LOT – Chapter 44 The Minister of Agriculture Spits Teeth, General Chen Dances in Court!

The man whose tooth had broken was in a complete panic. What should I do? What should I do?!

Why was this apple so hard?! Where did His Majesty find this kind of apple?! They weren’t made of iron or bronze—how could they possibly bite into something this hard?!

The system had already started telling Lin Mo who the unlucky person was.

[Look to your front left—that seems to be the Minister of Agriculture.]

The Minister of Agriculture, in a flustered panic, literally shot the broken tooth out of his mouth. The person standing in front of him suddenly felt something hit the back of his neck—and then something slid down through his collar into his clothes.

The person in front: ???

The person standing next to the Minister of Agriculture was completely dumbfounded: What just happened?! What did he shoot out of his mouth?!

Lin Mo also turned to look at that exact moment—just in time to catch the whole scene.

[Oh my god! A real-life Peashooter! He literally shot out his own tooth!]

System: [Yes, and that tooth even fell inside someone else’s clothes.]

The emperor sitting above saw the entire scene clearly. He bit his lip and turned his head away with all his might.

I mustn’t laugh! I’m the emperor! How can I laugh at my ministers? I absolutely must not laugh!

The ever-serious Crown Prince was already holding his breath so hard that his nostrils flared. He was the future ruler, so he had to remain composed. Laughing at court was out of the question.

At this moment, the man standing in front of the Minister of Agriculture was on the verge of a breakdown.

“What the hell did you just spit down my collar?! Are you insane? Why are you spraying stuff at the people in front of you?!”

The official in front started twisting and squirming, trying to shake the tooth out from inside his clothes.

That tooth was now firmly pressed against his lower back, right where his belt was. It was stuck—neither moving up nor falling down.

Lin Mo looked at the official’s sensual twisting movements and was trembling from trying to hold back his laughter.

[Hahahaha! Who would’ve thought this dignified official could twist his body so seductively? I wonder if he’s shaken that tooth out yet.]

The system now deeply regretted not having a recording function. If it had, this scene would’ve been immortalized forever.

From the Peashooter moment to this Water Snake Dance—this was the kind of spectacle you saw once in a lifetime!

Standing next to the squirming “Water Snake Dancer” was Minister Lin. He took one look at the person losing it beside him—and silently took two steps away.

Everyone else was about to go insane from holding back their laughter. And honestly, General Chen’s twisting waistline really was surprisingly graceful.

The Minister of Agriculture, watching General Chen frantically writhing, immediately stepped forward with a sheepish grin to help.

“Sorry, sorry, General—I’ll help you out.”

He smiled brightly with sincere apology—but that very smile broke everyone’s composure.

He was missing a front tooth. So when he smiled, there was just a big black gap.

“Pfft—hahahahaha!”

The court erupted into laughter, and even Emperor Xuande couldn’t hold it in any longer.

Lin Mo was laughing so hard she was nearly bent over like a shrimp—and she wasn’t the only one.

A perfectly dignified and handsome middle-aged man had just broken his front tooth while eating an apple, then managed to spit it right into the collar of the person in front of him. Everything that had just happened was honestly beyond words.

Even the system’s voice was cracking with laughter: [I can’t take it anymore—I think my signal’s starting to glitch from laughing too much.]

[You guys probably don’t have dental implants here, right? So the Minister of Agriculture is going to be missing a front tooth forever, huh?]

Lin Mo: [I don’t know about that, I’m not a dentist… but they probably don’t have dental tech like that yet.]

Meanwhile, chaos still reigned between the Minister of Agriculture and General Chen.

General Chen, furious, barked, “Why the hell are you spitting teeth for no reason?! If you’re so good at shooting things with your mouth, just go to the battlefield and spray the enemy with your teeth! Let’s see how many times you can do that!”

The Minister of Agriculture kept bowing and apologizing, “Sorry, sorry—really, I’m terribly sorry!”

Feeling the minister’s spit land on his face, General Chen inhaled sharply and growled, “Just shut your mouth already! First a tooth, now your saliva?! Are you some kind of human sprinkler?!”

The two of them looked like a full-blown comedy act at this point. General Chen probably didn’t think it was funny, but everyone else was thoroughly entertained.

In the end, it was only with Emperor Xuande’s orders that the tooth was successfully retrieved—with both men working together.

After the morning court session ended, the Minister of Agriculture looked at his lost tooth and was full of sorrow.

Even though that little troublemaker didn’t get to eat any melon today… he had lost a tooth!

All the officials walking past him patted him on the shoulder with sympathetic looks.

Even the emperor felt a little bad—after all, that apple was from his own hand.

“Minister of Agriculture,” Eunuch Li said, trying his best not to stare at the black hole in the man’s mouth, “His Majesty has said he will find skilled craftsmen to make you a false tooth—it’ll be so lifelike no one will be able to tell the difference.” “But you’ll need to be more mindful when speaking. Don’t speak too forcefully… spitting on others is a bit improper.”

The Minister of Agriculture gave a deep bow. “This humble servant thanks His Majesty for his generous grace!”

That final word—“grace”—caused Eunuch Li to squint his eyes. A drop of saliva had just landed in his eye.

He wiped his face with his sleeve and sighed, “If there’s nothing else, you’d best head home and rest. No need to stress about the seeds for now.”

The Minister of Agriculture was in charge of farming, and he really had been working hard lately.  He was an honest, dependable man—maybe a bit too honest sometimes.

When Lin Mo got home, she was still laughing like crazy. She recounted everything that had happened in court to her older brother and sister.

“You have no idea how hilarious it was! The Minister just biu! shot his tooth right into General Chen’s collar!”

“And General Chen… oh my god… the way he twisted around to get that tooth out—so graceful! More elegant than any woman I’ve seen. I seriously couldn’t believe how flexible a military general could be!”

Immediately, Lin Qi and Lin Ran pictured the scene in their minds.

Tsk. Why did it seem both hilarious and a little disturbing?

Is morning court always this lively?

Lin Mo wiped away the tears from her laughter and continued, “After the Minister lost his front tooth, his smile had this super obvious black hole. I really wanted to stick my finger in it.”

Lin Qi and Lin Ran instinctively leaned back in perfect unison, then stared at her with disturbed expressions. “Are you okay? The guy lost a tooth and you want to stick your finger in the hole?!”

Lin Mo: “What’s the big deal? If it were Dad who lost a front tooth, I would’ve done it already. That gap is seriously calling out to me!”

Just then, Minister Lin walked through the door: ……