Ugly Princess: The Second Marry of the Bloodthirsty Eighth Prince

Chapter 78

Xue Yi was almost choked by Xiao Li'er's explicit words.

Xiao Li'er shoved Xue Yi, "Why did you come here, dressed up like this. Oh~~, you must have sneaked out, right? What did you come to Tianyue Tower, to watch a play? Or to light a lantern and make a wish? Don't tell me that you made a wish because you hoped to have a good relationship with that bastard Shangguan Chonglian for a hundred years! Although I consider you a friend, but he is mine, and you are his aunt, you are not allowed, do you understand! "

Xue Yi was a little absent-minded, and said: "I don't have that kind of feeling for Chong Lian, Miss Xiao can rest assured."

"Hey, don't call me Miss. I listen to Miss Long and Miss short calls all day long, which makes my head hurt. Since I treat you as a friend, you are not allowed to call me that, you can only call me My name!" Xiao Li'er raised her eyebrows and said in displeasure.

"Okay, then... I'll call you Ah Li." Xue Yi sighed.

Xiao Li'er evoked a smile, "Well, this is more or less the same, it sounds much more pleasing to the ear."

"A Li, what are you doing here at Tianyue Tower?"

Xiao Li'er suddenly showed a helpless expression, "What else can I do, every year on the eighth day of the first lunar month, my mother will tie me up to this ghost place to watch a play and put lights on, it's annoying."

"Then, what about your mother?"

"She said she was going to visit the Rong's Cloth House on Qiantou Street. I'm too lazy to go, so I'll just wait here." Xiao Li'er took her snow clothes by the arm, "There's nothing interesting about Tianyue Tower today, why don't I take you there?" place to drink!"

"Wait!" Xue Yi pulled Xiao Li'er back, "No, I have already sneaked out of the mansion. If I am still drinking and playing, I will be found when I go back. I can't leave. Besides, I just want to come to Tianyue Tower tonight. Letting off sky lanterns to pray, I don’t want to go anywhere else.”

Xiao Li'er showed a disappointed expression, but turned around and smiled again, "Forget it, I'll accompany you!"

Xue Yi smiled, turned around and glanced at the calm crowd in front of Tianyue Tower, and then at the majestic imperial city not far ahead.

got windy.
A gust of southeast wind blows, and the long strings of lanterns hanging on Tianyue Tower sway with the wind.

Faintly heard the sound of opera coming from inside the building, Xiao Li'er took her hand and walked into Tianyue Tower, Liu Ying followed behind.

She had no intention of enjoying the opera, she just felt that the whole hall was filled with tables of people listening to the opera.

Go straight to the top floor.

On this day, each floor of the Tianyue Building is surrounded by two sides. There are two sides of the up and down mahogany stairs. On each floor, there are many people drinking tea, admiring the moon, watching the scenery, and setting off lanterns. scene.

Looking out from the window, I can see the streets full of people, the street on the left is brightly lit, the imperial city on the right is shimmering with gold, the blue glazed tiles are rippling like clear water, and the wind is blowing, sending away one after another the sky with wishes. The lamp flew to the nine heavens.

Suddenly, boom——

There was a loud noise, and a blooming firework illuminated half of the sky like daytime.

Downstairs of Tianyue, lion dancers and wild dragons jumped all the way.

One after another, countless fireworks brightened the night sky, the sound of firecrackers, the fireworks exploded together, the huge noise made people's ears buzzing, Liuying and Xiao Li'er shouted something, she just couldn't hear clearly, one My heart suddenly thumped for no reason and beat rapidly with the sound of firecrackers, as if it was going to pop out of my throat in the next second. I spread my hands, only to realize that my hands had been tightly held together, and my palms were wet with sweat.

The bright fireworks streamed in all directions, and among the crowds of people, she saw a carriage galloping from afar.

"Princess, make a wish quickly, the lamp is lit!" Hearing Liuying's cry, she turned around and saw that the sky lantern was burning with a beating heart of fire, and the thin lantern gradually swelled. Write down a line of words,—Peace, Nalan's Xueyi prays.There is a wishing tree in Beicang Kingdom, and the people make wishes on the banners, and they must leave their names so that the gods can find you.

Although Liu Ying and Xiao Li'er were a little puzzled, they just quietly watched her make a two-word wish.

Xue Yi nodded, Xiao Li'er and Liu Ying let go of their hands, and the lantern flew out silently that day, flying straight into the night sky.

"Xueyi, why did you just write two words? What kind of wish is this?"

"Oh, it's too bad." Liuying's voice attracted the two to look up.

The wind was blowing violently, and the lantern had just flown out that day, when the flame inside the lantern went out, and the thin sky lantern was out of breath, swept back and forth in mid-air with the wind, fluttering and falling down.It was also at this time that there was commotion from downstairs of Tianyue Tower, fireworks filled the sight, countless sparks jumped into Tianyue Tower, billowing thick smoke rose into the air.

"Huh~? What is this strange smell? What's going on downstairs?" Xiao Li'er lay on the window and looked out, only feeling that the place below was in chaos, and she couldn't hear what the boiling people were shouting from a high distance.

