Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 108
[Chapter 108 Zhao Lingjun, or Princess Minghe?]
For a moment, Lin Xiu thought he had seen it wrong.
How could the Emperor of Daxia sit here and eat buns?
Not to mention the emperor, even the lowest-ranking third-class earl would not come here.
This is too outrageous.
Maybe, it’s just that the two people look alike?
Lin Xiu’s first thought was indeed like this, but when he saw the white-faced and beardless man standing next to him, Lin Xiu knew that he was not wrong.
It’s not a coincidence that someone looks like the emperor. Even the entourage beside him looks like Zhu Jin, the head of the Secret Investigation Department and the eunuch beside Emperor Xia. After
a moment of panic, Lin Xiu’s heart quickly settled down.
He just pretended that he didn’t see anything, found a seat at the door and sat down, waiting for his buns to come up.
Since Emperor Xia went out of the palace incognito and only brought Zhu Jin with him, it was obvious that he didn’t want people to know. If Lin Xiu stepped forward at this moment, bowed and said “Your Majesty”, wouldn’t it expose his identity?
Any abnormal behavior of his would make the proprietress of the bun shop suspicious.
In just a short moment, Lin Xiu’s mind has been turning over and over.
Needless to say, the chef in the imperial kitchen has great skills. He can eat all kinds of delicacies in the palace, so why would he go out of the palace to eat steamed buns on the roadside?
The drunkard’s intention is not the wine, and the emperor’s intention is not the steamed buns.
Based on Lin Xiu’s understanding of him, the charming proprietress of the steamed bun shop is his target.
He came here to pick up girls incognito.
As expected, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Although Li Baizhang is also lustful, he only dares to talk about it. He is so good, the emperor of a country, actually went out of the palace to pick up widows. If this gets out…
Lin Xiu was suddenly shocked. Did he catch the emperor’s affair?
The steamed buns of the pretty widow still tasted the same as always, but Lin Xiu had no appetite. He just wanted to finish eating and leave quickly. He didn’t want to stay in this place for a quarter of an hour.
At this time, there were only two tables of customers in the steamed bun shop.
There were no more customers to serve, so the proprietress walked over to Emperor Xia’s table and sat down. She looked at him with a smile and said, “Master, you haven’t been here for a long time.”
Emperor Xia put down his chopsticks and said, “I was busy a few days ago, and I will come often in the future.”
The proprietress said happily, “Then I’ll remember it.”
After that, she stood up and started to clean up the store.
She was the only one in the store, and there were many tables left by customers who had not been cleaned up. Seeing this, Emperor Xia also stood up and helped her clean up.
The proprietress quickly snatched the steamer from him and said, “You are a big shot, how can you do such a thing? Let me do it.”
This master has come here many times. Every time he comes, he orders a steamer of vegetarian buns and talks to her. After a while, the two of them have become familiar with each other.
Although he has never said his identity, every time he comes, there is someone following him. He doesn’t say a word, and just stands beside him when he eats. Such a person must not be an ordinary person.
Emperor Xia smiled, snatched the steamer from her hand, and said, “I’m not a big shot, I just run a small business at home, and these jobs are often done at home. The two of us can clean up faster…”
The proprietress blushed, because the man in front of her also held her hand when he snatched the steamer.
She quickly pulled her hand back and said, “I, I’ll go clean up the other table.”
Lin Xiu regretted it now.
Extremely regretful.
Why didn’t he pack up? Emperor Xia and the proprietress were chatting and laughing in the shop, to put it nicely, and flirting, which he couldn’t listen to at all…
Emperor Xia quickly cleaned up Lin Xiu’s table, glanced at him lightly, and asked, “Have you finished eating? If you’re done, leave quickly.”
Lin Xiu felt relieved, drank the porridge in big gulps, picked up the remaining two buns, and said, “I’m done, I’ll leave now.”
After that, he immediately stood up and strode away.
The proprietress came over hurriedly and said, “They are guests, you can’t talk to them like that. Look at you, the guest left before paying…”
Emperor Xia snorted coldly and said, “This boy is lewd and doesn’t look like a good person. Does he come here often?”
The proprietress smiled and said, “That handsome young man comes here often. Judging from his clothes and demeanor, he should be the son of a powerful family. This is the first time I’ve seen a powerful person who likes to eat buns. Don’t those big shots eat shark fins and bird’s nests every day…”
Emperor Xia was slightly angry and said, “He may not like buns. Does he often touch you and speak frivolously?”
