Chapter 400 The Wishful Thinking Fails

Mu Nanjin turned around and saw Tang Jingrui, who was wearing a light blue flying fish robe, approaching her.

Tang Jingrui saw that she was wearing a red flying fish robe, and quickly bowed and saluted: "This subordinate greets the governor-general."

He knew when Mu Nanjin returned to Kyoto, but he didn't have time to greet her because he had to send his grandparents and parents back to his hometown the next day.

After that, he took care of the official business in his hometown, which delayed his return to the capital until now.

But did he expect that he was only a few months late to meet Mu Nanjin, and the other party was already a governor-general, a few ranks higher than him.

Mu Nanjin hummed lightly: "Yeah."

[Tang Jingrui, you must have never thought that the little girl who chased you at the beginning not only became an official, but also had a higher official rank than you. ]

[If I knew that I am not only a governor-general, but also a duke, I don't know if I would regret it and hit my chest, hehe. ]

Tang Jingrui's pupils shrank slightly, and a trace of disbelief flashed in his eyes.

She even became a Duke?

[It's no use regretting, this girl doesn't like you. ]

[However, Tang Jingrui is not a person who likes to cling to others, otherwise he would have married the daughter of the Minister of Personnel. ]

[The real power-hungry people are his grandparents, who want their grandson to climb up the social ladder, but they didn't expect that their grandson is arrogant and disdains to rely on his in-laws to gain wealth and honor, and only wants to rely on his own strength to gain everyone's recognition. ]

[Tsk, the wishful thinking finally fell through. ]

[It's a pity that the people of the Tang family left the capital too early and didn't see me become the Duke of Zhenguo with their own eyes. ]

[However, I can wear the official uniform of the Duke of Zhenguo and go to their hometown for a tour, hehe. ]

Tang Jingrui: "..."

[Alas, forget it after thinking about it. ]

[After all, between us and the Tang family, the people who are hurt the most are still the Tang family. 】

Mu Nanjin asked: "You are going to see the governor too? Then let's go in together."

Tang Jingrui replied in a proper manner: "Yes."

Mu Nanjin looked at him and said: "You treated me in the same way in the future. Don't be too reserved."

[It's fine if someone I don't know well treats me respectfully, but it's boring if an acquaintance does the same. 】

"Yes."

Tang Jingrui was not used to following the rules in front of her.

The two walked into the governor's compound. The left governor's deputy who was explaining things to the Jinyiwei saw Mu Nanjin coming, and immediately put down his work and came to Mu Nanjin, smiling and bowing: "Your subordinate greets the Duke."

Mu Nanjin said: "No need to be so polite. It's not an important occasion in the future, so there's no need to be so polite."

[The left governor's deputy has to bow to me, so what about the governor who is only half a rank higher than the left governor's deputy? Will he also bow to me? 】

[I'm looking forward to him bowing to me, hehe. 】

Jinyiwei: "..."

The governor in the office: "..."

The left governor asked with a smile: "Did the Duke come to see the governor? He is in the room."

"Oh."

Mu Nanjin walked into Gu Ming's office.

The left governor, who was still outside the office, said to Tang Jingrui: "You are back."

Tang Jingrui saluted him.

"Your work these days will be taken over by Lord Deng. You can go to him to hand it over."

The left governor had a lot of things to do, so he didn't chat with him.

Gu Ming in the office looked at Mu Nanjin who came in and asked: "Why are you here?"

Mu Nanjin saw that he was still sitting on the chair and frowned: "You won't salute me?"

Gu Ming replied: "Didn't you just tell the left governor that in the future, there is no need to salute you unless it is an important occasion?"

Mu Nanjin: "..."

【Really shooting himself in the foot. 】

Gu Ming put down his pen and asked: "Have you had breakfast? If not, there will be a breakfast this morning."

Mu Nanjin looked at the food box on the coffee table: "Is it prepared for me?"

"Yes."

Mu Nanjin opened the food box and smelled the fragrant smell: "How did you know I would come?"

"I prepare an extra breakfast every day."

Mu Nanjin was surprised.

Gu Ming got up and sat next to her, scooped a bowl of white porridge for her, and then put a piece of oily pancake on her plate.

"I bought the pancakes at a famous pancake shop. They tasted very good. I bought two pancakes for you to try."

Mu Nanjin ate a pancake, drank a mouthful of porridge and said: "Gu Ming, do you really like me?"

"Yes."

"I practice the ruthless way. I will never be able to fall in love with you or anyone else. Do you want to like me too?"

"I like you not because you can fall in love with others, but because of your other advantages, and..." Gu Ming picked up another piece of dessert and put it in her bowl: "The ruthless way is not really ruthless, but to put away all emotions and feelings so that you can concentrate on cultivation, so that your cultivation can improve faster. When your cultivation reaches the highest level, it is like your current cultivation has reached the peak. The ruthless way is dispensable to you. In the end, it depends on whether you are willing to fall in love."

In order to truly understand the ruthless way, he once went to the cultivation world to investigate.

Many cultivators who practiced the ruthless way had their power dissipated due to falling in love, which led to their inner demons and made them unable to improve their realms, or even became possessed by demons or disabled. Some people who practiced the calamity stage fell in love and failed to ascend. These all show that the ruthless way can fall in love, but emotions will shake their hearts and the state of mind of cultivation, leading to failure in cultivation.

Over time, everyone believes that the ruthless way cannot fall in love, and they are used to not letting themselves fall in love.

Of course, it is best not to fall in love when practicing the ruthless way, at least it is best not to fall in love before reaching the Mu Nanjin realm, otherwise it is easy to fail.

Mu Nanjin: "..."

Gu Ming asked: "You don't believe me?"

"Of course not." Mu Nanjin was silent for a moment and said: "In fact, I have also guessed this."

[Let's not talk about whether you fall in love or not. Judging from the fact that I often laugh so happily in my heart without any discomfort, I think the so-called ruthless way is bullshit. ]

[Well, it seems that I can't say that. It should be said that my cultivation is too high, so it doesn't matter if I fall in love. ]

[After all, I can only say that I am too powerful. The ruthless way can no longer affect me, hehe. ]

[I am awesome. ]

Gu Ming: "..."

Aren't they talking about whether the ruthless way can be emotional?

Why is she praising herself in her heart?

That's all.

She has been used to not being emotional for so many years, so don't rush her to be emotional immediately.

Mu Nanjin asked: "But I have never been emotional? What should you do?"

"I can't predict the future, just as you can't be sure that you will not be emotional in the future."

Mu Nanjin thought about it and stopped talking about this topic: "I came to you to ask if I have a mission?"

"You are now a duke, and only the emperor can assign you a mission. However, the emperor knows that you will come to the Duwei Mansion again, so he has told you that your future mission is to visit each government office when you are free. If you encounter something you don't like, you can kill first and report later."

Gu Ming picked up the Shangfang sword hanging on the wall and handed it to her.

Mu Nanjin asked: "Can we go anywhere?"

"Yes, do you have a place you want to go?"

"Yes."

"Where?"

"The Imperial Clan Mansion."

Gu Ming: "..."

It's been 400 chapters without me noticing, hee——

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