Chapter 76
Li Yu was not afraid of hardships. He had already made up his mind to share weal and woe with King Jing. After transmigrating, he had been pampered by King Jing most of the time, except for when he fell into the cat’s mouth. Now, he just had to move to a poor place with King Jing, so it was not a big deal.
In this era, he actually did not have a home. It was King Jing who gave him a place to stay.
Li Yu thought of a very touching sentence and said with a smile, “I … To me, wherever Your Highness is, is my home.”
King Jing did not expect him to say this. His eyes rippled, and he touched his cheek longingly.
Li Yu thought that King Jing would be moved to tears. Then, he would be able to follow him to the West Frontier and complete the main storyline of “sharing weal and woe” that he had almost forgotten recently. However, although King Jing was touched, he still firmly refused.
Li Yu was speechless.
This was too difficult. Such beautiful words of love did not win King Jing’s heart. He could not continue to sell tofu…
Got it! Li Yu had an idea. His man was a responsible man!
Li Yu looked bitter. “Your Highness, I, I am already pregnant with Your Highness’s flesh and blood.
Your Highness, do you still want to leave me alone?”
King Jing was speechless.
No matter how firm King Jing’s stance was, he was still shocked by Li Yu. Looking at the person in his arms pretending to be shy, King Jing’s soul drifted away.
If he remembered correctly, he and Xiao Yu did not last until the end. Moreover, Xiao Yu was a male. If it was an ordinary man, how could she get pregnant? He would definitely laugh it off.
However, the problem was that King Jing knew that Xiao Yu was not an ordinary person. She was a carp demon. Perhaps carps were different and could get pregnant?
King Jing was willing to believe Li Yu. If Xiao Yu said she was pregnant, then she was pregnant.
However, Xiao Yu was a fish and he was a human. Then, was she pregnant with a fish or a human?
It would be fine if it was a human, but if it was a fish …
King Jing carefully placed his palm on Li Yu’s stomach. No matter what, this was their child. He would not deny it!
Li Yu was just teasing King Jing. Although the two of them didn’t go all the way to the end, they still did everything except for the end. It could be said that they were intimate and didn’t want King Jing to leave him alone. Unexpectedly, King Jing took his joke seriously and even rubbed his stomach. Li Yu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Who would believe such nonsense? But the great King Jing did. Now that the misunderstanding had escalated, if King Jing became serious, he might even name the little fish. Li Yu hurriedly admitted his mistake. “Your Highness, I’m sorry. I lied. I’m not pregnant. I was just teasing you!”
There was only fish food and peach blossom biscuits in the fish’s stomach, but no baby!
King Jing looked up blankly. So you’re not pregnant?
Li Yu was hurt by his gaze. He hugged him tightly and said bitterly, “Your Highness, I’m a man.
How could I have … I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have joked about such things. I just want to be with Your Highness and not be separated for a moment. Please don’t be angry with me.”
… Was this a joke?
King Jing reacted and twitched his mouth helplessly. If he didn’t let the fish follow him, would the fish pretend to be pregnant?
He really didn’t know what to do with fish. King Jing didn’t get angry that his anticipation was in vain. He rubbed Li Yu’s head.
Forget it. The situation in the Imperial City was complicated. If he left Xiao Yu alone, it would be difficult for him to take care of her. Moreover, Xiao Yu didn’t mind going with him. Why should he mind?
King Jing finally didn’t refuse, but he didn’t nod his head directly either. However, Li Yu knew that his pestering had succeeded. The system, which didn’t have much of a presence in recent days, refreshed its notifications.
[The main task ‘Sharing Joys and Sorrows’ is in progress. Please be careful along the way.]
It seemed that going to the West was the right direction. The main task would probably be completed there.
Li Yu was reminded of the system’s description of the male lead’s halo. He had been too engrossed in his role recently and had been too worried about Prince Jing. How could he have forgotten that Prince Jing would definitely ascend the throne?
“Your Highness, no matter how difficult the future is, Your Highness doesn’t have to worry. Your Highness will definitely get what you want. I will definitely be by Your Highness’ side.” Li Yu smiled confidently.
King Jing looked at him deeply and nodded. He took the fish that had changed his life into his arms.
