You want to become the overlord of the world, but all I want is to herd sheep by Sunset Lake.
We walk different paths and cannot make common cause.
Li Mu Yang turned and left without the slightest hesitation.
That supreme power and half the empire had nothing whatsoever to do with him.
After walking a few steps, he remembered that there was still something left unresolved.
When he turned around, he saw Cui Xiaoxin and Chu Ning waiting in the distance.
These were two pitiful women as well. Chu Ning's father had died young, while her brothers had either been killed or demoted. She had no relatives left within the deep palace, only an endless stream of plots and murderous intentions that made it impossible to guard against everything. If he simply let her return to the imperial palace or the prince's residence, she would likely be given a cup of poisoned wine and sent to her death before long.
Cui Xiaoxin
Li Mu Yang looked at Cui Xiaoxin, at this graceful woman whom he had once been infatuated with, only to grow farther and farther apart from her. Back then, he had felt that an impassable chasm separated them, and that with a single wave of their hands, the two of them would part forever. Some distances could not be bridged no matter how hard one tried.
Yet he had never expected that, at this very moment, things would have changed beyond recognition. The Cui Clan had suffered such a disaster, and whether the entire family could survive was still unknown. If she went back now, was she planning to be buried alongside that clan on the verge of decline?
"Are you two coming with me?"
Cui Xiaoxin's long eyelashes fluttered. She looked at Li Mu Yang without