Chapter 33
Wang Xi didn’t know whether the imperial doctor could cure Xiao Yu’s illness or not, but he couldn’t go against King Jing’s will. Eunuch Wang was indeed worthy of being King Jing’s close friend. After inquiring around, he invited an imperial doctor who also raised fish.
Eunuch Wang brought the imperial doctor to King Jing’s house. This imperial doctor surnamed Xu had seen a lot of strange diseases. When he learned that King Jing summoned him for his pet fish, he still didn’t change his expression.
In order to facilitate Imperial Doctor Xu’s diagnosis, King Jing specially put the fish in a petal-shaped teacup that was easy to see. Li Yu’s fish nature flared up just now. He fluttered a few times in the teacup and lost two scales. At this moment, he didn’t dare to flutter anymore. He looked at Imperial Doctor Xu pitifully with his wet eyes. This imperial doctor should be able to cure the fish and not let it become bald, right?
King Jing, whose line of sight never left the fish: “… …”
His Royal Highness King Jing coughed softly and turned the direction of the fish in the teacup. The fish’s head was facing him and let Imperial Doctor Xu look at the fish’s spine. The fish’s spine also lost some scales.
Imperial Doctor Xu looked at the fish in detail and then looked at the teacup. With a rough inference in his heart, he took a step forward and said: “His Royal Highness King Jing, as far as this official knows, most fish don’t change their scales. The scales should grow with the fish. There are only two reasons for the fish to lose its scales. It is either caused by external forces or because of disease.”
When the little carp heard the word “disease”, he trembled slightly.
King Jing knew the fish he raised, so he immediately looked at Wang Xi. Wang Xi said: “If you need any medicine, just mention it to His Royal Highness. If there is no medicine, we will find a way to get it.”
Wang Xi looked at King Jing with uncertainty. King Jing nodded. Wang Xi then said: “Remember not to hurt Master Xiaoyu.”
Imperial Doctor Xu smiled and said: “This official understands. But His Royal Highness’s fish, with all due respect, is very healthy. It shouldn’t be sick. Maybe it accidentally hit the fish when swimming. It will get better after a few days. *
Li Yu:???
This was really a beautiful misunderstanding. His Royal Highness King Jing put the fish in a teacup for treatment, so Imperial Doctor Xu thought that the fish was usually kept like this. It can’t move freely, so bumps and bumps were inevitable. Imperial Doctor Xu’s family raised a group of koi fish.
They often collide with each other to compete for food, so it’s normal for them to lose scales.
Imperial Doctor Xu thought it was the same.
However, Li Yu felt that something was not right. The fish tank that King Jing had prepared for him was usually enough for him to swim in, and it was rare for him to bump into anything. If it was because he was always jumping around, his scales would only fall off when he bumped into something. But now, it seemed like every piece of his body would fall off. No matter what he did, it would fall off. Even spitting out bubbles did not stop. Li Yu did not dare to move anymore.
Fortunately, it was not falling off in large chunks, or else his fish body would be too ugly.
What Imperial Doctor Xu said should not be the real reason for his scales to fall off. Li Yu was a little disappointed, but as long as he was not sick, it was good news. Li Yu comforted himself.
Maybe the physique of a bookworm fish was different from ordinary fish. Even a big dog like Xiong Feng will lose its hair. So, it’s normal for him to lose scales, right?
But will the tyrant’s master dislike him because of this?
It shouldn’t be. He was a black food carp. He didn’t rely on his beauty to get to the top. He was just acting cute. Is it because he lost scales, he is not cute anymore?
Li Yu comforted himself for a while, but he almost closed his eyes.
Imperial Doctor Xu’s words touched King Jing’s mind. The imperial doctor meant that Xiaoyu’s residence was too small, so his scales will fall off. He already knew that Xiaoyu was actually a carp. So, it was not appropriate to raise him in an ordinary fish tank.
