Chapter 295 There is no murderer at all
"The content that the maid overheard seemed to include the word betrayal?"

Shen Cheng and Xin Xuan looked at each other with eyes full of resentment: "So I'm curious, what is the other half of the truth that you didn't tell me?"

Xin Xuan gritted her teeth and remained silent, unwilling to reveal the other half of the truth that she had hidden.

"You would rather die than say it."

Leng Li, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly said something earth-shattering: "Is it because the prophet exposed your identity and knew that you joined our Astrology Palace under someone's instructions, right?"

Xin Xuan's eyes widened, looking as if she had been struck by lightning.

Only she and the prophet were present in the conversation last night. Why did Leng Li know about this?
Everyone in the Astrology Palace was stunned, and then they all looked at Xin Xuan with disbelief.

I can’t believe that one of the most outstanding talents in the Astrology Palace was actually instructed to join the Astrology Palace.

Xin Xuan's reaction also verified the truthfulness of Leng Li's words.

"So the murderer must be Xin Xuan."

Luo Yue shouted as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw: "This vicious woman completely took advantage of me. She must have been exposed as a traitor by the prophet. After being punished by the prophet, she bore a grudge and secretly assassinated the prophet."

He looked at all the fortune tellers outside the door and said excitedly: "Xin Xuan stole the murder weapon that originally belonged to him from me, and then secretly killed the prophet and framed me. This is the truth."

The onlookers were overwhelmed by the ups and downs of the plot.

At first, Xin Xuan was the most suspicious, then the suspect became Luo Yue. Just when everyone thought the matter had been concluded, Xin Xuan, who had been cleared of suspicion, suddenly turned out to be an undercover traitor.

Luo Yue was still shouting, trying to clear himself of suspicion, while Xin Xuan stood there with a pale face, looking distraught.

Leng Li was completely fed up with this farce and ordered the soldiers standing outside to take action.

"Take them both away and put them in jail. No one is allowed to visit them without my order."

This time Shen Cheng did not stop them. Luo Yue was still shouting that he was innocent. Xin Xuan did not resist either. Including the maid and Gu Ru, all four of them were suppressed by the soldiers.

"Just do what you have to do."

Leng Li then shouted at the fortune tellers gathered outside the door: "Are you all free? If you have nothing to do, go and clean up."

The fortune tellers were all shocked and quickly said goodbye and left, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

When there was no one outside and only the maids still kneeling on the ground, Yan Qiuli poked her head out from behind Shen Cheng.

"Brother, what happened last night? I don't quite understand."

"Did you lose focus halfway through?"

"No."

Shen Cheng could only explain to Yan Qiuli from the beginning.

Xin Xuan and Luo Yue, this pair of talented couple, have been scheming against each other from the very beginning.

Luo Yue colluded with Gu Ru who was close to Xin Xuan, and after Xin Xuan discovered their conspiracy, she turned around and instigated Gu Ru to rebel again. She also got a weapon that could harm vampires from somewhere and sent it to Luo Yue through Gu Ru, preparing to frame him.

Luo Yue also hooked up with the maid beside the prophet, just in case.

Then last night, Xin Xuan visited the prophet alone, and according to her, they were discussing the matter of the next successor.

According to Leng Li, the prophet revealed that Xin Xuan was instructed to join the Astrology Palace, and punished her with a curse, making it impossible for her to lie about the matter.

The maid overheard Xin Xuan arguing with the prophet, so she told Luo Yue about it privately.

After listening to this, Luo Yue came up with an idea. Just then, he heard that Xin Xuan had killed Gu Ru, so he pretended to be Gu Ru and sent snacks that could make people fall into a deep sleep to the prophet through the maid.

Afterwards, Luo Yue came to the prophet's dormitory, but happened to see the prophet being killed, so he was so scared that he fled in a hurry.

The next day, Luo Yue was afraid that the weapons on the prophet's body would be discovered to be his, so he took the initiative and used the fact that he pretended to be Gu Ru to deliver snacks to slander Xin Xuan and pin the crime of killing the prophet on her.

The above are all Shen Cheng’s speculations, and there are still many things that cannot be explained.

For example, why did Xin Xuan let Gu Ru fake her death? Since the prophet knew that Xin Xuan was an undercover sent by an outsider, why didn't he arrest Xin Xuan on the spot, but instead cursed her and forced her to speak out herself?

