Jiang Muyu was about to leave after saying this.

Luo Chengguan suddenly reached out and grabbed her ankle, which frightened her so much that she jumped three feet high and kicked him twice in the face.

"Hey, don't, don't... be gentle... be gentle..." He yelled, but he didn't loosen the strength in his hands at all.

Jiang Muyu finally couldn't resist his nagging, so she asked the innkeeper to bring out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote down the entire "Pipa Song" for him.

Luo Chengguan picked it up and admired it, saying: "Seeing off guests at night at the Xunyang River, maple leaves and reeds rustle in the autumn. This opening is very well written, but this word... is a little off."

Jiang Muyu rolled her eyes in an indecent manner, "Are you satisfied now? Can you let me go now?"

"How can I let you go? I really want to make friends with you."

Jiang Muyu turned and walked upstairs, and Luo Chengguan stretched out a hand to stop her.

She was really angry at this moment, with a cold light flashing in her eyes, "If you continue to pester me, I will have someone strip you naked and throw you into the street."

For some reason, Luo Cheng felt that she might really mean what she said.

He withdrew his hand awkwardly and smiled flatteringly: "I just wanted to ask your name."

"Jiang Zide." She said and went upstairs.

Luo Chengguan murmured the name and wondered, "Why does it sound like a man's name?"

…

After unloading the goods, Liang Qingchen was invited by Governor Xu to have a meal at a restaurant. It was already late when he returned to the inn.

Jiang Muyu hadn't rested yet. She was leaning on the bed reading a book with an oil lamp lit beside her. When she saw him coming back, she just raised her eyelids and asked, "Drinking again?"

"Have a couple of drinks."

"I'll ask the waiter to bring a bowl of sobering soup."

"No need." Liang Qingchen took off his cloak, walked over to her and sat down. "Did you meet a man today?"

"It's not that we are acquainted. He was the one who pestered me unilaterally." Jiang Muyu put down the book in his hand, looked at him and said, "Have you now made no secret of the fact that you installed a human surveillance device next to me?"

"Uh... human body surveillance?" he asked, puzzled.

"Just send someone to monitor me."

Liang Qingchen shook his head and said, "It's not surveillance. I just want to protect you."

"I just met a man, and you knew everything about him. Isn't that surveillance?" Jiang Muyu curled her lips. "It's not a good feeling to be watched all the time."

"This... I will pay attention to it in the future." Liang Qingchen gently covered her hand and said softly: "I know you have many doubts in your heart. There are some things I can tell you today."

She immediately sat up and looked at him with sparkling eyes: "What's the matter?"

She always said before that she didn't want to know anything about him, but actually that was not true. Curiosity is human instinct, and the less she knew, the more itchy she felt inside.

Liang Qingchen pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, my real identity is not the prince of Tiangan Kingdom."

"I already knew that."

"Oh?" He raised his eyebrows. "When did you guess it?"

"I heard Yun Xuan call you His Highness, and combined with the Queen Mother's attitude towards you, I guessed that you were most likely a fake Prince Rui."

"I am not a fake. I was myself when I was named King of Rui."

Jiang Muyu was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "How old were you when you entered the Tiangan Palace?"

"When I was ten years old, I entered the palace in place of the Ninth Prince. My name was Liang Hongling. It was only after the current emperor ascended the throne that I changed my name to Liang Qingchen in order to avoid being named."

"Where did the original Liang Hongling go?"

"Dead."

Although she had guessed about it, she still couldn't help but frown when she really looked at him, "You are not originally from Tianqian Country, right?"

"Yes." Liang Qingchen confessed truthfully: "I was originally the crown prince of Xuan Cang Kingdom."

She knew that Xuan Cang Kingdom was the largest country on the Kyushu continent. Although its current strength was far less than that of the past, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. The surrounding small countries still had to pay tribute to Xuan Cang every year, and even Tian Gan Kingdom was no exception.

Jiang Muyu was very puzzled: "Why did you leave your position as the crown prince and come to Tianqian to be the prince? Can't the crown prince inherit the throne in the future?"

Liang Qingchen recalled the past, with some pain in his eyes, "Do you remember the mutiny in the imperial capital that I told you about?"

"Remember... that unfortunate Prince Xuan Cang was you?"

He smiled bitterly and said, "It was me. When Prince Jing forced the emperor to abdicate, my father was killed by Prince Jing's sword, and my mother was shot to death by the arrows of Prince Qi's party in order to protect me... Do you know who is sitting on the throne of Xuan Cang now?"

Jiang Muyu thought about it for a moment and asked suspiciously, "I think his last name is Wanqi?"

"Yes, his last name is Wanqi."

"So what was your last name?"

"summer."

She was puzzled and asked, "Logically speaking, Prince Jing and Prince Qi are both princes, right? Shouldn't they both have the surname Xia?"

Liang Qingchen sighed and said, "You forgot that there is another army, belonging to the King of Zhenbei. He is a king of a different surname."

"No wonder." Jiang Muyu suddenly realized: "So in general, Prince Jing and Prince Qi are fighting each other, and Prince Zhenbei Yuweng is the winner?"

"That's right." He paused, his voice becoming a little hoarse, "I originally escaped from Xuan Cang's palace and took refuge in a private residence, but I didn't know that King Zhenbei's spies had been planted around me, so I was caught off guard and lost everything."

Jiang Muyu hugged him with some heartache and comforted him softly: "It's okay, it's all over."

Liang Qingchen closed his eyes and continued, "When the court was arguing, the King of Zhenbei was reluctant to take sides. It turns out that he had evil intentions and had set his sights on the throne... I should have thought of it earlier..."

"It's not your fault. You were just a child at the time. How could you have thought so carefully?"

He did not answer, but continued: "I am the only surviving direct descendant of the Xia royal family. In order to protect me, my uncle sent me out of Xuan Cang. I was escorted all the way to Tianqian by the remaining subordinates. At Yunshan Temple, I met the Ninth Prince Liang Hongling, who was the same age as me at the time."

Jiang Muyu listened to his narration quietly without interrupting.

"The current Empress Dowager was not originally the Empress Dowager. When she was pregnant with the Ninth Prince, she committed a crime and was confined by the late Emperor. When she was about to give birth, she was framed for premature birth. Therefore, Liang Hongling was born weak and was forcibly given the name of Consort Wan Gui, who was the most favored Consort at the time. Therefore, the relationship between mother and son is not close."

"Later, Concubine Wan Gui died suddenly, and Liang Hongling also became seriously ill. A Taoist priest said that his fate conflicted with the feng shui of the imperial palace, so the late emperor sent him to Yunshan Temple for recuperation, which lasted for five years."

Jiang Muyu asked, "So you were able to take his place and return to the palace without being suspected? Did the late emperor never visit him at Yunshan Temple in all these years?"

"The late emperor had many children, the empress dowager was not favored, and Concubine Wan died early. How could anyone mention this son in front of him?"

He smiled sarcastically and said, "When Liang Hongling was dying of illness, he was very unwilling to give up, so he gave me the jade pendant that represented his identity and asked me to live on for him."