The Disabled Tyrant’s Pet Palm Fish [Transmigration] - Chap 39
Chap 39
Jing Wang memorized the carp demon’s name, thinking the surname Li and first name Yu was
pretty fitting. Calling him Xiao Yu regularly before wasn’t even wrong.
However, the demons in the stories were at least a few hundred if not thousands of years old. A
demon that’s only 18; This kind of age was old enough for a human, but to a demon, it was still
too young.
However, it’s not impossible the age that the carp demon told him was fake…… but this didn’t
hinder Jing-wang’s assumptions. He had long felt that this carp demon didn’t have a very high
cultivation. After all, this demon can only maintain human shape for two hours.
As for why he came here, the carp demon seemed to want to keep it a secret. Jing-wang wasn’t
in a hurry to investigate because he didn’t want to scare Xiao Yu away.
Jing-wang continued to write: why save me.
Li Yu: ???
From the start, Li Yu never considered helping Jing-wang clean his eyes was anything important.
To him, it was only doing what he could.
Thinking back and forth, he thought Jing-wang was asking about the matter with ChengEn
Palace Estate. Li Yu stated as briefly as possible: “I coincidentally learned about the 2nd Prince’s
scheme and thought I’d inform Ye-shizi to raise his vigilance. But I only wrote the letter.
Everything else that followed depended completely on the strategy you and Ye-shizi concocted.
So it really doesn’t count as me saving you.”
Jing-wang was briefly stunned by this side-tracked answer. After he recovered, he didn’t actually
correct anything. Xiao Yu didn’t even take the credit for such a big contribution such as saving
Ye QingHuan, helping him clean his eyes probably was even more insignificant to the fish.
In his heart, Jing-wang felt more and more satisfied towards this fish.
Jing-wang then wrote: Where do you live right now?
Li Yu thought, wasn’t he still living at Jing Estate right now, interacting with Jing-wang from
sunrise to sunset?
But saying this would definitely make Jing-wang suspicious. Therefore, Li Yu created a lie and
said: “I…… have no permanent residence and drift around all over……”
Jing-wang: “…….”
Jing-wang really wanted to expose this fish, but at this moment, outside of the waiting room
were still the Emperor, the concubines, and such people. He couldn’t pick this kind of crucial
moment to reveal the truth.
Not only can he not expose the truth, he needed to do everything he could to protect the secret.
It’s best to immediately settle the human form of this lying little fish into the Jing Estate as well
and brand Xiao Yu with his mark. To directly appear inside the Imperial Palace like this was too
conspicuous, and also too dangerous.
Since you have no place to stay, come to the Jing Estate. Jing-wang wrote nonstop.
Li Yu: “……”
Li Yu couldn’t believe it. Was Jing-wang……willing to provide him, someone of unknown
origins, a place to stay?
“Are… are you offering me shelter?” Li Yu wanted to confirm again: “But why? We’ve
only…… met a few times?”
Jing-wang wrote with a serious expression: You saved me, saved ChengEn Palace Estate. I trust
you.
Li Yu: “……”
So the identity issue that troubled him for such a long time was… this easily resolved?
“But if I enter the Jing Estate…… I’m, I’m very busy. I’m afraid I might not have time to help
you do anything……”
Li Yu had a difficult expression on his face. If he could stick his identity under the Jing Estate’s
name, that would naturally be great. In the future, he’d be able to walk around the Prince’s
Estate. But if this happened, he actually needed to help Jing-wang do things instead of just
freeloading inside the Estate. According to his condition of only being able to turn into a human
for two hours per day, the most he could do was sweep a courtyard. The Jing Estate shouldn’t be
lacking in this aspect right?
No one was more aware of this fish’s daily activities than Jing-wang. Eating and drinking
everyday. Occasionally accompanying him while he read or drew. Most of the time the fish spent
blowing bubbles, swimming around. Other than that, it covered itself with the grass leaf blanket
and slept soundly.
Lately, the carp demon didn’t even bother absorbing essence. Who knew if it was being lazy or
fake busy. Jing-wang has quite the complaints.
No matter what, making the fish sweep a courtyard was not possible. Jing-wang wrote: No need
to worry about too much. You only need to do one thing well to stay in the Prince’s Estate.
“……what is it?” Li Yu asked in anticipation.
Jing-wang: I have a fish. When I’m not present, help me raise my fish.
Li Yu: !!!
Jing-wang seemed almost afraid Li Yu didn’t understand and even extended a finger to point
towards the direction of the crystal bottle. When the two people sat down just now, Li Yu
deliberately used his body to block the view of the crystal bottle so Jing-wang wouldn’t discover
that the fish inside the crystal bottle had disappeared.
As a result, Jing-wang really did seem like he didn’t discover anything. Otherwise, he wouldn’t
specifically point at it for Li Yu to see.
