Origin System, I have a barren mountain

"Look at you, Imperial Advisor, you're quite cautious. You think this old lady would lie to you?"

The old lady of the Zhang family looked at the others and couldn't help but smile as she spoke.

No one else dared to face the matter of the old lady of the Zhang family, as she was simply too burdened with too much blame. If the Imperial Advisor had not cured Lord Cheng this time, then the blame would have fallen solely on the old lady of the Zhang family.

The old lady of the Zhang family simply took off a hairpin from her hair. The hairpin was very ordinary and would not normally be noticed by anyone.

However, the old lady of the Zhang family simply twisted the hairpin, and a small opening appeared. From the opening, she took out a letter made of a special material.

When the Grand Preceptor saw that it was a letter, his expression was somewhat disappointed, but he had a gut feeling that it was left by another Grand Preceptor.

On Cheng Yunmo's side, after she fell into a coma, she could hear some of the voices.

The old lady of the Zhang family's first priority was for her to wake up, and she was willing to exchange another letter for this opportunity.

However, Cheng Yunmo was a little sad.

First, she was unaware of the letter's existence. Second, the old lady of the Zhang family's actions created a significant challenge for her, making it impossible for her to contend with the Imperial Advisor.

The Imperial Advisor looked at the letter right in front of him, but he did not rashly snatch it from the old lady of the Zhang family.

As agreed, the imperial advisor ultimately chose to revive her.

Cheng Yunmo found it strange that the Imperial Advisor was so obedient.

“Cheng Yunmo, the reason why the old lady didn’t tell you about the letter is because I told her before that we shouldn’t let her say it, and that we should bring it up only on special occasions.”

Suddenly, a voice appeared beside her. The voice was very unfamiliar, but she sensed that it was Liang Yu's national advisor.

"It's you, Imperial Advisor. Why did you go to such lengths to bring these jade pendant fragments back to Xu Kingdom from the modern era?"

Cheng Yunmo actually felt a little resentful towards the Imperial Advisor. Why did he send her from the modern era to tell her the secrets of the modern world, causing her such great harm?

"I'm sorry, but since becoming Liang Yu's Grand Preceptor, I've suddenly received a lot of information. I only just learned that my previous Grand Preceptor was an extremely powerful person. It would take a lot of planning to gain a chance of survival from him, so I can only ask you to do this."

Hearing this, Cheng Yunmo felt sad, but there was nothing she could do.

"If you tell the old lady of the Zhang family to do this, is the content of that letter really that important?"

Cheng Yunmo hoped that the contents of the letter were not so important.

The person who had just spoken seemed a little confused, then realized that Cheng Yunmo might really not know.

"This cannot be easily deceived by the Imperial Advisor. We all have a natural sixth sense, so it is true."

"... "

Cheng Yunmo was speechless for a moment, watching helplessly as the Imperial Advisor received the letter from the old lady of the Zhang family.

"The Grand Preceptor will find out about the Gate of Time and Space sooner or later. Once you wake up, you must find these jade pendants of the Grand Preceptor before he does."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yunmo immediately realized that he was joking with her.

"The imperial advisors who served each emperor possessed jade pendants. Given the Empress Dowager's status, she would be the first to know the whereabouts of these jade pendants. How could I possibly know?"

There was no response, because Cheng Yunmo had woken up.

The Imperial Advisor, who was holding the letter, stared down at her with the condescending gaze one might give an ant.

"I didn't expect you to still control a part of the Time Gate. If you are willing to hand over the fragments of the Time Gate to me, I am willing to give you some other things in exchange."

Everyone else looked at Cheng Yunmo, which put immense pressure on him.

Even if Cheng Yunmo obtains a fragment of the spacetime, it's only a tiny bit. If the other fragments are found, it means that the Imperial Advisor will soon become someone who possesses even more fragments of the spacetime gate than she does. In the end, even if he doesn't give them to her, the Imperial Advisor will probably have plenty of ways to get her to hand them over to him.

"I guess that in order to wake you up this time, even the old lady of the Zhang family probably didn't read this letter, let alone you, right?"

Cheng Yunmo subconsciously looked at the old lady of the Zhang family, hoping that she had secretly seen it before, but the old lady of the Zhang family did not seem to realize the problem, and her face showed embarrassment for a moment.

Sure enough, the Imperial Advisor smiled.

"It seems the price paid was indeed high."

The Imperial Advisor smiled and left with the letter.

Cheng Yunmo and the others present had no chance to stop the Imperial Preceptor; they could only watch.

Even Mu Yun, an inconspicuous person, wondered if the old lady of the Zhang family and Cheng Yunmo had something wrong with their brains when he saw this scene, how could they have made such a big mistake in such a big matter.

The old lady from the Zhang family also realized that everyone was looking at her with mockery in their eyes.

She wasn't afraid of being laughed at by others, but she was worried that Cheng Yunmo wouldn't be able to accept this reality.

"Lord Cheng, I am indeed a bit old-fashioned in my work, and I have forgotten such an important matter."

Seeing his mother's self-reproach, Physician Zhang couldn't help but panic and try to explain on her behalf.

“Lord Cheng, this matter is really not my mother’s fault. Although my mother is a person in the palace, she is sometimes extremely disciplined.”

However, when the other villagers heard about this, their expressions towards the old lady of the Zhang family were inevitably reproachful.

They all knew that if the Imperial Advisor had first grasped the secret of the Gate of Time and Space, then Lord Cheng would simply be unable to catch up.

The increasing number of people brought over from the Empress Dowager's side will only cause more trouble.

Chen Yunmo took a deep breath. When she was not thinking clearly just now, she did think about blaming others, but she didn't think about her own problems. Now that she thought about it carefully, things may have their own destiny.

"Don't worry, ma'am. Even if I didn't have that letter, it's fine. Maybe I shouldn't have seen it in the first place."

Cheng Yunmo had just woken up and was still very weak, so everyone else left, leaving only Zhenying.

Zhenying came forward and supported Cheng Yunmo's pillow behind him, so that Cheng Yunmo could lean on it.

"Master Cheng..."

Cheng Yunmo originally wanted to ask Zhenying immediately, but seeing the bad expression on her face, she realized that they probably wouldn't get any good news from their trip.

"What's going on here?"

Just as Zhenying was about to kneel down and speak to Lord Cheng, she swiftly grabbed her arm.

"Lord Cheng, I wonder if our trip was leaked, as the Empress Dowager's people had already prepared all the excuses in advance."