Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 146

[Chapter 146 Encounter at the Baozi Shop]

Last night, Lin Xiu only slept for half an hour.

Driven by curiosity, he couldn’t help but take a peek at Zhao Lingjun. Unexpectedly, he was almost caught by her even though they were dozens of feet apart. This really surprised Lin Xiu. With

such a long sensing distance, her strength was even stronger than Lin Xiu expected.

Could she have reached the upper realm of the Earth Rank?

Impossible. Entering the Earth Rank at the age of fourteen was already outrageous enough. Now she was only nineteen years old. How could she not be promoted to the upper realm of the Earth Rank? In the practice of supernatural arts, talent is important, but the accumulation of time cannot be ignored.

Lin Xiu’s own talent is excellent. If he only had one supernatural ability, the end point of his practice would be the upper realm of the Earth Rank.

Lingyin and Princess Minghe have almost twice his talent. If nothing unexpected happens, they can both advance to the Heaven Rank. In the case of dual cultivation, their practice speed has doubled, and the upper limit of their cultivation has also increased a lot. In their lifetime, they may break through to the upper realm of the Heaven Rank.

As we all know, Zhao Lingjun has amazing talent, but after quantification, it is only four to five times that of Lin Xiu, and a little more than twice that of Lingyin and Princess Minghe. This talent is already very amazing, but it is impossible for her to advance to the next level so quickly.

Unless her actual talent is more reserved than what she shows.

This is too outrageous.

Lin Xiu’s pressure also suddenly increased.

While eating in the morning, Zhao Lingyin looked at Lin Xiu and asked in disbelief: “Did you practice all night yesterday?”

Lin Xiu shook her head and said, “No, I slept for half an hour.”

Zhao Lingyin couldn’t imagine that Lin Xiu practiced as hard as she did during the day. At night, she was already very tired, but he still practiced all night. In this way, he only had half an hour to rest every day.

Even if he was not sleepy, could his body bear it?

Zhao Lingyin ate breakfast silently, thinking about what Qin Wan said yesterday. Lin Xiu worked so hard, even crazy, to practice. Was it really because of her sister?

He wanted to prove that he was not weaker than his sister. There were some things that he seemed to not care about, but he actually cared about them.

After dinner, Lin Xiu said to Lingyin, “You go to the Yishu Academy first and tell Princess Minghe that I have something to do during the day and will come back to practice with her later in the afternoon.”

The matter of dual cultivation had to be put aside for now, as he had more important things to do during the day.

After Lin Xiu left, Zhao Lingyin slapped a few banknotes on the table and said to Qin Wan, “I’ll give you this money, you can rent a house by yourself.”

Qin Wan didn’t look at her and said, “Why should I rent a house?”

Zhao Lingyin said, “Don’t you think it’s inappropriate for you, an unmarried woman, to live here?”

Qin Wan glanced at her and asked, “Is it appropriate for you to live here?”

Zhao Lingyin said, “Don’t you care about a woman’s reputation?”

Qin Wan cleaned up the dishes and said, “I don’t have any reputation to begin with. Don’t you all think that Qin Wan is fickle and has been entangled with so many men? But you, a single man and a single woman, living in the same house, and your status is so special, I’m afraid you will be criticized for your human relations…”

“You!”

“Why, am I wrong?”

…

Lin Xiu didn’t know that the house was filled with gunpowder. He waited at the palace gate for a while, and the imperial concubine, the little palace maid Linglong, and Shuangshuang came out of the palace. For

some reason, Zhu Jin was not there today, and was replaced by Li Zongguan, who was also an old acquaintance of Lin Xiu.

Lin Xiu stepped forward and asked, “Li Zongguan, this time when you go out of the palace, the safety of the queen…”

Zongguan Li smiled and said, “Brother Lin, don’t worry, there are more than a dozen secret agents watching in the dark, nothing will happen.”

Lin Xiu reminded him, “Tell them to be more vigilant, don’t let strangers approach the queen, disturbing her interest in going out of the palace.”

Although the imperial concubine did not wear palace clothes and restrained some of her nobleness, even ordinary dresses, worn on her, are so dazzling, plus Linglong, the little palace maid, is cute and lovely, Shuangshuang is pure and cute, don’t meet some blind hooligans or dandies like last time, affecting the mood of the imperial concubine.

After arranging these, Lin Xiu took them to the street with confidence.

Shuangshuang was better. The imperial concubine and Linglong rarely had the opportunity to go out of the palace. Others were village girls entering the city, dazzled, but they were noble ladies leaving the village, and everything they saw was new.

Three beauties, one big and two small, walked on the street. Naturally, they attracted a lot of attention. Some ignorant guys wanted to strike up a conversation with them, but before they could get close, they were taken away by the secret agents hidden around to discuss life.

Women don’t know how to get tired when they go shopping.

The whole main street in front of the palace was walked from beginning to end by them. Lin Xiu also changed from being very interested at the beginning to being bored. Whether in his past life or this life, it was a torture for him to accompany women shopping.

