Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 26
[Chapter 26 The Imperial Concubine’s Reward]
In Changchun Palace, the Imperial Concubine smiled and took the pet back into her arms, then asked Lin Xiu, “You cured my beloved baby. Tell me, what reward do you want?”
“It is my honor to help the Empress solve her problems. I don’t want any reward.” Lin Xiu glanced at the little palace maid kneeling on the ground and said, “Since the pet is fine, I ask the Empress to forgive her.”
The Imperial Concubine glanced at Lin Xiu and said, “You, an outsider, dare to meddle in the affairs of this palace.”
Then, she changed her tone and said, “But I am happy today, so I will forgive her this time. You go to make ice. It’s almost hot in the palace…”
Not long after, Lin Xiu was pulled aside by Li Zongguan. Li Zongguan lowered his voice and said to him, “You are so bold that you dare to interfere in the affairs of the Imperial Concubine and dare to put forward conditions to the Empress…”
Lin Xiu knew that Li Zongguan was thinking about him, so he smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Li Zongguan, I won’t do it again in the future.”
In fact, he just saw that the little palace maid was cute and couldn’t bear to see her being caned.
Men always have some sympathy for women, not to mention that Lin Xiu was very sure about this matter.
If he wanted, he could become an excellent veterinarian.
It is easy to treat people, but it is not easy to treat animals, because a normal person can describe where he is uncomfortable, how long it lasts, and describe the specific condition to the doctor.
But animals cannot. They are like babies who have just been born and cannot speak yet. They cannot communicate and exchange ideas. How to diagnose depends entirely on the doctor’s experience. This is also an important reason why pediatric treatment is difficult.
After helping the little palace maid, Lin Xiu began to concentrate on making ice. After a while, a figure trotted over from the palace. It was the little palace maid who was almost punished just now. The little
palace maid’s face was flushed. She held a very beautifully carved wooden box with both hands and handed it to Lin Xiu, saying, “This is a reward from the imperial concubine.”
Then, she stuck out her tongue and whispered, “Thank you just now.”
Lin Xiu smiled and said, “It’s just a little help.”
He took the wooden box with one hand, and the other hand was still on the ice mold. He continued to use his energy, which made his forehead ooze out a layer of fine sweat. The little palace maid saw it and quickly took out a handkerchief from her arms and carefully wiped it for Lin Xiu.
She wiped her sweat while looking at Lin Xiu, then her face turned red, and then she put away her handkerchief and ran away in a hurry.
Lin Xiu couldn’t help laughing, and the little girl was still a little shy. She had to admit that his appearance was still very attractive to girls.
If a man is rich, generous, and handsome, he can become a sea king without any effort. Lin Xiu was able to thrive in his previous life and gallop on a horse, half of which was due to money and the other half to his face.
When making the last piece of ice for Changchun Palace, Lin Xiu suddenly noticed a commotion behind him. He turned his head and saw the pet of the imperial concubine, the little thing that looked like a cat, flapping its wings and slowly flying towards him.
It flew in front of Lin Xiu and stopped, and asked excitedly: “Human, can you understand what I say, otherwise how do you know that there is a thorn in my foot?”
Lin Xiu pretended not to understand and didn’t intend to respond to it at all.
He already has the ability of ice. If people knew that he also understood animal language, he might be caught and sliced for research. Throughout history, no one has ever possessed more than two abilities.
Although it cannot communicate with human language and cannot transmit such precise information, even if it knows, it cannot tell others, but it is better to be safe than sorry. Lin Xiu stared at it blankly and continued to play dumb.
“So he can’t understand.”
“It’s so boring. What kind of place is this? There is no one who can talk to me…”
“Father, mother, I miss you…”
…
In the eyes of Li Zongguan and others, it was just the pet of the imperial concubine. It flew to Lin Xiu, called “meow” and “meow” a few times, and then flew back.
Lin Xiu silently urged his Yuanli, thinking.
