearance of those women is related to the Queen?" The captain of the guard felt he had discovered a major secret.
"What do you think, Hunter?"
The hunter, now a parrot, trembled and said in a trembling voice, "The Queen... the Queen threw them into the forest. She will not allow anyone in this world to be more beautiful than her."
The captain of the guard felt like he was suffocating. The real executioner was right beside him, and his mouth was dry.
"If that's the case, then Snow White disappeared because she was more beautiful than the Queen?"
"The Queen has a pair of sunglasses, a mirror that never lies. Every day, the Queen asks it, 'Who is the fairest of them all?' Once you've captured the Queen and found the mirror, I think you can ask it too: 'Who really wanted to kill Snow White?'"
The captain of the guards was dumbfounded. "I can hardly believe my ears. So many cases have been solved just like that. I need to sort out my thoughts. But damned hunter, you will definitely be punished. I wonder who will make soup out of you."
The hunter's feathers stood on end. Damn it, it's all that witch's fault; he's a parrot now.
Just then, they arrived at the Seven Dwarfs' little wooden house.
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