Chapter 722: Yanyan Goes to Jail (3)_1
All of a sudden, it was as if everything had been prearranged, and within one night, a world-shaking change occurred. When Mo Yan arrived at the Ministry of Penal Affairs with the two maids, Liyan and Tang Xin, who adorned her status as a County Lord, all she heard were discussions about the examination fraud. She even came across several groups of scholars hurriedly heading towards the Imperial palace while indignantly denouncing the cheaters, with an anger almost akin to treating mortal enemies.
Mo Yan’s heart also sank with these intense remarks. If she could successfully clear her father’s name of the fraud accusation, all would be well, but if not, she dare not even think about what awaited her family.
The scholars all gathered at the gate of the palace, while the Ministry of Penal Affairs was relatively quiet. Mo Yan was the first to get off the carriage, and once Liyan and Tang Xin took out the cotton blankets, clothes, and foods prepared for Mo Qingze, she ordered Da HongZao to wait in the nearby alley, and the three of them headed towards the main gate of the Ministry of Penal Affairs.
"This is a restricted area of the Ministry of Penal Affairs; unauthorized persons are not allowed inside. Please leave immediately, Miss!" At the main gate, two guards stretched out their hands, blocking Mo Yan’s way.
If it weren’t for Mo Yan’s extraordinary composure and attire, along with the presence of two maids behind her, the guards would have been even more stern.
This time, Mo Yan, with the full bearing of a County Lord, firmly told the guards, "I must see the person in charge for an urgent matter. Please announce my arrival immediately."
The two guards clearly understood what the title "County Lord" signified, and they also knew that Emperor Huian had recently granted a title to Princess Hejia.
Seeing that Mo Yan did not seem to be lying, and such a lie would be easily exposed as false, the guards believed her and respectfully bowed, saying, "Princess Hejia, please enter and wait. I will go and announce your arrival right away."