Long Live Money in Anime Crossover

"Really?" Upon hearing Mo Mo's answer, the old emperor seemed intrigued and asked, "What should I take seriously?"

"Your Majesty understands, why ask me?"

"I do understand, but I just want to ask you."

Mo Mo grinned. This guy is shameless.

"Father, what are you saying? Are you arguing? Father, don't argue with him. Lihua still wants to be friends with him!"

The old emperor was about to press Mo Mo for answers when Jiang Lihua suddenly grabbed his beard, causing him to abruptly stop and swallow his words.

Jiang Lihua didn't understand what she had done, but the Emperor glared at her, venting his displeasure. Unfortunately, this glare only made Jiang Lihua tilt her head, completely unaware of what was happening.

The poor old emperor, only he himself probably understands the anger raging within him right now.

wrong!

The old emperor looked at Mo Mo, seeing Mo Mo's harmless smile, and thought to himself that this guy must understand too!

Mo Mo, on the other hand, just kept smiling innocently, as if none of this had anything to do with him.

This made the old emperor stare at Mo Mo, wondering if all of this was really a coincidence, or if he had ulterior motives.

Since he didn't know, the old emperor decided to sound out Mo Mo's opinion.

"Lihua, you've misunderstood your father. He was just asking him if he wanted to be friends with him. Lihua, do you really want to be friends with him? And how long do you want to be friends with him?"

"How long?"

Jiang Lihua blinked and said, "Can't we stay together all the time? Father, please don't send him out of the Forbidden City, okay? Lihua wants friends."

The old emperor patted Jiang Lihua's head, looked at Mo Mo, and said, "You think so, Mr. Qilin? Lihua wants to be your friend, and stay friends forever."

Mo Mo grimaced, feeling a slight toothache.

What is the Emperor planning?

"Your Majesty, the princess is just a child at heart and will forget soon."

"No, Lihua will never forget! Karan is my friend, and so are you. I will never forget you."

Jiang Lihua became anxious first. She looked at Mo Mo with some urgency, hoping that this person with such pure eyes wouldn't leave her side like this.

"Mr. Qilin".

At this moment, the old emperor continued, "Although Lihua is a child, children have their own talents. Just like Lihua, if she wanted to, she could find any playmates, but there are very few people that Lihua would take a liking to."

"However, it seems she ran into two today, that little girl was one, and you were one too."

"That little girl is one thing, but I'm quite surprised by you. How could my daughter, Lihua, be attracted to someone like Mr. Qilin? I'm very curious what you were thinking when you looked at my daughter."

Mo Mo sighed softly and said, "I wasn't thinking about anything, I was just admiring the princess's cuteness."

"Father, are you praising me? Hehe—"

"That's right, he's praising my lovely daughter. Look, he just praised you for being cute too. My daughter is a darling that everyone loves."

"Hehe—then, we're friends now!"

As she spoke, Jiang Lihua waved to Mo Mo, who had no choice but to wave back in return.

"Your Majesty, what are you putting on this show for? I don't really understand."

"What's going on?"

The old emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "Mr. Qilin, I would like to ask you a question."

As he spoke, the old emperor looked at Karen, who was still bowing her head beside Momo, and said, "Although I have never been to the West, I still know a little about Western etiquette. Is that a ring on this little girl's middle finger?"

"Isn't the ring on your middle finger similar to the engagement custom in Chinese culture?"

"Could you tell me who this little one is engaged to?"

Karen seemed to sense something, looked up, and was somewhat surprised that everyone was looking at her. She took a step closer to Momo, took Momo's hand in her arms, and then looked at Momo as if asking what was going on.

"What, is it inconvenient for you to answer? Then, I can ask this little girl myself. Don't think that just because I am the Emperor of the Chinese Federation, I have a high level of proficiency in Japanese and Britannian back in the day, in order to understand the world."

After speaking, the old emperor looked at Mo Mo with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

"no need."

Facing the Emperor's gaze, Mo Mo knew there was no escaping it this time.

Mo Mo naturally wouldn't reveal the truth at this time, whether it was about Gao Hai or the playful antics he and Karen had.

"Then I will formally introduce myself to Your Majesty."

"This is Karen Hugh Dafelt. The ring on her finger was a gift I gave her at the Japanese consulate not long ago. At the time, she was taking refuge in the Japanese consulate. I felt we got along very well, so with her permission, I gave her this small gift as a way of securing this future beauty as early as possible."

Karen, though she couldn't understand what Momo was saying, seemed to grasp his meaning. She held Momo's hand tightly and lowered her head again.

The Emperor was somewhat taken aback when he saw Mo Mo speak so frankly. To be able to admit all this so shamelessly... could it be said, was it also a kind of sincerity?

He was so honest; no wonder his daughter felt his eyes were so pure when she looked into them.

Pure white is a kind of cleanliness, but isn't pure black also a kind of purity?

So this young man in front of me, who calls himself Qilin... is this the kind of person he is?

In that instant, the old emperor seemed to have some realization, feeling that he was getting much closer to Mo Mo's true nature.

“Father,” Jiang Lihua said, confused, pushing the old emperor’s arm. “What are you talking about? What happened between him and Karan?”

The old emperor smiled slightly and said, "I was just asking why he and that little girl have such a good relationship."

Mo Mo grinned, wondering if the old emperor was up to something like that.

Mo Mo coughed twice and said, "Your Majesty, when it comes to making friends... it's best to let things take their natural course, isn't it?"

"Hmph, what are you thinking? I just want to see your true colors. I'll tell my daughter myself to stay away from you."

