Chapter 57
Li Yu took a short nap. Once the transformation time was up, he turned back into a fish. At this time, the symptoms of the cold had weakened a lot, and his mind was much clearer than before.
As soon as Li Yu returned to the fish tank, he found that his fish bolster had fallen outside the silver stone bed.
How did it fall out?
Maybe he was in a hurry to transform and casually left the bolster behind. With such carelessness, King Jing shouldn’t have noticed that it was a fake fish, right?
Even if he did, it wouldn’t be a big deal. He used to have a fish bolster before, and King Jing didn’t suspect anything. He even used it to tease the Second Prince.
The real fish didn’t think it was a big problem. He put the fish bolster back into the space and lay on the silver stone bed listlessly. He counted how long it would take before he could use his transformation skill again. Maybe the illness made the fish delicate, so he felt that a human bed was much more comfortable than a stone bed. Moreover, King Jing would take care of him whe he was sick. As for the fish body …
Eh, didn’t King Jing say that he was going to take the fish to Liao Kong?!
Li Yu jumped up from the silver stone bed. That’s not right. King Jing found that the fish was sick and wanted to treat the fish. Then he became Young Master Li and fainted in the room. King Jing then took Young Master Li to see the imperial physician. What about the fish??
Oh, and the fish got sick because Young Master Li jumped into the water to escape. King Jing went into the water to look for Young Master Li. In the end, he found the fish sleeping and brought it back. But what about Young Master Li?
… Young Master Li then appeared naked in King Jing’s room.
The more Li Yu thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. Was it too much of a coincidence that King Jing thought that Young Master Li was a fish?
Li Yu suddenly realized that he had turned into a sieve full of loopholes, “!!!”
He had to think of a countermeasure quickly. If King Jing found out that Young Master Li and the person he liked was actually a fish, then –
A small voice in his heart said, “So what? King Jing won’t be able to accept it. I don’t need to worry about it anymore.”
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu said to himself very seriously, “If King Jing really finds out, he can’t continue to be a fish pet, and he can’t do the Cute Pet System’s mission anymore. He can’t really become a human, and he’ll just be an ingredient carp without a backer. Even if he’s almost the same as a real koi now, he won’t be able to survive without someone to take care of him, right?”
Therefore, he couldn’t let King Jing discover his secret. He also couldn’t let himself be at a loss about what to do with this relationship and cause a big mess.
After all, he had already poked a big hole. Li Yu swung his tail bitterly. How to deal with the aftermath had become a big headache for the fish.
While Li Yu was thinking, there was a knock on the door. No one answered, so King Jing pushed the door open and entered.
Because he had made an appointment with Young Master Li, Young Master Li might leave, so King Jing would only return after Young Master Li left.
Li Yu immediately swam to the wall of the crystal tank.
The most important thing now was that he couldn’t let King Jing find out that the fish and Young Master Li were similar.
For example, if Young Master Li was sick, the fish couldn’t get sick again. As long as the fish wa: alive and healthy, King Jing couldn’t connect the fish with the sick Young Master Li.
But a few days ago, the fish refused to give King Jing a pet.
Li Yu: “…”
What did he do when he wasn’t calm? In front of King Jing, Young Master Li was Young Master Li, and the fish was the fish. He couldn’t mix them up! If he were to confuse himself, there was no guarantee that King Jing would not be able to tell!
Li Yu hurriedly swung his tail at King Jing and pulled himself together to swim in the mysterious pattern.
King Jing really cared about the fish pet the most. Every time he entered the house, he went straight to the crystal tank. When he found that the fish wasn’t as listless as before, King Jing’s face looked better. But looking at the fish swimming around excitedly, he didn’t do anything.
Li Yu: “???”
Usually, when he tried to flatter him, King Jing would definitely rub his head. At the very least, he would stroke the fish’s head. However, no matter how much he tried to act cute, King Jing only hung his hands by his side. He seemed to be deep in thought and did not touch the fish.
Li Yu suddenly became nervous. Could it be that King Jing found out something?
The fish was nervous, but King Jing frowned. He reached into the fish tank and gently placed the fish on the silver bed. He wrapped the fish in a gold-threaded seaweed quilt and patted the fish’s head after wrapping it.
King Jing thought to himself, The imperial physician said that the fish couldn’t catch a cold.
The fish that was wrapped up like a spring roll: “???”
Li Yu vaguely remembered that King Jing wrapped Young Master Li in a grass-green quilt with gold edges and patted Young Master Li’s head. Could it be that King Jing …
Did he really find out?
Otherwise, how could he treat the fish the same as he treated humans? How could he know that both the fish and Young Master Li liked seaweed?
When Li Yu thought of this possibility, he suddenly felt that the water in the fish tank was frozen.
At this time, Eunuch Wang walked in quickly from the outside, cupped his hands, and asked King Jing: “Your Royal Highness, the carriage frame is ready, and the palace is also ready. Does Your Royal Highness still want to enter the palace?”
King Jing shook his head.
