Chapter 23
Li Yu had no idea that Chu Yanyu, who had been rejected by King Jing on the spot, was actually going around in circles in such a way.
Li Yu wanted to ask the system if this would affect Prince Jing’s future. She wanted to ask the system if this would affect Prince Jing’s future.
Li Yu took the initiative to ask, “System, what if the plot is completely changed?”
King Jing did not like Chu Yanyu. He felt that something was not right.
The system, which always played dead, finally stopped playing dead. “The host only needs to complete his own cute pet mission.”
…. Does this mean that as long as I complete the fish mission, it doesn’t matter even if the plot is changed beyond recognition?
Li Yu was a little excited. Originally, he was worried that the system would assign him a mission to matchmake King Jing and Chu Yanyu. However, if he could ignore the plot, King Jing could choose not to have a sadomasochistic relationship with Chu Yanyu. In any case, King Jing did not like Chu Yanyu, and Chu Yanyu probably did not like King Jing either. He was just a fish, so he could not force these two people to like him.
For the first time, Li Yu felt that it was not a bad thing to have the system by his side, even if it was always a scam.
The system reminded him when he was in high spirits, “Just changing the plot will also affect the subsequent events. The unrelated parts will still happen, and the relevant parts will be changed.
The host must be mentally prepared, because these changes will not be known to the host.”
It was rare for the system to be so talkative, and Li Yu felt that it was quite reasonable. There were indeed many plots in the original novel that revolved around the sadomasochistic relationship between King Jing and Chu Yanyu. If King Jing did not like Chu Yanyu, these plots would naturally be affected. This was the butterfly effect.
Li Yu was a very big-hearted fish. “It’s okay, I will be prepared.”
But would it affect King Jing’s ascension to the throne? What if the butterfly effect was too strong and King Jing lost his throne?
King Jing was the first prince and did not get along with the other princes. If he did not become the emperor in the future, he would not have a good life. Li Yu still hoped that King Jing would become the emperor.
The system said, “No matter what the process is, the tyrant’s ascension to the throne is the protagonist’s halo.”
Li Yu,”…”
With this sentence, Li Yu seemed to have taken a calming pill. He planned to study it and understand this step with the tyrant.
Li Yu, “Oh right, since you answered me, can you help me clear my doubts. I think I know King Jing, how do I know him?”
The system, “…”
Sure enough, the system that pretended to be dead the moment the mission was mentioned immediately stopped talking.
Regardless, Li still politely said said goodbye to the system.
After returning from the system, Li Yu came back to his senses and realized that he had been pulled out of the fish tank by King Jing.
His problem of ‘falling asleep’ would recur from time to time. King Jing would watch over him whenever he “fell asleep”. He was used to it, and so was King Jing.
Li Yu wagged its tail to show that it was still alive and well, but King Jing was frowning. Perhaps he had accidentally touched the fish’s stomach when he brought it out. He felt that something was wrong, so he was touching the fish’s stomach.
Li Yu, “???”
Reminded by King Jing’s action, Li Yu remembered that his originally flat fish belly was a little bloated.
That’s right. When he was in human form, he ate a lot. When he turned back into a fish, his belly was still bloated. The system probably did not notice the problem with his belly.
He was just eating his fill, so he would be fine.
Li Yu wanted to explain, but he could not. After touching the fish belly with a strange expression, King Jing felt that the fish was sick again. He sent someone over to take a look.
The few servants who had examined the fish’s “illness” were now studying the little carp’s slightly bloated belly for a long time.
One of the servants wiped the sweat on his forehead and said, “Your Highness, this fish must have eaten too much.”
Another servant said, “It will disappear if you let it swim more. It’s not … a fish. That one is pregnant.”
The servants in the field wanted to poke their eyes out. This fish was male. Why did His Highness ask?!
Li Yu, “???”
The servants’ words frightened Li Yu. What pregnancy? Did King Jing suspect that he had a little fish? How could that be? Men did not have the ability to give birth. A male fish could not give birth to a little fish!
King Jing had raised him for so long. Could it be that he had gotten the boy’s gender wrong?
Li Yu was so angry that he looked like a puffer fish. After examining the “illness”, King Jing personally pushed him to swim for digestion. He lay on King Jing’s hand and did not even want to move.
