Having received his younger sister's strong approval, Xuan Di smiled and raised an eyebrow at Huo Chengche, "Your Highness, would you like to come along?"
What could Huo Chengche say? He couldn't possibly let this unreliable guy lead his little wife on a crazy escapade; he wouldn't feel at ease!
What's more, the pleading and humble look in his uncle's eyes was practically piercing him to pieces!
“Alright,” Huo Chengche said, glancing sideways at Xuan Di with sunken eyelids, “I will go with you.”
Xuan Di smiled leisurely, stood up while waving his folding fan, his icy eyes smiling, and his peach blossom eyes were wicked and unruly.
Seeing Xuan Di's expression, Huo Chengche knew he was definitely going to cause trouble today! However, when he looked down and saw the happy and excited smile on the little baby's face, he swallowed the snort that was on the tip of his tongue.
As the group emerged from the Jingzhao Prefecture, Huo Chengche looked at Xuandi, who was walking ahead, and asked with some unease, "How do you plan to catch these human traffickers?"
Xuan Di maintained his usual confident and relaxed demeanor, waving his folding fan, exuding the dashing charm of a spoiled young nobleman. Anyone unfamiliar with the situation would think he wasn't going to catch human traffickers, but rather to visit a brothel.
"Of course we'll wait for them to walk right into our trap!" Xuan Di snapped his folding fan shut, turned around, and snatched the little boy back from Huo Chengche's arms.
Huo Chengche was completely unprepared for Xuan Di's sudden action, but since Xuan Di had already taken Nian Nian away, he couldn't very well try to snatch her away. He could only purse his lips and give Xuan Di a displeased sidelong glance.
However, Xuandi didn't see that look in his eyes. After snatching his sister away, he didn't waste a moment. He immediately went out, mounted his horse, and rode off with a spur of his legs.
"Fifth, Fifth Young Master! Fifth Young Master, don't run away!"
When Duke Zhongwu saw Xuandi snatching his sister, he immediately knew something was wrong and hurriedly chased after him, but he was too late to mount his horse and could only watch helplessly as Xuandi rode away into the distance.
Seeing that he couldn't catch up, Duke Zhongwu had no choice but to shout, "Fifth Prince! This is the capital! Don't cause too much trouble with the little princess! Even if you don't care about your own reputation, you should at least consider the reputation of our little princess!"
The more anxious Duke Zhongwu became, the less he could mount his horse. At this moment, he truly felt that he had gained some weight in the past few years.
Huo Chengche strolled over, unhurriedly mounted his horse, and glanced at Xuan Di Juechen's back in the distance. As if knowing he was being watched, the man turned around and gave him a provocative and smug smile.
"Heh," Huo Chengche narrowed his deep eyes, lazily curving his thin lips into a sneer.
When Duke Zhongwu finally mounted his horse, he looked at the empty streets, and Xuandi was nowhere to be seen.
The thought of Emperor Chongjin's demands gave Duke Zhongwu a headache, but he was completely at a loss when faced with Xuandi.
All these years, he still hasn't been able to figure out what this young master is thinking!
Duke Zhongwu was devastated and could only place his hopes on Huo Chengche.
He looked at Huo Chengche with a pained expression, "Your Highness, what should we do now? We definitely can't catch up... How about we go back to the palace?" And ask him to plead for him while we're at it?
At the end, Duke Zhongwu revealed a fawning smile.
Huo Chengche didn't even glance at him. The young man's long, narrow eyes stared ahead, and he sneered, "Let's go, to the city gate."
After saying that, Huo Chengche spurred his horse forward.
"The city gate?" Duke Zhongwu was taken aback, then quickly spurred his horse to catch up with the young man and asked, "Fifth Prince took the little princess to the city gate? How did Your Highness know?"
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