LOT – Chapter 164 Climbing onto the Roof and Disturbing a Couple

The two of them were hiding in the corner, enthusiastically talking about the late emperor. Not far away, the group of people kneeling were practically numb.

They really had no interest in hearing about the late emperor! All they wanted was to get their money back!

“Wuwuwu… how are we supposed to live from now on? It would have been better to resign and go back home earlier.”

The Duchess of the Chen family felt her heart bleeding. If they had resigned and returned home back then, no one would have known about this matter, and they could have continued living carefree lives.

Among everyone, the calmest was actually Dowager Chen. Holding her prayer beads, she looked completely serene.

“It’s useless. All under heaven belongs to the emperor; no matter where you run, it’s the same. These decades of wealth and comfort were taken dishonestly. Now, it’s only being returned.”

Lin Mo looked at the composed Dowager Chen and couldn’t help but admire her. Her mental strength is incredible. Even at her age, you can tell she must have been a great beauty in her youth. No wonder the late emperor pampered her for a while.

Bai Xiao: Exactly! That’s what it means to live with clarity. If you’re not clear-headed, how could you become this wealthy?

There wasn’t much else to watch in the Chen household, and these people crying and wailing were just irritating to look at.

“Let’s go, let’s go home. There’s nothing worth watching here.”

Lin Mo patted her butt and prepared to leave the way she came. The group in the Chen residence breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, the little troublemaker was leaving. The longer she stayed, the more anxious they felt.

The Duke of Chen was also a bit nervous inside, but luckily, he had always been strict with the younger generation.

Although most of them were arrogant and headstrong, they wouldn’t do anything seriously harmful.

Luckily! Otherwise, the Chen family would have really been in trouble this time!

In the palace, the emperor looked at the treasure laid out before him, feeling both happy and angry.

He was happy because he had money again, and angry because all of this had been swindled from his father.

They really got off cheap. So many treasures… the late emperor really was generous!

Why could this damn father be so generous to women but not be a little nicer to his son? Not a little nicer to the people of the realm?

He died leaving not a single coin behind, leaving an empty treasury, forcing him to fill it with all his savings accumulated over so many years.

As a prince without a powerful backing, it wasn’t easy to save so much money, yet it all went to the treasury.

The money he had saved in his youth was all spent, and he remained poor for decades after.

“Your Majesty, shall we place these treasures in the state treasury or the private treasury?”

The emperor’s private treasury was so bare that not even a speck of dust could be taken by a thief. There was literally nothing.

Even Li Gonggong (the eunuch) felt pity for the emperor. Over the years, he himself had saved a fair amount and even bought a house, yet the emperor was truly poor.

“Place two-thirds into the state treasury. Convert everything that can be converted into silver coins. Those valuables that have no market, just leave them for now.”

Items without a market were priceless. Even if he wanted to sell them, no one would buy them. And they couldn’t be sold cheaply, so for now, they had to be stored as is.

Li Gonggong didn’t know what to say.

“Your Majesty, perhaps you should keep a bit more for yourself. Even if you don’t, at least leave some for the ladies of the harem. There’s still money in the treasury.”

Previously, because of poverty, state construction hadn’t begun. Now, it had gradually started, and after more investment, it would yield returns.

So there was no urgent need for cash anymore. The time when money was most needed had already passed.

The Xuande Emperor sighed: “Although the realm is at peace, there are still many places that need funding. Let it be for now. Seeing the treasury so full makes me feel at ease.”

“The amount I need personally is not much; a third is enough.”

Lin Mo and Bai Xiao no longer paid attention to these matters—they were currently lying on someone’s roof.

“What do we do? How do we get down? Can you carry me down by flying?”

Lin Mo’s legs had gone weak. She had only climbed up to fetch a kite, but now she couldn’t get down.

She asked Xiao Bai to help, but he was stuck too.

The child below, seeing the two of them frozen on the roof, couldn’t help but shout: “Brother, sister, you’ve got the kite! Why aren’t you coming down?”

The kite belonged to this little kid, but the string had broken and landed on the roof.

Lin Mo and Bai Xiao, passing by, had volunteered to help, but it ended up like this.

Lin Mo looked at her trembling legs and said in a quivering voice: “Little sister, can you find a ladder for us? We’re kind of stuck.”

They had climbed up using the tree nearby, but now they didn’t dare to come down.

The little girl looked around—there was no ladder, and it was someone else’s roof.

“Sister, there’s no ladder here. Wait for me to find someone to help!”

With that, the little girl ran off.

Lin Mo and Bai Xiao: …

Lin Mo, a little uncertain, said: “She should come back, right?”

Bai Xiao: “I don’t know. I really don’t know what she’ll do.”

He only knew what was already known; unknown things were really unknown to him.

Lin Mo had been lying there so long that her legs went numb, and she couldn’t help moving.

Bai Xiao suddenly exclaimed: “Don’t move! Right below us is someone’s bed! A couple is sleeping there!”

Lin Mo: !!!

The couple on the bed: …

The couple were the eldest son and daughter-in-law of the Deputy Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. They were about to get intimate when they heard noises from the roof.

The young wife couldn’t help nudging her husband: “Why don’t you go help Master Lin? I’m afraid she might fall from above—it would be so awkward!”

The eldest son looked embarrassed: “How am I supposed to get out? It would be so awkward.”

Meanwhile, the two on the roof had started chatting.

Although they could jump down using a protection mechanism, they didn’t have the courage. Safety was one thing, but it was terrifying!

So they preferred to wait a little longer.

Bai Xiao: “The couple below are the eldest son and daughter-in-law of the Deputy Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. Looks like we’ve disturbed them.”

Lin Mo: “No way! That’s so awkward!”

The couple below: … awkward, yes, but could you guys not talk about this topic yet?