Fortunately, the food that he had eaten when he was a human did not have indigestion when he turned back into a fish. Li Yu quickly returned to normal. His movements were nimble and lively.
After recovering, Li Yu soon forgot his anger. He thought of something that might be related to deeper understanding.
When he was still in the modern world, he often heard a saying that if a man wanted to have a deeper understanding, he had to take a bath together.
Li Yu thought that this was a breakthrough. It would be a waste not to try it. He decided to take a bath together with King Jing.
He could even sleep on the same bed. It would not be difficult for him to take a bath together, right?
Since King Jing was willing to put him on the jade pillow, he would not be stingy to put him in the bathtub. Of course, the premise was that he would not directly come into contact with hot water and become a boiled fish.
Being afraid of hot water was easy to solve. There must be a spoon or other utensils in the bathroom to scoop up hot water …
Li Yu could not help but think that it would be great if there was a task to become a small fish in a hot spring.
Perhaps the system was speechless, so it ignored him.
On this day, when King Jing was taking a bath, Li Yu jumped more eagerly than ever.
Wang Xi was outside holding a portrait of Li Yu and fiercely catching people. When he turned around and saw the little carp, the wrinkles on his face bloomed like a flower.
“Little thing, do you want to take a bath with His Highness?”
Li Yu jumped to the edge of the fish tank. In order to have a deeper understanding of this task, he was ready to risk everything. Once again, he became a shameful little thing, acting cute and blowing bubbles at Wang Xi.
Wang Xi asked King Jing for instructions. King Jing also felt that it was strange. After thinking for a while, he agreed and ordered people to make the necessary arrangements.
Wang Xi used a large wooden spoon to scoop the little carp out of the fish tank and carried it to the bathroom. King Jing was also ready.
There were many charcoal basins in the bathroom, so it was warm. Behind a screen in the middle, there was a bathtub that was about the height of a person. King Jing was sitting in the bathtub, wearing an unlined garment. He motioned for Wang Xi to put the wooden spoon into the water.
The wooden spoon carried the little carp and floated in the bathtub. It looked like King Jing was taking a bath in the bathtub, and the fish was washing in the wooden spoon.
Li Yu excitedly flopped around in the spoon, wanting to swim with the spoon to King Jing.
However, the wooden spoon was much lighter than the teacup he was used to using. Because it was in the water and was filled with water, it was difficult to control the strength of the spoon. Li Yu couldn’t make the spoon move forward. Instead, he made the spoon spin. After a few rounds, Li Yu felt a little dizzy.
King Jing smiled and raised his hand to press down on the spinning wooden spoon. Li Yu woke up a little and saw King Jing’s handsome face. Under the water, it looked even clearer. He even saw a drop of water slowly slide down his cheek to his Adam’s apple. His Adam’s apple bobbed, and the drop of water fell down.
Li Yu: “…”
Obviously, he didn’t bite or bite indiscriminately this time, but he felt like he was being roasted by fire last time.
It must be because of the hot water.
Li Yu buried his head in the water with the wooden spoon, feeling a little embarrassed.
He had to calm down. He was a fish that would do anything to complete the mission. He couldn’t be tempted by his master’s beauty!
Li Yu raised his head and wanted to swim closer. This time, the wooden spoon didn’t spin around in the same place. Because he used too much strength, he was caught off guard and tilted to one side. In a flash, he fell over!
You won’t die if you don’t seek death.
The hot water instantly flowed into the wooden spoon. Li Yu tragically thought that other than turning into fish bones and fish ashes, there was also a way to die by turning into boiled fish.
This water –
Eh, the water wasn’t hot?
Li Yu stayed in the “hot water” for a while. To his surprise, he found that he could still flop around The water in the bathtub was also cold!
What was going on?
Li Yu carefully swam out of the tilted wooden spoon and stayed in the same bathtub as King Jing.
It didn’t take long for him to understand. Because he wanted to “play” in the bathtub, King Jing changed all the hot water in the bathtub to cold water.
Wuwuwu, master, how can you be so good to a fish?
Li Yu swung his tail twice, wanting to swim closer to his master.
It was rare for a fish and a human to be so close without restraint. King Jing curled his lips into a smile. He scooped up a handful of water and poured it on Li Yu’s head, as if he was taking revenge for the fish splashing water on him several times.
Big bastard, how dare you tease a fish!
