Chapter 360: Salvation

Almost at the same time, the horses and carriages fell off the cliff, with rocks falling everywhere.

Liu Yan was holding someone and was a little slow. When he jumped out of the car, he could only hook onto the vines on the edge of the cliff to stop falling. He could hold the princess in one hand and grab the vines with the other hand, climbing up little by little.

Huo Yanran woke up a little, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Liu Yan holding her, hanging on the edge of the cliff.

There was constant falling of debris all around, and Liu Yan was afraid that the princess would be hit, so he held her tightly in his arms.

Liu Tanhua's embrace was very warm, even better than Huo Yanran had imagined.

But at this moment she did not dare to be greedy at all. These vines were not thick enough and could not bear the weight of two people. Even if Liu Yan had amazing arm strength and could hold her in one hand and hold the vines with the other hand to climb up, these vines could not bear the weight of the two of them.

"Liu Yan..." Huo Yanran's head was still dizzy and her voice was a little light.

However, this place was quite far from the valley where they had just been ambushed, and the sounds of fighting had quietly faded away at some point.

At this moment, everything was silent and the night was dark. Only the heartbeats of her and Liu Yan were particularly clear.

"Let me go." Huo Yanran thought to herself, with such a good mother, such a good seventh brother and sister-in-law, and Liu Yan who risked his life to chase after her and save her, her life would not be lived in vain.

She said, "I feel so dizzy... I really can't climb up. Liu Yan, let me go, you go up by yourself."

When Liu Yan heard this, instead of letting Huo Yanran go, he hugged her even tighter. He said in a hoarse voice, "I can die, but I cannot let go of the princess."

Huo Yanran seemed to suddenly wake up after hearing this. She suddenly wanted to ask Liu Yan in her last moments, "Is it that Lord Liu can't let go of Princess Changning, or is it that Liu Yan can't let go of Huo Yanran?"

Liu Yan was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Master Liu, you cannot let Princess Changning go."

When Huo Yanran heard this, she thought to herself that it was indeed so, but she still couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Liu Yan's reckless rush to save her just now gave her the illusion that Liu Yan seemed to like her very much.

Perhaps Liu Yan really cared about her, but Lord Liu cared about Princess Changning's life and death, and whether he could successfully complete the task entrusted by the emperor as the envoy to the bride, and even the friendship between Beili and Daxing.

Liu Yan cares about many things, but he doesn't care about Huo Yanran who is not a princess.

Huo Yanran slowly opened her hands and was about to urge Liu Yan to let her go, when she suddenly heard him speak again: "It's also Liu Yan who can't let go of Huo Yanran."

Liu Yan said this lightly, as if it were a dream that would be blown away by the wind.

Huo Yanran seemed to have heard it clearly, but was afraid it was just an illusion. She grabbed Liu Yan's collar and said, "What did you say just now? Say it again!"

Liu Yan refused to say anything more, saying only, "I have overstepped my bounds."

This sentence is a transgression, but it is no different from admitting it.

Huo Yanran was a little dazed for a moment.

Until Liu Yan's voice sounded in her ears again, "Princess, hold me tight."

Before Huo Yanran could react, her hands had already tightly embraced Liu Yan's neck.

This was an absolutely intimate posture, with Huo Yanran's entire body hanging on Liu Yan.

There was no clothes covering her neck, and Huo Yanran's sleeves had dropped to her elbows. The two of them were almost skin-to-skin touching, but their lives were hanging by a thread, and neither of them had the mind to think about the taboos of physical contact between men and women.

"Hold tight."

Liu Yan reminded the princess again.

Huo Yanran hummed, and tightened her arms around Liu Yan's neck.

The night filled the mountains and rivers, and the surroundings were pitch black.

Huo Yanran heard her heartbeat getting heavier and heavier.

Liu Yan grabbed the vines to gain leverage and climbed up the cliff step by step with Huo Yanran.

They finally climbed halfway up the mountain when the vine in Liu Yan's hand suddenly broke because it could not bear the weight of two people.

The two people fell down at the same time -

"Liu Yan!"

Huo Yanran was so frightened that she closed her eyes and shouted Liu Tanhua's name.

"I'm here." Liu Yan responded immediately and grabbed another vine and entwined it with the next one, stabilizing the two people's falling trend and stopping them on the cliff.

When Huo Yanran heard Liu Yan say "I'm here", her heart, which had been hanging in her throat, seemed to be held gently by someone and put back to its original place.

Her heart was beating so fast that she didn't dare open her eyes to look. Even without looking, she could hear the sand and stones falling. It was almost, just a little bit, and she and Liu Yan would fall down like the falling stones and turn into dust.

Huo Yanran said: "Liu Yan, if you died with me today, would you blame me? If I hadn't insisted on you being the escort..."

"Won't."

Liu Yan didn't want the princess to have wild thoughts, so he repeated his words a second time, "No."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yanran opened her eyes, looked into Liu Yan's eyes, and asked him again:

"Will you regret it then?"

I regretted risking my life to save her and being trapped on the edge of this cliff with her, not knowing whether I would live or die in the next moment.

"Won't."

Liu Yan still has these two words.

It is obvious that Liu Tanhua is talented and could speak eloquently when taking the exam in the Golden Palace, but now in front of the princess, it seems that he can only say these two words.

Fortunately, Huo Yanran was not very greedy, and she was content with Liu Yan's words.

"The princess will not die here, and neither will I."

After Liu Yan finished speaking, he continued to climb up while holding Huo Yanran. This time he climbed slower than before, but also more steadily.

The surroundings were extremely quiet, so quiet that Huo Yanran could clearly hear Liu Yan's breathing.

He really tried his best and was exhausted when he almost reached the top. However, he didn't want to worry the princess, so he tried to breathe as steadily as possible and said to Huo Yanran, "We are almost at the top. Princess, please go up first and then give me a hand."

Huo Yanran responded without hesitation, "Okay, then be careful."

Liu Yan asked Huo Yanran to hold on to the vines, then let her step on his arms and then on his shoulders to climb up.

Huo Yanran did as she was told. When she climbed up the cliff with all her might, she looked up and saw a man in black with a broken arm standing on the edge of the cliff, holding a knife.

Seeing her climb up, the other party sneered and said, "You are not dead even after this. Princess Daxing is really hard to kill!"

As the man in black spoke, he raised his knife and slashed at Huo Yanran, intending to kill her on the spot.

Huo Yanran opened her eyes wide, grabbed the vines and moved to the right. At the critical moment, a sword shadow cut through the night, pierced the chest of the man in black, kicked him off the cliff, and then grabbed Huo Yanran's hand and pulled her up.

Huo Yanran, still in shock, landed on solid ground. When she saw the newcomer's face, she was both surprised and delighted. She said in a hoarse voice, "Seventh Brother! Hurry and rescue Liu Yan! He's still down there!"

Liu Yan had already used up every last bit of his strength after lifting the princess up. His hand gripping the vine had stained the green vine red with blood. Just as he was about to fall, Huo Zheng, half of his body leaning over the cliff, grabbed his hand and pulled him up...