Chapter 137
Li Yu had just woken up. His temples were throbbing and his head was still dizzy. When he looked carefully, he saw that Wang Xi was still playing the game of eagle and chicken with the children and was not talking.
He was probably dreaming.
But this dream was very real. With King Jing’s current status, it was only a matter of time before he became popular. The Emperor allowed King Jing to help with political affairs. In a sense, it was acknowledging King Jing’s status.
Even the Second Imperial Prince (Marquis An), who was about to become the Crown Prince, did not receive such treatment from the Emperor, not to mention the Third Imperial Prince (Marquis Ping).
However, it was different for King Jing. As the only surviving son of the first wife, he had also been cured of his deafening muteness. Furthermore, he had saved the emperor. What reason did the emperor have to not choose King Jing?
In the past, the officials might have hesitated to stand with King Jing, but now they followed the Emperor’s heart.
Li Yu had heard Wang Xi talk about how glorious King Jing was now.
Not to mention anything else, the Emperor had already ordered King Jing to attend to political affairs. Every day after court, the number of officials waiting to walk the same path as King Jing could not be counted with just a few hands.
These officials had not been able to curry favor with King Jing before because the situation was complicated. If they did not do so now, they would be fools.
But King Jing remembered the Emperor’s taboo and did not interact with these people.
Other than the Assistant Minister of Works, Zheng Jing, King Jing occasionally exchanged a few words with them.
Because King Jing had once worked in the Ministry of Works, Zheng Jing was the person who assisted him at that time, so it was normal for them to have some friendship.
And if other people wanted to curry favor with King Jing, King Jing would treat them coldly, so it was not easy.
Wang Xi talked about how glorious his master was in front of Li Yu.
King Jing was busy with political affairs, so he entrusted the heavy responsibility of taking care of Li Yu to Eunuch Wang. Because this child was in human form, King Jing could rest assured and tell Wang Xi to be careful. Wang Fei was pregnant again, so Wang Xi was overjoyed. How would he dare to gossip in front of Li Yu?
Were there any young ladies who wanted to marry King Jing as his concubine? There must be, and there must be a lot of them. However, King Jing had never paid any attention to them, nor did he take it seriously. How could Wang Xi open her mouth?
However, Li Yu was sensitive during her pregnancy, so she subconsciously imagined the danger.
And the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it made sense.
In ancient times, men had three wives and four concubines. Although Li Yu had some confidence in King Jing, King Jing still had the Emperor above him. If those ministers failed to beg King Jing and turned to beg the Emperor, it would be difficult for Li Yu to refuse if the Emperor gave King Jing a few gifts from the heavens on a whim. Was he going to put on a show of a carp spirit tearing apart a fox spirit?
That would not do. The old woman must be his alone!
Li Yu stood up. In the past, when he woke up, he might take another nap, but now he was not in the mood to continue sleeping. He got up and was about to look for King Jing when King Jing brought several imperial physicians back to the fu.
These imperial physicians were all experts in obstetrics appointed by the Emperor. Li Yu did not have much contact with them, so he did not recognize them at first sight. The dream just now had made his mind a little confused, so he thought that these people were stopping King Jing from marrying off his daughter. Li Yu was dumbfounded and said sourly, “You even brought her back?”
He thought that King Jing would definitely stand firm and say no, regardless of whether the other party was an old matchmaker or a beautiful and elegant noble lady. He would ignore them. But just like this? King Jing had almost brought her right under his nose, alright?!
Could it be that it was true that even pigs could climb trees when men were reliable?
His wife suddenly became indignant and did not know what was going on. King Jing was dumbfounded.
Even with King Jing’s IQ, he did not know what was wrong with this fish’s brain. However, King Jing had some experience and usually did not understand Xiao Yu’s words. It was always right to go along with it. Moreover, the imperial physicians were here to take Xiao Yu’s pulse, so King Jing nodded.
Li Yu was instantly angered. He pointed at King Jing’s nose and asked sadly, “Then are you going to bring their daughter into the fu next?”
All the imperial physicians were speechless.
