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"He looks just like Lord Ye!" an old minister exclaimed. "His clothes, his attire, are exactly the same as when Lord Ye first appeared!"

First appearance...

"Go to the Princess's residence!" Shu Jingwei narrowed her phoenix eyes and said sharply, "Send someone to the Princess's residence immediately!"

However, the background of the image that gradually became clearer on the light screen was not the Princess's residence.

There was no one else around them. The area was shaded by green trees, with some strange wooden signs stuck in the ground. Not far away, there were enclosed areas, and the faint sounds of beasts could be heard.

Shu Jingwei saw the man's face clearly.

That face, that aura, the beauty mark under those eyes—it all exploded in Shu Jingwei's mind.

She remembered a long time ago, when Ye Fan sat in the courtyard of the Princess's mansion and told her about his good brother from his hometown.

He said that the guy had a very special appearance and temperament. He had a beauty mark under each eye and his features were extremely handsome, but he also had a strange sense of arrogance that made people want to punch him. He was very popular with girls when he was in school.

"What's your name?" she asked casually.

"Lin Ye." Ye Fan smiled, his eyes crinkling. "Two trees, Lin; fire, Ye. Sounds nice, right?"

"Lin Ye!" Shu Jingwei blurted out, her eyes fixed on the man in the light screen.

"Where did Ye Fan go?! What are you going to do to my daughter?!"

The person in the light screen did not react, and Lin Ye, who was in another time and space, could not hear what she was saying at all.

Just then, a small hand tugged at the hem of Shu Jingwei's dragon robe.

Shu Rou tilted her fair face up and pointed at the light screen with a look of disgust.

"Mother, is that child a beggar? He's dressed so poorly and filthy!"

"Doesn't she have any pretty clothes to wear?" Shu Rou proudly tugged at her luxurious brocade jacket, which was embroidered with golden phoenixes and adorned with pearls of varying sizes.

Shu Jingwei frowned. A beggar?

Only then did he take a closer look at Xiaodouzi's clothes in the sky.

The old, dusty coat was too short, revealing wrists as thin as sticks. The hem was patched with several different colored patches. Her small face was so dirty that her original skin color was obscured, and her cheekbones protruded from thinness. Her hair was tied back with a strip of cloth, looking messy.

Shu Jingwei was shaken.

How could this happen?

She clearly remembered...

She tried hard to recall when she last saw her eldest daughter, but found that she couldn't remember at all.

"Mother Queen?" Shu Rou was still shaking her clothes. "Why isn't Mother Queen paying attention to Rou'er? Is that a beggar? This is the first time Rou'er has ever seen a beggar."

Shu Jingwei looked down at her chubby little daughter, adorned with gold and silver, then at the gaunt figure in the sky, and a surge of anger welled up in her heart.

That Lin Ye did it on purpose! He deliberately dressed her daughter like that to make her anxious and heartbroken!

"Issue the order." Shu Jingwei's voice was as cold as ice. "Dispatch three thousand Imperial Guards from the capital region to immediately search all mountains and forests within a five-hundred-kilometer radius! No one is to return until the princess is found!"

Yao Jingyuan's gentle smile froze on his face.

Imperial Guards of the Capital Region?

He clenched his hand tightly in his sleeve, his nails digging into his palm.

For that bastard child! She actually mobilized the army!?

Jealousy and hatred surged and gnawed at his chest like venomous snakes.

The light screen hung in the sky, attracting everyone from high-ranking officials in the imperial palace to ordinary citizens, and even border troops to stop and watch.

In the streets of various cities, people looked up and discussed the matter animatedly.

"That must be a human trafficker! Look how terrified that child is, oh dear, so pitiful..."

"That man didn't look like a bad person, so why would he do something like that?"

"Can a bad person's character be written all over their face? This kid might just be fooled by his appearance!"

"Judging from that sound, there must be wild animals nearby, especially with such a small child..."

The sky was already getting dark, and the surrounding trees, silhouetted against the fiery red sunset, looked like menacing monsters.

There were rustling sounds coming from nearby, occasionally interspersed with a few cries that were hard to identify.

Lin Ye stepped out of the portal, glanced around, and frowned.

Zoo? What did the system do to them?

He looked down at the little one he was holding in his hand.

The little boy was clutching his clothes tightly with his other hand, his whole body pressed against his leg, his small body taut.

"You...you're going to sell Xiaodouzi?" she cried, her voice hoarse and weak. "Xiaodouzi is such a good girl...Xiaodouzi eats very little, she doesn't...she doesn't need to eat! Please don't sell Xiaodouzi..."

Lin Ye was stunned, feeling as if his heart had been stabbed.

She was only four years old, how could she know these things? Did those eunuchs and palace maids threaten to sell her?

Lin Ye's Adam's apple bobbed as he squatted down.

"Not for sale." He reached out and gently wiped away the girl's tears, his movements as careful as if he were touching something fragile, his eyes filled with heartache.

