Don’t Show the Son

In the room, Lin Xiu leaned against the head of the bed, covered with two layers of quilts.

In fact, he is not cold, even if he is cold, he can heat himself to keep warm, but lying on the bed comfortably, Qin Wan sits on the edge of the bed and feeds ginger soup into his mouth spoon by spoon, but it is not always possible. .

Even though the two kissed and hugged each other, Lin Xiu also tried her handicraft twice, but apart from these, nothing happened to them.

No matter when kissing passionately or hugging each other, Qin Wan didn't even allow his hands to move.

He knew that this was her trick, but he couldn't force it.

Lin Xiu had a faint premonition that if she went on like this, he might really lose.

She is a goblin.

Qin Wan fed Lin Xiu spoon by spoon. Zhao Lingyin stood at the door and watched for a while, and finally couldn't help but walked in and said, "Let me feed him, I made him look like this."

Qin Wan said: "No need, I still owe him a lot of silver, if you feed him once, you can save ten Wen."

Zhao Lingyin looked at Qin Wan, she knew what this woman was thinking.

Qin Wan owed Lin Xiu ten thousand taels of silver, and she would have to pay it back for several lifetimes.

She just depends on him.

However, what can I do?

Even my sister is not qualified to control her, and she is even less qualified.

She is just a little regretful now, why did she act bravely just now, if she didn't act bravely, and insisted on proving that she is better than him, Qin Wan would have no chance to take advantage of it.

But she really hoped that she was better than Lin Xiu, maybe it was because the person who needed her protection in the past had gradually surpassed her, which caused a gap in her heart, or maybe it was because she wanted to protect him as before... …

After drinking the ginger soup, Lin Xiu wrapped herself in the quilt and thought about one thing.

He didn't know the detailed rules of the small competition before, but he just felt that with his strength, it was not easy to get a place to enter the big competition.

After the small competition, there is still half a year before the big competition. In this six months, he has gradually raised his cultivation to the ground level, and it is completely in time.

But now a problem arises.

At the time of Xiaobi, the Earth Rank had a protection mechanism that would not allow them to be eliminated in the first two rounds, but the Mysterious Rank did not, and the minimum requirement for participating in the competition was the Mysterious Rank.

If he meets Zhao Lingjun in the first or second round, or a seed player who has been promoted to the ground for several years, he may overturn.

No wonder Princess Minghe is depressed these days. She hasn't made a breakthrough yet. Like Lin Xiu, if she meets Zhao Lingjun or other strong people in the lottery, she will be eliminated in the first round, and she won't even be eligible to participate in the competition.

Above the arena, everyone is treated equally, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, even Emperor Xia can't blatantly specialize.

Even she couldn't, let alone Lin Xiu.

To be honest, this rule is very cruel, especially for those who are at the top of the mysterious upper realm. If they are unlucky, they will lose the opportunity to participate in the big competition in the first round. Some weaker than them, if they draw weaker opponents , but can easily advance.

But for the imperial court, those young geniuses at the lower level are Dabi's hope, and those below the lower level are their stepping stones. There is no difference between the elimination of Xiaobi and the elimination of Dabi.

Lin Xiu seldom does things that are not sure, even if the risk is small, but it always exists. At this time, Xiaobi is still a month away. If he can secretly sneak into the Leidu Java Kingdom where Li Baizhang practiced, he may not be able to do it before Xiaobi. breakthrough.

After making a decision in her heart, Lin Xiu came to Xue's house.

Old Duke Xue did not allow him to have too close contact with Ning'er, but he didn't care about the two of them practicing together. He and Ning'er were feeding each other moves in the yard, but the moves were limp and powerless, not like they were practicing. It's more like flirting.

Old Duke Xue sat at the stone table, although his expression was not very good-looking, he didn't say anything.

Lin Xiu asked: "Ning'er, have you registered with the Department of Abnormal Arts?"

Xue Ning'er said: "I went there this morning."

She slapped Lin Xiu's chest lightly, took the opportunity to touch his chest muscles secretly, and asked suddenly: "You said, will we meet during the competition? What if we meet?"

She just likes to think wildly, Lin Xiu replied: "Although the possibility is unlikely, it cannot be completely ruled out."

Xue Ning'er said with a smile: "If I meet you, I will admit defeat."

It doesn't matter whether she wins or not, but Lin Xiu must not lose. She is still waiting for him to marry her after winning the contest.

Old Duke Xue coughed heavily, and said: "If you dare to admit defeat, this old man will take back his previous promise. If he wants to marry you, he should show some real skills and marry you in a dignified manner. Don't let this old man look down upon you!"

Lin Xiu squeezed Xue Ning'er's hand and said, "Don't worry, there are 800 people participating in the competition. It's not such a coincidence that we just met."

Lin Xiu and Ning'er chatted while feeding the moves, and learned that Xue's family participated in the competition this time, as well as her brothers.

However, none of them reached the ground level.

Compared with other families, the Xue family does have few successors, no wonder old Duke Xue pins all his hopes on Ning'er.

Before leaving, Lin Xiu said to Ning'er: "I may not be able to visit you this month. I plan to go out to practice and look for opportunities. It's more secure."

Although Xue Ning'er was a little bit reluctant, she still nodded and said: "As you said, if the relationship lasts for a long time, how can it be day and night. I will wait for you to come back."

She secretly kissed Old Master Xue on the cheek while he was not looking.

When Lin Xiu left Xue's residence, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Stop."

Lin Xiu turned her head, Old Master Xue handed over a palm-sized jade box and said, "Take it."

