Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 336

[Chapter 336 Natasha’s Choice]

Many people have lived in poverty for too long. After becoming rich overnight, it is easy for them to engage in revenge consumption.

This is the case with Emperor Xia.

He was the biggest beneficiary of the crazy internal competition of the Zhang and Song families. The confiscated silver and property could not be stored in the national treasury. He repaired several palaces, increased the monthly allowances for the concubines in the harem, and generously approved many grants…

Even so, there was still a lot of money that had nowhere to be spent.

Afterwards, he added some military pay to reward the soldiers who suppressed the beast tide and the sea tribe on the front line, exempted the poorest prefectures of Daxia from taxes for three years, and all kinds of policies were well received in the court and among the people…

These days, Lin Xiu finally experienced the feelings of the people in the Tiandao League before.

He lost his job.

In terms of ruthlessness, he was still not as good as the Zhang and Song families. They were merciless when they attacked the wealthy families. The wealthy families with backgrounds and backers in various places had already received the news. During this period, they were cautious in words and deeds, silently cooperating with the government, eliminating gangs and evil, donating money and grain, and improving people’s livelihood. They were models of good citizens.

Those who had no background and were blocked from information, and usually did not do any evil things, were fine. They usually oppressed the people, bullied their neighbors, and did all kinds of evil. This time, they happened to hit the gun and were caught by the two families as a typical example. The old and new accounts were settled together.

Inexplicably, a wave of sweeping away gangs and eliminating evil swept through the prefectures of Daxia, and the people almost thought that the court had changed .

Lin Xiu had nothing to do. These days, he was either at home with the girls practicing, or watching the imperial concubine painting. When

he was interested, he would teach the girl of the Sea Spirit Clan to read and recognize characters. Although she was a little naive, she was humble and eager to learn, especially for human knowledge, she was full of thirst.

With nothing to do, he opened a clothing store that he had wanted to open for a long time. He designed several sets of clothes himself, and the girls were his models.

The backyard of the Lin Mansion.

In the square where they usually practiced.

Natasha was sparring with the girls. She easily defeated Lingyin. After fighting with Princess Minghe, although she also won, it was not as easy as defeating Lingyin.

In this competition, Lingyin ranked twelfth and Princess Minghe ranked thirteenth. But two months later, after competing with the two, it was judged that Princess Minghe’s strength should have surpassed Lingyin.

As for Xue Ning’er and Qin Wan, although she could also defeat them, it was much more difficult than defeating them in the competition.

Lin-chan’s strength was also very strong, but her progress was not as great as theirs.

Natasha looked at the three people and said with emotion: “You have improved so fast. I am afraid that I will not be your opponent in the next competition.” Ning’er

and Princess Minghe said a few humble words. Lin Xiu looked at Natasha from a distance with a thoughtful expression.

At this time, Natasha breathed a sigh of relief, looked at them, and said reluctantly: “I have disturbed you for so long, I have to go back to Daluo to practice.”

Natasha, who had stayed in Daxia for too long, was finally going back.

Before leaving, her expression was full of reluctance. This period of time was the happiest and happiest days of her life. How much she wanted to practice and play with them every day, but it was just a thought.

After all, she was not Lin Xiu, nor was she Lin Xiu’s wife.

She was the princess of the Daluo Dynasty and had important responsibilities on her shoulders.

At the gate of the Lin Mansion, Natasha waved to everyone and said reluctantly: “I will come back to see you often.”

Natasha’s eyes swept over the women and finally fell on Lin Xiu. She looked at him with an extremely complicated look, then turned around and left, looking back every three steps until her figure disappeared at the end of the street…

But she didn’t realize that above her head, an ordinary sparrow was following her.

She came to the Daluo embassy in the capital of Daxia. At the gate of the embassy, two guards bowed and said, “Your Highness Natasha…”

Natasha walked into the embassy in a bad mood. Not long after she returned to her room, a middle-aged man with a big beard walked to the door of her room, knocked, and then walked in.

He looked at Natasha and asked in a low voice, “Your Highness Natasha, did you find anything?”

Natasha looked at him and said angrily, “They are my friends. You are asking me to betray my friends!”

The bearded man said, “Your Highness, don’t forget that this is the order of the emperor, and the emperor did not ask your highness to do anything. He just asked your highness to investigate why the strength of the two women has improved so quickly.”

Natasha said, “Daxia is our ally. Don’t you even trust your allies?”

The bearded man shook his head and said, “Your Highness is still too young. There have never been any allies between countries. , only interests are eternal. Our spies in Dayu sent back news that Dayu got something that can improve the strength of the geniuses in a very short time. The strength growth of the geniuses of Daxia in just half a year is also surprising…”

He looked at Natasha and said slowly: “The emperor suspects that Dayu and Daxia have made new discoveries and breakthroughs in the art of magic within this year. If Daluo is lagging behind now, it will fall further and further behind in the future. Perhaps, in ten years, there will be no Daluo anymore. Your Highness trusts Daxia, so do you trust Dayu as well? Don’t forget what Dayu has done to us…”

Natasha fell silent after hearing this.

