In front of the gate of Duke Ding's mansion, the servants stopped the Duke Protector in plain clothes from entering.

They all know that this person is not popular.

The two generals of the Mu family and the two major generals all went to court. The only ones accompanying Mu Haoze and Mrs. Mu were Mu Peicheng and Mu Shoucheng.

The two of them were staying at home with their madam because Shang Feiyue and Ma Ying were almost plotted against during the banquet.

When I heard that the Lord Protector was coming, I was naturally very repelled.

"What is this kind of person doing here? It's really unlucky. Let him get out." Mu Shoucheng's dislike for the Lord Protector was palpable.

This move made Ma Ying couldn't help but say: "Don't meddle in the affairs of your elders casually. It depends on what your grandfather and grandmother want."

Mu Shoucheng knew that the rules should be like this, but the Guo family did not like him at all.

Mu Haoze also looked a little surprised: "What is he doing at this time?"

"After all, I'm not here to settle scores..."

Mrs. Mu said casually that she really had no feelings for the Protector and had never given him any hope or response.

For so many years, the Protector's coveting of her made her feel baffled.

The Protector himself never felt this.

It's probably because no one mentioned this to him.

"Let him come in." Mu Haoze also felt calm in his heart.

When the Protector came in, the servants of the Mu family didn't look very happy.

However, they obeyed the rules and did not approach him, nor did they give him any looks.

They also know how to abide by these basic qualities.

After seeing Mrs. Mu, the Protector could no longer tolerate Mu Haoze in his eyes.

Even after so many years, Mrs. Mu is no longer the charming person she once was. In his heart, she is still the most beautiful.

"After all, we met like this. Just like back then, you were above me and I was out of reach."

The Protector's words made Mu Haoze feel a little embarrassed.

Come to your own home and ignore your own existence?

But when he thought about it, these were all the wishful thinking of the Protector, and he felt secretly happy.

"I thought you wouldn't see me today... Fortunately, I can see you again..." The tone of the words spoken by Lord Protector and Mrs. Mu were completely different. They were gentler than ever before.

Mrs. Mu also seemed at a loss. Shouldn't she let him in?

"I've heard about your family's affairs. Please forgive me and accept the change."

She thought about it over and over again, and it seemed she could only say these words.

"They brought it upon themselves. If they failed to plot against others, they would have to suffer the consequences. If their plan had succeeded, the Mu family would have been defeated, as well as the Shang family, Ma family, and even more families would have been implicated.

There will be no sympathy. So, there is no need for you to say these things deliberately just to find something to say to me."

The Duke Protector's sobriety left the two old men of the Mu family even more speechless.

There was no emotion to talk about, and there was no need to reminisce about the past. Now that the symbolic comfort had been stopped, they really had nothing to talk about.

But the Protector had something to talk about, so he continued to speak.

"I came here today just to see you. I don't care whether you are doing well or not. I only care that I can still see you..."

The Lord Protector's words became more and more strange the more he spoke.

Before Madam Mu could think of a reply, she saw Lord Protector raise his hand and point to the casual clothes he was wearing.

"You probably don't remember this dress. I wore it when we first met decades ago... I have kept it for so many years. I originally thought I would wear it to swim in the lake with you and go shopping with you.

I went on an outing with you and did many things with you. Now I can only take it out, put it on in a nondescript way, and see you again..."

This sentence makes people feel a little distressed inexplicably.

However, Mrs. Mu is not the one who feels confident after being favored.

Her thoughts have always been clear and she has never played with anyone's feelings.

It was just that when the flowers bloomed that year, she stood among the flowers, and someone saw that she was more beautiful than the flowers. Then that scene was imprinted in their minds for a lifetime...

Just when Mu Haoze and Mrs. Mu were thinking about saying something else, the Protector stood up and left very politely.

"There's no need to send me away. I don't want you to see my reluctance to leave. Just say goodbye. If there is an afterlife, I hope the timing of my appearance is just right..."

After saying that, the Protector really turned around and left.

At the gate of Mu's house, Jupiter stood there in the distance.

"Are you Mu Qingzhu's son who survived the catastrophe, the younger brother of Princess Chu?" Duke Hu Guo took a look.

Jupiter nodded: "Are you leaving?"

His tone was like an adult.

"Yes, I have to leave, it's time to leave." Lord Protector was a little discouraged.

"It's not yours. After all, you can't force it. What you have, you don't cherish. What you don't have, but you contribute all your paranoia. Is it worth it?" Jupiter Yao's expression and his words gave people a sense of dissatisfaction.

The feeling of his age.

The Protector was indeed surprised, and he felt that these words should not come out of his mouth.

"Did you come up with these words yourself?"

"yes."

Jupiter nodded distantly, his eyes soft.

"With a sister like Princess Chu, if you are not smarter, it will be easy for you to be overshadowed."

"I have never thought about competing with my sister... Everyone has a different mission. There is no need to compare with each other. My sister has her own way of doing things, and I have my own code of conduct."

The more Jupiter spoke from afar, the more the Lord Protector found him to be unfathomable.

These words are definitely not mere words. From his tone and confident eyes, you can tell that this is his attitude.

"Perhaps Princess Chu should study her brother carefully...sometimes the closer the person is, the more worthy of study..."

Zhu Xingyao didn't care very much and said directly: "Master Guo, is this the last time we meet? Except for my grandmother, don't you want to go to the Tan family?"

The Protector did not regard him as a child anymore, and said meaningfully: "No need, what should be said has been said in the court. Since you can tell the Tan family, it shows that you also understand what happened back then. If

Before, I would be looking forward to whether you would be your sister's helper or enemy, but now I am not interested. I have met your grandmother, and I have no regrets..."

Jupiter Yao didn't say anything anymore and just made way out of the way.

When the Protector passed by him, he added: "If even your return is a conspiracy, then your sister finally made a miscalculation..."

He did not wait for Zhu Xingyao's answer, got on the carriage, and left Dingguo's mansion.

A few hours later, news came again that the Lord Protector was found dead in a place with blooming wild flowers on the outskirts of the city.
Chapter completed!