Li Yu shook off all the water droplets on his head. King Jing was smirking smugly.
Li Yu had never seen such an expression on the other party’s face. Hot-Headed, he pounced on him and opened his mouth to bite him.
A human and a fish both flopped around in the water.
Wang Xi was originally a little worried that King Jing’s body wouldn’t be able to take the cold water. However, the water had been placed in the greenhouse for a long time, and King Jing would sometimes practice martial arts in the cold water during the winter, so it shouldn’t be a problem.
Just in case, Wang Xi boiled ginger soup to dispel the cold and prepared it for King Jing in advance.
He felt that his Highness had become much livelier after the little thing – the fish master – came.
Wang Xi listened to the sounds inside and was sincerely happy for King Jing.
After the bath, Li Yu was still scooped up in a wooden spoon and brought out by King Jing himself. Li Yu giggled happily. His mission had been updated when he and King Jing were having a water fight. Sure enough, if men wanted to get to know each other better, they had to take a bath.
This was correct.
In the dead of night, Li Yu went to look at the reward. When this mission was released, he was in a bad mood, so he didn’t pay much attention to the reward. But then again, the system had even given him a fish pillow before. Li Yu felt that he shouldn’t have too much expectations.
When he received the reward, the reward this time was very similar to the time when he received the spatial reward. It was also a ray of light that gathered under the fin for a while and then disappeared.
Li Yu hurriedly looked down. Next to the jade scale that represented the spatial pocket, there was another scale that looked almost the same.
Li Yu: What’s the use of this?
The two scales are so similar, and they’re even side by side. Will I click the wrong one in the future?
Li Yu tried to poke the new scale, but he didn’t feel anything special.
The next moment, he realized that his whole fish … had become bigger.
Li Yu looked at his fin in surprise. His fin had become a human hand!
System, what’s going on? Li Yu was overjoyed.
He touched his face happily. His cheeks were smooth and there were no fish scales. Although he didn’t know why, he had become a human. Was this what the system meant when it said that he could return to being a human if he followed the main mission? Had he completely recovered?
*I’m sorry to inform the host that this is just a skill.” The system, who was late, began to explain.
Li Yu: … Skill?
System: “The main mission will become more and more complicated. It will be difficult to proceed without turning into a human. The reward this time is a skill, a method. Once used, the host can maintain his human form. There is only one chance per day, and each time, it lasts for an hour.”
Li Yu: … What kind of skill is this? The effect is even shorter than the transformation potion! But if it can be used once per day… Oh right, didn’t the system say that there was only one transformation potion?
The system cheated him again. If he had known that the reward for this step would allow him to transform for an hour every day, he wouldn’t have been so stingy when it came to using the transformation potion!
System: “There is indeed only one transformation potion reward for an hour. This time, it is a skill.
If the host doesn’t like it, you can give it up.”
Li Yu hurriedly said: Who said I’m giving it up? I worked hard to get this!
Li Yu guarded the position of the jade scales tightly. When he was in human form, there were no fish scales. The jade scales turned into two scale-shaped marks under his arms.
System: “Then please use it appropriately. The next step is the last step of the main mission
‘Million Fish Pets’. After it is completed, all the host’s attributes will be doubled, the Portable Interspatial Storage will increase by 1, and the side mission ‘Become a Koi Fish’ can be unlocked …
Was he finally going to complete a main mission?
Just from the sound of the reward, he knew that he could unlock the long-awaited Koi Fish Mission. But what was this last step?
In the spiritual world where the System was, the entire line of words corresponding to the ‘Million Fish Pets’ mission glowed with a golden light. Li Yu carefully looked at the last step of the mission.
The last step – Intimate Contact with the Tyrant.
There were no specific hints.
Li Yu suddenly had a bad feeling. ‘Wait, is this intimate contact the intimate contact I’m thinking of?’
System: “Please think about it yourself.”
Li Yu:”…”
‘Damn, it’s tricking me again at this crucial moment.’
Li Yu strolled around the System. The duration of his human form was almost up. Li Yu turned back into a fish. This time, the transformation was a skill, not a drug. Li Yu did not feel any discomfort. After the transformation, the jade scales temporarily lost their luster, indicating that they could not be used again for a day.
With this skill, he could turn back into a human from time to time. However, he still had to be careful when using it. King Jing was looking for him everywhere, he could not just show up without a care.
