Xin Muyuan admitted that he panicked after hearing Xie Zhan's words.

She waved her hand again and again and said, "No, no, I'll go back by myself, really." ”

The Protector turned his head back, looked at the way he came, and said in a low and steady tone, "Liying Shengxiang is a place where the three religions and nine streams are mixed, you live in the center, and you will inevitably come into contact with bad things. It's getting late, so let Zhan'er send you back. ”

After speaking, he left without looking back.

The only thing left of the silent streets of the imperial capital was the occasional barking of dogs.

The lantern-bearers left, and the illuminated streets dimmed again, leaving only the light around Xin Muyuan.

Xie Zhan carried the lantern closer to the ground, so that Xin Muyuan could see his surroundings more clearly.

"It's hard to walk at night, be careful of your step." Xie Zhan's hand very consciously touched Xin Muyuan's arm. At this moment, Mu Yi suddenly caught between the two of them, replacing Xie Zhan's movements.

He looked at Xie Zhan and raised his chin slightly, the meaning was very obvious.

Xie Zhan stared at him, and after a moment, turned to leave.

Mu Yi's body stiffened, and he secretly looked at Xin Muyuan. He thought he was going to be scolded, but he didn't expect Xin Muyuan to gently pat his head and whisper, "Good, let's go back." ”

Mu nodded and turned back to look at Xie Zhan.

He didn't look back, he strode forward, not in a hurry or slowly, and every step added a little more decisiveness.

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Because of Mu Yi's joining, Xie Zhan and Huguo Gong are the front and back feet.

After pacifying the Duchess of the Protector, the Duke of the Protector went out and bumped into Xie Zhan, who was about to enter the house. He stopped Xie Zhan and pointed outside.

Xie Zhan understood, and the father and son walked towards the courtyard outside the second courtyard. The maids glanced at each other and followed.

The little guy who was following the Protector Gong had the strength to serve the flower brew that both father and son liked very much, and withdrew ten meters away with his eyes down.

Xie Zhan picked up the wine jug, filled the wine glass, put it in front of the protector, and poured a portion for himself.

"Your mother is not in good health." The Protector was the first to speak.

Xie Zhan's hand paused, put the wine jug away without hurry, and said, "I know, today's matter, I know that I am wrong." ”

"I didn't care about it before, but now that I look at it, you're not too small."

Xie Zhan didn't answer.

"I'll look at the ...... of the Lin family"

"Dad, as you said, marriage should not be forced." Xie Zhan interrupted the words of the Protector for the first time.

The Protector drank all the wine in the wine glass in front of him, filled a glass for himself, and said, "This time it's too much." ”

"There won't be a next time."

"How do you guarantee it?"

Not guaranteed.

Xie Zhan was powerless to make a guarantee.

As long as he still has Xin Muyuan in his heart, his mother will talk to Xin Muyuan endlessly until she lets go of her prejudice against Xin Muyuan.

He could hear today's conversation, but what could he not hear?

Xie Zhan recalled Xin Muyuan's inexplicable attitude last time and understood. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all the same: "Mu Yuan is a good girl, as long as the mother ......"

"Don't always force your mother to do something," this time it was the turn of the Protector to interrupt Xie Zhan's words, "Your mother is a lady raised by an orthodox family, who understands reason, knows right from wrong, and has her own opinions in her heart." You always force a decent person like your mother to accept a whimsical and overly lively person like Xin Muyuan, why don't you ask Xin Muyuan to become a gentle and elegant person in your mother's heart? ”

Xie Zhan felt that what his father said was reasonable, but he didn't pay attention to it. It's just that before he had time to refute, he heard the Protector say, "I think, you should know better than your father that Xin Muyuan will not do this." She is a lazy, free person who can't stand the rules. Your mother's eyes are me, you, and home, and Xin Muyuan's eyes are the sky, the grassland, and the sea. They can't change themselves for the sake of any one person, and become another person who is not compatible with them. ”

"But ...... father" Xie Zhan vaguely understood what his father meant, but he didn't want to admit it.

"Zhan'er, Dad knows that feelings are involuntary. It's just that when it's broken, it's broken. If it is interrupted, it will be chaotic. Dad believes that Mu Yuan is a good girl. She's strong, brave, responsible, and just ...... Not suitable to be the daughter-in-law of the Xie family. ”

"Why does it have to be suitable to be the daughter-in-law of the Xie family? Is it not okay to be my daughter-in-law? ”

"Zhan'er, what do you mean by that? Do you want to draw a line with your parents? "The Protector of the Kingdom is already a little unable to suppress his anger.

When he saw the haggard of the Duchess of the Protector today, he already had fire in his heart. It's just that he can't rudely ask who to do what to do for this kind of emotional thing, and other meaningless things such as retaining and making up for it.

He was a martial artist, but never reckless. He also reads, knows right from wrong and knows righteousness in his heart.

Xie Zhan pursed his lips and looked directly into the eyes of the Protector. The sharpness in those sharp pupils made Xie Zhan's eyes hurt, forcing him to look away.

But he didn't want to do that.

This time, he didn't want to throw in the towel.

"I never wanted to draw a line with my father and mother, and I also understood that if my son wanted to marry Mu Yuan back, the matter between my mother and Mu Yuan was inevitable, and there must be a solution. Even if we split up, this problem is a dead knot and still needs to be solved. But Dad, Jiaohua and Falcon, really can't coexist? ”

In Xie Zhan's opinion, the Duchess of Huguo and Xin Muyuan look like Jiaohua and falcons, and it is difficult for Jiaohua to cater to the fierce falcons, and it is difficult for the falcons to accept Jiaohua without the ability to prey. But...... It's hard, it's not that it can't.

The Lord Protector did not refute him in a hurry, but asked, "What do you think is the interest of the coexistence of falcons and Jiaohua?" He lifted his eyes to look at Xie Zhan, his eyes were like a deep vortex, grabbing Xie Zhan so that he couldn't run away, "You?" ”

Xie Zhan swallowed his saliva and said, "I understand that if I am the center of interests, this coexistence will definitely not be able to last long. But what if one day, the falcon discovers the beauty of the delicate flower, and the delicate flower discovers the reliability of the falcon? ”

Protector of the country.

It's not that it's powerless to refute, it's that there's no need to refute it.

Xie Zhan's thinking was still too naïve and ridiculous in his opinion.

The conversation between the two men ended here, and the Protector once again poured himself a cup of flower brew and drank it all, got up and said, "Whatever you want." It's just, Xie Zhan, I have never hurt your woman, so please don't hurt my woman. ”

After the protector left, Xie Zhan sat alone in the courtyard, and the flowers in the cup were brewed one cup after another.

His father admired Xin Muyuan, but he was unwilling to let her be the daughter-in-law of the Xie family, and Xie Zhan knew about this as early as the first time he was beaten. It's just that at that time, his father didn't make it so clear and clear as it is today, but only roughly conveyed his meaning.