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The player of the zither was a handsome man.

After seeing the hibiscus flower, he adjusted the hem of his clothes and smiled.

"What? Miss, are you interested in this song?"

Nodding, Hibiscus unabashedly showed her interest in the song, and continued to ask, "May I ask if you would like to tell me where you learned this song?"

The man didn't reply Hua Mujiao. Instead, he ordered the musicians who were kneeling on the floor, "All of you, get off."

"Yes."

From this, it could be seen that the status of this man wasn't low.

"Miss is interested in this piece of music. I believe that her zither arts are quite good as well. Why not play a piece of music? Perhaps I will be interested in telling you the origin of this piece of music?"

The man's tone was polite, but in Hua Mu Jin's eyes, it was a bit frivolous.

"What if I don't want to play?"

Hearing this, the smile on the man's face became even wider.

He raised his eyebrows, his slender fingers caressing the strings of the zither as he began to play the tune.

"Then I can only say, no comment. "Miss, please go back."

Seeing the man's attitude, Green Bamboo became slightly unhappy.

He took a step forward and said loudly, "Do you know who my Empress is? How can you speak to my esteemed lady like that! "

"Empress?"

The man raised an eyebrow and smiled, "So you're the concubine of the Emperor of the Huan Yue? "Looks like this prince has been impolite. I hope that esteemed wangfei does not blame me for this."

This Highness?

Hua Mu Jin frowned, her brain quickly searching for something.

Then, she raised her eyes and asked, "You are the Southern Kingdom's first prince?"

She remembered that Bai Zhan Ke had said that the Southern King had two sons and a daughter, and that the Second Prince was the Crown Prince. If he called himself the Crown Prince, then he must be the First Prince.

The man nodded. "Exactly."

If he could prove that his mother was Princess Nangong, then this man in front of him would be his uncle.

But no matter how Hua Mu Jin looked at it, the man in front of her didn't seem to be in his thirties.

"I just want to know where the song you're playing came from. If the first prince isn't willing to tell you, then I'll take my leave first."

After she finished speaking, Hua Mu Jin turned around and was about to leave.

"Empress, please wait."

Hua Mujie had just turned around when the First Prince called out to her.

He stood up and walked to Hua Mujiao's side, the smile still on his face.

"Your Highness did not know the Empress's identity just now. I have offended you many times, please forgive me." "Since the Empress wants to know where this song came from, how could this princess not tell you?"

He turned his head and looked at the first prince, frowning slightly.

"However, may I ask the Empress for a moment to speak?"

As he spoke, the First Prince glanced at the green bamboo at the side, and Hua Mu Jin immediately understood what he meant.

"Green Bamboo, you go out first."

Green Bamboo hesitated, worry written all over his face.

Seeing Hua Mujiao nod, he also left.

"The Empress sent away the people by her side. Aren't you afraid that this prince will do something to you?"

Raising her eyes, Hua Mu Jin's eyes were filled with determination.

She curled her lips and smiled. "The First Prince sure knows how to joke around. There's only the two of us here. Can the First Prince tell us where you learned the song you played?"

The First Prince sized up Hua Mujiao from head to toe and finally, his gaze landed on her face.

After a long while, he opened his mouth and said, "This piece of music was written by our ancestor, the Queen. Seeing that the Empress is very familiar with this piece of music, does she not also know about it? "However, if this prince has heard that the Empress is from Huan Yue, how could she know the song of the Ancestor Queen?"

Ancestor Queen?

The Ancestor Queen that the first prince spoke of, Hua Mu Jin guessed, was the number one person in the Southern Kingdom, the Queen.

However, the rhythm that he had played earlier was extremely similar to Deng Lijun's song. Could it be that …

"I thank the first prince for his instructions. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

With that, Hua Mu Jin didn't stay any longer and walked out.

When her figure disappeared, a figure walked out from the side and stood beside the First Prince.

"Royal brother, you are proficient in strange techniques. That face of hers, does it look like it was easy to change one's appearance?"

At this point, the smile on the first prince's face had long since disappeared.

He had a very deep look on his face.

"No, there's the shadow of Qingcheng on her body, and the fragrance of her body is extremely similar to Qingcheng's as well."

Hearing this, the crown prince was overjoyed.

"So, she is really the royal sister's daughter?"

The First Prince nodded, his gaze still on the spot where Hibiscus Blossom had disappeared.

The Crown Prince looked at him, and the joy on his face disappeared as he sighed.

"Royal brother, my royal mother already knew what you were thinking of my royal sister, but you need to be clear that it was a forbidden love. Even if you were to spend your entire life, you could not touch it."

Hearing this, the first prince retracted his gaze and looked at the crown prince but did not say anything.

And then, he left.

When he returned to the Western Palace, Heng`er was nowhere to be seen.

Hua Mujie sat at the table, her chin in her hands, looking at the scenery outside the door, sighing deeply.

Originally, she thought that she had found someone who shared the same illness as her, but she didn't expect that person to have died hundreds of years ago.

However, there was one thing that she couldn't understand. If that song was really handed down from the ancestor of the Southern Kingdom, then according to the modern era and this foreign world's time, it would only be a few decades old. How could it be a few hundred years old?

The more she thought about it, the bigger her head felt.

"What's wrong? Why are you so dispirited?"

