Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 181

[Chapter 181 Emperor Xia’s Worry]

In recent days, the children of the powerful families in the capital have suddenly become honest.

They are no longer seen molesting women and bullying the people on the streets, and the number of reports received by the Qingli Division has also dropped sharply.

After the news of Zhang Jing’s assassination, these powerful children finally began to be afraid.

Counting carefully, how many sons of these powerful families have died in the past year, from the first-class barons to the first-class dukes?

Even the sons of the Zhang family can’t escape death, let alone them?

If they continue like before, perhaps, one night, they will die quietly in their own homes.

There is no doubt that there is a powerful assassin hiding in the capital, watching their every move. Zhang Jing was killed by him within two days of robbing the woman. Who will be the next one to die in his hands?

Lin Xiu has been very busy these days.

Busy selecting a concubine for the dog emperor, and busy with his marriage to Caiyi.

When he married Zhao Lingjun last time, all matters were handled by the Ministry of Rites. This time, he did it himself. Only by doing it himself can he know how tedious these things are.

Zhang Jing’s death has almost subsided.

Zhu Jin only looked for Zhao Lingjun once, and no one has bothered her for this matter since then.

After learning that she was the top of the Tianjiao list, Lin Xiu finally understood why she could be so domineering.

Although Daxia is a powerful country, she is the only one in the top ten of the Tianjiao list. She is not only the face of the Daxia Dynasty on the mainland, but also related to national interests.

These interests include the qualification to hunt exotic beasts, the ownership of unowned areas outside the territory of some countries, the distribution of minerals, and the time to practice in the extremely cold and hot places shared by all countries. These must be won through the competition.

The resources of the mainland are limited, but the demand for resources by various countries is unlimited. In the past, various countries relied on wars to fight for resources, but now they rely on geniuses.

Not to mention that she didn’t kill Zhang Jing, even if she really killed Zhang Jing, no one can judge her.

Unless he wants to go against the whole country.

This world is so cruel and realistic, strength is accompanied by power.

Zhang Jing has the support of the Zhang family and can decide the life and death of the people at will.

But his life and death are also in the hands of a stronger person.

To this day, Lin Xiu is no longer the son of the little third-class earl who can be bullied by anyone. He no longer needs to rely on the imperial concubine or borrow the prince’s knife to protect the people around him.

Today is the day of the selection, and the selection will take place in the palace. Lin Xiu and the doctor of the Ministry of Rites sat in a side hall in the central palace and said to the eunuch beside him: “It’s almost time, we can start.”

The eunuch hurried out, and soon a girl walked in from outside the hall.

The girl looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, and was pretty and charming, with a dignified and elegant manner. The doctor of the Ministry of Rites flipped through the list and nodded and said, “The daughter of the new Earl of An, she has a good appearance and good manners. Lord Lin, do you want to keep this girl?”

Lin Xiu took a look and found that the girl was not very happy after hearing what the doctor of the Ministry of Rites said. Instead, a trace of sadness appeared in her eyes. He waved his hand and said, “What’s the use of being beautiful? She is too thin and unqualified. Next one…”

Hearing this, the girl looked at Lin Xiu with gratitude and slowly retreated.

This girl actually fully meets the requirements of the draft, but Lin Xiu saw that she was reluctant, so he did not force her.

Not all women want to enter the palace. Maybe they have their own sweethearts and are forced to participate in the draft under pressure. Let her go. Anyway, this is not the type that the dog emperor likes.

Of course, there is another very important reason.

The dog emperor is in his early forties, and this little girl is only sixteen or seventeen. He really can’t bear to see such a young girl being ruined by him.

The doctor of the Ministry of Rites felt that Lin Xiu was a bit picky, but he didn’t say anything. His Majesty gave him the task of the selection envoy, which showed that he was his Majesty’s trusted confidant. In the matter of the selection, it was right to listen to him.