Daluo used to be stronger than the current Dayu. Later, due to some reasons, the national strength gradually weakened, and the various events that led to the decline of Daluo all had the shadow of Dayu behind them.

The ultimate goal of the Dayu Dynasty is to dominate the continent.

Those small countries can exchange their qualifications for existence by being their dogs, but big countries like Daluo and Daxia are not allowed to exist by Dayu.

The big country doesn’t even have the qualifications to surrender. Once Dayu has the power to crush everything, the two dynasties will definitely be completely disintegrated and split by them.

At this time, the bearded man continued to ask: “Your Highness has been by their side these days. Didn’t you notice anything strange?”

Natasha shook her head and said: “No, even if they really have some secrets, I’m just an outsider. How could they let me know?”

She certainly discovered some secrets.

That is, the three wives of Lin Xiu practiced at a speed far beyond what they should have, which was obviously related to Lin Xiu.

However, after a struggle in her heart, she still said nothing.

The bearded man sighed and said with great concern: “There is nothing to gain from the Emperor of Xia, and the Dayu Dynasty is even more airtight. Could it be that God really doesn’t favor our Daluo Dynasty?”

Historical experience shows that temporary strength does not mean eternal strength.

For a dynasty, the most terrible thing is to fall behind.

When Dayu and Daxia have new breakthroughs in strange arts, and Daluo does not, they will soon be overtaken and left far behind.

The room fell into silence for a long time.

Outside the window, a sparrow landed on a tree, its green bean-like eyes turned around, and then flapped its wings and flew away.

Lin Mansion.

Ning’er and the others were still regretting Natasha’s departure. After such a long time together, they had established a deep friendship.

Lin Xiu sprinkled a handful of rice on the table, and a sparrow landed, pecking at the rice while chirping.

Natasha was indeed problematic.

Lin Xiu was curious at first. As the Daluo Princess and the first genius, the Daluo Emperor would actually let her follow them back to Daxia without worrying about her cultivation. Wasn’t

he afraid that he would kidnap her to Daxia?

After all, his reputation outside was very bad. People said that no genius could escape his clutches, and the Daluo Emperor did not take him seriously at all.

In addition, Natasha’s performance during this period also puzzled Lin Xiu.

Although she was lively and cheerful most of the time, she would sometimes show a worried expression. This was different from the Natasha that Lin Xiu had known before. With so many beautiful young ladies around her, what else did she have to worry about?

No wonder she frequently sparred with Ning’er and the others, she was trying to find out their strength.

Now it seems that from the very beginning, Natasha was an undercover sent by the Daluo Emperor to his side.

Ning’er and Wan’er entered the top ten in their first competition, which attracted too many people’s attention. It would be abnormal for Dayou and Daluo not to be suspicious and curious. Dayou lost because he didn’t know the princess and Zhao Lingjun, while Daluo easily placed an undercover agent next to him.

This also shows that Lin Xiu’s caution has been right all along.

His current strength is not strong enough to expose secrets at will.

If Daluo and Dayu find out that as long as they practice dual cultivation with him, they can improve their cultivation speed and mass-produce Tianjiao, they may send Tianjie strongmen to kidnap him, and he will not have enough even if he has ten kidneys.

From the words of the Daluo man, Lin Xiu also got a piece of news.

There are also Daluo undercover agents around Emperor Xia.

Some time ago, Dayou sent four beauties to Emperor Xia, and Daluo also sent two, all of whom were added to his harem. Emperor Xia never refused such requests.

These beauties may have problems.

Lin Xiu was thinking whether to remind Emperor Xia, when he received a summons from Emperor Xia.

In the palace, Lin Xiu stepped into the imperial study. Emperor Xia glanced at him and asked, “Did the princess of Daluo leave?”

Lin Xiu said, “Just left.”

He thought for a moment and asked Emperor Xia, “Your Majesty, some time ago, those beauties that Dayu and Daluo sent you…”

Emperor Xia glanced at him and asked, “Are you saying that they might be undercover agents planted by Dayu and Daluo beside me?”

Lin Xiu was surprised and said, “Your Majesty, you know…”

Emperor Xia said indifferently, “So what if you know? If something is delivered to your door, don’t refuse it. It’s not bad to change your taste occasionally.”

Lin Xiu didn’t say anything more. The beauty trap might be useful for other people, but for Emperor Xia, it was purely a show of skill before an expert. Basically, he gave one for free. He and many concubines in the harem only communicated with the body, not the soul. They seemed affectionate, but in fact they were ruthless…

(End of this chapter)