Chapter 65
The renovation of Zhongcui Palace was not urgent. King Jing followed Zheng Jing to familiarize himself with the regulations of the Ministry of Works. Zheng Jing had already ordered someone to find the original blueprint of Zhongcui Palace and send it to King Jing.
King Jing unfolded the blueprint. Zheng Jing was prepared to be questioned at any time. After all,
King Jing had never been involved in this matter before. Zheng Jing himself had just entered the
Ministry of Works and knew nothing about it.
However, King Jing did not ask directly. Instead, he looked at the blueprint attentively and wrote some notes on the side from time to time.
From Zheng Jing’s angle, he could not see what King Jing was writing. However, he noticed that when King Jing unfolded the blueprint, the silver koi fish in the crystal bottle suddenly swam close to him and stuck close to the wall of the bottle near King Jing’s elbow. From afar, it looked like it was resting on King Jing’s hand.
Zheng Jing had an illusion that the koi fish was looking at the blueprint together with King Jing.
Zheng Jing was speechless.
Why would he think that? Could it be that the koi fish had become a spirit?
The misunderstood little koi fish: Oh, since I’m here, I want to see how my boyfriend looks like when he’s working!
Li Yu had seen King Jing read, write, and draw before, but he had never seen King Jing work. Li Yu was also curious about what ancient blueprints looked like, so he kept moving forward. King Jing knew that the little fish was excited. He was afraid that it would forget that it was in the bottle and break the bottle. King Jing calmly moved the blueprint closer to the fish and continued to ponder.
My boyfriend is so handsome when he’s serious!
Li Yu admired King Jing’s handsome side profile for a while and gave him a kiss. Then, he stretched his head out to look at the blueprint.
Li Yu was a little expectant. What if he had some unique insights that could help King Jing?
There were many small houses drawn on the blueprint. Li Yu could not tell the difference between the houses. There were many notes under the houses. Li Yu had a headache when he saw the words that were smaller than the fish’s eyes.
It seemed that there were no ifs. The blueprint knew the fish, but the fish did not know the blueprint.
Li Yu sighed. There was nothing he could do.
When King Jing saw the key point, he suddenly realized something. When he came back to his senses, he saw that the fish was lying on the edge of the crystal bottle, also staring at the blueprint.
King Jing: Xiaoyu likes to look at blueprints?
The next moment, the fish that liked to look at blueprints slid to the bottom of the bottle with a plop.
King Jing: “…”
King Jing chuckled to himself. It turned out that Xiaoyu did not like looking at the blueprints.
Xiaoyu had fallen asleep again.
When he thought about how Xiaoyu had woken up early in the morning and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for him, King Jing felt warmth in his heart. He could not help but reach out to touch Xiaoyu. It was the same when he was reading in the residence. King Jing did not think much of it.
The little fish blew a bubble. Even in its sleep, its tail would float over and wrap around his finger perfunctorily.
King Jing couldn’t help but smile.
“… Your Highness, King Jing.”
Zheng Jing, who was working in the same office as King Jing, had been watching from the side for a long time. He coughed awkwardly.
King Jing raised his head and glanced at Zheng Jing inquisitively.
Zheng Jing considered his words carefully and advised softly, “Your Highness, King Jing, you can’t slack off when you’re working.”
King Jing: “…”
King Jing glared at Zheng Jing coldly and continued to study the blueprint.
He was used to taking note of all the details that he needed to pay attention to as he read.
Whenever he came across something that he did not understand, he would not be in a hurry to ask Zheng Jing. He would also take note of it. As he could not speak, asking questions would take up a lot of time. When he picked up his interrupted train of thought, it would not be as effective.
King Jing simply read through all the blueprints once and then asked Zheng Jing to clarity his doubts.
Zheng Jing, on the other hand, kept an eye on King Jing from time to time. Zheng Jing was a little surprised that King Jing could keep his composure.
