Chapter 36: My Princess

Because of Princess Ruan's cover, the court lady easily passed the first round of inquiries.

Next is Prince Yin's confession, "This prince has been drinking with several courtiers yesterday. According to the laws of the Chen Kingdom, unmarried couples are not allowed to meet each other the night before the big wedding."

Concubine Yun's reason was, "I did go to pay my respects to the Princess of the Western Realm at the hour of Wu. I thought that everyone would be a family in the future and should live in harmony, but I only stayed in for a short time before coming out. When I left, the princess of the Western Realm sent me off in person, and there are palace officials to testify."

Grand Fu Huo's absence has also a very good reason, "As a welcoming official, I only met the princess of the Western Realm once during the hour of Wei*, and read to her the etiquette of our Chen Kingdom. At the hour of Wu, all foreign ministers needed to leave the palace. The guard at the gate can give a statement to testify."

*1-3 pm

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In the end, the only thing left was Princess Ruan's testimony. She had no script at all, and of course, she could only make it up now, but if the words she made up were inconsistent with the facts found out later, she would be directly labeled as a murderer.

Since this is the case, she can't say too much in detail, and she can't have witnesses. Without any information, the more she says things, the more likely she'll commit mistakes.

Princess Ruan didn't think for a long time and said: "Yesterday, the palace was preparing for the wedding, and it was very lively. I was idle and bored, so I walked around, and when I got tired, I went back to the palace. I can't remember the exact time."

Princess Ruan's words were vague, and were easily caught by Concubine Yun, "In other words, among all the people present, only Princess Ruan has no perfect alibi?"

This is indeed the case. At this time, Advisor Wen interjected: "According to my years of investigation experience, the real murderer often has a perfect alibi in the first round, because they are good at disguising. The more innocent people are, the less they know to prepare an alibi in advance because they don't know what will happen afterward."

Teacher Wen's words were approved by several other people present. After all, with Princess Ruan's dumbfounded appearance, she really doesn't look like a murderer. Concubine Yun didn't really doubt her very much just now, she just needs to actively participate in the performance.

After all, this is only the first round.

When everyone finished the first round of alibi explanations, a child in a white robe and holding a star wand appeared in front of everyone. People couldn't help feeling: How could there be such a fashionable dress in ancient times?

The white-robed child twirled the star wand in his hand, "Everyone, I am the time-space transmission officer of this world. I learned that you are looking for the murderer who killed the princess of the Western Realm, so I came here to help.

"This teleporter has glimpsed some fragments of the past and learned that the princess of the Western Realm had the habit of writing a diary during her lifetime, and she likes to scatter the written diary and hide it in various places of daily activities.

"Now this teleportation officer will send you to the Western Palace. As long as you find the 7-page diary hidden by the princess within the specified time, you can get some clues, and some of these clues are closely related to the identity of the murderer."

"The person who finds the most diary entries will get an exclusive privilege in the following episodes.

"Some of the members will receive hidden tasks, and members who complete the hidden tasks can choose to hide clues about themselves.

"Now, please put on your blindfolds and go to the Western Palace with this teleporter."

The transmission officer said and handed the blindfolds to everyone.  Advisor Wen took the blindfold and did not put it on in a hurry, but asked instead: "You just said that you can get clues to the murderer if you collect all 7 pages of the diary, so the real murderer can just find one of the diaries and destroy it?  "

The teleportation officer calmly explained: "In our Teleportation Space-Time Bureau, there are many 'eyes of the sky', monitoring everyone's every move, and if anyone is found to be sabotaging the diary, the entire venue will be notified.

"The only way for a real murderer to effectively hide his identity information is to complete the concealment mission.

"But it's not only the murderer who needs to complete the hidden task, because the staged clues will put innocent people in a situation of suspicion, and even good people may take the blame for the murderer.

Therefore, while looking for the diary, everyone needs to actively complete their respective hidden missions."

After receiving the explanation, everyone put on blindfolds one after another, took the hands of their left and right companions, and was led by the teleporter to the Western Realm Palace.

It's only about two minutes away.

When everyone took off the blindfolds according to the transmission officer's instructions, they saw darkness around them.

The immature child's voice sounded again.

"Now is an ugly time of the Western Realm Palace, all the palaces and halls have already extinguished the candles.

"In some corners of this palace, there are some scattered unused candles. If you can find them, you can use them yourself.

"Next, please hurry up and look for the diary. My power of time and space can only last for half an hour."

Six guests: ...

All lights were turned off from the Chen Palace to the Western Palace. The program team really made a good plan.

The transmission officer left after saying this. He was wearing night vision goggles, so he walked quickly.

"What should we do now?" The court lady who is not used to the dark unconsciously squinted her eyes.

"He said that we should find all 7 pages of the diary within half an hour. To improve efficiency, I suggest that we act in groups." Advisor Wen said from the side.

"Okay, let's divide them according to the original grouping." Prince Yin echoed from the side.

Others have no objection to this suggestion.

Ruan Jinghong let go of Jin Ziyi's left hand, while Wen Jin still held her right hand.

"Teacher Wen, where are we going to look for the diary now? "The darkness and unknown made Ruan Jinghong subconsciously rely on the most familiar person around her. At this moment, she couldn't see things and subconsciously felt that no one else could see her movements clearly around her.

