HRPM – Chapter 127 Jin Luoluo Comes to the Rescue (1)

Xiao Yu gave a cold, confident snort. “Even imperial words can be wrong sometimes. It’s only a marriage decree. Not to mention she hasn’t married you yet—even if she had, I still wouldn’t give up. In our dynasty, even princesses who have married three times exist. A mere imperial edict means nothing to me.”

“Xiao Yu, you even dare covet your elder brother’s fiancée. You’ve gone too far. Aren’t you afraid I’ll report this to Father Emperor and have you punished for disregarding ethics and morality?”

“Good. Then let Father Emperor judge it fairly. Who have I, Xiao Yu, ever feared?”

At some point, Xiao Yan had leaned against the wicker basket, his expression changing. “Third Brother, Fourth Brother, stop arguing for now. Doesn’t this hot-air balloon seem to be flying somewhere other than the city wall?”

Hearing the change in his tone, Xiao Che and Xiao Yu immediately got up and looked over the railing.

Below them was Blue Moon Lake. Its rippling blue waters sparkled brilliantly under the sunlight, beautiful like a great blue moon.

But now was not the time to admire the scenery.

Why was the hot-air balloon beginning to sway back and forth, as if it were about to crash?

“This is bad. It looks like this thing is going to descend,” Xiao Yu said, his face changing as well.

“Didn’t that damned Jin Luoluo say it would land near the city wall? How did it drift over to Blue Moon Lake? If we fall from this height, does she plan to drown us alive?”

Xiao Che was furious. He had known Jin Luoluo was unreliable. Yet she had still dared let them ride this newly made half-finished contraption.

“I think she probably didn’t know such a mistake would happen either. But there’s no use saying that now—we can only save ourselves. Although I can swim…”

Xiao Yan looked across the vast Blue Moon Lake and lost his composure too. “If we have to swim back to shore from here, I’m afraid even I won’t make it. Are we, the famous princes of Chuyun Kingdom, really going to die in this ridiculous launch event?”

“That damned Jin Luoluo…” the three of them ground their teeth in hatred in unison.

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out from below, crisp and lively like silver bells.

“Your Highnesses, I, Jin Luoluo, have come to rescue you! Are you all right? Don’t be nervous, and don’t lean over the railing—you might fall. Accidents happen all the time; this year they happen especially often. Bad luck in one’s fate, you know. No need to take it too seriously.”

Jin Luoluo stood at the bow of a boat, directing the boatman at the helm to row toward the descending hot-air balloon.

Xiao Yu was so angry he nearly choked. At a time like this, that girl still had the nerve to tell them not to take it to heart.