The girl traveled through another world and forced the prince to take the imperial examination

"Zhonghua Palace is the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace. Why would someone imitate Zhonghua Palace here? Why not some other palace?"

Yun Qing couldn't answer this.

Mu Qingcheng turned around and suddenly asked him, "Which palace does the current crown prince live in?"

The Dragon Shadow Guards, Xiao Hei, all set their sights on Yun Qing. Their eyes were like cold knives darting towards their master.

Yun Qing: "..." He felt like a thorn in his back. What was going on with the chill coming from all directions?

"The current Crown Prince's affairs are a bit complicated. I'll explain them to you in detail when we get back. Nuannuan, I shouldn't have lied to you. I actually have some connections with that person from the East Palace. It's just that it's not convenient to tell you now. I'll tell you all about it when we get home."

Yun Qing made up his mind to confess to Nuan Nuan when he got back, but he didn't know if he could get leniency.

"Oh?" Mu Qingcheng was not too surprised. When she first met Yun Qing, she had guessed that his identity was not simple, otherwise who could casually promise 12,000 taels of gold!

"No wonder Moyu is so familiar with Chonghua Palace. He must have been there quite a lot! So, the Crown Prince now lives in Chonghua Palace?"

Yun Qing nodded. Mu Qingcheng frowned and thought, "This royal family is a bit chaotic. The father is not worthy of living in Chonghua Palace, but does his son deserve to live in Chonghua Palace? There must be some story behind this."

Mu Qingcheng felt that there must be a big melon to eat here, but unfortunately, she was small and weak and could not carry such a big melon.

Oh! It's so frustrating!

Mu Qingcheng walked around the hall, and Yun Qing followed closely. She felt more and more uncomfortable in there.

"Something's not right here. Something's weird."

Yun Qing asked seriously, "What's strange about it?"

Mu Qingcheng thought about it again and again before speaking her mind: "The more I look at this place, the more it looks like a tomb where the dead live."

This was exactly what Yun Qing had been suspecting. He nodded, "Indeed!"

"What?" Everyone exclaimed in unison. Kang Shao was so bold that he actually dared to use Chonghua Palace as a tomb. This was a curse on their master!

"This Kang Shao is truly a traitor! He actually dared to imitate Chonghua Palace as a tomb. Putting aside the fact that this is a grave crime punishable by the entire clan, he isn't even afraid of damaging his good deeds and the retribution his descendants will suffer."

"This place wasn't built by Kang Shao." Yun Qing retorted, "Kang Shao and his men only came here five years ago. The timing doesn't match up with them wanting to carve a mountain and build a palace. Besides, they also need to build a street market, unless they know how to move mountains."

Doctor Ma suddenly asked Mu Qingcheng, "Girl, how do you know this hall is a tomb?"

Mu Qingcheng pointed at the murals on the walls around the hall and asked everyone, "Is this mural the decoration style here? Does every household in your house paint this kind of mural on their walls?"

Oh, yes! This is exactly what I meant. Who else would paint murals on the walls except in temples? And indeed, murals are only painted in the tombs of the dead.

Could this really be a tomb?

Mu Qingcheng: "Most of the murals in the tomb tell the story of the owner's life. Everyone come and look for clues about the tomb owner."

There were murals on all four walls. Everyone looked at them one by one and fell silent after that.

Yun Qing couldn't hear their conversation for a long time and was a little puzzled: "Is there something wrong with this mural?"

Mu Qingcheng: "There's nothing wrong with this mural. It's the content of this mural that doesn't mention who the owner of the tomb is."

Yun Qing was silent: "What did you draw?"

"The paintings depict the 24 solar terms, from the growth of all things to the heavy snowfall, but nothing about the tomb owner is mentioned. However, there are two paintings that are very strange."

Mu Qingcheng walked to one of the murals again, and Yun Qing followed.

This mural depicts a spring scene during the Grain Rain season. The image features the blurred silhouette of a woman in white, holding a plain umbrella and standing on an arched bridge, gazing into the distance. Her figure, slender and graceful, seems to have inadvertently entered the painting, becoming its most iconic feature.

