Wang Xi was not sure whether the imperial physician could cure Master Xiaoyu's illness, but he could not go against the wishes of the background king. Eunuch Wang was indeed a close friend of His Royal Highness Jing Wang. He asked around and invited an imperial physician who also raised fish at home, who should be able to do the job.

Eunuch Wang brought the imperial physician to Jing Wang's mansion. This imperial physician, whose surname was Xu, had seen many strange diseases. When he learned that Jing Wang summoned him for his pet fish, he remained calm.

In order to make it easier for Doctor Xu to see the fish, King Jing specially put the fish in a shallow petal-shaped teacup for easy inspection. Li Yu just got angry and fluttered around in the teacup for a few times, and two scales fell off. Now he didn't dare to flutter around anymore. He looked at Doctor Xu with his wet eyes pitifully. This doctor should be able to cure the fish and prevent it from becoming a bald fish, right? King Jing, who

never took his eyes off the fish, said: "..."

King Jing coughed lightly, and turned the teacup and the fish around. The fish pointed its head towards him, and asked Doctor Xu to look at the fish's spine, where some scales had fallen off.

Doctor Xu carefully examined the fish and then looked at the teacup. He had a rough idea in his mind and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness Prince Jing, as far as I know, most fish do not change their scales. The scales should grow with the fish. There are two reasons why fish lose their scales: either due to external force or due to disease."

The little carp shuddered slightly when it heard the word "disease".

Prince Jing knew the fish he raised himself, so he immediately looked at Wang Xi. Wang Xi said, "If you need any medicine, just tell Your Highness. If the palace doesn't have it, we will find a way to get it."

Wang Xi looked at Prince Jing uncertainly. Prince Jing nodded. Wang Xi then instructed, "Remember not to hurt the little fish."

Doctor Xu smiled, "I understand. But Your Highness's fish, I'm sorry to say it's very healthy. It shouldn't be sick. Maybe it accidentally hit the fish's body while swimming. It will get better after a few days of rest."

Li Yu:? ? ?

This is really a beautiful misunderstanding. His Highness Prince Jing put the fish in a teacup for examination, which made Doctor Xu think that the fish was usually raised like this. It couldn't be moved, so bumps and bruises were inevitable. Doctor Xu had a group of koi fish at home, and they often bumped into each other because of fighting for food, so it was common for them to lose scales. Doctor Xu thought it was the same reason.

But Li Yu felt something was wrong. The fish tank that King Jing prepared for him was usually big enough for him to swim in, and he rarely bumped into anything. If he always jumped around and got bumped into, then his scales would fall off from a fixed place, but now it seemed that he would lose scales everywhere, no matter what he did, even if he blew bubbles. Li Yu didn't dare to move. Fortunately,

he didn't lose scales in large pieces, otherwise the fish's body would be too ugly. What Doctor Xu said was probably not the real reason for his scales falling off. Li Yu was a little disappointed, but as long as he was not sick, it was good news. Li Yu comforted himself, maybe the physique of the book-crossing fish is different from that of ordinary fish. Even a dog as big as Xiong Feng will shed hair even if it's nothing wrong. It's normal for him to lose some fish scales,

right? But will the tyrant king dislike him for this?

Probably not. He is a black carp for food. He didn't rely on his beauty to get to the top. He was just selling cuteness. Would he not be cute if he lost his scales?

Li Yu comforted himself for a while, and almost shut himself up.

What Doctor Xu said touched King Jing's mind. The doctor meant that Xiaoyu's scales fell because his residence was too small. He knew that Xiaoyu was actually a carp spirit, so it was not appropriate to use an ordinary fish tank to raise Xiaoyu.

After sending Doctor Xu away, King Jing made a decision with almost no hesitation.

He ordered Wang Xi to come forward. This time the order was a bit complicated. King Jing wrote it down himself. Wang Xi's eyebrows were about to fly up when he saw it. After

King Jing finished writing, Wang Xi knelt down and trembled, "Your Highness, this..."

Can this really work? ?

Wang Xi only guessed that King Jing was going to change the fish tank for Master Xiaoyu, but he never expected that it would be such a fish tank!

After King Jing finished writing, he blew on the ink and signaled with his eyes: Go and do it quickly.

Wang Xi has followed King Jing for many years and understands that once the master really makes a decision, it cannot be changed. Eunuch Wang has no right to say anything and crawled away.

Li Yu, who has no idea what King Jing has done: ???