Seeing Bai Zhan Ke walk in, Hua Mu Jin still looked listless.

"I originally thought that I had found my fellow villager, but I never would have thought that this villager would have already died several hundred years ago. Do you think that I would have the spirit to do so?"

Hearing her words, Bai Zhan Ke curled his lips.

"Nan Ge found out that after Princess Ning An went missing, the Southern King went on a wild search. Some countries found out and had some people impersonate Princess Ning An. This is probably the reason why the Southern King questioned you last night."

Impersonate?

Hua Mu Jin's eyes lit up, and asked: How do I pass myself off? Is it a disguise technique? "

"You know how to disguise yourself?"

Hua Mujiao had only seen the appearance changing technique on the Wuxia TV before, she had never thought that it would actually exist.

"Then do you know how to disguise yourself? Teach me if you know anything. "

Staring at the flower hibiscus, Bai Zhan Ke shook his head.

He said helplessly, "Disguise is a demonic technique in the martial arts world. On this continent, there aren't many people who can use it. Moreover, although this disguise technique can change a person's appearance, it can also erode the person's face and cause the person's skin to peel off, fester, and eventually die. "

Hua Mu Jin swallowed his saliva, and opened his eyes wide.

"Is it that scary? I thought it would be easy to pick up at any time, like it was on TV. "

"Once you disguise yourself, you cannot restore your original appearance, so that's why it's called an evil technique."

A single disguise technique could actually take a person's life.

Just thinking about it made Hibiscus floral and scared.

"Forget it, it's best not to learn this stuff. Learning it would only harm yourself and others. Right, where did you go this morning? Could he be going to discuss some matters with the Southern King? "

"Yes."

Hua Mujiao really didn't know what exactly Bai Zhan Ke was discussing with the King of the South in order to promote friendship between the two countries, but she felt that it was a bit like the two countries joining forces to deal with other countries.

But that was their business, and she didn't care.

"Is there anything wrong with your body?" Should we invite the imperial physician over to take a look? "

Bai Zhan Ke looked at Hua Mujiao and placed his hand on her stomach.

"It's nothing. She's just pregnant. It's not like she has a pampered body. It's almost noon. Let Green Bamboo call for a meal. I'm a bit hungry."

"Yes, I'm leaving the palace in the afternoon, would you like to come with me?"

Hearing this, Hua Mu Jin nodded like she was pounding garlic, afraid that she would go back on her word.

"Go, I'll go. I still want to go see the sea."

"Alright, I'll take you there."

After lunch, Hua Mujie and Bai Zhan Ke left the palace.

Along the way, the hawker hawkers hawked their wares, and the hibiscus flowers listened to them.

She lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked outside. The southern markets were very different from the Huan Yue Country's. The way those small stalls sold their goods and drank to their customers was very similar to what was passed down in the modern era.

She decided that this had something to do with the Southern Ancestor and the Queen.

"Bai Zhan Ke, do you think that the Huan Yue Country has become a big trading country?"

In the business world, Hibiscus fragrans didn't have much of a brain.

However, she had watched too much on television. She remembered some of it. At the very least, she would be able to settle accounts and trade with them. It would be much more avant-garde compared to these people.

"It's good that you have maintained your current condition. I do not wish for you to get tired."

Bai Zhan Ke seemed to have guessed what Hua Mujiao wanted to do, and immediately interrupted her train of thought.

The wagon stopped at a restaurant.

Hua Mu Jin and Bai Zhan Ke got off the carriage and walked into the restaurant.

"Are you still a scholar? Do you even know how to settle accounts?" "It seems like it's all a mess. Alright, you don't have to do this work anymore. I can't afford to hire an idle person like you."

In front of the counter, the owner of the restaurant was shouting at a man who looked like a scholar.

"Boss, this is the multiplication and elimination algorithm passed down from our ancestors. How could it be wrong?"

Add, subtract, multiply, divide?

Hua Mujiao originally did not want to meddle in other people's business, but hearing the scholar's words, she stepped forward.

After taking the account book, Hua Mu Jin scanned through it, then chuckled and shook his head, before putting the account book down.

"Miss, you …"

"I'm sorry, but she is just curious. Please continue."

Seeing this, Shangguan Yi pulled Hua Mujiao upstairs.

"Why are you suddenly in the mood? What are you blindly meddling in the shop for?"

Hua Mujiao cast a sidelong glance at Shangguan Yi before ignoring him.

She had seen the account book. Even though it was calculated using multiplication, it was almost completely wrong. No wonder the boss fired him.

She stepped forward and asked Bai Zhan Ke, "What are we doing in the restaurant?"

"Meet someone."

Meet someone?

In the Southern Kingdom, did Bai Zhan Ke have any acquaintances?

As they were walking, they stopped outside a private room.

Nan Ge stepped forward and opened the door to the private box.

When he walked into the box, the person sitting at the table inside was precisely the man that Hua Mujiao had met in the hall today, the First Prince of the Southern Kingdom.

"The emperor came on time, but why did he bring the empress with him?"

"Why not?"

He went up and sat down, and his eyes met the gaze of the first prince, which was a little cold.

"I'm fine, after all, I'm just a businessman right now. "However, if the emperor isn't afraid that this will involve the Empress, then so be it."