Don’t Show the Son

  Chapter 88 Palace Night Banquet【6600 words for monthly pass】

  The last martial arts class is an assessment of the students' practice achievements in the past few months.

After several months of training and teaching guidelines, about half of the students have successfully entrained Qi. Since then, they have stepped into the door of martial arts, and the other half have not succeeded in entraining Qi, but their physical fitness has also been greatly improved. Improved and passed the assessment smoothly.

  The courses of the School of Foreign Art were originally intended to improve the various abilities of the students, and would not set too much obstacles for the students in the assessment.

  For Lin Xiu, the martial arts class did not have much effect on him.

  He entrained Qi is outside, and his biggest gain in martial arts class should be Xue Ning'er's ability.

  Thinking of Xue Ning'er, Lin Xiu felt a little guilty in her heart. If she had been having trouble with her heart, it would be fine. Even if he designed Xue Ning'er, she deserved it.

  But when it comes to feelings, one is afraid of the word "serious".

  It is an indisputable fact that he hurt a person who really likes him. Xue Ning'er even left the alien art school because of this, which made Lin Xiu feel guilty.

  He wanted to have a face-to-face meeting with Xue Ning'er, but he heard that she had been staying in Xue Mansion, and even the best girlfriends hadn’t been seen, and Lin Xiu had no chance.

Li Baizhang saw Lin Xiu's thoughts, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "A few days later, it will be the birthday of the Empress Dowager. At that time, the royal capital will be expensive, and he will enter the palace to celebrate the birthday of her old man, Ning'er. The girl should also go, if you are lucky, you should be able to meet her..."

  After Lin Xiu returned home, she also heard about the birthday of the Queen Mother.

  The Queen Mother is the grandmother of your majesty today. After the death of the first emperor, the first queen also followed the first emperor soon. Therefore, there is no queen dowager in Daxia, but the queen dowager has always been healthy and has a very high status in the palace.

  Lin Xiu is very familiar with the harem, but she has never met the Queen Mother. The reason is that the elderly are more intolerant of heat. When the weather was still warm, his Majesty sent her to the palace in Lishan to escape the heat.

His Majesty now pursues filial piety. This time the eighty birthday of the Empress Dowager, he feasted in the palace and prayed for the empress dowager’s blessings and longevity. At that time, officials of the fifth rank and above in the dynasty and the royal capital would all enter the palace. Celebrating her birthday.

  Lin Mansion also received a notice from the palace today.

  Three days later, at the palace dinner, a family of three will be present. The difference is that Lin Xiu and Uncle Pingan are in the central palace, and Mrs. Pingan is in the harem. For the large-scale banquet in the palace, men and women are usually separated.

  After lunch, Lin Xiu accompanied her mother to the street, choosing birthday gifts for the empress dowager, Sun Dali and A Yue also followed them.

  Emperor Dowager’s birthday, dignitaries naturally do not enter the palace empty-handed. Fortunately, the Lin family is just a small family. This gift does not need to be too expensive. A gift of tens of two hundred taels of silver is enough to have a heartfelt meaning.

  If the Queen Mother’s birthday banquet, everyone has to prepare generous gifts, then many poor officials in the DPRK will have to sell iron.

  In a jewellery shop in Dongcheng, Mrs. Ping'an took a fancy to a pure gold Guanyin statue. The shopkeeper asked for five hundred taels of silver, and she countered three hundred taels. The two were deadlocked for a while.

  At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared from the back of the shop.

That was a middle-aged man. When he saw Lin Xiu, he was stunned for a moment, and then a surprise appeared on his face. He quickly stepped forward and said: "Lin Master, you were in a hurry last time. Our family has not been able to thank you very much. You, today I am hosting a banquet in the Moon Tower, please show your face!"

  This middle-aged man Lin Xiu knew him. Not long ago, he made a thousand taels of silver from outside member Chen.

  At that time, his son was taken away, and Lin Xiu asked Rhubarb to ask the stray dogs in the city for help, and then he retrieved his son.

  Lin Xiu smiled, and said, “Chen Yuanwai has already paid him a reward, so I don’t need to eat. I still have something to do today.”

Seeing Lin Xiu's refusal, Member Chen showed a pity on his face, but he thought of something. He looked at Mrs. Ping'an and asked, "This lady is..."

   Lin Xiu said: "This is my mother."

