Li Yu recovered from the cold soon. During the recuperation period, he would spend an hour with King Jing in human form every day, drink medicine, eat snacks, and observe calmly.
Although he himself didn't know what he was expecting, after letting go of his preconceived anger, he was still very happy to be taken care of in this way. Thinking back, King Jing had been treating him well for a long time, but since he officially became Master Li, could it be that he had been fond of him since then?
There would be extra points for answering this question correctly, but looking at King Jing's handsome and gentle profile, Master Li, who wanted to know the answer, couldn't ask it.
Maybe, maybe, if he continued to observe calmly, he could find the answer? Master Li comforted himself.
Doctor Xu later checked his pulse several times, adjusted the prescription, and finally announced that he had recovered. Li Yu grinned happily. After thanking Doctor Xu, a moment of regret flashed through his mind. Now that he was cured, there was no need for King Jing to accompany him. He would be the strong man in charge of raising fish in the palace again. Li Yu
deliberately ignored his discomfort and said with a smile: "Thank you for your care these days, Your Highness."
King Jing also smiled and nodded slightly.
He recovered, but Chu Yanyu gave King Jing medicine. Li Yu didn't know what would happen next. He didn't dare to ask King Jing directly, so he asked Eunuch Wang instead. Wang Xi said without leaking a single word: "Master Chu made a big mistake and is now confined to reflect on his mistakes. How did Master Li know him?" Eunuch Wang asked back with a smile.
Li Yu was not able to explain, so he said vaguely, "I have heard of Master Chu's great name outside before."
This was not a lie. The concubine in the original book was talented and beautiful, and she was very famous when she was with the Sixth Prince.
Eunuch Wang said indifferently, "Maybe I have heard of it before. But no matter what happened in the past, it is the past. Once you enter the palace, you must behave yourself. You can't just think about doing dirty things. In my opinion, Master Chu has brought this upon himself. Master Li, don't be soft-hearted and plead for him."
Wang Xi was indeed a smart man. He even thought that Li Yu might plead for him. Li Yu was stunned: "How could it be."
He was not so ignorant. Chu Yanyu had the courage to drug King Jing, and was caught by King Jing. It was King Jing's mercy that he was not killed. Eunuch Wang was just reflecting on his mistakes behind closed doors. Of course, Li Yu would not plead for him because of this.
But he really didn't know, and he didn't think about the deep meaning of Wang Xi's words about closed-door reflection.
There was such a commotion between King Jing and Chu Yanyu. According to his understanding of King Jing, the two were getting further and further away from love.
It seems that he has settled in his position of pleasure, and there is no need to think about pulling strings and building bridges in the future.
Thinking of this, Li Yu felt a little relieved.
Li Yu himself didn't want to care about what happened to Chu Yanyu later. King Jing had refused to accept Chu Yanyu at the banquet. Chu Yanyu could have had a completely different life from the original book, but Chu Yanyu still insisted on entering King Jing's mansion. Eunuch Wang intended to explain for his master. Only then did Li Yu know how Chu Yanyu entered the mansion. It turned out that the third prince was unkind to blame him. Li Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Young Master Chu has no position in the Jingwang Mansion, not even a servant. Everyone in the mansion knows that he must be guarded against. Even casually calling him Young Master is a bit contemptuous. Unlike Young Master Li, he is the beloved daughter of His Highness, and the servants all serve him respectfully, fearing any neglect.
Although Li Yu's appearance disturbed Jingwang's feelings, entering the mansion and drugging Chu Yanyu were not forced by Li Yu with a sword. Chu Yanyu decided to take this step, which was Chu Yanyu's own choice. This is really that Yu has nothing to do with it.
Li Yu put Chu Yanyu aside and did not mention it. Jingwang was a little unhappy to see Xiaoyu always asking about others, and his eyes kept signaling Wang Xi.
Wang Xi, who was entrusted with an important task, immediately changed the subject and said, "Your Highness, Master Li, there is a market in the imperial city recently. Uh, I have inquired about it. The emperor discussed with King Jin Jue to celebrate the marriage between our dynasty and Jin Jue. Most of the people doing business here are merchants from Jin Jue, and they sell small things that our dynasty has never seen before..."
When Li Yu heard the words "market" and "things", his ears stood up.
Wang Xi suppressed his laughter and finished his words: "Your Highness originally planned to go and take a look. If Master Li is interested, you might as well ask your Highness."
Wang Xi blinked at Li Yu and nodded in the direction of King Jing.
Li Yu had not walked around the street in human form since he entered the book, so he hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I want to go. Can I?"
King Jing was waiting for him and nodded with a smile.
Finally, he can go out for a walk. If he stays in the palace any longer, he will probably grow mushrooms! Li Yu was overjoyed, and suddenly realized that he and King Jing went to the market together. If it were in modern times, wouldn’t this be a date?
... So, it was a date.
Li Yu blushed slightly, and secretly glanced at King Jing. The big bastard used tricks again and asked Wang Xi to help speak. He almost didn’t react.
Since it was a date, wasn’t King Jing pursuing him?
Li Yu complained in his heart, this bastard used force before, but now he knows to pursue him, is the progress so fast!
But they can go to the market, Li Yu couldn’t bear to refuse, bit his lip and thought, he actually didn’t have a partner, so... let the big bastard pursue him, he shouldn’t suffer any loss.
Li Yu nodded, which was considered a formal agreement. Eunuch Wang was almost ready to congratulate King Jing. The masters would not go immediately when they went out. It also depended on the opening hours of the market and King Jing's free time. Moreover, Xiaoyu also needed "appropriate" clothes when she went out. King Jing privately pointed out some clothing styles and asked Wang Xi to keep an eye on them. Eunuch Wang was very busy recently.