Since no one could see her, there was no need to avoid suspicion, so Wen Jin held her hand for a long time, and she didn't feel anything wrong. After all, the surrounding area is pitch black, if the two of them don't hold hands tighter, it's too easy to get separated.

There is actually a reason for Wen Jin to be the last person to enter.

The script given by the program team to everyone has a map of the venue of the event on the last page. Others thought that it was a collective action and they were guided by the DM, so they didn't look at the map too carefully.

As for Ruan Jinghong, the only guest among the six who got the amnesia script, she never turned to the last page and found that there was a map.

Only Wen Jin kept the map on the last page in her heart. She is used to doing the best preparation no matter what she does.

"This is the closest to the Imperial Garden, let's go there first. Take my hand and don't get lost, my princess."

Wen Jin didn't forget the role she was playing at the moment. She held Ruan Jinghong tightly with one hand, interlocking her fingers, and slowly shook the feather fan with the other hand.

My princess.

Ruan Jinghong's ears turned red when she heard the words, and her heart was beating wildly as if she had been hit by a deer.

Teacher Wen is really...too into the drama.

Wen Jin held Ruan Jinghong's hand and walked steadily, no different from during the day.

Ruan Jinghong felt the warmth of her palm and felt a sense of security inexplicably.

The program team made the scene very real. When the two entered the imperial garden, there was still the smell of fresh soil in their nostrils.

Ruan Jinghong felt that Wen Jin's skillful zigzagging all the way forward seemed to avoid many obstacles, making the way forward for both of them unimpeded, so she couldn't help but be curious.

"Teacher Wen, can you see things at night?"

"Yeah." Wen Jin nodded, her voice was like a clear spring, "I have had night vision since I was a child, and seeing things at night is not much different from seeing things during the day."

"Wow, what a powerful supernatural power." Ruan Jinghong sighed sincerely.

Wen Jin smiled where Ruan Jinghong couldn't see, "Sometimes having abilities that ordinary people don't have may not be a good thing, and what you can see may not necessarily be what you want to see."

Ruan Jinghong: ...

Unexpectedly, such a powerful teacher Wen would have these troubles. Ruan Jinghong frowned delicately, thinking about how to comfort Wen Jin, but heard the other party's voice change.

"However, I now find that it's good to have this special ability. It allows me to see some...interesting things."

For example...a certain little thing secretly making several faces in the dark. Although these can also be seen after the show's broadcast, it is more interesting to observe closely on the spot.

Ruan Jinghong: Hey, don't I need to comfort you?

Ruan Jinghong looked at Wen Jin's vague figure with admiration and emotion on her face: Teacher Wen is really a strong and optimistic person!

Relying on the cover of darkness, she didn't hide any expressions on her face, but she didn't know that the grimaces, confusion, and admiration that were comparable to face-changing faces in Sichuan opera were all caught in the surrounding cameras and Wen Jin beside her.

"There seems to be something under the rock over there. Let's go and have a look."

Wen Jin led Ruan Jinghong to a man-made stone well, only to see a corner of paper protruding from under the big stone.

She temporarily released Ruan Jinghong's hand and wanted to move the stone away to see what was happening, but suddenly saw a female ghost with white clothes, long hair, and a long tongue hanging from the bottom of the well, howling and trembling wildly.

Wen Jin saw at a glance that the person playing the ghost was the assistant director's assistant Xiao Ming, and sneered: Hoh, the program team just needed to add some horror elements.

Compared to Wen Jin's calmness, Ruan Jinghong, who was suddenly startled by the female ghost, was no longer feeling well.

She was standing closest to the well. In the darkness, a long-tongued ghost with disheveled hair rushed towards her, and the howls of ghosts and wolves rang in her ears. The impact was no less than watching a horror movie in a 3D reverberation theater.

Of course, this is just a metaphor. After all, a coward like Ruan Jinghong would not even dare to turn on the light to watch a horror movie in broad daylight, let alone go to a 3D reverberation theater to watch a horror movie.

The female ghost howled hard, but Ruan Jinghong howled louder than the female ghost.

"Help! Waah~~~~~~"She threw herself into Wen Jin's arms, who was closest to her. Her hoarse voice, even with a crying voice, startled the female ghost in the well.

Wen Jin embraced the little thing who took the initiative to throw herself into her arms with one hand and tapped the female ghost's shoulder with a feather fan in the other hand, silently saying two words: Go down.

Wearing night vision goggles, Xiao Ming pretending to be a female ghost:...

Of these two people, one is not afraid of ghosts and the other scares ghosts to death. It was the first time in her life that she met her Waterloo in her career of pretending to be a ghost.

Looking at Wen Jin's condensed gaze, she didn't dare to be brave, and shrank back into the well with a cry of "woo woo".

Wen Jin watched as the female ghost obediently retracted into the well, pinned the feather fan to her waist, and stroked Ruan Jinghong's neck with one hand, allowing her to get closer to her.

"The ghost is still behind, hold me tight, she won't dare to do anything to you." Wen Jin lowered her head, breathing in Ruan Jinghong's ear.

Ruan Jinghong, who was scared by the ghost and had lost all her souls, couldn't care about anything else. Even if Wen Jin didn't speak, she will still hold her tightly enough.

Wen Jin caressed the back of Ruan Jinghong's neck through the cover of her hair, freely.

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