Don’t Show the Son

After listening to Zhu Jin's words, Emperor Xia nodded slightly, and said, "He is not afraid of power and has a kind heart. This son is indeed different from other powerful children in the capital."

Zhu Jin also said with emotion: "It's no wonder that the Zhao family is willing to fulfill the marriage contract back then. Some of the children from other families in the capital are really outrageous..."

Emperor Xia just smiled and said: "You really think that the Zhao family will marry the proud daughter of heaven to him just because of his good nature. He is telling me that the Zhao family will not participate in the power struggle in the capital. , some people are already powerful enough, if they marry Luanfeng of the Zhao family again, hehe, I'm afraid even I will be afraid..."

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In the Lin Mansion, Lin Xiu and Zhao Lingyin are practicing in the room.

The way Zhao Lingyin helped him practice was to make him suffer from the extreme cold. Lin Xiu was only wearing a shirt, and the cold air wrapped around her body, and a layer of frost had already formed on her eyebrows and hair.

There is a power in his body, which is fighting against the cold air outside, and during this protracted confrontation, the power in Lin Xiu's body is gradually increasing at an extremely slow speed.

Today, not long after the two practiced, there was a knock on the door outside.

When they are practicing in the room, no one will disturb them unless something urgent happens.

Lin Xiu quickly put on her clothes, opened the door, and found Uncle Ping'an and his wife standing at the door, and there were three figures standing in the yard in front of the door.

All three of them were white-faced and beardless, and the robes on their bodies looked like official uniforms, but they were different from official uniforms. A man standing near the front said in a high-pitched voice: "Lin Xiu, the son of Uncle Ping'an, has been summoned by His Majesty. Follow me into the palace, there must be no mistakes."

Lin Xiu was taken aback and asked, "Your Majesty summoned me, what did Your Majesty summon me for?"

The eunuch who passed the decree said indifferently: "We don't know about this, you should go with us quickly, be careful if you miss the time, your Majesty will condemn you."

Lin Xiu followed the three eunuchs away in a daze. Uncle Ping'an and his wife looked worried. Zhao Lingyin seemed to understand something, and comforted them: "Uncle and aunt, don't worry, Lin Xiu will not cause any serious problems when he enters the palace."

When Lin Xiu stepped into the palace gate, he vaguely guessed the intention of Emperor Daxia calling him into the palace.

As the son of a third-class uncle, how could a mere clerk in the Qing Dynasty come into the eyes of the emperor? To the emperor, the only thing he had some value for was his ability to make ice.

He had heard from the dean of the Abnormal Arts Academy that there were only two people in the entire Great Xia Kingdom who possessed the Ice Abnormal Art.

One is Lingyin and the other is Lin Xiu.

The reason why heaven-level different arts are heaven-level is not only because of their powerful abilities, but also because the probability of their awakening is too low. People who awaken heaven-level different arts and also possess cultivation talents are even rarer.

As for why he didn't invite a more powerful spiritual voice, but invited him who has just awakened his ability, it is not surprising. Things, I am afraid that the news that the Great Xia Emperor does not respect talents will spread out soon.

Lin Xiu was different. He was just an unknown junior in the capital, and this strong man was arrested as soon as he said he wanted to be arrested.

Lin Xiu's guess was right. He had just entered the palace when an eunuch officer told him that the ice storage in the palace was empty and he needed to use his ability to make ice for the palace.

Lin Xiu could not refuse this matter, nor could she refuse.

For one thing, this is the emperor's personal call, and he is not allowed to refuse.

Secondly, to a certain extent, this is Lin Xiu's obligation.

After all, he is a student of the School of Different Arts, and the students of the School of Different Arts have another identity, that is, they are special talents recruited by the court. As long as the court needs them, they need to serve the court at any time.

These people accepted the cultivation of the imperial court, enjoyed the resources of the Academy of Different Arts, and a high salary of ten taels of silver per month, so they should take on this obligation.

Since it is called, naturally there is no pay.

Thinking that these few days, he was doing things for the palace for free, but he lost real money. Lin Xiu couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.

The eunuch supervisor frowned and asked, "Why, you don't want to work for the palace?"

Lin Xiu shook her head and said, "Elder-in-law misunderstood, it's just that my ability has just awakened, and my energy is low, and it will be exhausted after a while. I'm afraid I won't be able to make much ice..."

