Being a Lady of an Influential Family

As an emperor, he was naturally watched by people anytime and anywhere, even if Xiao Zhu left the palace in a micro-clothes tour.

The emperor went to the capital university, and found a female student from the capital university who was proficient in Ilya and Sasi, which naturally attracted the attention of many people in the court.

If some people still thought that the emperor simply found an interpreter at the beginning, many people's thoughts became different when they saw Zhuo Lin herself.

There is no other reason, but Zhuo Lin's appearance and temperament are too good. Who would believe that the emperor really just wants her to be an interpreter when facing such a beauty?

Many people are wondering whether the emperor deliberately performed such a performance in order to pave the way for Zhuo Lin. After all, today's son has been on the throne for two years, but the harem is still empty. The empress passed away shortly after the emperor ascended the throne last year. After that, the emperor didn't even intend to marry a concubine, not to mention marrying the empress.

On the first day of the arrival of Ilya and Sassi's envoys, Zhuo Lin went to the palace to discuss the itinerary with the royal family members and staff who were in charge of welcoming Crown Princess Ilya and the Duchess of Sassi. Because the emperor's harem had no female relatives, this task fell to Xiao Zhu's older sister, Princess Chengyu, who was accompanied by several concubines and princesses.

When Zhuo Lin was invited into the palace by the servants in the palace, the female relatives who were still talking about something quieted down in an instant, and looked at Zhuo Lin who came in from the door with a pair of eyes.

Some people couldn't help but secretly took a deep breath, saying that the royal family produced beauties, and all the female family members present here are not bad in appearance, but compared with Zhuo Lin, they still feel a little inferior.

A young girl who is only eighteen years old, not to mention beautiful in appearance, even her temperament is clear and generous, neither humble nor overbearing, such a girl can be seen from a famous family at a glance.

Even if he walked into the magnificent palace alone, facing a group of princesses, concubines and princesses, he did not show any timidity or uneasiness.

"I've met Princess Chengyu, I've met all the concubines and princesses." Zhuo Lin leaned slightly to greet everyone.

Princess Chengyu sized her up for a while before she chuckled, "I never thought that Ms. Zhuo is such a wonderful girl with both talent and beauty. You're welcome, please sit down."

Zhuo Lin thanked Princess Cheng Yu before she walked to the side and sat down.

Princess Chengyu put it away with a somewhat inquiring look, and put on a friendly smile, "Speaking of which, we should thank Miss Zhuo, if it weren't for us who are ignorant, don't bother Miss Zhuo Work hard on this trip."

Zhuo Lin said: "The princess is serious. I heard that the princess is excellent in both piano and painting, and is also proficient in foreign musical instruments. If the princess is ignorant, wouldn't we be so ashamed?"

The smile on Princess Chengyu's face became even wider. A woman who was born in a high family and has outstanding talent is always arrogant, but a woman who is too arrogant is actually not suitable for living in the palace.

Seeing Zhuo Lin's fluent and calm voice in answering, Princess Chengyu didn't have the aloofness of many self-proclaimed talented women, but she felt that it would be fine if her emperor's younger brother really wanted it. Although the Sheng family has fallen, it is a scholarly family for generations after all. It has a reputation of being noble and noble, and it is not a problem even if it produces a queen.

Naturally, Zhuo Lin didn't know what Princess Chengyu was thinking, so she took out the documents she brought with her and began to confirm tomorrow's itinerary and things to pay attention to with Princess Chengyu.

After discussing the business, Zhuo Lin got up and left without staying. Princess Cheng Yu still asked the servants in the palace to send Zhuo Lin out of the palace.

Following the servant all the way out, Zhuo Lin stopped suddenly.

"Miss Zhuo?" The servant looked back at Zhuo Lin.

Zhuo Lin said, "This doesn't seem to be the way out of the palace."

The servant smiled and said, "Miss Zhuo forgive me, it is Your Majesty who wants to see Miss Zhuo."

Zhuo Lin was a little puzzled, "Does Your Majesty have any orders?"

"We don't know about that." The servant shook his head and said.

Zhuo Lin didn't make things difficult for him, she nodded and said, "I'm sorry."

Zhuo Lin was led all the way to the side hall of the imperial study, where Xiao Zhu was already waiting there.

Xiao Zhu did not wear the emperor's dragon robe and crown as Zhuo Lin thought, but wore a plain long gown like he did at Capital University a few days ago. I thought this was the pampered noble son of the royal family.

