You want to be the overlord of the world, I just want to herd sheep at the Sunset Lake.
People with different paths cannot make plans together.
Li Muyang turned and walked away, without the slightest hesitation.
The so-called supreme power and half of the world had nothing to do with him.
After a few steps, he thought that there were still things that had not been resolved.
Turning around, he saw Cui Xiaoxin and Chu Ning waiting not far away.
These two were also pitiful women. Chu Ning's father died early, her elder brother was either killed or demoted, and she had no relatives in the palace. It was the endless murderous plots that were impossible to guard against. If he were to return to the palace or the prince's residence, he would most likely be given a cup of poisoned wine to end his life.
Cui Xiaoxin — —
Li Muyang looked at Cui Xiaoxin, at the beautiful woman whom he was once infatuated with but gradually drifted away from. At that time, he felt that there was a huge chasm between them, and that a wave of his hand would be farewell forever. Because some distance could not be bridged by hard work alone.
But what he didn't expect was that at this moment, things were still the same but the people were different. The Cui clan had suffered a great disaster, and it was unknown whether her family could be saved. If she were to go back at this time, would she be buried together with the declining family?
"You — — come with me?"
Cui Xiaoxin's long eyelashes blinked, looking at Li Muyang without speaking.
It was Chu Ning who looked at Li Muyang and asked aloud, "Where are we going? Where are you going to take us? "
"Wind City." Li Muyang said softly, "You will come with me to Wind City first. After I pick up my parents and family, we will return to Jiangnan together. We will settle in Jiangnan and never ask about the secular affairs of the world again. "
"Jiangnan — —" Cui Xiaoxin muttered to herself. "Jiangnan is good, the scenery is familiar. The sun rises in Jiangnan and the river is as green as blue in spring. How can I not miss Jiangnan? "
The small city of Jiangnan was also a special place for Cui Xiaoxin, a place where her body and mind could fly freely. The years she lived in Jiangnan City were the happiest and most comfortable days of her life.
Hearing Li Muyang mention the way back, Cui Xiaoxin couldn't help but look forward to it.
If he could stay in such a small town for a while, or even for a lifetime, it would be a very happy thing.
"Jiang Nan …" Chu Ning turned to look at Cui Xiaoxin, trying to pry into her true thoughts from her eyes. However, the confusion in Cui Xiaoxin's eyes disappeared in a flash. By the time Chu Ning looked at her, Cui Xiaoxin had regained her composure, as if she didn't care about anything and everything was under her control. "I am a homeless person, whether I go to Wind City or Jiangnan, as long as I have a place to stay, a place to stay, I am very satisfied — — but Xiaoxin — —"
After a pause, Chu Ning looked up into Li Muyang's eyes. "Xiaoxin is not the same as us. Xiaoxin has parents and family, there are elders of the clan, and there was the farce with Song Tinyun before. Why would she follow you to Wind City and Jiangnan without a name? What would outsiders think of her? What would her family think of her? "
Li Muyang's heart tightened, unwilling to look at Cui Xiaoxin's eyes, but focused his eyes on Chu Ning, saying softly, "Something has happened to the Cui clan, the situation is very dangerous now. It is naturally a good thing if we can keep it. If we can't, I'm afraid the whole clan will suffer a disaster. "
"Xiaoxin's grandfather — — Elder Cui's cultivation base has been destroyed, and the Cui family is now in a precarious situation. Without the protection of a powerful figure like Elder Cui, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the others to support the overall situation. Also — — being in the imperial court, the Cui clan has more or less offended some people. Now that they have found an opportunity, how would they give up? Even if they don't do anything in the open, there will be a lot of actions in the dark. Xiaoxin going back at this time, I'm afraid — — is not a wise choice. "
Chu Ning frowned. "You say these words to Xiaoxin, why are you saying them to me?"
"— —" Li Muyang was speechless. Didn't you ask just now, I'm just answering your question now.
Cui Xiaoxin saw Li Muyang's embarrassment, the corners of her mouth curved into a faint smile. This was a smile of understanding everything, seeming to understand his thoughts and difficulties. She softly said, "I understand your intention. However, as Chu Ning said just now, parents and relatives are safe and sound, the elders of the clan are healthy, and the Cui clan is in a precarious situation. As a child, how can I abandon my relatives and clan? Although Xiaoxin is just a girl, and may not be able to help in the family matters, but she can serve my parents, pour a cup of hot tea, and say a few comforting words — — that way, I will not let them down for giving birth to me and raising me. "
Cui Xiaoxin took out a white handkerchief from her pocket and gently wiped the dust on Li Muyang's face. Her voice was sweet, with a hint of shyness. She was also not used to being so intimate with a man, which was something she had never done before. "I know you have important things to do. Go to Wind City, go to Jiangnan, pick up my parents and family — — I'm fine. Don't worry. If you can, can you take Chu Ning with you? She will be safer with you. I'm afraid I don't have the ability to protect her. Take her to Jiangnan, I think she will like it there. It's also the city I miss the most. "
"Xiaoxin — —" Chu Ning said angrily. "If you don't go, I won't go. Why do I need your protection? You don't have the strength to truss a chicken, I should protect you. "
Chu Ning turned to look at Li Muyang and said angrily, "Go, I don't need you to care about me. I'll stay in Tiandu with Xiaoxin. "
"Xiaoxin — —"
"I've made up my mind, don't say anything more." Cui Xiaoxin took back the handkerchief. "Let's go. This is not a place to stay for a long time. We have to leave too. "
Cui Xiaoxin reached out and took Chu Ning's hand, and the two women turned and walked out of the palace.
