Cold-faced Empress

Upon seeing this, Fu Siying casually asked her mother, "Why is Father so alarmed? What could possibly happen on such a sacred day?"

Li frowned, glanced at Fu Siying, and shook her head to indicate that she did not know.

After waiting in the front yard for less than a quarter of an hour, a servant came in a panic to ask Li to go to Prime Minister Fu's place.

Upon seeing this, Lady Li knew it was a serious matter, so she immediately invited the monks of Tianfu Temple to enjoy the vegetarian meal that had been prepared. Only after settling everyone in did she rush off to find Prime Minister Fu.

Fu Siying, Yunzhi, and Rongchen followed closely behind. Wei Lanling thought for a moment, then pulled Xiao Li Shi along as well.

Walking towards the backyard led to the small garden. The path was lined with lush greenery, which should have been a pleasant sight, but before Fu Siying and the others could even see Prime Minister Fu, they heard him roar in fury, "Are you all blind? Can't you see this?!"

Prime Minister Fu was known for his gentle and refined manners, and rarely treated his servants with such sternness. When Fu Siying and the others hurriedly walked to Prime Minister Fu's side and followed his gaze, they were all immediately dumbfounded.

Fu Rongchen reacted the fastest, stepping forward to block Li Shi, Fu Siying, and Fu Yunzhi: "Back off!"

Fu Yunzhi screamed, "Ahhh, a snake! There's a snake!"

She screamed and jumped into Fu Siying's arms. Fu Siying gently patted Yunzhi's shoulder to comfort her, "It's okay, it's okay."

Yes, they were snakes. Green and white, intertwined, slithering through the small garden, densely packed, quite terrifying.

The snakes in this yard evoke unparalleled horror and fear.

In preparation for the ritual performed by the eminent monks of Tianfu Temple, the Fu residence had been thoroughly cleaned and spotless for the past few days. Where did all these snakes come from?!

Prime Minister Fu angrily ordered his servants to quickly capture all the snakes. But when one of the servants mustered his courage and used a stick to lift a snake, he was surprised to find that it was just an ordinary, non-venomous snake, and that all of its sharp fangs had been pulled out!

Prime Minister Fu looked suspicious. "How could there be so many snakes in the garden, and all of them have had their fangs pulled?"

And they all happen to be blue and white.

Instinctively, Prime Minister Fu turned to look at Wei Lanling and Madam Li. This glance sent a chill down Wei Lanling's spine. She remembered the two sets of clothes Fu Siying had given her and her mother when she first arrived at the Fu residence—one white and one blue! And the two snakes before her were also one white and one blue!

Wei Lanling suddenly realized the special significance of the Green Snake and the White Snake to the Fu family, and... to her and her mother!

There must be a crucial truth behind this, and she needs to know it.

Just as the servants were frantically trying to catch the snake and Prime Minister Fu was covering his family as they hurried away, a strange incident occurred!

With a "whoosh," Wei Lan felt something cool and slippery brush past her feet.

Wei Lanling paused, and before she could think about what it was, she heard gasps of surprise from the servants of the Fu family behind her. At the same time, the cool, slippery thing began to slowly crawl up her trouser leg.

"Ah!" Wei Lanling screamed, leaping up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Snake! Snake! There is..."

She turned her head in distress and saw the snakes in the small garden... all of them were rushing towards her!