After King Jing made the arrangements, he wanted to touch the back of the poor fish out of habit, but then he remembered that the fish was losing scales. If he touched it, it might lose more scales. He had to follow Doctor Xu's advice and take good care of the fish. Besides, the little fish was actually a carp spirit...

King Jing, who had decided to make a new fish tank for the little fish without blinking an eye, hesitated at this moment. Thinking about the fish he always touched, as if it were a young boy, King Jing couldn't bring himself to do it. When

the little carp saw him stretch out his finger, it swam over and waited for him to touch it, but King Jing stopped at the critical moment.

Li Yu: "..."

No way, did King Jing really dislike him?

The little carp, longing for a sense of security, quickly used the tip of its tail to wrap around King Jing's finger.

King Jing usually loves this kind of touch, but now he suddenly had some random thoughts, the tail... what part of the carp spirit is it?

The head of the fish must be a human face, so he guessed the tail should be a foot.

A pair of delicate ankles quickly flashed through King Jing's mind, King Jing: "..."

King Jing stood up suddenly, scaring the little carp. The little carp dodged and looked at him in confusion.

King Jing realized that he was a little too radical, and was afraid that the little fish would notice something was wrong, so he tried his best to stretch out his fingers as usual.

Li Yu swam over expectantly, but King Jing neither touched the fish's back nor its tail. King Jing gently tapped the fish's head with his fingers.

Li Yu: This again, what does this mean?

Although the new fish tank was repaired as soon as possible, it would still take several days to repair it. The king had to temporarily put the fish back in the crystal fish tank. During these days, the fish had the best food. Li Yu continued to lose scales and dared not even move.

How could he do his mission if he could not move? Li Yu was very worried.

Just when the little carp thought he was really going to become a bald fish, the Qianqing Palace issued a series of imperial decrees. The emperor stripped the second prince of all his duties and conferred him the title of Marquis of An. Marquis of An did not receive another residence, but was still confined to the second prince's original residence. Concubine Qiu was demoted to a concubine. Because Qiu's confinement last time had not been lifted, she continued to be confined. The emperor had both punishments and rewards. In the Duke Cheng'en Mansion, the Duke Cheng'en's title was raised by one level, Ye Qinghuan was promoted by one level, the emperor allowed the Duke Cheng'en Mansion and King Jin Jue to choose their own wedding date, and he also built a princess's mansion for Princess Jin Jue in the imperial city.

The emperor was determined enough to make the above arrangements.

After the second prince framed Ye Qinghuan, the emperor had been hesitating about how to punish the second prince. Concubine Qiu of Zhongcui Palace got the news and knelt outside the Qianqing Palace for a long time. In the end, she was carried back by the eunuchs. The emperor did not meet Concubine Qiu, but quietly came to Changchun Palace alone and sat in front of the tablet of Empress Xiaohui for a night.

The female corpse in Yanyu Pavilion was found to be a prisoner on death row in Tianlao, who had died of illness for many days. The emperor knew that the second prince was obviously plotted against by Ye Shizi, but Ye Qinghuan was doing it for self-protection. After all, it was the second prince who made the mistake first. If the second prince succeeded, how would he

explain to King Jin Jue? Didn't the second prince consider the overall situation, or was this overall situation something that the second prince could sacrifice? The emperor did not object to the princes using some tricks, but he was not like the second prince, who relied on himself as the future crown prince and attacked anyone in a daze. Even if such a person succeeded in the future, he would not be able to convince the people.

The candidate he had favored was not suitable for the throne. His regard for the Second Prince not only made Concubine Qiu swell up, but also made the Second Prince himself swell up. However, if he couldn't even handle this regard, what would happen in the future?

Fortunately, he only revealed a few words to a very few people and did not officially announce the candidate for the Crown Prince. It was the best outcome that no big disaster had occurred at the moment. If the Second Prince could not get the punishment he deserved, it would also chill the hearts of Duke Cheng'en, Prince Jing, and even Empress Xiaohui.

After the Emperor thought it through, he issued an edict that would not allow any objection. These edicts almost caused an uproar in the court and the harem at the same time.

There is an unwritten rule in this dynasty that if a prince is given a title too early, he will basically have no chance of becoming the emperor. For example, everyone knows that King Jing's throne is the emperor's consolation to his legitimate son. However, the situation of the second prince is different from that of King Jing. The second prince was not given a title of king, but only a marquisate. The emperor issued an order in a hurry without consulting the Ministry of Rites. It is enough to show that the second prince has completely lost the emperor's heart.

