Inside the hall.
Lu An'an looked at Pei Sheng, whose face was somewhat gloomy, and laughed sarcastically: "No way, no way, someone really isn't going to break the script? Can't take a joke?"
Pei Sheng slowly turned around, meeting Lu An'an's mocking and provocative gaze. He smiled calmly, not replying to Lu An'an's words, but every word revealed a deeper meaning: "In that case, we can only leave the King with regret."
Upon hearing this, the NPC eunuch standing nearby began to cue the process: "Your Highness, now that everyone has arrived, this servant will lead the princesses to the preparation area. As for the Grand Preceptor, please accompany us as well."
As Lu An'an left with her father-in-law, she casually remarked as she passed Pei Sheng, "Pei Sheng, you can't win."
Pei Sheng chuckled lightly: "Really? I'm looking forward to it."
After the eunuch led Lu An'an and her entourage to a sacrificial hall and arranged seats for them, he bowed slightly and said, "Your Highnesses, please wait here quietly. This old servant will take his leave now."
As the father-in-law stepped out the door, everyone heard the sound of the door being locked, and then the sacrificial ceremony was plunged into darkness.
In the utter silence, a strange beam of light shone on the ground, revealing a sentence:
"They were locked in the sacrificial site, and they were about to die."
The words slowly turned from white to blood red, then suddenly disappeared, and the hall returned to darkness, with deathly silence all around.
An indescribable tension arose in everyone's hearts.
Hearing the others' soft breathing, Lu An'an slowly spoke in the darkness: "1"
Xiao Ningning calmly replied: "2"
Lu Yanli followed closely behind: "3"
Jiang Shiwen, not to be outdone, shouted: "4!"
Gu Shichuan kept his eyes tightly closed: "5678! They're all there!"
Gu Tingyan, Shen Yi, and Shen Jiajia, who were waiting for the numbers to be called out, were speechless.
What's so remarkable about you?
[Notre Dame's part-time Notre Dame: Even if my head exploded, I would never have imagined they would count off!]
[Time to do homework again: Haha, I saw Gu Gou was just about to continue the count when Gu Shichuan interrupted him.]
[Just a passerby: Shi Chuan's eye-catching bag, I was quite nervous watching this episode, there were so many exciting moments!]
[Mom, save me: Am I the only one curious about that line of text that says "they" refers to these princesses?]
Lu An'an groped her way to her feet, felt around on the table, found a button, and pressed it without hesitation.
In an instant, a blinding red light suddenly shone in front of everyone's eyes, and a pair of figures with their heads down stood there quietly.
Gu Shichuan and Shen Jiajia covered their mouths in fright, darting behind Lu An'an and each grabbing one of her sleeves, peeking out halfway. Shen Jiajia's voice trembled, "An...An'an, is that a person?"
Lu An'an looked at Xiao Ningning uncertainly, "It should... be a person, right?"
Xiao Ningning nodded calmly: "It's a person, An'an. It seems you're a bit luckier."
Lu An'an breathed a sigh of relief, patted Shen Jiajia's head reassuringly, then pushed Gu Shichuan away with a look of disgust, saying, "Jiajia, it's an NPC, don't be afraid. Gu Shichuan, you're a grown man, what are you afraid of! Look at your brother, he..."
As Lu An'an spoke, she glanced at Gu Tingyan, and then saw the nearly 1.9-meter-tall Gu Tingyan nestled delicately in his second brother's arms, saying in a "fragile" voice, "I'm scared~"
Lu An'an: "..."
[I was so shocked I was speechless.]
She looked away, unable to bear it any longer. Turning her head, she saw Jiang Shiwen, also pale-faced, clutching Xiao Ningning's sleeve and weakly saying, "Sister, I'm so scared. You'll protect me, right?"
Lu An'an: "..."
Ha, those cunning men!
Shen Yi, who had been standing alone to the side, silently lifted his frozen legs and joined Gu Shichuan and Shen Jiajia's group.
It's okay, good men will find someone to cling to!
Lu An'an turned her head back with a complicated expression, fixing her gaze on the figure in front of her. She blinked and asked with a hint of doubt, "I don't know why, but this scene always feels familiar to me?"
Lu Yanli finally managed to break free from Gu Tingyan and walk over. Hearing Lu An'an's words, he rolled his eyes speechlessly, "Last time, you were the one standing there."
Lu An'an was reminded by Lu Yanli, and her own heroic deeds flashed through her mind. She suddenly realized, "So that's why we're in the same industry."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yanli's lips twitched slightly.
What a fellow professional! Fellow professional? In what field? In the underworld?
As if annoyed by the guests' dawdling, the white light shone on the ground again, revealing two large, blood-red characters that conveyed a sense of gritted teeth.
"come over!"
Lu An'an and Xiao Ningning saw that they were slowly advancing forward with a string of people behind them.
The two figures in front finally began to move.
They abruptly raised their blood-stained eyes, stretched out their hands, and, accompanied by eerie music that had somehow begun to play, uttered words dripping with blood: "Mo Ze! You will die a horrible death!"
As soon as the words were spoken, the chilling red light suddenly went out, the lights in the sacrificial hall came on, and the two people on the platform had disappeared.
[The most beautiful village girl ever: Holy crap! This is incredible!!]
[Among all the monkeys on the mountain, my butt is the reddest: Okay, okay, zero frames, you're going to use it, huh? I'll pay for your pants!!]
[Salty and heartbreaking: Gu Gou is truly unbearable to look at, and he even said he was scared~ I'd really cry my eyes out!]
[Lonely Widow: Hasn't anyone noticed how adorable the younger sister's senior sister and her younger brother are? Who doesn't love a cute, puppy-like younger brother!]
Gu Shichuan shakily opened one eye, looked at the sacrificial hall which had returned to normal, and breathed a sigh of relief. "Mo Ze is the Regent's name?"
Lu An'an looked at Gu Shichuan in surprise, "That's strange, did you scare me into becoming smarter?"
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