Time Travel and Love

The next morning, Chu Qingmeng woke up and didn't see Mo Liujin. Her brain froze for a moment before she remembered he had gone to the morning court. She lay in bed, feeling lazy and not wanting to move. After a while, she got up and started to clean up. After a simple wash, she called Chunhe in to help her dress.

"Miss, please drink the medicine first." Chunhe instructed her while dressing her.

Chu Qingmeng took a deep breath, picked up the bowl and drank it directly. It was so hard to drink! Chunhe was silently putting on her makeup. Chu Qingmeng suddenly thought of something, "Chunhe, are you married?"

Chun He shook her head. "I am not married, nor do I want to get married. After the young lady left, I want to take care of the two young masters for you and live one day at a time."

Chu Qingmeng sighed and looked at Chunhe, "There's no need to be like this. Why bother implicate all of you for me? If you ever want to get married, or if you find someone you like, just tell me and I'll release your indenture. After all, I've let you down and wasted all these years."

"Miss, I just want to stay with you." Chunhe choked with sobs while trying to hold back her tears. She would never forget the scene of the girl dying in front of her.

Knock knock knock. There was a knock on the door, and Wu Qing's voice came over, "Master, are you awake? Today's file."

"Well, come in."

Wu Qing walked in with the file. Chunhe had already finished combing Chu Qingmeng's hair. Seeing Wu Qing looking at her, she tactfully went out with the water for washing her face.

"Master, Nineteen is the envoy sent by Dongyue this time." Wu Qing reported to Chu Qingmeng.

"Yes. I understand." Chu Qingmeng took the file and flipped through it casually. "Eleven, how many sons do you have?"

"There are twenty people in total, fifteen of whom survived. Two concubines are pregnant." Wu Qing replied quickly.

“How many adults are there?”

"Ten people."

"Take some time to check on the Third, Fifth, and Sixteenth Brothers. I haven't come face to face with them yet."

"Yes."

"Jiang Li's mother..."

"She was of humble origins, the half-sister of Liu Jinhui, the Jiangnan textile manufacturer. Eleventh, in a drunken stupor, forced her into marriage, and she was eventually brought into the palace with the title of Chenghui."

“…”Okay, Dad’s romantic affairs.

"Have you finished dealing with the fifteenth?"

"We haven't dealt with my eldest brother yet. He's still in the water dungeon. Don't worry, Master. He can't get out."

"Well, leave it closed for now. Let me think about it."

"Yes." Wu Qinglue paused. He didn't know whether he should report this to Master Jiu. Finally, he spoke, "The women to be sent to the palace this autumn have been selected. They are all beautiful women in the clan. May I take a look at them, Master?"

"Huh?" Chu Qingmeng was stunned for a moment.

Shuang Cheng, who had just stepped into the room, heard this and his eyelids jumped. Is the second brother stupid? He told me this?! "Master, according to the rules, the clan must keep women by the emperor's side."

Chu Qingmeng only raised her eyebrows slightly, then closed her eyes. Selecting someone from her staff to send to her father? Ha! "You guys can do whatever you want. You don't have to report this to me."

Seeing Jiu Ye's bad face, Shuang Cheng explained, "Master, there's nothing I can do. I just want to dispel the emperor's suspicion. You don't have to worry about it."

"Hmm." Chu Qingmeng just responded and said nothing more. She just thought it was absurd! Sorry for her mother! She didn't think too much at the time. She just thought that he wanted to be the emperor and she had the ability to help him, so she helped him. But these trivial matters were beyond her expectations. She couldn't ask him to stay single forever. She just hoped that he could still have Chu Xiyue in his heart. But asking her to give a woman to him made her feel guilty.

"Don't worry, sir. This is a common thing and we have no choice but to do it." Shuang Cheng comforted her.

Chu Qingmeng simply nodded in response, and then said, "Check Jiang Li's character and personality."

"Yes." Wu Qing responded, and when he saw that Chu Qingmeng was fine, he took his leave.

Shuang Cheng poured a cup of hot tea and placed it next to Chu Qingmeng, "Master, don't think too much."

Chu Qingmeng suddenly laughed, looked at Shuang Cheng and asked, "Your clan leader, do you know that the four of you sold your bodies to me?"

"..." Shuang Cheng was speechless for a moment. What did 'selling oneself' mean? What kind of adjective was that? He took a deep breath, calmed himself, and then replied, "My eldest brother is the clan leader. The three of us brothers are the elders of the clan."

Chu Qingmeng stared at Shuang Cheng with wide eyes. "You three...how do you look like elders? Shouldn't an elder be one of those old men with gray beards, a cane, and always addressing you as 'old man'?!"

"..." Shuang Cheng took another deep breath. Where did this prejudice come from?! "Sir, wait another twenty or thirty years, and you'll see me, with crutches, calling myself 'old man'."

“…”That’s not necessary.

"Why are you willing to follow my father and brothers?"

Shuang Cheng was silent for a long while before speaking, "The Qi family was saved by the old building owner. He has done us brothers a great favor and has done us all a great favor. This favor can never be repaid. Even if Master Jiu wants us to commit the crime of genocide, we will do it without hesitation."

Chu Qingmeng sighed, "How can I deserve your loyalty?"

"The old owner originally wanted to give this world to me for fun. But, it seems that you have no intention." Shuang Cheng knew very well the purpose of those spies sent by the old owner.

"Both ways." Chu Qingmeng said sincerely, "I can't get up at midnight to prepare for the morning court."