He entered the palace because no one could treat Xiaoyu. He had to ask for Liao Kong’s permission. At this moment, Imperial Doctor Xu had diagnosed that Xiaoyu had a cold, and Xiaoyu recovered his consciousness after drinking the medicine. He looked a lot better. He didn’t have to rush there overnight. He could let Xiaoyu rest for a while and see how the situation goes.
Of course, he still had to send a letter to Liao Kong afterwards. Only after asking Liao Kong, can he be completely relieved.
King Jing’s meaning was a bit complicated. He wanted to write down his thoughts on a paper and let Wang Xi know. But suddenly, from the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a spring roll fish rolling down from the silver bed. Its face was close to the crystal tank wall, and its black grape-like eyes were looking at him pitifully.
King Jing smiled. Xiaoyu was afraid of Liao Kong, right? Generally, monsters were afraid of monks.
King Jing wrote quickly. After he finished writing, he motioned to Wang Xi to read it out loud.
Wang Xi, who didn’t understand:???
Eunuch Wang read aloud under his master’s signal: “Xiaoyu is fine, so he won’t look for Liao Kong.”
Li Yu, who succeeded in “eavesdropping”: Oh, it seems that he was right to greet King Jing. King Jing thought that Xiaoyu was not sick. He was so calm. It doesn’t seem like he already knew Young Master Li’s identity.
After all, if he really knew, shouldn’t King Jing ask Liao Kong to kill the monster?
Li Yu held his shaky vest and felt that he was still very stable. As for the quilt that King Jing covered Xiaoyu and Young Master Li with …
Li Yu glanced at the water grass quilt that he rolled up into a cloak. Maybe, King Jing was influenced by his taste for fish and began to like green quilts?
This possibility was still greater than King Jing discovering that Young Master Li was a fish.
In the final analysis, who would think that a person would turn into a fish?
Li Yu no longer thought about it. King Jing didn’t doubt him, so Li Yu was happy to rest and recuperate. The next day, he calculated the time to transform. King Jing ordered people to boil medicine and wait for him.
Li Yu, who thought that accompanying a patient meant giving him delicious food and a quilt: “…
It seems that being sick will make a fish stupid. He actually forgot to drink medicine after transforming!!
The medicine prescribed by Imperial Doctor Xu was too bitter. Li Yu didn’t want to think about it.
No wonder he forgot. However, he was quite reasonable when he didn’t get into a dead end.
Although the medicine was hard to drink, he knew that it was very good for his illness. Now that his fever was gone, he didn’t feel uncomfortable anymore. This showed that Imperial Doctor Xu’s medicine was effective. King Jing brought over the bowl of medicine. Li Yu took it and drank it all in one gulp.
King Jing was still holding the silver spoon to feed Xiaoyu the medicine like yesterday. But in the blink of an eye, Xiaoyu drank up the whole bowl of medicine. King Jing: “… …”
Li Yu grimaced because of the bitterness of the medicine. When he put down the bowl, he found that King Jing was still standing silently. Li Yu couldn’t help but ask: “Your Royal Highness, is there anything else?”
King Jing put away the silver spoon and shook his head slowly.
Li Yu looked at King Jing from head to toe and suddenly remembered that he was going to feed him the medicine. But he had already drunk it. Li Yu’s thought was very simple. Drinking medicine was so painful, he should cut the Gordian knot. If he procrastinated, he will only experience pain again and again!
As a result, he accidentally messed up King Jing’s plan. He didn’t mean it!
Li Yu hurriedly remedied: “I, although I drank all the medicine, it’s still bitter… …”
King Jing nodded his head. If it’s bitter, you should eat sweet.
No matter how many pieces of peach blossom cake he fed Xiaoyu yesterday, it was still the same today.
King Jing lowered his head and broke the peach blossom cake for Li Yu. Li Yu learned his lesson this time and didn’t mention that he could eat it himself.
However, King Jing kept standing with his back bent. Every time Li Yu, who was lying on the bed, said something, King Jing would lower his head and look at Li Yu gently.
If this went on, he wouldn’t be able to take it.
Li Yu said considerately: “Your Royal Highness, why don’t you take a seat?”
Li Yu meant that King Jing should find a chair to sit on. There were several rosewood chairs in the room, so there should be enough. Unexpectedly, King Jing nodded his head, lifted his clothes, and sat on the edge of the bed.
Li Yu: “……”
Li Yu still remembered how King Jing had forcefully kissed him. The distance between them was suddenly so close that he felt a little uneasy. But wouldn’t it be too much of a fuss to call him over?
Li Yu didn’t want to be angry with King Jing anymore, so he could only move closer to King Jing to put some distance between him and King Jing.
Fortunately, King Jing didn’t seem to notice it. Or perhaps he had already noticed it, but he didn’t react.
Li Yu quickly finished her peach blossom pancake and wiped her mouth. King Jing brought over a white glazed lotus petal bowl. There was an inverted plate covering the top of the bowl. It was completely covered.
“What’s this?” the curious little fish asked.
King Jing was a little proud as he lifted the plate for him. Li Yu saw that it was a small bowl of cucumber with garlic sauce. Li Yu was overjoyed. He paused for a moment and asked, “Did Aunt Xu make this?’
