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

When Ximei turned around, Mu Qingcheng quickly withdrew her gaze and pretended that she saw nothing.

"Sister-in-law, take a look, is this it?"

Mu Qingcheng pretended to smile and said, "Yes, this is it. This is the medicine I take every day. Without this medicine, I'm afraid I won't live long."

"What? You're sick? Impossible, impossible. My eldest brother specially invited Doctor Liu from Tianshu Village to check your pulse. He said you're very healthy."

They did hire a doctor for Mu Qingcheng, but it wasn't a doctor from the city, but Doctor Liu from the neighboring Tianshu Village. They spent a total of 15 coins on two prescriptions of the cheapest medicine. This 15 coins was one-third of their savings.

The Liu family in Tianshu Village is the Liu family where Yun Qing stayed to recuperate.

At this moment, Mu Qingcheng frowned, and she secretly wondered in her heart, what is going on with this family? They are either human traffickers, or because their family is too poor to marry a wife, they picked her up just to make her their wife.

She felt the second possibility was more likely. Because, if this family wanted to sell her, they wouldn't have made it known to the entire village. And Ximei kept calling her "sister-in-law" in front of outsiders, which was obviously intentional, forcing a status on her and trying to ruin her reputation.

The more Mu Qingcheng thought about it, the more she felt that this girl's mind was really vicious! They just wanted her to consider her reputation and not resist.

If she really doesn't agree, they will probably use tougher measures to deal with her.

When encountering such a vicious family, Mu Qingcheng felt that she should protect herself first, deal with them slowly, and then find a chance to escape.

She pretended to be weak and frail and said, "Alas! Little sister, you don't know, I have this disease since I was in the womb. I have taken countless medicines since I was a child to survive until now. Years ago, I heard that there was a miracle doctor named Feng living in Daxing Town, so my parents took me to see him. Unexpectedly, an epidemic broke out in Daxing Town and we were all sealed off in the city. After finally waiting for the lockdown to be lifted, we encountered refugees on the way home. Our family was separated, and I don't know where my parents are. They must be worried sick and must still be looking for me."

After saying this, Mu Qingcheng's eyes filled with tears and she looked so miserable that anyone who saw her would have shed a tear of sympathy. But Ximei seemed like an emotionless ice cube, with a cold face and no intention of pitying Mu Qingcheng at all.

"Did you find that miracle doctor? Did he cure your illness?"

Ximei doesn't care at all whether she is separated from her family or not. Her focus is on her illness. Her elder brother can't marry a sickly woman.

Mu Qingcheng silently wiped away her tears! It seemed that the other party had no mercy, and the policy of appeasement was useless. This child had a distorted outlook on life and it was difficult to reason with her.

Then, try another way.

"The miracle doctor said it's difficult to cure and requires careful care, so he made some special pills. I have to take one every day. I can barely survive for three years. Without these pills, I probably won't make it past next year."

After saying that, Mu Qingcheng took out a capsule, put it in her mouth, and swallowed the medicine dry.

Ximei looked at Mu Qingcheng, then at the medicine in her hand, and asked hesitantly: "You, is your medicine very expensive?" She had never seen such medicine before, and it was obvious that it was not an ordinary pill.

Mu Qingcheng said casually: "It's not very expensive, only one or two taels of silver!"

"Ah! So expensive, only one ounce of silver for so few?"

Mu Qingcheng shook her head and said, "It's one ounce of silver per pill."

"Huh?" Ximei was so shocked that she started to stutter. "This, this, such a small thing actually costs one or two taels of silver. This, is this an elixir?"

Mu Qingcheng continued to make up stories: "If it were a magic pill, it would be easy to deal with. It would only cost a little money! However, Divine Doctor Feng is always wandering around. It's hard to find him if you want to see him. So Divine Doctor Feng's medicine is even harder to come by. Every time I see him, the consultation fee alone is one thousand taels."

"What?" Ximei was completely shocked. "One thousand taels of silver for a medical consultation?"

Ximei had never seen even a tael of silver in her life. No wonder the village chief and grandfather said this woman had a special origin. The clothes she wore alone were enough to feed them for a year.

