King Jing was injured after all. After taking medicine, he rested his

head on Li Yu's lap for a while and then fell into a deep sleep. Li Yu generously looked at the tyrant's handsome face that was hated by the heavens and the people, but it was not easy to use it as a pillow for a long time. Li Yu was afraid of disturbing the person who had finally fallen asleep, so he did not dare to move.

And tiredness was secondary. He estimated that the time limit for turning into a human was almost up. What if he turned into a live fish on the bed - Li Yu suddenly had a strange idea. If he was resting his head on King Jing's lap like this, wouldn't it mean that he was being pressed by King Jing if he turned into a fish? What if he was crushed...

Li Yu shook his head quickly. He had to run away before he turned back, but King Jing was still asleep...

When he was in a dilemma, the palace door suddenly opened a crack, and Eunuch Wang leaned half of his body in and looked inside.

The reinforcements really came when he wanted them!

Li Yu immediately blinked at Wang Xi. Wang Xi also saw that there was an extra person in the side hall, and his prince was resting his head on someone's legs. Eunuch Wang was stunned for a moment, and trotted over.

"Are you... Mr. Li?" Wang Xi asked quickly in a low voice.

King Jing took great pains to bring the human-shaped Xiaoyu to King Jing's mansion, and naturally informed Wang Xi, but King Jing did not reveal Xiaoyu's real name. Wang Xi then realized that "someone else's male concubine" was a beautiful misunderstanding. The young man is now a resident of the mansion, his surname is Li, and he works for King Jing. King Jing himself only leaked these words, and did not mention anything else. He also did not allow anyone to ask about this Mr. Li, and set a rule that no matter who met Mr. Li, they had to be respectful and serve him the same way.

It was not easy for others to enter the King Jing's house, and it was difficult to see the legendary Master Li. However, as a confidant, Wang Xi had seen Master Li's back several times. According to his observation, this Master Li should live in the prince's house and his whereabouts were often erratic.

Because of King Jing's order, Wang Xi did not suspect anything, but just thought that his prince and this Master Li were having an affair, and Master Li was the one the prince liked. Eunuch Wang had a good memory, and he remembered that Master Li had fought with the prince several times. Now that he was working for the prince, he always went into the prince's room and never came out. The prince also asked them to serve carefully, which was probably what he meant.

At this moment, Master Li appeared beside King Jing, who was sleeping on someone's lap. Wang Xi was more certain of the relationship between the two, but he did not show it on his face. His Highness repeatedly told him that if he saw Master Li, he must not be startled or talk nonsense, and should treat it as a normal thing. Wang Xi remembered it and did so.

Li Yu nodded slightly to Wang Xi. Wang Xi asked softly about King Jing's injury. Li Yu answered what he knew, and Wang Xi was about to leave, leaving the two of them alone. Li Yu quickly called him back.

"Eunuch Wang, please wait a moment. I, I have something important to do. Can you help me?"

Li Yu begged in a low voice. Wang Xi immediately understood what he meant. Together with him, they lifted King Jing onto the bed. Li Yu then covered King Jing with a quilt himself. The system had already started the countdown...

Li Yu had no time to say more to Eunuch Wang. He rushed to the palace door and quickly hid behind a cabinet near the palace door. He placed the crystal bottle not far from here. Li Yu's experience in transformation has accumulated over time. In addition to calculating the time, he would also place the crystal bottle or fish tank in a covered place after the transformation. When the time was almost up, he just had to hide and transform, then jump into the crystal bottle or fish tank. This time was the same.

Li Yu quickly turned back into a small carp, concentrating his strength on the tip of his tail. He kept jumping around and making a lot of noise. Since Li Yu found that the tail could be used as a chassis when it became strong and could support the fish body for a short time, he simply used the tail as a small skateboard. With a swish, he slid to the front of the crystal bottle and jumped back into the crystal bottle.

The fish completed a series of thrilling actions, and Eunuch Wang didn't even turn his head. Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief and swam proudly in the crystal bottle!

