Chapter 38
King Jing carried the fish into the warm room in the side hall. Ever since King Jing started rearing fish, Wang Xi would always carry some of King Jing’s clothes with him. He wanted to follow King Jing into the room, but King Jing took the clothes from him and asked Wang Xi to stand guard outside and not let anyone get close.
Wang Xi was confused.
In fact, there was more than one crystal bottle produced in the Imperial Residence of King Jing.
There were a few identical ones in case of emergency. King Jing quickly placed the small carp into another crystal vase filled with clear water. He then looked around him.
Fortunately, he and Xiao Yu were the only ones in the warm room, so no one would disturb them.
He remembered the first time he took Xiao Yu in, he was drenched in water by the fish and had to change his clothes. When he came out, he saw the Chou mother and son in a mess. At that time, he thought it was just a coincidence. Later, when he found out that Xiao Yu was a carp spirit, he thought it was very likely that Xiao Yu had deliberately sent him away to punish the Chou mother and son.
Now, Xiao Yu had drenched his clothes again. Could it be that he wanted to tell him something?
But how could a fish communicate with him?
King Jing selfishly hoped that the carp spirit could transform and tell him personally.
He waited and waited, but Xiao Yu did not transform. King Jing felt that he might have misunderstood. Xiao Yu did not have anything to say to him. After he entered the warm room, King Jing decided to change his clothes first before he could change his wet clothes.
The little carp anxiously spun around in the crystal bottle. He knew that King Jing was looking at him. It was not that he did not want to say it, but the answer was too complicated for a fish to express.
It was just an accident that the crystal bottle was knocked over. The fish was not ready yet!
Li Yu continued to rack his brains. His fins paddled restlessly in the water. Suddenly, he realized that King Jing had turned around and his back was facing him.
Li Yu’s attention was immediately drawn away. Eh, what is the tyrant master doing?
The little carp immediately swished and stuck to the crystal wall.
King Jing’s clothes were soaked when the crystal bottle was tipped over, and he was changing his clothes at the moment.
As King Jing had mistaken Xiaoyu for a human, he habitually turned around and began unbuttoning his jade buttons. Although he was changing his clothes, he kept looking at his fish out of the corner of his eye. Suddenly, he noticed that the fish that was swimming suddenly stopped.
King Jing immediately turned around. The little carp was leaning against the crystal wall, and its black fish eyes met his gaze.
King Jing and Li Yu: “…”
The experienced Li Yu quickly swam to the other side of the crystal bottle and pointed his tail at King Jing, pretending that he was just passing by.
Could it be that the fish was looking at him …
King Jing suddenly realized something. He curled his lips mischievously at the fish tail that was swaying restlessly.
So what if she saw it? It wasn’t like he couldn’t show it to others.
King Jing stepped forward and forcefully grabbed the fish’s tail. He turned the fish around so that the little carp that was trying to escape was facing him.
Then, the fish looked at its tyrant master in surprise and changed his clothes right in front of him without any hesitation.
The overstimulated little carp thought, Oh, don’t be like this, my eyes are going blind!
While resisting on the surface, it continued to watch reluctantly. The little carp silently counted his master’s abs.
Li Yu might have been stimulated by the scene of King Jing changing his clothes on the spot, but he quickly thought of a solution that wasn’t really a solution. This incident happened so suddenly that there was no time for him to prepare a secret letter. King Jing was right in front of him, so it was naturally the easiest way for him to transform into a human and expose the Chou family.
But how could he transform in front of King Jing?
While Li Yu was thinking, King Jing suddenly walked over and gently touched the fish’s head.
Li Yu: “22?”
Touching the fish’s head seemed to be a secret signal. After touching the fish’s head, King Jing asked him to stay and walked out of the warm room.
Li Yu: “…”
Then, Wang Xi shouted from outside, “Your Highness, do you want tea? Please wait for a moment. this old servant will make it immediately.”
King Jing wanted to go out to drink tea?
Li Yu looked around the warm room. There was tea on the table, but this was the palace. King Jing usually didn’t use tea from outside, so when he wanted to drink tea, he went to Wang Xi.
He knew that King Jing usually drank tea, but that wasn’t the point. The point was that if King Jing left, he could transform!
This was a good opportunity, but… he still had to consider it carefully!
The first problem was his clothes. There were a few sets of inner servant uniforms hanging in the warm room. Some of them were similar to his body shape. Maybe the inner servants usually changed here … He could borrow them.
