Don’t Show the Son

In recent years, the imperial court has tightened its overall policy on conferring titles and promoting titles.

After all, the noble title of a powerful person is not like an official position. Officials still need to manage their own affairs in their positions and make contributions to the country's court before they can get their salaries.

But the dignitaries are different. The dignitaries don’t work. They just lie at home, and the imperial court has to allocate a part of their finances to support them every year. To put it bluntly, these people are moths of society. They cannot create value, but only consume social value.

It would be fine if they could lie at home honestly.

Because of the privileges of the rich and powerful, a large part of the children of the rich and powerful have developed an unhealthy trend of luxury and lust, oppressing the good and doing harm to the common people. They are not only moths of society, but also scourges.

His Majesty seems to have realized the seriousness of the problem long ago, so from the early years, he has become very cautious in conferring titles and promotions. If he has made great achievements, he will not be promoted. , not only the salary is pitifully low, even the fief has been taken back, in fact, it is no different from ordinary people.

Speaking of His Majesty's method of suppressing the powerful, it actually ended in failure.

Because what he can control is only some small dignitaries, to be exact, the third-class uncle family. Those real wealthy families have not been greatly affected at all. The life of the Lin family was not bad before. It is not unrelated to His Majesty's suppression of the powerful when he first took the throne.

Compared with the third-class uncle, the second-class uncle is slightly better, has a fief, and has a higher salary. He can barely be regarded as the bottom of the dignitaries.

Even though the difference in title is only one level, the meaning it represents is completely different. Now even if someone wants to plot against Lin Xiu, they have to worry more, and it is basically impossible for it to happen again. The matter of being arrested and thrown into prison casually.

After Director Li read out the imperial decree and took the Xie Yin presented by Mrs. Ping'an and left, Lin Xiu was surrounded by his family.

Xiu'er, what's going on?

Why did Your Majesty suddenly grant me a title?

Also rewarded the fiefdom and servant girls...

...

Lin Xiu knew that this was all due to the imperial concubine, but he didn't want to explain too much about the details. If he let them know that he was plotted against, went to prison again, and was almost tortured to extract a confession, he might have to do it again. he is worried.

Lin Xiu just smiled and said, Father, you forgot, I said before, I want to earn you a first-class dude, this is only a second-class uncle, why are you excited, good days are yet to come...

Uncle Ping'an couldn't help but patted him on the head, and said, If you say this kind of thing, people will laugh at you, so don't say it again in the future.

Having said that, the corners of his mouth were almost grinning behind his ears. Although he was not promoted to the rank because of himself, he was happier than being promoted to the rank for his meritorious service.

Because he gave birth to a good son.

For other powerful families in the royal capital, if the heirs don't cause trouble for the family, they are already burning high incense. If they expect their sons to make meritorious service, they will be promoted to nobles. I'm afraid those people dare not think so in their dreams.

Zhou Yun was very dissatisfied with her husband's slap on the son's head, twisted his waist, frowned and said: My son has earned you a second-class uncle, and you still disagree. If you slap Xiu'er on the head again, you will sleep in the study room from now on. go……

Lin Xiu was worried that her parents would continue to ask about the reason for the title, so she slipped into her room on the pretext that she was tired.

He sighed in his heart, the imperial concubine really said the same thing, from the time she said she wanted to elevate the Lin family's title to the imperial decree came, not an hour had passed.

The title of the second-class uncle is not high, or even very low, but the newly promoted second-class uncle is different. This shows that this second-class uncle is in the eyes of His Majesty. At least in the short term, anyone who wants to target Lin Xiu or the Lin family will have to You have to think it over carefully.

Lin Xiu didn't want to slander or be slandered by others, and he didn't want to take great pains to plot against someone. He just wanted to spend money on cultivation, and hoped that after Yang Xuan, no one would bother him again.

There was a small-scale commotion in the elite circle of the capital today.

Uncle Ping'an was promoted to second-class uncle, and the palace did not suppress him. In just half a day, word spread among the elite circles in the royal capital.

The matter of a second-class uncle would not have attracted the attention of those top dignitaries, but this second-class uncle is a newcomer, so the meaning is completely different.

Your Majesty has been controlling the entrustment and promotion of the powerful over the years. Only a few who have made great contributions can be promoted. In addition, when the title is inherited, it will be lowered by one level, so the title of the powerful is generally declining. of.

Under such circumstances, it is extraordinary that someone can go against the trend.

All of a sudden, they began to investigate, what did Uncle Ping'an do to make His Majesty make an exception and be promoted to noble? Of course, what everyone can find out is that Uncle Ping'an's son has awakened the magic of ice. The ice production in the palace, that one month, made them very hot. Although His Majesty promoted the title of Earl of Ping'an just because of this, it was a heavy award, but it was justified.

He's just a second-class uncle, and he's not a second-class waiter. Maybe His Majesty's decision was made on the spur of the moment. I can only say that Uncle Ping'an is lucky.

After the investigation was clear, everyone forgot about it.

The Lin Mansion has been very lively these two days.

In the past, the family was very deserted. During the holidays, no one came to visit. In the past two days, people came to visit from time to time. Among these people, there were relatives who could not be reached, and most of them were dignitaries in the royal capital.

Some third-class uncles and second-class uncles sent people to give congratulatory gifts. These people usually have no friendship with the Lin family, but this time the gifts were not light, as if everyone knew each other very well.