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
The Emperor, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, looked at the painting of cranes and peaches on the wall expressionlessly. No one knew what he was thinking.
After a long time, the Emperor raised his eyes and asked the person beside him, “How is he?”
Steward Luo had been following the Emperor all this time, so he naturally knew who the Emperor was referring to. He immediately replied, “His Highness King Jing looked indifferent. He went to Changchun Palace and burned three sticks of incense for the Empress. Then he left the palace and returned to his residence … This servant heard that King Jing’s residence is already packing up.”
The Emperor nodded. He was quite satisfied with King Jing’s attitude. This son of his had never traveled far. The Emperor was worried about King Jing’s safety. He said to Luo Ruisheng, “Send two teams of bodyguards to follow him and protect him secretly.”
Luo Ruisheng complied.
The Emperor stared at Steward Luo for a while and suddenly said, “Do you also think that I am cruel? King Jing gave me a gift that I liked the most. Why did I send him to the West?”
Luo Ruisheng thought so, but he didn’t dare to admit it. He hurriedly said, “This servant doesn’t dare to question Your Majesty’s decision. Your Majesty must have your reasons. This servant only needs to follow Your Majesty’s orders.”
“It better be so.”
The Emperor smiled. So what if the outside world misunderstood? He didn’t care.
King Jing’s gift was the most favored gift of the Emperor. Because of this gift, the Emperor also caught a glimpse of King Jing’s ambition.
After all, King Jing had only given the Emperor his handwritten calligraphy for many years. He was always cold and indifferent to the Emperor. This seemed to be an unwritten agreement between the Emperor and King Jing. But suddenly, one day, King Jing also knew to express his goodwill to the Emperor. What did this mean?
The Emperor didn’t think much of it. The Emperor himself had been like this before. How could he not know that King Jing probably had the idea of fighting for the position of Crown Prince?
The Emperor hadn’t appointed a Crown Prince for a long time. It wasn’t strange for an adult prince to have this idea. The Emperor was still magnanimous. If the Second Prince and the Third Prince didn’t do anything wrong, he was willing to give them a chance. But this time, it was King Jing.
The Emperor was surprised, but also somewhat sad and bitter.
In terms of status, no one could be more legitimate than King Jing. But because of his muteness, King Jing lost his qualifications early. He had always thought that King Jing and he had accepted their fates.
But now, it seemed that King Jing didn’t want to.
Didn’t this brat know that the Emperor wouldn’t appoint a mute? Even so, he still wanted to fight?
In the past, the Emperor would have thought that this was a big joke. But when the Emperor took a look at the banquet, he found that the Second Prince had gone crazy. The Third Prince was still in contact with the officials when he was grounded. Both of them had touched his bottom line. The only adult prince he could consider was the Sixth Prince. Although the Emperor didn’t intend to appoint a Crown Prince and would look at the Seventh and Eighth Prince’s qualifications in a few years, the younger princes were still too young. It was hard to say what would happen in the future. What if the Sixth Prince wasn’t suitable…
Would he really not consider King Jing at all?
King Jing was mute, but compared to the fact that he had too few sons to choose from, it wasn’t too important. As for an heir, although the Imperial Physician was very likely to pass it on to his grandchildren, it wasn’t certain. King Jing still had a chance to give birth to a normal heir.
The Emperor thought to himself. He had eight sons, and only one was mute. No matter how bad King Jing was, with eight sons, there should at least be one normal one, right?
In this way, King Jing wasn’t unqualified. If his muteness wasn’t taken into consideration, King Jing wasn’t bad compared to the Sixth Prince or even the Second Prince.
After the Emperor thought this through, he was actually a little excited. He wanted to see how far King Jing could go.
Just being not bad wasn’t enough. If he had to choose a mute son to be the Crown Prince, this son had to be outstanding.
The Western Frontier was in turmoil and chaos, and disaster after disaster. The Emperor had long thought of this as a trial for the future Grown Prince. Since there was no Grown Prince now, if King Jing wanted to fight for it, then let King Jing do it. If he ran into a wall, then he would naturally give up this idea and live a stable life. But if King Jing could take down the Western Frontier, this tough bone …
“Your Majesty, His Highness King Jing has already set out.” Luo Ruisheng said softly.
