Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 228

[Chapter 228: Repaying a Debt of Four Hundred Years]

Lin Xiu didn’t know who was plotting against him, and the Zhang family was more likely.

After all, he had just eliminated Zhang Xin, and it was normal for the Zhang family to want to vent their anger.

But it didn’t matter.

As long as he didn’t meet Ling Jun, Ling Yin, Ning’er and Wan’er, it didn’t matter who he drew, and their opponents had already been determined, so Lin Xiu didn’t expose the official’s trick just now.

The problem now is Princess Minghe.

This time, Lin Xiu couldn’t help her.

When returning from the Department of Extraordinary Arts, Princess Minghe was even more silent. After sending her to the gate of Ruidong Palace, Princess Minghe walked in without saying a word. Lin Xiu paused and finally said, “Wait.”

Princess Minghe turned around and looked at him with tears in her eyes.

Lin Xiu stretched out his hand, with two Yuan crystals in his palm. He sighed softly and said, “These are the last two…”

He gave her all his only five Yuan crystals. If he didn’t break through, he really had no way out.

Princess Minghe looked at the two Yuan crystals but did not reach out to take them. She thought about it and shook her head, saying, “Forget it. Don’t waste such precious things anymore.”

She had given up.

Lin Xiu took her hand and stuffed the two Yuan crystals into her hands, saying, “Take them. Anyway, I won’t need them for a while. No matter how bad your luck is, there is always a limit. Maybe all your bad luck has been used up recently. What if these two can help you break through?”

Princess Minghe looked into Lin Xiu’s eyes and some courage emerged in her heart again.

She nodded vigorously and strode into Ruidong Palace.

Lin Xiu followed her in. Whether she could succeed or not, he had to see the result.

Princess Minghe prepared for a long time this time before she mustered up the courage to hold a Yuan crystal in her hand and crush it hard.

Lin Xiu also looked at her nervously.

Although friendship cannot be measured by silver, it is 500,000 taels of silver. How can he not feel distressed for five small goals?

After a moment, Lin Xiu suddenly realized that the temperature around him was rising rapidly.

A look of joy appeared on his face, which was a sign of a breakthrough!

Princess Minghe’s eyes suddenly opened, and her expression swept away the loneliness and decadence just now, and was full of joy and excitement. In her excitement, she even jumped on Lin Xiu, clamped her legs around his waist, hugged his body and rocked back and forth, and said happily: “I’m at the Earth Level, I’m finally at the Earth Level…”

There was a cry in her voice. It was really difficult along the way.

Lin Xiu stood there and let her go crazy.

The grievances in her heart had been suppressed for so long, it would be good to let her vent.

After a long time, Princess Minghe got off Lin Xiu, wiped her tears, and said: “I’m sorry, I was too happy just now…”

Lin Xiu waved his hand and said: “It doesn’t matter, as long as you have a breakthrough.”

He was also happy for Princess Minghe to be able to break through.

Princess Minghe returned the last Yuanjing to Lin Xiu and said, “I owe you 400,000 taels of silver. I will pay you back slowly.”

Lin Xiu said, “Don’t worry. I don’t need that little silver.”

Princess Minghe looked at Lin Xiu and thought of his support and encouragement to her these days. He exchanged signs with her and returned Yuanjing to her. She felt warm again in her heart.

She looked at Lin Xiu and said regretfully, “Why aren’t you a woman?”

From childhood to adulthood, she had no friends around her. Zhao Lingyin was barely half a friend. Lin Xiu was the first person who made her feel friendship. It was a pity that he was not a woman. If he was a woman, she could do more and more intimate things with him…

She envied those peers who had close friends in the boudoir.

Lin Xiu rolled his eyes at her and said, “You should stabilize your realm first and prepare for tomorrow’s competition. It’s not that easy to win your opponent…”

He left Ruidong Palace with a heartache for his 400,000 taels of silver.

Princess Minghe felt sunny in her heart and felt that everything was beautiful. She hummed a cheerful tune and slowly adapted to the changes brought about by the new realm.

After practicing for a long time and calming down, the joy in her heart was diluted by one thing. She

had a breakthrough, but she still owed Lin Xiu 400,000 taels of silver.

Her annual pocket money was 1,000 taels. If she saved it all, she could save 10,000 taels in ten years, and 400,000 taels would only take 400 years to pay off…

“…”

At such a young age, she had to bear a huge debt that needed to be repaid for 400 years. She suddenly felt unhappy.

Moreover, she felt very uncomfortable now.

Her father originally wanted Lin Xiu to be her consort.

But she refused.

At that time, as long as she said a word, they would be husband and wife now, Lin Xiu would be hers, the silver would be hers, and the Yuan Jing would be hers, and she would not owe him so much money because it was all from their family.

Now, even if she regretted it, it was too late.

However, she could ask her father to pay the money for her.

In the Imperial Garden, Emperor Xia was admiring flowers with Concubine Shu. Zhu Jin walked over slowly and said, “Your Majesty, Princess Minghe went to the Imperial Study just now and didn’t see Your Majesty. She is now outside the Imperial Garden.”

Emperor Xia smiled and said, “Let her come over.”

After a while, Princess Minghe walked in from outside, bowed first, and then said, “Greetings to Father and Concubine Shu.”

Emperor Xia said to her, “I have asked Zhu Jin to send people to various countries to search for the fifth-level Yuan Crystal. If they can buy it, I will ask them to send it to you immediately.”

Princess Minghe said, “Father, there is no need to ask them to look for it. I have already broken through to the Earth Level.” Emperor

Xia showed joy on his face and asked, “When did you break through and how did you break through?”

