Mu Tianxue lowered her head slightly and bit her lips tightly, looking like she had suffered a great injustice.
"No, no."
"You're still hiding this from me!" Mu Litian said sternly, "You've been innocent and kind-hearted since childhood, and you don't know how to protect yourself. Now that others have bullied you, you don't even bother telling me!"
Mu Tianxue bit her lip, looking aggrieved.
Mu Litian's heart almost melted when he saw this, and he immediately comforted her softly, "Tianxue, Daddy doesn't blame you, it's just that you don't know how to protect yourself. Daddy is really disappointed with you."
Mu Tianxue nodded obediently, and the teeth that were biting her lips loosened. "I know what Daddy is thinking, but... I don't want Daddy to worry about it."
"Oh, you are just too filial." Mu Litian sighed and helped Mu Tianxue pick up some food.
"Tianxue, eat more. You'll be chubby and cute. Don't worry about the rest. Daddy will take care of it for you. If that bitch dares to appear in front of you and pollute your eyes, she deserves to die!"
Mu Tianxue nodded obediently, with a faint smile on her lips, "Well, I understand. Thank you, Daddy. You treat me so well!"
The two of them looked very affectionate towards each other, and the palace servants around them were already used to it and looked rather indifferent.
Mu Lingjiu lowered her eyes slightly, but the expression under her veil was funny.
The person she had saved with all her heart and soul actually cursed her behind her back! She called her a bitch!
Although she had long been extremely disappointed in him and had no expectations of him, she still felt chilled to the bone when she heard these words.
She still remembered that in her previous life, she left home at the age of seven.
At that time, my parents had eight children in total and our family was poor.
The eldest brother went out to make a living early, the second brother studied elixirs at home but failed to make any progress and caused huge expenses for the family, the third brother was gentle and worked as an accountant in someone else's house early, the fourth brother was talented and was learning cultivation with a teacher, the fifth brother was just beginning to show his talent, the sixth brother was weak and was recuperating at home, and the seventh brother was nine years old and not very sensible.
When she was seven years old, she was spotted by a passing disciple of the Chaofeng Sect, who wanted to take her in as a disciple.
Mu Litian and his mother saw her off at the door, and said softly:
"Jiu'er, practice well. We are waiting for you at home. We don't ask for you to achieve great things, but only for your safe return."
At that time, her father gave her a peace locket, which she wore around her waist. She secretly vowed in her heart that she would practice well, become powerful, and support the entire family.
The peace locket became her support when she was retreating in pain, and she embarked on the path of spiritual practice with great faith.
She sent most of the spirit stones she received back home, and she tried to be frugal and calculated every penny she spent.
This habit of saving lasted for a long time, and was even maintained vaguely after rebirth.
However, at this moment she looked like a joke.
Perhaps as early as when she left home, these family members of hers were no longer her family.
She had never lived with them day and night, her position had long been replaced by others, and no one cared about her efforts.
Mu Litian comforted Mu Tianxue softly and occasionally told her some little jokes, which made Mu Tianxue laugh softly.
Mu Lingjiu tried hard to control her emotions. These people were not worthy of her emotions.
She raised her eyes and looked around for Bazhua, but Bazhua was not in the palace and no one knew where he had gone.
Mu Litian called out at this moment, "Fenyun, go get the jade pendant I prepared."
Fenyun bowed and said, "Yes, sir."
Then Fen Yun was about to leave the hall, and Mu Lingjiu immediately followed Fen Yun towards the door. Although Fen Yun felt strange, she didn't say much.
Mu Litian wouldn't care about having one more maid or one less.
Therefore, the two of them left the palace very smoothly.
After leaving the palace, Fan Yun asked in a low voice, "Sister Zi Zhuo, why did you follow me out?"
"I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable. It may be because I haven't recovered from the problems in my practice yesterday." Mu Lingjiu replied.
Pink lowered her voice, "Then be careful. Do you need to find a place to rest?"
"Well, I want to find a place to meditate and relax." Mu Lingjiu smiled slightly.
Fenbai gave Mu Lingjiu an 'I understand' look, "Then go ahead. I'll go get the master's jade pendant first. We'll meet up when I come back."
"good."
After Mu Lingjiu and Fenbai separated, she immediately looked around. There was no Bazhua among the palace maids outside the door. Where did Bazhua go?
Mu Lingjiu walked around the palace gate but didn't see Bazhua. Instead, he saw a few young eunuchs chatting lazily.
"Hey, Master Mu is coming today, aren't you going up to serve him?"
"What am I serving? That old bastard is so stingy and didn't offer any reward. I'd be a fool to go there."
"Haha, you can't say that. He is the Empress's father after all."
"How can he be considered the Empress's father? He's just an adoptive father. If the Empress is happy, she can respect him as the Heavenly King. If she's not happy, it's just a matter of two swords."
"That's true. You're talking about him. He doesn't want his own daughter, who is the empress, but insists on having this adopted daughter. What's his motive?"
"Who knows? Maybe there's something wrong with her brain. But I heard that the empress has found her biological parents."
"Is this true?"
"My relative is in the Imperial Army, and he revealed it. It shouldn't be false, right?"
…
Mu Tianxue found her biological parents? This was unexpected news.
Mu Lingjiu walked away silently and headed towards the Tianshui Pond where Bazhua had rested before.
There are people guarding outside Tianshui Lake. This place is rich in spiritual energy and is the habitat of many spiritual beasts.
Mu Lingjiu walked to the door and asked the guarding soldier.
"Is Octopus here?"
The soldier looked at Mu Lingjiu's clothes and knew that he was Mu Litian's man, so he replied respectfully.
"Isn't she serving the Empress? What happened? Did she run away again?"
Ran away again? It sounds like Bazhua often runs away.
Mu Lingjiu pursed her lips and did not reply immediately.
Seeing that Mu Lingjiu didn't reply, the soldier thought he had guessed right and couldn't help but complain.
"That Bazhua is completely ignorant. A new emperor appoints new ministers. It is no longer the emperor's favorite."
Mu Lingjiu didn't have time to listen to its complaints, so he just asked, "Where does it live now?"
"The Flame Pool, right?" The soldier couldn't help but tease, "If it were obedient, it wouldn't be assigned to live in a place like this."
"Okay, thank you."
Mu Lingjiu bowed and turned to leave.
The Flame Pool is where fierce monsters live. Octopus is a spiritual beast in the water. Living in the Flame Pool will make her feel uncomfortable, and may even cause damage to her body in the long run.
She felt sorry for Octopus and didn't know how it had been getting by during this period.
Mu Lingjiu quickly arrived at the flame pool. At this time, the octopus was revealing its true form and lying in the hall.
Seeing someone coming in, Bazhua immediately became alert.
Mu Lingjiu stood at the door, looked at Bazhua from afar, and then made a gesture of feeding him.
Seeing that action, Bazhua immediately recognized Mu Lingjiu, as that was the action that Mu Lingjiu often made when interacting with it before.
It was very excited and wanted to sit up, but thinking that Mu Tianxue had spies here, she pretended to be angry and attacked Mu Lingjiu with one tentacle.
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