And Luo Yue, why did he enter the prophet's bedroom in the middle of the night? He actually dared to feed the prophet with snacks spiked with ingredients. Wasn't he afraid of being discovered?

And who did the three missing maids do?
After listening to Shen Cheng's explanation, Yan Qiuli was still confused: "Who is the murderer?"

Ning Qing was also very confused and couldn't guess whether the murderer was Xin Xuan or Luo Yue?

Looking at the two people's puzzled eyes, Shen Cheng smiled slightly: "The murderer is neither Xin Xuan nor Luo Yue, or in other words, there is no murderer at all."

Ning Qing and Yan Qiuli were slightly stunned and had no idea what Shen Cheng meant by this.

Shen Cheng looked at Leng Li who was standing beside him: "Old lady, am I right?"

Leng Li smiled faintly: "What are you referring to?"

Seeing that Leng Li was still playing dumb, Shen Cheng could only reveal the answer: "The prophet was not assassinated at all, and he is not dead, right?"

He had some matters that he needed to discuss with the prophet face to face, so he was forced to expose her plan.

However, when he was speaking, he had blocked out all the sounds in the room to prevent them from being overheard by people outside.

"The Prophet is not dead?"

Ning Qing was shocked by Shen Cheng's words, and she subconsciously turned her head to look at the prophet's body on the bed.

She had been with the Prophet day and night for many years and knew him better than she knew herself. She had no idea that the body on the bed was fake.

Leng Li also showed surprise in his eyes: "Why do you think so?"

Shen Cheng had no way of saying it clearly, because the entire bedroom was clean and he could not see any resentment caused by the prophet's death.

He also asked the maid several times whether she had carried the prophet's body, and the answer was always no.

Resentment will gather in the sky in an open area and in the ceiling indoors, and will linger for a long time.

The prophet was assassinated last night. If she was really dead, her resentment would not disappear so quickly.

Shen Cheng could only think of two explanations - either this was not the crime scene, or the prophet was not dead at all.

He was more inclined to the latter because moving the body could not explain too many doubts.

Moreover, Xin Xuan and Luo Yue were already sufficiently suspicious, but Leng Li did not let Shen Cheng hypnotize them both. Instead, he directly suppressed them.

Unless Leng Li knows who the murderer is, or she knows that there is no murderer at all.

“I have a special intuition about death.”

Shen Cheng smiled at Leng Li: "So I feel that the prophet is not dead. Please forgive me if I am wrong."

Ning Qing didn't care about the hierarchy and asked Leng Li immediately, "Old Palace Master, is what the gentleman said true? Is the prophet really not dead?" Leng Li looked Shen Cheng up and down with a meaningful look, and suddenly praised, "Your intuition is really sharp, you are worthy of being the reincarnation of the Eternal Emperor."

Although she did not directly answer Ning Qing's question, she obviously acknowledged Shen Cheng's guess.

Moreover, she also knew the existence of the prophecy, no wonder she was so polite to Shen Cheng despite her usually cold temper.

"Come with me."

Leng Li turned and left the dormitory, and Shen Cheng followed with Yan Qiuli and the excited Ning Qing.

Leng Li sent away all the fortune tellers who followed her, and the four of them shuttled through the silent Astrology Palace.

At the beginning, you could see many soldiers patrolling and standing guard on the road, but soon even these soldiers disappeared and the entire Astrology Palace became silent.

Ning Qing recognized that this was the place where Leng Li lived in seclusion after retirement. Because she liked quietness, she drove away all the soldiers responsible for security.

If the prophet had not died, then hiding in this place would definitely be the safest, because no one dared to search where Leng Li lived, and no one dared to walk around here without her permission.

Leng Li led the three of them into the palace where she lived, where there was only an old servant serving them.

As soon as Leng Li entered the room, he asked the servant, "Has she gotten up yet?"

The servant bowed slightly and said, "I am up and eating."

"Okay, go ahead and do your thing."

Leng Li led the three people into the palace and came to a closed door.

There were three maids standing guard in front of the door. When Ning Qing saw them, she couldn't help but open her eyes wide, because these three maids were the three maids who disappeared last night.

I thought they were murdered, but it turns out they were hiding here.

Seeing Ning Qing appear, the three maids were surprised and kneeled down subconsciously.

Leng Li raised his finger at them, made a gesture to silence them, then took a step forward, pushed the door open without knocking, and walked in.

With a clang, the two doors were pushed open.

