Chapter 96
Because Li Yu had disguised herself as a carp spirit, when she told King Jing everything, she had casually explained that she was doing a quest to go through a calamity.
Basically, he needed to choose a time to go through the tribulation. During the three days, he would be half-human and half-fish, and he needed King Jing’s care and protection.
King Jing held his hand tightly and listened quietly.
Li Yu quickly relayed the mission to King Jing. King Jing frowned from time to time, but he never let go of Li Yu’s hand.
Li Yu didn’t want to put too much pressure on King Jing, so he took the initiative to say, “I don’t have to go through the tribulation right away. I can take it slow and choose a place where no one will disturb me … But I’ll be very different at that time, and it’ll be inconvenient for me to move around. Your Highness, please prepare more food and water for me, and don’t let anyone see me. That should be enough.”
Although the task was called “Protect the Fish Pet”, if he became half-human and half-fish, he would definitely stay in the mansion. There wouldn’t be any danger, so the task would be relatively easier.
King Jing’s thoughts were more complicated than his. He took out a pen and paper and wrote, “Wait for me for a few days, and I’ll protect you.”
Li Yu repeated these words over and over again, his chest burning. “Your Highness, don’t you want to ask me what I’ll become?”
King Jing held his hand and wrote with a smile, “No matter what, you’ll always be you.”
“Okay … Your Highness, please don’t laugh at me when the time comes.” Li Yu pretended to be relaxed.
When people fell in love, they generally wanted to be as beautiful as possible in front of their lover. Li Yu was the same. He had just gotten married, and although he wasn’t a beauty, he was still a handsome young man with delicate features. Subconsciously, he didn’t want King Jing to see him as half-human and half-fish.
It would be fine if he had a human body and a fish tail, but if he had a fish body and human legs, he would really be like a monster. He thought it was already embarrassing to turn into a fish in front of King Jing, but the system still wanted him to be half-human and half-fish. It was really a trap.
However, if he wanted to complete the main storyline and completely return to being an adult, there was no other way no matter how unwilling he was. This step had to be carried out by King Jing, and it was impossible to get around it just by lying.
Even though King Jing had always treated him well, it was inevitable that Li Yu would feel uneasy. However, King Jing’s simple words had dispelled the burning anxiety in his heart. For a moment, he couldn’t control his emotions and abruptly turned around.
Don’t get me wrong, only sadness is crying. He was just so touched by Old Gong that his throat felt uncomfortable.
Thinking about how King Jing cared for him so much, he should trust King Jing. Perhaps the mermaid people would be really scary, and King Jing would be very surprised, but he would definitely not let him down.
Li Yu was so agitated that King Jing mistakenly thought that he was afraid that the tribulation wouldn’t go well, so he continued to write, “Don’t worry, I won’t make you wait too long.”
Li Yu’s lips curled up as she nodded vigorously.
Ever since he got together with this person and got married, he had always been at ease.
After this exchange, King Jing knew that Li Yu was going to “pass the tribulation,” so he made a lot of arrangements. Recently, the Emperor had always mentioned the children in his memorial, although it was only a sentence or two. King Jing speculated that the family of six wouldn’t be in the West for too long, but the children were still young. Even if the Emperor wanted to, King Jing didn’t intend to let them run around too much. At least, he would strive for the four children to be weaned …
Although Xiaoyu wasn’t in a hurry to pass the tribulation and could be done slowly, he felt that it was better to do it sooner rather than later. It was safer to choose the place of tribulation in the West. In the West, he had full authority to make decisions. Even if she got pregnant and had children, he could still manage it. If he returned to the imperial city, there would be many restrictions, and he was also worried that Xiaoyu’s identity would be exposed.
In his opinion, the next few days after the wedding were very good. For the wedding, he had already dealt with most of the affairs, and there wouldn’t be anyone who was insensible enough to disturb him during his wedding leave.
However, since he and Xiaoyu were going to pass the tribulation, he had to entrust the children to Wang Xi. Ye Qinghuan hadn’t left yet, so he could catch him to help out.
King Jing was in the Town of Maple. In addition to the mansion that the mayor had prepared for King Jing, Wang Xi had also secretly bought some properties in case of emergency. King Jing picked one of the houses. It was located not far from the mansion and was connected to the mansion by a secret passage, so it could be used to pass the tribulation. If something happened, he could return to the mansion in time.
After King Jing chose this house, he told Li Yu his thoughts. Li Yu was surprised by King Jing’s meticulousness. He was ashamed to say that he only wanted to prepare water and food, but King Jing had even thought of a place and children. He really didn’t need to worry about anything. Li Yu didn’t have anything else to add.
