Chapter 624: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 624: Poison Dispersion and the Terrifying Space Upgrade (1)
Mo Yan, not wanting to draw attention, hurried home before dawn under the protection of a hundred guards, quickly returning to the outskirts of Liuyang Village. At that moment, a faint light was just emerging in the east, and the village remained peaceful and quiet. There were no early-rising villagers on the road, and the Mo family lived alone at the edge of the mountain, so they wouldn't disturb their neighbors. Otherwise, seeing such a grand escort, the Mo family would surely be the talk of the village.
Seeing the front gate of her home tightly shut, Mo Yan knew no one was awake yet. She could have quietly slipped back into her courtyard, hiding her activities from the night before. However, seeing the guards behind her, she couldn't let them leave without even a sip of water. Reluctantly, she stepped forward and pulled the bell rope at the front gate.
The tinkling bell woke up Li Xiu and her niece. Li Xiu told her niece to continue sleeping and got up to dress, wondering who would be knocking so early. When she opened the door and saw Mo Yan, along with the imposing guards behind her, she was stunned.
Mo Qingze, upon hearing the news, quickly tidied up and hurried to the front hall to entertain the royal guards. While pouring tea in the kitchen, he shot a stern glance at Mo Yan, who was sitting by the stove pretending to be asleep, and decided to deal with his troublesome daughter after the guests had left.
Although the Mo family's tea was sweet and the meat buns were particularly tasty, leaving a good impression on the guards, they couldn't stay long as they had to report back. After eating and drinking, they took their leave, despite Mo Qingze's polite attempts to make them stay.
The guards rode off on their tall horses, their thundering hoofbeats catching the attention of the villagers already working in the fields. Seeing the guards in their yellow uniforms and armed with swords, the villagers looked on in confusion, wondering if someone had committed a great crime that had brought these royal guards to the village.
The villagers, having never seen such a scene, were worried that trouble had come to the village. They rushed to the village chief, Yang Bao, to find out what was happening. Yang Bao, having no idea that royal guards had visited the village, was also confused. He promised to go to town to find out more and assured the villagers not to panic, finally calming them down.
Meanwhile, Mo Yan, who was being harshly reprimanded by Mo Qingze, had no idea of the commotion she had caused in the village. Kneeling before the ancestral tablets, she faced her father's stern gaze. Despite the pain in her knees, she didn't dare move.
Mo Qingze, although he could see his daughter's discomfort, hardened his heart and avoided looking at her, sternly asking, "Do you understand your mistake?"
Mo Yan glanced at her father and lowered her head in guilt, speaking honestly, "I shouldn't have lied to you, shouldn't have gone out in the middle of the night without saying anything, and shouldn't have taken such risks... It worried you, and that was wrong of me. I'm willing to accept any punishment, but I hope you won't stay angry and harm your health."
This time, she indeed had made mistakes. If it hadn't been for the coincidence of saving those princes, she could not have avoided punishment for trespassing. Later, she took the risk of offering a thousand-year-old ginseng. If the Crown Prince's poison hadn't been successfully removed or if something else had gone wrong, leading to the Crown Prince's harm, who knows if Emperor Huian, in his grief, might have taken his anger out on her family?
However, she chose not to mention her daytime rescue of Xiao Ruiyuan, only stating that she had ventured into the mountains to find the ginseng. She didn't know if her father would be angrier knowing she risked herself for a man. She planned to explain everything in detail when the right opportunity arose.
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