Later the legend which spread among the people told of a white snake spirit which appeared in the form of an old woman sitting by the roadside, weeping and lamenting that her son had been killed by the Red Prince sent by the Emperor of Heaven. The story implied that Liu Bang was the incarnation of the Red Prince, and was destined to become the new Son of Heaven.
之後民間傳出的神話是：有個白蛇精幻化人形的老太太在路邊哭訴兒子被天帝派來的赤帝子所殺，言下之意劉邦就是赤帝子投胎，命定成為新天子。