Secondly, there were too many uncertainties when transforming in the palace. He had no identity. so he had to be careful at all times. After transforming, he had to find King Jing as soon as possible and tell him everything. How could he win King Jing’s trust in such a short time? This was also a problem, but he was quite confident.
After he told King Jing, King Jing would definitely expose Madam Chou himself. He just had to hide in the crystal bottle. As long as he didn’t run around the palace, he could transform back into a fish for two hours.
When he transformed in King Jing’s residence, he always felt that the transformation time was too short. But now, he felt that the transformation time was too long. It was really frustrating that he couldn’t cancel the transformation at will. Hiding in the palace wasn’t safe either.
But if he didn’t do this, he had no other way to communicate with King Jing. Madam Chou’s trick might be gone in a few days. What if the emperor didn’t have concrete evidence in time and believed Madam Chou?
Once in a while, it was time to bravely transform for proper business!
Li Yu roughly thought about it, so he used his skill. After transforming, he touched his stomach. It was a shame that the crystal bottle had been crushed. He first made sure that his fish body had only become bigger and his human form hadn’t become fatter. Only then did he feel relieved to change into a fitting servant’s uniform.
After changing, he gently pushed open the door to the warm room. King Jing was standing outside, personally guarding the room while waiting for Eunuch Wang’s tea.
“You – Your, Your Highness!”
Li Yu was shocked. Fortunately, he didn’t make a big fuss inside. But why didn’t King Jing sit down at the table and wait?
King Jing smiled and glanced at the servant in front of him.
Li Yu quickly realized that he was wearing a servant’s uniform and was pretending to be a servant.
Usually, servants had to salute when they saw the king. But how did a servant salute? Did he have to raise his orchid fingers?
Although he had changed his clothes, his face hadn’t changed. King Jing should be able to recognize him, right?
“Your, Your Highness, hello!”
Li Yu thought that he might as well kowtow to get away with it. After all, when he was cooking fish, he often saw people kowtow to King Jing!
Li Yu was about to kneel, but King Jing held him just as his knees were about to bend.
When the strong hand grabbed his arm, Li Yu knew that the other party had recognized him.
Li Yu inexplicably felt relieved. He quickly organized his thoughts and said, “Your Highness, I have something to say to you. Madam Chou’s injury is real, but it wasn’t in the fire in Zhong Cui Palace … Her, her arm injury has the fragrance of cypress wood. This injury was burned by a cypress branch that was on fire. “
This cypress branch was the weapon that Madam Chou used to burn herself, and it was also evidence.
It was obvious that the fire was Madam Chou’s idea. How could Madam Chou really be caught in the fire? If she was careless and her appearance was damaged by the fire, or if some other accident happened, the loss would outweigh the gain. In fact, when Zhong Cui Palace was on fire, Madam Chou had already taken her confidants to hide far away. When the fire was almost extinguished, she gritted her teeth and added some fire injuries to her arm, and then quietly returned. At that time, as long as she insisted that she was injured by the fire, no one would doubt her!
The palace maid, Huan Hua, was Madam Chou’s confidant who set the fire in Zhong Cui Palace.
After the fire, she disappeared, so as long as Madam Chou herself didn’t say anything, no one would know.
That was what the original book said. Unfortunately, Madam Chou made several fatal mistakes.
First, the branch she used to burn herself accidentally used a cypress branch. Cypress wood had a special fragrance, and Madam Chou used a type of cypress wood with a stronger fragrance.
This caused her injury to be contaminated with the fragrance of cypress wood. It didn’t dissipate for a long time, and it was first noticed by the Sixth Prince.
Madam Chou said that she was injured because of the fire in Zhong Cui Palace, but in fact, Zhong Cui Palace didn’t plant cypress wood. This meant that when Madam Chou was injured, she wasn’t in Zhong Cui Palace, but in another place where cypress trees were planted.
The Sixth Prince in the book had some wisdom. He helped the Third Prince find this palace, which was the Elegant Heart Stage not far from Zhong Cui Palace. He also found a few guards who had seen Madam Chou in this place. They were witnesses. The cypress branch that Madam Chou carelessly left on the ground was also found. One end of the branch was burned to charcoal, and the other end was wrapped with a thick handkerchief to make it easier to grasp. The handkerchief was embroidered with Madam Chou’s favorite begonia flower. Like the cypress branch, it was also evidence.