"Father, I want to make friends! I want to be friends with him!"

"Alright, alright, Father will make him your friend from now on. Lihua, be a good girl, okay?"

The emperor appeased both sides, finally calming Jiang Lihua down. Mo Mo, standing to the side, also breathed a sigh of relief. If the emperor had truly decided on him and forced him to be friends with Jiang Lihua, Mo Mo would have been in real trouble.

Fortunately, it seems the emperor is also reluctant to part with his beloved daughter, which is for the best.

However, what the emperor said next made Mo Mo want to vomit blood.

"Mr. Qilin, please become Lihua's teacher."

Author's Note:

PS: This is the third update. I'm really struggling with writer's block. I'll save the extra chapter for tomorrow, sorry!

068 To be honest, I'm really not a lolicon!

"teacher?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lihua blinked and said, "Father, why do you want him to be my teacher? Lihua wants to be friends with him!"

"Lihua, even teachers can make friends. There's a saying that goes, 'A teacher can also be a friend,' isn't there?"

Jiang Lihua nodded as if she understood, then asked Mo Mo, "Would you like to be my teacher?"

"Dad, what is the Emperor doing?"

Yui also asked Momo curiously. Although Yui had mastered countless common sense facts, she clearly did not understand people's thoughts as well as someone as shrewd as Momo.

"Your Majesty...you must have been frightened by me."

"Were you scared?"

Yui was somewhat surprised.

"Yes."

"In his eyes, Cao Cao in history, no matter how terrible he was, was just an ambitious man who pursued power. As long as a person still has pursuits, whether it is power, money, hope, love or faith, as long as he has pursuits, he is still at the level of an ordinary person and can be understood by others."

"Right now, I'm afraid in the eyes of the Emperor, I've become someone without any ambition, or even a pure idealist. Idealists aren't scary; what's scary is when an idealist becomes a madman who only pursues ideals and also wields great power."

Mo Mo smiled slightly and said, "The Emperor probably sees me as an idealist with great power right now, and he can't resist me and has to rely on me. In that case, the Emperor needs to find a way out for himself and his daughter."

"Perhaps he can be indifferent to his own future, but it is obvious that Jiang Lihua is the apple of his eye, and probably the thing he values ​​most besides the Chinese Empire."

"Then Dad, why did the Emperor arrange for Jiang Lihua to be closer to you? He only has one daughter, and no matter what, she will inherit the throne in the future, so she will need to find a husband. Isn't Dad the best choice?"

"So, the Emperor has this idea, but he's also afraid that I, this idealistic madman, will die on the road to pursuing my ideals. What he's doing now is keeping Jiang Lihua close to me, but not so that she'll die with me if something happens to me. If I, this idealistic madman, really succeed one day, then this teacher-student relationship will probably be able to guarantee Jiang Lihua's safety no matter what."

"This is what the old emperor was thinking. It's hard for him, being forced into this situation as an emperor."

Yui pouted and said, "Isn't this all because Dad forced him?"

“You can’t say that, Yui. At least our arrival changed his inevitable death and Jiang Lihua’s fate. Even if they find out the truth later, they will only thank us.”

"Hmm, just as I expected of my father, shameless!"

"You flatter me."

Seeing Mo Mo ponder for a second, the old emperor asked, "Mr. Qilin, what do you think? I believe you understand my intention. As long as you become Lihua's teacher, no matter what happens in the future, Lihua's safety can be guaranteed. This China... is entrusted to you."

"Do whatever you want, and I'm getting old. My current health doesn't allow me the energy to manage all of this. As for restoring the Chinese Empire to its former glory, that's not something I need to force."

"If you can do it, then do it. If you can't, as long as you can keep the Chinese Empire standing in the current chaotic world, Mr. Qilin, you will be a great contributor to the history of the Chinese Empire."

Even now, the old emperor is still subtly trying to persuade Momo, to prevent him from embarking on an even more perilous path. Momo's arrival has shown him unprecedented opportunities, but it has also shown him the danger of the Chinese Federation's demise.

If the old emperor were still the same ambitious old emperor, he might have really gone crazy and fought alongside Mo Mo. Now, although his ambitions have not faded, he doesn't have much time left to live. Compared to the uncertain future, protecting his daughter is more valuable.

Unfortunately, he knew very well that his words were meaningless now. Perhaps he could order his guards to shoot this Mr. Qilin to death in a fit of anger, but he also had to be prepared for the retaliation he would face if he failed to kill Mo Mo, or even face the danger of national subjugation if he did kill Mo Mo.

Thinking that it's better to choose the lesser of two evils, the Emperor has now made up his mind completely.

"Mr. Qilin, what are your thoughts?"

After the old man finished speaking, Jiang Lihua seemed to feel a little nervous. Her beautiful wine-red eyes were fixed on Mo Mo, and she didn't even dare to blink, as if she was holding her breath.

Mo Mo didn't keep Jiang Lihua waiting any longer. Instead, he squatted down and said, "Your Highness, since His Majesty the Emperor has entrusted me with this, I will be your teacher from now on. Do you agree? I will teach you everything I think is beneficial. Please don't think I'm strict then."

Jiang Lihua stood up in surprise, got out of bed, and came to Mo Mo's side.

She looked back at her father, and seeing the old man raise his hand encouragingly, she finally mustered up the courage to extend her hand to Mo Mo and said, "So, are you my teacher now? Can we still be friends?"

Mo Mo extended her hand and smiled, "Sure, the word 'teacher' means I'm going to teach you something. But when I'm not teaching you anything, you're my friend, okay?"