Li Yu mumbled and exited the System. Fortunately, he turned into a human for a short time in the System, but in reality, he did not change. Maybe the System helped him. Otherwise, a living person fainted in a fish tank, the scene would be horrifying.
The ‘Million Fish Pets’ mission had reached the last step. Just one more step and he could complete a main mission. He was getting closer and closer to becoming a real human. In order to complete the mission, he had to work hard to be intimate with the Tyrant.
And the only intimate contact he could think of was ….. mouth to mouth.
With the help of the teacup on the floor, Li Yu gently leaped from the fish tank to the bed. It was late at night, and King Jing was asleep. Li Yu looked at his beautiful lips and remembered that he used to apologize for accidentally biting them. But now, he had to take the initiative to do something embarrassing ..
There was no need to think too much. This was just a mission. Li Yu kept reminding himself that he and King Jing were good friends who knew each other well. He should strike while the iron was hot and complete this step. Otherwise, it would be even more embarrassing in the future.
The little carp convinced himself and leaped onto the jade pillow. He closed his eyes and slowly moved his mouth forward.
However, this kind of thing could be done easily. If he did it deliberately, it would be more difficult.
Li Yu felt that he had moved for a long time, but he did not touch the softness in his memory.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that King Jing had turned around. Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu: I’I jump again!
Li Yu jumped to the other side and tried to move his mouth forward.
He still did not touch it. When Li Yu opened his eyes again, King Jing also happened to open his eyes.
Li Yu, who had a guilty conscience, immediately wagged his tail wildly and betrayed his fish.
As a result, the jade pillow was slapped so hard that it made a lot of noise.
Li Yu: Sob, sob, sob, what should I do?
King Jing was probably woken up by the fish jumping around. When he woke up, he saw the fish lying on his pillow and wagging its tail wildly. King Jing was still sleepy. In a daze, he dragged the teacup closest to him and put the fish into it. Then, he gently patted the fish’s head and fell back into a deep sleep.
Li Yu: “???”
Who could tell him what patting the fish’s head meant?
Li Yu did not dare to move his mouth forward carelessly. He was afraid that he would wake up the sleeping person in front of him.
Forget it, I’ll do it next time … Anyway, I’m not in a hurry.
Li Yu lay down on the side near King Jing and also fell asleep.
An uninvited guest came to King Jing’s residence.
Because King Jing was cold, he basically did not take the initiative to invite anyone. Usually, there were only two types of people who came to King Jing’s residence. The first type was those from the palace who came to deliver imperial edicts. The second type was the heir of Duke Chengen’s residence, Ye Qinghuan.
Ye Qinghuan loved crowds and was incompatible with King Jing’s coldness. However, he was not afraid of King Jing’s cold face and often came to the residence to play. Every time the heir of Duke Chengen arrived, King Jing’s face would be as black as the bottom of a pot. Not only was Ye Qinghuan not afraid, he was also quite happy because he was King Jing’s cousin. King Jing could tell other people to get lost, but he could not tell his cousin to get lost.
At most, he would order the imperial bodyguards to grab Ye Qinghuan by the collar and throw him out.
Previously, when King Jing hosted a banquet, the heir of Duke Chengen was unable to attend because of official business. He regretted not being able to join in the fun. After a few days, when he was free, he immediately came to visit.
He heard that King Jing had a pet, and it was a fish. Ye Qinghuan specially came to show off his pet. Now that the heir of Duke Chengen had a dog, he felt that from now on, at least when it came to pets, he could talk more with King Jing.
Ye Qinghuan led his dog to see King Jing under the lead of Wang Xi.
After seeing his cousin, Ye Qinghuan did not need Wang Xi to greet him. He found himself a chair and excitedly sat down. The first thing he asked was about the fish.
“Tianchi, do you really have a fish?”
King Jing glanced at the tall black dog behind Ye Qinghuan. There was a heavy gold collar around the dog’s neck. For the first time, King Jing did not immediately throw his cousin out. Instead, he motioned for Wang Xi to carry the fish tank out.
The crystal fish tank bestowed by the emperor had not been moved since it entered King Jing’s residence. Because the fish tank was large and heavy, it was inconvenient to move it. However, because the heir of Duke Chengen was here, King Jing wanted to move the fish tank. Wang Xi helplessly thought that since Ye Qinghuan had shown off to His Highness first, His Highness should show off in return.
