lcionline Chapter 194 Throwing Off Eyeliner
Chapter 194 Throwing Off Eyeliner
How could the Crown Princess understand this kind of pain?
She cleared her throat and pretended to be weak: "I have been catching a cold lately and have been coughing non-stop. I am afraid that the disease may be transmitted to the Crown Princess. Please tell her that we can only find another time to meet."
Then, he deliberately coughed twice, which aggravated the symptoms of the disease.
The palace maid obeyed the order and left. Soon, she returned in a hurry, followed by the Crown Princess, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes and looked very imposing.
"Princess, the Crown Princess is concerned about your health and insisted on coming to visit you in person. I cannot dissuade her..."
There was a hint of helplessness in the palace maid's words.
Obviously, the Crown Princess had an ulterior motive for her visit, and the palace servants could hardly stop her.
Su Rao said nothing more, and looked directly at the Crown Princess, her words interspersed with frequent coughing: "Crown...Princess...cough cough...are you well...cough cough cough!"
Her cough was violent and strange, as if even her soul was trembling, and her thin face looked even more haggard. If the palace servants did not know the truth, they would probably really misunderstand that she was terminally ill.
However, the Crown Princess was not scared away, but took a step closer, with a concerned expression on her face: "Sister Rao'er, what's wrong with you? Have you asked the imperial physician to see you?"
"My illness...is similar to tuberculosis, Crown Princess...cough...it's best to stay away..."
Su Rao's words were unclear, trying to evade the question.
Tuberculosis is a horrible disease that everyone fears, and the Crown Princess should stop there.
Unexpectedly, the Crown Princess didn't mind at all. Instead, she held her hand and looked worried: "Sister is so seriously ill, how can we delay? Hurry up and call the imperial physician!"
The Crown Princess's actions seemed to have a deeper meaning. Su Rao was full of doubts and became alert at the same time.
She pretended to cough again, trying to get rid of her control, but unexpectedly the Crown Princess held her hand even tighter, with an unknown light flashing in her eyes.
Just when Su Rao was full of doubts, the Crown Princess suddenly frowned and came up with a plan: "I know a miracle doctor. I can take my sister to see him immediately."
Having said that, he wanted to forcibly pull Su Rao away with him.
Su Rao stood firm and refused, "I know my own body very well. Princess Consort, there is no need to worry about this."
"Sister, you can't delay your illness. I will find a doctor for you no matter what."
As soon as the Crown Princess finished speaking, she gave a command with her eyes, and the palace servants around her immediately moved closer, as if ready to take action.
Su Rao's face darkened, and the atmosphere in Shoukang Palace suddenly became tense.
What exactly did the Crown Princess want to do? Was she going to forcibly take her away from this royal forbidden place?
This was not only a direct provocation to the Queen Mother, but also a serious offense to the imperial power! And what merits and abilities did Su Rao have to attract such a target?
A storm seemed to be quietly brewing in Shoukang Palace.
Faced with this sudden crisis, Su Rao's heart seemed to be hit by a sudden hailstorm, causing layers of terrifying ripples.
Several loyal palace maids who had followed her since childhood stepped forward reflexively almost at the same time as the crisis came, and stood in front of her resolutely like a solid wall. Their firm figures were like a shield, blocking the approach of the Crown Princess and her entourage, and protecting Su Rao from any threat.
The smile on the Crown Princess's face suddenly froze, and a sinister look flashed across her pair of eyes. The corners of her mouth twitched slightly under her delicate makeup, and she opened her red lips to a seemingly ordinary but actually hidden palace servant beside her, and issued an almost inaudible order: "Take the princess away from here quickly, and don't let her condition worsen due to delay."
The palace servants who came with the Crown Princess seemed to have been waiting for this order for a long time. They moved quickly and agilely, and instantly entangled with the guards around Su Rao. Swords flashed and murderous intent appeared at every step, showing that they were not only numerous, but also well-trained and had extraordinary skills.
At this moment, Su Rao suddenly realized that all this was obviously not accidental. Behind the Crown Princess, there seemed to be a huge net quietly spreading, and she was stepping into a carefully planned trap step by step.
Deep in the palace where power struggles are like a chess game and everyone is a chess piece, an undercurrent storm has been brewing silently. Su Rao, however, seems to be the most helpless leaf, having been caught in the center of this storm that is about to sweep away everything, facing an unprecedented test of life and death.
However, is Su Rao someone who gives up easily?
Amid the chaos of the fight among the palace people, she, with her extraordinary calmness and sharpness, caught a fleeting chance to escape.
Her eyes looked around quickly like a cheetah, looking for a glimmer of hope. Then, her body flashed, like a cunning rabbit in the woods, lightly weaving through the dense crowd, and ran towards an exit that seemed narrow but was actually hidden.
"He ran away! Why don't you chase him?"
The Crown Princess' voice was as cold as ice, and her command carried absolute authority that could not be disobeyed.
Immediately, several well-trained palace servants, like unbridled hounds, pounced towards the direction where Su Rao was escaping with a clear goal.
Su Rao knew clearly that she did not have the physical strength to fight head-on with these strong palace servants, but in Shoukang Palace, she had an advantage that no one else could match - she knew every brick, every blade of grass, and every tree here like the back of her hand.
With her familiarity with the terrain, she quickly planned multiple escape routes in her mind while running at full speed, and finally chose the most dangerous path with the greatest chance of shaking off the pursuer.
Her steps were brisk, and every turn and jump was extremely precise. She took advantage of the complex terrain and gradually left the pursuers behind.
Just as she passed through a narrow path that could only accommodate one person, successfully forcing the team of pursuers to lengthen due to the terrain and greatly reducing the pursuit speed. When she thought she could take a break temporarily, a new obstacle suddenly appeared in front of her - several confidants of the Crown Princess blocked her way like a solid wall. The cry of "Stop her" was like a cold wind in winter, which made people shiver.
Although the guards and palace maids in Shoukang Palace respected Su Rao, they had to obey orders and block her way under such circumstances, and the situation was temporarily deadlocked.
In this tense and chaotic moment, Su Rao, with her agility, cleverly slipped into an inconspicuous side room out of everyone's blind spot, quickly locked the door, and hid in the darkness.
Her breathing was rapid and heavy, and her heart was beating violently in her chest like a drum, but she suppressed her fear, and watched the movements outside through the crack in the door, hoping for a turning point.
At this time, the search outside intensified, accompanied by a man's low and magnetic voice, like a playful old cat, wandering among the rats, every word seemed to be pluck Su Rao's tense nerves: "Princess Yi, are you really hiding here?"