"ah--"
"What's going on? Help! Fire!"
"Help! Help! Fire!"
"I'm going to die! What goddess? She's clearly a demoness."
Someone shouted, and everyone started cursing angrily.
"A goddess who has protected the people for ten thousand years would never do such a thing! Liar, liar!"
In mid-air, countless Kongming lanterns surged down like a tidal wave.
The two lights collided, igniting a raging fire.
The terrified people scattered in all directions.
Sparks fell like rain.
"Ah, my hair."
"My body and hair are gifts from my parents, yet they burned my hair."
Lin Wanwan and Ye Lanyin stood in the crowd.
Yet not a single spark touched them.
Lin Chang'an was so frightened that he hid in Lin Rui'an's arms and started crying loudly.
Madam Sheng held her daughter protectively in her arms.
The Grand Commandant... squatted on the ground, trembling.
[Trying to impersonate a goddess!]
[Dream on!]
Suddenly, countless light swords ripped through the sky, as bright as day, weaving through the clouds and disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Immediately following, countless streaks of lightning intertwined, and thunder roared, echoing through the sky.
Boom!
Boom!!
Thunder roared and the wind howled, as if stirring up the earth, or as if the gods were weeping.
Suddenly, all the flames drifted toward the stage.
Zou Shuang'er, holding Zou Wanqing, cried out "Ah!" and tried to dodge in all directions.
In an instant, a fierce wind, accompanied by torrential rain, swept across the land as if to ravage it, swallowing up everything that had just happened.
People scrambled for shelter from the rain, and the streets and alleys were filled with the sounds of panic and unease.
Lin Wanwan and the others had already boarded the carriage to avoid the erosion of the torrential rain.
"That was terrifying." The Grand Commandant patted his chest, looking as if he had just escaped a disaster.
Madam Sheng rolled her eyes at him, annoyed. "That's all the ambition you have!"
The tense atmosphere instantly melted away.
Ye Lanyin looked down at her daughter in her arms.
With innocent, big eyes blinking, she was currently hugging her milk bottle and licking her little fists.
His mouth was full of saliva, and he was eating with great relish.
She sensed that the little guy was feeling guilty...
The next day.
After a night of wind and rain.
Ye Lanyin was awakened by Lin Wanwan's inner thoughts.
This guy was so happy last night, and he's up so early this morning.
Oh, my lovely and beautiful mother is awake!
[Hehe, Mommy looks good and is in a good mood, so Wanwan is happy too.]
[Oh dear, that scumbag dad's butt's cracked, and his hair got burned off yesterday.]
Ye Lanyin was shocked. What a coincidence yesterday?
[The Emperor has suddenly decreed that all civil and military officials must enter the palace today.]
“Madam, the old lady didn’t sleep all night.” Huaxin walked in from the door, but her tone showed no sadness.
"We had only been back for a short time yesterday when the old lady left the mansion overnight."
"I asked around and found out that the old lady went to the outer chamber again."
Oh dear, I feel so sorry for her granddaughter, she's lost all her hair.
She even became a demoness.
Hehehe...
[It would be strange if the old lady didn't go out in the middle of the night!]
Ye Lanyin felt inexplicably happy.
Sure enough, her precious daughter... is amazing!
"Where is the Marquis?"
Hua Xin's expression turned displeased upon hearing the master's name.
"His Majesty suddenly issued an edict today, summoning all officials to the palace. My lord did not return last night, so he probably went directly to the palace from there."
"I reckon the court session will be over soon."
Ye Lanyin had no interest in his current whereabouts.
"Hmm, how did Lin Shixuan and Lin Shiming fare yesterday?"
Hua Xin curtsied, "Madam, you've raised the eldest son with such care, and he shows no gratitude whatsoever. And the fourth son, he's clearly your own son, how could he..." Hua Xin pursed her lips, "The eldest son took the fourth son to the outer chambers..."
"The two of them returned today with the old lady."
"He's sleeping inside right now."
Ye Lanyin picked up Lin Wanwan and walked to the back room. "From now on, you can talk about this with me. Once you leave this room, you will know nothing about it. Do you understand?"
“Yes, Madam.” Huaxin pouted.
"Today is the first day of the lunar month. After we finish our meal, let's prepare to go to the ancestral hall to pay respects to our ancestors."
"Send men to wake Lin Shixuan, Lin Shiming, and the old lady. No one can be absent today for the ancestral worship."
"Yes, madam."
In previous years, she was the only one responsible for the ancestral worship ceremony. Lin Dehong would always use the excuse of hosting a banquet for his colleagues to make her take care of it.
Every time, she and her husband would go to worship their ancestors together.
Every time the old lady finished offering incense, she would say that her legs were not strong enough and she could not kneel down, so she was left alone in the ancestral hall.
She was in the courtyard, being served good food and drink by the servants.
Meanwhile, he was busy running around doing chores.
Not long after.
Ye Lanyin then led everyone to the ancestral hall, which was located in the northwest, next to the old lady and her two sons.
The old lady stood at the gate of the courtyard, looking sleepy, her face extremely pale.
"Lanyin, I didn't sleep well tonight, so you can go to the ancestral worship by yourself."
The old lady had been a child bride for many years and considered herself half a daughter of the Marquis's family.
He was inherently selfish, and with the old Marquis and his father-in-law dying early, he had long lost that kind of heart.
Ye Lanyin chuckled, "Mother, I didn't mean to wake you up. I just didn't know what to do. Yesterday, my father-in-law told me in his dream that he was cold down there and asked why I didn't send him some money."
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