  Chen Yuanwai looked at the Guanyin statue in her hand, and then said: "If the madam likes this Guanyin statue, this will be given to the madam. It can be regarded as a little bit of heart..."

Five hundred taels is nothing to the Lin family today, but Chen Yuan said that he would not accept anything. He also said that if it were not for Lin Xiu, he would have lost ten thousand taels last time, so he had to give him this Guanyin statue. ...

  Walking out of this jewelry store, Mrs. Ping’an was surprised: “Where did you meet these friends?”

   Lin Xiu simply explained: "I happened to do him a favor before."

Zhou Yun did not ask in detail. The son was very different from before. He used to stay at home and didn't even have a friend. Since he was stunned by the meteor once, he seemed to have been resuscitated. Master Chen said that he He was very popular in the Qing dynasty, and the palace often called him in. Even when he went out to buy gifts for the Queen Mother, he could meet such a generous friend...

  Seeing these changes in her son, she was really relieved.

  Four people walked out of this shop, and two figures happened to approach each other.

  Both Lin Xiu know each other, one is Xue Ning'er, the other is her best friend Chen Peipei.

I haven’t seen her for many days. Lin Xiu didn’t expect to meet her here. When he didn’t know how to speak, Xue Ning’er also saw him. Then her face suddenly paled and her eyes were panicked. The next moment she took Chen Peipei’s hand. , And leave like escaping...

  Only seeing Xue Ning'er's eyes, Lin Xiu understood her thoughts.

  Sure enough...

   committed evil.

  I haven’t seen her in just a few days, and she seems to be less haggard, and there is no need to say more about the reasons behind it.

  Lin Xiu sighed in her heart, what he feared the most and didn't want, really happened.

At this moment, at a street corner ahead, Chen Peipei looked at Xue Ning'er puzzledly, and asked in confusion, "Ning'er, what are you running? Isn't that Lin Xiu? By the way, how did you seduce him? , I can’t wait to see Zhao Lingjun making a fool of yourself in front of you..."

   Xue Ning'er's face became paler when Chen Peipei said these words. She looked at Chen Peipei imploringly and said, "Stop talking, don't talk about it, okay..."

  Chen Peipei finally noticed her anomaly, and asked worriedly: "Ning'er, what's wrong with you, you look very wrong..."

   Xue Ning'er burst into tears, hugged Chen Peipei, choked up and said: "I, I'm a bad woman, I don't deserve him..."

  ……

  In the past few days, because of the birthday of the Queen Mother, the whole country is celebrated in Great Xia, and the curfew in the royal capital has been temporarily lifted.

  Originally, at night, the inner city became very quiet, and those who were walking on the street during the curfew would be caught and tortured.

But starting from three days ago, after night fell, the royal capital really became lively. The shops on the street were open all night, and the vendors carrying burdens were constantly in line. It is rare for the people to come out at night, and the streets are crowded. Surging, there is no place to stay.

  The area of ​​the East City near the imperial palace is filled with dignitaries and nobles. Today, there are endless carriages and carriages, sedan chairs, parked at the gate of the palace, and the noble and powerful officials got out of the sedan and walked towards the gate of the palace.

All the court ladies and eunuchs of Give Lisi came to the gate of the palace today. The gifts brought by officials and dignitaries into the palace will stay here and be registered. Except for the very few top dignitaries who have valuable gifts to be presented to the Queen Mother in person, others Everyone’s gifts are not allowed to be brought into the palace.

   At the gate of the palace, Lin Xiu first handed the post of the Ping'an Bofu, and delivered the brocade box containing the Guanyin statue. After the palace **** checked it, he registered it in the register, and then the **** led the three into the palace gate.

  Just walked into the front palace, one of the group of palace ladies on the left walked out and paid a salute to Mrs. Zhou Yun, Mrs. Ping’an, and respectfully said: "Madam, please come with me, and the slave maid will take you to the harem..."

  There are many female relatives who attended the banquet today. As usual, they have to go to the harem to participate in a banquet hosted by the empress.

  And Lin Xiu and Uncle Pin Ping were taken to a majestic palace in the Central Palace.

  The palace has a large area. It was originally built for large-scale banquets in the palace. There are a few rows on the left and right, extending from the main hall, and even on the square in front of the main hall.

