Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 1007: Turmoil (4)

Chapter 1007: Chapter 1007: Turmoil (4)

Although the Six Beasts had a "legal" identity, able to go anywhere unimpeded with their Beast Badges, their appearance before people would inevitably cause panic and attract attention. Mo Yan had intended for them to stay in the Space until nightfall before letting them out, then claim they had sneaked onto the estate under the cover of darkness. However, these creatures, perhaps tired of staying in Liu Yang Village, wanted to see the scenery along the way and refused to "smuggle" themselves over as Mo Yan suggested.

There were only a limited number of Mo Family carriages, and even if there had been enough, it would have been slightly better for slightly smaller ones like Dabai, Little Flower, and Mao Tuan, as the carriage could barely contain them. The Red Python Gold Beast and the Black Cloud Leopard, being taller and longer than the carriages when standing, could not be accommodated at all. Moreover, they were not willing to subject themselves to the discomfort of being cooped up in a carriage and cheerfully decided to follow alongside. As for Mo Yan’s suggestion to sneak over at night, it was outright ignored by them.

The Six Beasts often entered and exited Yuhua Mountain and routinely encountered villagers going in and out of the mountain. They had never harmed humans or livestock, and over time, the villagers had become accustomed to them and no longer feared them. Sometimes when going into the mountains to collect firewood or mushrooms, they would even deliberately follow behind the beasts, knowing that where they were, not only the wild pigs that could harm people but even the carnivorous beasts that could eat people were nowhere to be seen.

Therefore, within the boundaries of Liu Yang Village, the villagers, although surprised to see the six enormous creatures out in broad daylight together, were not frightened. In fact, some villagers, under the dissatisfied glare of the beasts, kindly reminded Mo Qingze outside the carriage to restrain the Six Beasts. They were not worried about the beasts biting people but feared they might run around and scare passersby.

Some of the elderly and children were of a more timid nature and indeed could easily be frightened into illness, which was also Mo Yan’s concern. Along the way, she wished she could twist the ears of the Six Beasts as a reminder not to run amok and to simply be calm and fierce creatures following the carriage.

Aside from the hyper Little Flower and the less mature Mao Tuan, who enjoyed the game of scaring people, the other four beasts had no such inclination and thus followed the carriage quietly and orderly, occasionally reining in Little Flower and Mao Tuan when they strayed from the group.

Nevertheless, the tall, formidable, and rarely seen Six Beasts still caused quite a commotion. The ears of the six members of the Mo Family were almost ringing from the screams of fright along the road, forcing them to repeatedly explain to the startled passersby, offer apologies, and even have the Six Beasts display their Imperial Beast Plates hanging from their necks.

Later on, whenever they spotted people ahead, Mo Yan would have the Six Beasts avoid them by taking more remote paths. Though it was a detour, the Six Beasts, already annoyed by the screams, easily agreed to Mo Yan’s suggestion.

As for those who had been frightened earlier, news of their encounter with the Rui Beasts was spread vividly. The story was passed from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, and eventually, it became a tale of the Rui Beasts, personally anointed by The Emperor, causing havoc and scaring dozens of people to death.

When an Imperial Censor heard of this, sensing an opportunity to gain merit, he immediately dispatched his subordinates to investigate. The rumors had become so exaggerated that the minor officials who were sent to inquire heard from dozens of people that the Rui Beasts had scared people to death.

The minor official, anxious to reunite with his family for the holiday and resentful at being assigned duties during his vacation, took the rumors for truth. Without having personally witnessed any deaths caused by the Rui Beasts, he reported everything he heard to the Imperial Censor.

The Imperial Censor, without giving it much thought and unaware that his subordinate had inadvertently misled him, believed that the matter of the Rui Beasts scaring people to death had been verified. Thus, he forwent celebrating the festival and hurried to his study. Writing as if he had seen it all with his own eyes, he penned a nearly thousand-word memorandum, accusing Princess Hejia of recklessness with the Six Beasts before The Emperor.

The Imperial Censor bore no grudge against Mo Yan and simply wished to earn merit without intending to harm her; it was merely the duty of an Imperial Censor to oversee court officials, noblewomen, and members of the Royal family. However, this time, his unreliable and irresponsible subordinate doomed his hope for great achievement to burst like a bubble.

Although The Emperor didn’t have to attend court due to the holidays, as the ruler of a nation, he had to deal with memorials and official duties from all over the country every day, with scarcely a moment of leisure, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was no exception.

The memorial was delivered to the Imperial Case in the afternoon, and Emperor Huian didn’t see it until the evening. Initially, Emperor Huian was quite shocked. Having witnessed the might of the Five Beasts on the Phoenix, he knew that ordinary people, even if not harmed by them, could possibly be scared to death if the beasts intended to frighten them.

If this was true, he, as the sovereign who had personally anointed these fierce creatures as Rui Beasts, could not escape public scrutiny.

Given the gravity of the situation, Emperor Huian took it seriously. He would not, like the Imperial Censor, accept hearsay as fact. Consequently, he issued an imperial edict authorizing Jingzhao Yin to fully investigate Princess Hejia’s alleged failure to prevent the Rui Beasts from scaring people to death.

Jingzhao Yin, expecting to enjoy a three-day mini-vacation watching the moon with his family at their estate, was summoned back to Jing City by imperial edict. As one might imagine, he was full of resentments, silently cursing Princess Hejia countless times for causing this mess.

Just arriving at Nan Tian Zhuang, Mo Yan was unaware that rumors had flooded Jing City and couldn’t anticipate the uncontrollable series of events that would follow.

"Sister, this, this is too big!" Outside the courtyard, Xin Er stared wide-eyed at the expansive and beautifully elaborate estate before her, hardly believing that the mansion belonged to their family.

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