Time Travel and Love

Chapter 546 The curtain rises

Song Wanwan was stunned. "Cousin, that's the servants' yard."

"So what?" Mo Liujin narrowed his eyes. He was considering whether to kill this woman now.

"I...you...how could you do this to me? I'm a noble concubine raised by my aunt! I'm not some lowly concubine to be used as a servant!"

Song Wanwan was obsessed with wealth and glory, and hadn't realized the true danger of a lord who wanted to kill her. She always thought that no matter how bad she was, she could still live like Concubine Liu, with everything she wanted.

"Concubines are traded. What's the difference between a noble concubine and an inferior concubine? You despise the servants' courtyard, but I despise you for not having a higher status than a servant. Servants can still become ordinary people after they are freed from slavery, but concubines, once they leave their master's household, are nothing but a piece of lowly record, like prostitutes."

Chu Qingmeng was too lazy to open his eyes. He tapped his hands lightly on the heater twice and said lazily, "It's cold. Change it to something hot."

Chunhe walked forward and picked up the heater. The moment his hand touched it, he looked at the dozing Chu Qingmeng in surprise.

This stove... is hot.

But I still obeyed the order and changed it. Maybe the master had other ideas.

Song Wanwan was stunned when she heard this voice. It seemed like she had heard it somewhere before.

"Did you hear that? If you can live here, then live here. If you can't, then go and share a bed with the maids and old women." Mo Liujin was surprised that Chu Qingmeng would speak, so he looked at her with a smile on his lips.

"Feiying, take a thousand taels of silver and give it to Song Wanwan's mother. My general's mansion is not so poor that it doesn't even give a betrothal gift for a concubine."

Feiying took out a silver note worth one thousand taels from his purse and handed it to Liudie.

Liu Die put it away with a beaming smile. She had intended to go back to ask for it from Concubine Liu, but unexpectedly, someone gave it to her, and it was a thousand taels. She had thought that this girl was worth five hundred taels, which was good enough. She happily took the money, and the anger she had just endured disappeared without a trace. She took the still dazed Song Wanwan and said goodbye to her and returned to her own courtyard.

"You still have the leisure to pay your general a prize!" Mu Lingxue finally got rid of Mo Liuyuan and came out of the house.

"Everyone in the world is seeking profit." Chu Qingmeng patted the rocking chair beside him, "How can I cut off other people's financial resources?"

Mu Lingxue suddenly laughed out loud. After being married for so many years, she was used to seeing hypocrisy and knew that the wives, concubines, and legitimate children in wealthy families were clearly distinguished.

Male children born out of wedlock were not so bad, their treatment was only slightly worse than that of legitimate sons. But female children born out of wedlock were truly miserable, being treated like half slaves, with no human rights at all.

Since Song Wanwan entered the mansion as a concubine, she naturally had no dowry, and everyone would think for themselves. The one thousand taels of silver was used to sow discord between the two.

"I'm lazy, not stupid." Chu Qingmeng raised his eyelids and looked at Mu Lingxue jokingly, "Want to bask in the sun for a while longer?"

"No more sun exposure! Let's leave tomorrow, are you going?" Mu Lingxue's temper was as bad as ever.

Chu Qingmeng laughed and said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "If you don't leave, don't leave either. I'll treat you to a big show. A big show of turning against each other."

Mu Lingxue didn't understand what she meant. She just thought she was talking about Liu Die and Song Wanwan, mother and daughter. She said "What's so good about it" and went back home to pack up her things.

She was unable to leave the next morning.

Because Liu Cheng's entire family was killed, even his seven-year-old child was not spared.

Mo Liuyuan thought of what Chu Qingmeng said yesterday and closed his eyes tiredly. He had no feelings for the Liu family, but that was his maternal grandfather's family after all. His sister was a little too cruel.

"Leng Leng, have someone guard the manor tightly. No Liu family affairs are allowed to be leaked into the manor." Mo Liuyuan rubbed his temples and felt his veins throbbing.

His mother used Song Wanwan to make Chu Qingmeng feel bad, so Chu Qingmeng used the Liu family to make his mother feel bad, so he couldn't let the news about the Liu family get in.

General's Mansion.

Mo Liujin sighed upon hearing the news and ordered Leng Feng to have someone keep a close watch on the manor and not let any news leak out.

Mu Lingxue rushed to the warm room in a hurry. Chu Qingmeng was still sleeping, and Mo Liujin was handling official business at the desk.

"Damn it, don't sleep anymore!" Mu Lingxue woke Chu Qingmeng up through the quilt.

Mo Liujin paused slightly, looked up at Mu Lingxue, and without saying a word, lowered his head to deal with official business.

"What?" Chu Qingmeng shrank into the quilt. She was cold, okay?

"The Liu family was wiped out."

"Hmm. And then what? Are you going to find out the truth and bring the murderer to justice?"

"..." After a long moment, Mu Lingxue managed to utter, "Am I really a good person in your eyes?"

Chu Qingmeng got up and put on her clothes. Mo Liujin came forward to help her tie her belt and put on her clothes one by one.

"The show is about to begin. You really don't plan to stay and watch?" Chu Qingmeng combed her hair and turned back to say with a smile, "What do you think would happen if Concubine Liu knew that the Liu family was wiped out?"

Mu Lingxue was stunned and subconsciously glanced at Mo Liujin. "Sister, you can do it, but why are you saying it so grandly? My own son is here!"

Mo Liuyuan and the others were the first to know about the Liu family's extermination, so it wouldn't be a big deal if she told them. But this...

Mo Liujin looked at Chu Qingmeng, but a strand of white hair showing through his hair made it impossible for him to implore for mercy.

"What's wrong? What are you looking at him for? We are family, shouldn't you cry and express your grief?" Chu Qingmeng didn't care.