So Jing-wang wants him to raise fish?
Li Yu hastily nodded in agreement. He definitely needed to accept this good offer. He didn’t
understand anything else, but he was still pretty adept at raising himself.
Li Yu said in delight: “Ok. I can do this! I can help your highness raise fish!”
The two people were just conversing when a knock abruptly sounded from outside of the waiting
room. Jing-wang gave Li Yu a sideways glance. Li Yu swiftly covered his mouth.
Wang Xi said from outside: “Your highness, the Emperor is asking about you.”
Jing-wang used the excuse of changing clothes to come to the waiting room at the side hall, but
it’s not like he could stay for 2 hours. Jing-wang gave Li Yu another look and then wrote: You
may watch fish for me right now. The waiting room will be guarded. Rest assured.
Jing-wang gently patted Li Yu on the shoulder.
“Your highness…..”
A warm current surged in Li Yu’s heart in that split second. He sniffled, feeling touched. Jing-
wang just solved all of the issues worrying Li Yu the most for him. Not only that, he even told Li
Yu to rest assured.
Because there were Jing-wang’s words, Li Yu believed them wholeheartedly.
No wonder he’d be so happy to learn that Jing-wang was willing to provide him shelter. Because
staying by the tyrant master’s side made him feel the safest.
Jing-wang walked out of the waiting room by himself and ordered Wang Xi to guard it in his
stead, not permitting anyone to enter.
Although Wang Xi didn’t understand, he still followed the instructions.
The Emperor ordered the imperial physician to examine the injury on Qiu-shi’s arm again, but
the physician didn’t find anything new. The Emperor himself was also feeling, perhaps he was
overthinking this and wrongfully accused Qiu-shi. His expression towards Qiu-shi became
somewhat better.
With all of the concubines present, it was impossible for Qiu-shi to remain lying in bed this
entire time. Not long afterwards, she accompanied the Emperor and came out to greet the other
concubines.
Seeing how, despite her illness, Qiu-shi had exquisite makeup and was wearing a flimsy, little
short robe, Concubine Qian silently cursed this foxy seductress in her heart. However,
Concubine Qian ultimately couldn’t insult her right in front of the Emperor’s face. Since the
Emperor didn’t punish Qiu-shi again, concubine Qian followed the Emperor closely.
Momentarily holding back her suspicions towards Qiu-shi, she affectionately called Qiu-shi
sister.
When Qiu-shi was still Guifei, Qiu-shi really looked down on concubine Qian who didn’t match
against her good looks. Yet now she actually pandered to concubine Qian’s cheerful
conversation, acting as if the two people had a really good relationship or something.
Jing-wang was originally in a black colored robe. Now, he changed into a sapphire blue robe
with silver linings and came out. For once, the Emperor did not see the crystal bottle he carried
around constantly and teased him: “After getting wet a few times, now you know finally learn to
put it down?”
Wang Xi was in charge of guarding the waiting room so he didn’t accompany Jing-wang. Jing-
wang thought that explaining himself and also let the Emperor understand his thoughts was
somewhat troublesome. So he simply remained silent and let the Emperor misunderstand.
Qiu-shi and Concubine Qian chatted idly. Jing-wang glanced at Qiu-shi from afar. Although he
secretly sent people to give the info to the 3rd Prince. It looks like the 3rd Prince didn’t really
make much progress.
With scheming thoughts, concubine Qian attempted to touch Qiu-shi’s arm several times.
However, Qiu-shi was very vigilant and always had loyal servants protecting her side. They
promptly nudged away concubine Qian. Unable to get close, concubine Qian felt somewhat
anxious regarding the task her son gave her. At the same time, she couldn’t raise Qiu-shi’s
suspicions.
The 3rd Prince was also in a difficult situation. Although he received the info, he was still
skeptical. His people went to find that servant, Huan Hua, inside the imperial gardens. But he
really couldn’t rashly suggest examining Qiu-shi’s injury again unless more aspects of this
situation came to light. By all appearances, Qiu-shi was his step mother after all.
The 6th Prince thought the same as him and continued to hint that he should wait for news.
Therefore, the 3rd Prince could only make roundabout inquiries about Qiu-shi’s injury. After a
while, even the Emperor became somewhat annoyed and stared coldly at the 3rd Prince. The 3rd
Prince was afraid of being too deliberate and making the Emperor displeased. After a while, he
naturally quieted down.
Qiu-shi assumed that her scheme had prevailed by now and knelt down to beg: “Your majesty,
Zhao-er(2) has really learned from his mistake. Now that I’ve been injured, he is very concerned
about my well-being. Since he left the Imperial palace, I haven’t seen him at all. Can I plead
leniency from you to allow Zhao-er(2) into the palace to accompany me? I will be forever
grateful.”