  Royal banquets are very particular about seating positions. There are etiquettes for who should sit in which position and who should be in front of who.

Those princes and their children with respected status and status naturally sit in the front. Some small powerful and small officials can only be outside the hall. Now it is late autumn, and the weather has already turned cold. It feels like sitting outside the hall and blowing air. It's uncomfortable.

Among the nobles in the capital, the third-class uncle has the largest number. Uncle Ping, who has been promoted to the second-class, is naturally eligible to sit in the hall, but the position is relatively lower.

  Lin Xiu’s position was further back, and two tables behind him were outside the hall. Fortunately, although it was near the door, he was still in the hall.

  They arrived neither early nor late. About half of the people inside and outside the hall came, most of them knelt down and waited for the banquet to begin.

  Some people are sitting close, knowing each other, whispering and laughing.

  Lin Xiu sat at the table alone, a little boring, he didn’t know anyone on the left and right, and didn’t know when the banquet would start. After a while, would he wait for Xue Ning'er at the gate of the palace?

  He was thinking about this, a figure suddenly walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "I have been looking for you for a while, so you are here."

   Needless to say, it is naturally Li Baizhang.

  He said to Lin Xiu: "I just came back from my mother's concubine to greet her, and I met girl Ning'er on the road. It has only been a few days, and she has lost a lot of weight. You really bear the heart of her going on like this..."

  Lin Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "This matter was caused by me, and I will be responsible."

Don’t play with emotions, especially for girls who really like you. Even if you don’t love them, please don’t hurt them. The more you are like Lin Xiu, the more you know how precious this simple liking is. .

  The banquet has not yet started, Lin Xiu and Li Baizhang chatted without a word.

  The people who appeared in this hall tonight were all big figures with faces and faces. Of course, Lin Xiu didn't know much. Only when Yong Ping Hou appeared, Lin Xiu took a second look.

  Led by an eunuch, he walked in from the outside and sat in a very forward position in the hall.

  Li Baizhang noticed Lin Xiu’s gaze and asked, "Have you seen Yongpinghou?"

  Lin Xiu nodded and said, “I met once, and he said that the affairs between Yang Xuan and me are limited to the two of us and have nothing to do with Yang and Lin.”

Li Baizhang said: "This man is a hero, he is less than 40 years old, and his martial arts cultivation is close to the upper level of the ground. In the future, the Yang family must go further. It is best not to die with the Yongping Houfu. hatred."

The forty-year-old subterranean alien magician is already considered a small talent, and the road to martial arts is even more difficult. However, Yongpinghou can be less than forty years old and possess the strength close to the upper level. No wonder he is in the king. All have such power.

Whether it is a different technique or martial art, it is more difficult to break the realm as you go to the back. The lower stage and the upper stage seem to have only one realm, but even the different arts and martial arts geniuses in the eyes of ordinary people can break through this realm. Under normal circumstances, it will take fifteen to twenty years.

  From the upper realm of the ground to the lower realm, the talents are extremely outstanding, and at least they have to cultivate for more than 30 years.

  From this, it can be seen that Zhao Lingjun can enter the ground at the age of eighteen. What a terrible talent is this?

   What’s more frightening is that she didn’t break through at the age of eighteen. She had already stepped into the ground a few years ago.

  According to such a talent for cultivation, she must be able to reach the upper realm of the heavenly rank in her lifetime.

   Throughout the ages, there are only a handful of people who can reach this state, and each of them has left a strong mark in history.

If Yongping Hou can be promoted to the upper realm of the ground, then it is a certainty for him to grant his father to his father. The martial arts powerhouse in the upper realm can even fight against the heavenly alien masters. In addition to the royal family, there are so many powerful kings. , There are only four families with strong celestial ranks.

   is exactly one first-class public family and three second-class public families.

  They can have today's status and power, but it is not a royal reward, but a real family strength. This is also the reason why the current His Majesty is jealous of them and does not marry Zhao Lingjun to them.

  The strongest members of these families are only in the lower realm of the heavens, and getting Zhao Lingjun, who has an unlimited future, is not as simple as a tiger with wings.

  Compared with these behemoths, Lin Xiu is cute, not high in talent, low in strength, harmless to humans and animals, Zhao Lingjun marries him, and his majesty sleeps at ease today.

  The closer it is to the beginning of the banquet, the more important the person who walks in from the outside.

