Time Travel and Love

Chu Qingmeng responded and stood up to leave. Before leaving, he smiled and kissed Mo Liujin, "Remember to wait for me after court."

Mo Liujin suddenly felt in a good mood and started to wash and change into court clothes to prepare to go out.

Chu Qingmeng's sedan chair was much slower than a carriage, so she simply set out half an hour before the other officials, hoping she would arrive early. Civil officials rode sedan chairs into the palace, dismounted at the second palace gate, and walked. Military officers rode horses to the first palace gate, dismounted, and walked. They each waited in the Nine Ministers' Rooms on either side of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Chu Qingmeng and the Emperor both arrived half an hour early, calculated based on the court hours. In reality, however, the ministers would arrive at the Nine Ministers' Chambers an hour to half an hour in advance. Therefore, just as Chu Qingmeng's sedan chair reached the palace gate, she was completely unaware of the horses Mo Liujin and Mo Jiangche passed by. Fortunately, Quan Si and Shuang Cheng had used their bone-shrinking skills to alter their forms, and Mo Liujin, unaware that Chu Qingmeng was leaving in a sedan chair today, passed by without noticing.

Arriving at the first palace gate, just as Mo Jiangqing was about to arrive, he saw the sedan chair they had passed on the road heading straight for the second palace gate. It wasn't anything special at first, just a familiar, almost imperceptible fragrance wafting past Mo Liujin's nose. Mo Liujin frowned, but then smiled. He was really crazy. How could Qingmeng's personality allow him to ride in a sedan chair? How could he enter the palace at this time? After entering the second palace gate, the sedan chair continued to go straight in, causing a group of civil servants to turn their heads. Mo Liuyuan frowned. What was going on?

After Chu Qingmeng had taken his seat behind the screen in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Emperor arrived a quarter of an hour early. After dismissing his attendants, Quan Si took the Emperor's pulse again and gave him acupuncture. After a cup of tea, the needles were removed and the Emperor was given the pills he had developed yesterday. The Emperor suddenly felt much more energetic today and returned to the dragon throne to summon all officials to the court. Not many ministers could stand in the hall. Most of them were officials of the fifth rank and above. Brothers like Mo Jiangqing were basically seated outside the hall. A large number of people were required to attend court. In addition to the important officials who came to the hall on a daily basis, even the old princes and dukes were summoned today. It was a grand occasion.

Chu Qingmeng listened silently to the normal meeting. In fact, according to her personality, she would definitely sleep for a quarter of an hour at most in such occasions, but how could she dare to sleep now? Quan Si massaged Chu Qingmeng's shoulders. Seeing that she was a little sleepy, he inserted a needle into one of her acupuncture points. Whenever she felt sleepy, he would flick the end of the needle and she would wake up immediately. Chu Qingmeng laughed angrily at Quan Si's mean method. Refreshing, really refreshing! Quan Si flicked her arms twice, and now her arms are sore! Quan Si also knew how to use it. Chu Qingmeng would feel pain for no more than three to five minutes each time, and would be awake for half an hour each time.

Even after the morning court session stopped, Chu Qingmeng couldn't stop smiling beneath her mask. She wasn't angry, she was speechless. She finally understood why the emperor didn't want to pass the throne to the crown prince. He was a bit of a scheming idiot, but he was hopelessly stupid when it came to handling state affairs. Meanwhile, the eleventh prince was being held captive by the eighth prince, claiming illness and never attending the morning court session.

The morning court session lasted over an hour, from 2:15 pm to 3:15 pm. Mo Liujin was somewhat absent-minded throughout the entire session, a familiar scent lingering on his nose, but this was impossible. The courtiers withdrew, and Chu Qingmeng led the two of them out through the corner door behind the screen and into the sedan chair.

As the ministers emerged from the main gates of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, they saw the sedan chair they had used to hold court leave the same hall. Four bearers quickly made their way out of the palace gates. This scene sparked widespread discussion. Mo Liuyuan also brought up the matter. Mo Chenfeng didn't respond, as he probably had a good idea of ​​who was in the sedan chair. He was somewhat surprised that Qing Meng had kept the third son secret. He looked at his third son with amusement, chuckled twice, and walked away.

Mo Liujin was baffled by Mo Chenfeng's laughter, so he turned his head and asked Mo Liuyuan, "Father, what's wrong? Or is there something on my face?"

Mo Liuyuan shook his head, his face filled with confusion. "I think I heard a hint of mockery in my father's laughter? What is he mocking you for?"

Mo Liujin shook his head. How could he know? But no matter what, he had to leave the palace quickly to wait for Qingmeng. They had agreed to have breakfast together. After leaving behind all his brothers and his two sons, and politely declining the generals' invitation to him, he was now going to wait for her at the palace gate. Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the palace gate, Chu Qingmeng came riding over on a horse. He didn't even take off the mask on his face. From the back, he looked like a very thin and short man. At this time, it was time to leave the court, and people were coming and going. But Mo Liujin didn't think too much about it. He just couldn't help wanting to hug her when he saw her. He picked her up from her horse and put her on his own horse, held her in his arms, and rode away.

But Mo Liujin and the others completely forgot about Chu Qingmeng's men's clothing and the mask he still wore. When the generals saw their general being so intimate with a thin, short man, they couldn't help but shudder. When had the general ever been so fond of this? This male favorite was even better than his young sister-in-law?!

Mo Jiangqing and Mo Jiangche recognized Chu Qingmeng, but why was their mother wearing men's clothing today?! Mo Jiangqing was extremely thankful that Father Li had not yet taken up his post and attended court. Otherwise, even if he explained, he was afraid that Father Li would find it difficult to believe.