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

Amidst the quarrel, a clear and pleasant voice rang out: "What are you arguing about?"

The two people who were arguing suddenly shut up. They turned their heads simultaneously, their gazes fixed on the source of the voice.

I saw a young girl standing at the door with hanging flowers. She was wearing a long dress as white as snow. She looked like a fairy who had descended to the earth and landed in the courtyard, making this world look like a fairyland.

"What are you arguing about?" she asked again.

Fang Xurao came back to his senses first. He had just been stunned by a little girl and quickly lowered his head in shame.

"May I ask, young lady, who is...?"

Feng Zhishang sneered: "He is the owner of this house."

Fang Xurao was a little surprised. When he just entered the door, he did see the plaque on the door saying "Mu Mansion". He thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was afraid of revealing his identity and did so on purpose. He didn't expect that the owner of this house was someone else.

He bowed and said, "Oh! Miss Mu, I am Fang Xurao, the governor of Jiangzhou. This is Ning Dechang, the richest man in Jiangzhou."

Mu Qingcheng had already guessed it. She was curious about whether he and Feng Zhishang knew each other and seemed to have some conflicts. She just liked to listen to gossip.

"Hello, Lord Fang." Mu Qingcheng had also learned some of the etiquette here, but her response was a bit perfunctory. "Doctor Feng and Lord Fang know each other?"

The two looked at each other and said in unison.

"know."

"do not know."

Ah! So, do they know each other or not? This piqued Mu Qingcheng's curiosity. These two people obviously have a story.

"Nuannuan! What happened?"

Yun Qing was in the study, testing Ning Haochen, when he heard a quarrel outside. He had no intention of paying attention. But then he heard Mu Qingcheng's voice, and he couldn't sit still any longer.

He walked over with a stern face and Ning Haochen following behind him. Immediately, everyone in the yard was terrified.

Fang Xurao's heart was pounding with fear. He had just lost his mind and dared to make a noise in front of the prince. He was really courting his life.

In the courtyard, only Mu Qingcheng looked at Yun Qing with a smile as beautiful as a flower: "This Lord Fang and Doctor Feng seem to know each other! I wonder if there is any grudge between them?"

Yun Qing immediately understood Mu Qingcheng's gossipy expression. Her undisguised curiosity was like, "Go ask for me!"

Yun Qing had no choice but to give her a doting smile, which was as gentle as a spring breeze. This shocked everyone, except Feng Zhishang, who was already used to it.

So, Yun Qing cleared his throat and asked, "Do Lord Fang and Doctor Feng know each other?"

Feng Zhishang was about to say that he didn't know her, but Yun Qing glared at him and he didn't dare to say anything.

Fang Xurao stepped forward and replied, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I just met an old friend and was so excited that I forgot everything else and disturbed you."

"It doesn't matter!"

Yun Qing looked impatient and signaled him to get to the point quickly.

Fang Xurao didn't dare to hide anything at this moment. With Feng Zhishang still here, how could he dare lie? "It was over twenty years ago. I had just arrived in the capital, had no relatives or friends, and caught a cold. I fainted on the street. Fortunately, Brother Feng came to my rescue. He took me back to the inn and treated me personally. Later, we became friends..."

Feng Zhishang had an expression as if he had swallowed a fly: "Stop! I will regret this for half my life. No, no, I will regret it for the rest of my life."

Mu Qingcheng asked Feng Zhishang with shining eyes: "What do you regret?"

"He...he...he stole my Siqin..." Feng Zhishang's eyes were filled with tears, like a wronged child.

Fang Xurao's expression was also very ugly: "Brother Feng, don't talk nonsense. Siqin and you are just strangers who have met a few times. We are not even friends."

Feng Zhishang was so angry that he jumped up and down: "Nonsense, you are talking nonsense. We are childhood friends. You know that I like her, but you dare to show your affection to her behind my back."

Fang Xurao's face flushed with anger, and he started arguing with Feng Zhishang: "Siqin has no feelings for you at all, it's you who keeps pestering her. The two of us are truly in love."

Mu Qingcheng tried hard to hold back her laughter, but she was afraid that the two would start a fight, so she quickly stopped them from arguing: "Master Fang, who is Siqin?"