Actually, it was fine to let Ye Qinghuan in to see the fish. However, King Jing did not like Ye Qinghuan’s dog. Moreover, it was harder to see the fish from inside than from outside.
Ye Qinghuan did not have to wait long before a crystal fish tank half the height of a person was brought in. Ye Qinghuan’s mouth was wide open and he forgot to close it. It was not that Ye Qinghuan had never seen crystal before, but the fish tank was stuffed full of gems. It was almost blinding to Ye Qinghuan’s eyes. The fish in the fish tank was clearly just an ordinary greyish-black carp!
“Did you throw your entire money bag into the fish tank?* Ye Qinghuan muttered.
Ye Qinghuan did not care much about the price of a pet. King Jing who could pamper a fish so much was much rarer than the fish itself.
He originally wanted to show off the pure gold collar around his dog’s neck. However, compared to King Jing’s fish tank, it was nothing. After all, gold collars had a price, and King Jing’s fish tank, together with the things inside, was probably not something that could be bought with money.
King Jing gave Ye Qinghuan a look that said, “Are you stupid?”
Ye Qinghuan was stunned. He remembered that King Jing was actually a rich man. It was just that he usually hid his wealth. Why was he showing it off now?
Ye Qinghuan did not want to lose face. He snapped his fingers, and his large black dog ran over with its tail wagging and pounced on his leg.
Ye Qinghuan immediately regained some confidence and hugged his beloved dog. The black dog nibbled on Ye Qinghuan’s face. Ye Qinghuan smiled at King Jing to show off his authority.
King Jing understood that Ye Qinghuan was provoking him. However, he had never snapped his fingers at a fish, nor had he ever trained a fish. King Jing felt that Ye Qinghuan was childish and did not look forward to it.
Li Yu, who was in the fish tank, also noticed Ye Qinghuan and his dog. He knew what was going on with one look. Were the pets going to compete? Li Yu’s tail wagged excitedly, and he rushed to the front of the crystal tank wall.
It was time to make his owner proud. What was a dog? He could win even if there were ten of them!
King Jing looked at his fish, as if … he was itching to give it a try.
Then let’s give it a try.
King Jing hesitantly stretched out his hand with his palm facing up.
Li Yu knew that Ye Qinghuan could be trusted, so he did not try to hide it. With a flick of his tail, he jumped out of the fish tank and landed accurately in King Jing’s palm.
King Jing held the fish that had made him proud and pinched the fish’s back. Li Yu wanted to take the opportunity to have intimate contact with the fish, but King Jing moved quickly and placed the fish into the petal-shaped teacup that Wang Xi had prepared beforehand.
Li Yu, who had failed to steal a kiss, was speechless.
Li Yu flopped around unhappily in the teacup. Sob, sob, sob. Let him out. He wanted to complete his mission!
King Jing was playing with his fish. Ye Qinghuan had a look of disbelief on his face. The ordinary-looking fish had actually jumped up. Not only that, but it had also accurately jumped into King Jing’s palm. His beloved dog would not take the initiative to lick his palm unless it was lured by food. But King Jing did not feed it anything!
… Defeated, defeated. Ye Qinghuan had nothing left to live for.
Wait a minute. Ye Qinghuan thought of something. He rubbed his face and said, “Tianchi, what’s the name of your fish?”
King Jing was speechless.
“My dog is called Xiong Feng.”
Ye Qinghuan grinned. He felt that he had won a round. He was sure that King Jing, who was a taciturn person, would not think of naming his pet.
Even if Xiong Feng was not as smart as Little Carp, he still beat King Jing in naming.
King Jing was speechless.
Li Yu did not quite understand. He even wanted to laugh, but before he could, his eyes met King Jing’s.
Li Yu immediately felt that something was wrong. Grown Prince Ye could even brag about his dog’s name. He suddenly thought of the name Wang Xi often called Lil Thing. Could it be that King Jing wanted to …..
No, Lil Thing was much more shameless than Xiong Feng!
Li Yu quickly shook his head and wagged his tail, indicating that he did not like it.
King Jing did remember that he did not name his fish. In fact, there were several names for fish.
Generally, his subordinates would call it Your Highness’ fish or Master Fish. Wang Xi would occasionally call it Master Fish, but most of the time, he would call it Lil Thing …
Then why not just name it Lil Thing?
