Chapter 497 Time flies
Chapter 497 Time flies
"Yeah." Chu Qingmeng responded and was also wondering what was going on. After a long while, she laughed, "You already believe I didn't do it, why are you still asking?"
Mu Lingxue sighed and replied, "I'm afraid you'll get confused because of anger. I came here to remind you."
"What if I really did it and I never admit it?" Chu Qingmeng asked with a smile.
"What else can I do? I'll clean up for you!" Mu Lingxue gave her a cold look.
"What? I killed someone and you buried the body?"
"What else? You can just pamper your own sisters."
Chu Qingmeng laughed, and the two of them played and joked until the evening. After washing up, they lay on the bed and talked privately.
When it was midnight, Chunhe urged, "My two masters, it's the end of midnight, go to bed early and we'll talk tomorrow."
The two of them stayed together for another three days before Mo Liujin and the others returned home.
It was already the end of the night when he returned home, and Mo Liujin was stopped as soon as he arrived at the door of the warm room.
"Third Master, please forgive us two masters for going to bed." Leng Ji spoke out to stop them.
Mo Liujin frowned and looked at Feiying, "Go and ask the Second Master to come and take Princess Sinong away."
"Master, the two masters have gone to bed. It's so cold today. If you wake them up again, they will definitely get angry. You..." Feiying advised hesitantly.
Mo Liujin: "..."
He knew full well that Feiying's words were true. But he was still somewhat unwilling to accept it. He had only seen Qingmeng briefly three days ago when he returned to change into court robes. It had already been six days. Six days! He hadn't been close to her in six days! And she, not only didn't miss him at all, but she even slept with her second sister-in-law!
Just when he was feeling depressed, Mo Liuyuan came over and asked, "Is Lingxue on your side?"
Mo Liujin turned around with eyes full of resentment, "Yes! Over here! They slept together!"
Mo Liuyuan: "..."
Feiying, Lengji and others were trying their best to hold back their laughter, there was no way, the Third Master's tone made it sound as if the eldest princess had slept with her "adulterer".
In the end, the two brothers slept in the study next to the warm room.
"...Can't you go back home and sleep?!" Mo Liujin was full of disgust.
"No! My wife is here with you, why should I go back home to sleep?" Mo Liuyuan directly occupied the big bed in the study.
"Then you go sleep in the side room! Why are you competing with me for the study room?!"
"No one has been in the wing for a long time. Even though the servants have cleaned it, it's still too cold. I'll just spend the night with you! Why are you saying so much?!"
…………The two quarreled for a few sentences, and finally Mo Liujin was defeated and fell asleep on the couch with the quilt in his arms.
The next morning, Mo Liujin and Mo Liuyuan got up for morning exercises, and they fought back and forth with their spears.
At noon, Chu Qingmeng and Mu Lingxue finally woke up. Qiushou was dressing Mu Lingxue, while Chunhe helped Chu Qingmeng change clothes and wash up.
"Is it Jiang Qing and Jiang Che outside?" Chu Qingmeng was puzzled when he heard the voices in the yard. On weekdays, when Mo Liujin was not around, they would not come to the main courtyard for morning exercises.
"Miss, it's the second and third masters. They came back last night." Chunhe replied while tying Chu Qingmeng's belt.
Chu Qingmeng: "..."
Mu Lingxue: "..."
The four of them had breakfast together in the warm room. After the meal, Mo Liuyuan took Mu Lingxue back to the Shangshu Ling Mansion, while Mo Liujin moved the official business that had been delayed in the past few days directly into the warm room to watch Chu Qingmeng correct the papers.
"What are you doing?" Mo Liujin was handling official business while looking at Chu Qingmeng who was lying on the couch with a facial mask on.
"Apply a facial mask. Lingxue has just researched this. Applying facial masks more often can help with anti-aging and will make you younger." Chu Qingmeng flipped through the notebook in his hand.
"..." Mo Liujin was speechless and laughed, "Anti-aging? Become younger? How much younger do you want to be, Madam?"
"..." Yeah, it seems so. She looks like she's just come of age, what anti-aging treatment does she need?! She'll only live for two more years at most, and she'll only be twenty-one when she dies. It seems unnecessary.
"It's already applied, so just wash it off when the time comes." Chu Qingmeng joked with Mo Liujin, "When you finish your official business, apply one too. You'll look younger and more compatible with me."
Mo Liujin put down the pen in his hand and looked up with a playful look in his eyes, "Madam, do you think I'm too old again?"
"...I dare not." Chu Qingmeng didn't dare to respond. She didn't want to lie down for a few more days.
Time passed in a daze. No one in the Grand Tutor's Mansion mentioned Dong Mingzhu. Concubine Liu fell ill again, and Mo Liuyun seemed to have chosen a safer but more complicated move based on Ling Xian's advice.
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"Tomorrow is the Minor New Year's Day. Qingyun is taking care of it at home, so I don't have to worry about anything. It's quite relaxing." The family was eating and chatting in the restaurant. Chu Qingmeng was thinking about how much New Year's money he should prepare for the children.
"Yes, mother. Our sons don't have to go to court after tomorrow." Mo Jiangqing also agreed with a smile.
Mo Liujin looked at Chu Qingmeng beside him. This was their family's first real New Year's Day. "This time, you are finally here."
Chu Qingmeng smiled and said, "You won't be attending court tomorrow, right?"
"Not going up."
"Well, will you go for a walk with me tomorrow?"
"Okay." Mo Liujin replied with a smile. It would be a good opportunity to see if there are any jewelry or other items that she likes and is suitable for her tomorrow.
In fact, Chu Qingmeng didn’t know what he wanted to buy, but he just wanted to go shopping with him and leave more memories.
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