King Jing secretly ordered people to clean up the house as soon as possible. He also asked Aunt Xu to prepare a lot of food that Li Yu liked to eat, dry food, and fish food. He filled a cart full of food. Not to mention three days, there was enough food for 30 days.
As the person with the highest status in the western border, King Jing didn’t need to reveal where he was taking Princess Consort. However, he had to explain to Wang Xi and Ye Qinghuan. King Jing’s intention was to pretend to go hunting, but he rarely went to the hunting grounds in the Imperial City. Using this excuse was too perfunctory. Li Yu wanted to help more or less. He had an idea and thought of the honeymoon.
“Your Highness, when we get married, we will go on a honeymoon. It’s when the newly married couple goes out to play and relax.”
Li Yu thought that he had suffered a great loss. Why did the mission take three days? He honestly told King Jing that it would take three days. They should spend a few more days together.
Since he said it, King Jing agreed and told Ye Qinghuan and Wang Xi.
When Eunuch Wang heard that His Highness and Princess Consort were going to spend some time alone, he was overjoyed. There were already four young masters and young masters in the residence. Perhaps there would be a few more young ladies this time?
Eunuch Wang happily agreed and applied what he had learned. He wished His Highness and Princess Consort a happy honeymoon.
Ye Qinghuan was not very willing. Crown Prince Ye, who had been asked to do this, said with a stern face, “Why do I have to take care of your children when you go on a honeymoon?”
King Jing glanced at Wang Xi. Wang Xi burst out laughing, “Crown Prince Ye, His Highness said that you have to take care of them because he thinks highly of you.”
“Bah!” Ye Qinghuan said, “I’m here to attend the wedding banquet. I’m a guest. How can you let a guest do the work? No matter what, you should let me go on a honeymoon with you. ”
King Jing gave him a disdainful look. Xiaoyu had said that it was the husband who went on a honeymoon, and it was the candle (light bulb) who tried to disturb the husband’s honeymoon.
It did not matter whether Ye Qinghuan agreed or not. King Jing set off on time with Li Yu, and the four children were handed over to Ye Qinghuan.
The fish cubs could not speak or move now, but they could hear. They had learned from various conversations that their fathers had gone out and left them in the care of Eunuch Wang and Uncle Ye.
The fish cubs were very familiar with Eunuch Wang. When Eunuch Wang looked after them, Da Bao and Si Bao were all very obedient.
However, this was the first time Uncle Ye had seen that the babies were not very polite to strangers.
Ye Qinghuan was going to be a father soon. Although King Jing was not a human, it did not prevent him from taking good care of the children. It was just that he had just seen three chubby babies who looked like King Jing when he was young. It was not easy for him to distinguish Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao. Er Bao and San Bao would howl whenever they saw each other. They were so noisy that his head hurt. Da Bao had a straight face and a serious expression.
Ye Qinghuan had also been beaten by a chubby baby when he was young. For a moment, he thought that he had seen a real chubby baby and felt a little scared.
He touched his nose and felt that he was thinking too much. Then, he received a look of disdain from the baby.
Ye Qinghuan thought, “… What’s going on? I really want to beat him up!”
However, Heir Ye was an adult and could not hit a baby who did not know anything, so he did not beat him up in the end.
Ye Qinghuan picked up Er Bao and San Bao, then ruffled Da Bao into his arms unskillfully.
He thought that this was also a kind of experience. After a while, his own child would be born.
Ye Qinghuan patted the heads of the three babies and could not help but smile.
Oh, there was also Si Bao. He looked a little like Li Yu and was not as mischievous as the other three babies. He always smiled brightly when he saw Ye Qinghuan.
“Si Bao, hurry up and call me Uncle!”
Ye Qinghuan was excited and pinched Si Bao’s tender little face. He was a typical bully who feared the strong and bullied the weak.
Si Bao was still smiling. Suddenly, he howled and bit Heir Ye’s hand. Although he did not have any teeth, his empty gums left two marks on Ye Qinghuan’s hand.
Heir Ye wailed like a ghost and howled like a wolf.
Li Yu and King Jing soon arrived at the secret residence. King Jing soon sent everyone else away, leaving only the two of them.
They had brought enough food. King Jing ordered people to dig a pond in the courtyard and fill it with clean water. He also brought over a fish tank.
“Your Highness, I … I’m going to start.” Li Yu greeted him.
King Jing pulled him back, took out a brocade pouch from his sleeve, and handed it to Li Yu.
“What is this?” Li Yu asked. King Jing always had many tricks up his sleeves for him.
Under King Jing’s gaze, Li Yu opened the brocade pouch.
He saw an old amulet and a note lying in the brocade pouch.
