After hearing Zhu Jin's words, Emperor Xia nodded slightly and said, "I am not afraid of power and have good intentions. This son is indeed different from other powerful children of the royal capital."

Zhu Jin also sighed: "No wonder the Zhao family was willing to fulfill the engagement that year. Some of the children from other families in the Wangdu were so outrageous..."

Emperor Xia just smiled and said, "You really think that the Zhao family would marry the proud daughter of heaven just because of his kind nature. He is telling me that the Zhao family will not participate in the power struggle in the royal capital. Some people are already powerful enough. If they marry the Zhao family again, haha, 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 let him suffer the torture of extreme cold. Lin Xiu was only wearing a shirt, and the cold outside his body was wrapped around his body, and a layer of frost had been formed on his eyebrows and hair.

There was a force in his body that was fighting against the cold outside. In this lasting confrontation, the force in Lin Xiu's body was gradually growing at an extremely slow speed.

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

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

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

All three of them had white faces and no beards. The robe they wore seemed to be in official uniforms, which were different from the official uniforms. A man standing in front said in a sharp voice: "Lin Xiu, the son of Ping'an Bo, your Majesty summoned him and followed me into the palace immediately, so there must be no mistakes."

Lin Xiu was shocked and asked, "Your Majesty summoned me, what are you doing when you summon me!"

The eunuch passed the order and said lightly: "We don't know this. You should go with us quickly. Be careful not to miss the hour and your crime will be reduced."

Lin Xiu followed the three eunuchs in a daze. The couple of Ping'an's wife looked worried. Zhao Lingyin seemed to understand something and comforted them: "Uncle and aunt, don't worry, Lin Xiu will not have any major issues when entering the palace."

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

As the son of a third-class Bo, how could a small document from the Qing Lisi be attracted to the emperor? For the emperor, the only thing he has some value is his ability to make ice.

He heard from the dean of the Agent Art Academy that there are only two people in the entire Daxia royal capital that possesses the Ice Agent Art.

One is Lingyin and the other is Lin Xiu.

The reason why the heavenly level magic is a heavenly level is not only because of its strong ability, but also because the probability of awakening is too low. There are even fewer people who awaken the heavenly level magic and have the talent for cultivation at the same time.

As for why you don't invite Lingyin with stronger strength, but instead invite him who has just awakened his abilities, there is nothing strange about it. If the daughter of the first-class marquis and the genius of the Tianzi Academy of the Alien Arts Academy, if you are invited to the palace to do such a thing, I am afraid that the news that the Emperor of Daxia does not respect talents will soon spread.

Lin Xiu is different. He is in the capital, just an unknown junior. This strong man said he would arrest him.

Lin Xiu guessed right. As soon as he entered the palace, an eunuch supervisor told him that the ice warehouse 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 he refuse it.

At first, the emperor personally summoned him and he could not refuse.

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

After all, he is a student of the Yishu Academy. The student of the Yishu Academy also has another identity, which is the special talents recruited by the court. As long as the court needs it, they need to serve the court at any time.

These people were trained by the court, enjoyed the resources of the Academic Academy, and had a high salary of ten taels of silver per month, so they should bear this obligation.

Since it is a recruitment, there is naturally no reward.

I think he has spent hundreds of taels of silver in the past few days, working for the palace for free, but the loss of real money is the money. Thinking of this, Lin Xiu couldn't help but sigh.

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

Lin Xiu shook his head and said, "My father-in-law misunderstood. It's just that my ability has just awakened. My energy is low. If I use my ability, I will exhaust my energy in a short while. I'm afraid I can't make much ice..."

The eunuch glanced at him and said, "Of course you don't have to worry about this. Come with me. After a while, I will enter the harem. Be smarter. Don't look at what shouldn't be seen, and don't ask what shouldn't be asked. If you violate the rules in the palace, don't blame me for not reminding you in advance."

The Daxia imperial court had twenty-four corpses, each of which had its own responsibilities, and the imperial palace also had twenty corpses, which were in charge of all matters in the palace.

In the imperial city, the front palace is the yamen of various departments, the royal capital and the central palace is the place where the emperor and ministers discuss matters. Therefore, the positions of these twenty-four departments are all in the harem, and are under the control of the female officials and eunuchs in the palace.

So the eunuch just now reminded Lin Xiu specifically to ask him not to look at him or ask him randomly along the way. After all, the people living in this harem are either the emperor's concubines or the unmarried princesses. Even if he takes a look at these people at one more time, it would be rude.

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

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

The palace road was planted with all kinds of flowers and plants. It was early morning and the sun had not yet risen. Many young and beautiful palace maids were working on flowers and plants on the roadside. They drove by Lin Xiu's side and stood by the three eunuchs to salute him. Lin Xiu glanced at him without any trace. All those sitting on the colorful war were all beautiful women of heaven and country. To be precise, they were all kinds of young women. Some were beautiful and some were pure. Each one had unique characteristics.

Lin Xiu had never met the emperor and did not understand his personality, but there was one thing that was beyond doubt that this person had a very good vision and his aesthetic taste was no less than Lin Xiu.

Compared to those young girls, these are real women.

The eunuch beside him whispered to Lin Xiu: "I've said it, don't look around, be careful to bring disaster to yourself."

When Lin Xiu heard this, he immediately lowered his head, looked at his nose, nose and mouth, and no longer glanced at him in the aftermath.

After all, this is an era when feudal imperial power is supreme, and the harem is also 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.

There is a plaque of "Shangbingsi" hanging on the gate of the palace courtyard. Shangbingsi is one of the twenty-four harem corpses. Its main responsibility is to store ice cubes in the ice warehouse in winter and provide them to the palaces for cooling off when it is hot in summer.

After entering Shangbing, General Manager Li explained his purpose. The eunuch in charge of Shangbing's office looked worried and said, "What should I do? For some reason, the water that has been shot in our well these days is extremely turbid. How can it be used to make ice for the empresses..."

Manager Li frowned and walked to the well to draw a bucket of water. Sure enough, he saw that the well water was very turbid and could not drink it at all.

He thought for a while and said, "I'll report to your Majesty, you're here to wait."

Manager Li left Shang Bingsi, walked in again after a while, and said to Lin Xiu, "Follow me."

Because there was a problem with the well water of Shangbingsi, the emperor issued a temporary order to ask Lin Xiu to go to the palaces of each concubine to make ice according to the grade of the concubines.

This can prevent the scramble of the palaces and maintain order in the harem.

Ice-making tools were taken from Shangbingsi, Lin Xiu followed them and was soon taken to a palace courtyard.

A plaque with the "Yongning Palace" hung in front of the tall palace gate.

This palace courtyard is much more grand. Before entering, General Manager Li reminded again: "This is the residence of the Empress. After entering, you should not make noise or watch. After making ice, you should leave quickly."

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

The palace uses Shangbingsi molds to make ice. This mold is square and you can make one square of ice at a time.

The harem is not the Zhaiyue Tower, and Lin Xiu cannot directly stick his hands on the water to make ice, so he can only stick it outside the mold.

In this way, the ice-making speed will be much slower and the consumption of the Yuanli will be greater. Lin Xiu has no choice. Even if his hands are washed clean, the eunuchs around him will not allow it.
Chapter completed!