He immediately guessed. Cucumber with garlic sauce didn’t exist in ancient times. He had only made it once in front of Aunt Xu, so this must have been made by Aunt Xu. The portion that he made had all gone into King Jing’s stomach, and it tasted pretty good. How was Aunt Xu’s cooking?
King Jing moved closer and handed him a pair of chopsticks.
Li Yu picked up the chopsticks and tried to pick up a cucumber to taste. Then, he ate faster and faster, making a thumbs-up gesture as he ate. After eating too many sweets, he should eat more salty food. Aunt Xu’s cucumber with garlic sauce was a pleasant surprise. It tasted just as good as the ones he had eaten in modern times.
King Jing smiled. Just like that, the little distance that Xiaoyu had tried to put between him and Li Yu was pulled back without a trace.
Li Yu finished his medicine and ate a stomach full of pancakes and cucumbers. After he was full, he felt a little sleepy.
King Jing moved the jade pillow next to him and motioned for him to sleep a little longer.
Li Yu wanted to sleep, but he didn’t dare to. He was afraid that if he overslept, he would turn back into a fish.
He wondered how far King Jing would go for him …
Li Yu stammered, “If I only sleep for an hour … Can Your Highness wake me up?”
Waking people up was a servant’s job. Would King Jing do it for him? Li Yu was looking forward to it.
King Jing looked at Li Yu and nodded. This was something that he could do. It was easier than ordering Aunt Xu to make cucumber with garlic sauce.
Li Yu’s heart throbbed when he saw that King Jing didn’t hesitate at all.
Wang Xi brought important news to King Jing. However, King Jing had specifically warned Wang Xi that he didn’t want anyone to disturb him when he was taking care of Young Master Li. Wang Xi waited for a while under the door. After Young Master Li fell asleep, he called out to King Jing softly …
King Jing walked out and heard Wang Xi’s words. He glanced at Wang Xi coldly.
Wang Xi understood and said, “I’ve brought him to Qingxi Court. Your Highness, please deal with him.”
King Jing raised his hand and brushed off the dust on his robe. He took out something from his sleeve and threw it to Wang Xi.
Wang Xi took it and looked at it. He was sure that it was a type of medicine.
Wang Xi felt a chill in his heart. His Highness was too cruel. However … Young Master Li only had himself to blame.
At this time, someone in the room was talking in his sleep. Wang Xi heard Young Master Li’s voice.
King Jing’s anger immediately dissipated and he hurried back to check on Young Master Li.
Wang Xi took the order and immediately ordered his subordinates to do as King Jing said.
Qingxi Court.
When Chu Yanyu was dragged back to his room, he was beaten again. Perhaps because of his previous experience, he didn’t faint. However, he wished that he had fainted. He thought about how he had tried so hard to sneak into the inner courtyard to drug King Jing. He didn’t expect that he would be exposed on the spot…
He didn’t get off on the wrong foot. In order to seduce King Jing and completely numb himself, he had fed himself an aphrodisiac in advance. He did have a strange feeling and thought that he was burning with desire. He kept crying and begging the executioners to bring him to King Jing, hoping that King Jing would still be softhearted.
He thought that he could do whatever he wanted without any hindrance under the aphrodisiac.
However, in the end, Wang Xi coldly told him that he hadn’t been drugged. The so-called aphrodisiac had been replaced with bean powder. Only then did Chu Yanyu realize that the strange feeling he had was just an illusion caused by his guilty conscience. Everyone except him knew about it. They were all watching him shamelessly beg for love.
Chu Yanyu lay quietly on the ground, wishing that he was already dead.
Wang Xi brought people to look for him. Before Chu Yanyu could react, he was restrained by the guards. They choked him and fed him a cup of tea.
Chu Yanyu knew that it wasn’t anything good. He coughed loudly, but even though he coughed out tears, he couldn’t spit out the tea.
“What did you make me drink?” Chu Yanyu stared at Wang Xi with tears in his eyes.
Wang Xi put on a fake smile and said, “Young Master Chu wanted to drink but didn’t. How could you forget it so quickly?”
Was this really an aphrodisiac?!
Chu Yanyu was shocked. He turned around and wanted to escape. He thought that if he could escape back to the Sixth Prince’s side, there might be someone who could protect him and save him. However, he was now in King Jing’s mansion and couldn’t escape far with his injuries. Wang Xi personally came forward and knocked him to the ground and tied up his hands and feet.
Chu Yanyu soon felt the real wave of passion. He trembled all over and his eyes were bloodshot.
He felt that all his reason had been swallowed up. Who he was, who the Sixth Prince was, nothing mattered anymore. He just wanted a quick death or a swift death.
He thought that Wang Xi made him like this to find someone to humiliate him. However, no one came. After Wang Xi tied him up, he gagged him and locked the door of his room.
“Young Master Chu, if you want to make others burn with lust, why don’t you have a taste of it yourself? However, no one will come to cure you of this aphrodisiac. Young Master Chu, feel it yourself. This is His Highness’ punishment for you.” Wang Xi smiled contemptuously and left him with his last words.
Chu Yanyu couldn’t move or scream. He could only whimper.
