Time Travel and Love

But Mo Liujin, his heart aching, had just rushed out of the palace when he spotted Chu Qingmeng, counting ants in the corner of the An Ning County Princess's residence. He grabbed her and pulled her into his arms, feeling hopeful she'd survived. Chu Qingmeng was bewildered. "That's not possible? Only an hour?" Mo Liujin, having calmed down, suddenly flew into a rage. He scooped Chu Qingmeng up with one hand and hoisted her over his shoulder. In a matter of seconds, he was inside the house, pinning her to his lap and spanking her several times.

Chu Qingmeng was still confused when he entered the room. Before he could react, he suddenly felt a pain in his butt. Chu Qingmeng's face instantly turned red. He pushed him away with force, looking aggrieved, "What are you doing?! What's wrong with you?!"

"How many times have I told you not to shake off the secret guards, don't shake them off!!! Why didn't you listen!!" Mo Liujin was also furious, and roared at her with red eyes.

Chu Qingmeng was frightened by his furious look and subconsciously took a step back, her breathing quickening. Seeing the fear and helplessness written all over her face, Mo Liujin suddenly realized that he had gone too far. He took a deep breath to suppress his panic and walked towards Chu Qingmeng. However, Chu Qingmeng, who had been frightened by him, was obviously still not recovered. Every time he took a step, she took a trembling step back until she retreated to the wall. Tears suddenly fell, "I just saw ants moving in the corner, and I followed them to the door. I didn't leave the door."

Seeing her startled and crying, Mo Liujin immediately began to blame himself. He should have spoken to her properly. He held her in his arms, noticing she was still trembling, and could only whisper an apology, "Qingmeng, I was wrong. I shouldn't have yelled at you so loudly. Don't be afraid, I was wrong. But you should also be obedient and stop pushing away the secret guards. The court is restless right now, and something could happen at any time. I'm really afraid you'd get hurt, Qingmeng, Qingmeng, I really don't want you to get hurt again."

Chu Qingmeng tried to calm herself. She hadn't been frightened into tears; she had cried on purpose, but she had been genuinely frightened by him at first. She had never seen him lose control of his emotions like that. Of course, the consequence of this was that Chu Qingmeng lost command of the secret guards. Everyone no longer obeyed her orders, and Mo Liujin was in charge. Except for Feiying and Feiling, she was used to them, so they were the only ones left. Chu Qingmeng didn't mind, but it put a strain on Kui Wenzhong, who was trying to get close to her.

Because of Chu Qingmeng's disturbance, Mo Liujin and his brothers decided to bring forward their previous plan to bring everyone back to the palace. This way, they would have enough people to protect them and be able to respond to various incidents. However, this would mean that everyone would have to be crowded together, which would definitely not be as peaceful as it is now. Mo Liujin brought it up with her that night, but the result was definitely a complete failure. Chu Qingmeng kicked him out of the room. He was also helpless, but there was no other way. He had to protect the children and the women from getting hurt, and he also had to spare some manpower for the mission. They didn't have that many people available, so they could only resort to this method of group warmth.

He didn't know how to persuade Qing Meng. In fact, he felt uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do. In the past, he was too weak to protect her, and now he could go against his elder brother. What could he do? Didn't he still rely on the palace to protect this family? In the end, he was incompetent. Alas.

Inside, Chu Qingmeng looked through the window at Mo Liujin's silhouette standing outside. Suddenly, she felt that he had truly aged, no longer the reckless teenager he once was. Now, he was also trying to protect his family, his children, and his sons' futures. She felt wronged, but so did he. She was being willful, and he was exhausted. She couldn't help him, and perhaps she shouldn't cause him any more trouble. They didn't have much time left, so they shouldn't waste it on such trivial matters...

She took a deep breath, holding back her tears, and stood behind the door to open it herself. What she saw was Mo Liujin's somewhat old and shabby figure, and his whole body was exhausted. But when he heard her open the door, he still smiled gently at her, "Qingmeng, don't be angry. If you really don't want to go to the palace, then, I will stay with you in the palace, okay?"

At this moment, Chu Qingmeng could no longer hold back her tears and threw herself into his arms, which actually scared Mo Liujin. "Okay, stop crying. If you don't want to go to the palace, I'll stay with you. You're already grown up, and you're still crying. Be careful that your son will laugh at you."

"I'm sorry." Mo Liujin was stunned when he heard Chu Qingmeng's voice with a strong crying tone coming from his chest. Qingmeng had really changed a lot. She didn't cry so much before, nor was she so gentle and considerate. Even when she was accidentally injured by him and his elder brother, such a serious injury was a deep pain for a weak woman like her, but he never saw her cry. But today alone, he had made her cry twice.

"Mo Liujin, let's move to the palace." Chu Qingmeng's voice, tinged with tears, was heard again, but her voice still revealed a sense of grievance and tolerance. Mo Liujin hugged her tightly again, feeling sorry for her who had to compromise for him, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

The next morning, everyone set off to move to the palace, still living in Mo Liujin's former courtyard. His courtyard was actually quite large. Prince Rong's palace had fourteen courtyards. Aside from the outermost courtyard, which was occupied by servants and guards, the fifth courtyard was the daily residence of the maids and servants. His courtyard was in the eighth courtyard, the entire eighth courtyard being his. It wasn't really crowded, but it was a bit cramped compared to their family's usual seven-courtyard residence. The ninth courtyard was Mo Liuyuan, the tenth was Mo Liuchen, the eleventh was Mo Liujue, the twelfth was Mo Wushuang and Chu Qingmeng's former residence, the thirteenth was Mo Liufang, and the fourteenth was Mo Chenfeng and his wife. Mo Liuteng lived in the seventh courtyard. By the time everyone had finished their preparations, it was already dark.