But this name was given by Wang Xi. King Jing felt a little awkward. He had always called this fish in his heart.
It was time to give this fish a name.
King Jing pursed his lips and passed a brush and ink to it. After thinking for a while, he picked up the brush and wrote the word “Little”.
He turned his head and found that the fish was staring at him with burning eyes.
King Jing smiled and added the word “fish” at the end. Then, he threw it to Ye Qinghuan.
“Why are you giving me this?” Ye Qinghuan was holding a piece of calligraphy and did not react for a while.
Wang Xi, who was acting as a backdrop, jumped out to explain, “Crown Prince, His Highness wants you to remember that Master Fish’s name is’ Little Fish’.”
Ye Qinghuan was speechless.
What an unremarkable and old-fashioned name!
Little Fish?
Li Yu’s eyes lit up. This name was very good. It was the same as his modern nickname.
Li Yu hurriedly blew a few bubbles to show his love for the new name.
The arrival of Ye Qinghuan refreshed Li Yu’s understanding of the Crown Prince Ye in the original novel. In the novel, Ye Qinghuan was King Jing’s cousin. He was also one of the few upright and open-minded noblemen. Other than being a little talkative, there was nothing wrong with him.
However, the real Ye Qinghuan had a dog. Li Yu did not expect this. In the original novel, this was probably an insignificant detail, just like the Imperial Concubine’s cat master.
However, this detail almost killed the fish, especially when Ye Qinghuan ordered someone to untie Xiong Feng.
Xiong Feng ran wildly, stirring up a cloud of dust. Li Yu heard the commotion from afar. The dog, which had never seen a fish before, was so excited that it insisted on rushing over to smell him.
When Li Yu was a human, he was not afraid of cats or dogs. However, after becoming a fish, he was afraid. Although dogs shouldn’t like to eat fish, they loved to bite things. Xiong Feng’s white teeth were bigger and sharper than Piao Xue’s.
Moreover, Crown Prince Ye’s dog was very persistent when it saw something. It insisted on smelling it with its nose and poking it with the tip of its nose before it would stop.
The dog wanted to poke the fish. Li Yu screamed, “Help!!!”
The little carp panicked and forgot that it was in the teacup. It struggled to escape, splashing water everywhere.
When Xiong Feng pounced over, King Jing stood in front of the teacup. Just like Piao Xue, Xiong Feng also bumped into a human wall.
Xiong Feng was an enthusiastic dog. It was not angry at all when it was bumped into. This was the first time it was brought to King Jing’s residence. It was also curious about King Jing, who it had never met before.
Xiong Feng was not afraid of King Jing. However, Ye Qinghuan knew what it was like when King Jing was angry. Crown Prince Ye was afraid that his beloved dog would be beaten up by King Jing. He hurriedly said, ‘Tianchi, don’t do anything. You have to look at the owner before you hit the dog. My Xiong Feng is naturally enthusiastic. It won’t bite people.”
However, if it won’t bite people, will it guarantee that it won’t bite the fish? Grown Prince Ye himself was not sure.
Very good. King Jing glanced at Ye Qinghuan and chuckled coldly.
King Jing did not hit Xiong Feng. He turned around and ordered Wang Xi to pick up Ye Qinghuan and the dog and throw them out of King Jing’s residence.
Li Yu was scared stiff by Xiong Feng. He had secretly planned to sneak a kiss on King Jing wher he was unprepared. However, he flew away again.
However, the visit of Duke Chengen’s Heir Apparent reminded him of a plot about Heir Apparent Ye.
The system told him that some plots would still exist, while some would change. He wondered what would happen to this plot.
In the original novel, the Third Prince had won over King Jing through Chu Yanyu. Duke Chengen’s residence, as the late Empress’s maternal family and King Jing’s maternal family, had no need to support the other princes. However, because of King Jing, they had indirectly helped the Third Prince.
After Mu Tianzhao’s family found out that Duke Chengen’s residence had helped Mu Tianming, they harbored resentment in their hearts. Coincidentally, Jin Jue had sent the princess over for a political marriage. The Emperor had originally intended to have the princess marry Ye Qinghuan.
However, the Second Prince was afraid that the Third Prince would gain Jin Jue’s help, so he plotted to frame Ye Qinghuan, causing Ye Qinghuan to “accidentally kill” the princess.