"Xiaoxin, you've decided — —" Chu Ning held Cui Xiaoxin's hand tightly. She could feel her fragility and timidity at this time. "You really don't want to go with him?"
"Why make things difficult for him?" Cui Xiaoxin's voice was low, with infinite emotion. "He doesn't even have the courage to look at me. Why force him to say what he doesn't want to say — — This is not the past, Tiandu is not Jiangnan, and the current Li Muyang is not the Li Muyang of the past."
"But — —"
"No buts — —" Cui Xiaoxin's face was pale and said, "Sister Chu Ning, let's walk calmly, so that at least we can retain our dignity. Just pretend that I didn't see his dilemma. "
"— —"
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Ice Spring Palace.
Bang bang bang — —
The sound of the wooden fish was heard. The palace was cold.
This palace was just like its name, it would never give people the feeling of being in the middle of a mortal world. It was so cold that ice was about to form.
Lu Xingkong pushed open the courtyard door, waved his hand to stop the little palace maid from reporting, and walked straight towards the place where the sound of the wooden fish was coming from.
Bang — —
The sound of the wooden fish was struck heavily, and then stopped.
"I'm sorry to disturb your cultivation." Lu Xingkong stood behind her, saying apologetically.
"In this palace, which day is there no blood and fire? Which day is there no strife? The so-called cultivation is just deceiving oneself and others. "The palace beauty rose to her feet, bowed to Lu Xingkong, and said," Is it calm outside? "
"It's calm, how could it be so easy?" Lu Xingkong sighed softly. "Not to mention this vast Tiandu, the vast West Wind Kingdom, even if one wants to have this moment of peace — — it is extremely difficult."
The palace beauty pondered for a moment before she asked, "You've met Muyang?"
"Yes." Lu Xingkong nodded. "I just saw him."
"He doesn't understand?"
"He doesn't understand."
"That's what you're worried about?"
"You can use strategy for state affairs, but you can only use emotion for family affairs." Lu Xingkong sighed softly. "This happens to be what I'm not good at."
"You've been hiding it from him." The palace beauty also sighed. "If I had told him earlier, perhaps — — he would have accepted it more easily?"
"What? What did he say? "
"— —"
After a pause, Lu Xingkong nodded again. "But what you said also makes sense. It really was my negligence — — he was able to find his way to the palace, to find your place, at that time, I should have known that he already knew that I was the mastermind. If I had come out to meet him that day when he came to find you, perhaps, the situation would be different? "
"Muyang is not like Tianyu, who can understand what he is thinking? What he has experienced, if it were to happen to other children, they would have been crushed — — You're too harsh on him. "
"A jade that is not polished is not a tool. There are some things that he must do. There are some responsibilities that can only be borne by him. "
"So what if he became a tool? The relationship between grandfather and grandson has fallen to such a state, do you not feel bad? Does he not feel bad? "
"There are some things that you women don't understand."
"But women understand emotions." The palace beauty looked at Lu Xingkong, having the rare courage to fight back against the old man who had always made her feel terrified. "The world says that Defence minister has planned every step of the way, and has calculated every possibility. In your heart, there is nothing that you can't take part in. But, emotions can't. You pushed the young and old of the clan into danger, and then turned the Lu clan from the light to the dark, and then joined forces with the Chu clan to bring down the Song clan of West Wind. Your goal is right, but the method is wrong, and the process is also wrong. "
"Without destruction there can be no construction, without such a method and process, how could there be such a result?"
"This is the problem of different people seeing different things." The palace beauty said aloud. "In any case, I have to congratulate Defence minister for completing his long-cherished wish. The Song clan has fallen, the Cui clan has collapsed, and the Lu clan has risen to become the number one family of West Wind — — Even the Chu clan of the Imperial family has to listen to Defence minister. Defence minister holds the army of the world in your hands, no one would dare to contend against you, right? "
"There is one thing that must be done." Lu Xingkong nodded.
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