Fang Xurao didn't know how to answer for a moment, mainly because he didn't dare to say it in front of the current crown prince!

Feng Zhishang, seeing this, immediately stood up like a victorious rooster. "Speak up! Why don't you say it? You don't dare to admit it now, right? Weren't you very proud back then? You showed off in front of me every day. Why don't you show off now? Ha! I've seen through you a long time ago, you hypocrite, you're such a mean person. Siqin must have been blind to marry someone like you."

Fang Xurao endured it for a long time, his hands shaking with anger: "You, you are shameless. Siqin is my wife's maiden name. How dare you, a foreigner with no relationship, call her that and ruin her reputation?"

Feng Zhishang was relentless, "Your wife! The wife you dare not even mention. I wonder how much Siqin has suffered following you. Did you neglect her for a moment, and then you forced her to marry a wife and take a concubine?"

Fang Xurao could no longer endure it: "You are slandering me! I swore in public that I would only marry Siqin and never take a concubine. I, Fang Xurao, am an upright person and have never done anything shameful. How could you have seen me take a concubine?"

Oh! Yun Qing and Mu Qingcheng were already leaning against each other, listening to the gossip with great interest. Their eyes were twinkling, and they were just about to grab a handful of sunflower seeds.

Mu Qingcheng looked like a complete spectator. However, unlike her, Yun Qing seemed to have heard some inside information from the two old men's argument.

Yun Qing thought for a moment with a serious expression, then shouted in a low voice: "Shut up!" His voice was not loud, but it shocked everyone's heart.

The two old men, who were over fifty years old but still crazy about love, finally stopped arguing after hearing Yun Qing's scolding.

Yun Qing's face was as gloomy as water. He glanced coldly at the two old men, and finally his gaze fell on Fang Xurao.

His eyes seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts. Fang Xurao couldn't help but feel a chill rising up his spine.

"Fang Xurao, I have something to ask you! Come with me to the study."

Yun Qing turned and walked towards the study. After taking two steps, he turned back and whispered softly in Mu Qingcheng's ear: "Nuannuan, wait here for a moment. I'll go and interrogate him. I'll give you the answer tonight."

He gave Mu Qingcheng a look that only a little girl could understand, and Mu Qingcheng blushed and her heart beat fast unconsciously.

Everyone in the courtyard saw the interaction between the two people clearly.

Yun Qing took Fang Xurao back to the study. Mu Qingcheng saw that only the Ning father and son and Feng Zhishang were left in the yard, so she invited them to sit in the hall.

Ning Dechang didn't know the origins of this Miss Mu, but from the Crown Prince's attitude towards this girl, he knew that she was the Crown Prince's beloved and he couldn't afford to offend her.

Mu Qingcheng knew about the Ning family in Jiangzhou. The letter Su Qingyan wrote to her mentioned the matter between the Ning family and their Jin Yuhe.

However, she observed the father and son carefully. Their appearance and demeanor revealed them as gentlemen, refined and generous. They lacked the profit-seeking scheming of businessmen. They certainly didn't look like the type to bully others.

The four of them sat in the hall, the atmosphere somewhat awkward. Mu Qingcheng made small talk: "I heard that the head of the Ning family donated a lot of medicinal herbs to Yongkang. Could it be that the Ning family is in the medicinal herbs business?"

Ning Dechang said respectfully, "Miss, you may not know this, but our Ning family's ancestors were in the silk business. When I was young, I loved traveling all over the country. Later, I would sell anything I saw that was rare. I was lucky enough to have saved a little money."

Mu Qingcheng knew that he was being modest, but hearing him say that he traveled a lot when he was young, he must have a wide range of knowledge.

So, Mu Qingcheng asked him about the customs and practices of various places in Northern Qi. Unexpectedly, the Ning family master was not boasting, and he really had traveled to every corner of the Great Qi Kingdom.

The Ning family father and son were also surprised that this young girl had such a wide range of knowledge.

How could they know that Mu Qingcheng was not only knowledgeable, but also well-informed about ancient and modern times!

Ever since she could remember, she had traveled with her parents and brother every year, visiting various domestic scenic spots. Not to mention the Great Qi Kingdom, she had even been to what they called the Rakshasa Kingdom.