Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 263

[Chapter 263 The Best Candidate for the Prince Consort]

Outside the Imperial Study.

The Crown Prince and the King of Qi, as well as officials from both parties, walked out of the palace in disgrace. Just now, they were scolded by His Majesty for a full quarter of an hour.

They were scolded so much that they couldn’t even refute. The

assassination of geniuses from those countries is not a trivial matter. If things go wrong, a dynasty with ulterior motives will take the opportunity to win over these neighboring countries of Daxia. Once they are used by Dayou, Daxia’s situation will become more and more difficult in the future.

It can be said that Lin Xiu’s quick solution of the case eliminated a huge crisis in the court.

Lin Xiu solved a major problem for the court while drinking a cup of tea.

The Crown Prince and the King of Qi can only snatch women here.

As a result, they can only be scolded by His Majesty.

In the Imperial Study, Emperor Xia looked at Lin Xiu and became more and more satisfied.

Why is he not his own son? He

is scheming, talented, and capable.

Even if the Crown Prince and the King of Qi had half of his ability, he would not worry about the future of Daxia.

No, even if the Crown Prince and the King of Qi had Lin Xiu’s ability to steal hearts and bring the geniuses of Fusang or Daluo to Daxia, he would be very pleased.

It’s a pity that he didn’t pass on any of his abilities to them, but instead saw another self in Lin Xiu.

He walked up to Lin Xiu and asked, “How did you find the assassin so quickly?”

Lin Xiu explained, “Lord Liu of the Qingli Division has a well-trained dog that can track down the murderer by smell. I let the dog smell the residual smell on the murder weapon, and then took it to search around the royal capital. Unexpectedly, I was lucky. It found the person after walking two streets. The genius from Beimang thought that the dead person was from Beimang. With his identity, he could not be suspected, so he lived in an inn two streets away from the crime scene. He was too clever for his own good…”

Emperor Xia breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Thanks to you, otherwise this time, the court might fall into Dayu’s calculations. Once we have a bad relationship with Beimang and other countries, Dayu will definitely take the opportunity to win them over and make a big fuss about this matter. By then, Not only will public opinion be unfavorable to us, but they may also take advantage of the situation and deprive us of the qualification to participate in the competition. This method is not the first time they have used it…”

Lin Xiu sighed: “Miss Qianye was assassinated twice, which was also done by them. As a big country, their methods are too despicable.”

Emperor Xia said slowly: “They have many despicable methods. We must always be on guard. I have also handed over the two cases of the Western Regions and South Vietnam to you. You must find the murderer and give an explanation to the two countries. This time, Dayou failed to plot against us, but it also gave us an opportunity to completely consolidate the relations with the surrounding countries…”

He did not say anything more, but said: “I am in a good mood today, drink two glasses with me.”

Without allowing Lin Xiu to refuse, he ordered the imperial kitchen to send a few side dishes and a jar of wine.

The wine was from Hongniju, not too much or too high.

As soon as the two of them sat down, Emperor Xia saw a figure peeking out of the door of the imperial study, and immediately waved, “Minghe, come in and help your father pour wine…”

Princess Minghe had originally gone to the Lin Mansion to find Lin Xiu for double cultivation, but when she heard that he was summoned to the palace by her father, she waited for him to come back, so she went back to the palace to see him, and unexpectedly saw him drinking with her father in the imperial study.

It was the first time she had seen an emperor and his ministers sitting opposite each other and drinking. After

pouring a glass of wine for each of her father and Lin Xiu, she stood aside, wanting to listen to what they said.

Emperor Xia drank a glass of wine and asked Lin Xiu, “Tell me, how did you take down the one in Fusang?”

Lin Xiu said embarrassedly, “To be honest with your majesty, I actually didn’t take down Miss Qianye, but we agreed that after she married into Daxia, we would be husband and wife in name only, but we would not interfere with each other…”

Emperor Xia asked, “Just like you and Zhao Lingjun?”

Lin Xiu nodded.

Princess Minghe was also surprised. She only knew that Lin Xiu and Qianye Lin were in a political marriage, and she didn’t know there was such a secret.

In this case, Lin Xiu is too pitiful. He

can’t touch his wife or concubines. He has five wives and concubines in his family, two of whom were forced to get married. They live together every day and see each other every

day. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing? Emperor Xia waved his hand and said, “In fact, there are few men and women who fall in love at first sight, but many who fall in love over time. Even if there is no affection when they get married, they can always cultivate affection by seeing each other every day.”

On this point, Lin Xiu and Emperor Xia have the same opinion.

Humans are emotional animals. As long as a man and a woman are not ugly, they stay together every day, day after day, year after year. It is difficult for nothing to happen. Therefore, long-distance relationships are prone to problems. If they can persist in being apart for many years, both men and women can stick to the bottom line and finally achieve success, that is a true unswerving love.

Recently, because he has seen Princess Minghe more, Lin Xiu thinks that she is becoming more and more beautiful.

Looking up at Princess Minghe, Lin Xiu silently said in her heart, this is friendship, this is friendship, this is friendship…

After listening to her father’s words, Princess Minghe also looked at Lin Xiu. No wonder she always dreamed of Lin Xiu at night recently. It turned out that she had seen him more often.

But if she wants to practice, she must meet him every day.