All countries on the mainland have the habit of keeping this rare spiritual beast as a pet, and where there is demand, there is a market. Every year, many spiritual beasts are taken away from their habitats by humans and brought to human countries for sale. This spiritual beast should be the same.
Judging from the few words it just said, it seems to have a high status in their tribe.
Although Lin Xiu felt sorry for it, he couldn’t do anything. After making ice for Changchun Palace, he left.
What he didn’t expect was that a figure was standing at the gate of the palace, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.
The girl in a light yellow dress smiled at him and said, “Mr. Lin.”
Lin Xiu said in surprise, “Miss Shuangshuang is waiting for me here?”
The girl nodded, and then asked curiously, “I want to ask Mr. Lin, how do you know that the imperial concubine’s pet was pricked by a thorn?”
Lin Xiu smiled and said, “As long as you observe carefully, you will know that the spirit beast is shaking all over, but one leg is shaking more, so I guess it should be that leg that is injured.”
“I see.” The girl seemed to understand something, and then said, “Mr. Lin is very observant, Shuangshuang is far inferior to you.”
Lin Xiu said, “Miss Shuangshuang, there is no need to be modest. Medical treatment is different from medical treatment of animals. Pet animals are like young children and cannot communicate, so diagnosis and treatment are extremely difficult. I just raised cats before and understand their habits. I also guessed it by accident.”
Hearing Lin Xiu’s words, the girl’s eyes lit up and said, “Mr. Lin is right. If I could understand the words of young children and pet animals, diagnosis and treatment would become very easy. Fortunately, Mr. Lin is so careful, otherwise That little maid will be punished.”
Then, she asked again: “Just now, Master Lin said that you also know medical skills?”
Lin Xiu said embarrassedly: “I have learned a little, of course there is no way to compare with Miss Shuangshuang.”
Bai Shuangshuang blushed and said quickly: “I just rely on my special ability. I am far less careful than you. If Master Lin studies medicine, he will definitely do better than me.”
Lin Xiu was worried that he had no chance to get closer to her, and heard the words: “Although I want to learn, there is no one to teach me. If I have any questions in the future, can I ask Miss Shuangshuang?”
Bai Shuangshuang didn’t think too much and nodded, “Okay, okay, I’m sometimes in the Yishu Academy, and most of the time I’m in the Imperial Hospital. If you have any questions, you can come to me.”
She had a good impression of Lin Xiu. First of all, his handsome appearance made it difficult for people to have a bad impression. Just now, he risked offending the imperial concubine for an unrelated little palace maid, which also made her look at him differently.
Lin Xiu smiled and clasped her fists, saying, “Thank you, Miss Shuangshuang.”
Then, Lin Xiu said goodbye to her on the grounds that she had something to do.
Since seeing Miss Shuangshuang’s ability, Lin Xiu has made her a friend.
Although Lin Xiu has no experience in making friends, he has a lot of experience in making girlfriends. One method can lead to all methods. “Friend” and “girlfriend” are only one word apart, and the methods should be similar.
According to Lin Xiu’s experience in making a girlfriend, this kind of thing needs to be done step by step, and can’t be rushed. The first step is to establish a good impression, and then continue to cultivate feelings.
Afterwards, Lin Xiu went to the palaces of the empresses in each palace in order.
Xianfei, Shufei, Defei, and then some lower-ranking concubines and noble ladies…
When passing by Ruidong Palace, the little maid told Lin Xiu that Ruidong Palace did not need ice today, which made Lin Xiu feel relieved.
He and Princess Minghe had opposing abilities, and when they met, he would want to fight her to decide the winner. Lin Xiu could restrain this instinct, but he didn’t know if Princess Minghe could restrain it.
If the two of them fought, he would be 80%, no, 100% no match for her.
Others have been on this road for many years, and Lin Xiu, a rookie who had practiced for less than a month, was several levels behind her.