After an unknown amount of time, the imperial concubine suddenly sniffed and said, “What a nice smell.”

After that, she walked towards the place where the fragrance came from.

Lin Xiu also took a few deep breaths. The smell was indeed very fragrant, the same as the steamed buns made by the pretty widow.

Wait!

Lin Xiu was suddenly startled and turned around to look. Isn’t this the street in front of the bun shop?

Lin Xiu wanted to stop the imperial concubine, but it was too late.

She had already walked into the store alone.

In the bun shop, a handsome middle-aged man was holding the pretty widow’s hand and talking.

No one knew what he said, but it made the pretty widow blush slightly, adding a bit of cuteness to her face.

At this time, a figure walked into the store.

The middle-aged man looked back and was stunned.

Standing behind the middle-aged man, a white-faced, beardless man was also stunned.

Lin Xiu, who quickly caught up with him, was also stunned.

Isn’t this a coincidence…

No wonder he didn’t see Zhu Jin today, it turns out that he is here, and the dog emperor is here too.

He went out of the palace to pick up widows again.

The imperial concubine who went out of the palace met the dog emperor

who went out of the palace. The dog emperor was still holding the hand of the pretty widow. I don’t know how he flirted with her just now, and the blush on her face has not completely faded. The scene in front of him made Lin Xiu embarrassed for the dog emperor.

In and outside the store, several figures looked at each other with different expressions.

Both beautiful eyes were slightly stunned, and the pretty faces were shocked.

The exquisite little palace maid widened her eyes and opened her mouth into an “O” shape.

Zhu Jin’s face was bitter, and Li Zongguan lowered his head tightly, his face was pale, his legs were weak, and he could hardly stand…

In

the bun shop, the imperial concubine was also stunned for a moment after seeing this scene, and then a half-smile appeared on her pretty face, and she sat on a chair as if nothing had happened. The

pretty widow didn’t know anything yet. When she saw a customer coming, she quickly withdrew her hand and asked, “What would the customer like to order?”

While speaking, she also looked at the imperial concubine a few more times, thinking that this lady was so beautiful and her temperament was so noble that she couldn’t help but feel ashamed of herself after just one look.

The imperial concubine smiled slightly and said, “I want two buns.”

The buns at the pretty widow’s house are very big, and people with a small appetite can be full after eating two buns.

Lin Xiu walked into the shop with his head held high. Emperor Xia glanced at him, and Lin Xiu spread his hands unnoticed, indicating that it was none of his business.

The pretty widow served the buns to the imperial concubine and said to Emperor Xia, “There is no vinegar in the shop. I will go get some. You help me watch the shop for a while. I will be back soon.”

After that, she went out with a jar.

Zhu Jin walked in front of Lin Xiu and said, “Let’s go out.”

Lin Xiu still wanted to eat a bun, but she had to go out first. It was obviously not the time to eat buns.

Emperor Xia sat opposite the imperial concubine and said awkwardly, “Why did you come here?” The

imperial concubine took a bite of the bun and said, “I came here while walking around. What a coincidence that I can see my brother here.”

Emperor Xia sighed and said, “Tell me, what should I do to keep this from my grandmother?”

The emperor of a country went out of the palace incognito and flirted with a widow from the people. This matter must not be known to anyone. He knew that Lin Xiu would not dare to disclose it, but if she told the imperial grandmother one day, he would definitely be scolded.

The imperial grandmother was always very strict with him.

A cunning look appeared in the beautiful eyes of the Imperial Concubine, and she said, “I want to leave the palace once every two weeks.”

Emperor Xia thought about it for a long time, but reluctantly agreed.

It was actually a troublesome thing for the Imperial Concubine to leave the palace. In order to protect her safety, at least fifteen secret agents had to follow her every time, and no less than five of them were of the Earth Rank. This would put a lot of pressure on the Secret Investigation Department.

And if the court officials knew about it, he would not be able to have peace of mind.

But now that he was caught, he could only agree.

He sighed and said with emotion, “You were like this when you were a child. You always went to complain to your father, mother, and grandmother. I was punished a lot because of you.”

The Imperial Concubine glanced at him and said, “At that time, I could only come to Kyoto once a year. My uncle asked you to take me to visit the capital, but you went to play hide-and-seek with some powerful ladies. Of course, I had to complain about you…”

Thinking of the anecdotes in his childhood, Emperor Xia couldn’t help laughing.

But soon, a trace of melancholy emerged in his heart.

Although those memories were warm, they were more than 20 years ago.

More than 20 years ago, the most playful and freedom-loving little girl can only live in seclusion in the deep palace now.

More than 20 years ago, he wanted to marry none of the powerful ladies.

The pretty widow soon came back jealous and found that the guests had left. There was a person sitting there in a daze, as if he had lost his soul.

She felt a little sour and said, “Huh, are you attracted to that lady just now?”

Emperor Xia came back to his senses and smiled, “What are you talking about? My heart has been filled with you and there is no room for anyone else. I was thinking, it would be great if you could go back with me, so that I can eat the buns you made every day…”

(End of this chapter)