Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 125
[Chapter 125: Granted Marriage]
The first meeting between Lin Xiu and Zhao Lingjun did not cause any waves.
There was no bloody love at first sight, nor did he find her annoying.
Lin Xiu had been assassinated twice. At first he thought it was because of the engagement, but later he found out that the mastermind behind both incidents was the perverted prince.
Zhao Lingjun was indeed a beauty, but not as exaggerated as Lingyin said. Lingyin once said that her sister’s appearance was a hundred times better than hers. In Lin Xiu’s opinion, the two sisters had their own merits and it was difficult to tell who was better.
But Zhao Lingjun had a temperament that Lin Xiu had never seen before.
Lingyin did not have this temperament, Princess Minghe did not have it, Xue Ning’er did not have it, and Qin Wan did not have it.
It was a kind of self-confidence.
Unparalleled self-confidence.
She had the qualifications to be confident because she was Zhao Lingjun, who awakened her ability to the supernatural at the age of five and entered the earth level at the age of fourteen. She was the first genius in the history of Daxia. If she was not confident, who else could be confident?
In addition to self-confidence, Lin Xiu also felt cold.
Lingyin is also a piece of ice, but she is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. Under her serious appearance, she has a hot heart.
Zhao Lingjun’s smile is very contagious and beautiful, but Lin Xiu can feel that under this smile, there is a chill like black ice, which makes people difficult to approach.
When they first met, Lin Xiu just greeted her and didn’t say anything else.
He didn’t know what to say.
On the streets of the royal capital, the figures of the two sisters gradually went away. Xue Ning’er and Li Baizhang had also left long ago. They couldn’t get a free meal, so Lin Xiu shook his head and turned to walk towards the Lin Mansion.
At the same time, in the palace.
Zhu Jin hurriedly ran into a palace in the harem. As soon as he ran into the palace, he shouted loudly: “Your Majesty, great news, great news, the Zhao family’s pride has returned to Kyoto!”
After a while, the disheveled Emperor Xia ran out of the palace. Because the news was sudden, he didn’t even wear shoes. He stood barefoot on the ground and said while putting on his clothes: “You said Zhao Lingjun is back!”
Zhu Jin nodded and said: “Just came back this morning. I just got the news and came to report to Your Majesty.”
Emperor Xia smiled and said: “It’s good that he’s back. Go and find the people from the Observatory of Astronomy to let me calculate the nearest auspicious day. Also, let someone draft an edict immediately. I want to grant a marriage…”
Not long after Lin Xiu returned home, before he had time to tell his parents the news of Zhao Lingjun’s return, several figures strode in from outside. The one
walking in the front was Zhu Jin.
Zhu Jin glanced at Lin Xiu with a half-smile and said, “The emperor has issued an order. The family of Ping’an Marquis should accept it…”
The servants of the Lin Mansion knelt in a row on the ground. The couple of Ping’an Marquis didn’t know what happened yet and stood in the middle of the yard with a blank look on their faces.
Lin Xiu probably guessed something and cursed in his heart, “The dog emperor, is he so impatient?”
Zhu Jin held the imperial edict and read aloud, “The edict says: The daughter of Wu’an Marquis, Zhao Lingjun, is extremely talented, outstanding in appearance, virtuous, gentle and virtuous; the son of Ping’an Earl, Lin Xiu, is of noble character and extraordinary appearance. The two are made for each other and have few marriage contracts. When it is time for them to get married, I will see the beauty of the beautiful woman and grant them a marriage. I will also reward them with a five-story wedding mansion in the east city, twenty maids and servants, ten thousand taels of silver, one hundred pieces of silk… All the ceremonies will be jointly undertaken by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Astronomy. The marriage will be completed on the ninth day of the second month. I respect you.”
After reading it, he glanced at Ping’an Earl and said, “Accept the edict and thank you.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
The couple of Ping’an Earl immediately took the imperial edict, and both of them showed joy on their faces.
It is not common for His Majesty to grant marriages, not to mention that he also gave so many things. Not to mention the maids and servants, silver and silk, the five-story mansion in the east city would not be less than 200,000 taels of silver in the market. His Majesty directly gave them a wedding mansion. What kind of hand is this?
