Chapter 1110: The more I think about it, the more frightened I become
In the distance, Prince Xiao of Northern Qi stood with his hands behind his back and asked a woman in front of him.
"Did you really see it clearly?"
"In reply to your Highness, I saw clearly that the woman in the yellow dress embroidered with crabapple flowers must be Princess Fude. I even made inquiries and found that Princess Fude was not seated..."
The maid from the palace answered respectfully.
Prince Xiao glanced at his entourage.
The attendant took out a purse and threw it to the old woman.
The old woman stuffed the purse into her arms, bowed to Prince Xiao, and hurried away.
Prince Xiao walked towards the direction the old woman pointed.
Soon, the yellow figure in the pavilion was seen.
Prince Xiao frowned slightly.
The dress is the same, but the hairpins on the head are different...
Then I thought, little girls all love beauty.
It is possible that she changed her hairpin before coming to the banquet.
Thinking of this, Prince Xiao gave his followers a wink.
The follower nodded in understanding and left.
Prince Xiao quickened his pace and stepped onto the stone steps of the stone mountain.
On the stone mountain, Bai Shuqing rubbed his eyes.
The pedicels of the peonies not only move, they seem to crawl.
Climbing up the stone mountain...
Bai Shuqing: “…”
Bai Shuqing sat up straight, sobering up a little.
Then, slowly lower your head——
A green rat snake was making close contact with her embroidered shoes...
"Little Princess..."
"ah!"
Prince Xiao walked behind Bai Shuqing and just opened his mouth.
As expected, Bai Shuqing screamed, turned around and jumped onto Prince Xiao.
She tightly clasped Prince Xiao's neck with both hands and screamed, "There's a snake!"
After saying that, she buried her head in Prince Xiao's chest, wrapped her legs around Prince Xiao's waist, and her whole body was shaking.
The moment Bai Shuqing spoke, Prince Xiao realized that he had recognized the wrong person.
However, the incident happened suddenly, and after a moment of hesitation, Bai Shuqing hugged his neck.
Prince Xiao: "..."
He couldn't help but frown.
However, he didn't pull the person down.
What's more, Bai Shuqing's current state is like she has grabbed a life-saving straw, and it may not be easy to pull her away.
The rat snake on the ground was frightened by Bai Shuqing's scream and crawled away quickly.
"My lady, the snake has gone away, you can come down now." Prince Xiao frowned and said expressionlessly.
Bai Shuqing slowly turned around and glanced at the ground, and sure enough, there was no snake.
I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, I realized that I was lying in a man's arms.
Moreover, the posture is so indecent.
Bai Shuqing's face suddenly turned red. She hurriedly let go of Prince Xiao and jumped down.
But, as soon as his feet touched the ground, his body tilted—
"ah!"
"careful!"
Prince Xiao held Bai Shuqing by the waist.
Bai Shuqing was so embarrassed that she didn't even dare to raise her head.
"Thank you, Prince Xiao." Bai Shuqing's voice was as soft as a mosquito.
After saying that, he turned around and ran down the stone mountain.
However, after running a few steps, he retreated with a look of horror on his face.
It turned out that there were several snakes lying on the steps of the stone mountain...
"Snakes...and snakes..."
Bai Shuqing was about to cry.
She remembered that there were also snakes crawling up the other side of the stone mountain.
Bai Shuqing turned around.
Sure enough, several green snakes were on the pillars outside the pavilion, with their heads exposed...
"Wow!"
Bai Shuqing burst into tears.
He grasped Prince Xiao's sleeves tightly with both hands.
At this time, a group of guards and servants from the palace came over shouting.
"Quick! There are snakes here too..."
"Do you have any more realgar? I want to sprinkle it here too..."
The guard who had just left Prince Xiao pointed at the pavilion and shouted.
"There are snakes in the pavilion too!"
A group of people looked towards the pavilion.
Then, I found two people in the pavilion.
A girl, her face covered in tears, clutched a man's sleeve tightly...
**
A snake plague occurred at the spring banquet at Prince Rong's Mansion, and the news quickly spread throughout the capital.
Moreover, it is also endowed with many supernatural colors.
Some said that Prince Rong’s Mansion had offended the snake fairy, so the snakes came to seek revenge.
Some said that someone in Prince Rong’s Mansion was practicing evil magic and the snakes were out of control, so all these snakes crawled out.
Others said that some mysterious ritual was going on in Prince Rong's Mansion...
In short, it's varied.
People give full play to their imagination and satisfy their own and others' gossip.
However, none of the statements are beneficial to Prince Rong's Mansion.
"Snap!"
Prince Rong threw the white jade teacup worth a thousand gold in his hand to the ground.
"Who is trying to make things difficult for me?!" Prince Rong said harshly.
He didn't believe that those snakes crawled out for no reason!
Someone must be driving it!
"Your Highness, could it be someone from the Southern Yi?" Princess Rong speculated, "I've heard that the Southern Yi are skilled at controlling snakes, insects, and wild beasts."
Princess Rong patted her chest after she finished speaking.
She still feels scared when she thinks of the scene at that time.
Fortunately, the snakes did not hurt anyone.
It quickly disappeared into the flowers or cracks in the wall.
After hearing what Princess Rong said, Prince Rong frowned and said, "This prince has never had any connection with the Southern Yi. Although the Southern Yi envoys arrived in Dayan, they stayed in the post station all day and never went out, unless..."
When Prince Rong said this, no one knew what he was thinking of. His face changed and he strode out.
"I'm going to the other courtyard and won't be returning home tonight."
Princess Rong: “…”
Looking at Prince Rong's back, she opened her mouth and a look of worry appeared on her face.
Could it be that... there is something hidden in the villa?
Princess Rong's heart skipped a beat.
She couldn't help but think of what she had overheard.
The emperor's seal turned out to be a fake...
So, is it true?
How did our prince know about this?
The more Princess Rong thought about it, the more frightened she became.
"Mother." Xuanyuan Hui walked in from outside.
Princess Rong rubbed her forehead and asked, "How is your sister?"
"The fever has subsided, but he hasn't woken up yet and keeps saying he's scared..." Xuanyuan Hui said worriedly.
Upon hearing this, Princess Rong became even more anxious.
"Someone come!"
Princess Rong's trusted nanny immediately walked in from outside the door.
Princess Rong ordered, "Tell the housekeeper to take the prince's invitation and invite the monks from Tianlong Temple to come to the palace to perform a ceremony."
Princess Rong felt that the palace had been unlucky recently and needed to exorcise the evil spirits.
After hearing Princess Rong's instructions, the nanny agreed and hurried out to pass on the message.
Xuanyuan Hui looked at Princess Rong and said hesitantly, "Mother, could all this be related to that little girl from the Su family?"
"She?" Princess Rong frowned.
Xuanyuan Hui nodded and said, "I heard from Sister Suxin that the little girl has some evil nature and is incredibly lucky."
Xuanyuan Hui paused as he spoke of this person, then continued, "Min'er repeatedly opposed that little girl at the banquet. I'm afraid she must have become jealous..."
Princess Rong's expression turned somewhat ugly.
"I have carefully nurtured the golden lotus for many years, and she took it away. How dare she be so ungrateful? Does she think the Rong Palace is easy to bully?!"
When the golden lotus was mentioned, not only Princess Rong felt extremely distressed, but Xuanyuan Hui also felt extremely distressed.
If she had known this, she would never have mentioned giving it as a gift!
Of course, no one would persuade Princess Rong to cut the golden lotus and put it in the water.
There is no such thing as letting others take the limelight for nothing!
When Xuanyuan Hui thought about this, he almost vomited to death!
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