Princess Minghe said, “Just now, Lin Xiu lent me the Yuan Crystal that he prepared for himself.”

She looked at Emperor Xia and asked, “Father, can you give him the silver as if you bought it from him?”

Emperor Xia thought about it and nodded, “That’s fine, Zhu Jin, give him 100,000 taels.”

Princess Minghe reminded, “It’s 400,000 taels…”

Emperor Xia was stunned for a moment, then he was furious, “What, he dared to take advantage of the situation and sell you 400,000 taels for one Yuan Crystal?”

Princess Minghe said quickly, “Not one, but four.”

Emperor Xia looked at her and asked, “You, used four Yuan Crystals?”

Princess Minghe nodded embarrassedly.

At the current price of Yuan Crystals, four Yuan Crystals are worth between 500,000 and 600,000 taels, which means that Lin Xiu was quite conscientious to Minghe, no, very conscientious, and he must have lost money.

But asking him to take out 400,000 taels at once would put a lot of pressure on the treasury. During this period, the court spent too much to cultivate several geniuses.

Emperor Xia coughed lightly and said, “The treasury has been tight these past few months, and he is not short of money. There is no rush for this money, and he will slowly pay it back in the future.” Since

her father had said so, Princess Minghe could not say anything else. Thinking of another thing, she said, “By the way, father, when I drew lots just now, the opponent I drew was Li Lang.”

Li Lang was the name of the Prince of Jiangning.

“What?”

Emperor Xia frowned when he heard this.

The Prince of Jiangning was also a genius of the royal family. This was only the second round of the competition. Doesn’t it mean that one of him and Minghe will definitely be eliminated?

This is definitely not what he wants to see.

Whether as an emperor or a member of the Li family, he does not want to see the genius of Daxia internal friction in the competition.

Zhu Jin thought for a while and said, “Your Majesty, do you want to separate the Prince of Jiangning and the princess?”

Emperor Xia said without hesitation, “No.”

The competition is not Daxia’s family affair. It involves more than ten countries and has a set of rules that must be strictly followed. Once this precedent is set, the subsequent competitions will completely lose credibility.

It will also leave a handle for other countries.

Although there are no major wars on the continent today, there are more undercurrents than before.

Once this kind of handle is left, I am afraid that the other dynasties will use the unfairness of this competition as an excuse to attack Daxia and deprive them of the opportunity to hold the big and small competitions. The Western countries will collude with each other, and Daxia will become very passive at that time.

Emperor Xia looked at Minghe and said, “Tomorrow you will do your best and compete normally.”

Princess Minghe said, “I know, I will go back to practice first.”

Emperor Xia nodded and said, “Go.”

After Princess Minghe left, he no longer had the heart to appreciate the flowers.

Before the small competition, the seeds of the earth level were picked out separately to avoid them from encountering them in advance.

But this cannot avoid all unexpected situations, such as someone breaking through on the spot.

What’s more coincidental is that the opponent she drew is also earth level.

Yesterday, one Earth-rank person from Daxia was eliminated. Tomorrow, at least one more person will be eliminated. This made Emperor Xia alert, and he said to Zhu Jin: “Go check the Department of Extraordinary Arts. I always feel that this matter is a little strange…”

After receiving the order, Zhu Jin slowly left.

An hour later, he came to the imperial study and said to Emperor Xia: “Your Majesty, this old servant has found out that the matter of Her Royal Highness the Princess should be just a coincidence, but there is one thing that is not…”

Emperor Xia asked: “What is it?”

Zhu Jin said: “The opponent that Lin Xiu drew for the second time was the Prince of Changping. Someone bribed an official of the Department of Extraordinary Arts. The official had the ability to transfer space. When Lin Xiu drew lots, he secretly replaced all the lot numbers. The lot numbers in the box were the same. No matter which lot he drew, it corresponded to the Prince of Changping.”

Emperor Xia couldn’t figure it out, and said: “Why did he have to draw Li Xuan? Could it be that He eliminated Zhang Xin, and the Zhang family wanted to take revenge on him. They used Li Xuan to eliminate him in the next game…”

Zhu Jin said, “I have interrogated the official of the Department of Strange Arts, and it was not the Zhang family who secretly instructed him.”

Emperor Xia asked, “If it is not the Zhang family, who else could it be?”

Zhu Jin said, “It was the Prince of Changping.”

Emperor Xia was puzzled and said, “Why is he targeting Lin Xiu so much? Do they have a grudge?”

Zhu Jin said leisurely, “Your Majesty, have you forgotten that among those who went to the Zhao Mansion to propose marriage, the Prince of Changping ran the most diligently. Later, Lin Xiu was assassinated, and Your Majesty suspected him…”

Thinking of this, Emperor Xia could understand the motives of the Prince of Changping.

The hatred of stealing a wife is irreconcilable.

However, he dared to tamper with the drawing of lots for the small competition, which was really bold.

But he could not deal with Li Xuan for this.

He is not only a genius of the younger generation of the royal family, but his grandfather is also one of the three heavenly ranks of the royal family. Even he has to take into account the feelings of that uncle.

Who is Zhao Lingjun? Lin Xiu married her, and the king didn’t know how many people disliked him.

It’s not just the capital of Daxia.

If Lin Xiu successfully gets a place in the competition, that will be the beginning of his nightmare.

Dayou, Dalu, Daying…, all have suitors.

Emperor Xia shook his head and said, “Thinking about it this way, it’s not all bad for him to be eliminated…”

(End of this chapter)