Of course, apart from the status of emperor, Xiao Zhu can indeed be regarded as a pampered royal son.

"Miss Zhuo." Xiao Zhu nodded to Zhuo Lin with a smile, "Please sit down."

Zhuo Lin thanked Xiao Zhu, walked to one side and sat down. After the waiter served the tea and left, Zhuo Lin asked, "Your Majesty summoned me, but do you have any important orders?"

Xiao Zhu looked at Zhuo Lin with great interest, and said with a smile, "It's the first time entering the palace, Miss Zhuo doesn't seem to be afraid at all."

Zhuo Lin smiled, "The palace is solemn and solemn, so it's inevitable that I'm a little nervous, but... Your Majesty invited me to do something. Even if the rules are stricter in the palace, they won't eat people. I'm too scared."

Xiao Zhu said with a smile, "Cannibalism... that's hard to say." The imperial palace has been a place of cannibalism since ancient times.

Zhuo Lin smiled and said, "Your Majesty said so, then I don't have to worry."

Xiao Zhu said, "I invite Miss Zhuo to come here today, I want to apologize to you first."

"Apologize?" Zhuo Lin was a little puzzled. She had met many members of the royal family in the past few months. Compared with those high-ranking royal family members, this emperor was a little too approachable.

Xiao Zhu nodded, "Because of this incident, people in the court may have misunderstood Miss Zhuo..." Seeing Xiao Zhu's apologetic expression, Zhuo Lin suddenly realized, no wonder she felt the way those female relatives looked at her just now It's a little strange.

"..." After a long silence, Zhuo Lin said, "So...they feel that His Majesty treats me..."

Xiao Zhu nodded helplessly.

It took Zhuo Lin a while before she couldn't help laughing and said, "It's really too flattering."

"I want to tell Ms. Zhuo first, so that you can be mentally prepared. Don't worry, I will take care of the rest and try not to disturb you."

Zhuo Lin nodded, "Then I would like to thank Your Majesty."

Xiao Zhu looked at Zhuo Lin curiously, "I heard from Professor Ji that Ms. Zhuo will finish her studies in more than a year. What are your plans then? Stay in school and teach?"

Zhuo Lin was a little embarrassed, "To be honest, I haven't thought about it yet."

Xiao Zhu said: "In fact, staying in school is also a good choice." Although An Xia now does not require girls to stay out of the school, there are actually not many choices for girls. Otherwise, the entire imperial court would not be unable to find one or two women who can speak Sahi. Even for teaching, there are very few female teachers in Beijing University now.

Zhuo Lin smiled, "I think so too." Before she really decided what she wanted to do, Zhuo Lin felt that teaching was indeed a good choice.

In the next few days, special envoys Ilya and Sassi visited Anxia at the same time, and Zhuo Lin served as an interpreter and followed Princess Chengyu to receive the female distinguished guests from the two countries.

Especially the Duchess of Saxi, she was full of praise for Zhuo Lin. Hearing that Zhuo Lin had only learned Sahi language for two years, she was even more amazed.

Sahi is a small minority and not very easy to learn, but Zhuo Lin can speak Sahi as her mother tongue without delaying her own studies. Such a language talent is really amazing.

The Duchess herself did not speak Anxia, ​​and although there were translators who were proficient in Anxia among the accompanying personnel, they were all men. In Anxia, ​​however, there are some places where men are exempt or inconvenient to participate. With Zhuo Lin's participation, the communication problem that the Duchess was worried about did not appear at all.

Not only that, Zhuo Lin is also very good at adjusting the atmosphere and relationship. Ilya and Sassi are neighboring countries, but the relationship between the two countries is not good. With Zhuo Lin present, even if the Crown Princess and the Duchess attend an occasion at the same time, there will never be any unpleasant scenes.

Not only the Duchess Zhuo Lin was full of praise, but even the Crown Princess Ilya praised Zhuo Lin very much.

After all, in Anxia, ​​it is not easy to find someone who can communicate with me smoothly and also understands the culture of my country quite well.

Because these two honored guests praised Zhuo Lin in public, Zhuo Lin's fame instantly rushed out of the campus and resounded throughout the capital.

Therefore, more people are wary of her, and they all think that Zhuo Lin's reputation means that His Majesty the Emperor is preparing for the establishment of a queen or concubine in the near future.