The marriage failed and the princess was killed. Mu Tianzhao didn’t care if Jin Jue would become an enemy of the dynasty. According to his plan, the Emperor would definitely punish Crown Prince Ye for the sake of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Duke Chengen would definitely plead for leniency. As long as he had the ministers on his side constantly preach righteousness in front of the Emperor and insist that Crown Prince Ye and Duke Chengen had lost face for Empress Xiaohui, the Emperor would at least demote him. Duke Chengen’s residence would also suffer the wrath of the Emperor.
The Third Prince’s power in the court wasn’t as strong as the Second Prince’s. According to the Third Prince’s personality, if he couldn’t plead for leniency, he would play it safe. At this time, Mu Tianzhao was trying to rope in Duke Chengen. If he could pull him in, Duke Chengen would be dead set on following him. If he couldn’t pull him in, he would at least peel off a layer of the Third Prince’s skin.
The Second Prince played a trick of framing and framing. What was hateful was that the Sixth Prince had coincidentally received the news first. However, the Sixth Prince didn’t tell the truth to Duke Chengen and the Third Prince. Instead, he sat and waited for the tragedy to happen.
However, the one who died in the end wasn’t the princess that Jin Jue had come to marry.
Instead, it was the Emperor’s most beloved youngest daughter.
The Emperor was furious. Crown Prince Ye was executed, Duke Chengen was demoted and exiled, and King Jing was also implicated in the Emperor’s anger. King Jing was confined to King Jing’s residence. The Sixth Prince volunteered to share the Emperor’s burden by marrying the Princess Jinjue. The Third Prince thought that it was all the Second Prince’s mischief and that the Sixth Prince was fighting for Jin Jue for him. Henceforth, he trusted the Sixth Prince even more. In reality, after this incident, the people in his hands had already begun to be secretly roped in by the Sixth Prince.
In reality, all of this was just the Sixth Prince beating them at their own game. Not only did he provoke the two princes to turn against each other, he also eradicated the power of Duke Chengen’s residence.
The Second Prince and the Third Prince were sinister, but the Sixth Prince was even more vicious.
In reality, the Duke Chengen’s residence was something that he had fought for from King Jing through Chu Yanyu. After learning that the Duke Chengen’s residence was already barely helping the Third Prince, it was impossible for them to go over the Third Prince and be used by him. He had already gained the Third Prince’s complete trust and could cut off the arm that he had personally brought to the Third Prince. He also provoked the Second Prince and the Third Prince to be completely hostile. Only in this way could he fight for an opportunity.
The struggle between the princes usually didn’t involve the princess, but he was even willing to sacrifice his own sister. The Sixth Prince was very clear that if it was only the death of an outsider princess, the Emperor would always leave some leeway for the Duke Chengen’s residence. But if the imperial family’s golden branch and jade leaf were gone, the Emperor would definitely no longer care about Empress Xiaohui’s face.
From this, it could be seen that the Sixth Prince’s heart was the blackest. This person had always been hiding behind the Third Prince. If not for this, it would not have been possible for the Sixth Prince and King Jing to fight for the throne after the two princes had both been injured. Moreover, they had almost ascended to the throne.
In the struggle for the throne, there were countless deaths and injuries. In the original book, the most innocent were probably the Duke Chengen’s residence and Ye Shizi. But now there was a turning point. King Jing didn’t like Chu Yanyu. Without this layer of relationship, it would be even more difficult for the Third Prince to establish a relationship with Duke Chengen. Would the Second Prince still plot to frame Ye Shizi?
If the Second Prince hadn’t taken the initiative, the Sixth Prince probably wouldn’t have had any bad intentions.
Li Yu and Ye Shizi had very little contact. Although this person had a bad mouth, he was one of King Jing’s few friends and relatives. He died an unnatural death in the struggle for power. In the book, after the Sixth Prince failed in the struggle for the throne, even though Chu Yanyu pleaded for mercy, the Sixth Prince was still sacrificed to Ye Qinghuan’s family by King Jing. It could be seen that in King Jing’s heart, the Sixth Prince was also very upset.
Li Yu thought that if there was still a plot involving Ye Shizi, he would try to help as much as he could.
