The Disabled Tyrant’s Pet Palm Fish [Transmigration] - Chap 57

Chap 57
Li Yu took a brief nap. When the time limit was up, he immediately turned back into fish. Right
now the condition of his cold has lessened a lot. His head was also much clearer than before.

As soon as he returned to the fish tank, Li Yu discovered that his fish pillow had fallen to the
side of the silver stone bed.

How did this fall here?

Perhaps he changed urgently and casually left the pillow behind. Such a careless mistake, Jing-
wang shouldn’t have discovered that this was a fake fish, right?

Even if he discovered it, it’s not too bad. Before he also had a fish pillow. Jin-wang didn’t even
become suspicious at all and even used it to mess with the 2nd Prince.

The real fish felt like this wasn’t a big issue and placed the fish pillow into his interdimensional
space. Then, he laid on the silver stone bed listlessly and counted how long it’d be until he could
use the transformation skill again. Perhaps getting sick made fish feel more delicate, Li Yu
couldn’t help but think that sleeping in a bed was much more comfortable than sleeping on a
stone bed. Plus, when he’s a human, Jing-wang was there to take care of him. When he was a
fish……

Huh? Didn’t Jing-wang say he wanted to bring fish to find Liao Kong?!

Li Yu hopped off the silver stone bed in a flash. Something was not right. Jing-wang discovered
that fish was sick and wanted fish to see a doctor. But then Li Yu changed into Li-gongzi and
fainted onto the floor inside the room. Therefore Jing-wang brought Li-gongzi to see the imperial
physician. Then what about fish?

Uhh… also. Fish got sick because Li-gongzi escaped by water. Jing-wang went in the water in
search of Li-gongzi, but ended up finding an unconscious fish. After that, he brought fish back,
but what about Li-gongzi?

…… Then later, Li-gongzi appeared completely covered in water inside Jing-wang’s room.
Li Yu thought back and forth. The more he thought about it, the stranger it sounded. Would this
have been too coincidental and caused Jing-wang to become aware that Li-gongzi was actually
fish?

Li Yu who suddenly discovered that he was full of holes and contradictions: !!!

He needed to think up a counter plan asap! If Jing-wang discovered that Li-gongzi, the person
that he liked, was actually a fish, then–

A tiny voice in Li Yu’s heart said: so what? Jing-wang definitely wouldn’t be able to accept it, so
he didn’t need to feel so conflicted.

Li Yu: “……”

Li Yu very seriously told himself: If Jing-wang really discovered his secret, then he wouldn’t be
able to continue being a pet fish. He also couldn’t do anymore of the cute pet system’s missions.
Unable to truly turn back into a human, he was only a food ingredient carp who had no support at
all– even if he was pretty much no different than a real koi right now, without anyone to raise
him, he probably won’t be able to survive for long?

Therefore, he can’t let Jing-wang discover his secret. He also couldn’t carelessly poke holes all
over his basket just because he didn’t know how to face Jing-wang’s feelings.

He’s already caused big trouble after all. Li Yu miserably waved his tail. How to deal with this
aftermath became his big headache inducing problem right now.

Li Yu was just thinking when a knocking sound came from outside. After not hearing anyone
replying inside, Jing-wang pushed open the door and came in.

He had made an agreement with Li-gongzi. Li-gongzi might be leaving soon. Jing-wang needed
to wait until Li-gongzi left before he could come back.

Li Yu immediately perceptively swam to the wall of the crystal tank.

His top priority right now was to not let Jing-wang discover that fish and Li-gongzi had
something in common.
For example, Li-gongzi was sick; then fish can no longer be sick. Only by being lively and
vigorous like a tiger would Jing-wang not connect fish and the sickly Li-gongzi together.

But just a few days ago, fish was throwing a tantrum and refusing to let Jing-wang pet him.

Li Yu: “…….”

What the heck did he do when he wasn’t thinking clearly? In front of Jing-wang, Li-gongzi was
Li-gongzi. Fish was fish. Can’t mix them together! If he got it mixed up as well, how can he
guarantee that Jing-wang wouldn’t be able to figure it out!

Li Yu quickly wagged his tail towards Jing-wang and gathered his energy to start swimming in a
mysterious pattern.

Sure enough, Jing-wang cared about his pet fish the most. Every time he entered the room, he’d
head for the crystal fish tank first. Discovering that fish wasn’t so lifeless, Jing-wang’s face color
became better as well. However, despite watching the fish swimming around excitedly, Jing-
wang still didn’t move.

