Qiao Yingchun stood collectedly at the front of the line, her piercing gaze directed at Qiao Mu.
Qiao Mu wasn’t an idiot. She soon sensed this menacing gaze and looked up to find its source.
When she saw the trio of Madam née Li and her children, she couldn’t help but be startled.
She remembered encountering her family that year at Xijiu City when she brought Brother Xiao Hu to trigger his mystic meridians. She had not seen this ‘exceptional’ family of three again after that.
Seven to eight years had passed since that day, but from how they were dressed like beggars, unkempt and emaciated, their current lifestyle was probably not satisfactory.
“Come over for testing,” the junior royal maid yelled.
Madam née Li feverishly pushed away that royal maid’s hands as she coughed from eagerness. She then hastily strode toward Qiao Mu and cried, “You are Qiao Mu from the eldest branch of Old Qiao’s family, right? It’s me! Second Aunt! Qiaoqiao, do you still remember? It’s Second Aunt, uh-hohoho.”
As she was speaking, she actually started to chortle, wild with joy, just like several ducks that were swimming through a lake…
Qiao Mu did not think that there was anything to be happy about meeting Madam née Li’s family again.
The first time they met, it was still in Qiaotou Village when this Madam née Li had brought her darling daughter Qiao Yingchun over, and they just wanted to rob her right from the start without room for objection. After she shooed Madam née Li away, the latter actually ran to Elderly Lady Qiao, instigating her to intervene.
The second time they met, it was in Xijiu City. At that time, she had brought Brother Xiao Hu over to find someone from the Mystic Cultivator Association to trigger his mystic meridians. Subsequently, she got into a conflict with Qiao Cong’s master, Uncle-Master Bi of the Daybreak Sect. That was also the first time she saw Murong Xun.
From the looks of it, nothing good ever came out of her encounters with Madam née Li and her family.
“Come over for testing!!” The junior royal maid roared. She immediately dragged the frenzied Madam née Li over to the gauging stone and pressed her handprint onto it.
“Fifty years old! Normal person!”
“Fifty years old is not in the age range, throw her out!” Qiao Mu spoke up coldly.
On the side, Crown Prince Mo merely glanced at the trio without saying anything.
When Madam née Li heard that she was to be thrown out of line without getting a grain of rice, she immediately went berserk and yelled while coughing, “Ah, let go of me, let go of me! You cursed little bastard! You treat even your own clan relatives so heartlessly! According to the seniority in the clan, I am your second aunt!”
Qiao Cong also got agitated and pointed at Qiao Mu, exclaiming, “You are Qiao Mu, you are Qiao Mu right?”
A muted hatred flitted across Qiao Yingchun’s eyes, and she suddenly shoved away the crowd. She dashed forward and kneeled down in front of Mo Lian with a thump. “Your Highness the Crown Prince, you are His Highness the Crown Prince right! This ordinary woman greets Your Highness the Crown Prince! Your Highness, this ordinary woman has something to report!”
“Your Highness, you must not be deceived by the little village girl beside you! She simply is not some noble lady of a clan! She is only a village girl and cannot match up to your noble status at all! She is a village girl from Qiaotou Village! Your Highness!”
When Qiao Yingchun finished harping on this, she turned to snigger at Qiao Mu maliciously. “Qiao Mu, I do not know what kind of method you used to hoodwink His Highness the Crown Prince. But today, I have come to expose your true identity and colors!”
The crown prince stood up abruptly.
Qiao Yingchun was delighted and looked expectantly at the crown prince.
As expected, Qiao Mu had deceived the crown prince. The crown prince would definitely punish this woman from chagrin!
Humph, what crown prince consort was she. It was simply a pipe dream for a village girl to even fantasize about becoming the crown prince consort.
“Tie her up!”
