The Disabled Tyrant’s Pet Palm Fish [Transmigration] - Chap 60
Chap 60
Li Yu continued to look at plenty of trinkets along the side of the road. However, because of the
heartless merchant earlier, his mood was affected. This time, he really only looked around
instead of shopping.
When Li Yu finally reached the restaurant that he was very much looking forward to, Wang Xi
had already brought people to wait in front of the elegant two stories, little building for them.
The restaurant’s name was “Drunken Spring Gale.” Li Yu personally thought it sounded rather
unique, especially since this was basically a barbecue shop; that made it even more interesting.
Wang Xi already booked the best private room in the restaurant ahead of time and told Jing-
wang and Li Yu that the signature dishes were all prepared. When Li Yu thought about the hot
skewered meat and roasted whole lamb waiting for him, his pace quickened more so than usual.
Jing-wang naturally observed all of this.
When they reached the private room, the thick aroma of roasted meat greeted them immediately.
Li Yu took some deep inhales. Really too amazing. Almost the same as in the modern era!
Even though he was in a hurry, Li Yu still knew to let Jing-wang go first. Bringing along his soul
that was almost ready to fly out and gorge itself heartily, Li Yu swiftly moved aside.
However, Jing-wang only walked over, grabbed his hand, and pulled him together to the seats.
No chance to respond, Li Yu suddenly felt a warmth around his claw; Jing-wang was already
pulling him to the head seat. Li Yu didn’t know if he should let go or hold on. This was the first
time such a noble guest like Jing-wang has arrived in this restaurant. The owner of the restaurant
had brought along several attendants and they were all following behind Jing-wang and Li Yu. If
Li Yu shook Jing-wang’s hand off, would it make Jing-wang lose face?
When he finally remembered frustratingly that Jing-wang’s face had nothing to do with fish,
Jing-wang already sat down. Reaching a hand out and giving a tug, Jing-wang also made Li Yu
sit down.
Li Yu immediately discovered that something didn’t seem right. His seat was right next to Jing-
wang. Although when they were writing and drawing together before, they had also sat side by
side. Now that Li Yu knew that Jing-wang liked him, and also, now that Li Yu had been scared
stiff from the experience of being called wangfei, Li Yu realized very quickly this time that the
seat next to the Wangye should be for the wangfei.
He still didn’t manage to wash clean the title of wangfei yet. If he sat down just like this,
wouldn’t he be taking the seat for real?
While Li Yu still hesitated, Jing-wang took matters into his own hand. He pulled off a lamb leg
from the roasted lamb and put it in a small bowl in front of Li Yu.
Li Yu’s eyes immediately light up. Ao! Such a huuuuge, delicioooous smelling, golden, crispy
looking lamb leg. He’s never eaten one before!
Li Yu unconsciously sat in front of the bowl. Beside the bowl were several silver saucers that
were filled with chili powder, cumin, peanuts, black bean, and other such sauces. Li Yu said
pleasantly surprised: “There are this many choices?”
The restaurant owner hastily explained to Li Yu: “This is part of JinJue customs. You can eat the
roasted meat by itself or dipped in sauce.”
Li Yu liked this kind of custom a lot. He started trying to mix the dipping sauces. In the end, Li
Yu placed a lot of chili powder and cumin together with a little sprinkle of sesame. Then, he
raised his head and asked the owner: “Are there any sesame oil and garlic powder?”
Li Yu actually wanted to ask for oyster sauce, but he felt like there shouldn’t be oyster sauce in
ancient times. Therefore, he changed it at the last minute to sesame oil, which was an oil that was
just as fragrant.
The owner immediately knew that this one was someone who knew how to eat and hastily
answered: “Yes.. yes.”
Because many nobles didn’t like those two tastes, the owner didn’t place them on the table in
fear of offending them. Now, he hastily ordered his assistants to bring them out.
Li Yu very quickly finished mixing his sauces and felt extremely accomplished. He gave a
glance at Jing-wang. Jing-wang still hasn’t placed anything in his bowl yet.
Li Yu thought internally. Did Jing-wang…… not know how to eat this?
Afterall, most princes often ate steamed or boiled foods. They rarely ate roasted things. Although
Jing-wang gave Li Yu the lamb leg, he only picked up a piece of plain white meat for himself.
And he only ate half of it.
“Your highness, let me help you?” Li Yu asked in a tiny, tiny voice.
Jing-wang has been waiting for him for quite a while. With a smile, he placed his bowl in front
of Li Yu without hesitation.
As Li Yu placed seasoning inside the bowl, he attentively asked: “Your highness, do you eat
garlic?” “Do you eat peanuts, your highness?”
Meanwhile, his highness only watched amorously as Li Yu got busy, randomly nodding and
shaking his head, not even knowing what he was agreeing to.
In a flash, a bowl of well-prepared sauces came back over.
It made Jing-wang absentmindedly recall the bowl of cucumber salad that Xiao Yu had made for
him previously.
Li Yu said: “Okay. These are all according to your tastes. Why don’t you give it a try, your
highness. It’ll definitely be more flavorful than just eating plain white meat.”