After sending Imperial Doctor Xu away, King Jing made a decision without hesitation.
He ordered Wang Xi to come closer. This time, the order was a bit complicated. King Jing personally wrote it. Wang Xi’s eyebrows almost flew up when he saw it.
After King Jing finished writing, Wang Xi knelt down and said in a trembling voice: “Your Royal Highness, this …”
Is this really okay?
Wang Xi only guessed that King Jing was going to change the fish tank for Xiaoyu, but he never expected that it would be such a fish tank!
After King Jing finished writing, he blew on the ink and signaled with his eyes: Do it quickly.
Wang Xi has been following King Jing for many years. He also understood that once his master made a decision, he would not change it. So, Eunuch Wang didn’t say anything and just rolled away.
Li Yu, who didn’t know what King Jing did:???
After King Jing arranged it, he habitually wanted to touch the poor fish’s back. But then he remembered that the fish was shedding scales. If he touched it, he was afraid that more scales would fall. He had to follow Imperial Doctor Xu’s words and raise it well. Xiaoyu was actually a carp spirit…
King Jing, who decided to make a new fish tank for Xiaoyu without blinking his eyes, hesitated at this time. Thinking that the fish he always touched was a teenager, King Jing couldn’t do it.
When the little carp saw King Jing stretched out his finger, it swam over and waited for him to touch it, but King Jing stopped.
Li Yu: “… …”
It couldn’t be. Could it be that Prince Jing really despised him?
The little carp, who longed for a sense of security, hurriedly wrapped the tip of its tail around King Jing’s finger.
King Jing usually likes to touch this kind of thing, but at this moment, his mind wandered. The tail … Which part of the carp spirit is it?
The fish head must be a human face, so the tail should be feet.
A pair of delicate ankles quickly flashed in King Jing’s mind. King Jing: “… …”
King Jing suddenly stood up, which scared the little carp. The little carp avoided him and looked at him in confusion.
King Jing realized that he was a little too aggressive. He was afraid that Xiaoyu would notice something unusual, so he tried to stretch out his finger as usual.
Li Yu swam over expectantly, but King Jing neither touched the fish’s back nor the fish’s tail. King Jing gently tapped the fish’s head with his finger.
Li Yu: This again? What does this mean?
Even though King Jing had ordered his men to work on the new aquarium as soon as possible, it would still take a few days for it to be ready. King Jing had no choice but to put the little fish back into the crystal aquarium for the time being. They had been eating the best food for the past few days. Li Yu’s scales were still falling. He didn’t even dare to move.
If he couldn’t move, how was he going to complete his mission? Li Yu was very worried.
Just when the little carp thought that he was going to become a bald fish, the Palace of Heavenly Purity issued a series of imperial edicts. The Emperor took away all of the Second Prince’s missions and conferred him the title of Marquis An. The Marquis An did not give him a new residence. He was still confined to the Second Prince’s residence. Imperial Concubine Chou was demoted to a concubine. Because Imperial Concubine Chou was still confined, she was still
confined to the Second Prince’s residence. The Emperor had both punishments and rewards. As for the Duke Chengen Residence, the title of Duke Chengen was promoted by one rank. Ye Qinghuan was promoted by one rank. The Emperor allowed the Duke Chengen Residence and Jin Jue Wang to choose their wedding date. He also built a princess residence in the imperial city for the Princess Jinjue.
To be able to make such a decision, it could be seen that the Emperor had made enough determination.
After Second Prince framed Ye Qinghuan, the Emperor had been hesitating about how to punish
Second Prince. Imperial Concubine Qiu in Zhongcui Palace got the news and knelt outside the Palace of Heavenly Purity. In the end, she was carried back by the eunuch. The Emperor did not see Imperial Concubine Chou. Instead, he quietly went to the Changchun Palace and sat in front of Empress Xiaohui’s memorial tablet for the entire night.
