Don’t Show the Son

After returning to the Lin Mansion, Lin Xiu shut herself in the room and sat alone at the table, silent for a long time.

The first-class Hou's mansion is too large for the current Lin family, and it cannot be provoked at all.

Confronting them is like hitting a stone with a pebble.

Not long ago, Lin Xiu could use the ice-making job in the palace to protect himself, but now, he doesn't even have the last resort.

But fortunately, even if the Lin family is in decline, they are still powerful and powerful. Even the Marquis of Yongping would not dare to attack him blatantly. From the incidents of Qin Cong, Tianxianglou and Wang Wei, it can be seen that they do things openly Still very afraid, Lin Xiu just needs to be wary of their secret tricks.

After figuring this out, Lin Xiu no longer worried.

The enemies hiding in the dark are the most terrifying. Now that he has figured out their identities, he can slowly find opportunities to kill them.

The next day, after breakfast, Lin Xiu took Sun Dali and Rhubarb out of the Lin residence.

Lin Xiu didn't tell Uncle Ping'an and his wife about being tricked by the Yongping Hou Mansion, because even if she told them, it would only increase their worries.

Lin Xiu herself had the confidence to handle this matter well.

And he already had a complete plan in mind.

The most important thing right now is Xue Ning'er's birthday.

Xue Ning'er's ability is flying, and Lin Xiuzhi is sure to acquire this ability.

It's not just to fulfill his childhood dream of flying into the sky. The ability to fly is a special kind of ability among many different magic abilities. Before the fifth awakening, this ability can ignore the gravity of the earth and make himself volley into the air. flight.

But after the fifth awakening, this ability will undergo a qualitative change.

Specifically, it will change from suspending itself to suspending all things, that is, from "flying" to "controlling things".

These are two completely different abilities. If Xue Ning'er can awaken her own ability five times, her ability will evolve from the "flying" of the mysterious level to the "control" of the heavenly level.

Flying is only a mysterious ability, but control is a heavenly ability.

When the time comes, she will not only be able to fly herself, but also let others fly.

Although people in this world don't have the concept of "gravity", they have clearly understood the horror of this ability, otherwise they wouldn't have listed it as a heavenly rank.

It happened that Lingyin was not around. During this month, he had to practice hard, strive for the second awakening, and get Xue Ninger's ability as soon as possible. Otherwise, when Lingyin came back, she would drain all his energy every day. At that time , he can't do anything.

In order to quickly improve the relationship with Xue Ning'er, Lin Xiu spent a lot of thought on the present she was about to give her at the birthday party.

...

That night.

The sky had completely darkened, and the entire king was shrouded in darkness. The poor people who had no money to light candles had already rested, but Xue Guogong's mansion was still brightly lit.

Carriages and sedan chairs were parked on the streets on both sides of Xue's mansion, like long dragons, from the street to the end of the street, it was quite spectacular.

Today is the eighteenth birthday of Duke Xue's granddaughter, Xue Ning'er, and the ostentation put on by the Duke's mansion is even bigger than the 80th birthday of some elders of big families.

Those who came to Xue's mansion tonight were all big names and surnames of kings, and some small dignitaries that most people need to look up to on weekdays are not even qualified to participate in tonight's banquet.

Ding Xingwang, a member of Xue Guogong's family, in the third generation, there are more than ten males, but only one girl. Therefore, Xue Ning'er has been doted on since she was born, and some people took advantage of her birthday banquet to present generous gifts. Take this to curry favor with the Xue family.

"Young Master Wei He of the Marquis of Yongchun, I am sending you a pair of Yu Ruyi!"

"Young Master Shen Yun of Juluhou's Mansion, I will present you with a jasper pipa."

"Miss Chen Peipei from Chen Guogong's mansion, I will give you ten thousand taels of silver."

...

At the gate of the Duke's Mansion, there is a housekeeper who is responsible for receiving gifts. While recording the gift money, he reads the gifts from everyone aloud.

The person whose name was read turned around and bowed to the people still in line, then walked in with big strides.

A young man handed over the invitation, and the butler looked at the name on the front of the invitation, and said loudly: "Mr. Lin Xiulin of the Uncle Pingan's Mansion, send..."

After finishing speaking, seeing that the young man didn't move, he reminded him in a low voice, "My lord, where's your congratulatory gift?"

Lin Xiudao: "My congratulatory gift is quite special, I will give it to Miss Ning'er myself in a while."

The butler didn't say much about it. Those young people who pursued their young ladies just like to engage in such a thing. As long as the invitation is genuine, he will not stop it.

It's just that it's wishful thinking for a little son of a third-class uncle to pursue his own lady. Although his appearance is indeed unmatched among the many suitors of the lady, his status is still too low.

At this moment, a discussion broke out among the guests who were still queuing at the gate of the mansion.

"Uncle Ping'an, isn't Uncle Ping'an the third-class uncle? I heard that the first-class loyal and brave uncle was not invited. Where did he get his invitation?"

"I don't know, maybe it's Miss Ning'er's friend."

"No way, Miss Ning'er's friend, how could it be possible that she didn't even bring a present?"