The Emperor was deep in thought and didn’t answer. Luo Ruisheng was afraid that his voice was too soft, so he said it again.
The Emperor suddenly came to his senses and ordered Luo Ruisheng to find the Sixth Prince. He also had a task for the Sixth Prince.
If other princes could take down the Western Frontier, he would consider appointing a Crown Prince. If King Jing could do it, then he would do the same!
In front of King Jing’s mansion.
King Jing had already agreed to take Li Yu with him. The guards and carriages had already been prepared. There were also a dozen crystal bottles and several carriages filled with fish tanks. He said that it would be very tiring. King Jing would starve anyone, but not his fish.
Everything was ready, but Young Master Li was a little worried before he left.
This wasn’t like when King Jing took him to go shopping, or when he took King Jing to buy antiques. He could always grit his teeth and endure it in his human form. King Jing had already calculated this trip. It would take nearly a month on a horse at full speed, and about two and a half months at normal speed to arrive. Most of the time, Li Yu would have to squeeze in the carriage and eat and live with King Jing.
Squeezing in the carriage and eating and living with King Jing was no problem for him in his fish form. However, he couldn’t change into his human form because he could only maintain his human form for two hours a day. If he didn’t leave King Jing’s side, how could he change into his fish form? Even if he could barely solve the problem of changing his form, would Young Master Li have to “leave without saying goodbye” every day?
The carriage was surrounded by guards. If Young Master Li really left, he would definitely be seen by the guards. But in fact, Young Master Li was just pretending. He wouldn’t leave at all. Once this fact was discovered, Li Yu’s disguise would be exposed.
Therefore, the most correct way was to change into his human form as little as possible along the way and only stay with King Jing in his fish form.
But Li Yu was an idiot. He was muddle-headed because he wanted to share weal and woe with King Jing. He didn’t even think about it and begged King Jing to take him along in his human form.
He really bragged too much and accidentally exposed the rhythm of his bragging.
Li Yu was very worried. He was the one who begged, and he couldn’t change his mind at the last minute. King Jing would definitely take Young Master Li along the way, and they would definitely spend time together. If he took advantage of Young Master Li, then wouldn’t Young Master Li have no choice but to change his mind?
Li Yu kept thinking about leaving, but he couldn’t think of a way. Wang Xi prepared the carriage and invited Li Yu to get on. Li Yu climbed onto the carriage with the crystal bottle in his arms with a lot on his mind and almost slipped. Fortunately, King Jing reacted quickly and caught him. Seeing that King Jing was about to get on the carriage, Li Yu felt as if he could hear the countdown to change his mind. He was very nervous.
King Jing quickly got on the carriage and looked at Li Yu to make sure that he didn’t feel uncomfortable. Li Yu couldn’t hide his worries. King Jing saw King Jing’s frightened look. He smiled gently and left.
Li Yu:???
King Jing didn’t get on the carriage again. Instead, he rode another horse and followed beside the carriage.
Li Yu was puzzled. Could it be that King Jing didn’t want to take the carriage again?
He lifted a corner of the curtain and wanted to ask someone, but he found Wang Xi’s figure outside.
“Eunuch Wang, Eunuch Wang, what’s going on?”
Wang Xi also wanted to go to the western border. Eunuch Wang also rode on a donkey and didn’t plan to get on the carriage.
“Young Master, please sit tight!”
Wang Xi saw Li Yu poking his head out and hurriedly asked Li Yu to sit back down. He held back his laughter and said, “His Highness has ordered that you … are pregnant. His Highness is afraid that you will be bored along the way, so he has allocated this carriage for you to use alone. You can rest and take care of Master Yu. If you need anything, just call out! This old servant will follow outside. “
Although Wang Xi said this, he was secretly happy. How could a man get pregnant? This must be the young master and His Highness’s fun. Eunuch Wang also liked to play along.
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu glared at King Jing from afar. King Jing looked back at Li Yu with a smile. No matter how Li Yu looked at this smile, he felt that the big bastard was waiting for him here!
However, King Jing was quite considerate to him. Was he afraid that he would be bored if there was another person in the carriage?
With one person in the carriage, he didn’t have to worry about being exposed.