Wang Xi settled King Jing here, and when he turned back to look for Master Li, he could not see him. Wang Xi thought that Master Li had left again. His Highness did not allow them to ask about Master Li's whereabouts, so Wang Xi of course listened to His Highness.

But when passing by the palace gate, Wang Xi found that the crystal bottle was placed on the ground for some reason, and the little fish was wagging its tail at him. Wang Xi smiled and picked up the crystal bottle and put it back in front of the bed. When the prince woke up, he must want to see the fish first.

In the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, King Jing was resting, and in the main hall separated by a wall, people were kneeling on the ground.

The monk brought into the palace by the sixth prince was fake. The emperor thought that the fake monk and the children's song were both very suspicious, and ordered a thorough investigation. However, the investigation of the children's song needed to go deep into the people, and it would take some time. The fake monks who dared to break into the Qianqing Palace were punished first. These monks were a mob, and they confessed that they were bribed by the third prince after being punished.

The emperor directly scolded the third prince who thought his position as crown prince was secure. The little-known sixth prince rarely showed his face in front of the emperor, but was also scolded by the emperor.

Mu Tianxiao knew what to do in his best interest since he was young. When he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately knelt down and admitted his mistakes sincerely: "Father, I was wrong, but I didn't mean any bad things. I heard the nursery rhymes being sung among the people, and I was confused, so I wrote them down and told you, father. Moreover, I didn't know whether these monks were real or fake, because I didn't expect that there would be fake monks. It was all my fault. In the future, I will never listen to one side and believe it again."

Mu Tianxiao was a scheming man. He had been hiding behind Mu Tianming. Moreover, the monks and nursery rhymes were not arranged in his name, but in the name of the third prince. Mu Tianxiao had never shown up in person, and he was confident that no matter how much the emperor investigated, he would not be able to find out about him. Now that the emperor had exposed his plan, admitting his fault was nothing. In comparison, Mu Tianming was a step slower. After Mu Tianxiao had confessed and said everything he should say, Mu Tianming had just knelt down.

"Father, I didn't! I think... there was something wrong with King Jing's fish."

The third prince was still shocked by the fish flying out and knocking off the monk's hat. Although King Jing had said that he had discovered the monk's flaws and deliberately threw the crystal bottle over, the third prince thought about it carefully and was not sure whether King Jing's hand bled first or the fish first.

... It seemed that it was the fish.

Mu Tianming felt that this fish was very suspicious and he had to let the emperor know, so that these monks would not be a big deal.

"Tianming, you still don't know you're wrong?"

With the monk's testimony, the emperor didn't want to listen to the third prince at all. The sixth prince had admitted his fault anyway, but the third prince was still talking about other things?!

The emperor knew very well that the sixth prince often followed the third prince and helped him do things. Although the nursery rhymes and the fake monk were mentioned by the sixth prince, the monk testified against the third prince, and the sixth prince also mentioned the third prince several times in his words...

At least the third prince knew what the sixth prince did. The sixth prince was willing to admit his mistakes, but the third prince was not. This completely different attitude also shows that the third prince was the mastermind!

The emperor also remembered that he had originally asked Qin Tianjian to calculate the fish for King Jing, but Mu Tianming jumped out to question Qin Tianjian, and was refuted by Sun Zhushi. Later, the Sixth Prince brought out the nursery rhyme and the fake monk. Aren’t these actually overturning the result of Qin Tianjian’s calculation?

The emperor suddenly remembered another thing. A few days ago, he heard from Luo Ruisheng that the Third Prince went to King Jing’s mansion to buy fish and was scolded by King Jing. The emperor originally wanted to treat it as a joke. But now thinking back, didn’t the Third Prince also believe that King Jing’s fish was auspicious at the beginning, so he thought of buying fish? Why did he change his attitude in just a few days? The nursery rhyme and the fake monk, which one of them was not trying to use the fish as an excuse to make him suspicious of King Jing?

But why did the Third Prince do this?

