It turned out that the regent was entrusted by the late emperor to quell internal and external troubles, and he went all the way south and passed through Fan Yang.

At that time, Ouyang Xuan was only six or seven years old, but he was already known as a child prodigy among the people.

Like Mu Yunchen, the regent at that time wanted to take Ouyang Xuan back.

Unfortunately, the child was still young and everything was destined to happen, so the Regent did not take him away by force.

He only left a letter of introduction, recommending Ouyang Xuan to the capital. In this way, Ouyang Xuan would not have to wait until he was sixteen to take part in the spring examination.

As long as you are well prepared, you can go to the capital to take the exam every year.

Later, after returning to the capital from the south, the Regent completely returned power to the current emperor, Mu Yunchen's father.

Therefore, the current emperor has only been in control of the imperial power for a few years, so he is suspicious of his own son.

Five years later, Ouyang Xuan was already twelve years old. He studied hard day and night just to get the regent's letter of recommendation and go to the capital to take part in the spring examination.

If Ouyang Xuan had participated in the imperial examination that year, he might have been the only talented scholar in history books who passed the imperial examination at the age of only twelve.

It's a pity that God did not fulfill his wish.

When Ouyang Xuan was on his way to Beijing for an imperial examination, his elder sister Ouyang Yue was noticed by a high-ranking official in the capital, who insisted on taking her into his mansion as a concubine.

Ouyang Xuan's parents died early and his elder sister was like a mother to him. How could he tolerate this? In a fit of rage, he accidentally turned the high-ranking official into a eunuch.

As a result, Ouyang Xuan and Ouyang Yue were thrown into jail.

That high-ranking official was still an important figure in the court. He crossed out Ouyang Xuan's name from the candidates for the spring examination and never included it again.

Perhaps the letter of recommendation was picked up by someone and passed to the Regent, which reminded him of the child prodigy he met when he went south.

The regent, who had retired to the court, came out again and worked with the current emperor to overthrow the grand secretary, the high-ranking official whom Ouyang Xuan had offended.

Although college students may not be able to become officials, they still have some literary talent.

After that, the literary world of Mu country gradually declined and became the talk of neighboring countries.

Later, the Regent successfully put Ouyang Xuan's name on the list, but unfortunately the spring examination had passed, and Ouyang Xuan could only wait until next year if he wanted to participate.

After seeing the officials in the court being corrupt, forming cliques for personal gain, and buying and selling official positions, Ouyang Xuan no longer pinned his hopes on passing the imperial examination.

From then on, he hated all the officials of the court. It was not until Ouyang Yue married Chen Chuhe that Ouyang Xuan's resentment dissipated a little.

Therefore, it is understandable that Ouyang Xuan was disdainful when he first met Mu Yunchen, because he hated officials, and he hated officials from the capital even more.

The incident at that time caused a lot of uproar. After all, the current Grand Secretary was admired by all the scholars in the country of Mu.

But when he met Ouyang Xuan again, the Regent King did not say a word, but just pointed at the Book of Poetry in Ouyang Xuan's hand and said casually: "You wrote a good poem."

"If you want, I'll give it to you."

At that time, Ouyang Xuan didn't even know how to address the Regent. The little boy handed the only precious thing in his hand to the Regent.

The Regent did not refuse. He raised his eyebrows, took it, and turned to the last page.

While picking up the pen, he said: "Little bastard, you know how to keep my calligraphy at such a young age, you will have a great future."

Ouyang Xuan frowned. That's not what he meant.

Looking at the few big words written by the Regent - "Top of the list of successful candidates."

Although the writing style was unrefined, those few big words were deeply imprinted in Ouyang Xuan's mind.

However, he no longer believed in the Spring Examination, and he believed even less in the officials in the court.

Before leaving, the Book of Songs was left in the Regent's Palace. Ouyang Xuan took nothing with him and returned to Fan Yang with his elder sister, where he has stayed for many years.

Later, the eldest sister married Chen Chuhe, left Fan Yang, and moved to many towns, counties, and prefectures. Unexpectedly, she finally returned to Fan Yang to serve as the governor.

After listening, Mu Yunchen and Mu Peiyun suddenly realized.

It turns out that there is a connection between the Regent and Ouyang Xuan.

Mu Peiyun suddenly understood. No wonder her grandfather had told Lu Li to carry the Book of Songs with her before leaving.

She really thought that her grandfather wanted her to kill time, but she didn't expect that he had thought of everything for her and His Highness.

But why not tell her directly and let her and His Highness go find Mr. Ouyang?

In fact, the original words the Regent said to the butler were: "I hope that the boy followed the Crown Prince voluntarily because he saw trust in him, rather than because of me.

The Book of Poetry that I gave them was only their last resort."

But the Regent never expected that it was precisely because of this last way that urged Ouyang Xuan to make up his mind to follow Mu Yunchen.

Otherwise, Mu Yunchen would probably have to wait for some time before Ouyang Xuan would think it over.

This Book of Songs can be considered a catalyst.

"When I first saw the Crown Princess, I felt that she looked familiar. Her eyebrows and eyes really resembled the Regent."

Ouyang Xuan handed the Book of Songs back to Mu Peiyun and couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, what he wanted to say more was that the heroic spirit between the Crown Princess's eyebrows and eyes was something that only a martial artist like the Regent could have; they were really similar.

Mu Peiyun also nodded and said, "Mr. Ouyang is right. Even my father said that I look like my grandfather, while my brother looks like my grandfather."

Mu Yunchen suddenly understood something.

So all the jealousy he felt before was his own fault?

It turns out that Ouyang Xuan was always staring at Qingning just because he felt she looked familiar.

So what was he doing before?

Is the peacock spreading its feathers everywhere to declare its sovereignty?

As a prince, it is so embarrassing.

Mu Yunchen was speechless for a moment. He didn't want to say a word and just sipped his tea in silence.

At this moment, Chen Chuhe suddenly ran over in a hurry.

"Your Highness, it's bad. Many scholars and students have gathered at the county government office, calling on you to release Situ Qingshan and Situ Wenjing."

"The literati are in turmoil, and most of the literati of Mu Country are gathered in Fanyang. If we don't find a way to solve it, I'm afraid it will cause unrest! This... What should we do?"

Hearing this, Mu Yunchen narrowed his eyes. It turned out that Situ Qingshan was so calm because he had already made arrangements for a backup plan.

Intellectuals are also ordinary people, they just write extremely aggressive words and accuse you to the point where you can't bear it.

Moreover, a large number of people flocked to the county government office and were guarding the gate of the county government office. The situation could not be resolved by force.

Such things are even more difficult to deal with than corrupt officials.

Mu Yunchen had a rough plan in his mind. Compared with Chen Chuhe who was stamping his feet anxiously beside him, Mu Yunchen was much calmer.

"Bi Qi, go find Lan Yi with the help of Hong Xiu Tian Xiang."

Like Zi Yi, Lan Yi is a business genius specially trained in Bimingtang, and each is responsible for a region.

As soon as Mu Yunchen finished speaking, Mu Peiyun understood what he meant.

When she went out with His Highness before, the shop owners, waiters, and even handymen were all bragging about Situ Qingshan's name.

It can be seen that Situ Qingshan got his reputation by embezzling disaster relief funds in recent years and bribing a large number of people to spread the word.

Empty name but no substance.

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