Lin Xiu understands these are the ways of the world, but at home, people come and go from morning to night, making him restless and unable to practice meditation.

So Lin Xiu left Lin's mansion, took Sun Dali, and walked towards Lihuayuan.

When he was upset, only the voice of the girl in Caiyi could bring him peace of mind.

At the gate of Lihuayuan, Sun Dali said: Master, how long will you finish, I will pick you up when the time comes.

Lin Xiu asked strangely, Aren't you waiting here?

Sun Dali glanced at him and said, Master, are you sure you want me to wait here, in case the second lady comes back and sees...

Lin Xiu waved her hand without hesitation, and said, Go, go now, go far away, don't appear around here, come pick me up in an hour...

Dali finally got the hang of it, which made Lin Xiu very pleased.

Although Lingyin is at grandma's house and won't be back for a while, Lin Xiu doesn't want to be caught by her again at a critical moment.

When I walked into Lihuayuan, it was unexpectedly closed.

Lin Xiu walked in and asked a young girl, Aren't you going to do business today?

When the girl saw Lin Xiu, her eyes lit up, and she immediately said, My lord, you're here, I'll call Sister Caiyi!

The girl rushed into the backyard like a whirlwind. Not long after, Caiyi hurried in. She looked at Lin Xiu and asked worriedly, My lord, are you alright?

It was only then that Lin Xiu realized that he was taken away from Lihuayuan that day, and when he came out of the palace, he forgot to come here to say he was safe.

He looked at Caiyi and said apologetically, I'm sorry, I've been busy with a lot of things these two days, so I forgot to tell you, I'm fine.

Caiyi breathed a sigh of relief and said, It's fine, it's fine...

Lin Xiu looked at the empty lobby and asked, Why isn't it open today?

Caiyi explained: Because there was a murder case in the building two days ago, the government sealed off the building, and they haven't told us that we can open the door.

This order should have been issued by the Dongcheng Yamen, Lin Xiudao: I will go to the Yamen to urge you later, the case is over, it is not an option to continue like this, it is not easy for you to make money, if you don't open for a day, you will lose a day of business...

Not long after, in the private room on the second floor of the Lihuayuan, Caiyi made a cup of tea for Lin Xiu, and asked with a smile, Young master, do you want to teach me a new song today?

Lin Xiudao: Don't worry about this, the score I gave you last time, have you practiced it, how do you feel?

Caiyi nodded, and said: I practice every day, and those scores are really useful. I practiced for a few days, and I can already feel a kind of power appearing in my body...

Afterwards, she walked to a cabinet, took out a book from it, handed it to Lin Xiu with both hands, and said, I have already copied this score, and I will return this book to you, Young Master.

Lin Xiu put away the book, he borrowed it from the School of Different Arts, and had to return it on time.

Afterwards, he said to Caiyi again: Miss Caiyi, can I take your pulse again?

Caiyi didn't speak, but stretched out her hand actively, rolled up her sleeves, revealing her snow-white wrists.

Lin Xiu put the three fingers of his right hand on her wrist, and the next moment, a smile could not help appearing on the corner of his mouth, the power in his body finally reacted.

He guessed right. The reason why he failed to copy Shuangshuang girl's ability last time was because his ability was awakened for the first time, and the number of abilities copied reached the upper limit. Ability to replicate more.

But soon, Lin Xiu realized a problem.

too slow!

His speed of copying Caiyi's ability is too slow, even slower than copying Dali and Haitang. It stands to reason that he has awakened one more time than before, even if the speed is not accelerated, it will definitely not slow down!

But soon, Lin Xiu realized the problem.

It's a matter of contact area.

When diagnosing the pulse, he used his fingertips to touch Caiyi's wrist. Diagnosing the pulse is not like shaking hands. The contact area between the two bodies is too small, so it will naturally take longer. I'm afraid it can't be completed in a quarter of an hour.

It can take a quarter of an hour to check the pulse, and it can barely be rounded. If it takes an hour and a half, a fool can see that there is a problem, right?

Sure enough, I still want to soak her.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiu decisively withdrew her hand.

He is actually not in a hurry to acquire the abilities of Caiyi girl, there will be many opportunities in the future, and he still has a little concern at the moment.

Since there is a limit to the upper limit of his ability to copy during the first awakening, the second awakening will be no exception. Although Lin Xiu doesn't know how many at present, there will definitely be.

In this case, the acquisition of abilities must be prioritized.

Li Baizhang's thunder power, of course, is something he will get if he has a chance, and Xue Ning'er, if he misses an opportunity on her, he doesn't know when the next time will be, so he must hurry up.

On the contrary, there is no need for Caiyi to worry here, there will be a long time to come between the two of them, and in this case, there will be an extra position for ability.

At this time, Caiyi suddenly looked at Lin Xiu and said, My lord.

Lin Xiu raised her head and asked, What's wrong?

Caiyi silently lowered her head, blushed slightly, and said, I read in the book that strange arts cannot be detected by feeling the pulse...

Lin Xiu was stunned for a moment, and said awkwardly, Really...

Caiyi nodded and said, I've read several books, and they all say this...

Sure enough, people still don't want to read too much, Lin Xiu stood up suddenly and said, It's getting late today, I'll go to the yamen to remind you, if they go to the yamen, it will be bad...