"How could your godfather sell you? Your father values ​​you more than his own life. If your godfather sold you, your father would beat me to death."

He paused, his voice becoming serious, and repeated, "No one will sell you! With your godfather around, no one will dare bully you!"

Little Douzi blinked, tears still clinging to her eyelashes, but slowly stopped crying.

"Really...really?"

"Really." Lin Ye ruffled her messy hair and held up his little finger.

"Let's pinky swear, and the pinky promise can't be broken!"

Looking at his gentle, smiling face, Xiao Douzi timidly imitated him and extended her little finger.

The two little fingers are hooked together, one big and one small.

"Pinky promise, a hundred years from now," Lin Ye said softly, waving his hand gently.

The little boy stopped crying and started laughing. Although his face was still dirty, he looked better than anything else.

Lin Ye smiled, picked up the little girl and let her sit on his arm, and walked out following the zoo's signs.

As we walked, a park appeared ahead.

The park is very large and is surrounded by glass walls. Behind the glass is a simulated mountain forest landscape, with rocks, trees, and shrubs.

Inside the wall, a huge tiger was lying on the rocks.

It was clearly startled by Lin Ye and the other person, and slowly stood up, its amber beast eyes fixed on them.

"Godfather... Godfather..."

Xiao Douzi's voice trembled uncontrollably, tears welled up in her eyes, and her two little hands tightly gripped Lin Ye's collar.

But she bit her lip tightly, her whole body trembling, and her hand slowly loosened.

"Godfather, you...run...run fast...I...I'm too heavy, you can't run fast carrying me, put me down...quick...run fast..."

She wanted him to run away.

This four-year-old was so scared he almost fainted, but he was still thinking about letting him run on his own.

Lin Ye's heart clenched painfully.

Outside the Chang Le Palace in the Great Flame Kingdom.

Shu Jingwei's face changed drastically, and all the color drained from her eyes in an instant.

She raised her hand, trembling, "Guards!!! Call in troops immediately! Go rescue the princess!"

But as soon as she finished speaking, she froze.

Where can we rescue them?

She had no idea where that place was.

On the sky, the tiger had already arched its body, its hind legs gathering strength, and it was growling softly.

Shu Jingwei felt ice-cold all over, her fingernails digging deep into her palms, blood dripping from between her fingers.

Her daughter...

"That bastard!" She stared intently at Lin Ye in the sky, her eyes filled with murderous intent. "He brought my daughter to such a place! If anything happens to her, I will tear him to pieces!"

Shu Rou was so frightened that she clung tightly to Yao Jingyuan's leg, her eyes tightly shut. "Daddy, I'm scared!"

Yao Jingyuan stood in the crowd, his eyes lowered as he comforted Shu Rou, but a slight smile played on his lips.

it is good!

Very good!

That beast should bite them both to death!

Now that they're all dead, no one will get in his way anymore.

The people were in an uproar.

"Good heavens! That beast is going to eat people!"

"Serves them right! Who told that trafficker to take the child to a place like that!"

"Exactly! People like that deserved to die! Being eaten by a tiger was their just deserts!"

"But that child...that child is innocent..."

"What a tragedy, such a young child, gone just like that..."

The next second—

The tiger slammed its hind legs off the ground, its massive body leaping into the air and pouncing straight at Lin Ye and Xiao Douzi!

Some people covered their eyes, while others turned their heads away, unable to bear to watch any longer.

"roar!!!"

The tiger's roar shook the heavens.

Then--

It stopped just two or three meters in front of them, its huge head swaying left and right, its mouth opening and closing, making "woof woof" sounds.

Great Flame Kingdom.

The expected screams did not come.

Gradually, some people among the crowd opened their eyes and turned their heads back.

Then, everyone was stunned.

In the sky, the ferocious tiger stopped just two or three steps away from the two people.

It rubbed its head against the air in front of it, making a "thump-thump" sound, and then patted with its paws, its round paw pads sticking to something unseen.

Where is there even a trace of his man-eating ferocity?

It looks just like a big cat begging for food.

"this……"

"What happened?"

"Why did that beast stop?"

"Something's blocking it! Look, its paw is slamming there, it's dangling in mid-air!"

"Good heavens, what kind of magical artifact is that? A transparent wall?"

"Is it magic? That person knows magic?"

The person who was just cursing Lin Ye for being a human trafficker and trying to kill a little girl was now gaping, unable to close his mouth for a long time.

Outside Chang Le Palace, Shu Jingwei stared intently at the sky; she was one of the few who kept her eyes fixed on the sky the whole time.

She saw it.

In front of the tiger was a transparent wall.

The tiger's paws slammed down on it, flattening its paw pads, but it still couldn't get past.

"What is that?!" she murmured, her eyes filled with shock, forgetting even the lingering fear of her daughter almost dying in the jaws of a tiger.

No one answered her, and all the ministers stared blankly at the sky, unable to react.

Yao Jingyuan stood in the crowd, his face still beaming with joy, when he froze in place.

How is that possible?

What is that?