Li Yu decided to use the transformation potion on the day of the banquet.

Not long ago, when he completed the step of "sharing a bed", he received a very strange reward, a lifelike fish pillow that was almost identical to him. Because the previous rewards were either portable space or enhanced abilities, he was looking forward to it. Who knew that after all the hard work, he would get this seemingly useless thing? Li Yu felt that the system had cheated him again, and he kept the reward but didn't claim it. Now he plans to become a human, and this pillow becomes meaningful.

If he becomes a human, the fish tank will be empty, and the servants will easily notice that he is missing. Then he will be exposed. This fish pillow is simply designed for him to escape. It is placed in the water without moving, and it looks quite real from a distance!

After completing "sharing the same bed", the next step is "deep understanding with the tyrant". Li Yu is used to strange tasks. He can remain calm when facing the title party. The pit fishing system plays dead as usual after it is released. Li Yu is making various attempts. This in-depth understanding is more fleeting than interaction and getting along, and it makes Yu scratch his head. Anyway, there is no progress, so it doesn't matter to put it aside for the time being.

Li Yu plans carefully. It only takes one hour to turn into a human. The banquet is scheduled in Ninghui Hall of Jingwang Mansion. Most people will gather there at that time. Because there are servants and cooks transferred from the palace, the princes will also bring a group of followers. The palace must be very lively, with people coming and going, and his unfamiliar face will not be inconspicuous among them.

He wanted to go to the kitchen first and eat some human food. After turning into a fish, he could only eat fish food. The red fish food was made of flour. After eating too much, he missed ordinary meals and wanted to have a home-cooked stir-fry to enjoy a feast. The kitchen of the palace had to entertain guests, so there was no shortage of food. Wang Xi said that usually when holding a banquet, they would prepare several servings of each dish in case the guests were not eating enough. Li Yu decided to only scoop a little of each dish to eat, so he was not afraid of eating all the delicious food.

After eating, he strolled around Prince Jing's Mansion. He had never been there before, but he heard that the emperor had arranged a troupe of actors, so he could go and watch ancient people sing and crack some melon seeds. He originally wanted to leave the mansion, but was afraid that it would be easier to go out than to come back. There were guards in front of the palace gate, and the time was too short...

If something unexpected happened on the way, he would have to change back if he couldn't get back to his bedroom. He had thought about this too. He could carry a teacup with him, and the space would be filled with enough clean water and fish food. If he changed back, he could just jump into the teacup and be afraid of nothing.

He considered everything that could be considered, and it looked foolproof. In order to prevent people from finding out that the fish pillow was different from a real fish, Li Yu seldom swam before the banquet, and mostly lay on the white stone bed like a salted fish. A few times when King Jing came to see him, Li Yu habitually jumped over to rub his fingers, and when he swam closer, he suddenly remembered to keep a distance, so he changed to wagging his tail and swimming away in a haughty manner.

King Jing: ???

On the day of the banquet, Wang Xi accompanied King Jing to Ninghui Hall early in the morning. Although the emperor had arranged everything, King Jing, as the host, had to entertain guests, and Wang Xi had to help take care of them. According to King Jing's wishes, Li Yu's bedroom was assigned a lot of eunuchs, so they didn't have to guard it all the time, lest the little carp come out for a stroll and get scared, but the eunuchs had to come over from time to time to look at the fish.

——King Jing’s job is quite tiring.

As soon as King Jing left, Li Yu immediately received the fish pillow as a reward, and pushed the fish pillow onto the white stone bed, arranging it to look like a salted fish. After thinking about it, he felt uneasy, so he covered the fish pillow with a seaweed quilt. From a distance, it really looked like he was sleeping.

After arranging the pillow, Li Yu jumped into the teacup closest to the crystal fish tank. This time it was time to get the transformation potion.

He took a deep breath, and chose to confirm when the system asked again. The bottle of transformation potion fell into his arms in the blink of an eye.

Originally, he was worried whether a fish could open the bottle of medicine. This bottle seemed to have a spirit. Knowing that he was going to use it soon, even the bottle seal disappeared.

...Will it be another trap?

After getting the transformation potion, Li Yu hesitated for a moment, but he heard music in the distance, and he knew that the song and dance specially prepared for the banquet had begun, and the little concubine would soon appear, or had already appeared.

The fateful meeting should have begun...

Anyway, it would only take an hour, and he would stay next door to eat, it was no big deal.

Li Yu no longer hesitated, and drank the pot in one gulp with an indescribable gloomy mood.

This potion... has no taste, and he could smack his lips nonchalantly after drinking it, but who knew that the next moment his vision became blurry.

Oops, I didn't expect the transformation potion to have adverse reactions.

The little carp gradually lost consciousness.

...

Ninghui Hall.

The third prince Mu Tianming stood up several times and toasted King Jing.

Mu Tianming is different from Mu Tianzhao. His biological mother is of lower status than Concubine Qiu and younger than Mu Tianzhao. He is suppressed by Mu Tianzhao in every way. Since he decided to compete with the second prince, Mu Tianming has to go against Mu Tianzhao in everything.

King Jing is disabled and cannot inherit the throne. He is not a threat to Mu Tianming. If Mu Tianzhao doesn't like King Jing, Mu Tianming will certainly show his favor to King Jing. If Mu Tianzhao tries to pull King Jing, he will intercept him halfway! As long as he can make the second prince unhappy, he will be happy!

Moreover, although King Jing is useless and the emperor has not given him any real power, King Jing still has the Cheng'en Mansion, the mother's family of Empress Xiaohui, behind him. If he can get in touch with Cheng'en's family through King Jing, this is a great thing.

