Chapter 109
Steward Luo said, “Yes, it’s that room. The reason why the Emperor sealed that room was because he didn’t want Empress Xiaohui, who was already in poor health at that time, to be hurt again after seeing it.”
So the Emperor did it for the sake of the late Empress …
He had already thought that the palace room in his memory was the one that was sealed. Since this was Pu Liu’s residence, then Pu Liu should be the woman he saw in his memory.
This wet nurse was driven out of the palace, and even her residence was sealed. It was obvious that she had made a big mistake.
There were many secrets in the imperial family. He didn’t know if he could find out about it, but it shouldn’t be a problem to ask Steward Luo in private, right?
Li Yu probed, “Steward Luo, what exactly did Pu Liu do wrong?”
Steward Luo was silent for a moment, then said, “It’s been many years. If Princess wants to know, there’s no harm in telling Princess. This wet nurse was found not taking good care of the Little Prince, causing His Highness King Jing, who had just been born at that time, to catch a cold. Empress Xiaohui was very angry, but considering that she was the wet nurse of the late First Prince and Fourth Prince, even if she didn’t have any merit, she still worked hard. Empress Xiaohui was kind and only drove her out of the palace. ”
Li Yu, “What?!”
Why was it completely different from what he thought? Li Yu thought that the wet nurse’s mistake should have something to do with the packet of medicinal powder that she had eaten, but this was it??
“Because she didn’t take good care of King Jing, she …?”
Steward Luo nodded and said, “Because it happened before Empress Xiaohui passed away, this old servant remembers it very clearly. His Highness King Jing was born with a weak body, and … he couldn’t speak. The imperial physician had always told him to take good care of himself. But this wet nurse, she opened the window in His Highness King Jing’s room a crack, but forgot to close it. It was cold at that time, and His Highness King Jing fell ill not long after. Empress Xiaohui was already in poor health at that time, and she was busy taking care of His Highness, so her health became worse. ”
Li Yu was startled, “Then … what happened in that palace room?”
Pu Liu was originally sent out of the palace because she didn’t take good care of the young King Jing, but the Pu Liu he saw in his memory would personally sew toys for King Jing, and there were a few times when she looked at King Jing was full of love.
Li Yu’s’s’s love for his Son, so he could feel that, the love Pu Liu’s for King Jing didn’t seem to be fake..
.. so why was it that when she came to King Jing, she made such a stupid stupid mistake’s King Jing ”s she made such a low-level mistake”s”s’s’s? Her ”’s a’s, why, she she, a, made a a…’t’t’s should’s……..
. and if the window was open, he wouldn’t catch a cold for a while. There was some distance between the window and the bed, and the child was usually wrapped in swaddling clothes, so if he caught a cold, he must’ve been exposed to the cold wind for a long time. Even if Pu Liu was careless and forgot to close the window, how could she not have noticed it later?
He felt that Pu Liu’s”s”s’ ‘was somewhat contradictory to her love for King Jing.
But what did this have to do with the powder?
Li Yu’s mind was in a mess. He kept searching for this secret, but it couldn’t be that this secret had no practical meaning, and was just a scene that King Jing saw when he was young. His wet nurse Pu Liu had a quarrel with someone, and not long after that, she was sent out of the palace.
Li Yu thought of another question, “Pu Liu was King Jing’s’s’ ‘wet nurse, so why can’t I find her name in the Changchun Palace’s register?”
“What?” Head Steward Luo didn’t expect him to say this, and said blankly, “That’s impossible. How can she not be in the register?”
Li Yu was also shocked. He tactfully mentioned losing the register, and Head Steward Luo’s reaction didn’t seem to be fake. This meant that even Head Steward Luo didn’t know that the Changchun Palace lost the register, and Pu Liu’s name couldn’t have been erased by the Emperor’s order.
This was even more strange. Even if someone was sent out of the palace, they would usually leave a record, so why couldn’t Pu Liu be found? If the cloth tiger she made back then hadn’t been torn apart by the children, Li Yu might never have known that Pu Liu existed.
Ever since she was sent out of the palace, it was as if this person never existed.
Head Steward Luo answered Li Yu’s many questions. Although there were still some strange points, Li Yu didn’t want to look into it anymore. After all, it was making a big fuss over a small issue.
Pu Liu was only sent out of the palace, and the sealed palace wasn’t the scene of the crime.
Yes, Pu Liu didn’t die, she was still alive. If Li Yu wanted to know more, he could just find Pu Liu and ask her.
But was it necessary to get to the bottom of an old matter that had already been settled?
If he really found it, how could he tell her how he “saw” and “knew” that Pu Liu swallowed a bag of medicinal powder?
Perhaps, it was just a medicine to treat discomfort?
Not every secret was beautiful. Even if this secret wasn’t what he thought, there was no need to be too disappointed.
Li Yu finally asked, “Luo Gonggong, after Pu Liu was sent out, where did she go?”
Luo Ruisheng said, “I heard she went back to her hometown.”
Li Yu still asked Head Steward Luo to help him find Pu Liu’s hometown address. If a woman left the palace, she would usually go back to her hometown.
If there were any new discoveries, he would talk about it again.
Head Steward Luo took his leave, and King Jing and Li Yu also took the children back to the palace.
Because of the sudden situation in Changchun Palace, Li Yu decided to start training his babies.
“Remember, you must not let anyone find out that you used to cook fish,” Li Yu said to the children.
This was too important. Thinking about how King Jing had spent so much effort to cover up for them, but in the end, the fish babies were almost exposed because of a box of fish food. It was too much of a loss.
Li Yu still had lingering fears, and felt that it was time to let the children know how to protect themselves.
Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao didn’t quite understand. It was so good to be fish, why couldn’t they say that they were fish babies?
