Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 23
[Chapter 23 Sense of Security]
Outside Ruidong Palace, Lin Xiu suddenly had an idea. He already had the ability of ice. If he had the opportunity to copy Princess Minghe’s ability, would these two powers conflict in his body, allowing him to experience the two extremes of ice and fire?
At present, this is just an idea. Lin Xiu has no chance to try, and he dares not try.
At this time, Li Zongguan said to Lin Xiu: “Mr. Lin, we have been to the palaces of the Queen and the four concubines. Next, I will take you to the residence of the nine concubines…”
Lin Xiu’s face was pale, and he said to him weakly: “Li Zongguan, to be honest, these five palaces have squeezed me dry. I don’t have any energy left in my body now.”
Li Zongguan patted his head and said: “It’s all my fault. How could I forget this matter.”
As he said, he took out a jade box made of white jade from his sleeve. He opened the jade box and took out a transparent crystal the size of a grain of rice from the box and handed it to Lin Xiu.
After Lin Xiu took it, he carefully looked at the object in his hand. It was a diamond-shaped transparent crystal that looked smaller than a grain of rice. Thinking of the record he had read in the book, Lin Xiu was surprised and said, “Is this the Yuan Crystal?”
The magic is not exclusive to humans. Other races in this world, as well as some animals, also have special abilities.
People call animals with special abilities alien beasts. Yuan Crystal is the crystal of Yuan force in the body of alien beasts. For humans, this crystal can be used to restore Yuan force or to help the ability awaken again. The
Yuan Crystal in Lin Xiu’s hand is colorless and transparent, and it is obviously only from the lowest-level alien beast.
He held the crystal in his palm and felt a heat coming from his palm. When he stretched out his palm again, the colorless diamond-shaped crystal had disappeared without a trace.
At the same time, the Yuan force in Lin Xiu’s body, which had been exhausted, became extremely full again.
Lin Xiu originally had some complaints in his heart. After all, he was about a few hundred taels of silver every day. Now he was summoned to the palace by the emperor without any reward. No one would be willing to do it.
Unexpectedly, although there was no silver for working for the emperor, there was an unexpected gain.
Yuan Jing couldn’t help him awaken immediately, but the process of exhausting Yuan Li and then replenishing it instantly was originally a process of cultivation. Originally, this process was very slow. With Yuan Jing, the recovery of Yuan Li could be completed in an instant. The effect of this Yuan Jing was no less than Lin Xiu’s one day of hard practice. In
addition to a queen and four concubines, the emperor of Daxia also had concubines, imperial concubines, beauties, and talented people. Although the quotas of these concubines were not as many as those of the queen and the four concubines, they could squeeze Lin Xiu dry several times more.
Fortunately, there were Yuan Jings to recover. One Yuan Jing was equivalent to one day of his cultivation. He wished that the emperor had more concubines so that he could have more Yuan Jings.
Although he was tired, Lin Xiu was still in a good mood after wandering around the emperor’s harem for half a day.
The huge harem, from concubines to palace maids, was a first-class beauty, spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, each with its own characteristics. Even though Lin Xiu was knowledgeable and immune to beauties, he had to admit that wandering around the emperor’s harem was really pleasing to the eyes.
Today, Lin Xiu had two deepest feelings.
First, the Emperor of Daxia is a complete young wife control.
He has seen at least 20 concubines today, and none of them is under 30 years old. Of course, Lin Xiu is not saying that young wives are not good, but all concubines are of the same type. Wouldn’t he be tired of it?
Second, and the most important point is that the emperor can really do whatever he wants.
As long as he likes a woman, he can summon her into the palace and make her his concubine. This makes Lin Xiu very envious. This is not just galloping on horseback. The largest horse farm in Daxia is owned by his family.
The emperor has too much power. As long as he says a word, countless women will rush to throw themselves into his arms.
As long as he says a word, Lin Xiu will have to give up his business of hundreds of taels of silver every day and come to the harem to have sex with his concubines for free, without paying a penny.
Even more than the harem, after serving the concubines in the harem, Lin Xiu was taken to the central palace and began to make ice endlessly. The ice produced here was first sent to the imperial study, and later awarded by the emperor to some princes and nobles…
He completely regarded Lin Xiu as a tool.
It was not until it was completely dark that Lin Xiu was released from the palace.
Although he was busy all day and was drained of his Yuanli countless times, his gains were also huge.
Lin Xiu counted and found that he had consumed a total of fifteen Yuan crystals today, which was almost enough for his half-month practice. This kind of good thing, Lin Xiu wished that every day would have it.
But…
Lin Xiu looked up at the already dark night sky. Since the assassination, he would rush home before dark every day. If Sun Dali hadn’t been waiting for him at the gate of the palace, Lin Xiu would be in great danger if he went back like this.
After excluding the suspicion of the Zhao family, the identity of the person who ordered the assassination of Lin Xiu that night was already very clear.
Either he had a deep hatred with Lin Xiu, but Lin Xiu didn’t know it, or he was someone who wanted to marry Zhao Lingjun.