The imperial physicians were all hit by a huge pot. One of them said with trembling lips, “Princess Consort, this old official’s … daughter is only three years old.”
Another imperial physician said weakly, “Princess Consort, this old official’s daughter is already the mother of three children.”
Li Yu was speechless.
Li Yu suddenly realized that he seemed to have made a mistake. He took a closer look and saw that some of these ‘officials’ were carrying small … medicine boxes. Oh, so they were all imperial physicians!
In this world, imperial physicians were also officials and had ranks. They wore official robes just like the court officials. Li Yu’s first impression was the strongest. He did not think that the people who followed King Jing back to the fu might not be the concubine’s family members. They could also be the imperial physicians themselves.
This … was truly a disgrace to his grandmother’s house!
The world’s number one fish could not admit to such a shameful thing. Li Yu took a deep breath and quickly changed his expression. He smiled flatteringly at the imperial physician and took the initiative to pass his wrist: “Imperial physician, are you here to check my pulse?”
“Princess Consort is right.” The confused imperial physicians finally breathed a sigh of relief.
King Jing saw the change in Xiao Yu’s expression and knew that this fish must have misunderstood something. However, health was more important. King Jing held back his laughter and made a note of this fish. He asked the imperial physicians to quickly take the princess consort’s pulse.
The imperial physicians were all focused on business. When Li Yu came, he spouted a bunch of nonsense, but the imperial physicians did not think much of it.
It was said that pregnant people were emotionally unstable. The imperial physicians said that they would occasionally get angry and choke. This did not count. There was even a woman who scolded her husband terribly before giving birth.
After taking her pulse, they unanimously said that the princess consort’s health was very good. She was almost three months pregnant.
The imperial physicians had heard that this male princess consort was able to give birth and were very curious. Now that they had seen it for themselves, they confirmed that she was indeed pregnant.
The imperial physician that the emperor had sent to the western border also came. Last time, he had taken the pulse of the pregnant ‘Princess Jing’ through the curtain. It had been a long time since then. When Li Yu came in person, this imperial physician did not see anything and was only focused on congratulating King Jing.
Even this imperial physician had finished his diagnosis. King Jing thought that the matter between Dabao and the others had been completely resolved.
King Jing asked the imperial physician a few more things to take note of and then sent the imperial physician away, ordering them to report the good news to the emperor.
When all the outsiders had left, King Jing looked at Li Yu with a faint smile.
Li Yu knew that something was wrong and looked pitifully at his four children, hoping that they would come forward to distract King Jing’s father. Unfortunately, the other three children were looking elsewhere. Only Si Bao received the fish father’s pleading gaze.
Si Bao, quickly save me! Li Yu mouthed.
Si Bao’s reaction was a beat slower, but he could still see that the fish father needed help. Si Bao bravely walked over with his short legs.
Li Yu was overjoyed. King Jing usually doted on Si Bao the most. As long as Si Bao acted coquettishly, everything would be fine.
Li Yu tried to use his sons to cover for him, but King Jing also had a way to deal with it. He quickly glanced at Wang Xi.
Wang Xi was about to arrange for the little masters to eat, but he smiled and carried Si Bao. “Little Young Master, this old servant will bring you to eat peach blossom pancakes and candies, okay?”
Although Si Bao didn’t like to eat as much as Er Bao, he couldn’t resist the temptation of peach blossom pancakes and candies. Especially since he had been playing crazily for a long time, he was already hungry.
Si Bao could only blink his eyes and look back at the fish father apologetically.
It’s okay, King Jing will definitely help the fish father, Si Bao thought to himself.
Then little Si Bao and his brothers left with Wang Xi.
Li Yu: “…”
This unreliable child!
Then, is it too late to pretend to be sleepy now?
Li Yu deliberately yawned and pretended to go back to his room to sleep. Perhaps when he woke up, King Jing would forget about his pestering.
However, King Jing’s memory was very good. He stopped the fish in time, dragged it back, and held it tightly.
This time, Consort Yu couldn’t escape even if she had wings.
King Jing smiled and asked the person in his arms, “Xiaoyu, tell me, who is going to enter the residence?”
