Chapter 21
Li Yu felt dizzy for a moment, but he quickly realized that he had turned back into a fish.
His plan was originally flawless. He could pretend to escape by jumping out of the window, and then he would naturally be able to “disappear and become a fish. But first, he didn’t expect King Jing to break down the door directly. Alright, he was quite touched that King Jing cared so much about a fish. But this time, he was too hasty. Not only did King Jing see his true appearance, but he also almost transformed in front of King Jing.
He was too hasty when he jumped out of the window and almost fell. Fortunately, he turned back into a fish the moment he jumped out.
He thought that he had finally dealt with it. Second, he didn’t expect King Jing to not only break down the door, but also order people to set up an ambush outside. Even if he was lucky enough to “escape out of the window”, what was the use? There were a bunch of people guarding outside, and they didn’t even see his shadow. How could he explain that he disappeared after leaving behind a pile of clothes on the ground?
Li Yu felt that sometimes, King Jing was even worse than the fish-trapping system. At least when the fish-trapping system tricked him, he could still think of a way to salvage the situation. When King Jing tricked him, he basically tricked him to the point that … he couldn’t even be angry anymore.
The bodyguards in charge of the ambush all said that they didn’t see the young man. Seeing that King Jing was about to personally check the clothes on the ground, Li Yu immediately wagged his tail loudly, hoping to divert King Jing’s attention.
The clothes he left behind shouldn’t be a big deal, but he was afraid that if King Jing connected the dots, he would fall off the horse.
Although wagging his tail to divert King Jing’s attention might cause him to be suspected of betraying his fish-color …
Li Yu: Ow, I can betray a little of my fish-color, but I can’t turn into a carp spirit!
King Jing heard the sound of the fish’s tail and stopped. He personally bent down to pick up the teacup. Li Yu wagged his tail even more vigorously.
King Jing was still a little angry. He glared at the fish, and Li Yu felt a little guilty for some reason.
The tip of his tail curled around King Jing’s finger in an attempt to please him. He felt that King Jing should like this. Every time the tip of his tail brushed past King Jing’s finger, his expression would relax a little.
Sure enough, King Jing didn’t ask about the clothes scattered on the ground after he tried to act cute. Instead, he pursed his lips and gently pinched the little carp’s back. This meant that King Jing was willing to play with him.
Li Yu held back his shame and continued to betray Yu Se.
*Your Highness, there is a pond near the house. It seems that the thief took advantage of the ambush and swam to escape.”
A guard walked over to report. The guards had also made this conjecture based on the clothes on the ground. Otherwise, it was impossible for a person to disappear into thin air. The guards had a headache thinking about it, and could only think of this one possibility.
Li Yu was stunned. How could he force an explanation like this?
Well, normal people wouldn’t think that a person could turn into a fish, and a fish could turn into a person. Their first reaction would be that a suspicious teenager had escaped.
The guard’s explanation was not impossible. King Jing nodded and wanted to go to the pond personally to see if there were any suspicious footprints.
Li Yu quickly jumped onto his palm. There was nothing in the pond. He couldn’t let King Jing find out!
King Jing was interrupted by him several times. His brows relaxed, and he gently knocked on the fish’s head.
What did he mean by knocking on the head?
Li Yu had wanted to ask for a long time, but no one would tell him.
Seeing that King Jing had let down his guard, Li Yu sighed softly. He had escaped.
Since they all thought that he had swam to escape, it was not bad.
When the guards finished inspecting the clothes on the ground, Wang Xi had already rushed over to confirm. Among the clothes on the ground, the inner clothes and pants were all King Jing’s. The outer clothes were ordinary old clothes, and there was also a pair of old cloth shoes.
Aunt Xu was quickly brought over. She recognized the old clothes that she had given to the teenager. Aunt Xu felt wronged. At first, she thought that the teenager was harmless. Who would have thought that he would steal His Highness’ fish?