Although he had reminded King Jing out of his duty to slack off, in reality, it was equivalent to giving King Jing a slap in the face. If King Jing wanted to give him a hard time, Zheng Jing could only accept it. After all, His Highness was the master and he was the subject. However, Zheng Jing cid not regret it. This was the kind of person he was. Although he wanted to build a good relationship with King Jing, once it involved official business, he would not care about anyone else.
Zheng Jing did not approve of King Jing slacking off.
In addition to assisting King Jing, the Emperor also gave him an additional task. He wanted him to report on King Jing’s work in the Ministry of Works.
Zheng Jing was already preparing to apologize to the Emperor. He did not think that King Jing was suitable for this job.
When King Jing came to the Ministry of Works with his pet fish, Zheng Jing felt that King Jing might not be serious about this job. When he found out that King Jing was slacking off, Zheng Jing felt that this was an act of fooling around and sapping one’s will.
However, after King Jing finished looking at the drawings, he came over and stuffed a pile of annotations into Zheng Jing’s hands. Zheng Jing looked at the densely packed annotations and was very shocked. Moreover, the questions that King Jing wrote down to ask him were all questions that hit the nail on the head.
After a series of questions, Official Zheng was sweating again.
Previously, he was anxious because he could not guess King Jing’s thoughts. Now, he was almost embarrassed by King Jing’s questions.
Zheng Jing could not help but remember that the Third Prince had also come to the Ministry of Works to work a few years ago. However, the Third Prince had complained that the Ministry of Works was dealing with building houses all day long and that it was very uncouth and undignified.
Although he said that he was there to work, he had only been drinking tea in the Ministry of Works for a few days. The Ministry of Works’ Minister of Works tactfully said that the Third Prince was not suitable for this job. Therefore, the Emperor transferred the Third Prince to another place.
In comparison, although King Jing’s temperament was a little eccentric and he liked slacking off, the other princes could not compare to him in terms of his ability to calm his mind and study the drawings.
Zheng Jing’s view of King Jing had changed, but he still did not intend to say that King Jing was not suitable in his memorial. He even felt that it was a pity that King Jing could not speak his mind.
King Jing’s attitude showed that he was a person who could calm his mind and do things. What a pity.
“If Your Highness has any questions in the future, please do not hesitate to tell me. If I cannot answer, Your Highness can also ask the Minister, ” Zheng Jing said gently.
King Jing nodded his head.
After he finished reading the blueprint, it was time for him to slack off. King Jing made a comeback. Under Zheng Jing’s indescribable gaze, he placed the fish in the crystal bottle into the lotus cup that had been brought along with the fish. Then, he openly kissed the fish.
Zheng Jing was speechless.
During the meal, King Jing opened the huge package that contained lunch and took out an equally big lunchbox from it. There were a total of three big bowls in the lunchbox.
King Jing opened the lids of the bowls one by one. Zheng Jing, who was sitting not far from King Jing, saw with his sharp eyes … a bowl of burnt rice, a bowl of black dish that he could not tell what it was, and another bowl of … something that looked a little like a soft cucumber.
Zheng Jing asked with great interest, “What kind of dish did Your Highness bring?”
After asking, Zheng Jing remembered that no one knew how to write during the meal. How could King Jing pay attention to him? It was a waste of time to ask, and he might even blame him.
Unexpectedly, King Jing was in a good mood. Not only did he not blame him, but he also took out two notes from his sleeve and casually handed them to Zheng Jing.
Zheng Jing was speechless.
When did King Jing prepare these notes? Did he have a premonition that he would ask?
Two dishes, one note for each. Zheng Jing took the notes and glanced at them. On the notes, it was written: My boyfriend made eggplant with minced meat, and my boyfriend made cucumber with garlic sauce.
Zheng Jing was speechless.
So the dish that he could not tell what it was was actually eggplant with minced meat. Was there eggplant that was as black as coal?
Zheng Jing could not agree with his future Princess Consort’s culinary skills.
