“It’s fine, he’s taking care of me. He’s alright,” Li Yue shook her head.

  “He……” Surprise flashed across her face but it disappeared very quickly. Perhaps because she didn’t expect Li Yue to allow Ye Lang to care for her.

  And until this point of the conversation, Ye Lang still hadn’t turned his head around. Not even when he realised it was Zhao Yarou.

  “Yeah.” Li Yue nodded, then turned to look at Ye Lang.

  Everyone looked at him at the same time, he’d become the focal point of attention in an instant.

  “Silly, you’re supposed to greet the empress! Or it’ll be suspicious!” came Coldblood Five’s voice.

  “I know but if I greet her she might recognise me!” frowned Ye Lang, extremely worried.

  “Just think of a way to get this over with, or I could kill them all now. Although it’ll be difficult, I think there’s still hope for success,” said Coldblood Five.

  “We’ll see……” Ye Lang was still thinking.

  “Hey, what’s the matter with you? The empress is behind you, can you please greet her or something?” said Li Yue. Even if he wasn’t a citizen of the Soaring Sky Empire, he should still mind his manners around their empress!

  “Oh, the empress is here! Would you like something to eat? Oh wait, you wouldn’t like wild animals, goodbye then. I won’t be seeing you off.” Ye Lang waved a hand, his head still unturned.

  “.……” Everyone else fell silent for different reasons.

  Li Yue thought Ye Lang was panicking because of the poison,

  While Coldblood Five sighed to herself,

  The rest of the guards thought Ye Lang was utterly rude. How could he not treat the empress with more respect?

  Zhao Yarou merely smiled. No one could tell what she was thinking. Was this crazy woman angry? Was she going to kill him?

  “You’re wrong, I’m not a snob who only eats in luxury. Didn’t I ask you for a chicken wing just now?” Zhao Yarou said with a smile then took a seat right in front of Ye Lang.

  Everyone else was stunned by her response, wondering what she was going to do next. Not only did she not get upset, but she also took a seat with a SMILE?!

  Zhao Yarou rarely smiled. They’d served by her side for many years now and they’d never seen her smile like that.

  In the past, her smiles had a dark undertone behind them. Every time she smiled, a huge massacre would ensue.

  Was this the calm before the storm?

  “Your Majesty, he’s a beastman, he doesn’t know the rules! Please forgive him!” Li Yue thought Zhao Yarou wanted to kill him too, immediately defending Ye Lang.

  “He’s from the fox tribe, I know! Coincidentally, I’m about to have a meeting with the fox tribe to discuss matters relating to our trade and partnership. Which clan are you from?” Zhao Yarou turned to look at Ye Lang.