Seeing that the lights were still floating down that day, Xue Yi glanced at the flow of people, and saw that the carriage galloped to Tianyue Tower in an instant. The carriages were surrounded.And the group of people who were still dancing lions and dragons just now tore off their coats in an instant, and they were all black-clothed killers. However, these people flew into the formation and protected the carriage at the innermost side.

Xue Yi felt that the person in the carriage must be King Jing's master.

At this time, the burning smell came to the nostrils.

Liu Ying was the first to exclaim: "Oh no, the Tianyue Tower is flooded!" "Hurry up, Wangfei, Miss Xiao, we have to go downstairs immediately!"

At this time, there are six floors downstairs.

Shangguan Fengxuan listened to the earth-shattering commotion beside his ears with condensed eyes. Amidst the countless noisy voices, he could still stand at the window and think quietly.

water at this time
Is it by chance, or looking at the majestic palace in front, only to see that there are gradually billowing fireworks rising from the tower of the palace.

Suddenly, his eyes dimmed.

The corner of his mouth slowly curled into a smile.

Borrow troops with fire?

妙计
He looked up and saw an extinguished sky lantern floating down from the left side of Tianyue Tower outside the window. The thin paper of the lantern happened to scrape on the window, and it was blown by the wind to make a squeaking noise. He couldn't help picking it up, He saw a line of small characters on the back, and he turned it over to have a look.

A flash of surprise flashed by, and he subconsciously looked towards the top floor.

Could it be that she is also putting on lights in Tianyue Tower?

The flames followed the wind like a dragon whistling, and in an instant thick smoke filled the whole street. Looking at Tianyue Tower from a distance, the flames soared into the sky, illuminating most of the night sky.

"Ah--fourth master, fourth master, it's gone, it's gone, come quickly!"

"Help, help! Fourth master and my concubine are so scared, are we going to be burned to death here! No, I don't want to die, I don't want to die so ugly—"

Shen Xiangxiang was so frightened that Huarong turned pale, and could only spin around in a hurry, so frightened that he even forgot to run away.

A figure swayed, and Wu Yun appeared.

"Wu Yun, take the concubine and leave!" Shangguan Fengxuan ordered, but he ran to the top of Tianyue Tower, and Shen Xiangxiang screamed in anxiety: "Fourth master—fourth master—there is danger in there—you, you Why are you still running up—fourth master—”

Wu Yun also looked worriedly at Shangguan Fengxuan running upstairs, gritted his teeth, took Shen Xiangxiang's hand and half-dragged him and ran downstairs to the third floor. The crowd was crowded and chaotic, but the fire hadn't burned yet. When he got down, Wu Yun let go of Shen Xiangxiang's hand: "It's all right now, the princess followed the maid and ran down, don't stop, just ran out of Tianyue Tower, I have to go back to save the prince!" Stairs, hurried to the top floor.

Shen Xiangxiang's screams were drowned in the boiling voices, and the figure of red and willow green was knocked upside down by the frightened crowd, and almost rolled to the ground. Where did the delicate young lady suffer such crimes, and where did she encounter such fright? In the end, the master and servant both rolled to the ground and were trampled on a few times.

There are swords, lights and swords outside the building, and fire shadows inside the building.

However, when Xue Yi stepped into Tianyue Tower, King Jing's Mansion.

Shangguan Chonglian once again stepped into Xiangxueyuan, hiding in the dark, just wanting to see if Xueyi is doing that stupid thing again by injecting herself with needles.

Unexpectedly, there was a lamp lit in the Dongnuan Pavilion, but there was no one walking around for a long time.

Did he fall asleep?

But the time was a bit too early. After quietly looking at Dongnuan Pavilion for a while, he finally couldn't help but walked in quietly.

On the table, a piece of letter paper was placed quietly.

His eyes were shocked when he saw the words Tianyuelou.

If his guess is correct, the only way for Nangong Mingye to safely enter the palace to meet the saint is to use the wind to send fire tonight and lure the guards of the imperial city to send troops! .
Then the Tianyue Tower near the imperial city
Damn!

The letter fell to the ground, and a red-clothed enchanting horse galloped towards the direction of Tianyue Tower.

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The wooden building was swallowed up by the fire in an instant. When the three of Xue Yi went down to the sixth floor, the floor began to collapse, and the burning beams slammed down heavily with flames, and there were screams and wailing everywhere.

The fleeing civilians collided without direction, and after a while, the three of Xue Yi were dispersed by the flow of people.

The thick smoke choked her nostrils, sparks splashed everywhere, Xueyi was knocked to the ground, her already injured body was crushed and trampled by the crowd, it was so painful that she couldn't get up from the ground, but what she was thinking at the moment was outside the building. how is the situation.

Was this fire accidental?
The stairs were too narrow, and some people were not in a hurry to run for their lives. Seeing the fire ahead blocking the way, they retreated in fright, screaming, crowding, colliding with each other in the corridors in all directions, and then fell, some were killed. When the fire stick hit them, they screamed in pain. Some were ignited by the fire and fell from upstairs.

The wind was getting tighter, and the fire was raging like a sea tide.

The heat burned the skin.

The fire burned Tianyue Tower, and the flames flew, and a row of houses adjacent to Tianyue Tower also ignited a raging fire.

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(End of this chapter)