However, Mo Qingling actually did not really want this kind of limelight.
Other than being the county magistrate of Nanxi county, the key was that he was still the empress' nephew and the crown prince's biological older cousin.
The crown prince preferred to keep a low profile.
Ever since he stopped being a profligate, he also began to keep a low profile.
Moreover, he was about to confirm his discovery of the iron ore mine.
He would attract too much attention in the imperial court if he sent the heavenly-bestowed seeds now and announced the iron ore mine some time later.
With these young dandies who liked to be in the limelight, it would be good that they shielded him.
After thinking about it, he agreed with Xiao Hanzheng and his wife's suggestion.
People would pay the most attention when these seeds arrived and those who came along would be in the limelight.
Xiao Hanzheng was just an elementary scholar.
A strong gust of wind would cause a young tree in the forest to collapse.
If he was also in the limelight, others would hate him.
So many descendants from the aristocratic families wanted to be in the limelight and hoped to leave a deep impression in front of the emperor.
How could an elementary scholar like him enjoy such privilege?
Even if they did not suppress such thoughts at least on the surface, who knew what they would do behind his back.
There was also General Xiao and his wife, who were eyeing him like a tiger.
This would not be good for Xiao Hanzheng's imperial examinations in the future.
Thinking of this, he believed that when this news toned down, it would be a perfect time for Xiao Hanzheng and his wife to return to the capital.
He overlooked this matter previously.
This also caused him to admire Xiao Hanzheng even more.
It was too rare for someone to rationally give up an opportunity to be in the limelight for something great.
Xi Rui and Xi Rong felt that it was a pity that they could not go to the capital with Shi Qingluo.
It would not be as fun as when she was around.
Liang Youxiao and Fei Yuzhe also thought about what Mo Qingling was thinking and shared common sediments that Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo weren't ordinary.
If they were Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo, they would not have been able to resist the temptation of being in the limelight.
Mo Qingling thought for a moment and said to Xiao Hanzheng and Fei Yuzhe, "Bring the chilli planted at the backyard of the Taoist temple to the capital as well."
He reminded them, "Although I did not write it in the memorial, it is good that you take the initiative to offer it to the emperor for him to taste it."
He knew quite a lot about the emperor, who was also his uncle.
He had informants across the entire Daliang.
Shi Qingluo had created so many things, and there was also a mysterious old immortal.
The emperor's informants would definitely not let it go.
Even if Mo Qingling did not remind them, Xiao Hanzheng had already thought of it.
Recently, his little wife had dried a lot of chilies and wanted to bring them to the capital.
However, since he had already reminded them, it meant that he was treating them as his friends.
He smiled and said, "Okay!"
Therefore, the next day, Liang Youxiao and the others followed Mo Qingling to the capital in a hurry.
Not only did they bring the dried corn cobs, but also the face masks and the chilies seeds they got from Shi Qingluo.
Although Fei Congjun's health had improved a lot, he could not travel too fast, so he went with Xiao Hanzheng's group.
Xiao Hanzheng and the others did not delay their journey and set off in a carriage that very same day.
Xiao Hanzheng deliberately let people spread the news that they would not travel via the sea and would take the carriage alone.
Mr Hou also wanted to enter the capital quietly, so he did not tell anyone.
Xiao Yuanshi's men had bribed the assassins.
They had received an order that they could take action as long as Xi Rong left.
It just so happened that they heard that Xiao Hanzheng and his wife would be going to the capital in a horse carriage.
It was an opportunity for them to take action immediately.
This was also because Xiao Yuanshi had not received the news of these heaven-gifted seeds. Otherwise, he would have immediately asked his people to cancel the plan to assassinate.
As a result, Xiao Hanzheng and the others encountered eight assassins during their journey.
They attacked without any restraint, mainly because they looked down on Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo's identity.
They thought that it would be extremely easy to complete this task.
However, they did not expect that they would be destroyed the moment they appeared.
That's right, before Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo made a move, the eight assassins were subdued by the combined forces of the three parties.
Some were guards sent by Mo Qingling to protect Xiao Hanzheng and the others secretly, some were sent to protect Mr Hou, and the rest were sent by the Fei family to protect Fei Congjun.