However, King Jing not only prepared notes to introduce his boyfriend’s culinary skills to others at any time, he also ate all three big bowls without batting an eyelid.
Zheng Jing was once again humiliated. He was convinced and said, “His Highness and … the Princess Consort’s relationship is really good.”
King Jing’s hand gently rested on the crystal vase. He touched the smooth back of the little carp and nodded slightly.
The fish in the crystal vase woke up and began to feel complacent. Oh, was he being praised?!
He had woken up early to cook the two dishes. The rice was also cooked by him. Although the eggplant had turned black for some reason and the rice was a little mushy, it should taste good!
And the cucumber with garlic sauce was also King Jing’s favorite dish!
Li Yu suddenly had an idea and decided to try his own culinary skills. Maybe there was a qualitative leap in his culinary skills.
While Zheng Jing was not paying attention, he quietly swam to the mouth of the crystal vase. King Jing’s bowl was not far from the crystal vase. Li Yu planned to take a small piece of eggplant from King Jing’s bowl.
It was a vegetarian dish, so the fish should be able to eat it.
King Jing had already tasted the eggplant. He was afraid that Xiao Yu would be upset if he ate the eggplant, so he rushed in front of the fish and ate all the eggplant in the bowl in two or three bites.
He also ate the cucumber with garlic sauce without leaving a single grain of rice.
Li Yu was speechless.
Li Yu was wild with joy. His culinary skills had indeed improved. Otherwise, how could King Jing eat so quickly and even fight with him?
Li Yu began to think about unlocking more recipes. He was a useful boyfriend. Even if he could not help King Jing look at the blueprints, he could still help King Jing cook.
The fish finally stopped eating. King Jing did not know that Xiao Yu’s demonic meal of love was still to come. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
When the Third Prince heard that the Emperor had ordered King Jing to do his job, Mu Tianming was a little uneasy. There was no other reason. Mu Tianming had asked several ministers to plead with the Emperor to use him again. However, the Emperor ignored him and turned to look for King Jing.
What could a mute do?
Could it be that the Emperor would rather use a mute than use him?
No matter how dissatisfied Mu Tianming was, he did not dare to act rashly. The Emperor had made it clear that he was very disgusted with him. Both he and the Sixth Prince had almost recovered from their injuries. The Emperor had lifted the Sixth Prince’s ban, but not his. He still had to study and copy scriptures every day. Mu Tianming was burning with anxiety. If he was banned for a long time, how could he appease the ministers who followed him?
When he was reading in the Imperial Study, he could see that the Emperor had the intention to train the two little princes. Even the teacher who taught the little prince had been replaced by the Emperor’s own teacher.
The Emperor favored one and discriminated against the other. He was going to be ranked behind the little prince and King Jing! Mu Tianming could not help but complain to the Sixth Prince who came to visit him.
Mu Tianxiao gently reminded him, “Third Imperial Brother, have you forgotten the lesson from last time? You should calm down first. Imperial Father wants to see your attitude. If you don’t make any more mistakes, Imperial Father will not bear to leave you out for too long. Don’t worry, I am still outside. I will help Imperial Brother look after things. “
Mu Tianming’s eyes lit up. The Sixth Prince’s words were reasonable. Moreover, the Sixth Prince had been with him for several years. He should still be trustworthy.
Last time, he did not listen to the Sixth Prince’s words and suffered a big loss. This made the Third Prince trust the Sixth Prince more.
Mu Tianming urgently said, “With you here, I can also rest assured … I have some people who can be handed over to you. You can help me take care of it first.”
Mu Tianming took out a token from his arms. After hesitating for a moment, he handed it to the Sixth Prince. The Sixth Prince took it. No matter how much he wanted to do this, the Sixth Prince did not show any complacency. He still thanked the Third Prince politely. He was very grateful to the Third Prince for giving him this opportunity. In the future, he would definitely repay the Third Prince’s kindness.
The Sixth Prince put away the token and walked out steadily in front of the Third Prince.
