Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 895: Taming the Bird (1)

Chapter 895: Chapter 895: Taming the Bird (1)

Mo Qingze’s achievement of becoming the Champion Scholar was a grand joy for the Mo family, as well as for the entire Mo clan and Liu Yang Village. The day after receiving the confirmed news, many villagers spontaneously set off a long string of firecrackers outside the Mo family’s doorstep in celebration.

This time, the Mo family did not host a banquet for guests. Instead, on an auspicious day selected for the event, under Clan Leader Mo Fang’s guidance, they opened the Mo family ancestral temple to report Mo Qingze’s accomplishment as Champion Scholar to their ancestors, praying for the ancestors’ blessings so that the Mo clan’s fortunes would rise henceforth, flourishing and thriving.

Two days hadn’t passed before Mo Qingze’s official appointment papers arrived. To everyone’s surprise, he was not placed directly into the Hanlin Academy like champion scholars of previous years, but was instead appointed as the Crown Prince’s Companion Lecturer, starting at the sixth rank level.

Although the rank was not high, incomparable to a regular sixth-rank Hanlin compiler, the opportunity to associate closely with the Crown Prince was, in reality, an exceptionally valuable position. Should he gain the Crown Prince’s trust, once the Crown Prince ascended the throne, the future would be immeasurably bright. Of course, this was predicated on the assurance of the Crown Prince’s status and his ultimate succession to the throne.

Chu Heng was of legitimate birth and backed by Emperor Huian, making his position securely established. After completely recovering his health, he grew even more unassailable. Mo Qingze’s appointment as the Prince’s Companion Lecturer was essentially like a pie falling from the sky.

Mo Yan could guess the Emperor Huian’s intention behind this decision—it was nothing more than valuing her own father’s reputation in the Scholar’s Forest, aiming to use her father to win over the Scholar’s Forest for Chu Heng’s benefit.

Naturally, Mo Qingze was also aware of this, so upon taking up his post, he not only used his intelligence and talents to continue raising his status and influence in the Scholar’s Forest, but, when tutoring the Crown Prince, he did so with utmost diligence. From time to time, he would bring the Crown Prince, disguised, mixing among the scholars to let the Crown Prince win over those lofty scholars with his personal charm.

Before long, the Crown Prince’s prestige in the Scholar’s Forest improved notably, with more praise than criticism for him among the scholars.

Of course, those details are a story for later, to be left aside for now.

Maomao had a belly full of words from the Zhao Mansion to share with Mo Yan, but on that day, Mo Yan was at the Liu Family home, and Maomao had no chance to clarify things.

Later, when the siblings went to the palace gates to receive Mo Qingze, returning after participating in the Qiong Lin Banquet, and headed back to Liu Yang Village, it was already late. Mo Yan was so sleepy that she washed up and went straight to bed, planning to ask Maomao the next day. However, for the following few days, she was so preoccupied with this and that, she completely forgot to inquire about it.

Maomao was a busy eagle, valued by Xiao Ruiyuan because it flew high and fast, not easily captured, preventing the leakage of messages. For important or urgent matters, it was frequently flying here and there to deliver them.

With the border situation growing unstable and new changes occurring in Qiuzi Country, Maomao had become busier than before, seldom having a chance to stick by Mo Yan’s side to mooch meals. Finally, when it had a moment to spare, it sought out Mo Yan to mention the matter, half a month had already passed.

"You mean to say that woman was double-dealing, and one of the men is my dad?" Mo Yan, staring at Maomao gobbling peaches, couldn’t believe her ears.

She couldn’t imagine that the arrogant and unreasonable woman she had encountered in the teahouse could be someone discarded and seeking a second spring! Granted, a woman being cast aside isn’t necessarily her fault, and seeking a second chance at love is more than normal, but for that woman to dare set her sights on her father, and to treat him as a backup choice, that was utterly intolerable.

Maomao had pecked the peach clean in just a few bites, smacking its beak as if wanting more. On hearing Mo Yan’s words, it squawked noisily in protest.

Suspended in mid-air, Xuetuan translated with its mouth open, "Your dad never stepped onto that woman’s boat, so saying such things about him—is that really okay?"

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