Mu Qingcheng felt strange because the blurry figure in the painting made her feel very familiar, as if she had seen the woman in the painting somewhere.

Mu Qingcheng stood in front of the painting for a long time. Yun Qing didn't want to disturb her, but their time was limited.

"Nuannuan, what are you looking at?"

"I think I've seen the woman in this painting somewhere!"

Yun Qing smiled and said, "This is just an ordinary painting of spring scenery. The painter would add some characters to enhance the artistic conception."

"Hmm! Maybe!"

Maybe she was overthinking it! Mu Qingcheng came to the Autumnal Equinox solar term chart again. The Autumnal Equinox is an ancient festival to worship the moon and also a harvest festival.

The painting depicts a corner of a courtyard, crimson leaves staining the branches, a full moon hidden in the shadows. A woman sits in a pavilion, her head bent, lost in thought, contemplating a jade pendant. While the painting doesn't mention love, it is filled with longing.

Mu Qingcheng stared at the jade pendant in the woman's hand in a daze: "Why does this jade pendant look familiar?"

Yun Qing asked, "What jade pendant?"

Mu Qingcheng described it to him: "The jade pendant in her hand should not be hers. There are two dragons on it, and two characters in the middle. They say Xuanyuan."

Yun Qing was surprised. "What did you say? What's written on this jade pendant?"

Mu Qingcheng's heart sank when she saw Yun Qing's expression. "This jade pendant has the word 'Xuanyuan' written on it! Moreover, there are two dragons engraved on it."

"Hiss!" Yun Qing gasped, his expression changing unpredictably: "Nuannuan, you didn't see it wrong, did you?"

Mu Qingcheng shook her head. The drawing on the jade pendant was very blurry. If she hadn't seen it before, she wouldn't be able to recognize it at a glance.

She asked doubtfully, "What happened to this jade pendant?"

Yun Qing calmed his heart which was about to jump out of his chest, and tried his best to appear calm and not talk nonsense.

"This should be a double dragon jade pendant, a symbol of the Crown Prince's status. During each Crown Prince's enthronement ceremony, the Emperor would personally place it on the Crown Prince. This double dragon jade pendant would accompany the Crown Prince until he ascended the throne, until he passed it on to the next Crown Prince."

Mu Qingcheng was shocked. She had never thought that the jade pendant she had picked up casually would turn out to be the prince's special jade pendant. So was the double dragon jade pendant in her hand real or fake?

How could Yun Qing not be excited? He had been searching for the Double Dragon Jade Pendant for so long, and finally found a clue. Who was the woman in the painting, and why was the Double Dragon Jade Pendant in her possession? More importantly, where was the Double Dragon Jade Pendant now?

"I see, so that's how it is! Hahaha... so that's how it is!"

The Double Dragon Jade Pendant must be inside the bronze door. This explains everything. The Queen spent so much time searching for an abandoned mine. It turns out she knew the Double Dragon Jade Pendant was there long ago.

She did not kill him, but sent him here from a thousand miles away. She thought that once she got the jade pendant, she would say that the prince had died while trying to find the lost double dragon jade pendant. Once his body and the jade pendant were sent back to the capital, her youngest son would naturally become the crown prince.

Yun Qing suddenly burst into laughter again, and Mu Qingcheng was stunned. Yun Qing...could he be possessed by evil spirits?

Yun Qing's laughter attracted everyone.

"Master, Master, what's wrong with you!"

"Master Mu, what happened to the master?"

What happened? Is there any need to ask? It's obvious that he's been possessed by evil spirits!

Mu Qingcheng: "I told you! This is a tomb, there are unclean things here. Your master must be possessed by a ghost!"

"Ah! What should we do then?" The Dragon Shadow Guards Xiao Hei exclaimed in unison.

Yun Qing: “…” You are the ones who are possessed!

He went over and kicked them one by one: "What are you talking about? Take me to the Bronze Gate right now."

"Ah?" Long Yingwei was stunned.