Li Yu: ???

Normally when he was this charming, Jing-wang would definitely pet him. At the very least,
he’d touch the fish’s head. However, despite Li Yu’s many attempts to act cute right now, Jing-
wang only stood with hands to his side, looking pensive and not touching fish.

Li Yu immediately became nervous: Did Jing-wang really notice something?

Just as fish was feeling nervous, Jing-wang finally furrowed his brows and reached his hand into
the fish tank. He gently pulled fish onto the silver stone bed and wrapped him up in the gold silk
grass blanket. After wrapping him up, he also patted fish on the head.

Jing-wang thought to himself: The imperial physician said that he’s not allowed to get chilled.

Fish, who was wrapped up into a spring roll again: ???

Li Yu absentmindedly recalled the grass green blanket with gold lining that Jing-wang wrapped
Li-gongzi in and also the way Jing-wang rubbed Li-gongzi on the head. Did Jing-wang……
Did he really notice?

Otherwise, why would he treat fish and the person the same way? Also how did he know that
fish and Li-gongzi both liked water grass blankets?

As soon as Li Yu thought of this possibility, he instantly felt like the water inside the fish tank all
turned to ice.

At this time, Wang-gonggong quickly walked in from outside, bowed, and asked Jing-wang:
“Your highness, the carriage has been prepared. The palace was also notified ahead. Are you still
planning to enter the palace?”

Jing-wang shook his head.

He wanted to enter the palace because no one could treat Xiao Yu’s illness. He needed to ask the
Emperor if he could see Liao Kong. Now that Imperial Physician Xu had already determined that
Xiao Yu had a cold, and also Xiao Yu had already drank medicine and recovered some of his
energy, looking like he’s much better, there was no need to rush into the palace overnight. He
can first let Xiao Yu recuperate quietly for a few days and then see how the situation goes.

Of course, he still needed to send a letter to Liao Kong in the aftermath. Only after asking Liao
Kong can he feel completely at ease.

Jing-wang’s thoughts were somewhat complicated. He was just about to write them on the paper
and let Wang Xi know when he suddenly saw from the corner of his eyes, the spring roll
wrapped fish rolling off the green blanket on the silver stone bed and plastering its face against
the wall of the crystal fish tank, using black grape-like eyes to look pitifully at him.

Understanding, Jing-wang smiled. So Xiao Yu was scared to see Liao Kong, huh? Normally
demons were usually afraid of monks.

Jing-wang wrote quickly. After he finished, he used his eyes to gesture to Wang Xi to read it
outloud.

Wang Xi, who didn’t really get it: ???
Under his master’s instructions, Wang-gonggong read loudly: “Xiao Yu is fine. No need to find
Liao Kong.”

Li Yu, who successfully “eavesdropped”: oh oh oh. Looks like greeting Jing-wang all lively and
vigorously was correct. See, now Jing-wang thinks fish isn’t sick. So calm and collected, it really
didn’t look like he knew Li-gongzi’s true identity.

After all, if he really knew, shouldn’t Jing-wang be calling Liao Kong to come and exterminate
the demon!?

Li Yu held down his disguise, which seemed like it was tottering on the verse of collapse. He
still felt like he was very safe. As for Jing-wang covering fish and Li-gongzi with similar
blankets……

Li Yu glanced at the grass blanket that he had now draped over himself like a cloak. Perhaps….
Jing-wang was affected by fish’s tastes and also started to like green blankets?

This kind of possibility seemed somewhat more likely than Jing-wang having discovered that Li-
gongzi was fish.

After all, who’d think that people can change into fish?

Li Yu didn’t worry anymore. Jing-wang didn’t suspect him. Li Yu happily rested and
recuperated. The next day, he calculated the time well and transformed. Jing-wang already
ordered people to prepare the medicine and was waiting specifically for him.

Li Yu, who thought asking Jing-wang to spend time with him while he was ill meant giving him
good food to eat and covering him up with the blanket: “……”

Looks like being sick really made fish turn stupid. He actually forgot that after transforming, he
still needed to drink medication!!

The medication that Imperial Physician Xu prescribed was really too bitter. Li Yu didn’t even
want to think about it. No wonder he had forgotten completely about it. However, when he was
not being bullheaded, he was actually pretty reasonable. Although the medicine was hard to
drink, he knew this was good for treating his illness. Now that his fever has gone down, his body
also didn’t feel so terrible. It meant that imperial physician Xu’s prescription was useful. When
Jing-wang carried over the medicinal bowl, Li Yu accepted it straightforwardly and drank it all
in one gulp.

