LOT – Chapter 127 A Gossipy Man Living Off His Wife, the Ultimate Phoenix Man!

Early the next morning, as usual, Lin Qi came to carry Lin Mo off to court.

But when he walked up to the bed, he couldn’t find where this girl was at all.

It was pitch black—he couldn’t even spot her head!

“Mo’er! Hurry and wake up, it’s time for court,” Lin Qi called out as he groped around.

Lin Mo groggily sat up, then stuck her head out from the foot of the bed.

Lin Qi was startled. “What are you doing? Why are you sleeping that way around?”

Pfft! No, he really couldn’t hold it in anymore.

Why was it that after just one night, her face had gotten even darker than before—and shinier too? Her whole head gleamed black and glossy.

Lin Qi’s lips trembled as he hoisted Lin Mo onto his shoulder.

Outside, Minister Lin had been mentally preparing himself, but the moment he saw Lin Mo’s shiny pitch-black face, all that mental preparation instantly collapsed.

He took a deep breath and got into the carriage first, facing the wall. Lin Qi shoved Lin Mo into the innermost corner of the carriage and, just like his father, turned his back to the wall in silent self-reflection.

When Lin Mo drowsily opened her eyes, she saw the two round backs of her father’s and brother’s heads.

【Xiao Bai, what are my dad and brother doing? Why are they facing the wall so early in the morning, like they’re reflecting on their sins?】

Bai Xiao, still half-asleep, mumbled: 【Probably because they don’t want to look at your face. Your face is so black and shiny today—it’s even shinier than yesterday.】

At the palace, Minister Lin and Lin Qi immediately rushed to the very front, leaving Lin Mo to stroll along at the back.

Everyone who passed by widened their eyes in astonishment.

If not for Lin Mo’s tall figure, they probably wouldn’t have recognized this person as their dearly respected Little Lord Lin.

“L-Little Lord Lin, what… what happened to you? Are you ill?”

Her face was darker than charcoal!

Lin Mo smiled. “I’m not sick, I just accidentally got dye smeared on my face. It’ll fade in ten days or half a month.”

Her teeth were dazzlingly white—honestly, they could have made their own debut. The official who had asked the question bit the inside of his cheek, his facial muscles twitching desperately.

Heavens! Why was this so devilishly funny?

Lin Mo instantly became the hottest topic at court. From his throne, Emperor Xuande stared at that glossy black head, his eyes nearly bulging out.

“Is… is that Lin Mo?”

Even the emperor wasn’t sure.

Eunuch Li took a look, then confirmed, “Replying to Your Majesty, yes, that is Little Lord Lin. This servant has already inquired about what happened yesterday—Little Lord Lin and Young Master Bai accidentally smeared dye on their faces, and they ended up like this.”

Emperor Xuande’s mouth twitched. He truly didn’t know what to say anymore.

Every time he thought this girl had already reached peak absurdity, she always managed to bring him another unexpected “surprise.”

Among the sea of officials, that single dot of black stood out all too vividly.

The emperor tried to focus on court affairs, but whenever his eyes swept over the crowd, they immediately landed on that one inky figure.

He shut his eyes in frustration—this was even more torturous than gossip-mongering.

Lin Mo, completely unaware of the havoc she was causing others, was happily chatting with Bai Xiao.

【Say, with us being this black, if we wore night-clothes at night, wouldn’t we basically be invisible?】

She had always thought the black outfits worn in TV shows looked cool, but not hidden enough. With their faces like this, they’d be in perfect stealth mode!

And even if they were caught, no one would recognize them. Absolutely foolproof!

Bai Xiao was intrigued as well: 【Why don’t we test it tonight? Minister Qi from the Ministry of Personnel is sneaking out to meet his lover in secret. Let’s follow them and see if they notice us!】

Lin Mo: 【Yes, yes! I didn’t expect there’d be gossip to watch tonight too! What a pleasant surprise. But Minister Qi… I don’t really remember who he is.】

Bai Xiao: 【That fat Qi—you don’t remember him?】

The moment he said “fat Qi,” Lin Mo immediately understood.

【Oh, that guy! Just say Fat Qi and I know.】

Minister Qi: …You people are insane!

Fat Qi was already in despair. So what if he had a confidante? Who said men couldn’t?

His wife was a shrew, always nagging and controlling him. He didn’t even have a concubine. If not for his lowly birth forcing him to marry that tigress back then, he wouldn’t have to sneak around like this now!

All the officials, including the emperor, secretly cast sidelong glances at him. Tsk tsk tsk. To think that even a man as fat as him had a lover—impressive!

Of course, they were curious about this gossip too.

Back in his youth, Fat Qi had actually looked decent. Not especially handsome, but at least pleasant-looking.

Born lowly, he was later handpicked by his current wife. Her father, then Minister of Personnel, was powerful and influential. It was thanks to his father-in-law that he’d climbed so high.

When the old minister retired, Fat Qi had already been promoted. He had thought his good days were ahead, but his wife still kept him tightly leashed.

That old minister had promoted quite a few people, even the current Minister of Personnel had ties to him. The man was an upright official, but his eye for sons-in-law was truly poor.

Thus, Qi daren didn’t dare act recklessly toward his wife. If anything happened to her, those who had ties to the old minister would never let him off.

Lin Mo squinted at Fat Qi, muttering to her system: 【The more I look at him, the more shifty he seems.】

Bai Xiao sneered: 【Exactly. He’s a shifty man through and through—always trying to play both sides.】

【He only got this far thanks to his wife and father-in-law. The old minister had only one daughter and treated his son-in-law very well. And after making it big, this guy actually wanted to divorce his wife! If not for the fact that the old minister had built up good relations at court and Fat Qi feared harming his own future, he would’ve abandoned Madam Qi long ago.】

Lin Mo’s brows furrowed. What a shameless phoenix man! Absolutely despicable!

Others’ gazes toward Fat Qi began to change too.

He might be a capable official, but as a person—he failed miserably.

On the throne, Emperor Xuande clenched his fist. The old minister of Personnel had once assisted him greatly. When he died a few years ago, the emperor had even sent the crown prince to attend the funeral in person.

And now, to think that his only daughter was being treated like this—utterly outrageous!

Fat Qi’s round, plump face turned pale. Yet even so, he kept consoling himself inwardly.

He hadn’t done anything corrupt in office—what could they do to him?

Sure, he had thought of divorcing his wife, but he hadn’t done it, right? Even meeting his beloved had to be done in secret. Wasn’t that already enough respect for that tigress at home?