Chapter 66
Mu Tianxiao received Mu Tianxiao’s token, but he didn’t run around outside for the Third Prince as the Third Prince had envisioned. Instead, he worked for Mu Tianxiao himself.
The injuries from the previous beating had healed. Mu Tianxiao wanted to enter the palace to pay his respects to the Emperor. Even if the Emperor punished him, he had to smile and thank the Emperor for his kindness.
The Emperor met the Sixth Prince. Although the Sixth Prince was only used by the Third Prince according to the investigation of the Imperial Bodyguards and wasn’t the mastermind, the Emperor was still somewhat uncomfortable with Mu Tianxiao and treated him coldly.
Mu Tianxiao had always been an invisible person in front of the Emperor. It was only because he had been following the Third Prince recently that he frequently showed his face in front of the Emperor. He had long been accustomed to the Emperor’s cold face and responded respectfully.
After thanking the Emperor, Mu Tianxiao said that he wanted to prepare a generous gift for King Jing. The reason was that he felt very sorry for King Jing and wanted to apologize to King Jing.
Because the Emperor was an insider, Mu Tianxiao also wanted to ask for the Emperor’s permission first. At the same time, he presented the gift list to the Emperor for review.
The Emperor remembered that the Second Prince had done similar things before, so he looked at the Sixth Prince with eyes full of suspicion.
The Emperor still looked at the gift list. It was Si Bao and some calligraphy and paintings, but they weren’t famous works.
The Emperor vaguely remembered that the Sixth Prince’s mother, Consort Zhang, was originally Empress Xiaohui’s palace maid. After Empress Xiaohui passed away, Consort Zhang was still guarding Changchun Palace. Because of his drunken indulgence, she was given a low-ranking position. Consort Zhang was pregnant with the Sixth Prince after that one time. This consort position was only conferred when the Sixth Prince came of age. Consort Zhang didn’t have much family wealth. The Sixth Prince seemed to be the poorest among all the princes. The rewards he usually received were just routine rewards during the holidays. After following the Third Prince for a few years, it was slightly better.
The Emperor couldn’t describe his feelings at this moment. At least, he felt that the Sixth Prince was thoughtful with this gift list, so he nodded and allowed the Sixth Prince to deliver the gift.
“If the King Jing doesn’t want to see you, don’t disturb him.”
The Emperor thought about it and reprimanded him in advance. The main thing was that the Sixth Prince had done too many terrible things in the past, and the Emperor was also afraid that he would make things difficult for the King Jing.
Mu Tianxiao smiled and said, “Imperial Father, please don’t worry. This son will leave after putting down the gift. I definitely won’t make Fifth Imperial Brother unhappy.”
Mu Tianxiao excused himself. The moment he turned around and left the hall, the smile on his face froze.
King Jing’s Office.
For the past few days, Li Yu had been going to and from work with King Jing. At night, he even took the time to date.
Although it was a fish most of the time, the fish was also very tired.
Logically speaking, they should be “glued to each other like glue”, but the System Quest had not been updated.
Li Yu felt that the cheating system was cheating him again. He and King Jing had already shared a French kiss. King Jing would take him to and from work and would rub him whenever he was free.
Wasn’t this already considered as being inseparable?!
The System explained, “The Quest is judged based on the relationship between the host and the tyrant. The relationship between the host and the tyrant is not deeper than the relationship between the host and the tyrant.”
Li Yu: They’re both boyfriends and even take fish to work. Isn’t this even deeper?
The System explained, “This is ancient times, and there’s no such thing as a boyfriend. Moreover, the tyrant used to take his fish pet with him, so it doesn’t count.
Li Yu:”…”
The System made so much sense that he couldn’t refute it!
King Jing used to dote on fish, so it made it difficult to carry out the Quest?
But it didn’t even count as a boyfriend. What should he do? Was he supposed to marry King Jing on the spot?!
The System said clearly, “Marriage is one way.”
Li Yu:”…”
Li Yu snorted. He knew that the cheating system would start cheating him again from the moment he resumed doing the Quest.
He really wanted to turn back into a human completely. If he didn’t, he would have to constantly risk being discovered by King Jing. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made a pact with King Jing.
