Chapter 93
Li Yu felt that King Jing’s gaze on him was a little hot, but Li Yu didn’t have time to think about the baby that was waiting to be fed.
There were no milk bottles in ancient times. Li Yu took a compromise and asked the wet nurse to squeeze the milk into the bowl. He carried Da Bao and used an extremely small silver spoon. He scooped a little bit at a time and placed it by Da Bao’s mouth. Da Bao cried out and shook his head vigorously.
Li Yu: “…”
He understood. This cub didn’t like to drink milk?
Thinking back, he had fed the fish cubs high-quality fish food and peach blossom cakes, this was probably the problem. The fish cubs liked fresh and sweet food and didn’t like bland milk.
But what could he do about it? Things were different now. The baby’s body hadn’t fully developed and his teeth hadn’t grown out yet. He could only drink milk.
Li Yu said gently, “Dabao, you can either drink milk or go hungry.”
Dabao: “…”
Dabao was gently threatened by his father. He pursed his lips and drank the milk in the spoon with tears in his eyes.
Li Yu’s first successful feeding was successful. When he tried to feed Dabao again, Dabao accidentally choked and refused to drink the milk with the spoon.
Li Yu thought for a while and ordered someone to bring a plate of peach blossom cakes and put it aside.
Dabao’s black glass-like eyes looked at the peach blossom cakes longingly.
However, it was useless.
The cold-hearted father only let him smell the fragrance of the peach blossom cakes. Dabao was stunned for a moment. What his father fed him was still milk.
King Jing, who had been watching the whole time: “…”
King Jing realized that he had thought wrongly. This feeding was not what he had imagined. He walked towards Li Yu. Li Yu was holding Dabao and humming an unknown tune. King Jing walked closer and looked at his gentle eyes. His heart also softened.
King Jing imitated Li Yu. He picked one up and fed it with a spoon. From time to time, he would glance at Li Yu.
Li Yu snickered. King Jing was holding Si Bao. The other three babies all looked like little fatty. Only Si Bao looked like him. King Jing loved to hold Si Bao the most.
Si Bao would smile happily whenever his father carried him. He was indeed the most confused cub. He probably didn’t realize the difference between milk and fish food. As long as his father fed him, Si Bao would even drink milk very quickly. After King Jing finished feeding him, he wanted to carry Er Bao. Si Bao’s fingers grasped his father’s clothes tightly and refused to leave his father’s arms.
After Li Yu finished feeding Da Bao, he was also caught by Da Bao. Li Yu coaxed him for a long time. Er Bao and San Bao, who had not been hugged, started crying.
Li Yu was helpless. He and King Jing could only carry two babies each. He felt that the four babies were indeed the most obedient when they were fish.
At night, the babies refused to let go. Li Yu blushed and negotiated with King Jing. “Your Highness, they’re still young. I’m afraid they’re not used to it. Why don’t we let them sleep with us …”
In the past, when the fish babies stayed in the fish tank, they had always stayed in the same room with their fathers. The fish fathers often slept with them. Why did they have to sleep with a stranger — a wet nurse? The babies were unwilling. Why should they be worse off as fish? They couldn’t move or speak. They could only drink tasteless milk all day. It was too bitter. The fish babies wanted their fathers to hug them. Sob sob sob sob!
King Jing had always doted on Li Yu. Since Li Yu said so, he resisted the urge to carry the four babies out and nodded.
Li Yu first placed the babies on the bed and then lay down. Now that he had four hours to transform into a human, it was not a problem for him to rest for a while. King Jing would take care of the rest for him.
Unexpectedly, when he lay down, the babies immediately stretched their necks and wanted to stick to him. Those who could not stick to him started crying again. Li Yu had no choice but to let the babies all stick to him.
Da Bao took one of Li Yu’s arms. Er Bao and San Bao each took the other side. Si Bao was left and clung tightly to Li Yu’s legs.
The babies were satisfied. Li Yu was surrounded in a circle. King Jing, who felt that his wife was getting farther and farther away from him, was speechless.
Li Yu touched his fingers and looked at him apologetically.
King Jing held his hand and gently squeezed his palm.
A baby’s energy was limited. After drinking enough milk, it did not take long for him to fall asleep.
