Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 101
[Chapter 101 Just One Word from You]
Changchun Palace.
Lin Xiu walked in dejectedly, and the little guy flew into his arms. He didn’t want to talk to it. The Imperial Concubine was eating grapes. She glanced at Lin Xiu and asked, “You don’t want to marry the proud daughter of the Zhao family. Is it because of the little girl in the Xue Mansion?”
Lin Xiu shook his head.
“Is it because of Shuangshuang?”
Lin Xiu continued to shake his head.
“Or is it because of the girl in Lihuayuan?”
Lin Xiu shook his head again.
“Do you have other girls that I don’t know about?”
…
Lin Xiu hurriedly explained, “Your Majesty misunderstood. I just don’t want even the important matter of marriage to be arranged by others. It is a very sad thing to marry someone you have only met a few times and have no feelings for.”
The Imperial Concubine had already picked up a grape with a toothpick. Hearing this, her hand movement paused and she slowly put it back.
她的情绪不知为何低落下来,然后对林秀说道:“这件事情,牵扯到陛下对权贵的制衡,本宫也帮不了你。”
林秀不想把自己的情绪带给别人,笑了笑,说道:“王都想娶赵姑娘的人,能从皇宫排到城门口,怎么看都是我占了便宜,仔细想想,还挺开心……”
他不再提起此事,转而逗弄起怀里的小家伙,陪它说了一会儿话,听它讲述以前在森林里的生活,然后问了问它,最近想吃什么东西,为它制定好食谱,便离开了长春宫。
路过瑞冬宫门口的时候,一道身影忽然从宫中飞出来,抓着林秀的手腕,将他拽了进去。
躲在门后的小宫女,立刻将宫门关上。
林秀看着抓着他手腕的明河公主,心中大惊,她不会是反悔了,想要把他抓进来揍一顿吧?
Lin Xiu hurriedly said, “Your Highness, you said that our previous grievances are written off…”
Princess Minghe glanced at him and said, “Don’t worry, I’m not here to cause you trouble today. Have you found that when we touch each other, the bottleneck of our abilities will be broken?”
Lin Xiu said, “I found it, so what?”
Princess Minghe glared at him and said, “Stupid, this means that we can practice more time every day and make faster progress in practice…”
Lin Xiu was stunned for a moment and pretended to be surprised and asked, “Really?”
At this moment, Princess Minghe was still holding Lin Xiu’s hand. Lin Xiu was actively copying her abilities. He was originally worried that the two powers of ice and fire would be incompatible in his body, but the facts did not seem to be the case.
The two powers existed in his body at the same time, without infringing on each other, and he did not feel any discomfort.
In this case, wouldn’t it be wonderful to copy her abilities by the way?
Princess Minghe’s ability is still very important to Lin Xiu.
This ability is of the Heavenly Rank, and it is one of the easiest Heavenly Rank abilities to practice. It does not require any mysterious ice. It can be practiced by lighting a fire, and it can double his practice speed.
Princess Minghe held Lin Xiu’s wrist and said, “Don’t move. Let’s see how long this situation will last.”
Lin Xiu also said, “Okay, Your Highness, don’t let go.”
A quarter of an hour passed quickly.
Neither of them expected that this situation could last so long. However, for a quarter of an hour, the two of them just stood there without saying anything. The atmosphere was a little awkward. In the end, Princess Minghe spoke first and asked, “Hey, do you really not want to marry Zhao Lingjun?”
She must have been eavesdropping again. Lin Xiu asked back, “Do I have a choice?”
Princess Minghe said, “No.”
She looked at Lin Xiu with pitiful eyes and said, “Let me tell you, that woman is boring, even more boring than Zhao Lingyin. She practices all day long. There is no meaning at all. You might as well marry Xue Ning’er. Xue Ning’er is better than her…”
Lin Xiu said helplessly, “Princess, we agreed that we won’t do this in the future…”
He didn’t provoke Princess Minghe at all this time, but every word she said pierced his heart.
“Forget it, forget it. Let’s not talk about her.” Princess Minghe said, “I just heard my father say that you have a good talent for martial arts. I know you gave in to me last time. Can you tell me how you practiced?”
Princess Minghe has a strong talent for the art of martial arts. Like Lingyin, she has awakened her abilities four times before she was fifteen years old. However, their martial arts skills are only at the lower level of the Xuan level, which is only considered to be a medium level in the martial arts academy.
It’s not that they don’t have a talent for martial arts, but most of their time is spent practicing the art of martial arts. It’s not easy to have such a martial arts skill.
Lin Xiu smiled at her and said, “Dean Chen said that this is a talent. If you have it, you have it. If you don’t have it, it’s useless to practice it.”
Princess Minghe was a little depressed. She asked this question, which was indeed a self-humiliation.
At this time, both of them felt that the bottleneck of the ability of the art of martial arts appeared again.
It seems that the contact of ice and fire can only extend their practice time by a quarter of an hour.
This time is not long, nor short.
Using one ability every day has a limit to the increase in energy. Lin Xiu can practice slowly on the black ice bed and reach the bottleneck in one hour, or he can go all out and complete the results of one hour of practice in one or two quarters of an hour.