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu’s denial failed, so he had no choice but to tell King Jing about his dream. Although it was just a dream, the fish still felt angry when he thought about it. Li Yu said indignantly, “Isn’t it those women who are going to be your concubines?”
King Jing: “…”
King Jing coughed softly. He had promised not to take in concubines before, but he didn’t expect Xiaoyu to still be worried about this.
“Don’t worry, there won’t be anyone else,” King Jing said softly.
What kind of secondary consort was this? All King Jing knew was that he wouldn’t allow anyone to snore on his bed. He only needed one fish!
Li Yu found out about King Jing’s attitude, and his eyes curved into crescents. He didn’t forget to ask, “What about Father?”
“Father won’t either.” King Jing hugged this jealous fish and slowly told him something.
In fact, Li Yu’s intuition was quite accurate in analyzing the current situation.
The Emperor did ask King Jing about concubines.
After all, marriage was one way to stabilize power.
However, King Jing firmly refused.
The Emperor only asked casually, and after he found out about King Jing’s attitude, he didn’t force him. Indeed, there were ministers who begged the Emperor, but it was different from what Li Yu thought. The Emperor didn’t want to grant these ministers marriage.
There were many reasons why the Emperor didn’t want to. One of them was that the Emperor used to worry a lot about King Jing’s marriage. At that time, those families that he liked all used various reasons to say that their daughters couldn’t marry King Jing. The Emperor knew that this was a tactful rejection. Now that King Jing’s muteness had recovered and he was valued by the Emperor, and he was about to become the Crown Prince, these families began to beg for their daughters to marry into King Jing’s family.
They had changed from arrogance to deference.
The Emperor’s mood was similar to Wang Xi’s. In the past, they looked down on his son, but now they wanted to curry favor with him?
It was too late!
Moreover, Princess Jing was a good girl, and the Emperor didn’t want to make things difficult for her. The Emperor himself was already traumatized by Princess Langya. What if he also gave King Jing a troublesome wife?
Having children was a good excuse, but it wasn’t a problem at all for King Jing.
Of course, if King Jing himself expressed that he wanted to take in a concubine, the Emperor would definitely not stop him. Since King Jing made it clear that he didn’t want to, the Emperor wouldn’t force him.
After finding a way to find the Emperor’s ministers, the Emperor said to them in a refreshed manner, “There’s no other way. Even I can’t persuade King Jing …”
“That’s what Imperial Father thinks.”
King Jing whispered the Emperor’s attitude to him.
Li Yu’s cheeks were red, and he didn’t know if it was because he was shy or ashamed.
He misunderstood the Emperor. In fact, the Emperor was also a human being. If he was good to the Emperor, the Emperor wouldn’t make things difficult for him.
With the “double” guarantee, Li Yu’s heart was completely settled.
“… I’m sorry. I suddenly couldn’t control myself.” Li Yu lowered his head and apologized.
He didn’t know what was wrong with him. Recently, he always felt bursts of anger rising and his head was dizzy, as if he was blinded by lard.
When he calmed down, he felt that he was unreasonable.
“It’s not your fault … The imperial physician said that pregnant women are more sensitive.”
King Jing thought of the imperial physician’s words and rubbed Li Yu’s head to show that he didn’t care.
“Moreover, you care about me.”
King Jing said with a smile. Xiao Yu had a straightforward personality and rarely lost his temper with him. This was the first time he was so unreasonable.
Even if Xiao Yu pointed at his nose and scolded him, he still liked him.
If the two of them were in different places and Xiao Yu brought a group of men to his door …
The consequences would be much more serious.
Li Yu was comforted by King Jing, and King Jing didn’t have to work for the Emperor anymore. With the company of Old Gong, Li Yu’s mood quickly improved.
On the other side, the imperial physicians who were taking Li Yu’s pulse reported their diagnosis to the Emperor.
Princess Jing was really pregnant.
The Emperor couldn’t help but smile. He flipped through the memorial that King Jing had approved. He originally wanted to choose a date to issue the edict, but now there was no need to wait.
Wasn’t it better to have two simultaneous happy events?
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