The princess was ordained by Heaven.

Chapter 238 The Prophecy of the Sky Reappears

Zheng Xun smiled enigmatically: "Xia Qian, is there something you're wondering about?"

"I'm here to test the princess's abilities on behalf of everyone."

"Since there's nothing you want to ask, I'll just say a few words."

"Alright, alright." Xia Qian smiled and stroked his beard. The way he looked at Zheng Xun was not like he was looking at a princess, but rather like he was looking at his own granddaughter.

“Xia Qian, you believe you have a clear conscience…” Zheng Xun sighed softly, “but according to my calculations, your life has not been entirely innocent either.”

Xia Qian showed no remorse whatsoever: "In this life, how many people can truly be considered completely innocent and blameless?"

"No, what I mean is, it's not that you haven't made mistakes, but that you're stubborn and don't feel that there's anything wrong with what you've done, so you feel no guilt."

“Throughout my life, I have built bridges and roads, helped the poor and needy, and during times of severe drought and flood, I have given away all my wealth to those in distress. I have no regrets whatsoever.”

“Your actions in public are indeed impeccable. In order to do good, you have taken in many homeless children in your mansion. Most of these children are good, but there are just one or two bad ones who, out of jealousy, pushed your son off the artificial hill, causing him to break both his legs.”

“Your child cried to you, but you never believed him. So, when he grew up, he took his mother and lived apart from you. Do you accept that?”

Xia Qian said expressionlessly, "I really didn't teach him well. That unfilial son not only slanders others, but he also refuses to acknowledge his own father!"

Zheng Xun felt that he was being somewhat unreasonable in this matter.

She repeated, "Xia Qian, your son didn't lie. He was indeed pushed down by someone."

“The children I adopted are all good children, they would never lie. I know my son myself, he has always been jealous and competitive, he is a boy but he is narrow-minded.”

Zheng Xun understood; this was another stubborn person who, once convinced of something, would rather die than admit the truth.

She took the green banner from Lü Mengying and whispered a few words in her ear.

After listening, Lü Meng's gaze fell in a certain direction.

Then, she leaped up and pulled someone up from the crowd.

Xia Qian frowned slightly when he saw the middle-aged man being pulled up: "Du Yang, what are you doing here?"

"Godfather, I...I just came to join in the fun."

He lowered his head, looking embarrassed.

Zheng Xun looked at him: "Du Yang, today is the day your inner knot is untied."

Du Yang's emotions were as tangled and complicated as the roots of an old tree.

Zheng Xun didn't disturb him. Xia Qian wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lü Mengying's cold look.

A moment later, Du Yang suddenly kowtowed to Xia Qian: "Godfather! It's my fault. Brother Xia was indeed pushed down by others! I was not far away at the time and witnessed everything, but they threatened me that if I told anyone, they would definitely not let me off!"

"Because of fear, I have never told the truth. I am a coward, please punish me, Godfather!"

Zheng Xun looked at Xia Qian: "Do you know why Du Yang is so afraid? It's because your two good kids have bullied people more than once or twice, and they're ruthless in their methods, which has scared the others to death."

Xia Qian's brows furrowed, and the veins on his hand gripping his cane bulged: "So, I've been kept in the dark all along..."

"Xia Qian, you have done good deeds and helped many people throughout your life, but after you gave away all your wealth, it was your wife who made do with sewing and mending to make ends meet, and it was your young children who supported the last two shops in the family."

"You've been itching to help many children, but it's your wife who worries about them. It's also your wife who teaches them how to be good people. She has devoted countless efforts to your kindness, but she has never had a name. Everyone only remembers you, the great philanthropist Xia. Do your clients still remember your wife's dowry that was all spent?"

Xia Qian sat in his seat looking dazed, while Du Yang kept his head down and didn't get up.

Zheng Xun found it quite ridiculous that Xia Qian had no trust in his own child whatsoever, and only realized the truth in the end because of another adopted son.

After the matter was over, Wu Zongyu quickly ordered someone to invite them away.

Someone's eyes lit up, and they jumped onto the stage: "Princess, I have a pair of family heirloom jade bracelets..."

"Your son took it and gambled it away."

Immediately, some people were inspired. They went on stage and didn't say much, only asking questions they cared about. Once they got the answers, they left the stage, not giving Zheng Xun a chance to say anything more. There was even an official who came up to ask him who the murderer in a certain case was.

Zheng Xun accepted all their questions and spent half an hour resolving them.

But when the time came, she would rest on time.

She sat down and took a sip of water. Her superpowers had been depleted over time, but she hadn't yet achieved her goal for today.

Well, that's pretty much proven it, isn't it? I must say, pulling off such a large-scale operation today must have been quite exhausting.

Lu Mengying glanced at Zheng Xun with concern.

Zheng Xun didn't notice her gaze. She took another sip of water, and with a slight flick of her finger, she opened the sky screen.

The moment the backdrop appeared, the audience reacted in all sorts of ways.

Some kowtowed on the spot, some screamed and ran away, some stood frozen in shock...

The noise was so loud it could rip your eardrums off.

Zheng Xun had no choice but to pretend he didn't see these anomalies.

There were so many people this time that it was really exhausting to make them see the light screen.

What she had to do next was even more difficult.

She pretended to gaze at the sky, while her mental energy probed into the system, stirring its energy.

The next moment, scenes appeared in the sky.

The sky darkened, and the earth shook.

The sounds of things collapsing were incessant, accompanied by screams and cries of agony.

Then, the surging seawater swallowed house after house...

Wu Zongyu's face gradually turned pale: "That was... an earthquake!"

Pang Yunyi exclaimed, "Amazing!"

Che Zhong'an gritted his teeth, his eyes wide with fury as he stared at the horrific scene unfolding in the sky.

The canopy didn't last long, only a few breaths in total.

No one noticed the blurriness of the sky, nor did anyone realize that there were no specific people or scenes within it.

Zheng Xun had no time to care about other people's reactions. Her vision was blurring in waves, but she still had to make excuses for her strange behavior.

[I had hoped to use the celestial canopy to glimpse a chance to save Tingzhou, but now it seems that's still a stretch.]

[Besides, the constant calculations are too mentally taxing, and I'm finding it a bit too much to handle...]

Zheng Xun tasted a metallic sweetness in his mouth.

Everything went black before her eyes, and her body floated down.

Before losing consciousness, she felt Lü Mengying catch her hand and hear her anxious calls.

"Princess!"

"The princess has fainted!"

That should be enough, right?

She really did her best.

Wu Zongyu snapped out of his daze: "Quickly, have people evacuate the people, be careful someone might fall in the crowd!"

Che Zhong'an and Pang Yunyi exchanged a glance: "It's time for us to fulfill our duties."