The former Concubine Qiu - now Concubine Qiu fainted on the spot when she received the order. The other concubines who had given birth to princes in the palace all had hope, especially the third prince's mother, Concubine Qian. If the second prince died, it would be her third prince's turn. The court officials who had followed the second prince and thought that the glory and wealth of the next dynasty were already stable, were only a few left and most of them began to secretly look for new ways out. Compared to

the joy and worry in the palace, the Cheng'en Mansion outside the palace was decorated with lanterns and colors, and it was peaceful. Ye Qinghuan exchanged the engagement letter with Princess Jin Jue, and Cheng'en Gong and King Jin Jue were already choosing a date for the two. In the Prince Jing's mansion, although the imperial edict did not mention the Prince Jing, he actually received a reward. The emperor ordered Luo, the chief steward, to bring a set of mutton-fat jade boxes to the Prince Jing, who was to use them to store fish food. The emperor saw that the Prince Jing used a bamboo box at the state banquet, which showed that he felt sorry for the Prince Jing.

The emperor rewarded the Prince Jing, but Li Yu was particularly happy. The new fish food box seemed to be specially made by the emperor, with a fish shape carved on it. It was said that mutton-fat jade was very valuable, and using it as a fish food box made Li Yu feel that his worth doubled...

As soon as the imperial edict came out, he was even happier. The "Copper Wall and Iron Wall" branch quest was immediately updated!

Looking at the emperor's imperial edicts, with both punishments and rewards, Li Yu suddenly realized that good is rewarded and evil is punished, which is the only way to truly complete this branch quest.

Losing scales is losing scales, but you still have to get the mission rewards. Li Yu entered the system to get the rewards. He didn't pay attention to the rewards for this branch quest at first, but now he patiently listened to the introduction of the system one by one, and Li Yu's jaw dropped.

It turned out that the reward for the "Copper Wall and Iron Wall" branch quest was a new set of fish scales, with a total of five colors to choose from, namely gold, red, green, silver and purple.

Li Yu suddenly remembered that he kept losing scales recently. Could it be because the mission reward required him to change his fish scales?

"Host, you think too much." The system reminded him in time: "You keep losing scales because the usual scales can no longer withstand the intensity of your actions."

Li Yu: "..."

The pit-fishing system did not hide it. This means that he is too hardworking and the scales can no longer bear it. Obviously, he did not work hard... Li Yu, who often jumped up and down in King Jing's room without any reflection, thought silently.

The system introduced that the new scales are stronger and will not fall off after the replacement. Li Yu was quite happy to accept such a reward, but the new scales are too different from his original scales. These shiny colors that should only be possessed by koi were used by him. Does it mean that he can really become a koi?

He, he, he is just a little curious. In the end, he must become a human!

The system only said: "Host, don't worry."

Li Yu became alert. Usually, the system that cheats fish tells him "don't worry", so he will definitely be cheated. Li Yu is used to being cheated. He is afraid that the tyrant leader who has been a little cold to him recently will suddenly doubt him.

However, since the original fish scales always fall off, he has new fish scales and can use them. He must change them.

System: "Host, please choose a color and confirm the reward."

These bright colors - they are all similar anyway, right?

Li Yu went against his conscience and chose the gold color that is closest to koi.

After confirming, he was forced to exit by the system.

Li Yu: "..."

Li Yu returned to reality and quickly took a look at his body. He saw that the fish body was still the original gray fish body. Could it be that the reward did not take effect?

Li Yu lifted his tail, and a bunch of scales fell off from his tail. Li Yu was embarrassed, thinking that if all the scales fell off in a bunch, could it be that the tail was the first to shed?

He glanced at his tail and was suddenly stunned.

His originally black and gray tail was now showing a hint of gold.

Wang Xi brought people to change Li Yu's water. Li Yu was chasing his tail in circles when he heard Eunuch Wang gasping.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, come and see!" Eunuch Wang said in surprise.

Upon hearing the voice, King Jing rushed over in a few steps. The little fish swam around proudly, dragging its black and gold tail.

"Your Highness, this kind of fish with gold, I have only seen koi before..."

Wang Xi always thought that Master Xiaoyu was smart and not an ordinary fish. Could it be that Master Xiaoyu is actually a koi, although the size is not much like it.

King Jing himself had never seen such a sight. He looked carefully at Xiaoyu's tail and found that new scales had grown where the scales fell. Part of the new scales were golden.

