Chapter 31
Fearing that King Jing would not trust him, Li Yu raised his hands to show him. “Your Highness, please rest assured. I mean no harm. Are your eyes uncomfortable? You need to clean them up as soon as possible …”
King Jing was a little hesitant. This was the first time they had spoken to each other formally. For some reason, he feit that this young man was inexplicably familiar.
Even though he had initially thought that this young man was a thief, this thought had faded a lot after several chases.
Speaking of which, this young man did not have any obvious intention of harming him. If the warning letter to Ye Qinghuan was written and sent by this young man, it could even be considered as helping them.
But why did he take Xiaoyu away the first time …
King Jing subconsciously wanted to look at the fish. Li Yu was frightened. He originally had a pillow that looked exactly like a fish, but it had disappeared at some point. Li Yu had not paid much attention to it. So … there was nothing in the fish tank now. Would they be exposed?
He also looked at the fish tank worriedly. Coincidentally, Xiong Feng was right in front of the fish tank. The dog’s body covered the fish tank completely.
Li Yu thought, “.. I’m finally saved.”
Because of Xiong Feng and the discomfort in King Jing’s eyes, he could only see a black shadow.
Realizing that he could not see the fish clearly, he turned around.
Li Yu was relieved, but King Jing was still unmoved. Li Yu was afraid that King Jing was still suspicious of him. In a hurry, he hugged King Jing’s arm and said, “Don’t doubt me. I’m really not a bad person. I just want to help you take out the thing in your eyes.”
When he was still a fish, he often jumped into King Jing’s hands. It was normal for him to have contact with King Jing. For a moment, he even thought that King Jing was a tyrant. Hugging his arm was nothing to him.
What he was afraid of was that King Jing thought he was a bad person and wanted to kill him
Li Yu, who was still a fish, hugged him even tighter.
King Jing was speechless.
This was the first time King Jing had met someone who did not play by the rules. For a moment, he was uncomfortable and could not push him away.
Li Yu tempted him, “Just let me give it a try. If it doesn’t work, you can punish me.’
King Jing: “…”
King Jing thought that since he couldn’t play any tricks in front of him, he might as well give it a try.
For the time being, he groped his way to the table and sat down. Li Yu carefully wiped her hands clean and found a new dry handkerchief. After making sure that there were no water stains, she sat beside him and gently opened his eyelids to remove the powder that had gotten into his eyes.
Fortunately, there wasn’t a lot of powder. Li Yu moved quickly and quickly picked it out.
He could clearly see that it was indeed lime powder. Li Yu had learned in the real world that when quicklime melted, it would dissipate a large amount of heat. If lime powder entered the eyes and directly washed it with water, it was very likely to burn the eyes.
It seemed that turning into a human to stop King Jing was very timely. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Li Yu was worried that there might still be traces left, so he blew on King Jing’s eyes.
King Jing was much more relaxed now and could clearly see the young man in front of him.
He was so close to him that he could clearly see the young man’s drooping eyelashes, the tip of his nose that was slightly sweaty, and the pair of lips that were seriously pursed and bright red.
A warm breath brushed past him. King Jing realized that Li Yu was blowing on his eyes and suddenly felt that it was rude of him to look away. However, he caught a glimpse of the young man’s bare feet. There were still some water droplets on his round toes.
King Jing’s curiosity towards this young man had snowballed like a rolling snowball.
Li Yu repeatedly confirmed that there was no more lime powder in King Jing’s eyes. Only then could he use a large amount of water to wash them.
He remembered that there was a washbasin in this room. The water that the servants prepared in the washbasin was usually dried and could be used.
Li Yu wanted to get the washbasin, but King Jing mistakenly thought that he was going to escape.
When he got up, King Jing grabbed his arm tightly.
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu instantly understood what he meant. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “I’m just going to get some water. The powder has already been removed. You can wash them now.”
Who knew that the other party would resolutely refuse to let go of his hand despite his persuasion.
King Jing, whose eyes had almost recovered, got up on his own. He grabbed Li Yu and walked to the washbasin together.
When King Jing stood up straight, Li Yu could only reach his shoulder. Li Yu was thinking about how to get King Jing to sit back down when King Jing slightly lowered his head and looked at Li Yu with his dark eyes.
… This should be asking him to wash them, right?
Li Yu could be considered to have personally experienced King Jing’s stubbornness. With this awkward posture, he didn’t use a wet towel. Instead, he continuously scooped up water and poured it into King Jing’s eyes, using the water to wash King Jing’s eyes.
After repeating this several times, although King Jing’s eyes were still red and swollen, he didn’t feel any discomfort.
For the sake of caution, Li Yu said to him, “Your Highness, please ask the imperial physician to take a look later. You may still need to apply medicine.’
King Jing nodded.
Li Yu and King Jing looked at each other for a moment. Only then did he realize that he had completely exposed his human form in front of King Jing. This was actually not a big deal. After all, it wasn’t like he hadn’t exposed his human form before. The problem was that King Jing was holding on to him and wouldn’t let go. He secretly tried to pull his hand away several times, but to no avail. He could only maintain his human form for an hour. What if he turned into a living fish later?
