Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 51
[Chapter 51: Night Banquet]
After returning to the Lin Mansion, Lin Xiu locked himself in the room, sat alone at the table, and was silent for a long time. The
first-class marquis’ mansion is too big for the current Lin family to provoke.
To confront them head-on is like hitting a rock with an egg.
Not long ago, Lin Xiu could still protect himself with the job of making ice in the palace, but now, he has lost even the last support.
Fortunately, even if the Lin family has declined, they are still powerful and noble. Even the Yongping Marquis dare not attack him blatantly. From the things of Qin Cong, Tianxianglou and Wang Wei, it can be seen that they are still very cautious about doing things in public. Lin Xiu only needs to beware of their small actions in secret.
After thinking this through, Lin Xiu was no longer worried.
The enemy hiding in the dark is the most terrible. Now that he has figured out their identities, he can slowly look for opportunities to kill them.
The next day, after breakfast, Lin Xiu took Sun Dali and Da Huang out of the Lin Mansion.
Lin Xiu did not tell the couple of the Earl of Ping’an about the plot against him by the Yongping Marquis’ Mansion, because even if he told them, it would only increase their worries.
Lin Xiu himself was confident that he could handle this matter well.
And he already had a complete plan in mind.
The most important thing at the moment was Xue Ning’er’s birthday.
Xue Ning’er’s ability was to fly,
and Lin Xiu was determined to acquire this ability. It was not just to fulfill his childhood dream of flying. The ability of flying was a more special one among many supernatural abilities. Before the fifth awakening, this ability was manifested in being able to ignore gravity and fly in the air.
But after the fifth awakening, this ability will undergo a qualitative change.
Specifically, it will change from suspending oneself to suspending everything, that is, from “flying” to “controlling things”.
These are two completely different abilities. If Xue Ning’er can awaken her own abilities five times, her ability will evolve from the “flying” of the Xuan level to the “control” of the Tian level.
Flying is only a Xuan level ability, but control is a Tian level.
At that time, she can not only make herself fly, but also make others fly.
Although the people in this world have not yet understood the concept of “gravity”, they have obviously understood the horror of this ability, otherwise they would not have listed it as a heavenly level.
It happened that Lingyin was not here. In this month, he had to practice hard and strive for the second awakening, and then get Xue Ning’er’s ability as soon as possible, otherwise when Lingyin came back, she would drain all his energy every day, and then he would not be able to do anything.
In order to quickly improve his relationship with Xue Ning’er, Lin Xiu spent a lot of time on the gift he was about to give her at this birthday party.
…
It was night.
The sky had completely darkened, and the entire kingdom was shrouded in the night. The poor families who had no money to light candles had already rested, but the Xue Guogong Mansion was still brightly lit.
Carriages and sedan chairs were parked on the streets on both sides of the Xue Mansion, like a long dragon, from the beginning to the end of the street, which was spectacular.
Today is the eighteenth birthday of Xue Ning’er, the granddaughter of Xue Guogong. The pomp and circumstance of the Duke’s Mansion is even greater than the eightieth birthday of some elders of large families.
Tonight, all the people who came to Xue’s house were well-known and famous people in Wangdu. On weekdays, some minor nobles that most people had to look up to did not even have the qualifications to attend the banquet tonight. The
Xue’s mansion was prosperous. In the third generation, there were more than ten male descendants, but only one girl. Therefore, Xue Ning’er was doted on since she was born. Some people took the opportunity of her birthday banquet to present generous gifts to curry favor with the Xue family.
“Young Master Wei He of Yongchun Marquis’s mansion, present a pair of jade ruyi!”
“Young Master Shen Yun of Julu Marquis’s mansion, present a jade pipa.”
“Miss Chen Peipei of Chen’s mansion, present 10,000 taels of silver.”
…
At the gate of the Duke’s mansion, there was a housekeeper who was responsible for receiving gifts. While recording the gift money, he read out loud the gifts from everyone. Those
whose names were called turned around and bowed to the people who were still in line, and then strode in.
A young man handed over the invitation. The housekeeper looked at the name on the invitation and said loudly, “Mr. Lin Xiulin of the Ping’an Marquis’s Mansion, present…”
After saying that, he saw that the young man did not move, so he whispered, “Mr., where is your gift?”
Lin Xiu said, “My gift is quite special. I will personally give it to Miss Ning’er later.”
The housekeeper did not say much about this. Those young men who pursued his young lady just liked to do this. As long as the invitation was real, he would not stop them.
However, it was undoubtedly wishful thinking for a son of a third-class marquis to pursue his young lady. Although his appearance was indeed unmatched among the many suitors of the young lady, his status was still too low.
At this moment, a discussion broke out among the guests who were still queuing at the gate of the mansion.
“Marquis Ping’an, isn’t Marquis Ping’an a third-class marquis? I heard that even the first-class Marquis Zhongyong wasn’t invited. Where did his invitation come from?”
“I don’t know. It could be Miss Ning’er’s friend.”
“No way. How could Miss Ning’er’s friend not even bring a gift?”
“Lin Xiu, isn’t this Lin Xiu the one who is engaged to the eldest daughter of the Zhao family? He’s here too?”
