LOT -Chapter 279 County Princess Lin Qi Sets Her Marriage

Starting from today, Bai Xiao and Lin Mo naturally slept together at night.

The reason was simple—Lin Mo absolutely loved having a big body-pillow. She insisted that Bai Xiao was not allowed to shrink, and so Bai Xiao’s career as a human-shaped pillow officially began.

Day after day passed, the weather gradually cooled, and another major event happened at home.

Lin Mo stared at the chests tied with big red flowers, her eyes wide open.

“A proposal! You’re really going to propose! You’re actually bringing my handsome future sister-in-law home? How did things progress so fast?!”

Lin Mo suddenly felt like she had missed so much.

Lin Qi tapped her on the head and said with a smile, “How is this fast? We’ve known each other for so long. It’s already been more than half a year. Compared to those in the capital who get engaged after meeting two or three times, how is ours fast?”

Lin Mo rubbed her forehead, still dazed. Her brother was about to get married. She was about to have a sister-in-law! Round up the numbers, and that meant small nephews and nieces were on the way!

“I’m going to have nephews and nieces! I’m going to be an aunt!!”

Her eyes sparkled so brightly they practically glowed. Lin Qi almost lost his smile.

What nephews and nieces? The marriage wasn’t even set yet; the “eight strokes” of the character for their fate weren’t even fully written.

Bai Xiao also reminded her: 【Momo, nephews and nieces will take a while. This is just preparing for the marriage. It’ll still be some time before anyone is born.】

Lin Mo confidently replied: 【What does that matter? Once I have a sister-in-law, nephews and nieces won’t be far behind. Not far at all.】

She had long wanted her handsome sister-in-law to marry over, but every time the future sister-in-law visited, her brother guarded her like a hawk—annoying!

Meanwhile, County Princess Huayao’s side was bustling as well. Among the unmarried women in the capital, she was the oldest. She had returned to choose a husband—

But who would’ve thought the one she’d end up marrying was Lin Qi? Who knew how many young ladies would be crying in their dreams tonight.

After the betrothal gifts were delivered, the wedding date wasn’t far off. The two families immediately got busy preparing.

Lin Mo, meanwhile, dragged Bai Xiao all around the city every day, wandering here and poking there.

Lord Lin looked at her and sighed, “Good thing this girl is a daughter. If she were a son, she’d definitely be one of the capital’s most notorious wastrels.”

Stealing chickens, catching fish and shrimp every day, doing no proper work at all—what else could that be but a famous wastrel?

Lin Mo even thought about her brother’s wedding while at court, brainwashing the emperor and every minister around.

Originally, everyone “knew” about the matter. But after hearing it every day, it became engraved in their minds.

Lin Mo: 【Xiaobai, Xiaobai, lots of people will send gifts at the wedding, right? My older brother is going to get rich!】

Lin Qi, standing not far away: …Why does it sound like I’m getting married just to collect money?

Bai Xiao: 【He is going to get rich. The emperor already wrote the plaque he’s gifting your family. Hard to believe His Majesty suddenly has money but is still so stingy.】

The emperor on the throne: …What’s wrong with my plaque?!

It’s written by the emperor himself! Its value surpasses gold and jewels!

He believed his calligraphy was worth a fortune. Lin Mo did not.

【Tch. Our emperor is way too stingy. Other emperors’ writings are priceless, but ours hands out plaques like he’s running a wholesale shop. There are so many of them in the capital I lost count.】

Bai Xiao added: 【Anyone with a bit of status has one. Make a contribution? Plaque. Family celebration? Plaque. So of course they’ve become a bit… cheap.】

The ministers all lowered their heads. Honestly, those plaques took up space. And since it was an imperial gift, they couldn’t just toss it anywhere. But hanging it outside meant wind and rain damage, so they had to stash it somewhere carefully.

The emperor’s face grew red, ears turning crimson.

Eunuch Li sighed. So that’s why His Majesty had been writing nonstop recently… preparing yet another plaque.

“You’re rich now, can’t you be a little generous?” he thought.

“And this is the Lin family!”

By midday, everyone in court knew exactly what the emperor planned to gift.

Meanwhile, others were scrambling to find precious gifts so they could win favor with the little ancestor of the Lin family.

After court, Lin Mo happily ran to see her future sister-in-law.

County Princess Huayao’s residence was extraordinarily lively. Young ladies who usually avoided her now seemed like completely different people.

Seeing the crowd, Lin Mo wondered if she came to the wrong place.

“Why are there so many people? Are they holding a gathering?”

County Princess Huayao felt helpless. Her relationships with those young ladies were mediocre at best. Many of the rumors calling her murderous or ugly had come from this very group. It was their fault she hadn’t married for years.

Now she was glad—if she had married earlier, how would she have met Lin Qi?

“Mo’er, Xiaobai, your favorite pastries are here today. Come try them,” she said warmly, now calling Lin Mo “Mo’er” just like the Lin family.

Lin Mo felt completely at home at the county princess’s residence.

While eating pastries, Bai Xiao asked, “Sister-in-law, you don’t even like them. Why don’t you just kick them out? They used to badmouth you.”

He disliked them too. Cultured young ladies knew better than to intrude like this; the ones here were the same bunch who had spread nasty rumors before.

County Princess Huayao sipped her tea. “Throwing them out wouldn’t look good. If they want to come, let them. I just won’t interact with them.”

When the ladies saw Lin Mo, excitement lit up their faces.

Most had never been this close to her— Lin Mo never sat with the young ladies; she sat with their fathers and brothers.

Although she wandered the city every day, few ever got close to her. Other than the Peacock Princess and the Foolish Beauty, almost no one had.

Some had tried to approach her, but Lin Mo was not stupid— one look at their eyes and she dodged them immediately.