After having a few drinks with Emperor Xia again, Zhu Jin walked in from outside and said that the dean of the Yishu Academy wanted to see him.

Emperor Xia put down his wine glass and said, “Announce.”

The Dean of the Academy of Strange Arts walked into the imperial study and was slightly surprised to see Lin Xiu and Emperor Xia eating and drinking.

Emperor Xia asked, “The Dean rarely comes to see me on weekdays. Is there something important?” The

Dean of the Academy of Strange Arts said, “Your Majesty, a strong man of the upper earth level in the Daluo Dynasty was promoted to the heaven level not long ago.”

Emperor Xia nodded and said, “I know about this matter. The Secret Investigation Department has reported it. I remember that the strong man awakened the ice magic. Counting it up, there are already three ice heavenly levels in the Daluo Dynasty, but my Daxia has not had any…” The

ice magic is also ranked at the top among the many heavenly levels. The ice attribute strongmen of the heavenly level are stronger than the heavenly levels with other abilities.

Emperor Xia was neither happy nor worried about this news.

Daluo and Daxia are both among the five great dynasties, and they are neighboring countries. There were many disputes in the past. In recent years, due to the threat of the Dayu Dynasty, the relationship between the two countries has greatly improved.

Among the five dynasties, Daying and Dalu, although they have the name of great powers, are not great powers in reality. They only follow Dayu’s lead. Daluo and Daxia can only compete with it by advancing and retreating together.

The dean of the Yishu Academy said: “Your Majesty, you don’t know that the promotion of the strong man Daluo is different from that of others.”

Emperor Xia became interested and asked: “Oh, what’s the difference?”

The dean of the Yishu Academy said: “A year ago, my Daxia was the first to discover that people with ice and fire abilities can speed up their practice by practicing together. The strong man Daluo also found a woman who awakened the fire ability and practiced every day. Unexpectedly, the two of them spent time together day and night and actually developed feelings…”

Princess Minghe listened and couldn’t help but glanced at Lin Xiu.

Emperor Xia asked, “Then what?”

The Dean of the Academy of Strange Arts said, “Later, they found that after becoming husband and wife, the two people who possessed the special arts of ice and fire practiced faster than normal, almost three times the basic practice speed. Not only that, the dual practice of husband and wife seemed to have some kind of breakthrough effect. In less than a month, the strong man of Daluo broke through to the heavenly level…”

Emperor Xia was stunned and said, “Is this true?”

Lin Xiu looked indifferent, not at all surprised.

He discovered this when he was helping Caiyi practice, but he never said it.

He had no way to say it.

If he told Emperor Xia that the real way to open the dual practice of ice and fire is actually the fusion of yin and yang, the unity of heaven and man, Emperor Xia would definitely suspect that he had done something to Princess Minghe.

Their pure friendship should not be tarnished.

At this time, Princess Minghe was surprised and said, “Why does the practice speed become faster after becoming husband and wife? Can marriage speed up practice?”

The Dean of the Academy of Strange Arts looked very embarrassed. Emperor Xia moved his lips, not knowing how to explain.

Lin Xiu looked at Princess Minghe, clenched his fists, stretched out his two thumbs, and touched them with his thumbs. Princess Minghe was stunned for a moment, and then she understood something in an instant, and her face turned red.

Emperor Xia looked strange and said, “Why hasn’t anyone discovered this before?”

The dean of the School of Strange Arts explained, “Although the fire magic is common, the ice magic is very rare, and the two kinds of magic will feel disgusted with each other, and it is difficult to even become friends, let alone marry. If it weren’t for Lin Xiu and the princess, I’m afraid no one would have discovered this secret until now…”

After that, he continued, “This is another major discovery in the art of magic, which can further enhance the talents of the two kinds of magic of ice and fire, so that geniuses with these two abilities can have a faster training speed and a higher upper limit of strength, but the premise is that their strength is similar, and they have to be married. When your majesty chooses a son-in-law for the princess in the future, it is best to choose one who has awakened the ice magic…”

Lin Xiu looked at the dean of the School of Strange Arts and felt speechless.

With Princess Minghe’s identity and talent, it is impossible for her to marry into another country.

There are only two people in Daxia who have awakened the ice art, and whose strength is similar to that of Princess Minghe.

He and Lingyin.

Princess Minghe and Lingyin practicing together…

Just thinking about this scene, Lin Xiu blushed.

It is impossible for Lingyin and Princess Minghe to practice together, so doesn’t that mean he is the only choice?

What is the difference between the dean’s meaning and asking them to get married on the spot?

Emperor Xia and Princess Minghe obviously thought of this, and their eyes looked at Lin Xiu intentionally or unintentionally.

Lin Xiu felt uneasy when they looked at her, and she slowly stood up and said, “I still have to investigate the case, so I’ll take my leave first…”

Lin Xiu and the dean of the Academy of Arts left the imperial study one after another, leaving only the father and daughter here.

Emperor Xia sighed leisurely, looked at Princess Minghe, and asked, “You didn’t listen to me at the beginning, do you regret it now?”

At the beginning, she only needed a word to make Lin Xiu a prince consort.

At that time, she missed the best opportunity, but now it’s good, and it’s not her turn even if she queues up…

(End of this chapter)