Transmigrated Female Official

179 Snake God

"May Her Majesty the Empress live a long and prosperous life! May she enjoy boundless longevity!" Everyone raised their glasses in unison to congratulate the Empress.

The Queen was very pleased and drank three cups in a row.

As the representative of the Empress of Ji Kingdom, the Sixth Princess naturally had to step forward to offer her congratulations and say a lot of auspicious words.

The Empress asked the Sixth Princess, "I intend to form a marriage alliance with the Ji Kingdom. I wonder if the Ji Kingdom shares this intention?" After speaking, the Empress's gaze drifted intentionally or unintentionally to Fusang and Ji Qiran.

Ji Qiran was startled and unconsciously tightened his grip on the wine glass in his hand.

The Sixth Princess smiled and said, "Of course. A marriage alliance between the two countries will surely bring the Yuezhi Kingdom and the Ji Kingdom closer together, which is a wonderful thing."

Upon hearing this, the Empress burst into laughter: "So, it can be considered that a consensus has been reached."

At this moment, Wu Yue, who was standing next to the Empress, leaned over and whispered a reminder: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time is approaching."

The Empress immediately looked up at the sky... The moon was already high in the sky, and it would soon become a large, round full moon. She cleared her throat and solemnly addressed the crowd: "Today, in addition to celebrating my birthday, there is another extremely important matter that must be decided at this moment."

In an instant, everyone stopped and listened quietly to what the Queen was about to say.

"I am old, so today I ask the Serpent God to choose my successor to the throne." As soon as the Empress finished speaking, the crowd below erupted in excitement.

The three princesses of Yuezhi Kingdom looked at the Empress and Wuyue in utter astonishment, for even they had not known beforehand that the Empress was going to publicly choose her successor today, nor did they know how Wuyue planned to invite the Snake God...

The Sixth Princess, Chu Qingluo, and Ji Qiran exchanged bewildered glances. This was arguably the most important event in the Yuezhi Kingdom, yet it wasn't decided by Her Majesty the Empress herself?!

As everyone held their breath, Wu Yue nodded slightly, and an attendant stepped forward. He carried three small vessels made of gold, silver, and bronze respectively, with a sharp dagger beside them. Immediately afterward, three more attendants stood to the side, each holding a rabbit of a different color: white, brown, and black.

Wu Yue said, "Please welcome the three princesses."

The princesses walked to Wu Yue with blank expressions, and Wu Yue first told them to choose a rabbit at random.

The three princesses didn't hesitate and quickly made their choices. The crabapple was white, the daffodil was black, and the remaining brown one was the hibiscus.

After they had chosen their rabbits, Wu Yue picked up a dagger and extended her hand to Haitang, saying, "Princess Haitang, please offer your blood to the Snake God as a sign of your sincerity."

Upon hearing this, Haitang was slightly taken aback at first, but after seeing the Empress nod in approval, she mustered her courage and reached out her hand.

Wu Yue remained expressionless, swiftly slicing Haitang's soft palm with his dagger... Haitang's brow furrowed, and a drop of bright red blood dripped into the small golden vessel.

Next, the blood from the narcissus and hibiscus was also collected in small silver and copper containers respectively using the same method.

The attendant picked up the three furry rabbits and dipped their tails into the three blood-filled vessels. The white rabbit's tail was dipped in the blood of the crabapple blossom, the black rabbit's tail in the blood of the daffodil blossom, and the gray rabbit's tail in the blood of the hibiscus blossom.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the rabbits chosen by the princesses matched their blood samples perfectly, making it clear at a glance.

Seeing that everything was ready, Wu Yue stepped forward. He held a staff in one hand and slightly raised the other, palm facing up. His sharp, long nails looked even more eerie in the silver moonlight.

With his eyes tightly closed, he slammed the ground three times with his wooden cane, then let out a series of earth-shattering screams, as if summoning something to the heavens…

Strangely enough, as soon as he finished chanting the incantation, a large patch of dark clouds quickly obscured the moon. At that moment, a flat-headed green snake hissed and flicked its long, thin tongue, slowly emerging from the wide sleeve of Wu Yue's slightly raised hand, and coiled itself on his palm.

Wu Yue bent down and placed his palm diagonally downwards. The green snake's winding body smoothly came from his hand and onto the ground.

"Donating blood like a snake god——"

At Wu Yue's command, the attendants placed the three rabbits, their tails stained with the princess's blood, in front of the green snake.

After touching the ground, the rabbit hopped away in all directions.

The green snake slowly and deliberately twisted its scaly body, quietly approaching the rabbits.

The white rabbit hopped the farthest, while the black and gray rabbits were relatively close together. The green snake suddenly stopped when it reached the middle of the black and gray rabbits, raising its head high and flicking its tongue repeatedly. For a long while, it didn't move again.

Just when everyone thought the Green Snake had no choice and turned to look at the Black Moon, it suddenly turned its head and, without hesitation, opened its blood-red maw and pounced on the Gray Rabbit!

In that instant, everyone was shocked...

Wu Yue shouted, "The Snake God has been chosen, thank you Snake God!" After saying that, he bowed deeply to the Green Snake.

Upon seeing this, the rest of the Yuezhi people also bowed and said, "Thank you, Snake God!"

At this moment, Wu Yue turned to the Empress and said, "Your Majesty, the Serpent God has chosen Princess Fusang as the heir to the throne for our Great Yuezhi Kingdom! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Very well!" The Empress exclaimed excitedly, "I hereby declare that Fusang shall immediately become my heir to the throne!"

"Congratulations, Princess Fusang!" someone below clapped and cheered.

But Fusang herself was still in a daze and couldn't come to her senses at all.

Haitang was the first to walk over, gently patted her shoulder, and said, "Little sister, why don't you quickly thank her?"

“But…but…” Fusang seemed somewhat at a loss.

"Mother Empress—!" Shui Xian interjected, "My younger sister has not yet given birth to a daughter, how can she be qualified to inherit the throne?"

At present, both Haitang and Shuixian have given birth to daughters, but Fusang has not. Yet, Fusang was still chosen to inherit the throne, which obviously makes Shuixian very unhappy.

"Didn't your mother, the Empress, give birth to Haitang when she was forty?" The Empress glanced at Wuyue and said firmly, "The Snake God will never make the wrong choice."

"..." Narcissus's expression was very stiff at this moment, but there was no way to refute it.

At this point, it wouldn't be easy to question whether Wu Yue had deliberately tampered with the items. After all, in full view of everyone, she and Haitang had chosen the rabbit first, and the blood had been stored in different containers…

"Wait!" Narcissus suddenly said, "Bring up the vessel containing the blood so we can see it."

The attendant carrying the vessel glanced at the Queen, and only after receiving her approval did he hand over the item.

Narcissus picked up each of the small vessels to examine them, sniffed them closely, and even scratched the inside of the vessels with her fingernail... but she found nothing!