The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1128 - 1107: Joyful Event

Chapter 1128: Chapter 1107: Joyful Event

Manbao jumped off, and Daji circled around before returning to the entrance of the Imperial Academy.

Bai Shan and the others were already waiting there ahead of time.

As soon as they got on the cart, Liu Huan and Yin Huo also squeezed in.

With five people on the cart, it became somewhat cramped, and Bai Shan’s group all turned to look at Liu Huan and Yin Huo.

Liu Huan looked around and asked, "What exactly is the happy occasion?"

Yin Huo was also curious and thus pretended not to see the stares of the three.

Only then did Bai Shan and Bai Erlang turn to look at Manbao.

Manbao happily said, "Chen Fulin can’t be promoted anymore."

Liu Huan asked, "Who is Chen Fulin?"

Bai Shan was surprised, "Why can’t he be promoted anymore?"

Manbao hummed, "I reckon the Empress found out something and told the Emperor. The Emperor doesn’t like him, so he sent his promotion order back down."

Then she repeated the words Aunt Shan told her when she left the palace.

Liu Huan asked, "Who is this guy, does he have a grudge against you?"

Manbao snorted, "Correct, there is a grudge."

Bai Shan coughed lightly and said, "Actually, we are magnanimous people and don’t hold grudges, it’s just a small grievance, we didn’t do anything."

Manbao paused for a moment, nodding repeatedly, "Right, we didn’t do anything."

Yin Huo: ...You secretly complained and yet you did nothing?

Bai Shan drew back the curtain, looked at the sun outside, estimated the time, and then said, "It’s getting late, you should head home."

Liu Huan refused to leave, "No, you have to tell me who Chen Fulin is and how you have a grudge against him? Hehehe, have you thought about trapping him in a sack? Do you need my help?"

Bai Shan glanced at him and refused, "We don’t undertake such illegal actions."

"You’re lying, wasn’t Zhang Jinghao beaten up by you guys?"

Bai Erlang looked up, surprised, and asked, "How did you know?"

Liu Huan was also surprised, "It really was you guys?"

Yin Huo: ...

Manbao and Bai Shan couldn’t help but turn around and each gave Bai Erlang several hits.

Liu Huan watched and burst into laughter, saying, "I heard people secretly say that Zhang Jinghao had injuries on his face before, most likely inflicted by you. Zhang Jinghao also said it was you."

Manbao seriously said, "Nonsense, does he have any proof?"

Bai Shan pointed at Yin Huo, "That day we had a witness with us, we returned to the city together."

Yin Huo nodded, "That’s right, we were together at the time, it’s been so long, why is he still bringing this up?"

"He’s been coming to our Imperial Academy frequently recently, do you not know what he’s after?" Liu Huan said regretfully, "It’s a pity I didn’t know when you settled accounts with him, otherwise I would definitely have joined in the fun. I’ve never trapped anyone in a sack before."

Several people: ...

Bai Shan seriously said, "We also don’t trap people in sacks, especially not officials like Chen Fulin, assaulting an official is a punishable offense."

Liu Huan was persistent, "Who exactly is Chen Fulin?"

Bai Shan then huffed, "He’s nothing more than a villain and a hypocrite."

"Both a villain and a hypocrite, he must be really bad," Liu Huan asked, "Which is he more of, a villain or a hypocrite?"

The three thought back and, remembering Chen Fulin’s smug smile and his falsely gentle voice, they felt nauseated and unanimously said, "More of a hypocrite."

"That’s even worse, what bad things did he do?"

Manbao glanced at Bai Shan, and seeing that he wasn’t stopping her, she said, "More than twenty years ago, he took our teacher’s spot in the Imperial Academy. Then to prevent our teacher from taking the exams and becoming an official, he stole the poems our teacher wrote and published them before our teacher did."

"Our teacher has been wrongfully blamed all his life," Bai Shan said coldly, "Last time we met, he still hypocritically told our teacher that the incident from those years was a misunderstanding, humph, does he really think we are fools?"

Not just Liu Huan, even Yin Huo gaped in surprise, he knew they had issues with Chen Fulin and had also had someone investigate Chen Fulin, but only discovered that Chen Fulin occasionally said some inexplicable things outside, which he didn’t quite understand.

But now, piecing together what they were saying, he quickly understood that Chen Fulin was trying to turn the situation around onto them.

Yin Huo quickly informed them.

Bai Shan waved his hand saying, "Our teacher had already guessed this, but he forbids us from interfering, saying he is still testing the waters and didn’t dare go too far. If we refuted, it might instead fuel this rumor and negatively impact our plans."

Liu Huan picked up a pastry, and while eating, curiously asked, "What plan are you working on?"

The three stiffened simultaneously, Manbao coughed lightly and said, "Gaining fame? We don’t have the evidence from back then, if this gets out, it would be hard for us to become famous in the capital."

"Oh~~" Liu Huan said meaningfully, "I remember now, you are now the famous young divine doctor in the capital, tell me, did you also pay someone for your fame?"

"How did you know?"

"I of course know, I’ve often helped my older brother with such things, but how much did you spend? You became famous overnight."

Bai Shan held up two fingers.

Liu Huan’s eyes widened, "Two thousand taels? You, you’re so wealthy?"

Bai Shan was annoyed, "No, guess again, I’m not stupid, who would spend two thousand taels for fame?"

Manbao, "That fame is just for show, with two thousand taels one could buy a store."

Liu Huan heaved a sigh of relief, patting his chest, "You scared me, so it was two hundred taels, actually, that’s not a lot, who did you find? Can you introduce them to me?"

Bai Shan then withdrew his fingers, looking at him puzzled, "Two hundred taels, you’d agree?"

Liu Huan looked baffled, "Sure, I’d agree, with two hundred taels to become famous overnight in the capital, why wouldn’t I? Every time my brother competed and got a good ranking, or wrote good poetry, I would have to spend money for his fame, all in all, I’ve spent about two hundred taels, but haven’t seen my brother become famous in the capital."

Bai Shan then stared at his own two fingers and muttered, "Turns out we got a bargain?"

Liu Huan asked, "What bargain?"

"Nothing much, but I didn’t spend two hundred taels, I spent twenty taels."

Liu Huan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly grabbed his arm, "Who is this person, introduce me."

Bai Shan promptly agreed, "No problem, alright, it’s getting late, you should get off the cart."

Liu Huan was confusedly tricked off the cart, nearly forgetting his original question.

Yin Huo didn’t forget, but he didn’t ask further, after getting off the cart with the others and nodding at Manbao, "Then we’ll head back first, you be careful too."

He said, "It’s best to be famous as a scholar, especially with someone like Chen Fulin, be careful of his desperation."

Manbao and Bai Shan expressed their understanding, waved their hands, and bade farewell.