He had originally hoped that he could date King Jing and complete the Quest naturally. However, the cheating system didn’t recognize him as a boyfriend, so the Quest was blocked. He couldn’t turn back into a human completely as soon as possible. If he couldn’t turn back into a human
completely as soon as possible, he couldn’t date properly. How could his relationship with King Jing go any further?
Therefore, the Quest was still blocked, and the fish seemed to have fallen into an endless loop …
Li Yu suddenly had an idea. He knew that the System was scheming against him and King Jing in another way.
However, he hadn’t thought so far ahead yet.
He and King Jing had just started to act like a normal couple, holding hands shyly and kissing each other so much that their faces would turn red. Li Yu couldn’t imagine getting married all of a sudden. He was willing to be with King Jing only because he liked him. It wasn’t because he was a king or would definitely become the Emperor in the future.
King Jing’s current and future status indicated that his marriage wouldn’t be sloppy. Li Yu also saw it from the book. After King Jing ascended the throne, he insisted on making Chu Yanyu his Empress despite the opposition of the court officials. The Censorate knelt down in front of him and no one could persuade him otherwise. In the end, Chu Yanyu came forward and expressed his willingness to only be a concubine for the rest of his life and never be the Empress. He won the support of the court officials. King Jing also never became the Empress because of him. Therefore, although Chu Yanyu was a concubine in name, he still enjoyed the privilege of being the Empress.
However, King Jing needed an heir. Chu Yanyu even generously took in a concubine for King Jing.
In the original book, King Jing was furious because of this, which made Chu Yanyu feel very wronged.
In the past, Li Yu more or less felt that his concubine had cheated King Jing for his entire life and was finally thinking for King Jing. However, when it came to his turn to date King Jing, he didn’t think so anymore.
In the original book, Chu Yanyu didn’t want to be the Empress and even persuaded King Jing to take in a concubine. It could be said that he was very righteous. It could also be said that Chu Yanyu didn’t care who was by King Jing’s side. In other words, he didn’t love King Jing as much as King Jing loved him.
King Jing was angry because he realized that in Chu Yanyu’s heart, he would never be as good as the dead Sixth Prince.
This was how relationships worked. Whoever was moved first would lose.
After becoming the tyrant, King Jing could kill everyone in the world to get the world, but he couldn’t kill Chu Yanyu to get his heart.
At the end of the original book, many years later, Chu Yanyu finally started to have feelings for King Jing. This was how this sadomasochistic relationship came to an end.
Li Yu felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of this ending.
He felt that King Jing wasn’t worth it in the book.
After ascending the throne, although the tyrant had the world, no one truly loved him. Even if his concubine stayed by his side, she didn’t have him in her heart for a long time. After becoming the Emperor, the high and mighty King Jing had always been very lonely.
However, in today’s world, it was impossible for Chu Yanyu and King Jing to be together. Although Li Yu felt sorry for King Jing, could it be that he had to face all of this himself?
Would King Jing make him his concubine and make him his Empress after ascending the throne?
Then he would be … Consort Yu, Empress Yu??
Li Yu:”…”
Previously, Li Yu felt very uncomfortable when he heard the title ‘Consort Yu’. The title ‘Empress’ was much bigger than ‘Consort Yu’. He didn’t know if his fish head could handle it.
He was willing to help King Jing fight for the position of Crown Prince, but this was completely different from making him his concubine or Empress. Li Yu felt goosebumps all over his body when he imagined himself dressed up as a concubine and staying alone in a palace, waiting for King Jing to change his mind.
Forget it, he shouldn’t think too much about it. He and King Jing had just started their relationship. and he didn’t know what would happen in the future. They were just dating, so there wouldn’t be too many complications between them.
“Marriage should only be considered when both parties are mature enough to look at the relationship,’ Li Yu, who was eighteen years old, thought like an old man.
However, after thinking about it, Li Yu was still affected. She changed her form and met King Jing.
She was still a little dejected.
King Jing had always been very observant, so he immediately noticed that Xiaoyu’s mood wasn’t as high as usual.
He actually looked forward to meeting Xiaoyu every day. Recently, he had been busy in the Ministry of Works. Although Xiaoyu accompanied him, there were outsiders around, so it wasn’t convenient for them to be too close. It wasn’t that King Jing was afraid of Zheng Jing, but he couldn’t let Zheng Jing find out about the identity of the carp spirit. When he returned from the Ministry of Works, that was when he would really spend time with Xiaoyu.