According to his understanding of the Third Prince, it was probably because he treated King Jing's fish differently, which made the Third Prince jealous. The Third Prince failed to buy fish from King Jing, and thought King Jing was ignorant, so he called the Sixth Prince to join forces to splash dirty water on King Jing...

The Emperor was very troubled.

In fact, he had been paying attention to Mu Tianming. Since he could remember, this son always sang against Mu Tianzhao. In terms of ability, Mu Tianming was not as good as Mu Tianzhao, but he also had his merits. For a while, he still admired this son, but not to the extent of valuing Mu Tianzhao.

Mu Tianzhao's tragedy was ultimately related to his premature disclosure of the selection of the crown prince. The second prince was no longer useful. The emperor learned from the previous experience and, at least for now, he had no intention of appointing a crown prince. The most he wanted was to wait a few more years and take a closer look at the remaining princes. When the young seventh and eighth princes grew up, he would pick a good one from them.

But the emperor's lack of intention to appoint a crown prince did not mean that others did not have the same intention.

Mu Tianming used to be very humble, but without a check and balance from above, his ambition was quickly exposed.

The emperor was not unaware of Mu Tianming's actions in the court these days. The ministers who had been on good terms with Mu Tianzhao before now joined whose side, and Concubine Qian had interrupted several times in the matter of dealing with the Qiu family.

These were all manifestations of restlessness, but the emperor still endured it.

After all, he had few adult sons, and he did not take the initiative to restrain the third prince.

Wasn't it because he thought that an adult prince should have some power of his own, and the third prince and Concubine Qian might not do such a thing? If he really believed the children's songs and the monks' words today and felt alienated from King Jing, what would he do to King Jing?

In fact, he had already begun to doubt King Jing...

The emperor was angry and ashamed about this. He could not blame himself for almost falling into the trap, so he could only vent all his anger on the two princes who planned all this - mainly the third prince.

The second prince had been abolished before, and the emperor did not want to easily take action against the few adult sons, so he also stripped the third prince of his job like the second prince.

However, the third prince was luckier than the second prince. Mu Tianzhao was given a title that meant he had completely lost favor, while Mu Tianming was still a prince and was not slapped in the face like this—but it was not much better.

King Jing's hand was injured, so the emperor ordered the guards to beat the third prince and the sixth prince with 100 strokes each, and the emperor was in charge of watching and not letting them off. The sixth prince was later punished to be confined to his house, and the third prince did not have to attend court from now on, but had to go to the study every day with his two younger brothers, the seventh prince and the eighth prince.

This was just a punishment for the monk incident. If the nursery rhyme later found out that it was the third prince who was behind it, the emperor would let the third prince "determine what to do for himself."

As the princes who were beaten with a stick, the third and sixth princes were unprecedented and the scene was very spectacular.

The emperor ordered the guards to execute the two princes in the Qianqing Palace. The two princes were stripped of their pants in public and pressed on a stool to be beaten. The sixth prince endured the pain without making a sound, while the third prince screamed every time he was beaten. The sound came into the side hall, and Li Yu stayed in the crystal bottle and listened comfortably. The emperor was openly punishing the third and sixth princes to vent his anger on King Jing, and Li Yu himself felt relieved.

Because he was worried about King Jing, he didn't bother to enter the system even if he turned back into a fish. He seemed to have heard the system sound when there was a commotion in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace just now, and he didn't know what happened to the mission. He should wait for King Jing to wake up before dealing with the mission.

The third prince's creepy screams woke up King Jing soon. When King Jing opened his eyes, he saw a small carp in the crystal bottle peeking at him.

King Jing: Did it not have time to absorb the gold and changed back?

There is a long time to come, no need to rush. King Jing curled his lips and smiled, knowing that the little fish was worried about him. He also wanted to comfort the little fish and wanted to touch the fish. Who knew that before he stretched out his good hand, the carp spirit immediately stretched out its tail and "entered into meditation" straight up.

King Jing: "..."

The tyrant leader finally woke up!