Xiaoyu was a carp spirit. King Jing knew it very well. Since it could turn into a human, it would not be a big deal if it turned into a koi. After all, koi is also a fish. King Jing accepted it immediately and calmly ordered Wang Xi to serve carefully. King

Jing did not suspect anything. Li Yu was surprised and happy. Could this be what the system meant by "no need to worry"?

The pit fish system did a rare good thing. In this way, new scales were added to the fish. Although Doctor Xu said that most fish do not change their scales, it is not absolute. He will be the kind of fish that changes scales.

When Li Yu saw scales fall off again, his mentality had completely changed. This should be the old scales being eliminated and new scales growing. He was looking forward to the appearance of the scales on the whole body being replaced.

After another day, the whole fish had a brand new look. Although the whole body was still black, there were large pieces of golden scales on the belly and tail. I think the system chose to add to the original body color. Although it was not the whole body gold as Li Yu thought, the black and gold was also very majestic.

Don’t forget, after completing the “Millions of Pet Fish” main quest, there is a “Becoming a Koi” branch quest waiting for him, and maybe he can transform again by then.

The little carp, who was trying to get closer to the brocade carp, hid in the water grass quilt and laughed secretly.

He had changed his appearance, and since the King of Jing had accepted it, the servants in the house would not talk nonsense. As for the other people in the King of Jing's mansion, Li Yu was really not worried. He thought that he just had golden color on his belly and tail, which were not noticeable. Most people were far away and might not have seen his original appearance.

He didn't know that after seeing his fish tail change color, the King of Jing ordered Wang Xi to make it known to the whole mansion that the little fish was the descendant of the brocade carp, and the servants were not allowed to gossip about him. This perfectly covered up his past.

Li Yu finished the branch line and started to think about the main line. After the scales were replaced, he no longer lost scales, but the tyrant master was still a little cold to him. This coldness was not alienation. He could feel that the master still doted on him. He would still touch his head, watch him swim, and often watch him silently, but he just refused to rub him, even though he had become more majestic.

A majestic fish, shouldn't it be rubbed!

Yesterday, the Cheng'en Mansion inexplicably sent some books over. King Jing seemed to be quite interested in these books. He buried his head in reading in the room and didn't bother him anymore. Li Yu thought, how can this be? If King Jing doesn't bother the fish, how can the fish dare to do the task...

The little carp jumped out of the crystal fish tank. Since the scales were changed, the fish tail was smoother to use. He jumped lightly a few times and jumped into the petal-shaped teacup on King Jing's desk, splashing a few drops of water and wetting the books.

Li Yu: "..."

Ah, he didn't mean it!

Li Yu just remembered that when King Jing took him to read books, the eunuch would put a blanket on the table that would absorb water, and King Jing would also deliberately place the teacup away from the books. But this time, the fish ran out by itself, without any protection, and ended up getting King Jing's books wet.

Li Yu was just racking his brains to figure out how to save the situation, when King Jing quietly took out a dry cloth towel and quickly wiped the water stains on the book. His dark eyes glanced at the small carp that was struggling in the teacup. Li Yu

immediately stopped struggling, but King Jing didn't chase him away. He thought that the little fish might want to read with him, so King Jing felt that moving the teacup closer would be too obvious, so he moved the book towards the fish without leaving a trace.

Little Liyu raised his head carefully. King Jing was so focused. What kind of book was he reading?

Tyrant rulers usually like military books and travel notes. Last time, Liyu fell asleep while reading a military book.

Little Liyu cleverly glanced at the title of the book with black characters on a white background on the cover. This time the book was - Legend of the White Snake.

Li Yu: "..."

Li Yu remembered that there was a Legend of the White Snake in his original world. What was Legend of the White Snake?

Li Yu read the book curiously. It was about a white snake spirit who fell in love with a passing scholar and turned into a human form to marry him.

Li Yu guessed that this was a mythical story. When he started reading, the white snake had already married the scholar. The white snake confessed her identity as a snake spirit and said softly to the scholar: "Husband, we fairies all want to absorb essence..."

Li Yu: ???

Li Yu had some difficulty reading ancient books, but King Jing could read ten lines at a glance. Before Li Yu could see clearly how the white snake sucked, he quickly turned the page.

This was the second night. The white snake said to the scholar tenderly: "Sir, we monsters will suck today too."

Li Yu: "..."

King Jing turned the pages very quickly again. He turned more than ten pages like this. Li Yu estimated that the white snake had been sucking the scholar for more than ten nights, but he still didn't see anything.