Jing-wang nodded his head. Ignoring Wang-gonggong’s worried little expression, he picked up a
piece of meat, dipped it into the mixed sauce, and ate it without any change in his expression.
Tasty. His highness smiled faintly in satisfaction.
Li Yu very quickly ate half of his lamb leg and then drank some lamb meat soup. He also tried a
plate of stewed beef– Although his knife skills looked very ugly and the pieces he cut were not
very good looking, it was at least edible. Pretty much all of it went into Jing-wang’s stomach.
After eating for a while, someone outside suddenly announced that the heir of ChengEn Palace
estate had arrived and was looking for Jing-wang. Li Yu: “……”
Li Yu put down the lamb leg in his hand. Wang-gonggong picked this opportune time to hand
over a clean hand towel to him. Li Yu wiped at his oily fingers and mouth and then looked
skeptically at Jing-wang: Why did Ye-shizi come here? Other than inviting him to wander
around the marketplace, did Jing-wang also call Ye QingHuan?
Li Yu was overthinking. Of course Jing-wang didn’t invite any “irrelevant” people. Ye-shizi was
the one who found out that Jing-wang was eating at “Drunken Spring Gale” and also wanted to
come over to get in on the action.
As for why Ye QingHuan would know…. Jing-wang shot an eye dagger over. Wang Xi guiltily
touched his nose. He was Jing-wang’s weather vane. If Ye-shizi figured out his location, then
he’d also know where Jing-wang was.
Jing-wang ordered Wang Xi to let Ye QingHuan inside. This time, Ye-shizi, who had always led
his dog around all over the place, was finally not alone anymore.
Ye QingHuan brought a skinny little young gongzi along with him. This gongzi didn’t lose at all
to Chu YanYu’s gentle and feminine beauty. He had a pair of lively peach blossom eyes, cute
and perky nose, and small cherry like mouth. His two hands were wrapped firmly around Ye
QingHuan’s elbow.
Li Yu jumped in shock at this view of Ye QingHuan. In the original setting, Ye QingHuan was
an only son, without any blood related brothers. Therefore, the youth in front of them right now
definitely can’t be Ye-shizi’s younger brother. Yet to be so intimate with Ye QingHuan made
them seem very strange.
And plus, wasn’t Ye-shizi about to get married to the JinJue Princess? Why would he be this
close to some youth?
Unless……
Li Yu thought of a possibility and inconspicuously gave a sideways glance at Jing-wang. Was
homosexuality contagious?
Ye QingHuan never acted like an outsider in front of Jing-wang, but now that he brought the
young gongzi inside the private room, he actually behaved somewhat shyly. Not saying a word,
he just buried his head and started to laugh foolishly.
Li Yu felt it was even more suspicious.
At first, the youth beside Ye QingHuan also looked somewhat cautious and judgmental. Seeing
no response from Li Yu and then seeing Jing-wang, the youth suddenly covered his mouth and
let out a soft noise.
With this noise, he immediately exposed himself. Because this was a soft and beautiful female
voice. Jing-wang and Ye QingHuan exchanged gazes for a moment. With some additional
thought, it was easy to figure out this person’s identity. Meanwhile, Li Yu was still immersed in
the thoughts: “this youth is actually a girl disguising as a man,” “why would Ye-shizi bring a girl
dressed as a man out shopping,” “Did Ye-shizi like someone else” and other such dog-blooded,
dramatic guesses.
Accidentally, he mumbled out what he was thinking. Ye QingHuan said with a smile: “There’s
no one else. This one here is the Princess.”
Li Yu: Huh???
Li Yu was still thinking about whether Ye QingHuan was doing something unforgivable to the
JinJue Princess. But actually the youth next to Ye QingHuan– was the JinJue Princess herself.
Li Yu felt even more astonished than before. He once saw this princess from far far away at the
national banquet. The princess even spoke up for fish and rebuked the 2nd Prince before.
However, at that time he was inside a fishbowl and didn’t manage to see the princess clearly.
Therefore, when the princess came out disguised as a boy, he didn’t manage to recognize her.
“Hello to the two of you.” The JinJue Princess replied and gave Jing-wang and Li Yu friendly
nods. According to status, Jing-wang wasn’t lower than the JinJue Princess. Therefore, he
naturally didn’t have to greet the princess respectfully. Li Yu pondered his status for a moment
and quietly moved his chair back. However, Jing-wang suddenly placed a hand on his shoulder.
Despite exerting his full strength, Li Yu still didn’t manage to stand up.
Li Yu: “……”
Ye QingHuan laughed out loud and said: “Please don’t worry about it, Li-gongzi. Sooner or
later, we’ll all be relatives.”
During his last visit to Jing estate, Ye QingHuan already learned that Jing-wang had a person he
really liked– Li-gongzi. Li-gongzi was normally hidden away carefully by Jing-wang. Ye
QingHuan hasn’t even seen this person before and had wanted to meet him for quite some time.