During these two hours, King Jing didn’t want Xiaoyu to be unhappy at all. If Xiaoyu was unhappy, he would personally solve it.
What’s wrong?
King Jing gently held Li Yu’s hand, intending to ask him what was wrong.
Li Yu:”…”
Li Yu pursed his lips. He couldn’t say anything about the original novel or the empress, but King Jing’s careful expression made him realize how much King Jing cherished him.
It seemed that King Jing was also the first one to be moved by him.
Li Yu thought about how the walls of the residence were filled with engravings of Xinyue and began to feel sad for King Jing again.
No matter what happened in the future, he would never let him be alone again. Li Yu secretly made up his mind.
King Jing had agreed to the three rules. As for Li Yu’s choice to not say anything, King Jing didn’t deliberately pursue the matter. He went forward and hugged Li Yu so that Xiaoyu could lean on him and slowly relax.
Li Yu blinked his eyes. These days, he had gradually figured out many tricks to get along with King Jing. For example, when King Jing hugged him, he would usually ask for a kiss.
King Jing liked to kiss him, and he liked to smile and wait for him to kiss him before he reciprocated.
He didn’t know if it was the beginning of a relationship, but both of them liked it very much.
This time, King Jing didn’t kiss him first. He lowered his head and took out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Li Yu.
King Jing rarely communicated with others in the form of notes. He usually wrote them on the spot. After he got together with Li Yu, King Jing especially cherished the two hours they spent together every day. Thus, he thought of this way to compromise so that those precious hours would not be taken up by writing.
If he wanted to say something, he might as well write it down and leave it for Xiaoyu to read in the future.
Li Yu took the note and looked at it with interest. The edges of the note were slightly worn. The words “Xinyue” were written on the note. It was King Jing’s handwriting.
This wasn’t the first time Li Yu had been confessed to. His heart was still filled with joy. “Your Highness, did you take a long time to write this?”
Otherwise, why would the edges be so worn? He even deliberately hid it and took it out to please him. This person was so meticulous about him that it made his hair stand on end.
King Jing nodded. He didn’t mention that this note was written by Xiaoyu when she was angry and always avoided him. He wanted to find a suitable time to show it to Xiaoyu. However, he didn’t use it back then. Now was the right time.
Li Yu was no longer disappointed by his words. Instead, he became curious. King Jing’s note was not only to please him, but also to show off to Zheng Jing. Could there be something else?
Li Yu put his hands on his hips like a bandit and laughed. “Your Highness, did you hide a lot of these notes?’
King Jing was speechless.
King Jing was a little reserved. He glanced at Li Yu and then quickly looked away.
Li Yu: Oh, this expression clearly means that I have a ghost. Come and see!
Li Yu was very familiar with King Jing. He smiled mischievously and slid his claws into King Jing’s sleeves. It was as if he was hugging King Jing indirectly. King Jing didn’t try to hide or avoid him.
Li Yu suddenly thought of the beans that he had picked all those years ago. He thought to himself that it was a good thing that King Jing didn’t know that he was a fish.
King Jing was speechless.
King Jing also thought of the beans that had been bitten by a fish. He was a little embarrassed.
Both of them had their own thoughts. Li Yu’s eyes lit up. He raised his claws and pulled out a string of notes from his sleeves. He said in surprise, “Your Highness, you wrote so many notes?”
King Jing looked at him gently.
Li Yu casually picked up a note. On it was written: The food was delicious. Don’t tire yourself out.
Li Yu was speechless.
Li Yu thought about it carefully. This should be what King Jing wanted to say when he gave the love meal to King Jing.
However, because they didn’t spend much time together, King Jing didn’t deliberately let him know what he was thinking most of the time. He only wrote it down after the event.
Li Yu was touched. She finished reading all the notes and recalled many small things that happened between the two of them.
It turned out that His Highness was cold on the outside, but his heart was always warm towards him.
Li Yu saw the last note. The edges were even more worn out. It could be described as old and tattered.
Li Yu was speechless.
King Jing’s expression instantly became extremely complicated. After struggling for a moment, he actually wanted to snatch it back!
Li Yu immediately realized that something was wrong. The curious little fish naturally chose to open it immediately.
On the note – he thought it would be some mushy words of love, but it turned out to be –
