Chapter 149
Ye Qinghuan thought of something and smiled strangely.
“But if he’s … then why don’t he just do something?”
Ye Qinghuan occasionally had things he couldn’t figure out.
The Crown Prince said firmly, “Xiaoyu has his own principles. We can’t force him.”
Ye Qinghuan nodded. No matter what, as long as Li Yu was on the Crown Prince’s side and harmless to him, it was fine.
“Then Dabao and the others, and Xue Bao, are they also …” Ye Qinghuan asked another important question.
“No,” the Crown Prince said.
Xue Bao was born a human. The Crown Prince personally watched over Li Yu in the delivery room because he was afraid of accidents. He had already thought of ways to protect Xiaoyu. If anything happened, many people would have to be dealt with immediately.
The Crown Prince knew very well that his daughter wasn’t a human. As for his sons, although they were born as fish, they were now humans and wouldn’t turn into fish. The Crown Prince didn’t want to complicate matters, so he said they weren’t.
Xiaoyu once told him that the four babies could only turn into fish when they were seven years old. It was still early. If necessary, they could explain it to Uncle Ye.
Ye Qinghuan obviously accepted this answer and heaved a sigh of relief visibly.
“Then how should I interact with him in the future? Are there any taboos?” Ye Qinghuan asked.
Li Yu was a fish demon. Just thinking about it made him excited. He didn’t know in the past and thought that Li Yu had a good personality. Now that he knew, he felt that a demon with a good personality was rare.
The Crown Prince said, “… No!”
Even if he did, he wouldn’t tell you.
“Then is he afraid of Xiong Feng?” Ye Qinghuan pondered. If Li Yu was afraid, he should try to keep his beloved dog tied up in the future.
The Crown Prince looked at him with a ‘are you stupid?’ expression. Ye Qinghuan suddenly slapped his head and said, “Right, how could I forget that he often plays with Xiong Feng? So he shouldn’t be afraid.”
That was for sure. Li Yu smiled. Xiong Feng had not treated him as a stranger for a long time. He probably knew about him even earlier than his master, Ye Qinghuan.
Ye Qinghuan was inexperienced and had a lot of questions. Once he started talking, the Crown Prince couldn’t stand him anymore and planned to drag him out.
“Alright, alright, I’ll walk by myself. Don’t carry me. I already know. I promise you that I won’t tell anyone else. ”
Ye Qinghuan smiled and begged for mercy.
Of course, the Crown Prince knew that Ye Futian was reliable. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have admitted it in front of him.
Ye Qinghuan said a brief farewell and was about to leave when the Crown Prince suddenly called out to him, “Wait!”
Ye Qinghuan looked back. The Crown Prince spoke in an unprecedentedly stern tone, “Remember, he is me. Protecting him is protecting me.”
“… Yes, Your Highness.”
Ye Qinghuan instantly understood the Crown Prince’s intentions. He also became serious like never before. He restrained his smile and clasped his hands towards the Crown Prince.
Now that he knew the truth, his conflicted feelings were much better. He had been trying his best to suppress his feelings, and he couldn’t let his wife and parents find out. He had been holding it in for a long time.
Ye Qinghuan hummed a little tune as he walked out. When he raised his head, he saw that Li Yu was standing outside. Ye Qinghuan couldn’t help but shiver.
The present was different from the past. He already knew that Li Yu was a demon. It was still a bit … too difficult for him to treat her normally!
“Ye Qinghuan!”
Li Yu knew that he was conflicted and deliberately waved at him. Ye Qinghuan’s hands hadn’t even trembled when he killed the Loulan rebels. At this moment, his face was completely red. He weakly called out, “Cousin-in-law,” and immediately slipped away.
Don’t misunderstand. Ye Qinghuan wasn’t afraid. He had important matters to attend to. For example, he had to go back and settle down the commoner who saw the fish-man …
Li Yu was just teasing Ye Qinghuan. He didn’t want to do anything else. As soon as Ye Qinghuan left, he stepped into the room.
“Tianchi, I’m here!” Li Yu said with a smile.
When the Crown Prince saw him, the seriousness on his face disappeared. Only tenderness remained. He didn’t seem surprised at all that this fish had come to the study.
“Tianchi, I heard your conversation with Ye Qinghuan just now,” Li Yu said.
The Crown Prince was speechless.
The Crown Prince held his hand. “I’m sorry. Ye Qinghuan found out. I can’t hide it anymore.”
Li Yu quickly shook his head. “It’s nothing. Ye Qinghuan isn’t an outsider. It’s just that you told him that we have a promise of a hundred generations. This … ”
Li Yu wanted to ask the Crown Prince what he was thinking. However, the Crown Prince faintly glanced at him. “Can’t I?”
Li Yu’s heart was pierced by the loneliness in the Crown Prince’s eyes. He quickly said loudly, “Of course!”
“Then it’s settled. It’s settled.”
The Crown Prince curled his lips. What was the point of tricking Ye Qinghuan? Even though he already had four sons and one daughter, the Crown Prince was still worried that the carp spirit would abandon him. If there really was a promise of a hundred generations, would he still be afraid that this fish would leave?
Li Yu was confused by Old Gong’s charm. He didn’t realize that he had been tricked.
When the husband and wife were alone, they were tired of each other as usual.