For Mu TianZhao(2) to scheme against ChengEn Palace Estate, Qiu-shi also knew he caused
huge trouble. She didn’t dare to ask the Emperor for a direct pardon, but instead begged him to
lift Marquis An’s solitary confinement first. As long as he could enter the imperial palace, they
could gently resolve the rest later. Although the 2nd Prince has been given the title of Marquis by
the Emperor in haste, according to Qiu-shi’s understanding of the Emperor, as long as the
Emperor’s heart softened once, in the future, she can slowly make him happy little by little. Who
knows, maybe she could even make the Emperor change his mind and give Marquis An the title
of Wang……
Even the mute 5th prince can get the title of Wang, how could Qiu-shi accept this. Her Zhao-
er(2) was the oldest of all the princes!
Qiu-shi was actually pretty good at guessing the Emperor’s mood. However, since the Emperor
already saw Marquis An’s request, for Qiu-shi to come begging for the same thing, the
Emperor’s heart turned cold once more. Qiu-shi was indeed injured by the fire, but was this some
kind of meritorious achievement? Why were they coming one after the other to request for his
favor?
The Emperor said coolly: “Recuperate from your injury first. Don’t bring up anything else.”
The Emperor didn’t actually yield. Qiu-shi was stunned. Even though her stomach was filled
with words, she didn’t dare to request again.
The Emperor didn’t want to discuss Marquis An anymore and purposely changed the topic: “Oh
right, Jing-wang’s fish. You’ve seen it before, right?”
……fish?
When she heard this word, all of Qiu-shi’s humiliating memories gushed forth like a flood. She
could forget everyone but she would never forget this shadow in her heart. The terrifying
memory of getting hit in the face by a fish almost made her bite her lip and break skin. She stated
in panic: “Why would your majesty suddenly mention fish?”
The Emperor said: “This fish is no ordinary fish. Now it grew gold scales. I feel like this is a
rather good sign. You should have a look as well.”
For Zhongcui Palace to set on fire, it was really unlucky. The Emperor viewed Jing-wang’s fish
as an auspicious sign and remembered that Qiu-shi seemed to dislike this fish. Naturally, he
hoped Qiu-shi would stop being obstinate and use this opportunity to reconcile with Jing-wang.
There was no need to drag in Marquis An? Also, it might wash away the unlucky aura on Qiu-
shi.
Qiu-shi: Huh??
Qiu-shi couldn’t follow the Emperor’s train of thought. The Emperor already turned towards
Jing-wang with a smile and ordered Jing-wang to bring the little carp over.
Jing-wang’s heart squeezed. Two hours haven’t passed, who knows if Xiao Yu changed back
yet.
There was no way Jing-wang could bring Xiao Yu out of the waiting room right now. Therefore,
he thought of a plan to stall for time. Because Wang Xi wasn’t by his side, Jing-wang asked Luo
RuiSheng for a brush and ink. He lifted the brush and wrote slowly. All of this wasted some
more time.
The Emperor saw Jing-wang’s bold, magnificent calligraphy and felt pretty happy. What Jing-
wang meant was approximately: just now when he was changing clothes inside the waiting room
at the side hall, he fed the fish at the same time. The fish ate too much and was taking a short nap
right now.
The Emperor: “……”
The Emperor felt a deep awkwardness briefly. He knew Jing-wang loved this fish. Also the fish
now grew gold scales. The Emperor thought this kind of auspicious sign meant the fish was not
the same as regular fish, that it required a special kind of tolerance.
The Emperor said with a smile: “Since it’s like this, then as punishment, Jing-wang must play a
few games with me while we wait tentatively.”
Jing-wang nodded and agreed. Luo RuiSheng immediately ran off to get the Go board.
When the Emperor played Go with other people, he pretty much never lost. While facing Jing-
wang, however, he lost twice in a row. Nevertheless, each of these rounds, Jing-wang only won
by a hair. The Emperor smiled and cursed internally: What a stinky brat!
Nevertheless, despite losing, the Emperor was still unperturbed.
During the matches, the 3rd Prince came over to look at the game, wanting to join the scene.
Unfortunately, the 3rd Prince’s Go skills were the worst amongst all of the princes. He couldn’t
even understand what he was looking at. Speaking occasionally only made the Emperor feel like
he was an eyesore; the emperor ordered the 3rd Prince to move to the side.
The 3rd Prince then looked at Jing-wang, eyes full of admiration, envy, and resentment. Before
he did want to win over Jing-wang, but now, he felt somewhat cautious as well.
The 6th Prince reached out and pulled at him with a smile: “3rd elder brother, observers
shouldn’t talk. Plus, I also don’t really understand Go. You should come wait with me to the
side.”
