Time Travel and Love

Chapter 526 Dong shows weakness

"How do you know that Dong family showed weakness? Che'er has been to Luotang Courtyard?" Chu Qingmeng hadn't reacted at first, but suddenly remembered that it was unusual for Jiang Che to go to Luotang Courtyard, and it was normal for Chunhe to notice it.

"Young lady, you guessed right." Chun He took a pearl hairpin and compared it to the other one. Feeling it was not pretty, she exchanged it for a jade hairpin. Then she continued, "When you went to Qingzhou, Concubine Dong wrote a letter to the Second Young Master expressing her deep feelings. Ultimately, it was the Second Young Master's fault. As a man, you can say a few soft words to coax him into sympathy, and then you can stand firm."

Chu Qingmeng raised her eyebrows but smiled without saying anything. Since she couldn't change her son anyway, she simply ignored it.

Chun He continued, "The Second Young Master went there twice. Although he didn't stay overnight at Luotang Courtyard, his attitude has softened considerably. Last night, someone from Luotang Courtyard went to the study to invite the Second Young Master, and he went again, this time staying overnight."

"..." Chu Qingmeng was speechless for a long while before sighing, his voice filled with mockery as he said, "Men's words are deceitful. As expected, men understand men. My father is right again."

Mo Liujin, who was innocently caught in the crossfire, laughed angrily, not even putting down the pen he had picked up. "My father-in-law really doesn't teach me anything serious."

Chu Qingmeng smiled and said, "Why don't you go find him and report it?"

"..." Mo Liujin sighed, feeling both amused and helpless. How could he dare?! Not to mention that he was in a high position now, even if he were an ordinary person, he wouldn't dare to do that! Didn't his second brother do the same thing when he met his illiterate father-in-law, standing obediently and serving tea?

After finishing her makeup, Chu Qingmeng sat in the outer hall. Chunhe quickly brought in some tea and snacks. Before she could even eat the snacks, Mo Liujin said from inside the room, "Bring them in and eat."

Chu Qingmeng took a piece of dessert and some tea and sat down beside his desk. He ate while watching him write. After watching for a while, he suddenly felt that he was ready. He finished the dessert in a few bites, picked up a pen, dipped it in ink and started writing.

As always...ugly.

Mo Liujin found her angry look funny, so he put down the document, pulled her into his arms, and taught her how to write by holding her hand. "Slow down, don't shake your hands..."

The two of them practiced calligraphy together until lunchtime, then went to the dining room for lunch. As soon as they put down their chopsticks, the eunuch from the palace arrived, saying that the three of them, father and son, were summoned to the palace.

The three of them changed their clothes and hurried into the palace. Chu Qingmeng was holding Xiao Mingwei and chatting with Li and Xu. "Qihua, have you been okay these past two days?"

"I'm fine, mother." Mrs. Xu didn't seem to be sad because Mo Jiangche went to Luotangyuan.

"You're getting older and will give birth in two months. Nothing else is more important than you, do you understand?" Chu Qingmeng felt that her words were pale and powerless, but she couldn't control Mo Jiangche's affairs.

Xu smiled and said, "Mother, you worry too much. She's just a concubine. I don't need to worry about my daughter-in-law. Now I'm just looking forward to giving birth to this little girl. Xiao'er is a sister I've been looking forward to for a long time. I worry all day about whether my sister likes this or that."

When mentioning Ze Xiao, the smile between Xu's eyebrows became even more intense.

Chu Qingmeng breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, women in this era were more tolerant, otherwise she wouldn't know what to say. In fact, she didn't know that Xu just thought Dong was no longer fertile and not a big deal.

Back in the warm room, bored, Mu Lingxue came over. "What are you doing? You haven't seen me in a few days?"

Chu Qingmeng waved her in and said, "I went to Qingzhou to take care of some things. Do you have anything to do this afternoon? Go shopping?"

"Okay, I'm fine. I'm done with the shop. It's just that Wushuang has been wanting to see you these past few days. After she found out you were grounded, she was worried about you. But Lao San rejected all her invitations, which made her so angry that she sent them to me."

Seeing her curled up on the couch, Mu Lingxue handed her the hot milk tea in her hand and squeezed onto the couch to relax with her.

"Then let's ask her to come along. In the afternoon, we'll go to the Jiaofangsi to watch a play, and in the evening, we'll go to Yinyue Tower to try their new dishes. I'll ask someone to call her and see if she has time." Chu Qingmeng handed half of the script in his hand to Mu Lingxue, and the two of them leaned on the couch and read the same script together.

"Okay, I'll follow your arrangements. I've just been feeling bored since I haven't seen you these past few days." Mu Lingxue turned a page of the notebook in her hand.

"Whenever you come back to the village, remember to ask me to come with you. I'm tired of staying in Beijing and keep missing the leisurely days we used to have in the village." Chu Qingmeng leaned his head on her shoulder.

"Okay, I'll call you along then." Mu Lingxue agreed.

The servant came back and told her that Mo Wushuang had agreed. Chu Qingmeng quickly asked someone to prepare a carriage to pick her up with Mu Lingxue. The three of them played leisurely for the whole afternoon. When they returned to the mansion in the evening, they found Mo Liujin sitting in the main hall waiting for her with a serious face.

"Uh..." Chu Qingmeng was a little confused. Wasn't she just out for a stroll? What was that expression? Had her visit to Qilin Guard been discovered? Thinking of this, she spoke cautiously, "What's wrong? Why that expression? I haven't done anything recently... have I?"