The author has something to say: In the extra chapter of the parallel world, Jing Li travels back to ancient times and meets Qin Zhao, the regent. Some settings may differ from the main text, so please refer to the extra chapter for details.

All in all, it's just a sweet little cookie that's meant to be pampered, so just take a look.

ps: Since the name Qin Zhao is more convenient to write, I won’t change it back to the original name.

In early spring, the weather warmed up slowly this year, and a rain made the capital seem to have returned to winter overnight.

In the early morning hours, several eunuchs hurried through the inner palace, carrying something covered in red silk. The leading eunuch, the chief eunuch, shrilly and admonished, "Be careful, everyone! The things in here took the emperor countless painstaking efforts to transport. If they get bumped or dented, you won't be able to bear the consequences!"

The young eunuchs nodded in agreement and even broke out in a sweat in this cold spring weather.

This thing doesn't look big, but it's quite heavy. I don't know what it is.

The chief eunuch led several young eunuchs to the emperor's bedroom.

Today was a day off, so the palace door remained closed. The maids and eunuchs lined up outside. The chief eunuch knocked on the door and called in, "Your Majesty, are you awake? The things you ordered have been delivered."

No response.

The head eunuch looked around and raised his voice a little: "You asked the Regent to come to the palace early yesterday morning to discuss birthday arrangements. It's getting late now. If you delay any longer, the Regent will probably come to the palace. If the prince sees you still sleeping..."

He didn't finish his words and paused for a moment. There was a clang from the door, followed by a young man's voice: "I'm awake, come in!"

The bedroom was dimly lit. The eunuchs opened the windows and lit lamps throughout the room, finally brightening it up a bit. The recently crowned Emperor Qi Xuan sat on the dragon bed, rubbing his eyes with a sleepy look. "Is this it?"

"Yes." The chief eunuch had the box placed on the ground. "I personally transported it from Jiangling, as you instructed. It took ten days and ten nights, working day and night. Several horses died from exhaustion."

As he spoke, he uncovered the red silk.

Beneath the red silk sat a round fish tank. This transparent material, called glass, had just arrived from the Western Regions and was still relatively uncommon, making it a bit of an overkill. The tank was filled with water, its bottom lined with pebbles and aquatic plants, a truly elegant display.

only……

A bright red koi fish was floating on the water with its belly turned upside down, looking a bit scary.

The little emperor was silent for a moment: "Is it... is it still alive?"

"It's alive," the eunuch explained with a smile. "The guards who transported the fish said that this is how the little koi sleeps. It scared them at first. Look, its tail is still moving."

Qi Xuan looked over carefully.

The little koi lay on its back on the water, its silky tail spread out naturally, trembling slightly with its breathing.

It really looks like he is sleeping.

The eunuch seemed to think that the little koi was doing something wrong and gently knocked on the wall of the fish tank: "Wake up, little fish, wake up quickly."

…

So noisy.

Jing Li turned over in the water, sank to the bottom, buried his head in the water plants, and wagged his tail impatiently.

The eunuch chief still smiled apologetically: "You see, I said it was still alive."

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Jing Li came to this world three days ago.

Three days ago, he woke up from this body and found himself turned into a fish. He was kept in this small fish tank and was traveling day and night.