The note described the amulet’s origins. It was originally an amulet that Empress Xiaohui had asked for for for her unborn child before King Jing was born. In fact, it was considered a relic left behind by the late Empress. King Jing had always treasured it and had never worn it.
Before coming to the Western Frontier, he had specially ordered people to bring the amulet to Zen Master Liao Ran and ask him to consecrate it. It was all for this moment.
Usually, it would be dangerous for a demon to undergo a tribulation. King Jing firmly believed that this amulet could protect Li Yu’s life.
“Your Highness, thank you …”
Li Yu sniffed and hung the amulet around his neck with mixed feelings. He was actually very clear that he wasn’t really undergoing a tribulation. This amulet was at best a piece of paper. Even if something happened, it wouldn’t be of any use. He didn’t expect that King Jing would pour all his heart and trust into this amulet just to cover up his lie.
Even if he had no choice, he still felt very guilty at this moment.
King Jing nodded at him. “You can start now.”
“Your Highness, can you turn around first?”
Li Yu made a final request. He didn’t know what he would become, so he had to give King Jing a buffer, and also give himself a buffer.
King Jing was very understanding of him. As soon as he said this, he obediently turned around.
Li Yu gritted his teeth and quickly entered the System. When the System confirmed whether to start the mission, he chose “Yes” without hesitation.
A thought flashed through his mind. The System said that mermen and murlocs would take turns to appear. He wondered if he would become a merman or murlocs first.
…
Li Yu came back to his senses and felt that his whole body was filled with coldness. His face was a little itchy. He looked down and found that his legs and feet were still there.
Li Yu thought that he hadn’t changed, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn’t speak. He looked again and saw that his hands had become short fish fins. He suddenly realized that the mission had already begun.
Unlike his fish form, which was a complete fish, his actual body was much smaller than a human’s. But right now, his legs and feet were still human, which meant that his human body hadn’t changed, but his hands …
Ah ah ah, this was a murlocs form!
His lower body was human, and his upper body was …!!!
Li Yu hurriedly wanted to cover his face, but his fins were too short. After a while, he felt that he couldn’t breathe properly. It seemed that even though he was half-human and half-fish, the fish half couldn’t leave the water.
Li Yu didn’t dare to look at himself, let alone ask King Jing to turn around. He quickly used his foot to grab a piece of cloth next to him and tried his best to wrap his upper body.
With the cloth over his head, Li Yu sprinted into the courtyard and plunged into the water.
Even if he had confidence in King Jing, he didn’t want to …
Sob sob sob, he didn’t even dare to look at himself, let alone let King Jing see!
King Jing heard a splash as Li Yu jumped into the water.
What was going on?
King Jing didn’t know what Li Yu had become, so he stood by the pool for a while.
The pool in this residence wasn’t as deep as the one in King Jing’s residence. King Jing stood on the shore and could vaguely see Li Yu’s figure.
He also noticed that Xiao Yu didn’t seem to have completely transformed into a fish.
Since Xiao Yu had a history of hiding at the bottom of the water and not coming out, King Jing was afraid that it would be the same this time, so he planned to go into the water soon.
Just as he was about to take off his outer robe, the water rippled, and Xiao Yu swam out of the water.
Xiao Yu? King Jing was very worried.
At this moment, Li Yu didn’t say a word. His upper body and face were tightly wrapped in a cloth as he stood in the water.
There were two holes in the cloth, and Li Yu looked at King Jing through the holes. Sob sob sob, Your Highness, don’t come over!
Both of them couldn’t speak. Li Yu stared at King Jing nervously. Whenever King Jing came close, he would back away.
After a few times, King Jing knew that he was avoiding him.
King Jing thought for a while, then reached out a hand to pull Li Yu out of the water. Li Yu instinctively wanted to catch it, but just as his fin was revealed a little, he remembered that he couldn’t reach it, so he quickly retracted his hand.
King Jing was speechless.
King Jing had good eyesight, so he had already caught a glimpse of the hidden fin. He was stunned for a moment, but he could roughly guess why Xiao Yu had covered his face and upper body.
… He was indeed a little surprised.
King Jing coughed softly. Since Xiao Yu didn’t want him to come close, how could he comfort Xiao Yu?
King Jing glanced around and found a bamboo pole.
Li Yu also saw it. He and King Jing had to be in contact. Perhaps the bamboo pole could be used to send messages?
Li Yu waited expectantly. Then, he saw King Jing cut off half of his sleeve, tie it to the bamboo pole, and slowly approach him with the bamboo pole.
Li Yu was puzzled.
The bamboo pole gently brushed the top of his head with his sleeve.
This action … Li Yu was stunned.