At this time, in Ruidong Palace.
The maid named Cai’er said to the girl in red skirt on the swing: “Princess, that Mr. Lin is a very good person. I heard that if he hadn’t pleaded for Linglong in Changchun Palace just now, Linglong would have been beaten with a stick…”
The girl in red skirt sneered and said lightly: “He doesn’t even know the character of the tigress, but he dares to plead for her. This time he is just lucky, and next time he may not be able to protect himself.”
The imperial concubine is famous in the harem. Even the queen has to give her three points. Only the princess dares to call her “tigress”. Cai’er stuck out her tongue and dared not answer casually.
… It
was not until the sky darkened that Lin Xiu dragged his tired body out of the palace.
Except in Qianqiu Palace, the concubine sent a little maid to deliver a cup of tea. Lin Xiu didn’t even drink a sip of water all day, but he absorbed more than a dozen low-level Yuan crystals.
These two days in the palace were almost equivalent to Lin Xiu’s previous month of practice, and the Yuan force in his body more than doubled.
For a magician, Yuanli is the source of his ability, and the body is the container for storing Yuanli. The process of cultivation is actually the process of expanding the container. The more Yuanli this container can hold, the stronger the magician’s ability will be.
At the gate of the palace, a figure was still waiting for him.
Lin Xiu walked over and asked, “How long have you been here?”
“Just arrived.” Zhao Lingyin didn’t even look at Lin Xiu, and said lightly, “Let’s go, I’ll take you back.”
The five words “I’ll take you back” made Lin Xiu feel at ease. This damn sense of security…
Lin Xiu thought of something, took out a wooden box from his sleeve and handed it to her, saying, “This is for you.”
This was a reward from the imperial concubine. Lin Xiu opened it and looked at it. Although the imperial concubine had a bad temper, she was really generous. If this thing was sold, it would probably cost at least hundreds or thousands of taels of silver.
Zhao Lingyin opened the wooden box and found a very delicate gold hairpin inside. The hairpin was carved with patterns and the head of the hairpin was a peacock with its wings spread out, which was as thin as a cicada’s wing and lifelike. When it was taken out of the box, the peacock’s wings trembled gently, as if it was about to fly into the sky.
Even Zhao Lingyin was amazed when she saw the hairpin. Whether it was workmanship or design, the hairpin was top-notch and not something that ordinary people could own.
If it was sold, I wonder how many young ladies and ladies in the royal capital would go crazy.
This was a very precious gift, so precious that Zhao Lingyin had to wonder if Lin Xiu had ulterior motives.
She frowned and asked, “Why are you giving me this?”
Lin Xiu explained, “It was given to me by the Imperial Concubine. It’s a woman’s thing and I don’t need it. My mother is old and it’s not appropriate for her to wear it. I just gave Sister Yue one a few days ago, and after thinking about it, I can only give it to you. You’ve helped me so much in my cultivation, and you helped me make ice in Zhaiyue Tower. This is my way of repaying you.”
He glanced at Zhao Lingyin, thought for a while, and asked, “What are you thinking about? You don’t think…”
Zhao Lingyin immediately denied it, “No, it’s just that this gift is too valuable and I can’t accept it.”
Lin Xiu said straightforwardly, “Forget it, I’ll give it to someone else later.”
He reached out to take back the wooden box, and Zhao Lingyin shook her wrist, and the wooden box disappeared into her sleeve.
She glanced at Lin Xiu calmly and said, “Who else do you want to give it to? Don’t forget that you are engaged to your sister. I’ll keep it for her first and give it to her when she comes back.” “
I didn’t say I was going to give it to her…”
“Then who do you want to give it to?”
Lin Xiu’s eyelids twitched, and she saw out of the corner of her eye that her fist was clenched. She immediately said, “Just a joke. There’s no reason to take back something that has been given away. This thing has already been given to you. What you want to do with it is all your business…”
(End of this chapter)
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