Jing-wang was still holding a silver spoon and planning to feed Xiao Yu the medication scoop by
scoop just like yesterday. Seeing Xiao Yu picking up the bowl and drinking everything in one
go, Jing-wang: “……”

Li Yu’s face scrunched up into a grimace from the bitterness of the medicine. Putting down the
bowl, he discovered that Jing-wang was still silently standing there. Li Yu asked completely
unaware: “Is there something else, your highness?”

Jing-wang put away the silver spoon and slowly shook his head.

Li Yu examined Jing-wang up and down and dazely recalled that this posture was most likely
Jing-wang getting ready to feed Li Yu medicine. But he had already finished drinking the
medicine. Li Yu’s thoughts were very simple. The medicine was so bitter, wouldn’t it be better
to just be decisive about it. Dragging it along would only make the experience even more
painful!

But in the end, he accidentally ruined Jing-wang’s plan. He didn’t do it on purpose!

Li Yu hastily remedied the situation by saying: “I… although I drank all of the medicine, the
medicine is still bitter……”

Jing-wang nodded. If it’s bitter, then you should eat something sweet.

Yesterday he fed Li Yu many pieces of peach blossom cookies. Today, it was still the same
amount.

Head lowered, Jing-wang broke the peach blossom cookies into pieces for Li Yu. This time, Li
Yu learned to be smarter. He didn’t mention at all that he could eat the cookies himself.

The only thing was that Jing-wang kept standing with his back bent. Every time Li Yu who was
lying in bed said something, Jing-wang would lower his head and look over gently at Li Yu.

If this kept going, he definitely wouldn’t be able to take it.
Li Yu said thoughtfully: “Your highness, why don’t you just sit.”

What Li Yu meant was, Jing-wang should find a chair to sit in. There were several sandalwood
chairs inside the room right now, of all types. Unexpectedly, Jing-wang nodded, lifted the hem of
his robes and sat down right at the edge of the bed.

Li Yu: “……”

Li yu still remembered when Jing-wang kissed him forcefully. This sudden close distance made
him somewhat uneasy. But would telling Jing-wang to get up again be making a fuss over
nothing?

Li Yu didn’t want to keep staying angry at Jing-wang. Therefore, he can only scoot a bit inside
himself to increase his distance from Jing-wang.

Fortunately, Jing-wang didn’t seem to notice. Or perhaps he already noticed but didn’t react at
all.

Li Yu swifty finished nibbling on the peach blossom cookies and wiped his mouth. Jing-wang
carried over a white lotus bowl which was covered tightly by a saucer on top.

“What’s this?” The curious fish baby asked.

Looking a bit pleased with himself, Jing-wang lifted the cover. Li Yu discovered that it was
actually a small bowl of cucumber salad. Delighted, Li Yu paused and then asked: “Did Aunti
Xu make this?”

He guessed it immediately. There was no cucumber salad in ancient times. He only made it once
in front of Aunty Xu, therefore, this must be made by Aunty Xu. All of the portions that he made
entered Jing-wang’s stomach. The taste seemed not bad. Who knows how Aunty Xu’s skills
were?

Jing-wang leaned a little closer and gave him a pair of chopsticks.

Li Yu picked up the chopsticks and had one at first for a taste. Then, he ate faster and faster. As
he ate, he gave a thumbs up. After eating too much sweet food, it’s time for something salty. The
cucumber salad that Aunty Xu made was a pleasant surprise. It didn’t even taste bad compared to
the ones he ate in modern times.

Jing-wang smiled. The distance that Xiao Yu did his best to create was seamlessly closed once
again just like this.

Li Yu finished drinking his medicine and then filled his stomach with cookies and cucumber.
Eating his fill, he became somewhat drowsy.

Jing-wang moved the jade pillow to Li Yu’s side and indicated for him to sleep some more.

Li Yu wanted to sleep but was also afraid to because he might oversleep and turn back into a
fish.

He remembered thinking, who knows how far Jing-wang would go for him……

Li Yu said hesitatingly: “If I only wanted to sleep for an hour…… will you wake me up, your
highness?”

Waking someone up was a task for servants. Would Jing-wang do it for him? Li Yu felt a bit
expectant.

However, Jing-wang only looked at Li Yu and nodded naturally, like it was right and proper.
This kind of task that he was overqualified for was even easier than ordering Aunty Xu to make a
cucumber salad.

