The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1101 - 1080 Qinghua Mountain

Chapter 1101: Chapter 1080 Qinghua Mountain

The Crown Prince acted on behalf of the Emperor to offer sacrifices to Heaven. In the past few days, the ministers who persistently submitted impeachment memorials to the Emperor finally had a moment of silence. Most of them held back their memorials and stopped submitting new ones.

Only a few ministers relentlessly continued to submit them.

But the pressure on the Crown Prince was significantly lessened.

The Ministry of Rites finally got the Crown Prince’s ceremonial robes and hats ready just before nightfall. They were the Emperor’s old ones. The embroiderers changed one of the dragon claws to that of a Jiao dragon and altered the robe according to the Crown Prince’s size. That was considered sufficient.

Although it was somewhat lacking, it was at least better than not having robes, right?

The Ministry of Rites also felt embarrassed, but they did not think the issue was their fault.

The Crown Prince did not care about these trivial details. While trying on the clothes, he said to the Crown Princess, "I wonder what Third is doing right now."

The Crown Princess gave him a reproachful look and lightly tapped him, saying, "Your Highness, please restrain yourself a bit. It would be good to avoid provoking him and to maintain appearances in front of Father Emperor for the next few days."

The Crown Prince snorted coldly.

The Crown Princess then whispered softly, "Even for the sake of Mother, Your Highness should not have conflicts with the Third Prince at this time."

The Crown Prince fell silent and after a while asked, "How is Mother’s health?"

The Crown Princess sighed deeply.

The Crown Prince frowned and said, "What good are the physicians from the Imperial Hospital?"

He paused and then suggested, "How about summoning Zhou Man to the palace to have a look?"

The Crown Princess, knowing that the Crown Prince was referring to the young genius doctor who performed an abdominal surgery on her brother, thought for a moment and whispered, "Let’s wait until after the sacrificial ceremony. I will bring it up with Mother."

The Crown Prince nodded, and while looking at his blurred reflection in the bronze mirror, his lips slightly curled, "Tomorrow, I shall infuriate that guy."

The Crown Princess couldn’t help but gently hit him again.

During the Double Ninth Festival, Manbao and the others got up early as well, as there was an activity at the Imperial College—today they were going hiking!

Bai Erlang and his classmates decided to play the floating-cups-on-water game at Mohui Garden, but Manbao ultimately chose to go hiking with Mr. Zhuang.

Bai Dalang naturally had his own plans, so early in the morning after breakfast, everyone went their separate ways.

Manbao took out her small backpack and packed lots of hot pastries fresh from the oven, including small white steamed buns, and snuck out a jar of chrysanthemum wine from her teacher’s room.

Mr. Zhuang watched as she bustled about the courtyard like a scurrying hamster, stuffing all sorts of things into her backpack, even habitually taking her needle kit from the medicine box and placing it at the very bottom of her pack.

Then she took two bamboo tubes into the kitchen to fill them with boiling water, preparing them to drink while hiking on the road.

Daji accompanied Bai Shan to hike, while Liu Gui readied the carriage outside to wait for Mr. Zhuang and Manbao.

Mr. Zhuang held a folding fan, following Manbao with a relaxed expression.

It was only after climbing into the carriage that Manbao remembered to ask, "Mr. Zhuang, where are we going hiking? "

Mr. Zhuang smiled and said, "I thought you wouldn’t ask. Coincidentally, we are hiking the same mountain as Bai Shan and his group, Qinghua Mountain."

Manbao: "...Then why are we going separately?"

Mr. Zhuang laughed and said, "Isn’t it because you took too long? Bai Shan has been waiting for you at the door for half an hour."

Manbao felt that the problem wasn’t on her end, "You didn’t tell me we were going to climb Qinghua Mountain, I thought we were going to Xuandu Temple again."

"Xuandu Temple is indeed a bit short," Mr. Zhuang laughed, "This time we’re going a bit further, there are cliff inscriptions on Qinghua Mountain, and this time I’ll take you to experience Buddhism."

Manbao curiously asked, "Cliff inscriptions?"

Mr. Zhuang nodded with a smile, "It is a reclining Buddha carved from stone, and there are also some Buddhist scriptures engraved on stones on the mountain, which you can take a look at."

He gently patted her head with his hand and laughed, "So that you don’t spend all day at home reading and dull your brain."

Manbao laughed shyly, looking up she curiously asked, "Do you also believe in Buddhism, sir?"

"I’ve read some Buddhist philosophy. You can also take a look occasionally, but you are still young, no need to dive deep into it, wait until you’re older and see what you prefer."

Manbao acknowledged, "So this time it’s mainly about climbing the mountain?"

"Yes, and also to broaden your horizons."

Qinghua Mountain is outside the city, much larger than the Xuandu Temple. Most importantly, it’s usually deserted, no, it usually is, but today being Double Ninth, there are people everywhere at the foot of the mountain, though not many on the mountain itself.

Due to the significant size and height of the mountain, those who come to climb often scatter once they enter the mountain, so it doesn’t seem too crowded.

On the contrary, at the foot of the mountain, there are quite a few vendors doing business, almost blocking the path.

When Manbao and their carriage reached the foot of the mountain, she first got off carrying her backpack, then turned around to help Mr. Zhuang out.

She looked at the bustling crowd, "Where are Bai Shan and the others?"

"Perhaps they’ve gone up the mountain," Mr. Zhuang laughed, "Qinghua Mountain is so vast, with so many entrances, it’s not certain we’ll run into them, let’s leave it to fate."

Manbao then asked, "What about your friends, Mr. Chen and Mr. Jiang?"

Mr. Zhuang shook his head and laughed, "We agreed to meet under Qinghua Mountain a few days ago, but today, seeing how crowded it is, it’s hard to find them. Maybe they went up earlier, so we might as well head up too and leave it to fate to see if we meet them."

Manbao nodded, "I also think leaving it to fate is good."

Thus, the master and disciple greeted Liu Gui and prepared to go up the mountain, Manbao said to Liu Gui, "Just find a spot to park the carriage, and feel free to have fun on your own. We will look for you when we come down. It’s best if we can find each other, but it’s fine if not; just head back home in the evening."

Mr. Zhuang: ... He talked about leaving meeting people and climbing to fate but didn’t mean leaving going home to fate as well.

But Manbao, already joyful, stood at the foot of the mountain, her two fingers pointing towards the mountaintop, and excitedly yelled, "Let’s go—up the mountain!"

Mr. Zhuang shook his head, following behind her as they began to climb.

Qinghua Mountain is quite large, connected to several other peaks. The one they were climbing wasn’t particularly high or low and was relatively mild. Mr. Zhuang, although not young, always paid attention to maintaining good health. With Manbao, a lively young disciple around, his health was even better managed, so climbing was manageable for him.

The two climbed for about half an hour before stopping to rest. Mr. Zhuang sat on a rock found by his disciple, while Manbao, with her backpack, rummaged through the grass carelessly and soon casually dug up an unidentified herb with a small stick.

She joyfully examined the herb, and tore off a large leaf from a nearby tree to wrap the herb before placing it in her backpack.

Seeing this, Mr. Zhuang shook his head, it seemed his young disciple’s habit was unchangeable in this lifetime.

Feeling that her master couldn’t have rested enough in such a short amount of time, Manbao waved to Mr. Zhuang and turned towards a deeper part of the adjacent woods; Keke also happily scanned the nearby flora and fauna for her.

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