Chapter 684: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 684: Two Imperial Edicts - Fortune and Misfortune Await (1)
In Liu Yang Village, most people had never even seen the county magistrate in person, let alone heard of an imperial edict except in plays or local gossip. The unusual proclamation of “The Imperial Edict has arrived” left everyone stunned, unable to grasp the significance of the words.
At that moment, a pale-faced eunuch, clad in a sapphire blue robe embroidered with cranes, wearing a peacock-feathered cap set with green gems, and holding a bright yellow imperial edict, appeared with a group of eight young eunuchs in green attire, passing through two doors into view.
The respectful demeanor of the young eunuchs indicated that this proclamation eunuch held a high position. Upon entering the second door, the eunuch did not proceed directly into the main hall of the Mo residence but instead bowed to a figure who had appeared at the doorway—Xiao Ruiyuan, who was strikingly handsome but had a cold expression. The eunuch respectfully addressed him, “Lord Xiao, please!”
As an imperial edict eunuch in front of the Emperor, he did not dare show any disrespect to the influential general Xiao Ruiyuan.
Xiao Ruiyuan gave a slight nod and, accompanied by Xiao Shiyi, slowly entered the Mo family’s main hall amidst the astonished gazes of the villagers. His entire focus was on the woman in the center of the hall, who was surprised but also filled with joy.
It had been over a month since they last saw each other!
Seeing the person she longed for unexpectedly appear before her, Mo Yan nearly lost control of her legs and feet, wanting to rush into his embrace.
Fortunately, a remaining sense of propriety restrained her from acting on her impulse. Even if they were not yet formally betrothed, such an action in public would be considered improper and subject to gossip, even if they were already married.
Xiao Ruiyuan, too, was struggling to restrain himself. If it weren’t for the situation, he would have embraced the petite figure immediately to soothe the longing he had endured for so many days.
Their eyes met, and the deep, unspoken exchange between them seemed to convey a thousand words.
While everyone’s attention was focused on Xiao Ruiyuan and the proclamation eunuch, the eunuch’s neutral expression did not reveal the deep affection exchanged between the two, leaving no one noticing the unspoken sentiment in their gazes.
Seeing everyone inside and outside the house frozen and dumbfounded, the middle-aged eunuch delivering the edict was also taken aback. Having delivered countless edicts over the past ten years, he had never encountered a family that showed such blatant disregard or seemed to ignore the edict entirely. This was a first for him!
This, however, was a misunderstanding of the Mo family. It wasn’t that they were deliberately dismissive; the edict arrived so suddenly that, except for Mo Yan, who was lost in Xiao Ruiyuan’s gaze, the Mo family had not had time to react.
The proclamation eunuch scanned everyone in the room and, noticing several officials present, raised an eyebrow. Finally, his gaze landed on Mo Yan, who was of the right age to receive the edict. His voice took on a sharp edge as he asked, “Is this Miss Mo? The edict I hold is for you. Please prepare quickly and accept the edict!”
Mo Yan was jolted back to reality and remembered that there was indeed an edict to receive. Her face flushed with embarrassment as she hurriedly said to her father, “Father, we need to prepare the incense table quickly to receive the edict!”
“Ah? Receive the edict? Yes, receive the edict, quickly, prepare the incense table!” Mo Qingze, momentarily dazed, quickly recovered and, without thinking much about the sudden arrival of the edict, joined Mo Yan in preparing the incense table.
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