The proprietress rolled her eyes at him and said, “What are you talking about? Every time this young man comes, he just eats buns and never takes the initiative to talk to me. How can he speak frivolously? He is still young, how can he like a yesterday’s flower like me…”
Emperor Xia’s expression eased up, and then he smiled and said, “A little guy who hasn’t even grown all his hair, how can he appreciate the beauty of a woman? People like you are in the most beautiful years of a woman’s life…”
…
Lin Xiu walked a long way out of the bun shop before he realized that he had forgotten to pay.
But he finally walked out, so of course he couldn’t go back, and could only wait to pay together next time.
What he saw and heard in the bun shop just now really opened his eyes.
He used to think that Emperor Xia was not serious, but he didn’t expect that he was even more serious than Lin Xiu thought.
Lin Xiu had never heard of an emperor who went out of the palace incognito to pick up widows and collect plates and wash dishes for others. If this were to spread, the court would be in an uproar, and the dog emperor himself would go down in history.
Of course, it was not a good reputation.
After arriving at the Yishu Academy, Lin Xiu was thinking about this matter while practicing with Lingyin and Princess Minghe. It was not a good thing to discover the emperor’s adultery. Although he was unlikely to kill Lin Xiu to silence him, it would not be easy for him to be given a hard time…
When the practice was over and he walked out of the Yishu Academy, the thing that Lin Xiu was most worried about really happened.
Zhu Jin stood at the entrance of the Yishu Academy, smiled at Lin Xiu, and said, “Your Majesty summoned you.”
Lin Xiu sighed, said nothing, and followed Zhu Jin silently.
Princess Minghe was about to return to the palace, but she accidentally saw Lin Xiu following Zhu Jin into the central palace, and she was panicked for no reason: “Why did the emperor summon Lin Xiu? Is he really going to make him a prince consort?”
When Lin Xiu followed Zhu Jin into the imperial study, Emperor Xia had already changed into a dragon robe and stood in the hall with his back to him, so Lin Xiu could not see his expression.
He bowed and said, “Your Majesty.”
Emperor Xia did not turn around, but said lightly, “You have a good idea. Do you think that as long as you show your talent in martial arts, I will be afraid and not allow the Lin and Zhao families to marry? In terms of beauty and talent, how can the Zhao family’s Tianjiao not be worthy of you, so that you want to find ways to cancel the engagement?”
Lin Xiu sighed and said, “Marriage requires an emotional foundation. Your Majesty is the king of a country and has power over the world. How can you know the feeling of marrying someone you don’t like?” As soon as
Lin Xiu finished speaking, Emperor Xia trembled, then turned around and said angrily, “How can I not know? You are not me, how do you know that I don’t understand!”
At this moment, his chest heaved, his forehead veins bulged, and he looked extremely furious.
Lin Xiu’s words revealed the scar that he cared about most.
Seeing this, Zhu Jin hurriedly stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty, calm down, calm down…”
Emperor Xia closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and his angry expression gradually subsided.
He looked at Lin Xiu and said, “In life, many things are beyond your control. You can’t change them, and neither can I.”
After struggling for several times, Lin Xiu had given up and said, “Your Majesty, I will make the decision.”
Emperor Xia glanced at him and said, “Okay, I can understand your feelings. Don’t say that I won’t give you a chance. In addition to marrying the Zhao family’s Tianjiao, you have another choice.”
Lin Xiu’s eyes lit up and he looked up and asked, “What choice?”
Emperor Xia smiled and said, “Princess Minghe has not yet decided on a marriage. If you are willing to be Minghe’s son-in-law, I can issue an order now to cancel your engagement with the Zhao family.”
Lin Xiu was stunned.
Zhao Lingjun, or Princess Minghe?
This is not a multiple-choice question at all.
Even the common people know that it is better to marry a beggar than a princess.
The son-in-law may seem glorious, but in fact he is cowardly. Not only does he not have the dignity of a man, but he also has to apply to the female official for sex, and he cannot take a concubine in his life… At
least Lin Xiu has a wish to marry Zhao Lingjun.
Marry Minghe, no, marrying a princess cannot be called marrying, it can only be called marrying a princess.
If he marries Minghe, he will be really useless.
Lin Xiu was stunned for a long time, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face. He said: “Your Majesty, you think too much. Everyone in the capital says that I am a waste and unworthy of the Zhao family’s genius. I did that in the martial arts academy just to clear my name, not to cancel the engagement. Your Majesty is wise and brave, and you have a keen eye. Don’t listen to the slander of some villains…”
While speaking, he also glanced at Zhu Jin who was standing next to Emperor Xia.
Zhu Jin gritted his teeth secretly and said in his heart: “Bah, so shameless!”
(End of this chapter)
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