Time Travel and Love

The three of them obscured Chu Qingmeng's figure, making them unnoticeable. After a few words in front of the tent, they dispersed and returned to their respective tents for a short rest. A quarter of an hour later, they began patrolling the camp. Once inside the tent, they breathed a sigh of relief. Mo Liujin could finally look back at her. Her mask, even covering her eyes, was made of black mesh, which saved her the trouble of covering her eyes. However, she wore a mask over it, and her hat was worn low, so covering her face was a real struggle.

Mo Liujin sat on the chair and pulled Chu Qingmeng into his arms. "You were so quiet along the way. I thought something might go wrong."

Chu Qingmeng just leaned on his shoulder and said nothing. Mo Liujin smiled. He had wanted to touch her hair, but even with her hat off, she was still covered by the mask. He felt a sense of embarrassment. He couldn't touch her in this outfit, even with the gloves on. If it weren't for her figure, who would have known she was a woman?

It wasn't long after the silence, Leng Feng called out, "Third Master, Deputy General Chen and his men are coming."

Hearing this, Chu Qingmeng hurriedly stood up and put on her bamboo hat. Feiying helped her sit behind the screen.

"General." Lieutenant General Chen opened the curtain and walked in with the other two. "After this inspection, one of us three will remain in the army. General, please decide who to keep."

"You three can do whatever you want. Anyone can stay. But there are some deployment issues that we'll need to discuss with Ling Xiao and the others after we inspect the camp."

"Yes." They were silent for a moment. They looked at each other, and then Deputy General Xing asked, "General, is your young wife...really the former Princess An Ning?"

Mo Liujin looked up in surprise. He thought they would ask about Qing Meng on the day of the abdication. He smiled slowly and said, "I, I don't think I ever told you that she was my second wife, right?"

"So?! That little girl is really Princess An Ning?!" Lieutenant General Liu couldn't sit still anymore and slammed the table and stood up.

Mo Liujin waved his hand to signal him to sit down, then spoke, "When Madam gave birth to twins, she was so weak that she went to the mountains to recuperate. For the past twenty years, Madam has been like a living dead. Later, she finally regained consciousness and could move around, so she returned to the capital. She was originally going to recuperate behind closed doors, so she didn't publicize it. However, she accidentally ate something at a family dinner and became poisoned. Coincidentally, she met a miracle doctor who treated her. Unexpectedly, after taking the medicine for seven days, Madam not only completely recovered, but her appearance and figure returned to the same as when she first got married. This matter is really hard to explain, and Madam is a person who avoids trouble, so you may have misunderstood."

Several deputy generals felt like they were not feeling well. This story was really fantastic.

"Do you think I waited for more than twenty years and finally married someone else? If I wanted to marry someone else, why would I have to wait for another twenty years?" Mo Liujin explained with a smile.

They just thought that Mo Liujin had found someone who looked like Princess An Ning. After all, there was always a portrait of Princess An Ning hanging in his tent, and she looked so much like the little girl!

Lieutenant General Chen calmed his mind and asked, "General, are the rumors about the forced abdication true? Is Princess An Ning... no, the eldest princess really a deity?"

Mo Liujin burst into laughter, and only after he had laughed enough did he begin to explain, "That's not the case. My wife is somewhat special, but not as mysterious as the outside world says. It's simply because my late father, Old Taishan, was originally a Taoist who cultivated immortality, so my wife carries some of his immortal power. But my wife is indeed a mortal. When she saw me almost die that day, she also went with the intention of dying. She dissipated the little immortal power she had and nearly died in the hall. Fortunately, she was treated by the genius doctor under her brother, and only then was she able to save her life. You also saw that day that her hair had turned white, and now her eyes are not very good. This is all because of me. No matter what the outside world says, I will never abandon my wife because of these rumors."

"..." Chu Qingmeng, who was behind the screen, witnessed Mo Liujin's ability to lie. He was really good at talking nonsense...

Little did she know that this was a story that they had already agreed on. Even when Li and Xu returned to their parents' home, they had explained it in the same way. They had also spread the rumors in order to preemptively suppress those negative rumors.

Lieutenant General Liu sighed, "The general and his wife have such a deep affection for each other. I admire you."

Deputy General Xing couldn't help but click his tongue. He'd known the general was devoted when he'd first followed him, but he was truly stunned by his infatuation when he first accompanied him back to the capital to report on his duties. Upon his return, he hadn't even set foot in his own general's residence, instead ignoring the rumors and gossip, moving into Princess Anning's residence. He even turned a deaf ear to the rumors swirling around the capital. He'd once gone to the princess's residence to discuss matters with him, but the general, who had just emerged from the main room, had clearly been crying. Thinking back, the general was only twenty-five or twenty-six back then, and now he was well past forty. He'd managed to survive all these years.

"Zecheng, let's go and patrol the camp." Ling Xiao walked in from outside the tent, but after looking around, he didn't see Chu Qingmeng. The only place in the entire tent where someone could hide was behind the screen. His eyes stayed on the screen for a while, but he didn't say anything.

"Okay. You guys go first, I'll come back with something." Mo Liujin responded, stood up and went behind the screen.