Aunt Xu remembered that she had brought fish food for the teenager and regretted it so much that her intestines turned green.
According to Aunt Xu, the identity of the thief was a male concubine who had been chased out by the main wife. Eunuch Wang: *…”
What kind of reason was this? Because he was bullied by the main wife, he came to steal His Highness’ fish? They were not even close to each other at all.
Li Yu listened in King Jing’s hands. He didn’t understand. At most, he was a lost person. How did Aunt Xu imagine that he had become a male concubine?
Aunt Xu kept kowtowing. Li Yu couldn’t bear it and stole a glance at King Jing. He was afraid that King Jing would be angry and punish Aunt Xu.
Wang Xi tried to guess King Jing’s expression and said sternly, “Hiding a thief, you should be expelled from the Wang Mansion.”
Li Yu: “!!!”
No, he wasn’t a thief at all. Aunt Xu only pitied him and gave him a bite to eat. Why did she have to chase him out?
Li Yu hurriedly used the tip of his tail to grab King Jing’s fingers that were tightly wrapped and rubbed them pitifully.
King Jing: “…”
King Jing found the fish. The fish looked good. King Jing was in a good mood and glanced at Wang Xi.
Wang Xi understood. “For the time being, since you didn’t know anything and the fish master didn’t do anything wrong, I won’t expel you this time. You can receive 30 paddles and remembe this lesson in the future.”
Aunt Xu was moved to tears. She was indeed too careless. She couldn’t lose her job in the Wang Mansion. She was thick-skinned. Receiving paddles was much better than being expelled.
Li Yu wasn’t satisfied with the result of being beaten, but when he saw Aunt Xu’s sincere gratitude, he felt that he should have helped.
If he used too much fish color, it might not work next time. Li Yu knew when to stop.
King Jing, who was originally enjoying the touch of the fish tail, suddenly felt nothing. “…”
Wang Xi dismissed Aunt Xu and said to King Jing, “Your Highness, although the Xu family has been punished, this old servant still feels strange. Why did the thief steal the fish?”
King Jing thought of the sleeve he had just pulled off and motioned for Wang Xi to take a look. On the cloth, besides the water stains, there was also a silver fish scale.
Li Yu: “!!!”
F * ck, why did he leave such a big evidence behind?!
Would King Jing think that he left it behind when he turned into a fish?
“Your Highness!” Wang Xi said in surprise, “How could the thief’s sleeve be stained with fish scales?”
King Jing’s eyes darkened.
In the past, the imperial consort’s handkerchief had fish scales because she had done something to the fish. Now that the thief’s sleeve also had fish scales, it….. it meant that the thief had also done something to the fish.
How dare these people!
Wang Xi said on his behalf, “Your Highness, the fish master has really suffered.”
King Jing touched the fish’s head as if to comfort it. Li Yu: “???”
How could this work? Should he be glad that he had teased the imperial consort in the past?
Since King Jing had already found the fish, Wang Xi reminded him that there was still a large group of guests waiting at the Conghui Hall. Even if many people wanted to leave, they still had to wait until King Jing came back before they could say goodbye. After all, this was a banquet organized by the emperor. As the host, King Jing had to leave temporarily. Moreover, King Jing’s temperament was like this, so they couldn’t leave at will.
King Jing couldn’t be bothered to return to the inner courtyard. He held the teacup in his hand and brought the fish to the Conghui Hall.
Li Yu, who had originally wanted to secretly clean up the mess, was speechless.
No, he didn’t want to see the second master!
However, a fish couldn’t say no to his master’s decision. King Jing brought him into the Conghui Hall and placed him on the main table. The group of guests at the Conghui Hall were all stunned.
They had heard that King Jing had a pet fish that was extremely precious. This must be it!
It wasn’t known who started it, but all the guests started to praise King Jing’s fish in unison.
Li Yu wagged his tail happily and felt a little smug. Aiya, how could he be so good? It was more like saying that he was clever and cute. It was definitely blind to say that he was more good-looking than a koi.
