But they only stayed briefly, and no one noticed that the Willow Fairy they longed for had come into the crowd.
As you walk slowly forward, the crowds thin out, and the imperial city lies ahead.
The Dragon Boat Festival in the royal family was even more grand, with lanterns and decorations everywhere, and palace maids and eunuchs smiling happily, wearing five poisonous moths on their heads and longevity threads on their hands.
Upon entering the palace, Ling Xiao went to see Empress Ma. She accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to watch the dragon boat race by the lake, where all the royal concubines and their children were present.
Six dragon boats shot towards the finish line like arrows released from a bow. The people on the boats exerted all their strength, their muscles bulging and sweat pouring down their faces.
All that hard work paid off; the race was fierce, with the dragon boats neck and neck.
Empress Ma was watching intently when she suddenly felt a strange movement on her wrist and turned around to look.
Then she saw a woman in white with white hair bending down, her fingers deftly tying a red string around her wrist and making a knot. The red string and white wrist looked exceptionally beautiful, and the corners of her satisfied mouth turned up slightly.
"Why has Liu Xian come at this time?" Empress Ma's brows furrowed with worry.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, people are advised to avoid the five poisonous creatures. It is said that when the yang energy rises during the Dragon Boat Festival, five poisonous creatures will come out to harm people. These five poisonous creatures are snakes, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, and toads.
People drink realgar wine, eat five pungent vegetables, and wear longevity threads during the Dragon Boat Festival in order to ward off these poisonous creatures.
Empress Ma was worried that Ling Xiao would be harmed by these things. In the previous few years, Liu Xian had never appeared on the Dragon Boat Festival.
The white-haired woman idly fiddled with the longevity thread on her wrist, her gaze drifting towards the dragon boat, and said indifferently:
"All snakes fear the Dragon Boat Festival. As long as I remain in mortal form, I am subject to the constraints of human seasons. But things will soon be different."
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had appeared out of nowhere, said in a deep voice, "Has Liu Xian finally decided to become a god?"
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