She didn't believe it! What kind of clothes could be worth so much money? There wasn't even any gold or silver thread on them!

My eldest brother went hunting in the mountains and would be back in three or five days. There was nothing left to eat at home except wild vegetables. Ximei secretly pawned Mu Qingcheng's white satin, wide-sleeved brocade robe. Unexpectedly, the garment, with several tears, was still worth two taels of silver.

Two taels of silver! She had never seen so much money in her life. The shopkeeper asked her if she wanted silver or copper coins. She actually wanted silver because she had never seen such a thing before. But silver was inconvenient to buy things with, so she finally asked for copper coins. In exchange, she got two thousand copper coins, half a basket full. It was the first time in her life that she had seen so many copper coins.

Although the clothes belonged to her eldest sister-in-law, her eldest sister-in-law belonged to her eldest brother. Ximei took the money with peace of mind and left the pawnshop with a heavy head.

A child dressed in rags was holding a tattered basket in his arms, covered with a rag. No one would have thought that there was money inside.

Ximei walked down the street and couldn't resist buying five large meat buns. She ate two of them herself and left the remaining three for her older brother. She had never eaten white flour meat buns in her life. They were so delicious, she'd remember the taste forever.

She went to the grain store for the first time in her life and bought a small bag of whole grains, which she carried home excitedly. She hid the remaining money, along with all the money at home, in a battered jar under her bed, covering it with old clothes. She intended to leave this money for her eldest brother's children, so they could get married in the future.

At this moment, Ximei swallowed her saliva. She didn't dare to think about how rich her sister-in-law's family must be to spend a thousand taels on a medical treatment.

"Well, since you've already spent so much money on the consultation, why don't you buy some more medicine? How long can these pills last?"

Mu Qingcheng sneered in her heart. This child was really afraid that she would die and that her elder brother would marry a short-lived wife.

"It'll probably only last three to five days! The rest of the medicine is with my mother, so I have to find her quickly."

Ximei pondered it over and finally made up her mind: "It doesn't matter. As long as you give my eldest brother a child within this year, after you die, we will definitely let you enter our ancestral tomb and will never let you become a lonely ghost!"

This girl is really sick. Mu Qingcheng was so angry that she cursed in her heart, who the hell wants to enter your family's ancestral tomb? Your family's ancestral tomb is really smoking, giving birth to such a weird child like you. She is really sick, and her illness is not mild.

"Haha! Thank you for your kindness. I can't even reach your ancestral tomb. You can keep it for yourselves. I won't argue with you."

After saying that, Mu Qingcheng tried to stand up. Although her feet and legs hurt, she was able to hold on. She walked to the kitchen and opened the door. She was a little too strong, and with a clang, the kitchen door fell to the ground.

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?" Ximei ran over and quickly blocked the cabinet with her body.

Mu Qingcheng originally felt a little bad about breaking someone else's things, but when she heard her call her sister-in-law, her anger surged again.

She pushed Ximei away. Ximei was thin to begin with, and she sat down on the ground. Mu Qingcheng had no intention of helping her up.

"I'll say it again! You are not allowed to call me sister-in-law anymore. My name is Mu Qingcheng. You can call me sister or my name, but please don't call me sister-in-law!" Mu Qingcheng shouted the last sentence with all her strength. Ximei was frightened by her anger and even forgot to stop her.

Mu Qingcheng angrily took out her clothes from the kitchen and shook them vigorously. Unexpectedly, something fell out of the clothes. She picked it up and found that it was the silver fox mask.

That night, each of the girls brought a silver mask, and hers was in the shape of a fox. Later, in their haste to find Mu Yao, they slipped the mask into their arms, and she forgot about it.

Mu Qingcheng held the mask tightly in her hand, as if it was the only link between her and the real world. She stared at the delicate patterns on the mask, and an indescribable sense of security surged in her heart.

"That's great, I really didn't travel through time. I'm still in this time and space, with Yun Qing." Mu Qingcheng murmured to herself, with a relieved smile on her face.