In the former way, after the practice, he is still refreshed and energetic.
The latter method will overdraw energy and physical strength, and after it is over, one will often feel that the body is hollowed out.
Lingyin used to torture Lin Xiu in the same way.
In other words, if Princess Minghe practices with Lin Xiu, one day of practice is equivalent to the previous two days.
Compared with Lin Xiu’s own basic talent, Princess Minghe’s talent is at least twice his. Her two days of practice are equivalent to Lin Xiu’s four days of practice. This speed is not much slower than Zhao Lingjun. Who among those with supernatural powers does not want to be Zhao Lingjun?
Princess Minghe obviously realized this. There was an excitement in her beautiful eyes. She looked at Lin Xiu with burning eyes and said, “I have an idea…”
Lin Xiu guessed what she wanted to say, but did not agree to her immediately.
He knew that his talent could not be compared with those real geniuses, and he awakened more than ten years later than them. If he wanted to catch up with them in a short time, he could only superimpose his abilities.
He already has ice, thunder, strength, and the fire he just got from Princess Minghe, which means he can practice nearly four times faster. If he practices ice and fire with Princess Minghe, it will only take a quarter of an hour a day, which adds up to five times the speed.
In this way, as long as he practices hard every day, he can awaken again in just over a year. If he can also obtain two earth-level or heaven-level abilities in the meantime, he may be able to break through by this time next year.
Under normal circumstances, with his talent, it takes about six to eight years to go from the lower realm of Xuan to the upper realm of Xuan. Even for talents like Princess Minghe and Lingyin, it takes three to four years.
But he himself now has both ice and fire abilities. Maybe he can do the work of two people by himself, and there is no need to be so troublesome. However, this needs to be verified by Lin Xiu tomorrow to know.
He looked at Princess Minghe and said, “Give me two days to think about it.”
Princess Minghe frowned and said, “This is a win-win situation. What is there to think about?”
Lin Xiu said, “Men and women should not touch each other. I am a very traditional person. It takes some time to accept it…”
Princess Minghe glared at him and said, “Then see you at the library of the Yishu Academy at noon the day after tomorrow.”
…
After coming out of Ruidong Palace, Lin Xiu left the harem.
Not long after, in the imperial study.
Emperor Xia was reading a book. An eunuch walked in from outside and whispered a few words in Zhu Jin’s ear. After a while, Zhu Jin walked up and said, “Your Majesty, Lin Xiu just came out of Changchun Palace and was taken to Ruidong Palace by His Highness Minghe.”
Emperor Xia’s eyes moved away from the color picture of the woman in the book, raised his eyebrows, and asked, “Lin Xiu entered Ruidong Palace?”
Zhu Jin explained, “He didn’t go in by himself, but was caught by His Highness Minghe.”
Emperor Xia was stunned and asked, “Is Minghe really interested in Lin Xiu?”
This matter is really hard to say.
Lin Xiu is a man with rare talent in martial arts. More importantly, he is good-looking and can speak sweet words. He can please the imperial concubine in a few days. Although Minghe is usually rude to men, maybe he is really attracted to Lin Xiu.
If that is true, wouldn’t it be great!
The genius of the Zhao family is devoted to cultivation and stays away from the secular world. If there is no engagement, it seems that she does not intend to get married. As long as he favors the Zhao family more, why worry that she cannot be used by the court?
Even if he issues an order to cancel the engagement, the Zhao family will only be grateful to him.
And if Minghe likes Lin Xiu, he can recruit him as a son-in-law. Such a future martial arts expert will be a member of the royal family. Best
of both worlds, everyone is happy.
Thinking of this, he put away the painting in his hand and said to Zhu Jin, “Let Minghe come to see me.”
Not long after, Princess Minghe walked into the imperial study, bowed, and looked up and said, “What does your father want to see me about?”
Emperor Xia came down, looked at her with loving eyes, and said, “You are not young anymore. Your father is thinking of choosing a son-in-law for you…”
Before he finished speaking, Princess Minghe’s face changed, and she said, “I don’t want to get married yet!”
Emperor Xia smiled slightly, and said, “Listen to what your father has to say first. This man is very handsome and is only two years older than you…”
Princess Minghe said unhappily, “What’s the use of being handsome? My future son-in-law must be stronger than me.” Emperor
Xia smiled and said, “Although his talent in supernatural arts is not high, his talent in martial arts is rare in a century. I’m afraid you are not his opponent now.” Princess Minghe was stunned
for a moment. She didn’t have a high talent in supernatural arts, but she had a rare talent in martial arts. She was very handsome and two years older than her…
Why did this person sound more and more familiar the more she listened to him.
She looked up and asked, “His ability to perform magic is not the same as Zhao Lingyin’s, right?”
Emperor Xia nodded and said, “Yes, I am talking about Lin Xiu, the son of the Earl of Ping’an.”
Princess Minghe was puzzled and said, “But isn’t he engaged to Zhao Lingjun?”
Emperor Xia waved his hand and said, “So what? With just one word from you, I will issue an order to cancel the engagement and let him be your consort…” This
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