"This is..." Lin Xiu took the jade box, opened it, and found a fifth-order Yuanjing inside. He quickly said, "Old Xue, this is too precious..."

Old Master Xue waved his hand and said, "Ning'er is already on the ground floor, this thing is useless, and the rest of the boys in the family are too muddy to support the wall, and it's a waste to give them, you can keep it for use."

Tier 5 alien beasts are easy to kill, but Yuanjing is rare, and even the royal family has nothing to spare. This gift is as light as nothing, but it is also as heavy as ten thousand catties.

Old Master Xue took a look at Lin Xiu and said, "This is my granddaughter, don't let her down..."

Today, he has completely regarded Lin Xiu as one of his own.

Originally, he was resistant and unacceptable to the dignified heaven-ranked powerhouse, the granddaughter of the second-class Duke of Daxia, marrying someone else as a concubine.

Later, it occurred to him that his first wife was Zhao Lingjun.

Anyone else, he might not agree.

But if it was Zhao Lingjun, Ning'er would not be wronged.

Of course, what's more important is that Lin Xiu's performance during these days is remarkable. Apart from being too inattentive, she doesn't seem to have any other shortcomings. As long as he treats Ning'er well, Ning'er can be happy. That's all...

After leaving Xue's residence, Lin Xiu came to Changchun Palace.

In the past few months, he has been away from Beijing more and more times. This time, he will probably be away from the capital for another month. Naturally, he must not forget to tell the imperial concubine.

The imperial concubine is drawing pictures in the palace courtyard. She usually has nothing to do in Changchun Palace. When she is bored, she will use these things to relieve her loneliness.

After hearing Lin Xiu finish speaking, she said with a melancholy tone, "I'm leaving again..."

Lin Xiudao: "I have prepared a gift for my mother. When I come back, it should be ready soon."

Originally, she was a little disappointed when she heard that Lin Xiu would leave for a month, but she heard that Lin Xiu had prepared a gift for her, and it would take a full month to prepare. My heart was filled with anticipation again.

Lin Xiu didn't say much, but said: "The empress will know when the time comes."

He didn't intend to tell her so early, but planned to give her a surprise when the time came, but thinking of not being here for a month, he still gave her some expectations. As long as people have expectations, life will not be so boring.

Lin Xiu didn't tell her, and the imperial concubine didn't ask, she asked Linglong to take away the half-painted peony picture, and said to Lin Xiu: "Sit there, I will draw a picture for you and your daughter, you are not here During these days, if she misses you, I will let her look at the painting..."

Lin Xiu was sitting on a stone bench, holding a spiritual pet in her arms. The imperial concubine stood not far away, watched for a while, and then slowly wrote.

Lin Xiu sat bored, so she had a "meow meow" conversation with the little guy.

Both he and the imperial concubine wanted to send the little guy home, but it was so small that he didn't even know where his home was.

Lin Xiu once found out in a book called "Strange Beasts" in the library of the Abnormal Arts Academy that it was very similar to a strange beast called a cloud-winged tiger. This kind of strange beast usually only lives in the territory of strange beasts. Rarely occurs in human nations.

On the mainland, humans occupy almost all the plains, and the sea people generally live deep in the seabed, and the poor mountains and swamps, and primeval forests are mostly the territory of alien beasts. The tide hits the human city, and many cute animals are born, and they will become people's spiritual pets. Once they leave their habitats, it is almost impossible for them to go back.

After an unknown amount of time, the imperial concubine put down her pen and said, "Okay."

Lin Xiu walked over with her spiritual pet in her arms, and when she saw the painting of the imperial concubine, she couldn't help being startled.

The people on the picture are lifelike, and the expressions are even more vivid. He only knew that the scenery painted by the empress is very good, but he didn't expect that she was better at drawing people.

She took the painting into a palace, and Lin Xiu also followed her in, and found that the walls of the palace were covered with paintings, there were all kinds of paintings, there were probably hundreds of them, and there were scenes and figures in them. The scenery of Jiangnan.

Among those portraits, Lin Xiu saw the Empress Dowager, Emperor Xia, Linglong and Shuangshuang, and more than a dozen of them were spiritual pets, which should have been drawn when she was idle and bored.

Painting is to pass the time. It can be seen how lonely she has been in this harem for more than ten years.

When leaving Changchun Palace, a figure ran out from the nearby palace, Princess Minghe said: "You have to leave again, you are leaving, what should I do?"

She climbed a tree to eavesdrop just now, Lin Xiu said: "You can find Lingyin to practice, I will tell her before I leave, anyway, it won't take long every day, she will help you."

Princess Minghe shook her head and said, "I don't want to practice with her."

Over the years, they have been on equal footing. Now that Zhao Lingyin has reached the lower level, she is still wandering around the mysterious level. She feels uncomfortable when she sees Zhao Lingyin. Doesn't it make her feel uncomfortable every day to practice with her?

Lin Xiu said helplessly: "Then there is no other way. I don't think dual cultivation seems to have any effect on Breaking the Realm. That's why I want to try my luck outside..."

Princess Minghe also knew this. They practiced together these few days, but her vitality did not increase.

She sighed softly, Zhao Lingyin, Qin Wan, Xue Ning'er, in the past few months, everyone around her has broken through to the ground level one after another, even King Qin's brother has broken through, and she is still wandering on the Xuan level...

Fortunately, Lin Xiu was with her, which made her feel more comforted.

A feeling of sympathy arises spontaneously, even looking at him feels much more pleasing to the eye, and even thinks that he has delicate features, and the more he looks the better, why didn't I notice it before...