Because the 6th Prince came to help the 3rd Prince out of an awkward situation in a timely
fashion, the Emperor unexpectedly gave this transparent son of his an extra glance.
Jing-wang calculated the time. When it was about time, he finally got up and headed to the
waiting room to find the fish.
Wang Xi has been dutifully guarding in front of the waiting room. Jing-wang said to not allow
anyone inside, so he didn’t allow anyone inside. Even the servants who wanted to enter the
waiting room to place tea were blocked.
The conversation with the Emperor outside was filled with trepidation, as if walking on thin ice;
inside the waiting room, however, Li Yu was extremely relaxed without any worries or care.
When Jing-wang left, he left behind the jade box that was used to feed fish. There were fish food
and all kinds of desserts and snacks inside, everything that the fish liked.
Li Yu ended up holding the jade box, eating as he waited for the time passed. With Jing-wang
outside, he felt extremely calm. The time seemed to pass quickly again. When the System started
the countdown, he covered up the jade box well and obediently went to wait next to the
fishbowl……
Li Yu just jumped back into the crystal bottle when Jing-wang returned.
Ao! Master! Fish obediently fed himself! Li Yu wagged his tail enthusiastically.
The little carp was originally somewhat worried that with the ‘disappearance’ of his human form,
Jing-wang would go searching again. However, Jing-wang didn’t. He walked over directly and
carried away the fish and crystal bottle.
“Your highness, the person inside the waiting room just now……” Wang Xi wanted to ask about
the whereabouts of the male concubine who always abruptly appeared out of nowhere and then
abruptly disappeared into thin air.
Jing-wang gave him a sideways glance: Already left.
Wang Xi: ???
Wang-gonggong didn’t get it at all. The little carp who was being carried by Jing-wang’s side,
however, felt his heart relax again.
Looks like Jing-wang was already used to his abrupt disappearances.
Li Yu was brought in front of the Emperor by Jing-wang. The little carp was also very surprised
to see Qiu-shi. Why was Guifei-niangniang still here? Did no one expose her yet?
Or was this scene not the same as the one he was aware of?
The Emperor ordered Jing-wang to bring the fish close. At the same time, he also ordered Qiu-
shi to walk closer. Qiu-shi was stiff all over, staring in trepidation at the fish inside the crystal
bottle, eyeballs almost falling out.
Although there were gold scales growing on the fish’s stomach and tail, she was certain that this
was the fish that smacked her on the face before. Even if this abominable fish turned into dust,
she could still recognize it!
Because the Emperor wanted her to see this fish, even if Qiu-shi was utterly unwilling, she
couldn’t go against the Emperor’s wishes. Especially since she could feel the regard the Emperor
had for this fish from his words and actions.
Qiu-shi forced herself to walk close, lips trembling as she smiled with difficulty. She wanted to
say a few words of praise, but since she privately cursed this fish a thousand times, suddenly
requiring her to sing eulogy, Qiu-shi couldn’t do it!
Li Yu trembled in fear because of Qiu-shi’s stiff smile. Then, fish smelled the fragrance of
cypress.
Huh? So Guifei-niangniang was using the original scheme. Then why hasn’t the 6th Prince and
3rd Prince done anything?
Li Yu secretly glanced at the 3rd Prince. This idiot had an extremely bitter expression like he
practically wished to jump over here in front of the fish. Li Yu immediately understood. Was the
3rd Prince useless and unable to find a good opportunity to shake everything out?
This didn’t look good. Li Yu thought. Looks like he and Guifei-niangniang were really brought
together by fate. Now it’s his turn to shake things up!
Always flipping onto his belly was no fun, Li Yu smiled mischievously. Looks like he’ll try
something different this time.
Qiu-shi looked at the fish, without blinking at all. Suddenly, she had a strange premonition. Was
this fish about to cause trouble again–
The fish waved its tail at her unceasingly. The black colored tail that carried a thread of gold was
attractive and pretty. As she looked at it, Qiu-shi became somewhat entranced. Suddenly, this
fish shook all over. With a bloop, it blew out a long series of bubbles, paused, and then shook
again, blowing out a second long series of bubbles.
Qiu-shi: “……”
When the fish blew the first series of bubbles, the Emperor and Jing-wang were closeby. They
both noticed it.
The Emperor said in surprise: “TianChi, what’s wrong with the fish?”
Jing-wang knew this carp demon came up with some devious plan again. How could he not help
the fish with the follow up? He purposely feigned a heavy face and looked at the ever-present
Wang Xi.
Wang-gonggong immediately spoke what Jing-wang wanted to say: “Your majesty, this fish has
a habit. Every time it smelled something pungent, it’d become uncomfortable. It’s sneezing right
now.”
Li Yu: “…….”
Fine, Wang-gonggong. Fine. This time fish won’t get angry at you for calling it sneezing!
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