Seeing Jing-wang replying without hesitation, Li Yu felt his heart pound again.

Wang Xi brought over important information and wanted to tell Jing-wang. However, Jing-wang
specifically told him that while he’s taking care of Li-gongzi, he didn’t want anyone to disturb.
Leaning against the door and peeking through the cracks, Wang-gonggong waited for quite
awhile for Li-gongzi to fall asleep before finally calling Jing-wang softly……

Jing-wang walked out and listened to Wang Xi’s news. He gave Wang Xi a dark and cold look
with his eyes.
Wang Xi understood and said: “That person has been brought to QingXi courtyard, and is
waiting for your judgement.”

Jing-wang raised his hand and flicked off the dust that accidentally landed on his clothes. Then
he pulled something out of his sleeve and gave it to Wang Xi.

Wang Xi accepted it and took a look, verifying that this was a kind of drug.

Wang Xi felt a chill in his heart. His highness was too vicious, however…… this was something
that the other brought upon himself.

Inside the room, someone started sleep-talking. Wang Xi heard Li-gongzi’s voice. Originally,
Jing-wang was enveloped by a cruel aura, but it immediately dissipated cleanly as he hastily
turned around to check Li-gongzi.

Now that Wang Xi received his order, he immediately sent servants to make the arrangements
according to Jing-wang’s wishes.

QingXi Courtyard.

When Chu YanYu was dragged back to his residence, he received a beating again. Perhaps
because of his previous experience, this time, he didn’t faint. However, he practically wished that
he could faint. Thinking how he went through all the difficulty of wandering into the inner
courtyard to drug Jing-wang, but unexpectedly getting caught right on the spot……

It was already bad enough that his plan had failed. In order to seduce Jing-wang, and in order to
completely numb himself, he preemptively fed himself the aphrodisiac as well– he really did
feel something strange and thought that he was burning with desire. He had cried and begged
those people carrying out the punishment to bring him in front of Jing-wang, desperately hoping
that Jing-wang would feel pity for this kind of him.

Taking advantage of the effect of the drug, he did plenty of shameless things without hesitation.
However, later on at the very end, Wang Xi told him coldly, that he didn’t ingest an aphrodisiac
at all. That the so-called aphrodisiac was changed into ground bean powder. It was then that Chu
YanYu realized that his strange feeling was only a misconception caused by having a guilty
conscience. Everyone knew about this, but left him in the dark. Everyone saw his depraved filthy
appearance as he lustfully and willingly begged for love.
Chu YanYu quietly laid on the ground, wishing he were dead.

When Wang Xi brought people over to find him, Chu YanYu didn’t have a chance to respond
when a guard grabbed him by the neck and force fed him a cup of tea.

Chu YanYu didn’t need to think too deeply to know that this wasn’t anything good. He scratched
at his throat and coughed loudly. However, even though he had coughed out tears, he still
couldn’t spit out the tea that he drank.

“What did you give me to drink?” Chu YanYu stared resentfully at Wang Xi with a face full of
tears.

Wang Xi put on a false smile: “The thing that Chu-gongzi wanted to drink, but couldn’t. Did you
already forget it so quickly?”

This– was the real aphrodisiac?!

Jumping in fear, Chu YanYu turned around and wanted to run away, thinking if he could escape
to the 6th Prince’s side, perhaps there’d be someone to protect him and save him. However, he
was currently in the Jing Estate and had injuries on his body. He couldn’t run far. Wang Xi
stepped forwards himself and knocked Chu YanYu over on the floor. Then he tied Chu YanYu’s
hands and feet up.

Chu YanYu very quickly felt the true effects of the aphrodisiac. Trembling all over and eyes
bloodshot, he felt all of his intelligence and reason was swallowed whole. Who was he? Who
was the 6th prince? None of it mattered anymore. He only wanted to find relief or end it directly
with one stab.

He thought Wang Xi made him like this so people could tarnish him, but no one came. After
tying him up and blocking his mouth, Wang Xi closed the door to the room tightly.

“Since Chu-gongzi wanted to have others burn with desire, you should have a taste of how it
feels as well. However, no one will come to help you relieve the effect of this aphrodisiac. Chu-
gongzi, please enjoy it well by yourself. This is his highness’s punishment for you.” With a smile
of disdain, Wang Xi left him with these last words.

Chu YanYu can’t move, nor can he yell. He can only let out muffled cries of agony.
Wang Xi’s figure gradually moved away. What awaited Chu YanYu was a burning fire that
made him feel suffocated and also the endless black night.

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