Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

"Ah!" The young men and women who were concentrating on the game were attracted by the scream. They all looked towards the source of the sound, and saw a water-blue figure standing up in panic. Her face was pale, and she pointed to a clump of newly sprouted orchids where she had just sat, and said in a trembling voice, "Snake! There is a snake!"

A stone stirs up a thousand waves. The ladies who were just quiet and elegant were frightened when they heard this. They jumped out of their seats and retreated screaming, regardless of whether they saw the snake with their own eyes. The young men were relatively calm and did not run away like the young ladies, but they also left their seats one after another, with expressions of surprise and doubt on their faces. A young man in a brocade robe and jade belt was the first to speak: "How can there be snakes before the Waking of Insects?"

"It was in the bushes. I just lowered my head and met its eyes. There's no mistake!" As if she was thinking of the death stare that made her blood freeze, Cen Mei spoke as she backed away.

When the young ladies heard this, they became even more panicked. The maids also ran over anxiously, trying to protect their young ladies. The scene was extremely chaotic for a while.

The eldest princess and the ladies of the other families who were on the higher ground were farther away. They only heard a scream, and then the people below became chaotic. They hadn't figured out what was happening until a maid ran up in a panic and quickly reported what had happened.

After hearing the report from the nanny, Princess Hexin's face darkened instantly. She shouted sternly, "It's only mid-spring, where did the snakes come from? Hurry up and take people to protect the young ladies. If anything goes wrong, you will be beheaded!" She turned around and comforted the pale-faced ladies, "Don't panic. I have people cleaning this garden every day, and I have also sprinkled insect and snake repellent powder. I think even if there are snakes, they won't pose much of a threat."

Although Mrs. Xie, who was standing beside her, was also worried about the safety of her daughter, she calmed down after hearing what the eldest princess said and helped the eldest princess comfort the ladies, "I think the garden was bustling today and woke up the hibernating snake. However, snakes are very lazy in this season, so it should be..." Before she finished her words, she heard a scream from below.

"Ah! So many snakes! Miss!" It turned out that the people below had not yet seen clearly the snake that Cen Mei had just pointed out, but they saw many dense black shadows suddenly appear in the cracks of the rocks in the stream, crawling towards the shore. The young men and women had never seen such a scene before, and they were so scared that their faces turned pale, and they didn't care about their manners anymore, and fled out of the garden one after another.

The strong and healthy young men walked briskly, not caring about their usual gentlemanly manners, and ran in the front, followed by the nimble maids. As for the frail young ladies, their hair was disheveled and they had long since lost their strength. They were half-supported and half-dragged by the maids, stumbling along at the end.

Lin Xi also ran with the crowd with a pale face. She was always calm but now she couldn't keep calm at all. She frantically yelled at the system in her mind, "System! What's going on! Didn't they say that the heroine only had two snakes? Now there are more than 20!"

She knew that the heroine would take action when the hook was hidden, but in the end not only did she fail to get rid of Cen Mei and Cui Xu, she also caused Lan Zhi to fall into the water. Therefore, when she was choosing a seat just now, she deliberately chose to sit with Lan Zhi and Lan Xue so that she could help her at any time.

But I didn't expect the heroine to be so cruel. She got so many snakes at once. Not to mention Cen Mei and Cui Xu, even if she gave one to everyone in the garden, there would still be snakes not enough to line up.

Thinking of this, she looked around and finally found the golden figure, but was shocked to find that Cen Yan was also sweating profusely and squeezing out with the crowd. Lin Xi couldn't help but frown, "No, sister, this is the scene you created. Why are you, a troublemaker, following him?"

At the Moon Gate leading out of the garden, the crowd was shoulder to shoulder, and for a moment they were all squeezed together. He Lanting did not run in front with the young masters, but ran to Lin Xi and Lan Zhi Lan Xue first, protecting them as they walked out. Seeing the crowd at the door, he hurriedly shouted: "Don't push, let the women go out first!"

But those idle young men who were usually uneducated had already been frightened by the snake, and were afraid that they would be left behind, so they were not willing to listen to him and just rushed forward. There were even two young men in fancy clothes who raised their fists and hit each other just to compete for the order to go out first.

The gentlemen in the front who were still safe were making a fuss, and the ladies behind were not much better. The snakes were like they were trained. The moment they came ashore, they raised their upper bodies, and their bloody red tongues hissed twice in the air. Then, as if they had confirmed their target, they crawled towards the ladies.

Seeing the snakes getting closer and closer, the maids and young ladies at the back screamed in fear. Lin Xi looked at the crowd in front which was still packed, and then looked at the young ladies at the back who were frightened. She gritted her teeth and said to He Lanting beside her: "Cousin, you go to the front to evacuate the crowd, and I will go to the back to drive away the snakes." As she said that, she was about to walk to the back.

He Lanting was shocked and didn't care about the difference between men and women. He hurriedly grabbed her hand and said, "No! I see those snakes are all black and their heads are sharp like horns. They must be poisonous. I can't let you put yourself in danger!"

Lan Zhi and Lan Xue's already pale face turned even paler when they heard her words. They took her other hand and said, "Cousin, don't do that!"

Lin Xi felt a warm current in her heart, but she still pried open the hands of several people, with a firm look on her face, "If not, everyone will be bitten to death by the snake. I am not stupid, I will focus on self-protection."

After that, she extended her hand to Lanzhi, "Lanzhi, Lanxue, can I borrow the purse on your waist?"

The two were a little confused when they heard this, because this purse was given to them by Lin Xi a few days ago, and now at this critical moment, they didn't know what she was doing with it. But they still quickly took off the purse and handed it to Lin Xi.

Lin Xi handed one of them to He Lanting, "Cousin, this purse was embroidered by me for my cousins a few days ago. I added some spices to repel insects and snakes. Take it, just in case." She handed the other one to Lanzhi again, "Take this carefully, and watch your step."

She took off the gold-carved flower and bird incense ball from her waist and held it in her hand. She looked around, broke off two or three weeping willow branches and tied them together. She took a deep breath, squeezed through the crowd and went upstream.

He Lanting wanted to pull her again, but looking at her slender but determined back, he gritted his teeth, clenched the purse in his hand, and squeezed through the crowd and walked forward.

Lin Xi's walk was not smooth. The ladies who fell behind were all terrified and just kept pushing forward. Lin Xi was almost pounced on by them several times. Fortunately, she was agile and quickly squeezed through the gap in the crowd to the back.