Li Yu playfully rubbed Old Gong’s leg. He thought of something important. “Tianchi, can I help some widowed women? If they want to start a new life, can I … support them?”
This was only a rough plan. As for how to implement it, because he didn’t know what these women needed, he couldn’t list it out. However, Li Yu hoped that there would at least be a place where they could ask for help. He wanted to clearly show the world that there were people in this world who supported widows starting a new life.
When he said this, the Crown Prince knew who it was. He thought for a moment and said, “You want to help Liang shi. She was betrothed by Fuhuang. It won’t be easy.”
“I know. It seems that she doesn’t want me to help. What I mean is to help women like Liang shi.”
Li Yu actually wanted to create an organization like the Women’s Federation. If he could provide help to these women, as long as they needed it, he would help. Liang shi was naturally included.
Originally, he had planned to use emotion and reason to convince the Crown Prince to accept his idea. However, when the words reached his mouth, he changed his mind.
The Crown Prince had once said to Ye Qinghuan, “He is me.” It turned out that he was this important in the Crown Prince’s heart.
Li Yu’s mind rippled for a while. He was very curious as to how far the Crown Prince would go for him.
It was said that the standard to test if an old attacker was considerate was to act cute and coquettish. Let him act a little coquettish!
“Tianchi, I just want to help them, okay?” Li Yu grabbed the Crown Prince’s arm and shook it tentatively.
Mu Tianchi paused slightly and then said with a smile, “Okay.”
This was okay?
Li Yu probed again, “Then I will tell you the reason why I want to help them. Will you listen?”
The Crown Prince said, “I will listen.”
Li Yu was overjoyed and immediately listed all the injustices that had been done to women in the ancient times.
If he wanted to change this era, it was best for people to have empathy with these women.
Perhaps it would be very difficult. After all, many people would not have the same experiences as them. However, everyone had a mother, sisters, and daughters. Just like Xue Bao was his and the Crown Prince’s daughter. Helping these women, maybe one day, he would help the women close to him.
“There is some logic,” the Crown Prince said. “What do you want to do?”
If it was money and food, there was no need to discuss it with him. The Crown Princess could make the decision herself.
Therefore, the Crown Prince had a premonition that it would not be an easy task.
Li Yu blinked and kept the Crown Prince in suspense. “Your Highness the Crown Prince, let’s do a public opinion poll!”
“What is this?” The Crown Prince had never heard of it.
“It’s — Look at mine!”
Li Yu wrote a few questions and made them into two sets of papers. He ordered the servants to copy them and called them “questionnaires,” preparing to distribute them outside the fu.
He set a temporary rule. Anyone who answered the papers seriously would receive a copper coin as a reward after handing them in. Each person was limited to one answer.
This was undoubtedly giving money to the people. Li Yu asked Wang Xi to spread the news in advance. A long line had already formed outside.
There were many people among the people who did not know how to write, and they all felt that it was a pity. Li Yu asked Wang Xi to pass the message that even if they did not know how to write, the people of the Crown Prince’s Residence could ask questions according to the papers. They only needed to answer verbally, and their answers would be recorded. This way, they could receive money.
This way, the line grew bigger and bigger. Wang Xi did not finish distributing the questionnaires, so he added several dozen more before every commoner present received one.
Many of these people were scholars. After seeing the questionnaires, they all shook their heads.
What kind of messy questions were these?
For example, “How do you view a widow remarrying?” Did they need to answer specifically? Could it be that after studying for so long, they did not even know the most basic sense of shame?
Many people answered the first paper without hesitation, but when it came to the second paper, there was only one sentence.
“Imagine, if the unfortunate person who lost her husband was your relative, please answer the first question again.”
Everyone: “…”
If everyone could answer the first paper, the second paper was a bit tricky.
Because they could only receive money if they answered seriously, many people were extremely serious and racked their brains. If it was their relative, what would they do?
In this way, Li Yu distributed a small sum of money and received the hearts of the people.
Li Yu sorted out the papers. Among the more than two hundred commoners who participated in the survey, less than ten percent strongly opposed the two questionnaires, and ten percent were tolerant of both. The remaining eighty percent changed their attitude from strong opposition to acceptance when they considered that it was their relative.
Sure enough, people always stood on the moral high ground when it did not concern them. In reality, they knew very well that widows did not have a good life. If it was someone related to them, they would not be so harsh.
Li Yu handed the sorted results to the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince glanced through ten lines and praised, “So Xiaoyu wants to ‘plead for the people’.”
“Yes.” Li Yu did not deny it.
Doing his best could only help a few people. However, if he could speak to the Emperor and make changes from the top to the bottom, he would benefit more than a few people.
“Tianchi, will you help me?” Li Yu asked.
“Yes.” The Crown Prince said firmly.
“Because ‘I am you’?” Li Yu asked, half touched and half mischievously.
It turned out that this fish had heard it …
The Crown Prince smiled, “Because I will give you whatever you want.”
“Tianchi …”
The Crown Prince’s swearing words stunned Li Yu.
He suddenly thought of the main plot that had been silent after the chaos of Princess Langya.
What did it mean to share the country?
The Crown Prince would even give him what he wanted. Since he had said such words, should he also bravely move forward?
“In addition to helping those women, I actually want something else …”
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