  Gradually, people at the level of state princes, county princes, and even princes began to appear. Li Baizhang was around to introduce him, and Lin Xiu wrote down the faces of these important people.

  After the ability is awakened three times, there will be a new skill in the Eyes.

Never forget.

  His eyes are like human flesh cameras, he can remember everything he sees clearly in his head, and he remembers everything clearly.

   Lin Xiu remembers these people, and there is another reason.

  Although I don’t know who was the person who assassinated him twice, he must be here tonight. Maybe he can find any clues from it.

  Two assassination incidents, Lin Xiu would not give up the investigation. He was wronged, and he had to find out who wanted his life, but the scope of suspicion was too wide, and he was temporarily unable to start.

  At one point, two young men walked into the hall one after another, causing a commotion in the hall, and many people stood up and saluted.

Lin Xiu naturally also learned the identity of the two from Li Baizhang.

  The gentleman among them is the only son of King Qi, His Majesty, and Concubine Xian.

   Another person who looks gloomy and soft is Wang Zhao.

  Lin Xiu was still strange at first. According to common sense, after the emperor determined the prince, in order to avoid the prince’s fight for power, other princes should not be sent to the fief, and they are not allowed to return to the capital...

  But most of the princes of your majesty today are in Kyoto. Not only that, the king of Qi also held important positions in the dynasty, with numerous party members around him, and he could even fight against the prince...

  After gradually being involved in the power struggle, Lin Xiucai gradually realized that things are not that simple.

  Xian concubine's maiden surname is Song, Song Yuzhi's Song, she was once the daughter of Ningguo Gongfu.

  The queen's maiden name is Zhang, and her mother's home is Dingguo Gongfu.

  The only first-class public in Daxia is Dingguo.

This seems to be a battle between the prince and the king of Qi, but it is actually a battle for power between the two top giants in Daxia. Even Lin Xiu discovered a small detail, that is, many dignitaries in the DPRK sent their own daughters away. After entering the palace, the harem, whether it is a concubine or a nobleman, whoever picks it out, has a good family background.

  Royal and powerful have long been inseparable.

  The infiltration of these powerful and powerful people is not only limited to the imperial court, even the emperor’s harem can not be avoided.

  Lin Xiu thought of more.

Ding Guogong’s daughter is a queen, and Ning Guogong’s daughter is a concubine. The rank of the harem is actually the rank of the noble family. What does this mean? It means that the list of these concubines is preset. It turns out that the emperor’s marriage was also done by him. Nobody...

  Lin Xiu suddenly felt comfortable.

  As an emperor, he could not decide who he would marry, or even who the prince would establish. From a certain perspective, he was actually just a tool man, and his only function was to give birth to a son, as a bargaining chip for these powerful and powerful people to fight for power.

   Now Lin Xiu feels more comfortable.

But I don’t have to say, I don’t have to do anything. There are so many people sending young and beautiful girls to him. This is not the ultimate dream of every LSP. How can this kind of good thing not happen to him? ...

  Think carefully, forget it.

  The gift of destiny, the price has been marked at the beginning, there is no free lunch, no girl sleeping in the world, power is precious, beauty is good, but compared with freedom, these are nothing...

  True freedom is the person who can be unscrupulous and likes, do happy things, and even those who share the bed with him every day have to be appointed by others. What is such a good thing?

  While Lin Xiu was thinking about it, another figure walked into the hall, accompanied by several people.

  This person is plain, not tall, and looks honest and honest, but when he walked into the hall, everyone stood up, including Li Baizhang who was next to Lin Xiu.

  Everyone bowed and said in unison: "See His Royal Highness!"

Lin Xiu has met the empress empress and Emperor Da Xia. Although the empress empress is not as beautiful as the imperial concubine empress, she can be regarded as a beauty. The emperor Xia is a talented person. The prince born has no inheritance in terms of appearance. His father and mother and queen.

  Although he is not ugly, compared with Princess Minghe, Li Baizhang, and King Zhao, he is a bit of a low profile for the royal family.

  Although the prince's appearance is not good, his temperament is very friendly, and there is a trace of majesty and nobleness in the affinity, and when people see him, he can't help but want to bow his head.

  Not only did Lin Xiu not have the idea of ​​bowing her head, she even wanted to put her hands on her hips.

