Chapter 260 Falling from the Building
When Liu Ruohuan heard the third princess’s speech, she was slightly stunned. Could this eldest princess who was determined to save the Han and Tang dynasties have given up the hope of life because she was unable to resist the elite Xiongnu?
It shouldn't be that the eldest princess's behavior and the feeling she gave him were not like a person who would seek death.
Wang Anrong, who was beside the third princess, hurriedly said: "Your Highness! You can't find it anymore. The fire has already burned down below the third floor. Moreover, the smoke here is too heavy, and there is a possibility of fainting at any time!"
"But……"
The third princess wanted to say something, but when she swept over, she saw that everyone lowered her eyes, she couldn't help but feel discouraged.
"Let's start the action here, I'll take the lead, Mr. Liu and the Queen of the Palace!"
After saying that, Qiao Xiang turned around and rushed out of the window sash. The four girls of the Bai family who were protecting the formation behind him and Luo Suxin also came out one after another. Teams of civil and military officials rushed to jump down from the third floor.
In an instant, the number of people left in the building dropped to three.
Qiao Jingrou looked at the hesitant third princess and said, "Your Highness, go out quickly. My head of the family just instructed me to protect your highness's safety at all times."
Liu Ruohuan turned around and saw the anxiety in the third princess' eyes. She understood the meaning in her eyes and said softly: "It's better for Miss Qiao to go downstairs first and I will take the third princess to jump down together."
Qiao Jingrou glanced at Liu Ruohuan with a strange look, but at this time, the wooden boards on the soles of the three of them suddenly became hot and made a crisp sound.
The next second, the broken wooden boards separated the three of them from it, and the floors collapsed one after another.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Ruohuan pulled up the third princess beside her and retreated upstairs.
Qiao Jingrou on the other side was forced to retreat to the window and had to shout loudly at Liu Ruohuan's figure: "I'll go downstairs to pick you up."
After saying that, she jumped out of the window.
The third princess' hands were weak and boneless, and even in this sea of fire, there was still a slight coldness.
While the two were running upstairs, the third princess suddenly spoke behind Liu Ruohuan, "I don't want to run for my life, I want to go upstairs to find the emperor's sister."
The two ran to the interface on the third floor, and Liu Ruohuan was puzzled, "Are you not competing with the eldest princess? If she seeks death, will your throne be void of a powerful rival in the future?"
The third princess looked at him with beautiful apricot eyes and shook her head, "I don't have a close relationship with the second sister who has been living on the border for a long time. The best ones in the palace are the emperor and the queen-in-law... If the emperor-in-law is gone, I will really become a lonely person in this world. Even if I get the throne, it will still not be the result I want."
Liu Ruohuan looked back at the girl in the luxurious dress, sighed, and said, "Have you thought about it?"
The third princess' eyes became more and more firm, "The divine fortune teller said that one day I would give up the throne and withdraw from the battle with the emperor sisters. I didn't believe it before, but I believed it today."
Liu Ruohuan knew that he was bound to be doomed, "Okay, I knew that this trip was a life of misery."
Their figures disappeared behind the flames.
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Lishui Pavilion, seventh floor.
When Liu Ruohuan and the third princess tried hard to climb up to the seventh floor, they saw a long golden silk skirt flat on the floor, standing with the dignified and beautiful figure of the eldest princess.
When the eldest princess turned her head, her phoenix eyes were naturally charming, but she was also arrogant and powerful. Seeing Liu Ruohuan's scalp was numb and she dared not look at each other.
"Sister! It's on fire below!"
When the third princess saw the figure of the emperor's sister, she no longer cared about so much. She hurriedly ran forward a few steps and said anxiously: "Let's go downstairs together, maybe there is still a chance to break through."
"Do you think you lost or won?"
The eldest princess did not look at the third prince girl who was worried about her, but instead asked Liu Ruohuan.
Liu Ruohuan replied in a deep voice: "I lost. Please go downstairs with the third princes. Let's make other plans."
"I saw you on the roof before. The graceful posture of fighting with all your might is indeed somewhat similar to the way I saw you playing the piano that night." The eldest princess suddenly hung up the signature and warm smile again and said softly: "Although you lost the bet, you moved me."
Liu Ruohuan's mouth twitched slightly.
"Sister Emperor!"
The third princess rushed into the eldest princess' arms. The eldest princess seemed to notice her at this time, stroked her black hair and said slowly: "Emperor sister, if you know that the Queen Mother died at my hands, would you hate me?"
The third princess' body shook, and the voice in her words trembled, "Sister, what are you talking about?"
"If you knew I was not your own sister, what would you be about me?"
The third princess could no longer bear the hint in the eldest princess' words. She looked up and asked with tears on her face: "Sister! Have you hidden me a lot of things?"
The eldest princess just smiled and said, "The Queen Mother has loved you only from beginning to end. The root cause is that you are the only one who is her own flesh and blood... The real Queen Mother has died about three years after she took office."
Liu Ruohuan, who heard such a royal secret, gradually showed an incredible look.
"Your mother was my queen's substitute. For some reason, she was regarded as a puppet controlled by the four major families and ascended the throne. Therefore, I am full of resentment towards the four major families and this fake emperor."
When the eldest princess said this, she glanced at Liu Ruohuan deeply, "Because of this, I have planned in the East Palace for many years, striving to launch a palace-forced battle that can destroy the forces of the aristocratic families and return to the orthodox royal family."
"I……"
The third princess was a little at a loss. She originally intended to find the eldest princess who had lost her whereabouts, but she did not expect that the other party would tell her the cause of today's chaos here.
Could it be that the mastermind behind the scenes who murdered his biological mother and forced everyone to such a desperate situation was actually this emperor sister?
"I have never transferred my hatred towards her to you, nor have I ever had any opinions about you. You insisted on fighting for the throne just because you wanted to attract the attention of my mother and me... I know it all."
The eldest princess's snow gauze sleeves, as thin as a cicada's wing, slid down between her elbows, revealing her slender arms as half as a crane's neck. She slowly stretched out her jade fingers to help the third prince wipe her tears, and turned her head to make a suggestion for Liu Ruohuan.
"Let's make another bet. If I can turn the tide from this desperate situation today, you will quit your engagement with the Luo family and be my queen!"
Liu Ruohuan looked surprised and waved her hands in a hurry, "Your Highness, what do you mean? I already..."
The eldest princess reached out and pushed the third princess in front of her away, and fell straight back. Liu Ruohuan was stunned and rushed to the window and looked down.
Above this hundred meters high, the eldest princess's dress spreads out and falls like blooming golden flowers.
And her smile on her face remained unchanged.
Chapter completed!