Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 284

[Chapter 284: Rockery at Murong Mansion]

The capital, South City.

In a mansion that is exactly the same as Murong Mansion, Emperor Xia took a sip of tea and asked Lin Xiu, “There are less than three months left before the competition. Are you still going out to play?”

Lin Xiu said while teasing the pet in his arms, “Don’t worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely be back before the competition.”

“Play?”

Upon hearing this, the imperial concubine’s brush trembled, and a drop of inconsistent ink immediately appeared on the painting. The painting she had been working on for a long time was completely ruined, but her attention was not here. She listened attentively to the conversation between Lin Xiu and Emperor Xia.

Emperor Xia put down his teacup and said, “You can play, but don’t forget to practice. In the competition, if you can’t enter the top five, you will have another chance to marry. Don’t blame me for not giving it to you.”

At the beginning, Lin Xiu and Emperor Xia agreed that if he ranked second in the competition, he would have three chances to marry. Now it has become fifth, which is obviously to take care of him.

He took care of himself so much, and Lin Xiu couldn’t let him down.

This time, on the Tianjiao list, his goal is not fifth, but fifth.

Zhao Lingjun and Qianye Lin, there is no problem in the top ten. If he is lucky, Lin Xiu can also send Wan’er and Ning’er into the top ten in the next two months.

After chatting with Emperor Xia for a few words, Lin Xiu stood up and said to the Imperial Concubine: “Your Majesty, I will go to Jiangnan with Caiyi and others tomorrow. I can’t come to see you and Nannan these days.”

The Imperial Concubine’s face did not change, and she said: “Oh, I see.” Emperor

Xia knew that he could not mention Jiangnan in front of Mingzhu, but she could not avoid this matter for the rest of her life. The imperial physician said that if her heart knot could not be untied, her illness would never be cured.

He thought about it, looked at the Imperial Concubine, and said: “Mingzhu, do you want to go back to Jiangnan for a while? I will let the servants take you there. It will take half a day.”

The Imperial Concubine said lightly: “No need.”

Lin Xiu heard this, but his heart moved. The fake Murong Mansion is certainly not as good as the real Jiangnan.

He had long wanted to take the Imperial Concubine to Jiangnan to relax, but he had never had the opportunity.

Now that Emperor Xia has made such a suggestion, she only needs to nod.

He knew the Imperial Concubine very well. She was soft in every way except her mouth. If he wanted to persuade her to go to Jiangnan, he needed to change his words.

He coughed lightly and said to the Imperial Concubine, “My Lady, Nannan has been feeling a little down these days. The environment in Jiangnan is different from the capital. If she goes there and lives in a different environment for a while, she may get better…”

As Lin Xiu finished speaking, the pet in her arms also drooped its head, looking listless.

Seeing Lin Xiu speak, the Imperial Concubine suppressed her joy and said, “In that case, I will take Nannan to Jiangnan to live for a few days. Xiao Yuer, Linglong, Shuangshuang, pack up your things and go with me…”

This time when going to Jiangnan, Lin Xiu planned to take Caiyi and the others to practice, and by the way, live in a shameless world of four people. They could stay a little longer on the road, but the Imperial Concubine wanted to go with them, so they couldn’t do whatever they wanted.

Concubines in the palace can go back to their hometowns to visit their relatives.

When they travel, they have a special colorful boat. The colorful boat looks like a boat, with attic rooms and carved railings, similar to the luxury yachts in another world, but this kind of boat does not travel on the water, but in the sky. There are

often several earth-level worshippers of gold or wood attributes on the colorful boat, who control the colorful boat to fly in the sky.

On the second day, high in the sky, in a luxurious colorful boat, Lin Xiu leaned on the railing and looked out, and the beautiful mountains and rivers were in full view.

This colorful boat was controlled by eight worshippers, and it flew fast and steadily. Being on the colorful boat, except for feeling a little strong wind, there was no feeling of bumps.

The imperial concubine and the others were in the room, which should be no different from being on the ground.

Lin Xiu and Zhang Ren and Song Yuzhang did not have such treatment when they went to Fuso last time. If the imperial concubine’s colorful boat was a luxury yacht, the one they took was the most broken boat.

To be honest, Lin Xiu fell in love with this colorful boat.

After returning to the capital, he also asked Emperor Xia for a boat, so that he could go out with them anytime in the future. This thing is like a motorhome. With it, you don’t even need an inn when you go out.

A figure walked up to Lin Xiu, and Lin Xiu turned around and saw that it was Murong Yu.

Lin Xiu happened to have something to discuss with her, so she looked back and said, “Miss Murong, can you please have a word with me for a moment…”

…

Because it also has to take into account stability and comfort, the speed of the colorful boat is much slower than that of the flying boat, and they all had lunch in the colorful boat’s room.

Before sunset, the colorful boat landed outside the Jiangnan City.

The Imperial Concubine did not make a big fuss when she returned to Jiangnan this time. Today happened to be the Lantern Festival in Jiangnan City. The group entered the city, and there were colorful lanterns hanging everywhere on the streets, and even lotus lanterns were floating in the river.

Ning’er and Qin Wan were both in Jiangnan for the first time, and they were deeply attracted by the Jiangnan style that was completely different from Kyoto.