He had to quickly think of a way to send King Jing away, or send himself away!
As soon as King Jing’s eyes recovered, he couldn’t help but observe the youth in front of him. His gaze moved from the youth’s face to the youth’s clothes. This time, the youth’s two fair arms were exposed. His body was wrapped in a strange cloth that almost covered his knees. His calves were bare, and his delicate ankles dangled casually.
King Jing couldn’t help but wonder why this person always dressed so … strangely?
Who are you?
King Jing dipped the water in the basin nearby and wrote on the table. There were many questions that he wanted to ask. This was the first and also the easiest one.
Li Yu:”…
Li Yu shook his head and pretended that he didn’t understand.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to say anything, but that he didn’t exist in the book. Anyway, there was no such person in the book. If he hastily told a lie, he would have to spend a lot of effort to cover it up. In that case, he might as well not say anything at all.
Perhaps, Li Yu had a sudden thought. Perhaps if he kept silent, King Jing would lose his patience and leave this room?
He was very worried that he would hear the countdown to maintain his human form in the next moment. That would be terrible.
Li Yu’s heart was in a mess, but he still had to pretend to be calm on the surface.
Seeing that he didn’t answer, King Jing continued to write instead of asking.
Why are you here?
Why did you save me?
Li Yu resisted the urge to talk to King Jing again and again and continued to shake his head.
King Jing frowned. He asked so many questions, but he didn’t answer any of them. Could it be that he didn’t understand?
Yes, King Jing recalled the letter that Ye Qinghuan received. The handwriting on it was very bad.
He originally wondered how there could be such bad handwriting in the world. So it was this person …
He didn’t understand, so he didn’t know how to write?
King Jing glanced at Xiong Feng. Xiong Feng didn’t have much of a reaction to this young man’s appearance. He should be very familiar with this young man, so he could use Xiong Feng to send the letter …
King Jing was comparing and analyzing in his heart. Li Yu’s scalp was numb from the constant scrutiny he gave him.
He felt that he couldn’t pretend anymore and was about to run away. At this moment, Eunuch Wang Xi, who went to summon the imperial physician, knocked on the door.
“Your Highness, Your Highness, the imperial physician is here!”
There was really no such thing as a dead end. Hearing Wang Xi’s call, Li Yu’s eyes lit up.
King Jing keenly captured his suddenly relaxed expression and immediately realized that he was planning to escape.
King Jing smiled. How could he let him escape when he was already in such a situation?
The imperial physician was right outside the door. Without King Jing’s permission, he didn’t dare to enter.
Wang Xi entered the door to ask for instructions and saw King Jing sitting leisurely in a chair.
Beside him was an unfamiliar young man who was wrapped up in a blanket.
Because Li Yu was dressed very boldly, Eunuch Wang was too shocked and mistook the blanket for a quilt. At first, he didn’t recognize the young man.
Eunuch Wang was roaring in his heart. It was just the time he went to find the imperial physician.
How could a little vixen come to seduce His Highness? But looking at His Highness’s expression, he didn’t seem to be too angry?
– – King Jing wasn’t just not angry. After being plotted against, his mood was strangely good.
Eunuch Wang, who put King Jing first, thought quickly. In fact, as long as His Highness was happy, it wasn’t impossible for a little vixen to seduce him. It was better not to ask too much.
Wang Xi pretended not to see Li Yu and respectfully said to King Jing, “The imperial physician is already waiting outside. Would Your Highness like to summon him?”
King Jing didn’t nod. Instead, he got up and tidied his clothes to go out. Wang Xi hurriedly followed King Jing to take care of him.
Before King Jing went out, he deliberately glanced at Li Yu.
Li Yu didn’t understand for a moment and thought that he was free. He let out a long breath and could finally change back with peace of mind.
He was still worried and walked to the door. He peeked through the crack of the door. The door wasn’t closed tightly. He saw that Wang Xi had set up a seat outside the door. King Jing was sitting steadily. The imperial physician was beside him with his head lowered, taking King Jing’s pulse.
Li Yu: “…”
Damn, could this person be any more shameless? He transformed to save him, not to let him trap him in the room!
He had already checked the room. There wasn’t even a window, only a door. It was supposed to be the safest place, but now it had become the most inescapable cage!
Li Yu turned to Xiong Feng and sobbed: Good Xiong Feng, only you can help me now …
Xiong Feng, who was completely unaware of the situation:???
After the imperial physician finished taking King Jing’s pulse, he looked at his eyes and praised,
“Fortunately, Your Highness handled it well. Your eyes are fine now. I will prescribe a prescription to improve your eyes and detoxify them. Your Highness will be fine after taking it.”
King Jing curled his lips. He also felt that the young man had handled it well.
King Jing ordered Wang Xi to reward the imperial physician. After the imperial physician left, King Jing wanted to return to the room. Wang Xi thought that he was in a hurry to meet the little demon in the room, so he hurriedly stopped him.
“Your Highness, you’re not here today. Someone broke into Jing Tai Hall and poisoned it.”