“What? It’s him. Damn it. The hatred of stealing a wife is irreconcilable!”
…
Before the banquet started, Xue’s house was already very lively.
Lin Xiu walked into the yard and looked around, but there was no one he knew.
No wonder, he had just come to this world and the only friend he had was the mysterious Li Baizhang. He said he was a commoner from an ordinary family, but Lin Xiu always doubted it.
How could a commoner have so much knowledge and know so much about the powerful people in the capital? It was just that he didn’t say it, and Lin Xiu didn’t investigate it.
Lin Xiu made friends with him, just because the two sea kings admired each other, and it had nothing to do with his identity.
As for some other classmates who were familiar with each other, they were all Xue Ning’er’s dogs and had no chance to attend tonight’s dinner, so others were in groups of three or five, talking and laughing, but he didn’t even have anyone to talk to.
Fortunately, Xue Ning’er, as the protagonist of tonight, was welcoming guests in the yard. When she saw Lin Xiu, she waved to him happily, and then walked over in small steps.
A group of young men and women also surrounded her.
Xue Ning’er wore a light yellow Luo skirt today, with delicate makeup on her face, not too thick or too light, just right.
Her hair was combed into a Lingyun bun, dotted with many ornaments, shining under the candlelight, as if she was bathed in dazzling light.
There is no doubt that Xue Ning’er is undoubtedly the only focus of Xue’s mansion tonight.
The women beside her also have outstanding looks, but standing next to her, they all become green leaves that set off the red flowers.
Of course, there is another important reason, that is, her birthday party did not invite Qin Wan, Zhao Lingyin, or Princess Minghe.
If any of them came, the situation tonight would only be a double moon competing for glory.
Of course, it is reasonable for Xue Ning’er not to invite them. If
Lin Xiu was Xue Ning’er, she would not invite her either.
It must be said that as one of the four beauties of the Yishu Academy, Xue Ning’er, apart from her family background, as a woman, she also has unique and extraordinary qualities.
If she were not such a green tea, Lin Xiu would still be willing to be friends with her.
Lin Xiu looked at Xue Ning’er who was walking towards her and said with a smile: “Tonight, Miss Ning’er is more beautiful than before.”
Xue Ning’er was slightly happy. Lin Xiu was really good at talking.
The other people she had just met all praised her for being beautiful tonight. Was she not beautiful at ordinary times?
Among the countless compliments and compliments tonight, only Lin Xiu’s words were the most pleasing to her.
For some reason, as long as she talked to Lin Xiu, she would quickly become happy even if she was in a depressed mood.
Her face turned slightly red and she pretended to be shy and said: “No…”
Suddenly, a handsome man appeared from nowhere. The faces of several young men around Xue Ning’er changed. One of them smiled and said: “Ning’er, who is this brother? Why haven’t I seen him before? Can’t you introduce him to us?”
Xue Ning’er stood beside Lin Xiu and said to everyone: “This is Mr. Lin Xiulin from the Ping’an Marquis’s Mansion. He is a good friend of mine.”
When they heard that he was the son of the Ping’an Marquis, they immediately put their minds at ease.
They thought he was someone important, but he was just the son of the third-rank Earl of Ping’an. Such a person was not qualified to be their opponent.
Moreover, among the powerful people in the capital, who didn’t know that the son of the Earl of Ping’an was engaged to the daughter of the Zhao family, so he naturally had no competition with them–wait!
The son of the Earl of Ping’an, isn’t the son of the Earl of Ping’an the fiancé of the Zhao family’s Tianjiao? Could it be this person!
For a moment, everyone felt a little complicated.
Although they were pursuing Xue Ning’er, who didn’t know Zhao Lingjun?
If they were asked to choose between Zhao Lingjun and Xue Ning’er, they would choose the former without hesitation, but they would not have such a choice even in their dreams.
Facing the goddess of the Zhao family, they themselves felt that they were not worthy.
The guy in front of them, who was good-looking and useless, was even more unworthy.
But he was really Zhao Lingjun’s fiancé.
So they were jealous.
Very jealous.
Xue Ning’er seemed not to notice the changes in everyone’s expressions, and introduced Lin Xiu one by one: “This is Wei Wenyuan, the second son of Duke Wei, this is Qi Qingxiao, the eldest son of Duke Qi, and this is Chen Peipei from Duke Chen’s mansion. She is also my good friend…”
In order, when she introduced the last young man, Xue Ning’er said: “This is Yang Xuan, the eldest son of Marquis Yongping’s mansion…”
Lin Xiu only slightly saluted the people in front. When Xue Ning’er introduced the son of Marquis Yongping, Lin Xiu looked up at him, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said: “Brother Yang, I’ve heard a lot about you…”
Looking at Lin Xiu’s warm smile, for some reason, Yang Xuan suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
But soon this feeling disappeared. If he was not afraid of the Zhao family, it would be no more difficult for him to crush this man to death than to crush an ant. He looked at Lin Xiu and said with a smile: “Since he is Miss Ning’er’s friend, he is also our friend. I will take good care of him in the future.”
Lin Xiu smiled meaningfully and said: “It’s my duty, it’s my duty…”
(End of this chapter)
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