After entering Jiangnan City, the Imperial Concubine did not speak again.

She walked silently on the bluestone streets, through alleys and across stone bridges. Jiangnan was still the Jiangnan in her memory. Before today, she had never thought that she could come back to this place.

Murong Yu followed her and asked softly, “Aunt, do you want to go home?”

The imperial concubine shook her head and said, “There is no home for me here anymore.”

She looked at Lin Xiu and asked, “Where are you staying tonight?”

Murong Yu looked at Lin Xiu, with a trace of helplessness on his face.

After a while, Lin Xiu brought them to the small courtyard that he and Cai Yi bought here last time. It had been half a year since he came here, and a lot of dust had accumulated in the house. Murong Yu waved his hand, and a small tornado rose in the courtyard, and the courtyard soon became spotless.

The imperial concubine was obviously going to stay here tonight, so there was a problem in front of Lin Xiu.

The house he and Cai Yi bought was not big at the beginning. He thought that there would be only two of them living here, and there was no need to buy a big house. He did not expect to encounter the situation today. Even if Murong Yu went home to live, there would be seven people here.

Shuangshuang and Linglong had to serve the imperial concubine by her side, and it was impossible for them to leave with Murong Yu.

There were only three rooms for seven people.

The imperial concubine must live in one room, Shuangshuang and Linglong, the little palace maid, would live in one room, and there was only one master bedroom left for Lin Xiu, Cai Yi, Ning’er and Wan’er.

So far, Lin Xiu had slept in the same bed with them, but that was after they were equally covered, not in the true sense of sleeping on the same quilt.

Besides, the bed was not big, three people could barely sleep on it, and four people certainly could not.

Lin Xiu could only let the three of them sleep on the bed, and he himself slept on the floor beside the bed.

If he had known that this day would come, he should have bought a bigger house.

After turning off the lights, after a while, Lin Xiu noticed that an arm was hanging down from the bed, moving restlessly on him. He knew it was Qin Wan’s without having to guess.

She slept on the outside, and Ning’er and Caiyi were inside.

Qin Wan’s movements seemed to be discovered by Ning’er. The next moment, her hand was pulled up. Xue Ning’er hugged her and rolled over, swapping the positions of the two people. She slept on the outside and said to Qin Wan: “Be honest…”

When the three of them slept together, she always told Qin Wan not to mess around.

So, on the first night of coming to Jiangnan, Lin Xiu spent a peaceful night.

This was not a solution. Lin Xiu had to change their abilities, but there was no private space. He couldn’t go to find an inn tomorrow. He hoped that Murong Yu would not let him down.

The next day, Lin Xiu got up early.

The Imperial Concubine got up earlier than him. She even went out to buy breakfast by herself. She waved to Lin Xiu and said, “Come and try what I bought. After so many years, the taste of these restaurants hasn’t changed at all…”

Shuangshuang and Linglong didn’t get up yet, so the Imperial Concubine ran out alone.

Lin Xiu was not worried about her safety. There were also several secret detectives who came with them to protect her in secret.

At this time, several figures walked in from outside.

Murong Yu was walking in front, and there were several figures following behind her.

An old woman walked up to the Imperial Concubine, looking at her infatuatedly, with two lines of tears rolling down her turbid old eyes. She choked and said, “Miss, I didn’t expect to see you again before I die…”

“Mother-in-law…” The Imperial Concubine held her rough hand, and tears flashed in her beautiful eyes.

Behind the old woman, there were several other women standing. They couldn’t help but wipe their eyes and said, “In a blink of an eye, the young lady has grown up so much…”

The imperial concubine looked at these old people from Murong Mansion, and her heart was full of mixed feelings.

The old woman held the imperial concubine’s hand and said, “Young lady, go back…”

Several women also said, “Young lady, go back…”

Finally, an old man with a dignified face walked in from outside the door, walked in front of the imperial concubine, stared at her in a daze, and said, “Mingzhu, it was your father who let you down that year, go home…”

…

When Lin Xiu followed the imperial concubine and her group to Murong Mansion, she breathed a sigh of relief. In fact,

the Murong family could not be completely blamed for what happened that year.

After all, the Zhang family was in its heyday back then, and even the royal family had to be a little wary, not to mention a small family in Jiangnan.

The imperial concubine also knew this, she just lacked a step.

In order to let her completely let go of her worries, Lin Xiu and Murong Yu planned this scene this morning. Outside, she was the honorable imperial concubine, but in Murong Mansion, she would always be Miss Mingzhu of the past. In

Murong Mansion, Lin Xiu accompanied the Empress to pay homage to the imperial concubine’s deceased mother in the ancestral hall, and then accompanied her for a walk in Murong Mansion.

Although she had not been back for seventeen years, the imperial concubine looked at everything around her and did not feel any strangeness, because there was also a Murong Mansion that was exactly the same as here in the royal capital.

She looked at everything in Murong Mansion and whispered, “This tree, this pavilion, this pond… are exactly the same as those in Kyoto.”

When she really returned to Murong Mansion, she deeply realized how much thought Lin Xiu had put into her gift.

When she walked to the back garden and passed by a rockery, she paused and murmured, “Why is this rockery not the same as before…”

(End of this chapter)