Chu Shaoyao couldn't find anyone and was about to explode with anxiety when he suddenly felt something hanging on his back.
His eyes darkened slightly, and he turned his arm and grabbed his back, shouting, "Who!"
"It's me!" Wen Liyu tore off the high-level invisibility talisman paper on her body and revealed her true form.
Chu Shaoyao reacted immediately, "Xiaoyu, you...you were following me just now?"
It turned out that it was Xiaoyu who helped him just now. He wondered why Concubine Wen, who had been watching the show on the side, suddenly spoke up to help him.
"It's too dangerous for you to do this!" Chu Shaoyao felt a little scared and taught this lawless little carp spirit a lesson with a cold face.
The palace is full of top masters, especially around the emperor, who is guarded by countless secret guards. If someone can see through her magic, how can he protect this little carp spirit?
"Hmph, you left without even telling me!" Wen Liyu puffed her lips in anger. "I was so worried when I couldn't find you just now!"
"I finally found you and helped you solve your problem, but now you're still mean to me!" Wen Liyu jumped off his back and touched her belly.
I was originally planning to tell him about Xiaoyu, but now she's unhappy. Forget it! I'll tell him after she gives birth. This dog-eat-dog peony is so scary!
Chu Shaoyao sighed tiredly after being scolded, "You really are... I don't know what to say to you."
He reached out and led her into the house. He brushed her soft cheeks with his palms, squeezing her puffy cheeks flat. "I'm worried about you. There are countless talented people in the imperial palace, especially those around my father."
"If your magic suddenly fails and someone sees you, or if your magic is not good enough and someone sees through it, how can I save you?"
Chu Shaoyao's eyes were dark, and his obsidian pupils flashed with a dark light. "Xiaoyu, I have the title of prince in vain, but in reality, I am not even as good as a ninth-rank official. I am a waste. Do you understand what I mean?"
"...I understand." Wen Liyu was somewhat bewildered by his psychological analysis. "You, you are not a waste."
"Peony, you're going to be very powerful in the future!" Her eyes were filled with determination and trust. "You're going to be the most powerful person in this country!"
"And my magic is also very powerful. Didn't you not notice me just now?" Wen Liyu pursed her lips. She was just a little carp who didn't know how to comfort others, and her words were incoherent.
"I'm much stronger than I was yesterday. No one in the palace is my match." She boasted, patted her chest, and said proudly, "I will protect you from now on and will definitely help you ascend the throne."
Chu Shaoyao was amused by her childish words, and the anger he had just felt disappeared.
He reached out and pulled her into his arms, kissed her forehead, chuckled and agreed, "Okay."
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The two of them spent a few days in peace, during which time they heard the follow-up of the incident with Concubine Wen.
It is said that the eunuch who poisoned the concubine was punished by Concubine Wen for his poor performance, so he felt resentful and wanted to poison and kill Concubine Wen.
"It was obviously Chu Shaohua who did it!" Wen Liyu angrily kicked the stone on the ground after listening to Shaoyao's retelling. "What Ministry of Justice? They are all wrong!"
"Okay, don't be angry." Chu Shaoyao held her in his arms and kissed her cheek to comfort her.
Wen Liyu frowned slightly, very puzzled, "Why aren't you angry?"
"I knew this would be the result a long time ago, and it would only be this result." Chu Shaoyao sighed inwardly as he looked at her innocent and naive look.
The little carp spirit is good in every way, cute and lively, but it is a little too naive. Human minds are very complicated.
A thousand thoughts were running through his mind as his big hands slowly moved down, hugging her all over her body. Suddenly, his palm rested on Wen Liyu's abdomen.
He frowned and stroked her up and down a few times, "Xiaoyu, you... have you gained weight?"
"You're the one who's gained weight!" Wen Liyu grinned at him and opened her mouth to bite him.
How can you say a girl has gained weight? Age and weight are taboos! And she's a carp spirit, how could she possibly gain weight?
She blinked and spoke harder, feeling as if she had forgotten something.
"Why don't you let go?" Chu Shaoyao pinched her chin and put her on a chair beside him. "It's time. I should go practice martial arts."
"Oh...then you practice." Wen Liyu's thoughts were interrupted by him. She tried to recall it but couldn't grasp the feeling, so she put it aside for the time being.
She is currently changing her scales. It would be much more comfortable to do so in water, and she has already told Chu Shaoyao about this in advance, so she now turns back into a fish at night.
In order to make her sleep comfortably, Chu Shaoyao asked someone to help him find soft sand, aquatic plants and rockery, and even a swing in the water.
If the porcelain fish tank didn't match the style of his shabby residence and would arouse suspicion, Chu Shaoyao would have wanted to replace it with a bigger fish tank for her.
When she transformed back into her fish form at night and returned to the hugely transformed bucket, she suddenly woke up on the soft white sand and said, "I got pregnant a few days ago! My belly must be fat!!"
Wen Liyu used her fin to lift up the small silk quilt that Chu Shaoyao had knitted for her, turned around and looked down at her stomach carefully, constantly poking the system in her head.
"System, system! When will I give birth?"
The system's recent hobby has changed from eating melon seeds to reading storybooks, and they are storybooks of the tragic love type. Recently, Wen Liyu can always hear the system suddenly sobbing.
"Beep... Now testing the host..." The system's voice was a little tired and had a heavy nasal tone.
Suddenly, the system detection tone paused, followed by a series of not-too-harsh prompt tones, "Beep beep! Warning, warning! The host's due date is tonight! Please be prepared!"
"!!" Wen Liyu was shocked by the system's words, "How come it's so fast? Don't humans have a gestation period of ten months?"
"But the host was born a fish," the system explained. "And we need to reserve time for the little fish to complete their mission. It will take them exactly nine months to complete their mission."
"Once you complete the mission, you can transform from a fish into a human baby. The timeframe will perfectly match the ten months of human pregnancy."
"This will minimize outsiders' suspicion of the host."
Wen Liyu was on the verge of tears, "You guys are really nice, thinking so much of me."
"Of course, our pregnancy project team gives the host the best treatment!" The system said this with some pride.
Wen Liyu lay on the sand like a dead fish. "But have you ever thought about this? I've never given birth before, so I'm afraid because I have no experience!"
"...Host, don't worry. I will search for relevant video materials on fish production for you now." The system disappeared after saying this.
Wen Liyu waited for two minutes and felt a little sleepy. When she was about to fall asleep, her stomach suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if she had a stomach upset and needed to go to the toilet.
She quickly swam to the fish toilet designed by Chu Shaoyao, and gurgled hard, making four consecutive "gurgle" sounds, and her stomachache went away.
Wen Liyu turned her head and took a look. Four round fish eggs appeared in the sand. "...How did it happen? Was it so easy?"
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