The doctor of the Ministry of Rites took a look at the second woman who came in, frowned, and said, “The sister of the loyal and brave earl, 32 years old, has not been married at 32 years old, she is too old, the next one.”

Lin Xiu coughed lightly and said, “She stays.”

The doctor of the Ministry of Rites was stunned and hesitated, “Lord Lin, this…”

Lin Xiu said, “Just do as I say.”

The dog emperor gave him the task of the selection envoy just for this moment. First there was the pretty widow, and then there was this selection. If she was eliminated, the position of the doctor of the Ministry of Rites would be over.

In the morning, Lin Xiu met dozens of girls and finally kept more than a dozen.

Those who looked reluctant and had no smile on their faces were not accepted. Those who looked excited and excited and wanted to enter the palace right now, Lin Xiu mostly let them pass.

They themselves were willing to be abused by the dog emperor, and he did not stop them.

The doctor of the Ministry of Rites looked at the dozen people selected by Lin Xiu, and finally could not help but said: “Lord Lin, this is to select concubines for His Majesty, not for you to take concubines. You can’t just follow your preferences. Look at the girls you selected. Aren’t they too old? If His Majesty blames me…”

Lin Xiu waved his hand and said: “If His Majesty blames me, you can say that I had to choose like this.”

He secretly decided in his heart that he would never do this kind of job next time. He obviously liked the imperial sister, but he ended up with the name of Cao thief for nothing.

Soon, the voice of the eunuch sounded outside: “The Queen is here, the Imperial Concubine is here…”

The Queen is the master of the harem. After the preliminary selection of the girls, the final number will be decided by the Queen.

Lin Xiu and the doctor of the Ministry of Rites walked outside the hall and bowed and said: “Greetings to the Queen, greetings to the Imperial Concubine.”

The Imperial Concubine glanced at Lin Xiu with her eyes rolling.

The Queen asked, “Is the preliminary selection of concubines over?”

The doctor of the Ministry of Rites said, “Your Majesty, it’s over. A total of fifteen beauties have been selected and are waiting in the side hall.”

The Queen Mother said calmly, “Let’s go and take a look.”

The fifteen beauties stood in a row in the main hall. After the Queen Mother walked over, she glanced at them and frowned.

More than half of these fifteen beauties should be over 25 years old. Although they are all pretty, they all have big breasts and fat buttocks and lack the manners of a palace concubine.

Especially when they are compared with the imperial concubines around her, one is a graceful and elegant imperial concubine, while the others are like village girls.

She glanced at Lin Xiu and the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, thinking that the official in charge of the selection this time must have some special hobbies, but she didn’t say anything. According to etiquette, she had no power to decide the preliminary selection of the beauties.

After letting these beauties walk around the palace twice, the queen selected five younger ones whose temperament and manners met the requirements and said, “Keep these five, and send the others out of the palace.”

At this time, the imperial concubine, who had never spoken, said, “I think she’s not bad either.”

Lin Xiu raised her eyebrows and finally understood where the dog emperor’s confidence came from.

It turned out that the imperial concubine was also his backup.

The Queen looked at the figure pointed by the Imperial Concubine, frowned and said, “Are you serious, Imperial Concubine? This woman is too old and has no manners at all. I even doubt whether she has learned the etiquette of the palace.”

The Imperial Concubine said, “Your Majesty asked me and the Queen to select the concubines together this time. If the Queen wants to make a decision alone, she should have told me earlier and I would not come. Why make this extra trip?”

The Queen looked at the Imperial Concubine, and after a moment of silence, she said, “If the Imperial Concubine likes her, keep her.”

In the harem, her biggest rival was the Concubine Xian. The Imperial Concubine had no children and never fought for her. She had no conflicts with her. She didn’t have to go against the Imperial Concubine on these trivial matters.

In this way, out of the dozens of concubines in this selection, six were finally selected into the harem.

After that, there was nothing for Lin Xiu to do.