The female corpse in the Pavilion of Misty Rain was found to be a prisoner on death row. She had passed away many days ago due to illness. The Emperor knew that the Second Prince had been set up by Ye Qinghuan. However, Ye Qinghuan did it out of self-defense. In the end, it was the Second Prince who was stupid. If the Second Prince had succeeded, how would he explain it to Jin Jue Wang? Did the Second Prince not consider the big picture? Or was the big picture, to the Second Prince, something that could be sacrificed?
The Emperor did not object to the princes playing tricks. However, he did not want to be like the Second Prince, who relied on his position as the future Crown Prince to act recklessly. Even if this kind of person forced his way onto the throne, he would not be able to convince the masses.
The person he had chosen was not suitable for the throne. The importance he placed on the Second Prince not only inflated Imperial Concubine Chou’s ego, it also inflated the Second Prince’s ego. However, if the Second Prince could not even handle this, how could he talk about the future?
Fortunately, he only revealed some information to a few people and did not officially announce the Crown Prince candidate. The fact that it did not lead to a disaster was the best outcome. If the Second Prince could not get the punishment he deserved, the Duke Chengen Mansion would be disappointed, King Jing would be disappointed, and Empress Xiaohui would be even more disappointed.
After the Emperor thought it through, he issued a decree that did not allow anyone to object.
These decrees almost caused the entire court and the harem to boil over.
There was an unwritten rule in the court. If a prince was given a title too early, he would not be able to get the throne. For example, King Jing. Everyone knew that King Jing’s title was the Emperor’s way of appeasing his legitimate son. However, the Second Prince’s situation was different from King Jing’s. The Second Prince was not given the title of King Jing. He was only given the title of Marquis. The Emperor issued the decree in a hurry without consulting the Ministry of Rites.
The former Imperial Concubine Chou, now Imperial Concubine Chou, fainted on the spot when she received the decree. The other imperial concubines in the palace who had given birth to princes all had hope. Especially the Third Prince’s birth mother, Imperial Concubine Qian. If the Second Prince could not make it, then it would be her Third Prince’s turn. Those officials who had originally followed the Second Prince and thought that the next dynasty’s glory and wealth had been secured, there were not many left who were willing to continue to help the Second Prince.
Most of them began to secretly search for a new path.
Compared to the happy and worried people in the palace, the Duke Chengen Mansion outside the palace was decorated with lanterns and colored banners. It was peaceful. Ye Qinghuan and Princess Jinjue had exchanged marriage invitations. The Duke Chengen Mansion and Jin Jue Wang were already picking a date for the two. At the King Jing Mansion, although the imperial decree did not mention the King Jing, in fact, the King Jing also had a reward. The Emperor ordered Chief Steward Luo to give the King Jing a set of mutton fat jade boxes for the King Jing to use to store fish food. The Emperor saw that the King Jing used a bamboo box at the state banquet, so he felt sorry for the King Jing.
The Emperor rewarded the King Jing, but the one who was especially happy was Li Yu. The new fish food box seemed to have been specially ordered by the Emperor. There was a fish carved on the top. He heard that mutton fat jade was very precious. Using it to make fish food boxes, Li Yu felt that his value had doubled …
Following the imperial decree, he was even happier. The “Iron Bastion” side quest was immediately updated!
Looking at the Emperor’s imperial decrees, Li Yu suddenly realized that good will be rewarded and evil will be punished. Only then could this side quest truly be completed.
Losing scales was one thing, but he still had to get the reward. Li Yu entered the system to get the reward. He did not pay much attention to what the reward was for this side quest. Now that he was patient and listened to the system’s explanation, Li Yu’s jaw almost dropped.
It turned out that the reward for the “Iron Bastion” side quest was a new set of fish scales. There were a total of five colors to choose from. They were gold, red, green, silver, and purple.
Li Yu suddenly remembered that he had been losing scales recently. Could it be that the mission reward required him to change his scales?