Mu Tianming had sent many gifts to King Jing before, but they were all rejected by him. He was just worried about not having any excuse to go up to him. It happened that Mu Tianzhao's mother, Concubine Qiu Gui, did something stupid, and the third prince immediately wanted to seize this opportunity.

However, King Jing was stubborn and difficult to please. Even sending generous gifts before didn't work. Mu Tianming and his confidants thought of many ways. King Jing had everything except his empty backyard. Mu Tianming wanted to try hard and send King Jing a few pillow companions. This would not only please King Jing, but also give King Jing someone who could speak for him,

killing two birds with one stone. He brought several dancers from King Jing's mansion, all of whom were stunning. Among the leading dancers, there was a man with a handsome appearance, red lips and white teeth. With a little makeup, he was even more charming than the women who were with him. Mu Tianming didn't know what King Jing liked, so he prepared both men and women. What if he could catch King Jing's eye after a dance?

After the banquet started, Mu Tianming toasted first, but King Jing couldn't stand drinking and didn't accept it.

Mu Tianming then suggested that the dancers perform a dance, but King Jing didn't want to watch the dance and didn't respond.

Mu Tianming was a little embarrassed for a moment.

The sixth prince Mu Tianxiao was the follower of the third prince, and he was busy smoothing things over for Mu Tianming. He also winked at the seventh and eighth princes who were finally able to go out of the palace to play. The two younger ones were very excited to know that there was a new dance to watch. Although King Jing didn't associate with several adult princes, children generally didn't care. In addition, Wang Xi said a few good words, so King Jing agreed to the dance.

Mu Tianming finally got the dancers who had been waiting for a long time to come on stage.

The third prince had put in a lot of thought and learned in advance that King Jing had recently raised fish, so he specially arranged a fish-lotus dance. Most of the dancers were dressed in green, pretending to be lotus leaves, and the lead dancer was dressed in white, transforming into an elegant lotus flower. He thought it was unique.

King Jing was reluctant to accept it as ugly. Although the third prince said it was a fish-lotus dance, he did not see any fish from beginning to end, and there was a dancer in white, who was outstanding, but her eyes were full of sorrow and resentment, as if she was full of water.

King Jing was a little angry. How could he be wronged just for dancing?

Seeing King Jing staring at the lead dancer, Mu Tianzhao's heart skipped a beat, fearing that Mu Tianming would grab King Jing first. The second prince also stood up and said earnestly, "Fifth brother, mother has offended me a lot in the past few days. As an elder brother, I apologize for her. I hope you will forgive me." As soon as the second prince

spoke, a servant took the opportunity to pull the third prince's dancer aside, so that the third prince dared not speak. The third prince did not dare to quarrel with the second prince in public, so he had to swallow his anger and wait and see.

After Mu Tianzhao mentioned Qiu, King Jing laughed sarcastically. Wang Xi immediately said on behalf of King Jing: "The noble concubine should reflect on what His Majesty said. Your Highness will not despise the imperial order and pursue it again."

Mu Tianzhao: "..."

Mu Tianzhao originally planned to ask King Jing for forgiveness first, and then plead for Qiu and release Qiu from house arrest, but why did he feel that King Jing blocked everything he wanted to say?

"Brother, I have another request."

Failing to do anything, Mu Tianzhao continued with a thick face, "My mother accidentally dropped a night-shining pearl. I heard that it was picked up by the fifth prince's people. Thank you for helping to keep it these days. If it is convenient for the fifth prince, please return it."

In fact, although the night-shining pearl that Qiu lost was valuable, it was a shame. Qiu Shi herself never wanted to see this pearl again. Mu Tianzhao had made up a reason. As long as King Jing returned the Night Pearl, he could at least create the illusion that he and King Jing had a good relationship and that they were friendly with each other. The emperor would be happy to see that.

The Second Prince asked for the Night Pearl?

King Jing glanced at Wang Xi, and they both thought of the pearl buried in some corner at the bottom of the fish tank.

King Jing himself didn't like Qiu Shi's pearl very much. He later gave Xiao Liyu many gemstones. Xiao Liyu hadn't rolled over the Night Pearl for a long time, so he wanted to deal with it quietly. Since the Second Prince asked for it, he should return it to him.

King Jing nodded to Wang Xi, and Mu Tianzhao was secretly happy. As long as King Jing presented the Night Pearl, it would be over. But Eunuch Wang said, "Please come with me to get the pearl."

Mu Tianzhao: ???

Because it was the Second Prince who asked for it, King Jing did not object, and the other princes were watching. The Second Prince could not retreat, so he followed Wang Xi to the back hall.

The Second Prince felt a little guilty, fearing that King Jing's men would attack him in secret. Fortunately, he was safe all the way.

Wang Xi led Mu Tianzhao into a room, pointed to a large crystal fish tank in the room and said with a smile, "The Night Pearl had an accident and sank inside. Please take it yourself, Second Prince."

Mu Tianzhao: !!!

Wang Xi was deliberately making things difficult. The Second Prince was shocked. What was King Jing up to? How could the Night Pearl end up in the fish tank?

The fish tank was so big that he couldn't see everything at a glance, and the fish tank was full of gems. How was he going to find it?

Mu Tianzhao gritted his teeth and looked around, hoping to find it first and then call someone to get it for him.

Suddenly, he found a fish lying on a white stone in the fish tank, with a piece of water grass on the fish, which looked strange.

This fish - seemed to be the one that King Jing brought, King Jing's pet fish.

Mu Tianzhao and Qiu had both suffered from this fish before, and the Second Prince immediately became alert and wanted to stay away from this unlucky fish.

Who knew that he would notice that the fish was lying strangely, its body stiff, without even the slightest movement.

King Jing's fish seemed to be dead again.