Earth‑Shaking Realization

Prince Asher Xiao wore an aggrieved look: "About the Hundred Blossoms Paradise, Leo Li and I knew nothing of the inside story! The only reason I brought Lana Bloom into the Celestial Palace was... well, Mother wouldn't let me take a concubine before marriage, so I came up with a scheme—sneaking her into the palace so we could meet up in secret!"

He pointed at Sean Shaw: "But Sean—who knows what he's up to—started making a fuss about Hundred Blossoms Paradise. He claimed Marcus Xuanchen locked up the Flower Fairies, forced them to sell their looks for profit, and then killed them all to cover it up."

"We didn't know if it was true or not, so we decided to arrest Marcus and interrogate him properly."

"But Sean probably realized that, no matter what happened in Hundred Blossoms Paradise, we truly knew nothing about it.

So he went all the way and staged a murder scene to frame us!

Now it looks like we ordered Marcus to do something shady!"

He pointed at Sean and demanded, "Sean, tell everyone! Was that your plan? Framing me is bad enough, but you even framed Mother—you're just despicable!"

His whole story, honestly, made himself look squeaky clean.

He just liked a girl, that's all, but the vicious Sean twisted it into a scandal.

And suddenly, the whole Hundred Blossoms Paradise thing seemed totally unimportant.

Anyway, the dead can't testify now.

Lucia Lu honestly never realized Third Prince Nathan Xiao was this smart.

Seriously, his thinking is airtight—one twist after another!

Of course, man plans, heaven laughs.

Bet he never expected I'd be able to track Marcus Xuanchen and actually record the evidence, huh?

Come to think of it, Lana He pretty much avenged herself.

Lucia Lu reached into her Life-pouch and whispered to Faustin, "Faustin, hand me that Clarity Charm from earlier."

Faustin always listens to her.

But this time, he hesitated: "Saint Maiden, are you really going to hand over the Clarity Charm now?"

"Strike while the iron's hot. If not now, when?" Lucia said.

"This isn't some small matter!" Faustin said worriedly. "If you hand it over, you—and even your whole Lu Clan—will be at odds with the Celestial Empress's faction!"

Lucia Lu glanced at her Divine Father in the crowd and clenched her fists.

"Father Emperor, I have one more thing to report," Prince Asher Xiao said, smiling at the corners of his mouth.

"What is it?" asked the Celestial Emperor.

"I suspect the Flower Fairies in Hundred Blossoms Paradise were killed by Sean Shaw!"

The moment he said that, all the gods were stunned.

The Celestial Emperor looked at him coolly. "Oh? And why is that?"

"Please, Father Emperor, look at these two Clarity Charms." He produced two more Clarity Charms and handed them to the Celestial Emperor.

The Celestial Emperor played the recordings and found the scenes oddly familiar.

"Is this... outside Hundred Blossoms Paradise?" the Celestial Emperor asked.

"Yes," Prince Asher Xiao replied. "This is when you led the Divine Commanders’ Training Camp officers to inspect Hundred Blossoms Paradise."

Behind a hidden thicket, Sean Shaw took out a scroll, opened it, and spoke to the painting: "Fish, take us back into Hundred Blossoms Paradise!"

Inside the painting, a Zao Fish swam lazily, answered with a yawn, and vanished with him.

The second Clarity Charm showed Sean Shaw coming out of the sanctuary.

After he emerged, Leo Li brought the Spell Stone, and then they went in together...

Both Clarity Charms were short recordings.

They only captured Sean Shaw entering and leaving Hundred Blossoms Paradise.

Lucia Lu’s heart shook violently.

That day, she’d gone in together with Sean Shaw.