King Jing waited for the four babies to fall asleep before he got up with a wooden face. He carried the four babies out and handed them to the wet nurse.
Li Yu was originally surrounded by the babies. He was in a daze and was about to fall asleep. Suddenly, he felt a chill on his lapel …
Oh, it was Old Gong coming over.
Li Yu familiarly hooked his arm around Old Gong’s shoulder. He and King Jing’s husband lived a very harmonious life. Every few days, they would suck money.
Putting aside the fact that he was pregnant, Li Yu was very much looking forward to sucking money.
However, King Jing was different today. He was very thorough with his act of sucking money.
Li Yu’s face was flushed red. He felt numb and itchy. Tears kept welling up in his eyes. He felt that something was about to happen to him.
Could it be that he had bitten King Jing in the past, so King Jing was taking revenge on him now?
Li Yu could not stand this stimulation. He felt that his soul was about to leave his body. He whimpered and punched Old Gong twice. King Jing, who was crazily looking at the carp spirit, glanced at the silver funnel. He was satisfied and let it go. Instead, he held Li Yu’s waist.
The next day, the babies were breastfed. King Jing lowered his gaze and focused on feeding Fourth Bao. Li Yu hugged Eldest Bao. Her chest was swollen and painful, and her legs were trembling. When she recalled the absurdity of last night, Li Yu could not help but glare at the culprit.
King Jing sensed his passionate gaze and smiled at him. He licked his lips, as if he had not had enough yet.
Li Yu: “…”
He couldn’t even speak, so what was going on with this wave that was surging towards him?
… Forget it. Actually, it was not impossible to focus on social relations. He did not suffer any losses.
Under Li Yu’s pacification, Da Bao and the other children were adapting to infant life day by day.
At this moment, an imperial edict came from the imperial city. Li Yu was conferred the title of Princess Consort. King Jing was true to his word. He had really won her the title of Princess Consort. Li Yu herself could not believe it.
This was not a title that the common people on the streets casually called. It was a title that would be recorded in a jade archive and recognized by the Emperor himself. His marriage with King Jing was already set in stone.
On the day of the imperial edict, King Jing also set a date for his wedding. Wang Xi had already been preparing for the wedding. Everything was ready. King Jing felt that the recent auspicious dates were too long and wanted to wait for a few more days. Li Yu was amused by this person’s rare childishness. Thinking about how King Jing still wanted to give him a formal wedding even though he already had children, Li Yu felt like his heart was rolling in a pile of honey.
“His Majesty has already agreed. But we still need to wait for a while. Your Highness, don’t be anxious.” Li Yu smiled and advised him.
King Jing had tasted some sweetness, but he still deliberately snorted childishly. He needed Li Yu to calm him down. At the same time, he signaled Wang Xi to check all the steps of the wedding again.
Eunuch Wang quickly finished checking, and only the wedding dress was left.
The most important thing for a wedding was the wedding dress. A few sets of King Jing’s wedding dress had already been made according to the measurements. Every embroidery on the wedding dress had been personally inspected by King Jing. All the accessories had also been roughly sketched by King Jing, and he had asked the craftsmen to make them. It was guaranteed that there would only be one set in the world.
Li Yu hadn’t tried on the princess consort’s wedding dress and accessories, but according to King Jing’s experience in buying clothes for him, this surprise was not a problem at all.
Finally, the day of the wedding arrived. King Jing personally delivered the wedding dress to Li Yu. There weren’t many servants in the fu, and Li Yu didn’t have any family members, so King Jing personally helped him tie up his hair and change his clothes.
Li Yu quickly changed into the bright red wedding dress with gold trimmings. The material of the wedding dress was made of precious moonlight brocade. It was rumored that clothes made of moonlight brocade would emit a light as quiet as the moon when worn, hence the name. In addition to the moonlight brocade, the wedding dress was also embroidered with a majestic koi fish soaring through the clouds using golden thread and phoenix feather thread. This koi fish leaped high and jumped over the dragon’s gate. The collar and the long back of the dress were embroidered with fish patterns that shone with a golden light. It was unusually gorgeous.
