After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

"I don't know what kind of true love this is, that would allow him to maintain a relationship with you while also marrying me." Ye Sanqing made no attempt to hide his hostility.

"Does such a person deserve to inherit his father's estate?" Mu Zhihong raised a reasonable question.

"It's fine as long as the name is mentioned in the will," Sheng Hanyu said matter-of-factly.

"You just said that if an heir dies, the will will be recalculated, right?" Yin Xiangming suddenly abandoned the taciturn artist image he had cultivated, leaned back in his chair indifferently, and said.

“That’s right.” Sheng Hanyu nodded.

Everyone looked at him with varying expressions.

Clearly, he had no intention of explaining.

"You're not pretending anymore, are you? It would have been better if you had done this sooner." Ye Sanqing said to Yin Xiangming with a hidden meaning, "An artist from a poor background? Grateful for the patronage of a wealthy man and thus offering himself in return? And then true love blossomed? Don't make up stories like this anymore."

Yin Xiangming responded with a cold laugh and remained silent.

Let me break it down: this lover is ostensibly a painter, but his paintings aren't actually that great. Charging him is just a way to conceal their secret affair.

[In this era, two million is a huge sum of money! Clearly, human greed is insatiable.]

[Since Pei just said he could also pay, doesn't that prove his ex-wife's brother wasn't short of money anyway, making his motive less strong?]

[This is so complicated. What role is Ye Sanqing playing? Why does it feel like she knows everything?]

If she is the murderer, then she revealed herself far too obviously.

[But the large amount of information she provides strongly suggests an important identity.]

It's possible that everyone had roughly the same amount of information... but some people just didn't know how to express it, resulting in this unexpected situation.

Am I the only one concerned about the recalculation? Did the wealthy businessman foresee all of this before he died? What exactly is this calculation method?

[Xiao Sheng won't say, we might only find out at the end.]

I know that no matter what, if only one person is left after all the deaths, then everything will belong to him, right?

Your idea is very dangerous.

Is it possible that everyone will kill each other, and in the end there will be no winners?

It depends on which ending they achieve; there are usually several endings.

"I'd like to add something," Sheng Hanyu said, looking around at everyone. "I must be the one reading the will, and there must be two other people present besides me."

"What do you mean?" Ji Wan became wary, looking around. "Are you talking to the murderer?"

"What? There's a murderer among us?" Ye Wanyin exclaimed dramatically, "Stepmother, I'm so scared!"

Ye Sanqing's character is portrayed as kind, and Ye Wanyin plans to use this to get Ye Sanqing to pay attention to her.

"..." Ye Sanqing looked at her for a while, then asked Sheng Hanyu in confusion, "Did the will say that people with intellectual disabilities cannot inherit? Or that there must be a representative?"

Sheng Hanyu flipped through the documents and said, "There are additional clauses that require a representative in cases other than intellectual disability, mental disorder, or vegetative state."

Ye Sanqing smiled upon hearing this, "Ye Wanyin, you're out. I'm your guardian, and I'll take your place."

"Are you saying I'm mentally challenged?" Ye Wanyin immediately looked at the camera with a wronged expression. "Sister... stepmother, I know you've always disliked me, but..."

"Shut up," Ye Sanqing tapped the table lightly with his fingertips. "Everyone just witnessed it. Let's see if you have an intellectual disability."

"I'm not saying this to criticize you, but Pei Canxing was reciting his lines while thinking to himself that he was going to be an uncle someday. "Two people have already died, and now you're saying there's a murderer among us? Why didn't you wait until everyone was dead before yelling for help?"

“It’s not that your older brother doesn’t want to help you,” Mu Zhihong said earnestly. “The way you’re accusing your stepmother one minute and wanting her to care for you the next, it does seem a bit schizophrenic… Can we talk about the guardianship issue again?”

"Whether there is a real organic lesion can be checked by the hospital after the snowfall ends," Pan Hongyu said. But before she spoke, her fingertips twitched, as if she wanted to lift something up but then gave up. The camera captured this moment.

“Well, there’s nothing we can do about that,” Sheng Hanyu smiled. “We can’t examine him right now, so the will will be read to him first.”

"I'm mentally challenged, so please don't doubt me. I'm definitely not the murderer." Ye Wanyin thought for a long time before finally saying this.

"..." Even Mu Zhihong is now wondering if she really got a stupid script or just doesn't know how to play... It's really hard to tell!

"Is that so? But you have a motive." Ye Sanqing dropped another bombshell. "Should I provide evidence, or will you tell me yourself?"

Ye Wanyin's pupils dilated in shock. This isn't fair! Why does Ye Sanqing have so much evidence?!

But Ye Sanqing did indeed show a stack of photos just now, so she might actually have them.

Ye Wanyin suddenly began to suspect that her true identity was either the murderer or the detective. Then who was Ji Wan, who claimed to be a detective...?

She glanced at Ji Wan and found him staring at her with deep eyes, as if to say, "You can't escape."

"!" Ye Wanyin was almost scared out of her wits. After calming down and thinking about it, she felt that the other party was crazy. It's just a game, why act so realistically?

