Chapter 428: Jumping off a Cliff

The advantage here is that there are no pursuers behind them. Several women rushed to the other side of the narrow gap without any worries. It was only half a mile, but it felt like a lifetime of running.

As they were about to reach the other side, Hu Xin'er asked breathlessly, "Aunt, we are safe now. Go help Mu Qing and the others."

Jiang Yao didn't say anything, but just kept walking.

Hu Xin'er noticed something was wrong and tried to open her eyes wide in the night to look at Jiang Yao.

She was seen carrying Lu's mother on her back, with one hand tightly covering her abdomen. It was very likely that she was injured in the fight just now!

Hu Xin'er suddenly became nervous: "Aunt, are you hurt?"

Jiang Yao said impatiently, "You're about to die, why are you still caring so much?"

"Put your mother down first, I'll bandage you, and then we'll go help my husband and the others." Hu Xin'er became more certain of her idea after hearing her voice.

Jiang Yao was silent for a moment: "Don't worry about them."

"What?" Hu Xin'er could hardly believe her ears. "I think I heard it wrong. Can you say it again?"

Jiang Yao said coldly, "I said don't worry about them, we just need to run!"

"How can this be possible?" Hu Xiner turned her head and took a look, feeling as if her blood was about to freeze.

According to Taoist Master Yiqing, Yixiantian is the perfect place for them to deal with the prince.

However, with overwhelming numbers, this dangerous place could cause the deaths of Mu Qing and others at any time.

When she looked over, Mu Qing had been accidentally knocked down and was hanging on the edge of the cliff, climbing up from there with great difficulty.

The situation of the rest of the people is not very good either, it can even be said to be extremely bad.

The men were covered in blood. When they saw her stop and look back, they immediately roared, "Run!"

Meanwhile, from the prince's side, a faint sound of something like an imperial decree could be heard.

Hu Xiner turned around and ran, tears finally falling.

But as she ran, her pace gradually slowed down, and when she was about to break through the narrow gap, she suddenly stopped.

Jiang Yao noticed that there were no footsteps and thought she was too tired. She shouted anxiously, "Run! Or you won't be able to escape!"

But when he turned around, he found Hu Xin'er standing on the edge of the cliff. The hazy moonlight fell on her back, and he couldn't see her expression clearly.

She was still wearing the gorgeous dress she had worn at the birthday party today, but it was covered in stains and blood, and was wrinkled and unsightly.

Jiang Yao was startled and scolded, "Why are you being so pretentious? Come here quickly."

She thought that Hu Xin'er was going to play some life-and-death trick again.

But Hu Xin'er asked, "Aunt, tell me honestly, are Mu Qing and the others going to die?"

Jiang Yao was silent for a moment.

In fact, she didn't know, or she was unwilling to admit the answer.

Judging from the current situation, Mu Qing and his men are fighting to the death. As long as they can help their female relatives escape, it will be a great victory.

The silence was enough to explain the problem. Hu Xiner raised her head slightly, as if she didn't want to look directly at the cold and terrifying river water below.

Jiang Yao frowned and said, "Don't overthink it. As long as we run away, they won't have any burdens or worries, so they'll always have a chance of escaping."

Hu Xin'er pursed her lips and shook her head: "No, they have too many people. Our hope of escaping successfully is very slim, and the prince will not give up the pursuit."

She murmured, "Just now I was wondering what made the Crown Prince risk such a great risk to make a comeback, until I heard the words 'Imperial Edict'."

Jiang Yao frowned, her bad premonition growing stronger. "Then quickly throw the imperial edict down, and then we'll run together. That way, the Crown Prince will definitely disperse his forces to look for the imperial edict, and we'll be able to—"

"It's useless, aunt." Hu Xiner lowered her head and looked at the cold, roaring river water beneath her feet.

If the imperial edict was just dropped, the prince would just need to send anyone down to look for it, and he would definitely vent his anger on Hu Xiner.

By then, Hu Xiner will be the biggest burden in the entire team.

The river water was rushing, and it looked icy cold. Hu Xiner couldn't help but think of the cliff jumping scene she had seen in her previous life. She didn't expect that such a bloody scene was about to happen to her.

A tear flowed from the corner of her eye. She knew that if she made that decision, even if a miracle happened and she could escape, she would definitely not be able to save the child.

But she would rather die than hand over the imperial edict to the prince!

"Xin'er, don't do anything stupid!" Jiang Yao walked forward calmly, wanting to catch Hu Xin'er when she was off guard.

Hu Xin'er spoke quickly, her voice trembling, "I was the one who made the decision to let the prince go. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be in such great danger. Now I should bear all of this."

Before Jiang Yao could catch her, she actually jumped off the cliff!

Jiang Yao's eyes widened in disbelief, and she lunged forward, but only managed to touch a cold hem with her fingertips.

A tear welled up in Hu Xin'er's eyes. "I'm sorry... my child..."

"I'm sorry, Mu Qing. I promised to be with you until we grow old, and to face any difficulties together. But I have to go first." Her lips moved, and the time she spent falling seemed very short and yet seemed extremely long.

At this moment, a familiar voice called out to my ears: "Xin'er!"

When Mu Qing saw Hu Xiner falling off the cliff, he jumped down without hesitation.

His toes tapped the cliff quickly, and he even used his internal energy to speed up his descent, and hugged Hu Xiner.

Hu Xin'er fell into a familiar embrace, but her eyes were full of panic: "Why did you come down?"

Mu Qing curled his lips and said, "I can't escape anyway, so I might as well die with you, a silly girl."

Then, I heard a shout: "I'm fighting for my life in the front, and you two are carrying me and jumping off the cliff, right?"

It was Yin Li who rushed down. He grabbed the branches on the edge of the cliff and threw the vines to Mu Qing.

Mu Qing held on to the vine tightly and said thank you.

This tree grows out obliquely from the cliff, right halfway up the road. Its branches and leaves are sparse, but its roots are very tenacious and have penetrated into the cracks in the rocks.

Yin Li spread his hands and said, "This place is not bad. The cliff is too steep to climb up from the bottom. Unless the prince jumps down himself, he won't be able to catch us."

He thought for a moment and added, "It's easy to starve to death."

Hu Xin'er asked in a daze, "Why did you jump down too?"

Yin Li sneered briefly, "Do you think I'm just like you mortals? I won't die if I jump off the cliff, so why not?"

The reasons are so powerful that one is speechless.

Hu Xin'er asked anxiously, "But if you all jump down, what will happen to your aunt and the others?"