Time Travel and Love

She changed the subject so quickly that she had already left the main hall before anyone could react.

"Cultivate yourself, manage your family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. Do not show your emotions on your face, and do not express your likes and dislikes. The general trend of the world is that long periods of unity will inevitably lead to division, and long periods of division will inevitably lead to unity. Prosperity will inevitably decline." Mo Liuyuan repeated these words and looked at Mo Liujin and smiled, "Third brother, I suddenly want to read Qing Meng's storybook too."

"..." Mo Liujin pursed his lips and laughed, "Well, I'll have someone bring it to you?"

"Third Master, the masters are here."

Mo Liujin and Mo Liuyuan stood up and said, "You two should go and listen together."

"Yes." The four of them followed him to the study.

When Chu Qingmeng arrived at the kitchen, the servants were much calmer. They helped her chop the stuffing and then left. Chu Qingmeng calmly kneaded the dough and started making the dumplings.

Even wrapping dumplings didn't stop her from thinking. She'd have to find a way to accommodate these students. The arrival of all nations was imminent, and now the only remaining members of the Crown Prince's remnants, the Third, Fifty-Sixth, and Seventeenth, remained to be dealt with. Seventeen, blessed by the late Emperor's protection and guidance for years, might be a bit clueless, but he wasn't completely without scheming. She hadn't faced the Third, Fifty-Sixth, or any of them, yet, so she wasn't entirely sure of their intelligence. She'd have someone investigate them someday.

"Send someone to call me to make dumplings, why don't you make them yourself?" Mu Lingxue walked in and joked.

"Huh? Are you okay?" Chu Qingmeng looked at her with a wicked smile, but didn't mention it. "I was thinking of having it ready and sent to you!"

Mu Lingxue rolled her eyes at her, then washed her hands and went to roll out the dough. "I just heard what Jiang Cheng said about those students. What do you think?"

Chu Qingmeng skillfully wrapped the dumplings. "Let them figure it out on their own. With so many people, can't they come up with a solution?"

"That group of people, in the end, just come up with a decision about whether to take the exam or not. None of it is really useful."

Chu Qingmeng shook his head. "I haven't made up my mind yet. I just think this imperial examination must be taken. You and I both know that the so-called imperial examination is nothing more than a cage to rule the world."

Mu Lingxue sighed, "What a pity, I only just realized it."

The two stopped talking and started to cook while chatting. Sweet and sour pork was a bit difficult to make, but Chu Qingmeng really wanted to eat it. They just hurriedly made four or five dishes and asked the chef to continue with the other dishes.

The two of them returned to the main hall while chatting from the kitchen. They had just finished their discussion and were sitting in the main hall to rest.

Mo Jiangli actually didn't leave. "Aunt, I really wanted to try your cooking, so I shamelessly stayed and had a free meal."

His word "aunt" required further explanation. Chu Qing waved his hand in confusion, "It's okay. You're not the only one who matters."

"Huh?" Mo Liufang turned around, "What do you mean? Qingmeng, are you cooking?!"

"Well, do you want to stay for dinner?"

"Of course," Mo Liujue laughed, "I have to taste your cooking skills."

He Qi twitched his lips but didn't say anything. Is it edible if she cooks?

"Qingmeng, is the food you cooked edible?" Mo Liuteng asked He Qi's real question, and He Qi couldn't help laughing out loud.

"It's okay if you two don't want to eat. Turn left when you go out. Goodbye." Chu Qingmeng took a sip of tea and said calmly, "The chef has prepared other dishes. It won't delay your drinking. We also want to have a drink alone and chat for a while."

"no!"

"no!"

The two unanimous denials startled everyone present.

"Second brother, third brother, what are you two doing?" Mo Liuchen was speechless when he looked at them.

Mo Liujin gritted his teeth and said, "Impossible! Don't even think about it!"

"You two will never be able to be alone together in this life!" Mo Liuyuan's face turned dark.

"..."

Chu Qingmeng and Mu Lingxue were so angry that they laughed. Chu Qingmeng looked at them, feeling neither amused nor helpless. "It was just a joke! A joke! Okay?!"

"In short, forget it, you two!" Mo Liujin concluded, "We're the only ones here, so let's eat together."

Seeing that Mo Liujin and Mo Liuyuan looked unhappy, Mo Liujue said with a smile, "It seems that this joke was too much. Let's eat together. After all, we are family and there are no outsiders here."

At dinner time, Li and Xu took their children to eat in their own courtyard, while Ze, Xun, and Ze Xiao were brought to the table. Chu Qingmeng had some sweet and sour pork brought to them, a dish loved by both adults and children.

Dinner began, and Chu Qingmeng finally understood why Ze Xun Zexiao was brought here. He had to learn the etiquette of pouring and drinking wine.

"This..." Chu Qingmeng looked at Mo Liujin doubtfully, "Isn't it a bit too early?"

"Boys reach adulthood at the age of sixteen. They are already eight years old." Mo Liujin looked at Chu Qingmeng's doubts and was a little puzzled.

Chu Qingmeng twitched his lips. Sixteen? So early? Wasn't it twenty years old when one came of age? Sure enough, there was something different. "Let's eat."

He Qi tried a few bites of Chu Qingmeng's dishes and surprisingly found them to be quite good. He had thought they were inedible. It was just that she didn't cook often, so they weren't as delicious as the chef's.

Everyone praised the drink after tasting it. After some banter, the men began drinking. Chu Qingmeng and Mu Lingxue sat together and quietly played a game where whoever lost drank. Mo Liujin simply replaced her cup with a smaller one and didn't stop them. After all, a dozen drinks from that small cup wouldn't be as good as one from his larger one. Because they had an early court meeting the next day, they didn't drink much, so they stopped drinking.