Kidnapping (3)

As Ye Lang was leaving the Li Family, he was spotted by a passerby at a corner. He could evade the officials from the Soaring Sky Empire, but he couldn't evade these ordinary people; they were everywhere.

"Thirteenth Young Master..." The pedestrian stared blankly for a moment as Ye Lang carried Li Yue through the crowd, then exclaimed in surprise.

The group of people never expected Ye Lang to appear in front of them. At that moment, they felt they should place a bet; their luck was just too good.

At the same time, he also saw Li Yue's presence and felt a little strange. Why was Thirteenth Young Master carrying Miss Li Yue and running? What was he doing?

Before the group could figure things out, some knights in black armor appeared. This was Zhao Yarou's Knights Order, and no one in the entire Soaring Sky Empire was unaware of their existence.

One of the knights asked, "Have you seen Ye Lang?"

"No! Is Thirteenth Young Master here?" The group immediately shook their heads, pretending to be very excited, wanting to find Ye Lang's presence.

Pshaw, everyone knows the Empress and the Thirteenth Young Master are mortal enemies. Telling you would be sending the Thirteenth Young Master to his death, wouldn't it? Would I do that? If I did, I'd be ridiculed to death by everyone.

That's why, even if Ye Lang walks on the streets of the Xiangkong Empire, as long as he isn't spotted by Zhao Yarou's people, everyone will pretend they didn't see him and will absolutely not reveal his information to the people who want to capture him. In fact, it might even mislead those who want to capture him.

Ye Lang was unaware of this situation. He simply carried Li Yue away and left the imperial city. With his abilities, he had many ways to leave the city without alerting the City Guard.

"So much time has passed, it seems he has already left! Let's go back and report to the Emperor." Three hours later, the search party gave up, leaving some to make a show of it while the rest returned.

"It's been three hours, he's already gone, there's no need to look anymore!!" After receiving this news, Zhao Yarou ordered the search to stop. She understood Ye Lang's abilities better than the others and knew that it was impossible to find Ye Lang now. Continuing would be futile, so she simply called it a day.

"Your subordinates are incompetent! Please punish us, Your Majesty!!" The people who participated in this operation knelt before Zhao Yarou, trembling with fear as they awaited her punishment, something they had long been prepared for.

Working under Zhao Yarou means being prepared to be punished, especially if you make mistakes or do things poorly. However, if you complete tasks well, you will be rewarded.

Zhao Yarou is known for her clear distinction between rewards and punishments, and she is always very strict in both. Her punishments, in particular, are severe!

This time, so many of them couldn't catch Ye Lang, and didn't even have a chance to fight him, which made them feel that they would definitely be severely punished.

But what they didn't expect was—

"You may all step down. This matter is none of your concern. I knew it would end this way, but I hope you won't fail again next time!" Zhao Yarou waved her hand gently, speaking with a faint smile.

"?!" The crowd was puzzled, not knowing what Zhao Yarou meant. However, no matter what, they had to listen to Zhao Yarou first and step back, as staying would definitely not do them any good.

When everyone had left and only Zhao Yarou remained in the Imperial Study, she slowly stood up and stared blankly at the seat where Ye Lang had been eating.

"I never expected you to have such ability, to be able to easily take Li Yue away from so many people I arranged..." Zhao Yarou was a little surprised that Ye Lang could break her ambush so easily. She didn't think her ambush could stump Ye Lang, but she didn't expect it to be so simple.

The reason it was so simple was because he wanted to deal with the Li Family, and the people he had arranged were all innocently implicated, which is why he was able to escape so easily.

What is this? You should call it luck. He's the son of Goddess of Luck; if she doesn't favor him, who will? I really hope he can keep this luck...

"What exactly do you want to do to Li Yue? What is your purpose in wanting the Heavenly Mechanism Armor? Are you going back to Ye City? You should go back. A lot has happened in Ye City since you left..." Zhao Yarou didn't know what Ye Lang was planning, so she guessed that he was going back to Ye City.

As for Ye City, Zhao Yarou had been paying close attention, not only to see how the Ye Clan was doing, but also to find out the whereabouts of Ye Lang and the Seventh Princess.

According to the information Zhao Yarou obtained, Ye City is undergoing earth-shattering changes and its status on the mainland is rising rapidly. This has nothing to do with Ye Lang, but some things have happened in Ye City recently that are somewhat related to Ye Lang. If Ye Lang goes back, he will definitely be surprised by this.

This is what Zhao Yarou wanted to say, and she didn't want Ye Lang to go back to Ye City because this wasn't the way she wanted things to develop.

"Ye Lang, you bastard, don't let me catch you next time, or you'll never escape my grasp for the rest of your life!!" Finally, Zhao Yarou stretched out one hand, then clenched her fist, looking as if she was making a silent vow.

However, at this moment, Zhao Yarou seemed to feel relieved, because she didn't know how to deal with Ye Lang after she had captured him.

Ye Lang is too troublesome now; he's a hot potato. Perhaps, it would be the best outcome if he ran away on his own.

Of course, if she could catch it, Zhao Yarou still hoped she could...

"Hey, do you guys even know..."

"Thirteenth Young Master and Little Empress, right? I know that. There's something going on between them."

"No, that's old news. The latest news is that the Thirteenth Young Master just kidnapped Miss Li Yue, they say it was a formal abduction..."

"What?!"

"That little idiot! How could he just kidnap someone like that!" Cold-Blooded Seventh was stunned for a moment after receiving the news. "However, this isn't a bad idea. It's straightforward. Why didn't he do this before?"

"He wanted to do this before, but you all objected, saying you wanted to pursue Li Yue," Cold-Blooded Fifth said.

"..."

"Not bad. Kidnapping may be a bit thuggish, but it's really efficient. This way, we get the Heavenly Mechanism Armor. As long as the Heavenly Mechanism Armor is with Li Yue, we'll always find a way to get it..." Athena was also stunned after receiving the news, and secretly blamed herself for not thinking of this before. If she had, it wouldn't have been so troublesome, and Ye Lang would have been put in trouble several times.

In fact, Athena could have easily come up with this idea with her wisdom, but her heart wasn't so wicked that she didn't think about it.