I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

Chapter 285 The Judge of the Divine Scripture

The scene suddenly shifts to Xiancheng, where a group of teenagers of similar age are kneeling in front of the Zhang residence, waiting to hear the verdict.

"Wang Erfu".

Upon hearing the name, Erfu excitedly raised his head.

The steward patted the boy on the shoulder, "From now on, you'll work hard at the Zhang residence with them."

"Yes...yes...thank you, Manager Zhang."

During his time working at the Zhang family mansion, Erfu actually wrote several letters home, but Xiancheng was far from his hometown, and unexpected events occurred along the way. The boy had no idea how many of them actually reached his family.

In his first year at the Zhang family mansion, Erfu took a liking to a maid named Cui'er who had entered the mansion at the same time.

As luck would have it, Cui'er was also interested in him.

Erfu was so excited that he wrote about it in a letter home.

Their love story also came suddenly, because during a rainy season, Erfu saved up money and gave Cui'er an oilcloth as a gift.

"How...how did you know I needed this?" Cui'er's eyes stung with tears.

Erfu was a little shy. "I've noticed that you always have to run outside when you're doing things for Madam. It's the rainy season now, and when it rains heavily, there are always places you can't cover with an oil-paper umbrella. Plus, the weather is cold and damp..."

It's not good for a young woman like you to do this year after year, I..."

Before Erfu could finish speaking, Cui'er stopped him from continuing and gave him a light, fleeting kiss.

At this point, the two tacitly acknowledged their relationship.

Throughout the year, they enjoyed the lotus blossoms in summer and the snow in winter. Every month, Erfu would buy new things for Cui'er with his monthly allowance. Sometimes it was a fashionable dress that she couldn't bear to buy, and sometimes it was a hairpin that she had been eyeing for a long time.

One day, Cui'er was allowed to serve in the madam's room. Everyone knew that this was a promotion, and she would no longer have to go out and run errands.

Unfortunately, she happened to run into the eldest son who was looking for his wife. Faced with his slightly aggressive gaze, Cui'er pursed her lips and involuntarily took a few steps back.

The lady witnessed this scene, and that very night, Cui'er was given to Zhang the eldest son as a concubine.

Erfu was incredulous upon receiving the news and wanted to question it, but who could he question?

He stood alone by the pond where the two of them had once admired the lotus flowers for a long time, recalling the storybooks he and Cui'er had read together. Sometimes he truly envied the characters in those stories, who could risk everything and give their courage to elope with their beloved.

But he wasn't a character from a storybook; he couldn't, and neither could Cui'er.

Later, the two glanced at each other from afar, but in that glance, there was nothing left; passion or love had been defeated by reality.

Later, Cui'er was neglected by the eldest son, and the huge difference in their relationship caused her to become depressed. In the end, she died. Before she died, she asked someone to return the oilcloth that Erfu had worn back then.

Erfu flipped through his oilcloth, and a note fell out: "May we be an ordinary farmer and his wife in our next life."

Erfu clutched the note, his lips chapped from the winter heat, and murmured, "I don't want to, I only wish that you never see me again."

After Cui'er left, Erfu visited her elderly mother in the city. Although Cui'er was a concubine, she earned more than double the amount of money she received each month compared to when she was a maid, and most of it went to support her family.

So the old woman in front of him was visibly quite nice. As Cui'er's friend, Erfu exchanged a few pleasantries with the old woman, left some pearls and coins, and then left.

……

The scene in the mirror shifted, and Yun Qingyi remained silent, watching quietly.

As everyone present had witnessed, Erfu climbed the ranks with great effort, replacing the original manager and becoming the new manager.

Everyone flattered and respected him, but his eyes gradually became numb. Flattering his superiors and swaggering his subordinates seemed to have become instinctive.

……

The image was projected here, the giant screen flickered, and then returned to blank.

Seeing this, Yun Qingyi knew that it was time to vote again. The mirror had already reflected the image three times, and this was the last time to vote.

Soon, words gradually appeared on the blank mirror: There is no vote or option this time. All citizens can decide for themselves who is the most sinful through their own judgment and reasoning.

After these words appeared, many more ice crystal maple leaves fell from the sky.

Yun Qingyi took the ice crystal maple leaf, somewhat puzzled, and looked at the little boy beside her: "This... how do we vote?"

The little boy smiled knowingly, "Sister just needs to imprint her chosen one on the maple leaf with her divine sense."

"I see." Yun Qingyi gently pinched the maple leaf, lost in thought.

"What are you thinking about, sister?" The little boy looked at her with curiosity in his eyes. "Does sister have someone in mind? Who could it be? I'm so curious."

Yun Qingyi raised an eyebrow, not answering him, but instead asking, "And you? Who do you think is that person?"

The little boy smiled and said, "Sister, it's against the rules to ask me."

"Hmm?" Yun Qingyi frowned slightly, sensing that there was something more to his words, as if he wanted to ask something. The little boy then smiled and said, "Sister, the incense stick's time is almost up, haven't you decided yet?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyi looked around. The people had all made their choices, and the air was filled with ice crystal maple leaves dancing back into the mirror.

She paused for a moment, and at the last moment, imprinted her divine sense into the ice crystal maple leaf. With a wave of her hand, the ice crystal maple leaf slowly flew away and returned to the giant mirror.

As the last ice crystal maple leaf disappeared into the mirror, the faint light flowing around the mirror grew brighter and brighter, appearing like a Milky Way stretching across the entire mirror.

The people present felt as if they were in a starry river, dazzling and beautiful, but their limbs were soft and powerless in this starry river, unable to move or escape.

Upon seeing this, the people around were stunned; they had never seen anything like it before.

"What on earth is going on?!" someone couldn't help but exclaim, their voice filled with fear and unease.

As the voice rang out, more and more people cried out in surprise and disbelief:

"What on earth is going on...?"

"No! This is not a divine scripture! This is judgment! Only judgment can produce such light!"

This statement caused a great stir, and panic and crying erupted around them.

"I want to go home...I want to go home!"

"Waaaaah! I did nothing wrong, why am I being judged..."

"No! I don't want to be tried, I don't want to!"

"Shut up, all of you! We must believe in the Goddess!"

……

Despite attempts to calm and stop them, the fear in everyone's hearts could not be contained.

Meanwhile, Yun Qingyi and the little boy beside her seemed completely out of place amidst the overwhelming cries of terror.

Yun Qingyi remained calm, as if she were detached from the matter.

The little boy beside her had a strange glint in his eyes. He looked up and stared intently at her: "We've finally waited for you, Judge of the Divine Codex."