After confirming the number of concubines, the Empress returned to the palace. When the Imperial Concubine passed by Lin Xiu, she glanced at him. Lin Xiu always felt that she wanted to say something, but the doctor of the Ministry of Rites was still beside him, so the Imperial Concubine just glanced at him and left.

Before leaving the palace, Lin Xiu first came to the Imperial Study to report to Emperor Xia.

At this time, there were other people in the Imperial Study, and Lin Xiu waited outside first.

Not long after, a figure walked out of the Imperial Study. Lin Xiu glanced at the man, and the two looked at each other. A hint of strangeness appeared in the middle-aged man’s eyes, and then he flew away.

Lin Xiu had met this man once. The last time, it was also here. He took Zhang Jing away in front of Emperor Xia.

As an emperor, his woman was almost defiled, but he could only watch the murderer being taken away. In Lin Xiu’s eyes, it didn’t matter if he was not an emperor.

Zhu Jin came out and said to Lin Xiu, “Your Majesty wants you to go in.”

At this time, a figure also came from a distance. Behind the Concubine Shu were two palace maids holding trays. Concubine Shu said to Zhu Jin, “I have made some ginseng soup for your Majesty to nourish his body.”

Lin Xiu bowed and said, “Greetings, Concubine Shu.”

Concubine Shu nodded and walked into the imperial study. Lin Xiu followed her in.

Bang!

In the imperial study, Emperor Xia’s face was livid. He threw the teacup to the ground fiercely and said in a cold voice: “I am not dead yet, but you have set your sights on military power, under the pretext of clearing out the remnants of the Tiandao League. Zhang Jing’s death has given them a good excuse…”

Concubine Shu walked forward with a bowl of ginseng soup and said: “Your Majesty, calm down. This ginseng soup has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving fire. Your Majesty, drink a bowl.”

While Emperor Xia was drinking the soup, Lin Xiu said: “Your Majesty, the selection has ended. A total of six beauties have been sent to the harem. Everything went well.”

Concubine Shu was here, so he couldn’t say it clearly. He believed that Emperor Xia could understand.

Emperor Xia was still very relieved that Lin Xiu was doing things, but thinking of Zhao Lingjun, the Lin family would definitely become a more powerful existence than the Zhang family in the future.

He thought that their relationship as husband and wife would be like water and fire, but judging from the two times Zhao Lingjun helped him, things didn’t seem to be what he thought.

This made him feel a little worried.

Emperor Xia looked at Lin Xiu and said, “Lin Xiu, to be fair, how do you think I treat you?”

Lin Xiu didn’t know why he said that, so he said, “Not bad.”

“Not bad?” Emperor Xia was slightly stunned, and said angrily, “Within a year, I promoted your father’s title three times. I asked the court to arrange your wedding for you, and gave you two houses worth 200,000 taels. I asked secret detectives to protect the women you kept outside. Is this okay?”

Lin Xiu had no choice but to say, “Your Majesty has been very kind to me. I should repay your Majesty with a grass ring.”

Emperor Xia was puzzled and asked, “What grass and what ring?”

Lin Xiu explained, “It means that I am grateful to your Majesty and will never forget it until I die. If I have the chance, I will definitely repay your Majesty…”

Emperor Xia looked at him and said, “I don’t want you to repay me. As long as your Lin family becomes strong and doesn’t do ungrateful things, I will be satisfied.”

Lin Xiu knew what Emperor Xia meant.

He meant that he should not learn from the Zhang family, who were lawless and didn’t even take the royal family seriously.

I don’t know if forcing him to depose the crown prince and establish the King of Qin as the heir is considered ungrateful. The crown prince’s ascension to the throne seems to have been strongly supported by the Zhang family. In this respect, there seems to be no difference between him and the Zhang family…

Concubine Shu’s eyelids drooped slightly, put away the soup bowl, and said softly: “Your Majesty, I will return to the palace first…”

The train of thought is a little unsound, and the second update should be very late.

(End of this chapter)