Shen Cheng and the other two looked inside and saw a bed. A young woman in pajamas was sitting cross-legged on the bed, enjoying a meal.

She was holding a pig's trotter in her hand and was eating so much that her mouth was full of oil and even her hands were covered with grease.

Shen Cheng and Yan Qiuli, who had seen the body before, recognized it as the prophet Ji Chan at a glance.

However, the real Ji Chan was very different from the image the two had imagined.

As the only prophet of the Eternal Empire and the most powerful fortune teller in the world, shouldn't he be elegant, dignified, and mysterious?
How can you eat in bed like a fat otaku?
After seeing the living Ji Chan, Ning Qing couldn't help but show surprise on his face.

But she subconsciously shouted out: "Prophet, didn't I tell you not to eat in bed?"

Ji Chan was startled, her hands shook, and the half-eaten pig's trotter fell onto the bed with a plop.

She didn't bother to pick it up, and quickly looked up at the door, with a look of astonishment on her pretty face: "Ning Qing, why are you here?"

"I was just wondering, why are you still alive?"

Ning Qing strode into the house, grabbed Ji Chan's shoulders with both hands, and shook him vigorously: "Haven't you been assassinated? Why are you still eating pig's trotters here?!"

"Uh, this...let me explain this..."

Ji Chan looked away guiltily and cast a pleading look towards Leng Li who was standing at the door.

Leng Li snorted and ignored her.

Shen Cheng and Yan Qiuli were both deeply surprised, because Ji Chan's personality was completely beyond their expectations. She was actually at a loss because of the accusations of her maid.

How did such a soft character manage to rule the entire astrological house?

No wonder Xin Xuan and Luo Yue dared to do so many tricks in private. It seems that her deterrent power as a prophet is not as great as imagined.

Ning Qing, who felt cheated and angry, suddenly frowned, hugged Ji Chan, and his shoulders began to twitch slowly.

"You...don't cry..."

Ji Chan's originally awkward expression softened, and she looked at Ning Qing, who was lying on her and crying, with gentle eyes.

However, her hands were covered in grease and she did not dare to touch Ning Qing's clothes and hair, so she could only raise them high as if she was giving a French military salute, which looked very funny.

Ning Qing didn't cry for too long and soon calmed down. She also helped Ji Chan clean up the fallen pig's trotter and her grease-stained hands.

Ji Chan sat obediently on the bed like a child, allowing Ning Qing to help her clean the grease off her mouth.

Her lively eyes first swept over Shen Cheng and Yan Qiuli, and finally looked at Leng Li with resentment - as if to say, you traitor, why did you betray me?
Leng Li saw that Ji Chan wanted to pass on the blame, so he shrugged and said, "It's none of my business. They figured out on their own that you, the big pig's hoof, are not dead."

"Can't you?"

Ji Chan was extremely confident in her disguise; she believed that no one would be able to tell that she was faking her death.

Leng Li had no interest in talking nonsense with her: "Just chat among yourselves, don't rely on me."

Ji Chan had no choice but to look at Shen Cheng and laughed awkwardly: "Um, how about you guys wait for me for a while, then I'll take a shower and change clothes first?"

Shen Cheng smiled and nodded.

Now that I've seen her in person, there's no need to worry about her playing any tricks.

About half an hour later, Shen Cheng and Yan Qiuli saw a refreshed Ji Chan in the reception room.

Ji Chan changed into a set of gorgeous clothes, looking dignified and majestic, full of the aura of a superior.

However, Shen Cheng and Yan Qiuli had just seen Ji Chan's true face, so they would not be intimidated by her at all. They even thought that her pretending to be majestic was a little funny.

"You can laugh if you want to, that's just my personality."

Under the narrow gazes of Shen Cheng and Yan Qiuli, Ji Chan soon could no longer pretend. Her straight shoulders and back relaxed, giving off a sense of self-abandonment.

"prophet!"

Ning Qing reminded from the side: "Please pay attention to your manners."

Ji Chan waved his hand and said indifferently: "We are all family, there is no need to be so formal."

Ning Qing frowned and said, "It's not about being polite, it's a matter of courtesy. After all, you are the master of a palace..."

"Hey, I just finally got rid of the burden, please don't bother me anymore."

Ji Chan retorted in dissatisfaction. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and quickly raised her hand to point at Shen Cheng who was sitting opposite her: "Wait a minute, you should be his maid now, why do you care about me?"

(End of this chapter)