"Ah! Ah!"
"roll!"
Li Xuanche almost collapsed to the ground, barely managing to stay upright by supporting himself against the wall.
His eyes widened, his face filled with horror.
Bamboo viper is poisonous, but not fatal.
But with so many of them rushing up and biting him, even ten lives wouldn't be enough to save him.
"Damn it, how can there be so many snakes!"
"I wish I hadn't chosen this cave!"
At this moment, Li Xuanche was filled with regret. He had not yet realized that all of this was thanks to the woman beside him.
Mi Shan stared at him coldly, her eyes silently radiating murderous intent.
Li Xuanche picked up a candle, took off an outer garment, lit it, gritted his teeth, and flung it at the green snakes, trying to drive them away.
It's useless.
Even if one group is driven away, a second group will always come one after another.
Mi Shan stopped watching his stubborn resistance, her eyes filled with laziness and contentment.
Li Xuanche is too busy taking care of himself to have time to bully her.
"Have all the snakes on this mountain come here?"
He gritted his teeth, wanting to abandon Mi Shan and run away.
Suddenly remembering something, he picked her up and risked rushing out.
Surprise flashed in Mi Shan's eyes; she seemed not to have expected that he would take her with him at this time.
However, Mi Shan overestimated his kindness; he originally intended to use Mi Shan as a human shield.
After running a few steps, he threw Mi Shan into the pile of snakes.
While the snakes were pinned down by Mi Shan's body, he used his lightness skill to fly away.
Even so, I still got bitten two or three times.
For some unknown reason, the leg bitten by the poisonous centipede was in excruciating pain, and when I looked down, my entire knee was swollen.
Mi Shan lay in the cave, her whole body surrounded by green snakes.
The slippery, soft snakes coiled around her body, looking eerie and terrifying, but in reality, they did not harm her in the slightest.
Mi Shan revealed her eyes, staring intently in Li Xuanche's direction.
Before fleeing, Li Xuanche subconsciously glanced back.
Unexpectedly, when they met Mi Shan's dark, brooding eyes, they were so frightened by the terrifying scene that their faces turned pale and they fell to their knees in fear.
"Don't blame me, I only wanted to humiliate you, I didn't want to kill you!"
"It's your own bad luck to have stumbled upon this snake pit!"
"This is bizarre, so bizarre."
Li Xuanche dared not linger; his scalp tingled with fear. He scrambled to his feet and staggered away.
No matter how far he went, he seemed unable to shake off that terrifying feeling that followed him like a shadow.
Mi Shan's eyes seemed to be fixed on him forever.
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On the other side.
Li Changyu placed the fox by the pond, in the hands of a large Buddha statue.
The little fox curled up.
Steam rose from the pool, and the broad, emerald-green banana leaves around it were edged with gold by the golden sunlight.
As soon as Li Changyu let go, he felt a chill run down his spine.
It seems to be facing something that is extremely frightening and disgusting.
The thought that this might be what happened to Mi Shan was ignoring.
His expression changed; his handsome face turned deathly pale in an instant, and he turned and quickened his pace to leave.
The hem of her clothes was bitten by a fox.
Li Changyu turned around and said coldly, "The entrance here is hidden. I deliberately created footprints leading to another path. No one will find this place in a short time. You can focus on recovering."
"With your usual abilities, leaving this mountain after you recover shouldn't be difficult."
"Survive first, we'll worry about the rest later."
After he finished speaking, he never looked back.
The fox then relented.
Watching his departing figure take off into the air, her slender eyes gradually darkened.
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at the same time.
The Hall of Law.
All the concubines and princes had arrived, but the Crown Prince and Prince Rui were nowhere to be seen.
Not only that, they also encountered the First Prince, who had returned on the verge of death and collapsed unconscious on the ground from exhaustion, at the entrance of Yunyin Temple.
Several monks who were chanting sutras quickly settled the eldest prince and hurriedly reported the matter to the Empress Dowager.
"What did you say? The Crown Prince is injured!"
The Empress Dowager jumped up in surprise, slamming her dragon-headed cane heavily onto the ground. "Quickly, help me over there to see what's going on!"
"My son!" Empress Rouci was the first to rise from her seat and rush out, completely losing her composure.
All the concubines and princes present were stunned.
Murong Wan looked at Consort Ru.
Her face was radiant with a bright smile, a genuine expression of joy.
Unexpectedly, this trip yielded so many surprises, not only did the Crown Prince find himself in a situation of colluding with evil spirits.
The eldest prince was also injured.
Empress Rouci has lost two powerful allies. Let's see how she tries to fight me now.
Empress Ru smiled subtly: "Come with me and let's take a look."
The group arrived at the bedroom door in a grand procession.
Empress Ru, King Pingxi, and Master Kongwang stepped inside, while the rest of the people waited expectantly at the door.
Kong Wang had some knowledge of pharmacology.
Seeing Empress Rouci holding the unconscious eldest prince and sobbing uncontrollably,
Put your hands together in front of your chest.
"Amitabha Buddha, may the Empress step forward so that this humble monk may take a look?"
After carefully examining Li Xuanche's injuries.
"How was it? Was he injured by someone? If so, it must have been the Crown Prince!" Empress Rouci clenched her fists, her eyes flashing with anger and hatred. "He has always resented my favoritism, and given the opportunity, he will surely seriously injure my son! I will not let him off easily!"
Anger caused her to lose her temper, and the words she uttered shocked everyone around her.
Empress Ru asked in surprise, "They are all sons, so why do you only love the sons born to others, while you don't even care about the life or death of your own sons?"
Even though she also hoped that the Crown Prince would fall from grace, she had never seen a mother like Shen Rouci.
"Let's hear what Master Kongwang has to say first. We haven't even figured out whether the Crown Prince did it yet, so all of you shut up!"
The Empress Dowager said in a deep voice.
Empress Rouci calmed down a bit, hiding the pity and disgust in her eyes.
Kong Wang calmly said, "The Crown Prince has no marks from beatings, so it's clear he wasn't injured in a fight, but rather poisoned. These fine teeth marks suggest he was bitten by a green snake in the bamboo forest."
"Fortunately, I was only bitten a few times. After taking the antidote, I woke up."
He finished speaking.
The Empress breathed a sigh of relief, but the hatred in her eyes did not dissipate.
"Why would my son be bitten by a snake? He was chasing after the Crown Prince when he got into trouble. He must have been framed!"
"Your Majesty is mistaken!"
The fifth princess, who had been watching from the doorway, couldn't help but speak up and stepped inside.
"We haven't even confirmed whether it was the Crown Prince who took the demon away, yet you're so quick to convict him! Isn't that unfair!"
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