  I don’t know why, when seeing His Royal Highness, Lin Xiu had a feeling inexplicably in her heart. How should we describe this feeling...

  If you say that seeing Princess Minghe, Lin Xiu feels uncomfortable and always feels suppressed by him everywhere, but seeing the prince, it is completely the opposite feeling, that kind of suppressed pleasure...

  This kind of feeling will not happen inexplicably, Lin Xiu seems to have realized something, turned her head to look at Li Baizhang, and asked in a low voice: "The prince's ability is not about water control..."

  Li Baizhang said in surprise: "This matter has not been spread, how do you know?"

  Lin Xiu looked at the prince again, and the only thing that could make him feel this kind of suppressive pleasure was the ability of water.

  This ability is also one of the celestial abilities, the power is very domineering, and it is very restrained from the different arts of fire.

  However, this ability was restrained by the alien technique of ice.

  Tengram.

At this moment, the prince who walked into the hall seemed to feel something, frowned slightly, turned his head slowly, and looked in a certain direction. The eyes of the two met in the air. Lin Xiu's expression was calm, but the prince shook his body, instinctively. Take a step back.

  A few people around hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, what's the matter with you?"

  The prince retracted his gaze from Lin Xiu's direction, smiled slightly, and said, "It's okay in this palace, let's go, the banquet is about to begin, and you will be seated as soon as possible..."

  The prince and others left, Li Baizhang also separated from Lin Xiu and returned to his own position. He was the prince, and his position was at the forefront of the hall.

   Soon, a bell rang outside the hall, and the officials, dignitaries and their children in the hall also silenced them. They were sitting at the table with their eyes on the front.

  Zhu Jin walked out from the back of the palace and said in a high-pitched voice: "Your Majesty, come!"

  Emperor Xia and the Queen helped an old man and walked out slowly. Everyone in and outside the hall stood up and saluted, and said respectfully: "See Your Majesty, Empress Empress, I wish the Empress Dowager good luck..."

  The etiquette of the banquet in the palace is very detailed, and even the congratulatory messages are arranged in advance, so that they can be unanimous and uniform.

  The banquet begins, and the first part is a gift.

  Some princes, county princes, and people in charge of several national government offices personally presented birthday gifts to the empress dowager. The empress dowager did not stay here long, but was supported by the empress and a few grandma to leave.

  She just showed her face here, there are still many female relatives waiting in the harem.

After   , it was Zhu Jin who replaced His Majesty announcing the start of the banquet. Some palace people served dishes one after another. A dozen slender palace ladies sang and danced in the palace.

  The ladies of the palace wore very little, and the dance was very graceful, but Lin Xiu had no intention of admiring it.

  Lin Xiu still remembered the look in his eyes just now.

  What kind of look was that, including disgust, resentment, hatred, and many things that Lin Xiu couldn't explain clearly. Although the two looked at each other for a moment, some things could not be hidden.

  Such as loving someone.

   also like hating someone.

   Xue Ning'er looked at him with love in his eyes, and the prince looked at him with hatred.

  Lin Xiu has never seen such a look in the eyes of Yang Xuan’s Zhao Lingjun’s stupid fan.

  Although it was the first time he saw the prince, but if you count it seriously, the hatred between him and the prince ended a long time ago.

The prince    was also one of Zhao Lingjun's suitors. He was originally the crown prince. If he marries Zhao Lingjun again, the throne will be as stable as Mount Tai, and no one can compete with him again.

  Lin Xiu’s existence has shattered his dreams, and he has a reason to hate Lin Xiu.

  It can even be said that in the two previous assassinations against him, the sons of His Majesty the Emperor were the most suspicious, and then the super clans of the royal capital.

  After seeing the prince today, his suspicion in Lin Xiu's heart is even greater.

Princess Minghe’s ability is fire, and Lin Xiuming’s abilities are in mutual restraint. She can’t help but often trouble him. The prince’s ability is water. If Lin Xiu is restrained, he will hug himself. Is there any kindness?

  I am afraid not.

  Lin Xiu looked at the front of the hall. The seat of the prince was only under the Emperor Da Xia. At this moment, he was smiling and watching the singing and dancing in the hall.

  Although there is no direct and indirect evidence, Lin Xiu is not sure about the two assassinations. The prince was behind the scenes, but I have to say that he is most suspicious.

  In this case, let him start the investigation.

  (End of this chapter)