“Host, you are thinking too much.” The system reminded him at the right time, “You keep losing scales because normal fish scales can no longer withstand the intensity of your movements.’
Li Yu: “…”
The system did not hide it. It meant that he was too active, and his scales could no longer withstand it. Clearly, he did not do much… Li Yu, who often jumped up and down in King Jing’s room without any self-reflection, silently thought to himself.
The system said that the new scales were stronger and would no longer fall after changing them.
Li Yu was quite happy to accept such a reward. It was just that the new scales were too different from his original scales. These were the shiny colors that only koi fish could have, but he used them. Did it mean that he could really become a koi fish?
He, he, he was just a little curious. He would definitely become a human in the end!
The system only said, “Host, don’t worry.”
Li Yu became vigilant. Usually, when the system said “don’t worry,” he would definitely be tricked.
Li Yu was used to being tricked. He was just afraid that his tyrant master, who had been a little cold to him recently, would suddenly suspect him.
However, since his original scales were always falling, he could use the new ones. He had to change them.
The system said, “Host, please choose a color to confirm the reward.”
These bright colors – they were all about the same, right?
Li Yu went against his conscience and chose the gold color that was closest to a koi fish.
After confirming, he was forcefully kicked out by the system.
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu returned to reality and hurriedly looked at his fish body. He saw that his fish body was still the same gray fish body. Did the reward not take effect?
Li Yu lifted his tail. When he moved his tail, a string of fish scales fell off. Li Yu was embarrassed.
He thought that since the scales fell off in a string, could it be that his tail was the first to become bald?
He glanced at his tail and suddenly froze.
He saw that his originally gray fish tail had a touch of gold.
Wang Xi brought people over to change the water for Li Yu. Li Yu was chasing his tail in circles when he heard Eunuch Wang gasping for breath.
“Your Highness, Your Highness, quickly come and see!” Eunuch Wang’s voice was pleasantly surprised.
King Jing heard and rushed over in a few steps. Xiao Yu swam around proudly, dragging her black and golden fishtail behind her.
“Your Highness, this old slave has only seen koi fish before…”
Wang Xi always thought that Master Xiaoyu was smart and not an ordinary fish. Could it be that Master Xiaoyu was actually a koi fish, although his body shape was not the same?
King Jing had never seen such a scene before. He took a closer look at Xiaoyu’s tail. There were indeed new scales growing out from the place where the scales fell off. Some of the new scales were golden.
Xiaoyu was a carp spirit. King Jing knew it very well. Since he can change into a human, then it’s not a big deal for him to become a koi fish. Anyway, a koi fish is also a fish. King Jing immediately accepted it and calmly asked Wang Xi to serve him carefully.
King Jing didn’t have any doubts. Li Yu was surprised and happy. Is this what the system meant by “don’t worry”?
It’s rare for the system to do a good thing. As a result, new scales were added to his body.
Although Imperial Doctor Xu said that most fishes don’t change their scales, it’s not absolute. He will change the scales of the fish.
When he saw the scales falling off again, Li Yu’s mentality has completely changed. This should be the old scales being eliminated and the new scales growing. He was looking forward to the appearance of the fish scales all over his body.
After another day, the whole fish looked brand new. Although the whole body was still black, there were a lot of golden scales on the belly and tail. It seems that the system chose to add them to the original color. Although it’s not the whole body golden as Li Yu thought, the black gold color was also very impressive.
Don’t forget, when the “million fish pet” main line is completed, there is still a “become a koi fish” branch waiting for him. Maybe he can change again at that time.
The little carp, who was working hard to become a koi fish, hid in the water grass quilt and secretly laughed.
He could be considered to have changed his appearance. Since Prince Jing had accepted him, the servants in the house would not gossip about him. As for the other people in Prince Jing’s Imperial Residence, Li Yu was not worried at all. She thought that he had only grown gold on inconspicuous parts like his belly and tail. Normal people would not be able to see his original appearance even if they were far away.