These assassins were all dumbfounded when they were captured.
Xiao Hanzheng was supposed to be a village-born scholar, so why did so many big shots suddenly appear out of nowhere?
Among them were the person who hired the assassins and the assassins' leader.
According to their organization's rule, they were supposed to break the poison seal hidden in between their teeth.
Once they failed the mission, they had to commit suicide so as to not expose the person who hired them.
However, Xiao Hanzheng knew their rules very well.
When the eight of them appeared, he had observed them and found out their leader immediately.
Therefore, he stopped him before he took the poison.
He even got Mo Qingling's people to search for the poison.
After that, he said to Mo Qingling's chief guard, "I suspect that they are deliberately sabotaging our intention to offer the seeds. Perhaps they are spies from another country that we are not on good terms with.
"I suggest that we bring them to the capital and interrogate them thoroughly.
If that scumbag father harmed them, they would return him a favor.
First, they would say that the spies colluded with their enemy.
No matter how much that scumbag father did not want to, he had to take out the treasure map to resolve it.
Xiao Hanzheng had always suspected that the emperor knew that the treasure map was in his father's hands.
The emperor was also very capable.
He was definitely very skilled to deal with his scumbag father.
He would assure that his scumbag father would vomit blood.
When the chief guard heard, he said solemnly, "Yes, we will definitely take good care of these people and escort them back to the capital."
He had followed Mo Qingling from the capital to Nanxi County, so he understood some of the twists and turns.
These people suddenly ran out to assassinate him.
Other than wanting to kill those who offered the seed, spread falsehoods that were disadvantageous to the emperor, and sow discord among the commoners, he could not think of any other motives for them to do so.
An ordinary person would definitely not associate these assassins with Xiao Yuanshi.
After all, a tiger is dangerous but would not eat its young.
Along the way, Shi Qingluo had added some spring water to his drink.
Therefore, although the horse carriage was moving very fast, Mr Hou's mental state wasn't bad.
Mo Qingling and the others arrived at the capital four days earlier.
There were people from the Xi and Liang families guarding the city gates.
The two families' masters ordered their people to capture their young masters immediately when they came back.
It was obvious that Xi Xinheng and Liang Mingcheng were really angry this time.
They wanted to teach their two sons a lesson for running away from home.
Especially Xi Xinheng.
His mother gave him a few blows from her crutch in public because of this.
It didn't hurt, but it was embarrassing, so he put the blame on his son.
Therefore, as soon as Xi Rui and Liang Youxiao's carriage arrived in the capital, they were surrounded by their families' servants.
These servants delivered the same message, "Young master, my master wants you to go home as soon as possible after you return to the capital."
Xi Rui glared at the servant who was blocking his way. "I have to do some serious business. If you delay my schedule, my father will have to settle the score with you."
The servant thought to himself, of course, he wanted to settle the score with you.
"Young master, our master really wants you to go home as soon as possible. Please don't make things difficult for us."
Xi Rui glared at him. "I'm going to the palace to do something important to honor my ancestors. If you dare to stop me, it means that you are delaying my plans."
The servants sighed, come on, it would be a blessing if you don't cause any trouble.
You even said that you wanted to honor your ancestors, who would believe you?
However, they did not dare to voice out their complaints.
With a bitter look on their faces, they said, "Young master, if you don't go back, we won't be able to answer to our master!"
"Go back and tell my father right now that I'm going to the palace to do something important."
He raised his chin and said proudly, "You guys can go back. If there's anything, I'll take care of it.
"Otherwise, if you guys ruin this important task, I'll let my grandmother deal with you."
The servants remained silent.
Seemed like they could not bring their young masters back.
It was mainly because their young master said that he was entering the palace.
If it was true, they did not dare to stop him.
They had to quickly report it to their master.
Thus, the servants of the Xi family left.
Liang Youxiao got out of the carriage and pointed at the servants of the Xi family who had left. He said to his family's servants, "Did you see that? All of you should also go back like them.
"If anyone stops me from entering the palace, I will beat you to death.
"When my father finds out that I am going to do something grand, he will beat you to death as well."
The Liang family's servants uttered under their breath, he was too difficult to handle.
They had no choice but to retreat and quickly report it to their master.