But he was a fish in a world. How could he help? Ye Shizi came to King Jing’s residence more often than ordinary people, but not frequently. At most, he could transform into a human for an hour every day. He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to meet Ye Shizi. Even if he did meet him, an hour wasn’t enough for Ye Shizi to trust him ..
Li Yu had the most contact with King Jing, so he could only rely on King Jing’s help.
He was just thinking about how to operate when the troublesome System suddenly interrupted,
“Host, the prerequisite for the ‘Impenetrable Defense’ side quest has been met. Do you want to activate it?”
Li Yu: What side quest? I didn’t do anything, so how could it be activated all of a sudden?
System: When the Host has the heart to save, and is willing to help the cannon fodder in the book without any compensation.
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu was happy. So Ye Shizi was also a cannon fodder. Cough, cough, cough.
But according to Ye Shizi’s conditions, the cannon fodder would probably be the most eye-catching one.
It would be best if this side quest could be completed smoothly after saving someone. If it was like
“Bright Pearl”, then it would be too big of a headache.
Li Yu still had intimate contact to worry about, so he cautiously said, “What kind of mission is it?
What is the reward? Tell me.”
The System directed Li Yu to look at the “Impenetrable Defense” side quest. The hint for this mission was very detailed. As long as he protected the person he wanted to save within the specified time and prevented their death, it would be considered a success.
This was completely in line with his goal. The “Impenetrable Defense” also had a very meaningful meaning. It meant that he had to protect the person he wanted to protect well, just like the other party’s impenetrable defense.
Li Yu: What about the reward?
“Once the mission is completed, the Host can choose from the following rewards …”
The System mechanically recited.
Li Yu didn’t really want to hear it. “Okay, I’ll talk about the specific rewards after the mission is completed.*
The troublesome System’s rewards were becoming more and more mysterious. In any case, even if there was no mission, he would still do his best to help Ye Shizi. The reward or not wasn’t very important.
Li Yu’s plan was to write a letter to clearly state the Second Prince’s plot to frame Ye Shizi and give it to Ye Shizi.
Regardless of whether Ye Qinghuan believed it or not, at least this letter would attract the attention of the Duke Chengen Residence. Once they were on guard, it wouldn’t be easy for the Second Prince to assassinate them.
Li Yu already had the ability to transform into a human, so he didn’t have to worry about how to use a brush as a fish. He could very well transform into a human and write the letter. However, it wasn’t until he was about to write the letter that he realized that the ancient characters were all in traditional Chinese characters. Li Yu could read some of the traditional characters by guessing, but he couldn’t write a letter directly.
Li Yu, who suddenly seemed to have become illiterate, “…”
This wasn’t a problem for him. Since he could roughly understand it, he just needed to find a book with many characters and copy it.
There weren’t many books in King Jing’s bedroom, but there was a large study that Li Yu hadn’t been to before.
When King Jing was about to go to the study, Li Yu took the initiative to jump into King Jing’s palm and clung onto King Jing’s fingers, refusing to let go.
I really don’t know what to do with you.
King Jing glanced at the fish dotingly. Ever since this fish became famous, it had become bolder and bolder.
King Jing didn’t hesitate to pick up the petal-shaped teacup that the little carp often sat on.
When they arrived at the study, King Jing put the fish aside as usual and picked up a set of books to read.
In the past, when King Jing was reading in the bedroom, the little carp had always been very quiet.
This time, it was different from its usual obedient behavior. The fish stretched its head vigorously towards the book that King Jing was reading. As it stretched its head, it kept wagging its tail.
Li Yu: The angle is too far, I can’t see it.!!
… Does the little fish want to play again?
King Jing was quite tolerant of fish. He smiled and brought the teacup closer to him. Wang Xi knew that he was going to bring the fish to the study, so she had already spread a thick layer of absorbent blanket on the table in advance.
Li Yu finally saw the book. As he read, he quickly memorized the words that he might need to write a letter. He planned to try writing a letter by himself when there was no one around.
While King Jing was reading, he saw the little carp’s head nodding up and down in a very regular pattern.
King Jing: “…”
For a moment, King Jing had an illusion that this fish knew how to read.
Were his eyes playing tricks on him?
King Jing put down the book and rubbed his eyebrows. He realized that as he put down the book, the little carp lying on the teacup also slowly fell forward. Then, with a plop, it slid onto the page of the book.
King Jing: … So it fell asleep.
