Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 109
[Chapter 109 What’s wrong with letting the imperial concubine take advantage of you?]
In the Imperial Study, Emperor Xia glanced at Lin Xiu and asked, “Oh, so you are willing to marry Zhao Lingjun?”
Lin Xiu said sincerely, “Who in the capital doesn’t want to marry Zhao Lingjun, and I am no exception.”
Emperor Xia smiled and said, “In that case, I am relieved.”
Then he waved his hand and said, “Go away. When Zhao Lingjun comes back, I will personally grant you marriage.”
Lin Xiu cursed the dog emperor in his heart, but a look of gratitude appeared on his face. He said, “Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. I will take my leave…”
Watching Lin Xiu walk out of the Imperial Study, Emperor Xia said, “He is more shameless than I thought.”
Zhu Jin thought Seeing Lin Xiu’s expression just now, he nodded and said, “I have never seen such a shameless person.”
Emperor Xia said again, “But is it really that terrible to marry my daughter?”
This time, Zhu Jin did not answer, but changed the subject and said, “Your Majesty, should we remind him about what happened just now? Just in case…”
Emperor Xia nodded and said, “Although I believe he is not a talkative person, it is not easy to use secret agents for this matter. It happens that there is a place where he can be used. You go and tell him…”
When Lin Xiu was about to leave the palace, he realized that Emperor Xia didn’t seem to say anything about the bun shop just now. Did he forget it?
As soon as this thought came up, someone strode up behind him.
Zhu Jin walked up to Lin Xiu and said, “Today…”
Lin Xiu said decisively, “I left home today and went to the Yishu Academy to practice. I don’t know anything about the incognito visit, the bun shop owner, or the hand-in-hand incident…”
Zhu Jin nodded with satisfaction, and then said, “His Majesty likes the buns from that shop very much. He doesn’t want anything to happen to the shop. The Secret Investigation Department can’t intervene in this matter. His Majesty means that you should take care of it on weekdays…”
Lin Xiu said “Pooh” in his heart.
What does His Majesty like to eat the buns from that shop? What he likes to eat is the buns from the proprietress!
LSP!
The fewer people who know about the emperor going out of the palace to pick up widows, the better. He has accidentally boarded a pirate ship. Lin Xiu could only nod helplessly and said, “I know…” As soon as Zhu
Jin left, Lin Xiu saw Princess Minghe with an angry face at the gate of the Central Palace.
Princess Minghe looked at Lin Xiu and said angrily, “I heard what you said to my father just now. Am I so unbearable? What do you mean by those words!”
The relationship between Lin Xiu and Princess Minghe is no longer the same as it
used to be. They used to be enemies who disliked each other.
Now they are dual cultivation partners who meet every day.
In front of her, Lin Xiu said whatever he wanted. He sighed and said, “Your Highness should know that my words are not directed at you. People say that they would rather marry a beggar than a princess. It’s better for me to die than to be a prince consort…”
“I don’t care!” Princess Minghe glared at him and said, “Anyway, I heard you say bad things about me. Unless you give me a bottle of perfume like the imperial concubine, I will not forgive you!”
After going around in circles, Princess Minghe still coveted his perfume.
After considering, he nodded and said, “Okay, but you have to wait a while. It takes time to mix the perfume.”
Princess Minghe finally smiled and said, “Since you are so sensible, I will forgive you this time.”
Lin Xiu had experienced how difficult Princess Minghe was. If he didn’t agree to her, she would not give up easily.
It was originally a special supply for the imperial concubine. There was no plan to mass-produce it. If it was given to Princess Minghe, it had to be given to Lingyin. If it was given to Lingyin, Lingyin’s mother had to give a bottle as well, otherwise it would seem that he was not filial.
They all had one, so Xue Ning’er must have one too.
Then he had to give Caiyi a bottle as well?
It seems that the next batch of perfume will have to be made a few more bottles.
Lin Xiu originally planned to go directly to the martial arts academy, but when he thought about how the imperial concubine heard that he was injured yesterday and immediately asked Linglong to go out of the palace to see him, it would be better to go to Changchun Palace first to report to the imperial concubine that he was safe.
When he arrived at Changchun Palace and was taken to the palace by Linglong, Lin Xiu found that there was another person here today besides the imperial concubine.
Lin Xiu was no stranger to this young woman. He had seen her before when he was making ice for the palaces. She was also a concubine in the harem and had just entered the palace. She seemed to be the daughter of the Minister of Rites.
Lin Xiu clasped his fists and said, “Greetings to the Imperial Concubine, and to the Noble Lady Wang.”
Seeing other concubines in Changchun Palace, Lin Xiu was a little surprised. There were many concubines in the harem, and naturally they formed small groups. Some were headed by the queen, and some were led by Concubine Xian. Those concubines and noble ladies also had their own small circles.