The eunuch glanced at him and said: "Of course you don't need to worry about this, come with me, and enter the harem in a while, give me a little cleverness, don't look at what you shouldn't look at, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, if you violate the palace Don't blame me for not reminding you in advance."

The Great Xia court had twenty-four divisions, each with its own responsibilities, and the imperial palace also had twenty divisions, which were in charge of all affairs within the palace.

Within the imperial city, the front palace is the yamen of various ministries and the three courts of the royal capital, and the middle palace is the place where the emperor and ministers discuss matters. Therefore, the positions of the twenty-four divisions are all in the rear palace, and are in charge of the female officials and eunuchs in the palace.

That's why the eunuch supervisor reminded Lin Xiu just now, telling him not to look around or ask questions along the way. After all, the people living in the harem are either the emperor's concubines or princesses who have not left the cabinet. Even if he takes a second look at these people All faux pas.

Lin Xiu followed several eunuchs, walked through several extremely long palace corridors, and finally entered the legendary harem.

The harem, the middle palace, and the front palace are simply two worlds.

All kinds of flowers and plants were planted on both sides of the palace road. It is early in the morning, and the sun has not yet risen. There are many young and beautiful court ladies tending flowers and plants by the roadside. Several colorful battles passed by Lin Xiu, and the three When the eunuch was standing on the side of the road and saluting, Lin Xiu took a few glances without showing any traces. The people sitting on the colorful staff were all beauties of heavenly fragrance and national beauty. To be precise, they were all kinds of young women, Some are glamorous, some are innocent, and each one has its own characteristics.

Lin Xiu had never met the emperor, so she didn't know his character, but there was no doubt that this man had a very good vision, and his aesthetics were not much better than Lin Xiu's.

Compared with those young girls, these are real women.

The eunuch beside him reminded Lin Xiudao in a low voice: "It's all said, don't look around, be careful to bring disaster on yourself."

When Lin Xiu heard this, she immediately lowered her head, looked at her nose, nose and mouth, and stopped glancing around from the corner of her eye.

After all, this is the era of feudal imperial power supremacy, and the harem is a place of right and wrong. As a little son of a third-class uncle, it is better to be careful in everything.

Soon, Lin Xiu was taken to a palace by three eunuchs.

The plaque of "Shang Bingsi" is hung on the gate of the palace courtyard. Shang Bingsi is one of the twenty-four divisions of the harem. Its main duty is to store ice cubes in the ice storage in winter, and provide them to the palaces to cool off when the summer is hot. .

After entering the Shangbing Division, Director Li explained his purpose, and the eunuch in charge of Shangbing Division had a worried look on his face, and said, "What should I do? I don't know why, the water drawn from our company's well these days is abnormally turbid. How can I use it? Come make ice for the girls..."

Mr. Li frowned, and went to the well to fetch a bucket of water, and sure enough, he saw that the well water was very muddy, and he couldn't drink it at all.

He thought for a while and said, "I'll report to His Majesty, you are waiting here."

Director Li left Shang Bingsi, walked in again after a while, and said to Lin Xiu: "Come with me."

Because there was a problem with Shang Bingsi's well water, the emperor temporarily ordered Lin Xiu to go to the palaces of various concubines to make ice according to the rank of concubines.

This can avoid competition among the palaces and maintain order in the harem.

Lin Xiu took the ice-making tools from Shang Bingsi, followed them, and was soon taken to a palace courtyard.

In front of the tall palace gate, there is a plaque of "Yongning Palace".

This palace is much more grand. Before entering, Director Li reminded again: "This is the residence of the empress. After entering, don't make noise or wait and see. After making the ice, leave quickly."

Lin Xiu walked into the palace courtyard and saw several maids and eunuchs busy in the courtyard. He was taken to the well in the corner of the palace courtyard. Some eunuchs had already filled the water and were waiting here.

The ice made by the imperial palace is made by Shang Bingsi. The mold is square and can make one cube of ice at a time.

The harem is not the moon-chasing building. Lin Xiu can't put her hands directly on the water to make ice, she can only put her hands on the outside of the mould.

In this way, the speed of making ice will be much slower and consume more energy. Lin Xiu has nothing to do about it. No matter how clean his hands are, the eunuchs around him will not allow it.

I don't know how many concubines the emperor has. If things go on like this, the vitality in Lin Xiu's body will have to be drained by these concubines today.

It's time to get on the plane, update soon.