The key person, Huan Hua, was also found later. It turned out that Huan Hua knew the inside story and was afraid that Madam Chou would make a move on her, so she escaped and hid in the Imperial Garden. She was found by the Third Prince’s people. The Third Prince tortured Huan Hua, making her tell the truth and expose Madam Chou.
In this plot of the original book, Madam Chou was basically hung up and beaten. But now, the Third Prince and the Sixth Prince were biding their time. Li Yu was afraid that Madam Chou’s evil plan would succeed. He couldn’t warn the Third Prince and the Sixth Prince, so he could only warn King Jing and let King Jing make the decision.
Li Yu tried to be as critical as possible, pointing out Huan Hua’s hiding place and the secret of Madam Chou’s injury. King Jing: “……”
Li Yu was afraid that he wouldn’t believe him, so he anxiously said, “It’s true. Your Highness, please believe me. Although I can’t explain how I know all this, I promise that what I told Your Highness is the truth. The secret letter that Heir Ye received was also written by me. You – – “
The only way Li Yu could think of to quickly gain King Jing’s trust was to prove himself through something that King Jing had already accepted – – the letter that he had written to Ye Qinghuan.
In fact, this letter had already helped Duke Chengen’s Mansion escape disaster. King Jing must now believe this letter.
Li Yu recited the contents of the letter word for word. This letter was confidential to both King Jing and Heir Ye. Other than a few trusted aides, only the writer knew about it. Since King Jing chose to believe this letter, he would definitely trust the writer as well!
After Li Yu finished speaking, King Jing calmly nodded, indicating that he understood. But he didn’t let go of Li Yu’s arm.
Li Yu swallowed his saliva. It couldn’t be. Why did King Jing have such a reaction? It seemed to be the same the last time they met.
King Jing took out a jade bell and rang it a few times. Before Wang Xi went to make tea, King Jing had given him a note, asking him to pretend to make tea and stay in the distance. Without permission, he wasn’t allowed to come over. Now that he received the order, he hurriedly rushed over, only to see his Highness holding onto a young eunuch and refusing to let go.
Wang Xi, “…”
This scene seemed to be familiar. Wang Xi’s heart trembled. When he looked again, this eunuch indeed looked familiar. Wang Xi was horrified. Wasn’t this someone else’s male concubine? How could they meet again in the palace?
King Jing glanced at Li Yu. Li Yu understood and quickly told Wang Xi what he had just said.
Wang Xi knew how serious this matter was. He asked for instructions, “Your Highness, what do you want to do?”
Li Yu thought that His Highness would definitely do it himself.
Unexpectedly, King Jing glanced at him meaningfully and raised his hand to show the number three.
Wang Xi smiled and said, “This old servant understands. This old servant will secretly leak the news to the Third Prince’s men. Anyway, the Third Prince is worried that An Hou won’t die. We’ll give him an opportunity. There’s no need to trouble His Highness to do it himself. “
Li Yu, “…”
Could it be done like this?
King Jing impatiently signaled Wang Xi to leave. Wang Xi quickly said that he didn’t have to do business. Li Yu was still caught by King Jing and stared at King Jing.
King Jing pulled Li Yu to a table in the warm room and forced Li Yu to sit down with him. He took out a pen and paper from his pocket.
Li Yu, “…”
Was King Jing waiting for him?
Li Yu had a bad feeling. He said timidly, “Your Highness, I still have something to do. I want to …”
King Jing quickly wrote, “Answer the question.”
Li Yu pursed his lips and stole a glance at him. “Then I’ll answer. Can you let me go?”
Li Yu was about to speak when he suddenly remembered that Wang Xi had said more than once that King Jing didn’t like to negotiate with others. He … he actually talked to King Jing like this. If King Jing got angry and threw him out, that would be … not bad.
However, the bastard King Jing only raised his eyebrows. “Answer truthfully and I’ll let you go.”
Li Yu, ” …”
No way, King Jing didn’t get angry. Instead, he agreed to it?
King Jing quickly wrote, “What’s your name? How old are you? Why are you here?”
Li Yu had to answer in order to leave as soon as possible. If he stubbornly resisted now, he would only be dragging himself down.
Li Yu’s face was bitter. He said in a low voice, “My name is Li Yu. I’m 18 this year. Why am I here ..”
Li Yu remembered that the system said that it could change the tyrant’s personality. He definitely couldn’t say that. As for why he transmigrated …
Li Yu said, “I don’t know either.”
