Mu Xiu actually had no idea about the question raised by Yin Zhu, but he had no better solution. Even though he knew this road was difficult, he had no choice but to continue to walk to the end.

Sometimes he would question the injustice of fate, why he was chosen, and why life kept playing tricks on him.

As companions who traveled through time together, he and Su Wan Ning should have been relatives and comrades in this world, close to each other and trusting each other to find a way back. But now their goals are different and their pace is inconsistent. Wan Ning always wants to find the truth about the time travel and the way to travel back. But Mu Xiu, it's not that he doesn't want to, but that he can't. The identity and mission of the guardian of the butterfly jade pendant don't give him the opportunity to go back.

He wants to stay in this world!

If he went back, he would have to face the fate of his family dying early. Here, even if he used someone else's body, he might still have a chance of survival. He stubbornly believed that this was the only chance to change the fate of his family. Even if he failed, he would let this reincarnation end with him.

Can two people who are destined to go in different directions still go together? He didn't dare to tell Wan Ning his real plan. Even when Wan Ning trusted him completely and without reservation out of sympathy, Mu Xiu still didn't confess, and even begged to unify the two directions quietly in a gentle way.

So when Wan Ning asked him to investigate the real disappearance of Princess Le Yan, Mu Xiu always had reservations; later he began to help Wan Ning adapt to life in this world, allowing her to develop a bond with this world and become attached to it, making her reluctant to leave. He always played the role of a best friend by her side, persuading her to accept Zi Heng's love and enjoy things that she didn't have in her own world.

Although everything was progressing slowly, it was moving in the direction he had planned, and he lived a simple life in this dark palace. But things did not go as planned. Ever since the butterfly jade pendant suddenly appeared and sent him a signal, Mu Xiu realized that the simplicity of the past was all an illusion, and he could not escape and be freed.

Therefore, his life gradually faded away in these years, and Mu Xiu's body became weaker and weaker, and he was getting thinner and thinner. Later, in order to make Wan Ning like this place, Mu Xiu invested in her business, and accidentally found that as his wealth accumulated, his body became healthier.

Now there are two paths before Mu Xiu. Going back means an early death and the fate of reincarnation of the family era, but staying here may give him a chance to fight back and put an end to this unsolvable problem. At this point, Mu Xiu has become more determined in his choice!

Mu Xiu was delighted with his discovery and carefully verified the variables related to his body in order to save himself from this muddy life.

"Young Master?" Seeing that Mu Xiu was in a daze for a while, Yin Zhu knelt down with hot tea in both hands and walked forward on his knees, raising the cup above his head and placing it in front of Mu Xiu.

Mu Xiu picked up the cup with one hand, then quietly placed it on the desk, and sat down on the chair. His black eyes were like an unfathomable pool of water, with an indescribable dangerous aura. He lifted the lid of the cup with just two fingers, watching the hot air inside rush out, then disappear as it rose.

"Yin Zhu, do you know when you will be completely disappointed in someone? When you trust him the most, the more unconditional your trust is, the more concrete the pain will be when you realize the deception. The better the relationship between the two of you is now, the more difficult it will be to accept it later." Mu Xiu's voice was cold and emotionless, like a robot that had lost its emotions.

Yin Zhu was only worried about his young master. He knew that someone in Tumo had fed him something highly poisonous before he left in order to make him obedient. In the future, he would be given a small amount of antidote and tasks to perform on time. The antidote was a few days late last time, and the young master's appearance from the poison was still vivid in his mind. Yin Zhu really couldn't bear to see the young master go through such pain again.

Every time a mission comes, only the young master can read it, but last time Yin Zhu accidentally read the content of the note, he has been worried about the progress of the young master in completing the mission. "Kill Mengzhu, marry Le Yan", it seems that neither of them is easy to complete, especially since Princess Mengzhu came to Nanye with them from Tumo. She has long regarded the young master as her own brother, and the young master also loves her as his own sister. How can he bear to do such a thing!

Therefore, Yin Zhu had already made a plan in his mind. When necessary, he would do it for the young master, and let him bear the infamy! If he could do it for the young master, he would also be willing to marry Princess Le Yan for the young master, but he was really of humble status and could only do his best to help the young master. Yin Zhu said with concern: "Young master, do you mean to deliberately let Princess Le Yan and the Emperor of Chu develop feelings?"

Mu Xiu sighed in despair from his throat. He leaned back in his chair tiredly and murmured, "Now the Queen Mother has already announced that Princess Le Yan will marry, and Nanye only has me, a Tu Mo prince, so she can only marry me in the end. But she will definitely not be happy to let the princess marry now. But if she finds out that she has been deceived when their relationship is at its best, she may be willing to leave me when she is sad and upset."

After saying that, Mu Xiu glanced at Yin Zhu and found that he was still kneeling on the ground, with his upper body straight and a look of joy on his face. Mu Xiu felt a little sorry for him, so he turned his head and said, "Get up, the ground is cold. From now on, just follow my orders and keep any extra questions to yourself. I don't need a talkative subordinate."

Yin Zhu bowed, almost bending to 90 degrees, and then left the room. Mu Xiu sat quietly on the chair with his head down, maintaining his original posture until the door was closed and the last ray of sunlight flashed across his face before returning to darkness. He rested his elbows on the armrests of the chair, and put his index finger and thumb close to his mouth to block the desire to confess.

Although he was not the mastermind of this matter, he did secretly fuel the flames. Ever since he knew that Wan Ning insisted on investigating the truth of the time travel, he had been planning to make Wan Ning fall in love with Zi Heng, but he occasionally talked about Zi Heng's relationship with Zhen Zhen Le Yan, and the story of Zi Heng and Fei Yu's confidant. It was also he who suggested that Wan Ning go to the posthouse to find the tribute items from Fei Yu, and deliberately put the portraits of the two in it, sowing the seeds of doubt when the two were in love.

Another self-torture trick was used to tell Wan Ning that there was no hope for the two of them to go back, in order to completely stop her from thinking of going back.

Now he just had to wait for this seed to sprout, and then Wan Ning would completely reject Ziheng's feelings, and then she would be likely to accept the marriage arrangement. He thought he had made arrangements, and when the three-year period was up, he would take Wan Ning back to Tumo and make up for his debt to her, so that she could live happier in this world.

Mu Xiu fiddled with the teacup in front of him with his fingertips, and then closed the lid on the side. He blinked and looked at the closed door. He raised his head and muttered to himself: "Su Wanning, will you blame me?"

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