As long as Lin Xiu died and the engagement between the two families was cancelled, they would naturally have a chance.
However, there were countless people in Wangdu who wanted to marry Zhao Lingjun, and Lin Xiu could not accurately lock on a specific target.
Just as he was hesitating whether to go back by himself, a familiar fragrance came from behind him. Lin Xiu turned around and saw a figure walking towards him from the palace wall.
“Lingyin?”
“Why did you come out just now?”
Lin Xiu didn’t see Sun Dali here, but saw Zhao Lingyin.
“Your Majesty just let me out of the palace.” Lin Xiu explained, and asked tentatively: “Are you waiting for me here?”
Zhao Lingyin didn’t look at him, but just said lightly: “Let’s go, I’ll take you home.”
This simple sentence made Lin Xiu feel extremely safe. A grown man actually had to rely on a woman to give him a sense of security, which made Lin Xiu blush a little.
Zhao Lingyin handed over another wooden box.
Lin Xiu took it casually and asked: “What is this?”
Zhao Lingyin said: “The reward for the Zhaiyue Tower.”
Lin Xiu didn’t expect that after he went to the palace, she actually went to the Zhaiyue Tower for him. However, this money had nothing to do with him, and he couldn’t take it even if he was shameless. Lin Xiu handed the wooden box back and said: “This money should be…”
Before he finished speaking, Zhao Lingyin waved her hand and said: “Family, don’t worry about these things.”
At this point, Lin Xiu could only accept the silver silently.
There was an unquestionable determination in her words. If she said no, she would definitely not take it. Lin Xiu sighed in his heart. He could only make up for the favor he owed her this time slowly in the future.
But then again, Lin Xiu lacked everything in his previous life, but not money. After living two lives, this was the first time he experienced the feeling of being a gigolo.
No wonder there are so many young white faces willing to be kept by older rich women. It should be said that gigolos are really delicious…
Lin Xiu and Zhao Lingyin were walking on the street. There was still some time before the curfew, and the street was still very lively. When passing by a wonton stand on the street, Lin Xiu couldn’t help but stop.
He had been in the palace for a whole day and had only eaten a few cakes brought by Eunuch Li. He didn’t feel anything just now, but when he smelled the fragrance of wontons, he couldn’t move any more.
Lin Xiu sat down at the wonton stand and said, “Boss, give me two bowls of wontons.”
Zhao Lingyin stood behind him and said lightly, “I don’t want any.”
Lin Xiu didn’t even turn his head and said, “I know you don’t want any. I’ll eat two bowls by myself. I haven’t eaten much all day today. I’ll go back when I’m full. You sit here and wait for me…”
Lin Xiu always thought that the food at the roadside stalls was very good, cheap and delicious, and most importantly, it was filling. A meal at the Zhaiyue Tower would easily cost tens or even hundreds of taels of silver, which was too far from his consumption concept.
He had too much money to spend, and he would not waste it in such a place.
The wontons at the stall had thin skin and lots of stuffing. Lin Xiu ate two large bowls in a row, which made the wonton lady smile. Her customers were usually peasants, and it was the first time that a young man dressed so elegantly ate wontons here. This was undoubtedly the greatest recognition of her craftsmanship, so the wontons she made for him had more meat stuffing than others.
Lin Xiu ate two bowls of wontons and spent only ten coins. He and Lingyin walked home leisurely, thinking that it was all to digest the food.
Walking on the streets of the royal capital, Lin Xiu suddenly asked, “Lingyin, what kind of person is your sister?”
Hearing the word “sister”, Zhao Lingyin’s eyes showed a glimmer of light, and said, “She is the best person in the world, and you are not worthy of her now.”
Lin Xiu could see that this little girl seemed to have some sister-love complex, but she was also telling the truth. Her sister was the pride of Daxia, and Lin Xiu was indeed not worthy of her now. The
Lin family was not far from decline, and even those powerful families that were equally declining would probably not be willing to marry their daughters to him.
The Zhao family was still willing to acknowledge the engagement of that year, which was already considered to be of high moral character.
As for the matter of the fiancée, Lin Xiu did not continue to ask. At the moment, the Zhao family seemed to really regard him as a prospective son-in-law, and his parents were also very happy. No one cared about his opinion as a party concerned.
Presumably, the darling daughter of the Zhao family is also very troubled by this marriage. After all, this is a matter between the two of them. Lin Xiu is a person with little influence. He plans to wait until she returns to the capital to meet with her and jointly persuade the two families to cancel this marriage that should not exist.
The way back to the Lin Mansion is very long. The two chatted intermittently. Most of the time, Lin Xiu was talking, and Zhao Lingyin occasionally replied.
At this time, just a hundred feet behind the two, there were two figures who had followed them all the way.
At a certain moment, the two stopped and one of them said, “The woman has been by his side. It seems that we can’t do it tonight.”
The other snorted coldly and said, “It’s all because of Shadow’s last alarm, which made them more defensive. It should be unlikely to do anything to him during this period. We can only find an opportunity later…”
I can’t sleep in my bed, so I’d better update.
(End of this chapter)
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