Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 112
[Chapter 112 The Concubine is Confused]
It will be New Year’s Eve in a few days. The fact that Wenchangbo’s son died was soon drowned out by the New Year’s celebration and no one mentioned it.
It snowed all night in the capital yesterday, and the snowflakes were still fluttering the next morning.
In the morning, the people swept the snow in front of their doors into a pile, and the children built snowmen on the roadside. Occasionally, someone was playing snowball fights, and a snowball was accidentally thrown at a passerby, and a group of children screamed and scattered. In
the Yishu Academy, the students had already had a holiday a few days ago. Only students who lived in the capital would occasionally come to the academy.
In the Tianzi Courtyard, Zhao Lingyin and Princess Minghe had been waiting for Lin Xiu for half an hour.
Princess Minghe said, “He won’t not come today, will he?”
Zhao Lingyin shook her head and said, “I don’t know, he didn’t say it yesterday.”
Lin Xiu has always been very punctual. I don’t know if he forgot today, and he didn’t come to the Yishu Academy to practice with them.
In the martial arts academy, on the training ground, Xue Ning’er wore a snow-white coat and kept rubbing her hands. Her little face was already red from the cold, but she still hadn’t waited for the person she wanted to see.
Changchun Palace.
The imperial concubine held her pet and leaned against the palace gate. She looked towards the palace gate from time to time, and her eyes gradually became lost. She murmured, “It’s already this hour. He shouldn’t come again today…”
Outside the city.
At the foot of a certain mountain, a mound of earth rose up.
In front of the mound, there was a wooden tablet with the words “Tomb of the commoner Chen Yu” written on it.
The heavy snow was still falling, and a layer of snow soon fell on Lin Xiu’s head and shoulders.
Chen Yu’s hometown was in Jiangnan. When she was a child, she was sold out by her parents. Except for the madam of the brothel, she had no relatives and friends in the capital.
According to the practice of the Qingli Division, unclaimed bodies would generally be thrown into mass graves and hastily buried. If there was silver and money on the body, the kind-hearted constables would buy them a straw mat. If not, they would just dig a pit and bury it.
The madam of Pinfang Pavilion had some conscience. She took her body from the Qingli Division and buried her here.
Not far from her grave, there was a winding stream, and Yunshan Mountain was in the distance. It was winter now, and the sky and the earth were all white, but in spring, when the ice and snow melted, there would be a beautiful picture of mountains and clear waters.
When the old Wangtou and his daughter died, Lin Xiu did not have any deep feelings except sympathy and injustice.
But Chen Yu’s death touched Lin Xiu deeply.
Even if they had only met three times, without her, there would be no Lin Xiu now.
She saved Lin Xiu’s life.
So Lin Xiu would personally attack Zheng Jian in the Qingli Division.
He really felt bad if he didn’t kill the murderer who forced her to death.
Her wish was just to be an ordinary person, but they didn’t even give her such a chance.
Lin Xiu stayed in front of this new grave for a long time, carefully cleared the weeds in a radius of three feet, and placed a bunch of freshly picked plum blossoms on the grave before leaving with the old beggar and the peddler.
Shortly after the three of them left, a row of new footprints suddenly appeared on the snow, extending from behind a tree by the stream to the grave.
A plum blossom fell from the plum branch that Lin Xiu placed in front of the grave and floated to the top of the tombstone.
…
Yishuyuan.
Princess Minghe frowned at Lin Xiu and said dissatisfiedly, “Where have you been? You didn’t come or tell us, and made us wait for you here for so long.”
Lin Xiu apologized, “Sorry, something happened temporarily. We can start now.”
In the past, he and Princess Minghe would practice dual cultivation in the morning. It was already afternoon, even past the usual time to go to Changchun Palace. The imperial concubine and the little guy might also be waiting for him.
After practicing dual cultivation with Princess Minghe, after walking out of her courtyard, Zhao Lingyin asked Lin Xiu, “What happened?”
Lin Xiu asked, “What happened?”
Zhao Lingyin said, “Your face is full of things.”
Lin Xiu almost forgot that Lingyin had the observation ability of a secret detective. Princess Minghe couldn’t see that he was worried, but she couldn’t hide it from Lingyin.
Lin Xiu asked, “Do you remember the girl Haitang we met yesterday?”
Zhao Lingyin glanced at him and said, “Of course I remember. Did you go to take care of her tofu shop?”
Lin Xiu shook her head and said, “She’s dead.”
Zhao Lingyin was stunned for a moment, and then said in disbelief, “How is this possible? We saw her yesterday!”
Lin Xiu said, “It was not long after we saw her…”
After briefly telling Zhao Lingyin about what happened yesterday, Zhao Lingyin clenched her fists and said, “Good kill, people like this should be killed!”
Lin Xiu said, “Yes, that girl is really a chivalrous woman. Some people cannot be punished by the law, and she will take them away.”
Zhao Lingyin showed guilt on her face and said to Lin Xiu, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said that yesterday…”
Lin Xiu patted her head gently and said, “It’s a great virtue to know your mistakes and correct them.”
If it was any other time, Lin Xiu dared to do this to her, Zhao Lingyin would definitely give her a clean shoulder throw in return, but today, Zhao Lingyin endured it.
She used to live in a well, and it was Lin Xiu who let her see the whole picture of this world.