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the wedding of the two was jointly organized by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Astronomy. This kind of regulation is usually only for the wedding of princes and princesses. This is enough to show that His Majesty attaches great importance to them.
Zhu Jin smiled at Lin Xiu and asked, “Mr. Lin, what about you?”
Lin Xiu said expressionlessly, “Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace…”
Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, and the wedding will be held on the ninth day of the second lunar month. There is only less than a month left. Is the dog emperor afraid of the long night and many dreams?
At this time, in the Zhao Mansion, the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict had read the imperial edict and left.
Wu Anhou took the imperial edict and said, “Except for the prince’s wedding, your majesty has never been gracious to others, but this time…, the ninth day of the second lunar month, less than a month from now, is a bit too hasty.”
Zhao Xuan stood behind a woman, looked at her anxiously, and said, “Sister, you can’t marry that guy, he is not a good person!”
From the time the eunuch delivered the imperial edict to the Zhao Mansion until he left, Zhao Lingjun didn’t say anything, and even her expression was as calm as ever.
Wu Anhou looked at her and asked, “Lingjun, what do you think?”
Although this is his daughter, after the age of five, she spent very little time with them, and even she didn’t know her daughter’s mind.
Zhao Lingjun smiled slightly and said, “Since the court will host the wedding, we don’t have to worry about it. This is a good thing.”
She didn’t seem to care about these things. She took Zhao Lingyin’s hand and said with a smile, “Lingyin, let’s go to your yard. Let me see how much you have improved in this year…”
A moment later, in Zhao Lingyin’s yard.
She held the silver spear in her hand and stabbed it out. The tip of the spear left a residual shadow in the air and stabbed straight into the chest of another woman.
Zhao Lingjun stood there without moving. The spear stopped three inches in front of her chest and could not move any further.
Zhao Lingyin used all her strength, her face flushed, and the tip of the spear remained motionless.
She put away the silver spear in a somewhat frustrated manner and said, “I can’t be my sister’s opponent. I can’t even touch you.”
Zhao Lingjun smiled slightly and said, “Your Yuanli has improved more than I expected, and your martial arts is even more unexpected. The spear you just used was already very powerful.”
Zhao Lingyin knew that her Yuanli had improved so quickly because of the ice and fire dual cultivation during this period.
And the improvement in martial arts was entirely due to Lin Xiu. After practicing every day, he would accompany her to practice spearmanship for a while.
At this time, Zhao Lingjun stretched out her hand and beckoned, and the silver spear flew into her hand. She said in surprise, “This spear seems to be made of pure meteorite iron. Where did you get it from?”
Zhao Lingyin said, “It’s Lin… My brother-in-law gave it to me.”
My sister had just come back, and they were only concerned with reminiscing about the past. Now that the topic mentioned Lin Xiu, Zhao Lingyin had countless things to tell her.
She looked at Zhao Lingjun and said, “Sister, you may not know this yet, but he awakened the ice art half a year ago, and his talent in the art is not low at all. Not only that, his talent in martial arts is even higher. He just entered the martial arts academy and was admitted to the Tianzi Academy…”
Zhao Lingjun smiled and listened to her quietly.
When it comes to Lin Xiu, Zhao Lingyin seems to have endless topics to talk about. After half an hour, she stopped talking because she was a little thirsty and said to Zhao Lingjun, “In fact, he is not as bad as people outside say. Although his ability awakened a little late, his talent is higher than mine. Sooner or later, he will catch up with me. By the way, the gold hairpin and jade bracelet I gave you were also given to you by him…”
Zhao Lingjun looked at the jade bracelet on her hand and shook her head and said, “He has never seen me before, how could he give it to me?”
Zhao Lingyin smiled embarrassedly and said, “Actually, I asked him to keep it for you. Sister, you don’t know that Lin Xiu is a good person in every way. The only shortcoming is that he is too popular with women. There are always many women around him. After you get married, you have to keep a close eye on him…”
Zhao Lingjun smiled and said, “You seem to know him very well.” Zhao Lingyin
curled her lips and said, “Of course, during the days when you were not in the royal capital, I helped you keep an eye on him every day. Otherwise, he would have been deceived by some women with bad intentions…”
(End of this chapter)
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