After learning that Jing-wang brought Li-gongzi outside to wander around the marketplace, Ye
QingHuan immediately decided to bring the Princess out as well.
JinJue customs were pretty open-minded. They didn’t have any rules preventing betrothed
couples from seeing each other. Men and women in love can also date. At first, Ye QingHuan
was very terrified of marriage. Later, he gradually got over it and actively went to see the King
of JinJue. He requested earnestly to spend more time with the Princess to develop their
relationship. The King of JinJue liked Ye-shizi a lot so naturally he fully agreed.
The JinJue Princess originally also didn’t really like this fiance who was labeled “mature and
sturdy” by the Emperor. However, after learning that Ye-shizi had a dog, the little princess
immediately changed her view of Ye QingHuan. This Princess had loved raising pets since a
young age. Cats, rabbits, etc, she’s raised them all. Originally, she thought that she might not be
able to raise anymore pets once she got married into her husband’s family. Unexpectedly, her
future husband shared a common interest with her. Not to mention, Ye-shizi was a relatively
outstanding person in his generation. Now that the little princess has seen Ye QingHuan, she was
starting to like him more and more.
The JinJue Princess was similar to Ye QingHuan in that she was also meeting Li-gongzi for the
first time. At first, she was reserved and didn’t know what to say. However, the little princess
still remembered the little carp that appeared at the national banquet. Therefore, she became
rather excited to see the master of the fish, Jing-wang.
“Did your highness bring fish this time?” The JinJue Princess asked curiously.
Jing-wang’s fish– was actually right by Jing-wang’s side.
Li Yu and Jing-wang both thought this. Li Yu considered if he should take out the crystal bottle.
On the premise of not allowing the JinJue Princess to come too close, he would let the princess
take a look from afar.
While Li Yu was wracking his brains, Jing-wang only smiled and lazily shot a glance at Wang
Xi.
Wang-gonggong immediately spoke blindly for his master with his eyes wide open: “Very
unfortunately, princess. His highness didn’t bring fish today.”
The fish who was left behind: “…….”
Sitting in his seat, Li Yu restlessly glanced towards Jing-wang’s hand with the corner of his eyes.
The gold chain from the crystal bottle was still wrapped around Jing-wang’s palm, yet Jing-wang
was still capable of ordering Wang Xi to lie without even batting an eye.
Big scoundrel, how come you’re not allowing the princess to see fish?
However, not letting her see was also helping Li Yu. Hehe. Now he didn’t need to worry about
the Princess seeing something she shouldn’t.
The JinJue princess received a tactful declination. However, this princess was very similar to her
future husband, Ye QingHuan. She didn’t actually mind Jing-wang’s cold attitude and said with
a big smile: “Then I can see it next time?”
The JinJue Princess’s expression visibly indicated that she not only wanted to just look with her
eyes, but also wanted to pet with her hands.
This princess was a heavenly beauty. When she smiled, she became even more radiant.
Unfortunately, Jing-wang still didn’t give face just because the other was a woman and his future
relative. He decisively shook his head.
No. Not going to happen. Go pet your own!
Ye QingHua, Li Yu: “……”
Although Jing-wang didn’t allow the JinJue Princess to pet his fish, the barbecue eating team
was still forcibly increased in size with the addition of two more pairs of chopsticks.
Ye QingHuan wanted to bring the Princess outside for some fun also because he considered that
the princess had left JinJue for a long period of time. She should be missing home. This
marketplace and restaurant were filled with JinJue’s atmosphere. He felt like the princess would
definitely like it a lot.
Sure enough, when the little princess saw the beef and lamb meat all over the table, her eyes
curved like the crescent moon as she started conversing cheerfully with him.
The princess elegantly ordered one of her accompanied maids to cut off a lamb leg for her. She
nodded towards Ye QingHuan. Ye QingHuan happily gave a ‘please, go ahead’ gesture.
The princess immediately rolled up her sleeves and grabbed the lamb leg with her hand. Ye
QingHuan: “……”
With an extremely fast speed, the princess decimated a lamb leg with the force of a tornado,
wiped her mouth, and placed the sheep bone on the plate. Then she gracefully ordered her maid
to go cut another one.
Lips trembling, Ye QingHuan turned to look at Jing-wang’s side. Jing-wang’s Li-gongzi was
also gnawing on a piece of lamb meat, eating with one hand holding the lamb leg and the other
hand holding chopsticks. Accidentally smearing some sauce on the corner of his mouth, Li-
gongzi was just about to lick it off with his tongue when Jing-wang suddenly leaned over and
coincidentally blocked Ye QingHuan’s view.
Ye QingHuan: “…….”
Blocking for quite a while, Jing-wang sat back down again; Li-gongzi’s fair white face was
completely flushed red. Most importantly, the sauce on the corner of his mouth had mysteriously
disappeared and his lips had turned red and swollen as well.
Jing-wang very joyfully licked his lips.
Ye QingHuan: “………..”
Ye QingHuan turned to look at his still ever graceful fiancee and wailed internally. In terms of
being shameless, he lost completely again!
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