LOT – Chapter 60 Man-Horse Romance Misunderstanding, and Lin Mo’s Pig Mixes With Others

Lin Mo was completely shocked by the news. Just what kind of genius came up with this?

Were they drunk and unaware of what they were doing, or fully conscious and just into this sort of thing? A man-horse romance?

Her curiosity instantly peaked: [Tell me now—what the heck happened? I need the full story, every detail!]

System: [This has to do with the Minister of the Central Secretariat, you know.]

Everyone present felt their minds about to explode. Emperor Xuande’s hands were even trembling.

He cherished his horse dearly, and now it had been subjected to this kind of humiliation!

Yes—to Emperor Xuande, it was his horse that had been wronged. He would never approve of his beloved horse being involved with that old, crusty Minister! That guy already had a wife and kids—how shameless could he be, going after the emperor’s horse?!

The system said in a sly tone: [Last night, after everyone was asleep, the Minister snuck out under the cover of darkness.]

Lin Mo gasped: [He snuck out… to violate the emperor’s horse in the stables?!]

The others immediately turned their eyes toward the minister, their expressions shifting. A true eccentric among men!

The Minister looked utterly ashamed. When did he ever violate the emperor’s horse?! How could he ever do such a thing?! This system must be defective—couldn’t it explain things more clearly?!

The Minister opened his mouth to defend himself, but Imperial Physician Zhao promptly silenced him with a single acupuncture needle.

He whispered in the minister’s ear: “Best if you stay quiet, my lord. Daring to defile His Majesty’s royal steed? That’s a capital offense.”

The Minister: …You’re all insane! Every last one of you is insane!

The system, surprised by Lin Mo’s reaction, added: [Whoa! The Minister’s that wild, huh? A romance between man and horse?! I didn’t even know this happened—I must not be a proper gossip-spilling system after all!]

Lin Mo: ???

Everyone else: ???

Wait a minute… you’re the one who said someone violated the emperor’s horse!

Lin Mo finally understood—there was something wrong with how the system was expressing itself. What it meant to say probably wasn’t what it actually said.

[Hurry up and explain it properly this time! I feel like I don’t even understand your language anymore.]

The others silently nodded in agreement: Yeah, seriously—what exactly are you trying to say?

System: [What I meant was, the Minister of the Central Secretariat snuck out late at night and brought his own horse to mate with His Majesty’s horse. He thought the emperor’s horse had good breeding stock, so he got the idea to do a bit of matchmaking.]

Lin Mo: …

[Couldn’t you just say it like that the first time?! I got all excited over nothing!]

Everyone else: …

We really did get worked up over nothing. We thought it was some forbidden, taboo romance…

Still, the way they looked at the minister hadn’t changed—it was still weird.

Quite the bold move, Minister—secretly breeding your own horse with the emperor’s without permission. Who knew you had such… talents?

The Minister looked completely defeated: “I’ve been misunderstood!”

He really did just think the emperor’s horse had excellent breeding. Sure, he had his own little scheme, but he wasn’t some pervert!

At this point, Lin Mo truly felt the system was getting dumber by the day.

[Hey, System, I really think you need to go take a class on communication or something. The way you talk is way too easy to misinterpret.]

The system sounded confused: [But I think I explain things perfectly! My language module is highly advanced. Wasn’t my description just now clear? And wasn’t that a juicy bit of gossip?]

Lin Mo and the others: …

Okay, sure, it was juicy—and definitely a massive piece of gossip—but the way you said it made it sound a hundred times worse than the truth!

After reflecting for a bit, Lin Mo rode off on her big white pig to go hunting under the system’s direction, leaving the others behind in silent, collective exasperation.

Physician Zhao quickly undid the acupuncture on the Minister. “Are you alright, my lord? You can’t really blame me for this—blame the system for the poor phrasing.”

The Minister: ……

Emperor Xuande glanced at the Vice Minister of the Central Secretariat, then thought about his own horse, and asked very seriously, “Do you really have no inappropriate thoughts about my horse? You just purely want to breed it?”

After being repeatedly shocked by Lin Mo, the Emperor’s mindset had shifted quite a bit, and his acceptance of bizarre things had increased significantly.

If something like a system could exist, then surely there were spirits and magical creatures in the world. Maybe his horse really could cultivate into human form. Perhaps the Vice Minister was interested in a human-beast romance?

Everyone looked at the Emperor in stunned disbelief. Minister Lin now seriously suspected that His Majesty had been influenced by his outrageous daughter.

The Vice Minister abruptly fell to his knees, utterly mortified, and cried out, “Your Majesty! While I do admit I had some selfish motives, they’re not like that! I just wanted to breed the horse! I have a wife and children — there’s no way I would fall for a horse!”

Looking at the Vice Minister in this state, even the Emperor felt a bit embarrassed. Tsk, he’d thought he was about to witness a once-in-a-lifetime legendary romance. Who knew it was just a misunderstanding?

The Crown Prince and the two younger princes looked at their father with incredulous expressions.

The Crown Prince said to his younger brothers in disbelief, “Don’t you think Father’s tolerance for strange things has been growing lately?”

The Third Prince replied, “Yeah, but don’t you think all of us have gotten more accepting too? Like that day when Lord Lin’s rake turned into a person — I was kind of okay with it.”

The Second Prince nodded in agreement. “Right, though I do hope if that rake ever takes human form, it doesn’t model itself after me. Other than that, I’m fine with it.”

Minister Lin, who had overheard their conversation: … You’re all insane. Every last one of you has lost it!

Privately arranging to breed the Emperor’s horse was still a crime, but seeing how the Vice Minister had almost been falsely accused of something so serious, the Emperor forgave him — and even assigned professional breeders to help with the task.

Whether or not that counted as a blessing in disguise… well, it probably did.

Meanwhile, our dear Lord Lin was galloping through the woods on her pig.

The system shouted excitedly: [Over there, over there! There’s a pheasant over there!]

[Right side, right side! There’s a wild boar to the right!]

Lin Mo: !!! What did you just say!?

Before she could react, she heard a thundering sound — like a beast charging through the forest.

Lin Mo and her rake fell silent for a moment. Then she smacked the rake’s rump and yelled, “Rake, RUN!”

The rake turned and bolted, but it wasn’t fast enough. In no time, the wild boar had caught up.

System: [Don’t worry! That wild boar is in heat. I’ve just activated your full protection protocol! It absolutely won’t be able to hurt you!]

Lin Mo nodded solemnly, though she still felt a little anxious inside.

But in the very next second, she stopped feeling nervous — because in front of her, the two pigs had started going at it.

Lin Mo’s emotions were… complicated.

[System, don’t I kind of look like a third wheel standing here right now?]

The system was silent for a few seconds, then said: [Yeah, kinda. The wild boar is male, and your pig is female. Your pig actually seduced it. Impressive!]