The belt that went with the wedding dress was made of soft golden thread that looked like seaweed. It looked wide, but it was actually very light. Several charmingly naïve little goldfish dangled from the belt and jingled.
The headpiece of the wedding dress was a crown made of rubies and pearls. On the crown, there were a total of thirty-six golden fishes. The fishes were studded with rubies, and there were strings of pearls hanging from their mouths. The tassels drooped down, slightly covering their faces.
Li Yu had never put on makeup before, so on the day of the wedding, he put on some powder. He used lipstick to touch his lips, making him look even more beautiful.
King Jing saw that the wedding dress was very suitable for him. He smiled faintly and went to change. Wang Xi was waiting at the side and couldn’t help but speak for his master, “Princess Consort, according to the rules, your wedding dress should be a golden phoenix. His Highness specially asked the Emperor to change the wedding dress to the style you have now …”
Wang Xi was in charge of the wedding preparations, so he knew very well what King Jing was worried about. King Jing himself didn’t care much and didn’t ask for anything in return, but Wang Xi’s little mouth opened wide and spilled everything to Princess Consort.
Li Yu had seen Ye Qinghuan and the princess’ wedding dress. He didn’t expect that the embroidery on the wedding dress would be so complicated. Li Yu’s heart was moved.
King Jing changed into a matching black wedding dress a moment later. Li Yu looked carefully. King Jing’s wedding dress was embroidered with a four-clawed golden dragon of the king rank, but the belt was the same seaweed pattern as his. The belt was tied with a silver pearl that Li Yu had given him before, and the sleeves and hem of the dress were also the same fish patterns as Li Yu’s.
Wasn’t this a secret display of affection?
Li Yu was happy that he had a pair of eyes that were good at discovering the truth and beauty.
King Jing walked over and lowered his head to kiss him. A red thread was exposed on his neck. Li Yu smiled mischievously. He hooked his finger on the red thread and pulled it out. He wanted to see what King Jing was wearing on his wedding day.
Li Yu himself was wearing King Jing’s little jade figurine. As expected, the red thread that pulled King Jing out was his stone fish.
When placed together, they were still a match made in heaven.
“Your Highness, Princess Consort, the auspicious hour is almost here.” Wang Xi happily wiped the corners of his eyes.
King Jing touched Li Yu’s hand under his sleeve, and the two of them looked at each other.
Li Yu didn’t have a maternal family, so King Jing’s mansion was his home. King Jing carried him to the wedding carriage and got in as well. The red and green wedding carriage circled around Luofeng Town before returning to the King’s mansion to perform the wedding ceremony.
It was King Jing’s big day. Many people came to watch the ceremony and followed the wedding carriage.
Li Yu lifted the curtain and looked at the crowd below. He was a little nervous. King Jing gave him an encouraging look. Li Yu tried to wave at the people.
The people knelt down one after another and shouted, “Long live the Princess Consort!” Their voices were so loud that the magpies on the branches flew away.
Li Yu’s heart was in turmoil. At this moment, he truly felt that he was a member of this ancient world.
Da Bao, Er Bao, San Bao, and Si Bao lay side by side on the bed.
Today, there was only the wet nurse and no father. The babies’ hearts were like dead ashes.
There was a faint sound of music coming from outside.
Si Bao remembered that the wet nurse had told someone that their fathers were getting married.
Si Bao didn’t know what marriage was. But it was definitely a good thing.
Si Bao did a carp flip and didn’t get up.
Si Bao flailed his paws. “Ahhhhhhh!” He wanted to go to his father’s wedding!
San Bao followed his lead and gestured. “Ahhhh!” She wanted to go!
Er Bao turned his head. “Ahhhhh?” How?
Er Bao, San Bao, and Si Bao took turns shouting “Ahhhh!” and reached an agreement. Then, Si Bao took the lead and tried to roll under the bed.
They had to be able to get out of bed if they wanted to see their fathers get married.
Although the babies didn’t have much strength, they could still reach their destination by rolling.
However, they weren’t even a month old. They couldn’t twist their small bodies after rolling over.
Er Bao, San Bao, and Si Bao were all lying face down on the bed.
“Ahhhhh!!!” Help!!!
Da Bao, who had witnessed everything, was speechless.
