Chapter 516 Extra: The Fortune of Grand Tutor Liu is Raided
"Shut up! What right does a woman like you have to question the Emperor's decree?" Upon hearing his precious daughter's words, Grand Tutor Liu immediately told her to shut up.
Although he told his daughter to shut up, he made no move to shovel the snow, remaining leisurely in his armchair, sipping his tea.
"Dad, am I wrong? Or do you want to sweep the streets too?"
"You are the Grand Tutor and the Emperor's teacher. Wouldn't it be beneath your dignity to sweep the streets?"
When Liu Ruyi thought about how her marriage had been delayed because of the emperor, she wanted to go against Xiao Jingchen.
"Who said I was going to sweep the streets?" Unlike his daughter, Liu Taifu was not anxious. Instead, he pulled his fur cloak tighter around himself, closed his eyes, and began to doze off.
"Dad, if you're not sweeping the streets, how much money are you planning to donate?" Liu Ruyi looked at her father. If he wasn't sweeping the streets, was he planning to donate money?
Xiao Jingchen has always looked down on her, refusing to let her become the empress or take her into the palace as a concubine, and he doesn't want to give her a single penny.
“Our family has been honest and upright for generations. We have no money. We ourselves are dressed in rags…” Grand Tutor Liu said shamelessly.
Seeing her father's calm and composed demeanor, Liu Ruyi stopped worrying and instead sat by the charcoal fire to warm herself and read a book…
Lin Luoxi's people had seen everything at Liu Taifu's house and reported it to Lin Luoxi.
"What a generation of incorruptible officials..." Lin Luoxi heard her subordinate report and a cold smile appeared on her lips.
"Your Majesty, I'm going to..." She handed the broom to Xiao Jingchen, a playful smile playing on her lips, and disappeared into the alley.
"Your Majesty, what is she doing?" Ji Feng, holding a broom, approached Xiao Jingchen and asked gossipily.
"Let's teach those parasites a lesson..." Seeing Lin Luoxi leave, Xiao Jingchen was in a good mood and started cleaning with the palace servants.
Lin Luoxi's quintuplets were diligently sweeping with brooms when they saw their mother leave. The five little ones exchanged glances.
He handed the broom to the palace maids beside him and quietly followed them.
The palace maids assumed that Xie Zhili and the others were just tired from sweeping and needed to rest, so they took the brooms without thinking much of it.
"Mother, Mother, wait for us..." Xie Zhili and the others used their fastest speed ever to catch up with Lin Luoxi, who was on her way to do something naughty.
"What are you guys doing here?" Lin Luoxi, who was flying on the rooftop, heard Xie Zhili and the others' voices and turned to look at them.
"Of course, I'm going with Mother to do something big..." Xie Zhili stared at Lin Luoxi with wide eyes.
"Mother, don't leave us. We can help." Xie Zhiyan stepped forward and hugged Lin Luoxi's leg affectionately.
“Mother, many hands make light work. We will definitely not be a burden to you.” Xie Zhiheng had a shrewd and calculating air about him, much like Master Shanhui.
“Yes! Mother, if there’s anything you can’t move, we’ll help you…” Xie Zhichu’s words were practically telling everyone that they were off to rob and plunder.
"Mother, let's go together, we're sure to find even more good things..." Xie Leyao patted her chest and promised.
"Okay, come along if you want!" Li Ruoxi agreed, looking at the five clever and mischievous children in front of her.
Even if she doesn't agree, these five children will definitely give up easily and will surely follow her secretly. It's better to keep these five children in front of her and keep them under control.
"Yay!" The five children were excited after getting Lin Luoxi's permission and followed her quietly into the Grand Tutor's mansion.
"Mother, should we leave them some, or leave them nothing?" Xie Zhili asked Lin Luoxi in a low voice when they arrived at their destination.
“Well, since he said his family has been honest and upright for generations, let’s leave them some food and something to keep them warm. Take away anything else they shouldn’t have…” Lin Luoxi thought for a moment and nodded, feeling that it made a lot of sense.
“Okay, I understand…” With Lin Ruoxi’s instructions, the five children began to move around the Liu Grand Tutor’s mansion.
Lin Luoxi was unaware that her five children were no ordinary creatures; not only did she have a storage space, but these five children also had storage space.
The storage space for these five children was all created by Lin Luoxi's single space; it was prepared for them even before they were born.
The five children saw vases, fabrics, food, clothes, and valuables, including gold and silver jewelry. They left some for Liu Taifu and his companions, and took everything else.
This raid revealed a surprising fact: Lin Luoxi and her five children discovered that the Grand Tutor's mansion was incredibly wealthy.
Children have a natural sense of mechanism, and Xie Zhili and his friends managed to find them whether they were hiding in a mouse hole or a doghouse.
Lin Luoxi was even more ruthless; she robbed all the spare beds and bedding in the Grand Tutor's mansion, leaving them with only enough for one bed each.
When the six people gathered, everyone had gained a lot.
"Let's go!" Lin Luoxi put the children into her spatial storage, glanced at the almost empty house, and blatantly flew over the heads of the patrolling guards, heading back towards the palace.
"Xiao Jingchen, these are all things I donated for snow removal and to those disaster victims. You can decide what to do with them yourself."
"I still have some warm clothes at home. I'll have the housekeeper bring them over when I get back."
Lin Luoxi threw a bundle, which was bigger and heavier than herself and wrapped in a quilt, in front of Xiao Jingchen.
"Yes, Princess Changping is truly wise and righteous." Xiao Jincheng naturally knew where these things came from, but he didn't say anything and accepted them with a smile.
Lin Luoxi only gave Xiao Jingchen the valuables and let him handle them. As for the bedding and other items she had taken in, she would have the housekeeper send them over after she got back.
Looking at the copper coins and broken silver on the ground, Xiao Jingchen had them counted and distributed the money to the people sweeping snow on the street.
Ji Feng distributed silver to the people who were shoveling snow on the streets of the capital and who had warm clothes at home.
For those people who didn't have warm clothes at home, Jifeng arranged for people to deliver warm clothes to them.
The people looked at the money and clothes in their hands, thanked Ji Feng and his team, and said they would come back to sweep the streets again tomorrow.
Ji Feng told them that the clothes were donated by the Emperor and Princess Changping.
Upon hearing this, the common people knelt down in unison toward the imperial city, shouting "Long live the Emperor! Long live Princess Changping!"
At this time, the Meng family.
“Father, I think this is a good opportunity to win people’s hearts…” The mature and steady Meng Huai’an said to his parents, who were sitting at the head of the table, from the lower seat.
“Yes, the reason why our Meng family has been able to stand strong for a century is also closely related to the charity work we have done. Now that the country is in trouble, we should do our part…” Father Meng nodded, indicating his agreement with Meng Huai’an’s proposal.
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