Time Travel and Love

He helped Chu Qingmeng into the room to check on Mo Liujin. He was already awake and leaning on the couch reading a book. When he saw her come in, he put the book down and helped her over, then raised his hand to signal his two sons to leave.

"Ajin, when the imperial edict arrives, can you go out?"

"It's okay. I feel much better now that Quan Si's injections have been removed. Stop taking the medicine for one day today and take it normally tomorrow." He let her sit on the couch. "Don't worry, I'm a grown man, you wouldn't hurt me. I probably fainted because of the rush of blood and qi at the shooting range."

"Why are you so anxious? This is not a life-threatening matter." Chu Qingmeng complained.

Mo Liujin remained silent, watching the servants pouring water one by one. He then raised his hand to remove the hairpin on her head, leaving her hair loose. After the servants left the room, Chunhe came in to help Chu Qingmeng bathe. Mo Liujin raised his hand to signal her to leave. He then helped Chu Qingmeng behind the screen and said, "I'll help you."

"Go out and call Chunhe." Chu Qingmeng grabbed his big hand to prevent him from moving.

Mo Liujin laughed, pulled his hand out, and unbuttoned her clothes for her. "I know my limits and won't do anything rash. Just listen to me."

After helping Chu Qingmeng into the tub, he stepped into the tub himself, washed her briefly, and then led her out. She really couldn't stand it any longer. After helping her change into her underwear, he called Chunhe to find her formal attire. He donned court attire and waited for her to dress up. He would still be the one to draw her eyebrows today. Chunhe smiled and shook his head. Was the Third Master planning to take charge of the girl's future eyebrow drawing?

What Chu Qingmeng hadn't anticipated was that this time, there were two imperial edicts. One conferred the title of Princess An Ning Gu Cheng on Chu Qingmeng, while the other conferred the title of Duke of Gu Guo on Mo Liujin. Mo Liujin himself was momentarily bewildered. After receiving the edicts, he rewarded the eunuchs who had announced them and dismissed them.

Mo Liujin looked at Chu Qingmeng and laughed out loud, "Uncle Emperor, is this to make me worthy of you? What a perfunctory imperial decree."

Chu Qingmeng also laughed, probably because she felt that the status of the eldest princess was not suitable for the position of general. "Why do I feel that I have implicated you? The position of general is gone."

Mo Liujin helped her walk into the hall. "Duke is a title, not an official position. I will remain a general until the emperor issues an order to remove me from my position as general. You don't have to worry about this."

After settling down in the main hall and rewarding the servants, they were left alone. Chu Qingmeng tilted his head to look at Mo Liujin, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month and it's time for the emperor to attend court. Unless something unexpected happens, the emperor won't be able to attend."

"What does Qingmeng want to say?" Mo Liujin couldn't help but find it funny when he saw her tilting her head.

"I will attend court on behalf of the Emperor on the eleventh day." The certainty in Chu Qingmeng's tone made Mo Liujin stunned for a moment. Before he could even ask, Mo Jiangqing, who was sitting below him, trembled and spilled some tea. Mo Liujin frowned and glanced at Mo Jiangqing.

"Intuition." Chu Qingmeng just smiled. "Based on my understanding of the emperor and Eleven, the father and son should have completed the handover. Now we just have to wait..."

"Master, son-in-law." Kui Wenzhong came, bowed slightly, went straight to Chu Qingmeng's ear, whispered a few words, and stood aside waiting for a reply.

"Well, let all four go."

"Yes." Kui Wenzhong turned to leave, then as if remembering something, he said, "He said he wanted to give me some small things. I can pick whatever he wants, anything under his name. These are not gifts in return, but just to make me smile."

"Oh, he's quite generous. Go ahead." Chu Qingmeng waved his hand.

Mo Liujin was puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, Eleven has some loose ends to clean up. He wants me to take action." Chu Qingmeng replied, "By the way, has Fourth Brother returned to the Shenji Camp?"

Seeing that they were still discussing state affairs, the two daughters-in-law stood up and excused themselves. Seeing them leave, Mo Liujin relaxed and replied, "Yes, seven days ago. You didn't go out, so the news came quickly."

Chu Qingmeng tilted his head and looked at him, "Third brother, you've lied to me a lot, haven't you? The military power is still in your hands, right?"

Mo Liujin was so amused by her address that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I told you not to call me Third Brother, but you have to remind me all the time. Did you almost become my sister?"

“…” It’s really annoying when you can’t get to the point when speaking!

Just before Chu Qingmeng was about to speak passionately, Mo Liujin spoke up, "Yes, the military power has always been in my hands, but at the time, I switched from open to covert to avoid attracting attention. The Emperor's uncle would never leave Prince Rong's mansion without any means of self-defense."

Chu Qingmeng suddenly laughed and looked at Mo Liujin contemptuously, "This is also the advantage of having few offspring."

“…” Mo Liujin rubbed his temples and laughed out of anger at her.

Hearing his laughter, Chu Qingmeng coughed dryly a few times, "Let's get down to business. When you go to court tomorrow, just pretend to be dead. Eleventh will be temporarily in charge of the government. He won't act too harshly, but he will definitely have some conciliatory policies. At the very least, he will trap all the ministers. In short, he won't change his ways. As long as he doesn't ascend the throne, he won't be considered the emperor."

Mo Liujin raised his eyebrows and said in an unclear tone, "You do understand him!"

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