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Chapter 4970: 5.0722 Here He Comes!

Qiao Qiao was being so tsundere; it was giving everyone quite a headache.

Qiao Mu secretly glanced at Duan Yue, then sniffed. "Alright, fine. I'll search for him two more days, for your sake."

Duan Yue couldn't help but laugh, nodding repeatedly. "Mhm, mhm."

After searching for so long with no sign of that rascal Mo Lian, the little Emperor was unhappy. Of course, worry probably outweighed the unhappiness. Don't let this little one's straight face fool you; she was probably simulating all sorts of bad scenarios in her mind, quietly worrying herself to death.

Such a silly girl, did she think he wouldn't know what she was thinking just because she didn't say it?

Duan Yue sighed softly and shook his head. "I'm not busy. We can actually keep looking for a bit longer."

Behind him, Shao Yi rolled his eyes, utterly speechless. Prime Minister Wu Yong had sent dozens of urgent letters, but His Majesty ignored them all, yet claimed he wasn't busy. That was just too much! Compared to that, the little stoic Crown Princess seemed more reliable than His Majesty. At least she set a deadline, unlike His Majesty who was so unreliable when it came to the Crown Prince of Shenzhou...

Wait!

His Majesty was so insistent on finding the Crown Prince of Shenzhou... could it be because of...?

He...

Duan Yue turned around and saw Shao Yi's constipated expression. He was looking at Duan Yue strangely, his handsome face slightly flushed from holding back words.

"If you have something to say, say it. Why are you holding back??" Duan Yue was speechless. He figured there was nothing to say anyway, just urging him to return to the capital for Prime Minister Wu. Was that reason enough to get so stifled?

"Your Majesty, you wouldn't happen to have... inappropriate thoughts about the Crown Prince of Shenzhou, would you??"

As Shao Yi blurted out that sentence, Wu Yi, standing nearby, saw something fly past his eyes. Whoosh! It ascended perfectly, then thud! It landed elegantly in the sea.

Duan Yue pulled back one leg, expressionlessly flicking his sleeve. He took Qiao Qiao, who was stunned, and lightly coughed. "Don't mind him; his brain isn't working right."

Qiao Mu, however, seemed to have unlocked a new way of thinking. She looked at Duan Yue strangely, then at the dark guards standing stiffly like wooden stakes beside her.

"I think Shao Yi is a brave man who dares to speak the truth."

Everyone: ...

"You shouldn't have kicked him; instead, you should have greatly rewarded him." Qiao Mu said seriously, "In this day and age, there aren't many people left who dare to speak so boldly in front of their superiors."

Yes, those who spoke boldly usually had grass half a man high on their graves...

Duan Yue stared dumbfounded at Lord Qiao Qiao, who had leaped onto the flying spirit artifact. He turned to Wu Yi, who stood ramrod straight beside him. "What does Qiao Qiao mean?"

"It means exactly what Your Majesty is thinking in your heart," Wu Yi said with a serious expression, forcibly holding back a burst of laughter.

Duan Yue: ...Qiao Qiao, come back! It's not what you think! Holy crap, how could he have any thoughts about Mo Lian? He'd seen enough of that guy!

Two days later...

Duan Yue and his group traveled in the direction of Cangzhou on their flying spirit artifact. Lord Qiao Qiao's face couldn't hide her disappointment, but she tried her best not to show it. No matter how the quick-witted little servants tried to coax her into speaking, Qiao Qiao remained dispirited.

Half an hour after the group departed, the calm sea suddenly began to churn as if boiling, forming a whirlpool from the depths.

After a loud "whoosh," towering waves surged and crashed down, almost overturning a merchant ship approaching head-on.