LOT – Chapter 196 Untitled Draft

Lin Mo and Bai Xiao felt a little sorry for Lord Jiang’s misfortune, but only for a brief moment.

After all, they still had to make time to eat other melons.

As usual, they slept through court again. After all, they stayed up late last night.

Listening to the two of them snoring like little pigs, everyone silently sighed in their hearts.

Like master, like servant — these two were becoming more and more alike.

Xuande Emperor looked at someone beside him, standing with arms akimbo while fast asleep, and he started seriously considering whether he should assign her a chair.

Standing there sleeping every day… it looked tiring.

The Lin father and son had already gone numb.

They might have been shocked the first or second time, but now it was just routine.

Sleeping in court? Eating or sleeping were normal things. As long as she didn’t poop here, everything was fine.

Pooping — that they couldn’t tolerate. They still needed some dignity.

Lin Mo only woke up after court ended, and only because Lord Li woke her.

Looking at her like this, Lord Li felt an inexplicable discomfort. He looked at his always-busy self, then at Lin Mo who napped beside him every day, and finally made up his mind.

“Lord Xiao Lin, you’ve studied by my side long enough. You should start practicing. How about you begin recording some matters?”

Lin Mo blinked blankly. “You mean a diary? I write one every day.”

Speaking as she pulled out a small notebook from her clothes.

Lord Li took her notebook and read it. His expression became completely indescribable.

Her morning mood, what she ate, even details about constipation and bowel movements — all written down. Plus her thoughts about all kinds of events.

It was indeed a very complete diary.

Lord Li twitched his lips and returned it. “Lord Xiao Lin, you can’t just hand something like this to others, understand?”

Lin Mo: “Why not? Are you worried they’ll copy my daily lifestyle?”

She didn’t have any secrets. She lived happily every day.

Bai Xiao: 【I know why you shouldn’t show it. You wrote down the exact location and time you poop. What if some pervert waits for you there?! You really should be more cautious.】

Lin Mo suddenly understood: 【True! My sense of security must be too low. But at home no one would stalk me, right?】

Their conversation left everyone speechless.

Who wants to know this?! And you’re a girl — how can you speak so crudely?!

The Lin father and son were used to it. Faced with everyone’s stares, they could even calmly stare back, their gazes extremely open and honest.

Their shameless composure made others feel embarrassed instead.

Lord Li suddenly felt that having idle people around wasn’t so bad after all. Her “recording” was filled with personal thoughts and biases — it was basically all about her mood.

As a historian, one must record impartially. Personal bias must be minimal.

But the emperor did indeed have a task to assign her. Originally, he was going to give it to someone else.

“Oh? This is what Little Lin recorded? Very detailed indeed. And I happen to be short one recorder recently. Li Gonggong’s apprentice is sick. Little Lin, how about you help for a couple of days?”

Xuande Emperor didn’t know when he had walked over.

Lin Mo stiffened. 【So I’m being forced to work?! Didn’t you say I could fish every day?! Fraud!】

The eunuch responsible for the imperial daily record was indeed ill, but there were others who could do it. Xuande Emperor just wanted Lin Mo to come play.

All those memorials were such a headache. And those three incompetent ones always ran off to eat melons. Didn’t they know that whenever they left, he, the father, had to work even more?

“Don’t worry, Little Lin. It’s only for two days. And I know you’re Lord Li’s right hand. Once it’s done, you’ll go back to assisting him.”

Lin Mo nodded blankly, then quickly became excited.

【Xiao Bai! We get to go inside the imperial palace! Aren’t you excited?! I can see what a day in the life of the emperor looks like!】

It was only two days of work — she could treat it as sightseeing.

It was just a pity she couldn’t go out to play with Pretty Peacock and Dumb Beauty. They had made plans.

Bai Xiao: 【Bring more snacks. The palace food isn’t as good as what you have at home.】

The Emperor: …Must you be so honest?

The Lin family sighed. They knew the emperor wanted entertainment, but they were afraid their little menace would treat him like entertainment.

How did he even dare to put her right next to him?

Most would worry about her discovering secrets, but not with Lin Mo. There was nothing she didn’t know — as long as she wanted to know, she knew. So the emperor wasn’t worried about secrets being leaked.

And after all, she already heard everything in court — what secrets could there still be?

That very day, Lin Mo went home to pack.

She happily packed, while the other four members of the Lin family were in a serious meeting.

“What if Mo’er causes trouble in the palace? Why didn’t you stop her?” Madam Lin was completely unwilling to let her daughter work near the emperor.

She was terrified her unruly girl would accidentally anger the emperor. That would be the end!

Minister Lin sighed. “I couldn’t refuse in that situation. Don’t worry too much. His Majesty just wants her to play. He won’t really give her real work.”

“It’s only two days. She’ll be home soon.”

Indeed, the emperor didn’t intend to let Lin Mo do real work. Although he asked her to “record,” the actual writing would be done by another young eunuch.

Lin Mo packed a huge amount of snacks. Her greatest fear was eating poorly.

Seeing the giant bundle of food, the Lin family suddenly felt relieved.

Forget it — they were worrying too much. This little menace didn’t care at all.

“Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, I’m leaving! Don’t miss me. I’ll be back in two days!”

“I’ll definitely complete the emperor’s task beautifully! We’ll celebrate when I return!”

Carrying her enormous bag, Lin Mo followed the eunuch away. The four Lin family members watched her cheerful back with mixed feelings.

Once she arrived at the palace, Lin Mo was assigned a small palace residence. And as soon as she settled in, she was put to work.

She stood beside the emperor, a bag of snacks slung over her shoulder, notebook in one hand and brush in the other.

Xuande Emperor burped.

Lin Mo immediately wrote rapidly:

【Wei hour (2 PM): His Majesty let out an especially loud burp. It smelled of scallions.】

The Emperor: …

Eunuch Li: …