Finally, there was only the last page left in the story. A big monk came and scolded the white snake for violating the way of heaven. He put the white snake into a golden bowl. The scholar suddenly realized his mistake and followed the monk to become a monk.

Li Yu: Wow, this is really a bit like the Legend of the White Snake? But why is there so much writing about the two-fold suction of gold, and so few other plots?

King Jing closed the book. Li Yu felt that the base of the tyrant's ears was a little red, not knowing whether it was an illusion or not.

King Jing might have felt that the ending of this book was not good, so he changed another one. Li Yu took a look at the title of the book. This time it was Fox Demon Legend, which was roughly about a fox demon who took a fancy to a scholar and ran to the scholar's room in the middle of the night to ask for double cultivation.

The fox demon was more powerful than the white snake demon. There was no second night. The first night alone was a full twenty pages. King Jing flipped through the pages twenty times, and Li Yu secretly counted them.

He realized what kind of book this was later. It should be an ancient romantic story book. Li Yu was very happy. King Jing was actually reading this! No wonder he flipped so fast. Is the tyrant shy?

But it was nothing. He just watched it. Before Li Yu was dressed as a fish, he had just turned eighteen. Who hadn't looked at the little yellow mosquito like a thief? King Jing was a young man in his twenties. In ancient times, it was the age when children ran around the courtyard. What's wrong with reading some erotic storybooks?

Li Yu tried to get closer. Master, he also wanted to see the indescribable things between the goblin and the scholar!

King Jing just closed this book again, and saw the carp spirit trying to drill into the storybook. King Jing couldn't help but laugh and flicked the little carp's head lightly.

The little carp gulped and fell backwards into the teacup.

At night. Li Yu wanted to take advantage of the dark moon and high wind to secretly make the main plot.

The main quest "Millions of Fish Pets" is just a little bit away. He only needs to use his fish mouth to gently rub King Jing's mouth. These days, he has been delayed because of saving people or because of his scales falling off. Now is the time to pick up the main quest again.

Li Yu waited quietly in the crystal fish tank for King Jing to fall asleep. When there was no more movement on the bed, a long time passed. He jumped out of the fish tank and passed by King Jing's bed. The little carp was very familiar with it.

He came to King Jing's pillow smoothly and recalled that he wet King Jing's book during the day, but King Jing did not blame him. Li Yu was mysteriously confident that even if he accidentally wet the pillow this time, King Jing would not blame him...

The little carp jumped onto the jade pillow, aimed at King Jing's face, and pouted his mouth forward.

He would never do this if he changed into a human form, because it is too shameful! When you are a fish, you can be shameless.

King Jing was a little sleepy at first, because after knowing that the little fish is a carp spirit, when he sleeps at night, King Jing will inevitably pay attention to the fish in the fish tank and deliberately capture the movements of the fish, especially when the little fish lost its scales in the past few days, he would get up and take a look after the fish fell asleep. Now that the scale loss problem has been solved, King Jing has not changed this habit for a while.

When the little carp jumped onto the bed, King Jing was about to fall asleep, and suddenly he heard a few crisp snaps of the fish's tail.

King Jing's sleepiness disappeared, and he continued to listen subconsciously. Is the little fish going to do something? Will it turn into a human form?

The sound of the fish's tail was getting closer and closer. He was sure that the little fish was coming towards his bed. When the fish jumped onto the jade pillow, it actually brought up a tiny drop of water, which floated onto King Jing's face. The little carp was excited and did not notice it.

King Jing did not take any action either. He had been secretly observing the carp spirit in the past few days, but to no avail. If the little fish "woke up" at this time, he would inevitably be embarrassed. Perhaps he continued to pretend to sleep, and maybe he could figure out the intention of the fish.

He felt that the other party was getting closer and closer with moisture...

啾.

A sharp object quickly touched his lips, and King Jing's breathing suddenly stopped for a moment, and suddenly he realized what it was.

The storybook about fairies and scholars that he had read during the day, especially those few paragraphs that he read very quickly, all turned into various vivid scenes, which kept popping up in his mind. The

white snake spirit and the scholar, the fox spirit and the scholar, all turned into this annoying carp spirit and him -

the room was not hot, but King Jing broke out in a light sweat, his body was stiff, and his heart was boiling.

He didn't know why he became like this. He lay there half at a loss and half expecting, waiting for the carp spirit to make another step. But then the carp spirit turned around happily and jumped back into the fish tank.

King Jing: ???