"What motive did I have? I just said a few words to Xiao Deng because I saw her doing things clumsily. That's not enough to warrant murder, is it? Servants are supposed to be disciplined and taught proper manners." Ye Wanyin said cautiously, recalling the script she had read.

"What does this have to do with Xiao Deng? I asked you to talk about the matter between you and your sister-in-law... your sister-in-law Cheng Yanye." Ye Sanqing coughed.

I almost burst out laughing! I'm so sorry.

"I don't know what you're talking about..." Ye Wanyin continued to feign ignorance.

"She doesn't know, but do you?" Ye Sanqing suddenly turned his gaze to Mu Zhihong.

“I didn’t want to say it, since he went too, but little sister, you…” Mu Zhihong didn’t really know what Ye Sanqing meant, but Ye Wanyin’s behavior suggested there was something going on, so he decided to try and trick her.

"Do you know that's your sister-in-law?" he asked vaguely.

[Sister-in-law, open the door! It's me, your brother.]

【wrong】

I was supposed to be shipping this forbidden yuri stuff, but my sister-in-law is Cheng... who understands my sense of humor?

[It's safe to say that gacha pulls ruin your life (not really) --]

"...I just like my sister-in-law, what did I do wrong! Besides!" Ye Wanyin bluntly stated, "He's not happy at all in his marriage to you! He only smiles when he's with me! If you consider me your sister, you should let go! That way, we'll all be happy!"

When she said this, she didn't pretend to be wronged and restrained as usual; instead, it added a touch of authenticity to her words.

“…Your brother is over there.” Ye Sanqing pointed to Mu Zhihong.

You, Ye Wanyin, are making veiled accusations here, every line of dialogue is also a true statement.

Ye Sanqing found it somewhat amusing, yet also felt that Mu Zhihong made a valid point about something.

On one hand, she tells her to stay away from Cheng Yanye, but on the other hand, she pairs her up with Cheng Yanye in front of Sheng Hanyu. Only someone with a split personality would do something like that.

She suspected that Ye Wanyin was relying on Cheng Yanye because she didn't have enough men at her disposal. If she had more men, the situation wouldn't have been so embarrassing.

"So, did Xiao Deng know about your good deed and then get killed...?" Ji Wan suddenly raised a question.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Ye Wanyin with condemning eyes.

After all, the other party involved is already dead, so Ye Wanyin seems very suspicious.

“No, Xiao Deng also knows about the relationship between those two, so he’s suspicious too!” Ye Wanyin suddenly pointed to Yin Xiangming, as if struck by a sudden inspiration.

She suddenly realized that Ye Sanqing hadn't produced any evidence at all!

So she decided to bluff! Anyway, there's no way to prove it now, she can say whatever she wants.

"One of them is me, and the other is who?" Yin Xiangming said arrogantly after tearing off his mask and stopping the act, without even glancing at Ye Wanyin for a second.

[This is so exciting! I'm going crazy! What a great show! I get to see this side of Mingming!]

Calm down.

Please, next time, take on a role like this—a crazy, profit-driven beauty.

“It’s… her!” Ye Wanyin pointed at Ye Sanqing.

"It would be more believable if you said I had an affair with him..." Ye Sanqing didn't say anything more, but just pointed at Pei Canxing and said.

"Am I that powerful? Have you ever considered that if I had slept with both of them, there wouldn't have been this whole will-reading ceremony today?" Yin Xiangming said coldly.

Anyone with a little experience could tell that Ye Wanyin seemed to have learned to bluff, but there was no evidence, and she was just stammering.

"Miss Ye, do you have any evidence? If not, are you deliberately causing trouble?" Sheng Hanyu asked with a serious expression.

“I saw them whispering in the back garden! They must be having an affair!” Ye Wanyin said.

In reality, the script only mentions "whispering," but doesn't explicitly state their relationship.

Logically, the investigation should have started from this crucial point and proceeded step by step, but unfortunately, Ye Wanyin's mind was only preoccupied with matters of men and women...

So she used this as evidence of an improper relationship, which is completely putting the cart before the horse.

"You really saw it?" Ye Sanqing thought for a moment. "I told him to get lost. What kind of eyes do you have to see that as adultery?"

Yin Xiangming scoffed dismissively and remained silent.

"I see. Then please, Miss Ye, refrain from making any further unfounded statements," Sheng Hanyu concluded.

The group discussed it for a while, but apart from the fact that two people had indeed died, they did not make any substantial progress.

It's obvious that more people will die tonight, and then more evidence will emerge.

So everyone prepared to go back to their rooms separately. Fortunately, although there were no props here, at least there was a space.

Considering the setting of this script, the current room layout is quite reasonable.

However, since everyone still needs to follow the storyline and it's not a real overnight stay, there will still be some changes at the last minute.

Pei Canxing went outside and started pulling at Yin Xiangming, saying, "Spend the night with me. I know you want money. What else do you want? Status? Position? What he can't give you, I can."

"..." Yin Xiangming glanced at Ye Sanqing, said nothing, lowered his head and followed him into the room.

[How exciting! Is this something I can actually see? Thank you, God of Murder Mystery!]