This time, let’s forgive him for the time being.
After leaving the Yishu Academy, Lin Xiu did not go to the Martial Arts Academy to practice.
You can choose not to practice martial arts, but you can’t miss watching the Imperial Concubine.
Of course, this time, he didn’t go empty-handed.
He brought a pot of wintersweet to the Imperial Concubine, which was carefully selected from the flower and bird market in Dongcheng. There are many flowers planted in the small garden of Changchun Palace, which shows that the Imperial Concubine is a flower lover.
But in winter, the flowers in the garden are all withered. The last time Lin Xiu went to Changchun Palace, she noticed this.
She was bored in the palace on weekdays, and she could also cultivate her mood by playing with birds and raising flowers.
In fact, Lin Xiu has seen so many concubines in the palace. The Imperial Concubine should be the loneliest one among them.
Lin Xiu has also thought about the reason.
Among the concubines in the harem, except for the newcomers who have just entered the palace, everyone else has children. When Lin Xiu was making ice in the harem, those little princes and princesses made a lot of trouble for him. Lin Xiu was almost annoyed to death, but he couldn’t say that he couldn’t scold.
At that time, his favorite places to go were Changchun Palace of the Imperial Concubine and Qianqiu Palace of the Shu Concubine.
The palaces of the Queen and Consort Xian were too depressing, and the palaces of the other concubines were too noisy. Only the Imperial Consort and Consort Shu were quiet.
Of course, noise is not always a bad thing.
With children around, at least you won’t feel lonely.
Although Consort Shu has no children, Li Baizhang often goes to Qianqiu Palace to see her, and the Dog Emperor also often goes to Qianqiu Palace, so she certainly won’t be lonely.
Imperial Consort is different. Although she is one of the most favored concubines in the harem, she has no children and is only accompanied by a spiritual pet.
Lin Xiu can send her other things, but he can’t do anything about the child.
No, he has the ability, but I think the Dog Emperor won’t agree.
So Lin Xiu can only go to see her by himself.
In Changchun Palace, the Imperial Concubine was carefully pruning the branches of flowers while saying, “I thought you wouldn’t come today.”
Lin Xiu stood beside her and said, “Something delayed me this morning, please forgive me, Your Majesty.”
The Imperial Concubine rolled her eyes at him and said, “What’s the blame? If you have something to do, just do your own thing. Nannan has been very well behaved these days, so you don’t have to come to see her every other day. Just come once every ten days or half a month.”
Lin Xiu smiled slightly and said nothing.
What’s so good about the little thing? Although it is much smarter than other animals, it is equivalent to a five or six-year-old girl in human beings. It is heartless. As long as you feed it, give it water, play with it and talk to it, it will have no worries.
On the contrary, it is the Imperial Concubine herself who needs Lin Xiu to think more about her.
Seeing that Lin Xiu didn’t speak for a long time, the Imperial Concubine began to get nervous.
He wouldn’t listen to her and really come once every ten days or half a month in the future, right?
The Imperial Concubine regretted it now. Why did she say that just now?
What if Lin Xiu really didn’t come in the future?
Her mind was in a mess, and her hands were also in a mess. She almost cut off a branch that should not be trimmed, but she pretended to be calm and said, “It’s not ten days or half a month, at most five days, no, three days…, or two days, I’m worried that Nannan is not used to it, you can see that Nannan likes you very much…”
Lin Xiu smiled and said, “Then I’ll come every two days, after all, the queen’s pet is important.”
Lin Xiu didn’t stay in Changchun Palace for long today because the nanny from the Empress Dowager’s palace came to Changchun Palace to invite the Royal Concubine to come over. The Empress Dowager was the Royal Concubine’s grandmother. It was because of her protection that no one dared to mess with the Royal Concubine in the palace.
Not long after, in Wanshou Palace.
The Empress Dowager looked at the Imperial Concubine who came in from outside, and a smile appeared on her wrinkled face. She said, “Daughter is here, come to the Imperial Grandmother…”
The Imperial Concubine walked to the Empress Dowager, held her hand, and said shyly, “So many years have passed, and the Imperial Grandmother still calls me by my nickname…”
The Empress Dowager patted her hand and smiled kindly, “Even if many years have passed, you are still the Imperial Grandmother’s daughter.”
…
After leaving the palace, Lin Xiu saw that it was still early, so he walked towards the Qingli Division.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly frowned and looked behind.
There was no one there except the old beggar and the peddler.
Lin Xiu turned his head, and after walking a dozen steps, that feeling appeared again.
He turned around again, and there was still nothing behind him.
The old beggar looked at him and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Lin Xiu thought for a moment and said, “Why do I feel like someone is following me?”
The old beggar glanced at him and said, “Someone is following you, how could the two of us not notice it? Are you questioning our professionalism?”
Lin Xiu shook his head. Behind him was the imperial palace, and there was indeed no one in the middle. Because he had to be on guard against the prince’s assassination every day, he became a little suspicious.
Not long after the three of them left, a light exclamation came from somewhere in the void behind them.
“You are very alert. You even sensed me…”
I’ll post the only draft I have saved to make up for everyone’s hurt hearts. The previous chapter was the theme of the first volume, and there will be no similar plots later.
(End of this chapter)
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