"Lin Xiu, isn't this Lin Xiu the one who has a marriage contract with the daughter of the Zhao family? He's here too?"

"What, it's him, damn it, the hatred of taking your wife is irreconcilable!"

...

Before the banquet started, the Xue residence was already very lively.

Lin Xiu walked into the yard, looked around, but found no one she knew.

No wonder, not long after he came to this world, the only friend he had was the mysterious Li Baizhang. He said that he was a commoner, from an ordinary family, but Lin Xiu always had doubts about it.

A commoner, where did he come from so much knowledge, and how could he know so much about the dignitaries of the royal capital, but he didn't talk about it, and Lin Xiu didn't study it carefully.

Lin Xiu's friendship with him is just a sympathy between the two sea kings, and has nothing to do with his identity.

As for the other familiar classmates, they were all Xue Ning'er's licking dogs, and they had no chance to participate in tonight's dinner party, so everyone else gathered in groups, chatting and laughing, but he didn't even have anyone to talk to.

Fortunately, Xue Ning'er, as the protagonist tonight, was already welcoming guests in the yard. When she saw Lin Xiu, she waved to him happily, and then walked over in small steps.

A group of young men and women also surrounded her.

Xue Ning'er wore a light yellow skirt today, with delicate makeup on her face, neither thick nor light, just right.

Her hair was combed into a Lingyun bun, which was dotted with many ornaments, shining brightly under the candlelight, as if her whole body was bathed in dazzling light.

There is no doubt that Xue Ning'er is undoubtedly the only focus of the Xue residence tonight.

The women beside her also had outstanding looks, but everything standing with her turned into green leaves that set off the red flowers.

Of course, there was another important reason, that Qin Wan, Zhao Lingyin, and Princess Minghe were not invited to her birthday party.

If any one of them came, the situation tonight would only be two moons competing for glory.

Of course, it was reasonable for Xue Ning'er not to invite them.

If Lin Xiu was Xue Ning'er, she would not invite her either.

It has to be said that Xue Ning'er, as one of the four beauties of the Academy of Abnormal Arts, despite her family background, as a woman, she also has unique advantages.

If she wasn't so green tea, Lin Xiu would still be willing to be friends with her.

Lin Xiu looked at Xue Ning'er who was approaching slowly, and said with a smile, "Ms. Ning'er is more beautiful tonight than before."

Xue Ning'er was slightly happy in her heart, Lin Xiu is really good at talking.

The other people I met just now praised her for being pretty tonight, so isn't she usually pretty?

Among the countless praises and praises tonight, only Lin Xiu's words are the ones that win her the most.

I don't know why, as long as she talks to Lin Xiu, no matter how depressed she is, she will soon become happy.

She blushed slightly, pretending to be shy and said: "No..."

Suddenly, a handsome man appeared out of nowhere, and the faces of several young men beside Xue Ning'er changed, and one of them even smiled and said: "Ning'er, who is this brother?" , Why have you never seen it before, why don't you introduce us?"

Only then did Xue Ning'er stand beside Lin Xiu, and said to everyone: "This is Mr. Lin Xiulin from the Uncle Ping'an Mansion, he is my very good friend."

When they heard that he was the son of Uncle Ping'an, everyone immediately felt relieved.

I thought it was some kind of character, but I didn't expect that it was just the son of Uncle Ping'an, the third class. Such a person is not qualified to be their opponent at all.

Moreover, among the nobles in the royal capital, who doesn't know that Uncle Ping'an's son has a marriage contract with the Zhao family's prostitute daughter, and naturally there is no competition with them—wait!

Uncle Ping'an's son, Uncle Ping'an's son is the fiance of Tianjiao of the Zhao family, could it be this person!

For a while, everyone felt a little complicated.

Although they are pursuing Xue Ning'er, who doesn't know Zhao Lingjun?

If they were asked to choose between Zhao Lingjun and Xue Ning'er, they would choose the former without hesitation, but they would never have such a choice in their dreams.

Facing the goddess of the Zhao family, they all felt that they were not worthy.

The guy in front of him who has nothing but good looks is even more unworthy.

But he is really Zhao Lingjun's fiancé.

So they are jealous.

Very jealous.

Xue Ning'er didn't seem to notice the changes in everyone's expressions, and introduced Lin Xiu one by one: "This is Wei Wenyuan, the second son of Duke Wei's family, and Qi Qingxiao, the eldest son of Duke Qi's family, and this is Duke Chen's mansion." Chen Peipei, she is also my good friend..."

Following the sequence, Xue Ning'er introduced the last young man, "This is Yang Xuan, the eldest son of the Marquis of Yongping..."

For those people in front, Lin Xiu just cupped his fists slightly to salute. When Xue Ning'er introduced Young Master Dao Yongping, Lin Xiu looked up at him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Brother Yang, long-awaited, long-awaited..."

Looking at Lin Xiu's warm smile, for some reason, Yang Xuan suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

However, this feeling soon disappeared. If he hadn't been afraid of the Zhao family, he would have crushed this person to death, which would have been much more difficult than crushing an ant. The girl's friend is naturally also my friend, so I need to take care of her more in the future."

Lin Xiuruo smiled meaningfully and said, "It should, it should..."