Wang Xi explained everything in detail, including how the person sneaked into Jing Tai Hall, how Xiong Feng bit his hand, how the fish food was poisoned, how the master of the small fish knocked over the jade plate, and how the fish and the dog were all fine.
Wang Xi informed King Jing because he was afraid that the little demon in the room was of unknown origin. He wanted to use this opportunity to remind his master to be more vigilant.
King Jing didn’t want to listen, but when he heard, his face was covered in frost. He was even angrier than when he was the one who was plotted against.
When Wang Xi mentioned the silver needle, King Jing immediately remembered that the Second Imperial Prince had hidden Xiantian Frost in the residence. He was afraid that it wasn’t enough for this bastard to frame Duke Chengen Mansion. He even wanted to harm the fish he raised!
He had to get revenge for this sooner or later.
King Jing also thought of the masked man who attacked him when he returned to Jing Tai Hall.
This person’s hand seemed to be injured. Could it be the same person who was bitten by Xiong Feng, as Wang Xi said?
… It should be Mu Tianzhao’s lackey.
After returning to Jing Tai Hall, he didn’t see Xiaoyu in person for various reasons. He thought that the fish and the young man were still in the room …
Since the young man helped him wipe his eyes, he subconsciously didn’t think that he would do anything to the fish.
Wang Xi called out, “Your Highness.” King Jing motioned for him to wait for a while and stepped into the room himself.
Before opening the door, he suddenly had an indescribable feeling, even though he knew that he couldn’t let the person escape this time.
King Jing didn’t think much and decisively opened the door, only to see …
The room was empty except for pieces of cloth on the floor. The young man who was supposed to be waiting for him had disappeared again.
This wasn’t right.
King Jing’s temples were throbbing. Although he had left, he had been guarding the door. There were no windows here, so where could he escape to?
After experiencing similar situations several times, King Jing felt that it was necessary to change his way of thinking, no matter how ridiculous it sounded …
Since he couldn’t escape, then he must be here. It was just that … he should be in a place that he couldn’t think of for the time being.
King Jing walked to the cloth on the floor and recalled all kinds of things when he met the young man. Suddenly, he realized that there were many frightening things.
When the young man appeared to help him, he didn’t hear the sound of the door. This meant that the young man didn’t enter through the door. Could it be that this person had been in the room for a long time but he didn’t notice? Just like now, he couldn’t find the young man.
In fact, it wasn’t completely silent at that time. King Jing’s hearing had always been very good.
What he heard at that time was …
It was the flapping of the fish’s tail.
Xiao Yu often jumped up in front of him. He was confident that he wouldn’t mistake the sound of its tail flapping.
King Jing couldn’t help but look at the fish tank. The blue and white porcelain fish tank in Jingtai Palace was not as clear as the crystal fish tank in King Jing’s residence. To his surprise, the fish that was supposed to be at the bottom of the tank was lying on the edge of the tank with its back facing him and its tail flapping around.
Thinking that his fish was almost lost, King Jing’s mood became even more obscure.
He walked over and was about to touch the fish, but the fish panicked and fell into the water.
King Jing: “…”
King Jing still reached out to touch the fish’s back. Usually, Xiao Yu would wrap the tip of its tail around his finger, but today, it only raised its head and looked at him listlessly.
King Jing thought that Xiao Yu must have been frightened.
King Jing comforted the fish while continuing to think about the young man’s whereabouts.
This room was cramped and everything could be seen at a glance. There was no way the young man could hide in this room.
King Jing’s heart skipped a beat. He counted the places where the young man had been. Why was it that every time
Was it in his room?
This time, only his confidant and Ye Qinghuan knew why this young man would also … meet him in Jingtai Palace. Moreover, the young man was dressed like this, so it was impossible for him to enter through the palace gate.
King Jing got up and his cloud-patterned boots stepped on the cloth on the ground again.
He picked up the cloth and moved it away, revealing a pool of water stains hidden under the cloth.
He remembered that the young man’s feet were wet. He thought of tracking the water stains in the room to see if there were any water stains. After careful identification, he found that some of the water stains went to the washbasin, to the table, and to the door. But back and forth, the place where the wettest water stains gathered formed a path.
He continued to search along this path and finally saw a large black dog.
Ye Qinghuan’s dog barked excitedly and wagged its tail at him. Xiong Feng sat on the spot with the most water stains.
King Jing was stunned. He thought that he was really confused. So it was Xiong Feng who made these water stains.
Li Yu stared at King Jing’s figure anxiously. When King Jing left the room, Li Yu felt that his nerves were about to collapse.
He really had no choice. He was afraid that King Jing would find out. He couldn’t remove the water stains on the ground, so he could only let Xiong Feng take the blame.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to hide it from you… The little carp silently apologized to its master.
King Jing walked out of the room with a serious expression.
He took away the cloth that the young man was wrapped in. There were a few fish scales on the cloth that glittered.
This wasn’t the first time that he found fish scales on the young man’s clothes.
King Jing remembered a detail. When he saw the young man’s ankle, he also saw a flash of silver light on his foot.