He didn’t know that after seeing his discolored fish tail, King Jing ordered Wang Xi to unify the whole house. They said that the little fish was the descendant of a koi fish, and no one was allowed to talk about it. In this way, he perfectly covered it up.
Since Li Yu had completed the side quest, he began to think about the main quest. After changing his scales, he no longer shed scales. However, the Tyrant Master was still a little cold to him. This coldness was not alienation. He could feel that the Tyrant Master still doted on him. The Tyrant Master would still pat his head and watch him swim. The Tyrant Master would often look at him silently and would not touch him. He had clearly become more impressive.
Shouldn’t an impressive fish be rubed?!
Yesterday, Duke Chengen’s Mansion sent some books over for no reason. King Jing seemed to be very interested in these books. When he was in his room, he buried his head in the books and didn’t rub him anymore. Li Yu thought to himself, How can this be? If King Jing doesn’t rub him, how can the fish dare to do the task …
The little carp jumped out of the crystal fish tank. Since he changed his scales, he could use his fish tail more smoothly. He jumped lightly a few times and jumped into the petal-shaped teacup on King Jing’s desk. A few drops of water splashed out and wet the book on the table.
Li Yu was speechless.
Ah, ah, ah, he didn’t do it on purpose!
Only then did Li Yu remember that when King Jing brought him to read in the past, King Jing would place a water-absorbing blanket on the table. King Jing would also deliberately place the teacup further away from the book. However, this time, the fish ran out on its own without any
protection. In the end, King Jing’s book got wet.
Just as Li Yu was thinking about how to salvage the situation, King Jing quietly took out a dry towel and quickly wiped the water off the book. His dark eyes glanced at the little carp who was struggling in the teacup.
Li Yu immediately stopped struggling. King Jing did not chase him away. After thinking that the little fish might want to read with him, King Jing felt that it would be too obvious if he moved the teacup too close. Therefore, he moved the book closer to the little fish.
The little carp carefully raised his head. King Jing was so focused. What book was he reading?
The tyrant master usually liked military books and travel notes. Last time, the little fish fell asleep while reading a military book.
The little carp cleverly glanced at the title of the book on the cover. This time, the book was’ The Tale of the White Snake’
Li Yu was speechless.
Li Yu remembered that there was a book called ‘The Tale of the White Snake’ in his original world.
What was’ The Tale of the White Snake ‘?
Li Yu read the book curiously. It was about the white snake demon who took a fancy to a passing scholar. She transformed into a human and married the scholar.
Li Yu guessed that this was a fairy tale. When she started reading, the white snake and the scholar had already bowed to each other. The white snake confessed her identity as a snake spirit and gently said to the scholar, “Husband, we demons need to absorb spiritual essence …”
Li Yu was confused.
Li Yu had a hard time reading ancient books. However, King Jing could read ten lines at a glance.
Before Li Yu could see clearly how the white snake absorbed the spiritual energy, the book had already flipped to the next page.
On the second night, the white snake demon said gently to the scholar, “Sir, we demons also want to absorb the spiritual energy today.”
Li Yu was speechless.
King Jing flipped through the pages quickly again. After flipping through more than ten pages, Li Yu guessed that the white snake demon had slept with the scholar for more than ten nights, but he still hadn’t seen anything.
Finally, on the last page of the book, a monk came and condemned the white snake for violating the Dao of Heaven. He put the white snake into a golden alms bowl. The scholar suddenly came to his senses and followed the monk to become a monk.
Li Yu thought, Wow, this is really like ‘The Tale of the White Snake’. But why is there so much about ‘Dual Cultivation’ and so little about other plots?
King Jing closed the book. Li Yu didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the tyrant master’s ears were a little red.
King Jing probably felt that the ending of this book wasn’t good, so he changed to another one. Li Yu glanced at the title of the book. This time, it was’ The Tale of the Fox Demon ‘. Basically, it was about the fox demon who fell in love with the scholar and ran to the scholar’s room in the middle of the night to ask for’ Dual Cultivation’.
