Don’t Show the Son

It has to be said that the mother-in-law still knows her two daughters very well.

The eldest daughter has a withdrawn personality and doesn't know how to deal with others, let alone be a good wife. On the night of her wedding, she ran away without saying a word. If she were replaced by another man, she would have to divorce her on the second day of the wedding. Be a treasure.

The youngest daughter is naughty, doesn't know etiquette, has no rules, is neither big nor small, and likes to push her boundaries...

After being reminded by her like this, Lin Xiu herself felt that it was not easy for her.

After the mother-in-law left, Lingyin looked at Lin Xiu and asked, "I don't know etiquette very much, do I have no rules?"

Lin Xiu thought for a while and said, "It's okay."

What he likes is the spirit voice who doesn't know etiquette, has no rules, and used to press him against the wall at every turn. When did she behave, understand etiquette, and stop pushing her feet, he is not used to it.

Zhao Lingjun also shook her head and said, "Maybe it's because in Mother's eyes, you have always been a child."

Lingyin agreed very much: "She is prejudiced, thinking that I am still a child."

Zhao Lingjun was silent for a moment, and asked, "I'm withdrawn, can't I get along with others?"

Lin Xiu and Lingyin looked at each other, then lowered their heads at the same time.

"Eat melon."

"This melon is quite sweet."

"If you like to eat, I will ask His Majesty for some more tomorrow..."

...

Zhang Mansion.

The Crown Princess, who was supposed to be confined in the East Palace for three days, appeared in the Zhang family at this moment.

The swelling on both sides of her face has subsided, but the flames of hatred in her eyes are still not extinguished. The dignified daughter of the Zhang family, the prince and concubine, and the future queen, was killed by a second-class marquis at the gate of the palace in front of so many people. Her son slapped her, making her a joke in the entire king's capital.

If this matter is over like this, what face will she have in front of those ladies in the future?

At this time, a servant of Zhang's mansion came in from the outside and said, "Master, Lin Xiu has already returned to the mansion, and His Majesty even sent some honeydew melons from the Western Regions to Lin's mansion..."

Beside Zhang Xian, a middle-aged woman said: "My lord, your majesty is obviously biased. It is a capital crime to change someone else, but your majesty only locked him up for a day, and gave him a reward right after he got back. On the surface, it's a kindness." Pet, to put it in a deeper way, he is suppressing our Zhang family..."

The concubine also continued on the sidelines: "The incident in the south of the Yangtze River last time must have been instigated by His Majesty behind the scenes, and last time, the third brother was arrested by him and taken to the Yamen, which also disgraced the family. This is not a daughter. He has humiliated our Zhang family time and time again, if you don't care about it, what will others think of our Zhang family, don't you want to lose the family's face?"

Zhang Xian glanced at her and asked, "Then what do you want?"

The princess gritted her teeth and said, "If it's not his life, I want the hand he hit me!"

Zhang Xian snorted coldly and said, "Who do you think he is, who do you think Zhao Lingjun is, let alone slap you, even if he slaps the prince, no one can give him a hand."

So far, Zhao Lingjun is still the only pride of the Great Xia Dynasty.

With her here, Daxia can retain the face of the Five Great Dynasties.

As one of the five great dynasties, if there is not even one in the top ten of the Tianjiao list, let alone the imperial court, the Zhang family and the dignitaries of the royal capital will feel ashamed.

It is impossible to ask Lin Xiu to do it alone, and even asking His Majesty to punish him severely is just a dream.

His Majesty agreed, but the courtiers and other dignitaries did not agree.

Dabi is only half a month old, and if something happens to him, no one can bear the responsibility.

But as the daughter said, if the Zhang family does nothing about this matter and suffers in silence, it will indeed damage the family's face. In recent days, the Zhang family has lost enough face and needs to find a way to restore it.

Zhang Xian thought for a while and said, "I will let him apologize to you in front of the courtiers."