The foreign envoys did not stay in Anxia for a long time, a few days passed in a blink of an eye, and soon it was the day when the envoys were about to leave Anxia.

The night before leaving Beijing, the palace prepared a farewell banquet for the envoys of the two countries as usual.

"Zhuo, do you really not consider my proposal?" Duchess Vera Augustus of Sassi asked softly, holding Zhuo Lin's hand.

Zhuo Lin shook her head apologetically, "Thank you very much for your invitation, but... I have no plans to leave Anxia for the time being."

Vera was a little disappointed, "I think you will have a better development if you go to Sassi, and I want to hire you as my assistant consultant. I think my uncle and cousin will also be very willing to hire someone like you with a high salary. A talented and capable woman, we need a talent who understands the Sasi language and culture and is extremely proficient in Anxia, ​​a big eastern country."

Vera really likes Zhuo Lin. The first time she saw Zhuo Lin, she felt that she was different from other Anxia women, and she was also different from Saxi's women. "In Anxia, ​​it will limit your development. .They don’t give good women too many options, do they?”

Zhuo Lin smiled and said, "Does Sassi have more choices?"

Vera thought for a while, feeling a little frustrated, "Okay, but at least it's more free in Sassi, right? You will be very popular in my country."

In Saxi, although there are not as many rules as An Xia, the power given to women is not much more than that of An Xia.

Yes, Sassi allowed women to inherit titles and even the throne, so Vera inherited her father's duke title instead of being called a princess hastily.

But they don't allow women to participate in politics, and they don't allow women to hold public office. I heard that women were allowed to participate in politics in Anxia's history, but unfortunately they don't seem to be doing so now.

Zhuo Lin smiled, "Thank you, if I have the chance, I will definitely visit Sassi in the future, but I still like An Xia better."

Vera was not angry and said with a smile, "I also like Sassi better. If you come to Sassi, you must come to me. I welcome you at any time. Believe me, you will like it there."

"Thank you, Duke." Zhuo Lin said.

On the other side, Xiao Zhu and Princess Cheng Yu sent off Crown Prince Ilya and his wife with smiles, and when they turned around, they saw Zhuo Lin and Vera sitting together and talking happily.

Princess Cheng Yu smiled, "This Miss Zhuo is very suitable for diplomacy, if she is here, she will definitely do better than me."

Xiao Zhu lowered his eyes and smiled lightly, "Miss Huang is too modest, it's been hard for Sis Huang these days."

Princess Cheng Yu shook her head and said, "I'm not being too modest, it's just... A Zhu, Miss Huang is not young, I can't always let me do these things for you, you still need to find a partner. I think... that girl is very Suitable."

Xiao Zhu shook his head and did not speak, Princess Cheng Yu was a little puzzled, "I think you have a good impression of her, do you think her family background is inappropriate?"

In fact, in Princess Chengyu's view, family background is not that important, what is important is to be able to have one heart with the emperor.

Those rich and powerful daughters in the capital, not to mention their ability for the time being, even if they become queens, they still value their mother's family more.

However, it is not difficult to understand that the current situation of the royal family is not very good. If there is no strong natal family to support those delicate and famous ladies, I am afraid that they will not be able to sit firmly in the position of queen. But after getting along with each other these days, Princess Chengyu has inexplicable confidence in Zhuo Lin, if it is any girl, she will definitely become an excellent queen.

Xiao Zhu said, "That's not the problem. Sister Huang, if you think she's good, you have to think about me, right?"

Princess Chengyu was surprised, "Is there anyone else who would look down on my younger brother?"

It's not that Princess Chengyu is overconfident, but that Xiao Zhu is first-class in appearance, ability and character even without the status of the royal family. Princess Chengyu never thinks that anyone will look down on her own brother.

Xiao Zhu was a little helpless, "Not everyone likes to make trouble for themselves."

The position of emperor itself represents a lot of trouble. What's more, Xiao Zhu could also see that the way Zhuo Lin looked at him didn't mean that at all.

Whether in private or in public, Zhuo Lin's face and eyes have never shown any emotions similar to the sprouting of a girl's heart.

Princess Chengyu couldn't help but looked at Zhuo Lin who was not far away, shrugged and said, "Well, it's good that you know it yourself. After this time, there will probably be many people in the capital who want to trick her. Be careful if you move too slowly, it will be snatched away by someone."

Xiao Zhu smiled helplessly, shook his head and did not speak.