Yang Qing, Mu Feng, and the others sat in the carriage, watching the guard take Mu Feng's Jade Pendant and slip into the main courtyard.
"What do you think the master of the Chen Household will look like when he sees that Jade Pendant?"
Ouyang Lin spoke quietly to Bu Er.
More than ten years had passed. Would the Chen Household still acknowledge Mu Feng?
Clearly, that was unlikely.
Otherwise, they would not have let more than ten years go by without anyone asking whether Mu Feng was alive or dead.
With the Chen Household's wealth and manpower, how difficult could it be to find one of their own descendants?
Whether they wanted to find him, however, was another matter altogether.
Another guard had stayed behind, watching Yang Qing and the others like a tiger eyeing its prey.
These people were of unknown origin. Without orders from above, he could not let them inside.
If anything happened, he could never shoulder the responsibility.
But how had that man gotten his hands on the Chen Family Heirloom Jade?
Who could he be?
The Chen Family Heirloom Jade was not something just anyone could obtain. Unless someone had earned the favor of the Chen Household's patriarch, even among the descendants of the main branch today, those who possessed a piece could be counted on one hand.
Did that mean this man had deep ties to the Chen Household?
Then what did that make him, standing here barring their way?
Wouldn't he end up being punished anyway?
The guard was deeply conflicted, and his gaze toward Mu Feng grew all the more complicated.
His dilemma did not last long, however, before the guard who had gone inside came hurrying back out.
"You lot, park the carriage and follow me."
They were being allowed