The princess was displeased and said: "He slapped me, is an apology enough?"

Zhang Xian snorted coldly and said: "If you have the skills of her wife, if the prince has his skills, you can also be so arrogant. If you don't, just shut up. You have no place to speak here!"

The princess lowered her head and stopped talking.

Although this is far from what she expected, some results are better than no results.

...

The people and dignitaries in the royal capital guessed rightly that Lin Xiu's slapping of the princess did not go away so easily.

After all, she is the crown princess, or the future queen, and her other identity is the daughter of the Zhang family. At the early court today, the head of the Zhang family strongly condemned Lin Xiu's behavior in front of the courtiers, and demanded that He apologized to the princess, and his statement was seconded by more than half of the courtiers.

Even the Song family, who had always been at odds with the Zhang family, agreed with the Zhang family's proposal.

At the same time, other dignitaries other than the Xue family, as well as several princes and county kings of the royal family, also spoke out for the crown princess.

It is true that Lin Xiu has offended too many people. In the Jiangnan Rebellion that just ended, he offended almost all the top dignitaries in the capital by himself, causing all the big families to suffer a dark loss. Naturally, at this time, there is no People will speak for him.

The Crown Princess is now considered a member of the royal family, and the royal family will of course stand on her side.

Moreover, the request made by the Zhang family was not too much, it was just for Lin Xiu to apologize. It is hard to imagine that this is the style of the Zhang family. Evaporate, completely disappear in this world.

For a moment, people even had the illusion that Lin Xiucai was the most arrogant dude in the capital, and the Zhang family became the target of his bullying.

All the major forces in the court have reached a unified opinion on this matter, and even Emperor Xia cannot openly oppose it.

He just said that he would ask someone to persuade Lin Xiu, so he dismissed the court meeting.

Shanglin Court.

Zhu Jin looked at Lin Xiu and said, "It's just an apology, nothing less. This time, everyone is on the side of the Zhang family, and His Majesty can't protect you."

Princess Minghe was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll go and apologize to her."

As soon as she turned around, Lin Xiu grabbed her wrist.

Lin Xiu looked at Zhu Jin and asked, "Boss Zhu, what do you say I practiced so hard for?"

Zhu Jin said, "For what?"

Lin Xiudao: "In order to be able to stand up and not be bullied, if someone scolds my mother or bullies my friend, I have to apologize to her in turn, so am I not kneeling? What is the use?"

Zhu Jin said, "It's just an apology, it's not that serious."

Lin Xiudao: "For me, this is very serious."

Zhu Jin had already guessed that Lin Xiu would not give in. Hearing this, he shook his head and had no choice but to return to the palace to return to his life.

Lin Xiu glanced at Princess Minghe and said, "What she wants is my apology, and it's useless if you go."

Princess Minghe said: "Then what can we do, you can't go against everyone."

Lin Xiu said calmly, "Why are you fighting against everyone, they will change their minds soon."

Princess Minghe didn't know what Lin Xiu meant, and was about to ask, when Lin Xiu suddenly asked, "Do you want to go to Jiangnan for a few days together?"

Princess Minghe said in astonishment: "Now, there is still half a month before Dabi, and I will go to Daluo soon..."

As she talked, she seemed to understand something, and then a smile appeared on her face, and she said, "Okay, I'm going to pack things..."

Lin Xiu walked into a palace, and as soon as she entered, Zhao Lingjun came out of the room and said, "It's just right, I also want to visit Jiangnan. Lingyin has always wanted to go to Jiangnan, so I will tell her."

Lin Xiudao: "I'll tell Lin Jiang that I'll buy a big house this time, and I'll live there for a while when I'm free."

Qianye Lin also did not refuse to go to the south of the Yangtze River for fun. Needless to say, Ning'er Qin Wan, with Zhao Lingjun around, they rented a painting boat at the pier, and they could go to Jiangnan in half a day.