The fox demon was more powerful than the white snake demon. There was no second night. Just the first night alone was twenty pages. King Jing flipped through twenty pages in a row. Li Yu was secretly counting.
He finally realized what kind of book this was. It should be an ancient romance book. Li Yu was overjoyed. King Jing was actually reading this! No wonder he flipped through the pages so quickly.
Was the tyrant master shy?
However, this was nothing. Li Yu had just turned eighteen when he hadn’t transmigrated into a fish. Who hadn’t sneaked a peek at the little yellow mosquito? King Jing was a young man in his twenties. In ancient times, he was at the age where children ran around the courtyard. What was wrong with reading a novel?
Li Yu tried his best to get closer. Master, he also wanted to read the indescribable relationship between the fox demon and the scholar!
King Jing had just closed the book when he saw the little carp trying to get into the novel. King Jing couldn’t help but laugh. He gently flicked the little carp’s head.
The little carp fell back into the teacup with a thud.
Night fell. Li Yu wanted to secretly complete the main mission in the dark of the night.
He was just a little bit away from completing the main mission of “Million Fish Pets”. He just needed to use his fish mouth to gently rub King Jing’s mouth. These days, if it wasn’t because he had to save people, it was because he had lost his scales. Now, it was time to pick up the main mission again.
Li Yu waited quietly in the crystal fish tank for King Jing to fall asleep. When there was no more movement on the bed, a long time had passed. He leaped out of the fish tank. The little carp was already very familiar with the path to King Jing’s bed.
He successfully reached King Jing’s pillow. He recalled that he wet King Jing’s book during the day. King Jing didn’t blame him. Li Yu was very confident. Even if he accidentally wet the pillow this time, King Jing wouldn’t blame him.
The little carp jumped onto the jade pillow and aimed at King Jing’s face. He pouted his fish mouth.
He would never do this in his human form. It was too shameful! He could be shameless when he was making fish.
King Jing was originally a little sleepy. After knowing that Xiaoyu was a carp spirit, King Jing would inevitably pay attention to the fish in the tank when he slept at night. He would deliberately catch the movements of the fish, especially during the few days when Xiaoyu’s scales were falling. He would get up to take a look after the fish fell asleep. Now that the scales were no longer falling off, King Jing couldn’t change his habit.
When the little carp jumped onto the bed, King Jing was about to fall asleep. Suddenly, he heard a few crisp sounds of fish tails.
King Jing’s sleepiness was gone. He subconsciously continued to listen. What was Xiaoyu doing?
Was he going to transform into a human?
The sounds of fish tails were getting closer and closer. He was very sure that Xiaoyu was coming for his bed. When the fish jumped onto the jade pillow, it actually brought along a small water droplet that floated onto King Jing’s face. The little carp was so excited that he didn’t notice it.
King Jing didn’t do anything. He had been secretly observing the carp spirit for the past few days, but to no avail. If he “woke up” now, Xiaoyu would inevitably feel awkward. Perhaps he could figure out the fish’s intentions if he continued to pretend to be asleep.
He felt that the fish was getting closer and closer …
Chirp.
Something sharp quickly touched his lips. King Jing’s breathing stopped for a moment. He suddenly realized what it was.
The storybooks of the fairy and the scholar that he had read during the day, especially the few paragraphs that he had read so quickly, had all turned into various vivid and fragrant scenes that kept popping up in his mind.
The white snake spirit and the scholar, the fox spirit and the scholar, all of them turned into this annoying carp spirit and him …..
It wasn’t hot in the house, but King Jing was sweating profusely. His body was stiff and his heart was boiling.
He didn’t know why he had become like this. He lay there half helplessly and half expectantly, waiting for the carp spirit to take another step forward. However, the carp spirit actually turned around happily and jumped back into the tank.
King Jing was speechless.