Suddenly, Li Yu’s dark fish eyes saw a young man wearing a white dance costume. This young man was very good-looking. His eyebrows and eyes looked as if they were drawn. He stood quietly in the noisy crowd and stood out from the rest.
This was the aura of a main character that seduced others …
Li Yu shuddered. Could it be the legendary main character Shou?
The main character’s name was Chu Yanyu. Li Yu held the teacup and looked at Chu Yanyu.
Although he didn’t really like the second master, Chu Yanyu was really too good-looking. It was no wonder that fish liked to look at him.
King Jing was speechless.
King Jing frowned. What was this fish looking at?
King Jing flicked his long fingers and pushed the little carp back into the teacup. Li Yu suddenly stumbled and mischievously threw a handful of water at King Jing. However, King Jing actually dodged it!
King Jing laughed silently. Li Yu wagged his tail happily and thought, Master is also very good-looking. It’s enough to look at Master alone. I don’t want to look at Chu Yanyu anymore!
The second prince, Mu Tianzhao, glanced at the fish that King Jing brought over and moved his lips. However, the second prince didn’t say anything. He knew that this fish wouldn’t die so easily.
He guessed that it was King Jing’s scheme again.
The second prince secretly hated that King Jing actually threatened him over a fish. He would definitely get back at him after he ascended the throne.
Seeing that King Jing had returned, the third prince, Mu Tianming, braced himself and asked for a third dance.
King Jing agreed.
Chu Yanyu was ignored twice, but he wasn’t impatient. He shook his sleeves and glanced behind him.
The sixth prince wasn’t far away and their eyes met. The sixth prince nodded slightly. Chu Yanyu bit his lip and turned around to bow graciously.
This time, Li Yu’s entire fish was resting on the edge of the teacup. Everyone else was admiring Chu Yanyu’s appearance. Li Yu raised his head and focused on the moment when Chu Yanyu and the sixth prince looked at each other.
King Jing fell in love with Chu Yanyu at first sight. However, Chu Yanyu didn’t like King Jing. He liked the sixth prince. The sixth prince wasn’t favored since he was young. When he grew up, he became the third prince’s attendant in order to live a better life. The third prince needed someone who could sing and dance. Thus, the sixth prince pushed his childhood sweetheart, Chu Yanyu, out …
This was because the sixth prince also had deep hidden ambitions. However, he only had this one trusted aide by his side.
For the sake of the sixth prince’s great cause, Chu Yanyu was also willing to sacrifice himself. On the surface, he was a dancer recommended by the third prince to King Jing. However, in reality, the person he really supported was the sixth prince.
The Fish Lotus Dance began. This was Chu Yanyu’s song and dance. Although the dance was interrupted continuously, the guests were soon immersed in the exquisite dance. After the group dance, it was Chu Yanyu’s turn to dance with another beautiful woman…
The dancers’ dresses fluttered in the wind. They were like white lotuses blooming among the lotus leaves.
Li Yu wasn’t interested in dancing. He wanted to dive into the water, but the teacup was too shallow. He lay in the teacup and looked at King Jing from the corner of his eyes. King Jing … was admiring Chu Yanyu’s dance.
Li Yu gently blew a bubble and turned his head away. He didn’t want to bother with this person.
After Chu Yanyu finished dancing, according to the original novel, King Jing should have asked for his name. However, after a while, King Jing didn’t say anything.
The second prince couldn’t help but gloat. Although he didn’t get to act like a good brother with King Jing, the third prince didn’t get to take advantage of him either.
The third prince couldn’t sit still anymore. He asked King Jing for his opinion. King Jing rested his chin on his hand and glanced at Wang Xi indifferently.
Wang Xi immediately said, “Not bad.”
Then there was no more.
The third prince and the sixth prince, who failed to flatter him, were speechless.
Li Yu was speechless.