...

royal palace.

The Great Competition is approaching, and there are many things that need to be discussed and arranged. The morning court has temporarily changed from once every five days to once every two days.

Yesterday he worked all night and was woken up before getting enough sleep. Emperor Xia covered his mouth and yawned, and asked, "What do you want to play today?"

Zhang Xian came out and said, "Your Majesty, Lin Xiu has not apologized to the Crown Princess so far."

When this matter was mentioned, Emperor Xia felt a bit of a headache. He couldn't object to something that everyone supported. He could suppress it last time, but I'm afraid it won't work this time, so he had to say to Zhu Jin, "Go to Xuan Linxiu."

Not long after Zhu Jin left, he hurried back.

Seeing that he was alone, Emperor Xia asked, "Where are the others?"

Zhu Jin raised his head and said with a complicated expression: "Your Majesty, he can't come..."

Emperor Xia asked, "Why?"

Zhu Jindao: "He took his family to Jiangnan to play..."

Emperor Xia was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What does a family... mean?"

Zhu Jindao: "The whole family, he, his wife, his sister-in-law, and Princess Minghe have all gone to the south of the Yangtze River..."

As soon as this remark came out, the whole hall was silent.

Lin Xiu and Lin Xiu's wives and concubines are more than just an understatement.

Among them are Zhao Lingjun, Qianye Lin, Xue Ning'er, Qin Wan, Princess Minghe, Zhao Lingyin, and Lin Xiu herself, including seven of the top twelve and four of the top five in Daxia Xiaobi. .

They are Daxia's hope in the Grand Competition.

But before they set off, they all left the capital.

The reason is naturally needless to guess.

This is protest.

Also a threat.

Xia Huangzheng was worried that there was no chance of attacking, so he was stunned for a moment, then pointed to the officials below, and said angrily: "Look at the good things you have done!"

"Who is Zhao Lingjun? She is number one on the list of top talents, Lin Xiu also has the strength of the top five on the list of top talents. The princess insulted her mother, and she was at fault first, but you forced such a top talent to apologize to her. What do you think? "

"Do you know how many countries are coveting them? As long as they are willing, Dayou, Daluo, Daying, and Dalu will rush to get them. Don't you want to be happy if you want to drive away the pride of Daxia?"

"It's all right now, they've all gone to Jiangnan, who of you can take their place in the big competition?"

...

The hall was silent, and the officials looked at each other in blank dismay.

No one expected that Lin Xiu would be so tough.

But he does have a strong confidence. Six of them are in the top ten of the small competition. Without them, Daxia will become a joke in this and the next big competition. Maybe none of them will enter the top ten.

Don't say they are justified, even if they are unreasonable, everyone has to give in to them.

Before this, they forgot about it.

I didn't expect Lin Xiu to take this as a threat.

Their family can threaten the entire country.

This time things really got serious.

Faced with their threats and protests, the imperial court had no choice but to compromise, because nothing was more important than Dabi. Compared with Dabi's ranking, the princess's face was nothing, and the Zhang family's face was nothing...

In the end, someone from the royal family stood up and said slowly: "Your Majesty is right. The Crown Princess was at fault for this matter. Otherwise, let's forget about apologizing..."

If one person stands up, there will be a second person.

The Patriarch of the Song family also said: "This matter, we have considered, is indeed inappropriate..."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"Seconded……"

In a short period of time, the direction of the wind in the court turned sharply. It only took a moment for everyone to speak for Lin Xiu from criticizing everyone.

The head of the Zhang family stood in the crowd without saying a word, because it was useless for him to say anything, at least for the past three years, no one could ignore Lin Xiu's family.

He originally wanted to save some face for the Zhang family, but he didn't expect to lose more.

He gritted his teeth and said, "It's because the ministers are not strict with their daughters. After returning, they will definitely discipline them well. Dabi is more important. Your Majesty should call them back quickly..."