Time Travel and Love

As expected, Chu Qingmeng and the others guessed correctly. Not long after the female relatives gathered in the main courtyard, news came from the outer courtyard that the imperial guards had surrounded the palace.

The women were so frightened they didn't know what to do. Some of the unmarried girls were so frightened that they started sobbing quietly. Lin Yue shouted at them, "Why are you crying?! Shut up!"

Mu Lingxue was also having a headache. She had been trying to find a way to inform the younger generation and Mo Liuyuan's group, but now there was no way to get the message out. Chu Qingmeng sat below Mu Lingxue, her hair loose, her head bowed, and her eyes closed. Everyone was shocked when they learned she was Chu Qingmeng, but the situation was urgent, so naturally no one asked about her appearance. Only Madam Liu glanced at Chu Qingmeng in fear from the crowd, her expression complicated.

"Qing Meng," Mu Lingxue said, "My mind is in a mess, what should I do?"

Chu Qingmeng raised her head, still with her eyes closed and her brow furrowed. She was trying to calm herself down. Li handed Xiao Mingwei to Xu and walked behind Chu Qingmeng. She took a hairpin from her head and helped Chu Qingmeng to tie up her long hair. Chu Qingmeng said calmly, "Are you all afraid of death?"

For a moment, the room was filled with silence at her question. After a long pause, Lin Yue said, "Now that things have come to this, what is there to fear? If I have to suffer humiliation before dying, it would be better to die now!"

Everyone began to agree. Even the old princess had a look of resoluteness on her face. Chu Qingmeng suddenly laughed out loud, "That's not necessary."

Chu Qingmeng stood up and looked at the old princess and Lin Yue, then spoke again, "Mother, princess, are there any secret rooms or secret passages in the mansion?"

"There is a secret room." Chen Siyu said, "It's in Liu Fang's study now. I saw it before when Chen Feng was handling official business there."

"Mother, take the children into the secret room. Leave the outside to me." Chu Qingmeng took a deep breath and slowly knelt down, saying, "Tell someone to prepare the poison. If it's me knocking on the door tomorrow, please bring the children back. If not... please let Mother take charge!"

"My son?!" Chen Siyu looked at Chu Qingmeng in shock. Mu Lingxue sighed and advised, "Mother, don't hesitate. Take everyone to the secret room first."

The group arrived at the study, and as soon as they opened the door, they were shocked to see Chu Qingmeng's portraits covering the walls! Each portrait showed a different expression, each with its own frown and smile! Lin Yue's pupils shrank, but she didn't say anything. Chu Qingmeng pretended not to notice and, after Chen Siyu opened the darkroom door, let everyone in.

"Mother!" Li and Xu looked at Chu Qingmeng with tears in their eyes and worriedly wanted her to go into the dark room with them.

Chu Qingmeng walked over with a smile, touched little Mingwei in Li's arms, and patted their shoulders. "Be good, you two must take good care of the children. Don't worry about me. Wait for Qing'er and Che'er to come back. Everything will be fine." After that, she pushed them into the dark room. Seeing her closeness to Li and Xu, Concubine Liu frowned, but she didn't say a word from beginning to end.

Lin Yue walked at the end, watching Chu Qingmeng's lips move, wanting to say something, but in the end, all he could say was, "Qingmeng, take care."

"Sister-in-law, I hope you don't blame me." Chu Qingmeng looked at the portraits in the room with a meaningful look. Although she had no feelings for Mo Liufang, it was because of her that they had been estranged for so many years.

"I know that these have nothing to do with you. You and Liu Jin are so deeply in love, how could I not understand it." Lin Yue shook his head and looked at Chu Qingmeng sincerely and a little lonely. Seeing her smile and nod, Lin Yue turned and walked into the secret room.

"You! Go in too!" Chu Qingmeng pushed Mu Lingxue, who shoved her back and slammed the door shut. Then she said viciously, "Fuck you! This isn't the first time I've shared life and death with you! You want to get rid of me this time? No way!"

Chu Qingmeng fell to the ground and laughed muffledly, then raised her hand and waited for Mu Lingxue to pull her up. Mu Lingxue also laughed and came over to pull her up.

The two of them moved two chairs and sat at the door of the study. There was a sword beside the chair and a gun in each hand. The guards were watching in the outer courtyard to prevent the imperial guards from breaking in. Most of the secret guards in the mansion were outside the study. Feiying, Feiling and Lengji appeared and stood beside the two of them, and Kui Wuqing stood in front of Chu Qingmeng.

"Don't be so nervous. Take a break first. If you want to take action, you have to wait until night. If you kill or set fire on a dark and windy night, you will have exhausted your energy now. What will you do at night?" Chu Qingmeng said calmly, "Have the guards divided into two groups, half for the first group, and 30 for the second and third groups. All the secret guards should come to the study. Wu Qing, have you dispatched the troops?"

Wu Qing? Feiying was confused. Who was the master talking to?

"Master, the news cannot be spread out, but we have people outside watching the palace. If a fight breaks out, all our people can be mobilized in two hours at most." Kui Wuqing turned around and knelt on one knee and replied.

Feiying's eyes almost popped out of his head. "Master?! Us?! What's going on?!"

"Feiying?" Chu Qingmeng turned his head to look at Feiying, "Are you distracted at this time?"

"I know my mistake."

"Can the secret guard hold out for two hours?"

"I have counted the number of people, and there are still 270 secret guards left. If we fight to the death for two hours, there will be no problem."

Seeing Chu Qingmeng nod, Mu Lingxue turned her head and looked at her, "You? So confident?"

Chu Qingmeng looked at her and laughed out loud, "Confident? Humph, I'm not even 30% sure! If those brothers don't come back tonight, and my men are exhausted, we'll be left with nothing but death." Then he looked up at the sky, sighed deeply, and said softly, "I hope everything will be safe tonight."