Li Yu was looked at by the children’s pairs of starry eyes, and he felt a little reluctant to part with them.
He could understand his parents’ feelings more and more.
The fish babies were too well protected by King Jing and him, but they would have to face it alone one day. It was necessary to let the naive fish babies understand how sinister people could be as early as possible.
The young fish father said solemnly, “Only you and your two fathers know about being fish. You absolutely cannot reveal this to anyone else, because other people can’t turn into fish like us. If they find out, they will do many terrible things to you.”
Er Bao tilted his head: Terrible?
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu said, “They will lock Da Bao, Er Bao, San Bao, and Si Bao up as strange people. They won’t let you eat or see your fathers.”
Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao sat up straight and nodded their heads furiously. Being locked up, not being able to eat, and not being able to see their father was really too scary.
Li Yu was quite satisfied with their reactions. In addition to not letting the fish babies’ identities be exposed, he also had to make sure that they were not easily tricked by bad people.
Li Yu had a deep understanding of this point.
Li Yu combined his own experience and said earnestly, “If your fathers can’t be by your side because of something, and someone calls you in your father’s name … it’s very likely that they are lying to you. You must not care about them.”
Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao: “…”
Life as a fish was too difficult. What did he mean by someone calling them in their father’s name when he wasn’t around?
The fish babies didn’t quite understand.
Li Yu said, “Anyway, remember your fathers’ words. Unless your fathers say that you can trust them, ignore them.”
Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao understood this sentence and nodded their heads.
Si Bao supported his chin with his hand and nodded his head. Then, his head slid down with a ‘piu’ sound.
“Si Bao.” Li Yu smiled nastily and shook the fish baby awake. “Remember to copy what your fathers said just now ten times.”
Si Bao: “!!!”
Si Bao felt wronged. Si Bao trembled. Boohoo, I accidentally made my father angry. My father’s face is so scary. B-but he still doesn’t know how to write!
With Da Bao’s help, Si Bao wrote an entire page of rice and handed it to his father with his tender little paws.
His father now knew what Da Bao’s rice meant. Every time he saw it, he would want to smile gently. However, when he saw Si Bao’s rice, he wanted to beat him up.
He wouldn’t allow any of the fish babies to be muddle-headed in this aspect. Li Yu would give him instructions whenever he had time. Finally, Si Bao, who was slow to react, remembered his father’s words.
Soon, Ye Qinghuan and Princess Jinjue’s daughter, Princess Qinghe, would be holding a banquet at Duke Chengen’s residence. Li Yu had already agreed to bring the children and the nest of fish. He planned to congratulate them first. After meeting the princess and the heir, he would transform into a fish if he couldn’t take it anymore. At that time, he would be a real fish and the little fish next to him would be a fish bolster. It would be hard to tell if he was real or fake. King Jing would be responsible for covering his human form and still say that he could return to the residence early.
This was an old rule, so King Jing didn’t object. Before they set off, Li Yu strung the fish bolster into a string and was about to put it into a crystal bottle. However, King Jing was already holding an identical bottle in his hand.
Li Yu’s heart felt strange. He looked at the bottle in King Jing’s hand and saw that there was a koi fish inside that was very similar to his body. It was also silver with a hint of gold and was very similar in size to his.
How could there be another fish living in the territory that should belong to him?
Li Yu’s heart was alarmed, but King Jing placed the crystal bottle in his hand. Then, he took out a slightly smaller bottle from his sleeve and poured a few smaller fish into it.
Li Yu discovered that these fish were very similar in color to the fish babies.
Why would there be other fish that looked so similar to him and his fish babies in King Jing’s residence?
Li Yu slowly thought about it and came to a realization. These were … were the substitutes that King Jing had prepared for him and his fish babies.
It was inconvenient to always bring fish bolster out and have to constantly be on guard to see if they would be seen through.
However, if they brought live fish with them, they would be substitutes that looked very similar to him and his fish babies. What was there to worry about?
Li Yu hurriedly took the crystal bottle and carefully examined the fish.
There were no two leaves in the world that were exactly the same, and naturally, there were no two fish that were exactly the same.
The larger substitute had a pattern that was roughly similar to his, but the golden scales were sparser. If the two fish were placed together, it would be easy to notice the difference. However, if there was only one fish, it would be almost impossible for people who weren’t particularly close to them to tell the difference.
Ye Qinghuan and Princess Jinjue spent most of their time looking at the fish through the crystal bottle and the tank, so they weren’t too familiar with the fish. Therefore, the substitute could always cover it up. However, if it was King Jing, it probably wouldn’t be able to do so.
With a substitute, he didn’t have to specifically turn into a fish — — he could turn into a fish to save the day, but the fish babies couldn’t turn into a fish again until they were seven years old. Wang Xi had already muttered a few times that the little fish in the tank often maintained the same posture and fell asleep together. Li Yu fooled around and even felt that Eunuch Wang was a little suspicious. King Jing’s move conveniently solved this big headache for him.
Li Yu was overjoyed, “Your Highness must have put in a lot of effort to find these fish.”
Even he himself felt that it must have been very difficult.
King Jing shook his head. He didn’t put in much effort, but after Xiaoyu revealed her identity to him, he started looking for them. After more than a year, he also put the search for the substitutes of the little fish on the agenda.
The person in charge of this matter said that it was hard to find them, but King Jing thought that as long as he cast a wide net and kept looking, he would definitely be able to find them.
Li Yu held the bottle proudly and blew a kiss at King Jing. He thought about how King Jing had been jealous of him in the past. Cough, it was indeed a little messy. However, now that there were a few fish substitutes and they weren’t him anymore, would King Jing still have to treat the fish substitutes as fish pets in front of outsiders?
Perhaps this alone wasn’t enough. Would he have to rua the fish too?
