Time Travel and Love

Chu Qingmeng was angry and wanted to get on the carriage, but she accidentally glanced at a piece of jade on the counter of Zhenbaozhai. The jade was almost as clear as glass, which attracted Chu Qingmeng to walk towards it.

"Shopkeeper, could you please take out this piece of jade and let me see it?"

Seeing that Chu Qingmeng's clothes were made of fine brocade, the shopkeeper immediately became excited and took out the jade. "Oh, young lady, you really know how to choose. This is our new acquisition and it's very rare!"

The three people who followed her into the house paused, Mo Jiangche forced a wry smile. It was simply too out of place for their mother to have her hair styled like a woman's. That's why she wore it in a bun, like a girl's, every day. Everyone in the mansion knew about it, and no one dared to interfere. Even when she went out, no one would recognize her. She only wore her hair in a bun when visiting the palace or attending banquets. This left the three of them standing awkwardly at the door, neither going in nor out.

"Hey, three gentlemen, what do you need? Are you buying for yourself or for your wives?" The shop assistant came over and greeted them.

"..." The three of them looked at Chu Qingmeng and miraculously fell silent at the same time.

"Let's take this. Wrap it up." Chu Qingmeng decided after just one look. Old Chen's birthday was coming soon.

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly asked, "Miss, don't you want to ask the price?"

“…” I forgot, “How much?”

"Miss, since you really like it, I'll give you a real price of two hundred thousand taels."

"..." The three brothers were stunned. Mo Jiangli was unpopular and lived a very tight life, so his family's monthly income was only about 100,000 taels. Prince Rong's family could afford it, but Mo Jiangheng had no say in the matter. His own private treasury only had 50,000 or 60,000 taels, and that was after he had established a secret agent. Mo Jiangche was the same. Besides his salary and the monthly allowance from the family, his private treasury only had about 20,000 or 30,000 taels. They were still royal aristocrats, while the average official's annual expenses were only 10,000 or 20,000 taels.

"Oh. Wrap it up." Chu Qingmeng's reaction was a little flat. She really liked this, and this one was worthy of Lao Chen.

Feiying was instantly overwhelmed. He pulled Chu Qingmeng and whispered, "Master, the total monthly income of the mansion is only 150,000 to 160,000 taels. Your private vault is all here with me. Apart from those things, the silver and money are only 50,000 to 60,000 taels."

"..."

"Let me do it." After hesitating for a moment, Mo Jiangli finally stood up. He saw that Chu Qingmeng really liked him.

"Let me do it." Mo Jiangheng and Mo Jiangli spoke at the same time, thinking that they could pay first and then borrow from their friends. After all, the value of a secret stake is more than that. Both of them held their own seals in their hands and prepared to pay.

But the two were grabbed by Mo Jiangche's hands. Although he didn't say anything, he also held his seal in his hand. "Two brothers, there is no need to do this. I can do it myself."

The shopkeeper watched this spectacle but didn't urge anyone to pay. He knew the price was unaffordable for ordinary officials. He was simply curious. These three men clearly looked like they were from the same family. Could three brothers be paying for the same woman?

"..." Chu Qingmeng looked at the three of them in silence, "You three should take a break. I bought this as a gift, it's not appropriate for you to pay. Feiying, take my jade pendant..."

"..." Before leaving the house, the jade pendant was given to Jingming to do something. When he was hesitating whether to use a flare to call Shuangcheng back, Shuangcheng finally showed up.

"Master, I'm back." Shuang Cheng walked into the house and was puzzled when he saw the three brothers standing together holding hands.

Savior! Chu Qingmeng breathed a sigh of relief, "Pay for both ways."

"Yes." Shuang Cheng stepped forward, took out his private seal, and paid. Feiying's heart sank. He didn't even know that his master had other private vaults.

Chu Jiu Seal.

The shopkeeper glanced at the name on the seal, wrapped the item, and handed it to Shuang Cheng. "Miss Chu, if you need this jade carved, I have a good place to recommend..."

"No need. I have a master of carving at home. Thank you for your kindness, shopkeeper." Shuang Cheng put away the transparent jade.

Chu Qingmeng glanced at the three stunned brothers and laughed, "Why are you three trying to hold out here with me? Aren't you prepared?"

"Ahem..." The three of them awkwardly followed Chu Qingmeng out at the same time, but before they had gone far, a purse fell from the sky and landed accurately in Mo Jiangche's arms.

Mo Jiangche frowned and looked up at the direction where the purse fell. His face darkened instantly and he threw the purse away. Chu Qingmeng looked at Mo Jiangche, wondering what was wrong with him.

Mo Jiangheng had obviously noticed the woman as well. He chuckled and looked at Mo Jiangche with amusement in his eyes. "Jiangche, if you can't do it, just give in. This way, Miss Dong won't have to keep an eye on your schedule all day to try to run into you."

Mo Jiangli also pursed his lips to stifle a smile, obviously he also knew what was going on. Miss Dong fell in love with Mo Jiangche at first sight when he had just returned to Beijing, and then began their various chance encounters over the past six months.

"Brother, stop making trouble!" Mo Jiangche couldn't hide his annoyance and disgust.

Seeing him like this, Chu Qingmeng suddenly remembered a sentence, "Che'er, the way you look right now is exactly like a sentence."