The Imperial Concubine had always been alone in the harem, and she intimidated the concubines with her reputation as a tigress. No other concubines had ever approached her.
As if she saw Lin Xiu’s doubts, the Imperial Concubine said, “If it weren’t for Concubine Wang who took out the Buddhist beads prepared for the Empress Dowager on the night of the birthday banquet of the Empress Dowager, I would not have been able to help the little girl of the Xue family. Speaking of it, you also owe Concubine Wang a favor.”
Lin Xiu knew that there was such an inside story. She bowed to Concubine Wang again and said, “Thank you, Concubine Wang.”
Concubine Wang smiled and said, “I didn’t do anything. If you want to thank someone, thank Concubine Gui.”
Giving the Buddhist beads to Concubine Gui was the most correct thing she did.
Everyone in the harem knows that she is protected by the Imperial Concubine. All the little bitches who bullied her and snatched her palace position in the past have come to her to apologize one by one. This is something that no amount of Buddhist beads can replace.
Lin Xiu doesn’t need to be so polite to the Imperial Concubine.
It’s useless to say thank you verbally. He
always takes practical actions to treat the Imperial Concubine. The Imperial Concubine didn’t participate in the harem fights and never formed a small circle. For him, she even broke this rule. This made Lin Xiu feel that he was not good enough to the Imperial Concubine.
At this time, Wang Guiren looked at the Imperial Concubine and asked, “I wonder what kind of perfume you use? It smells much better than the perfume bags worn by the concubines like me. I also want to ask the palace maids to buy some…”
The Imperial Concubine took a crystal bottle from the table beside her and said, “What I use is not perfume.”
She opened the stopper of the crystal bottle. After Wang Guiren smelled it, her eyes lit up and she said, “That’s the smell. Imperial Concubine, what is this and where did you buy it from?”
The Imperial Concubine was a little proud and said, “This thing is called perfume, and it can’t be found anywhere. There are some for sale.”
She glanced at Lin Xiu and said, “If you have extra wine after mixing it in the future, give one bottle to Concubine Wang. After all, she has helped you.”
Lin Xiu said, “Of course. I am planning to mix a few more bottles recently.”
When the Imperial Concubine heard that he had such a plan, she said, “Remember to leave two more bottles for me. I will not take advantage of you. I can pay you silver. However, please don’t set the price too high. My annual palace allowance is only 800 taels…” The
Imperial Concubine said this in a polite way. She was so good to her, so what’s wrong with letting her take advantage of her?
However, is the Imperial Concubine’s annual palace allowance so little? Only 800 taels, not enough for him to sell a few bottles of wine.
No wonder she always rewards him with used jewelry, because she is also short of money.
How could Lin Xiu let the Imperial Concubine be short of money?
He thought for a while and said, “Your Majesty, I have an idea. Since you like this kind of perfume so much, I think the women outside should be no exception. There is a huge business opportunity here. I plan to open a shop specializing in selling this kind of perfume. Your Majesty can invest some money in it. Then, you can get a share of the profits from the shop every month.”
The imperial concubine’s beautiful eyes lit up and she said, “That’s a good idea. In the past two days, several concubines have asked me what kind of spices I use…”
Soon, her eyebrows were furrowed again, and she said, “However, it’s the end of the year, and I’ve almost spent all my money this year. It seems that there is only less than a hundred taels left. Is this silver enough?”
Lin Xiu smiled and said, “That’s not a problem. I can lend you ten thousand taels first, and when the store makes a profit, I can deduct it from your dividends…”
The imperial concubine felt that something was wrong at the first moment, but she couldn’t tell what was wrong.
Thinking of what Linglong said, he almost lost his life outside again this time, the Imperial Concubine looked at him and warned: “Why do you always encounter such life-threatening dangerous things? You should be more careful in your daily work, don’t always be careless, and make me worry about you.”
Lin Xiu said with shame: “Thank you for your concern, Imperial Concubine, I understand.”
Today, there are outsiders in Changchun Palace, so Lin Xiu can’t stay for long. She chatted with the little guy for a while and left the harem.
It was not until Wang Guiren left that the Imperial Concubine recalled what happened just now and realized something, saying: “Oh, that’s not right, the silver he lent to me, isn’t it still his silver…”
Just now, she was confused by Lin Xiu, and now she figured it out. It seems that from beginning to end, she did nothing, didn’t spend a tael of silver, but she opened a store for nothing and received monthly income…
How can there be such a good thing in the world?
The exquisite little palace maid covered her mouth and chuckled, “My lady, the young master is deliberately letting you take advantage of him. He is so good to you. In this way, our monthly allowance for Changchun Palace will be much more…” I
was called up early in the morning to do nucleic acid testing, and I wrote this by the way. The second update will be later, probably around twelve o’clock.
(End of this chapter)
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