In order to completely solve Xiaoyu's worries, King Jing, a fish lover, intimately proposed to take Xiaoyu shopping together, and the task of taking care of the fish was all handed over to Master Li.
Li Yu was more than happy. King Jing wanted him to take care of the fish, and he would have the final say on which fish was real and which was fake.
Soon the day of departure came, and Li Yu made an appointment with King Jing early, and they met immediately after the transformation.
He was wearing a rose-red robe with silver lotus embroidery that King Jing had just given him, with a string of jade beads tied around his waist. King Xi said that he should dress more cheerfully now that he had recovered from his illness. Li Yu didn't quite understand the ancient people's attention to detail, but it sounded like a good idea, so he wore it. He still didn't know how to tie an ancient belt, but the clothes King Jing gave him only came with very thin belts, so he didn't have to worry too much about how to tie the belt.
Red is a cheerful color that can make a person's skin look white. Li Yu felt that his complexion had improved a lot when he was wearing red. Through the bronze mirror, he could see that his cheeks looked like they were stained with a very light layer of rouge. He didn't often wear such bright colors, and King Jing actually stared at him for a long time before looking away.
Li Yu smiled complacently. He also knew that clothes make the man, but the old clothes of King Jing fit him so well that they seemed to be made to fit him. Li Yu had not had many opportunities to become a fish in a book, so he was usually thankful to have clothes to wear and never thought too much about it. But this time, he thought a little more. Why did King Jing always have a bunch of old clothes that fit him?
And why were the colors of these clothes always the ones that King Jing himself would not wear?
"Could it be that these are not real old clothes, but were made specially by Your Highness?"
Li Yu suddenly came to his senses. King Jing did not expect to be exposed and his expression was embarrassed. Although he did not admit it, his embarrassed eyes said it all.
In the past, Li Yu might have felt annoyed, but now from a different perspective, he saw King Jing's attentiveness and affection for him.
Li Yu's heart seemed to be gently tickled by a cat's paw.
"Thank you, Your Highness. The clothes are very beautiful. I, I will continue to wear them..."
Li Yu said to himself quickly. He was just wearing the clothes made by King Jing for him, but King Jing's embarrassment seemed to be contagious. He looked at King Jing for a while and then began to feel embarrassed.
Li Yu lowered his head and kept fiddling with the gold chain on the handle of the crystal bottle. Since King Jing entrusted his fish pet to him, Li Yu was responsible for bottling the fish. Li Yu put the fish pillow in advance, usually covered with sleeves, when the time comes, it may be him in the bottle, real or fake, it is usually difficult to distinguish. Li Yu
remembered that King Jing would deliberately wrap the gold chain around his palm to prevent the crystal bottle from slipping out of his hand. In order to pretend to be like King Jing, Li Yu also did the same. The gold chain was wrapped around his palm, and King Jing took both the gold chain and the crystal bottle from his hand.
Li Yu was puzzled, and his heart was in his throat, for fear that King Jing would take a closer look at the fish in the bottle and find out something. But King Jing only carefully untied the gold chain that was wrapped around his hand for a short while, and wrapped it back on his hand.
Li Yu: ???
King Jing can't speak, and he has to think about a lot of meanings.
Li Yu thought blankly for a long time. King Jing did not blame him, so it was probably not that he thought he could not take care of him, but that the gold chain made him uncomfortable.
But King Jing's own hand was also injured, and it was because he wanted to protect him...
Recalling the way King Jing was injured and bleeding for him, Li Yu's heart was overwhelmed by many emotions. He planned to calm down for a while, but King Jing seemed to use an invisible rope to pull him away little by little.
"Your Highness, Young Master, it's time to set off." Eunuch Wang came over to ask for instructions.
Because the market was far from the palace, Eunuch Wang arranged a carriage, and there was no doubt that Li Yu had to cherish time. When getting on the car, a servant took the initiative to use his body as a stool, but Li Yu declined. He was not really a noble son, and it was not difficult for him to just climb into the car.
The carriage of Prince Jing's palace was a little small, and Li Yu just fit in it. Soon, Prince Jing came up from the other side, and the carriage was full for two people. Li Yu had to face Prince Jing, legs against legs. The carriage was moving fast, and sometimes when it turned a corner or changed speed, he would inevitably touch Prince Jing, or bump into him, but it was not too hard and it didn't hurt.
Li Yu was so embarrassed that he felt that he had taken advantage of Prince Jing. He apologized as many times as he touched him. When Prince Jing heard him apologize continuously, his eyes were full of smiles.
Li Yu: Oh, you bastard, why are you laughing like that? I feel like he is taking advantage of me! !
The carriage soon reached the market. King Jing pulled Li Yu off the carriage. Li Yu climbed back on. When it was his turn to get off the carriage, he looked at the carriage that was obviously higher than the ground. Li Yu's calves trembled a little, so he had to let King Jing pull him shamefully.
Who knew that King Jing was so good at climbing on the pole? When he saw that he was letting go, he not only pulled his hand, but also hugged his waist. Li Yu was very depressed by the height difference and was half hugged and half carried to get off the carriage.
Hearing that a noble was coming, many people had gathered in the market. Looking up, it was crowded. As soon as Li Yu landed and struggled out of King Jing's arms, he heard people whispering among the people.
"Who is this noble man?"
"Look at the carriage, it's from the Jingwang Mansion, Your Highness Jingwang, have you heard of him?"
"Nonsense, Your Highness Jingwang, of course I have heard of him, I'm asking about the young man next to Jingwang."
When Li Yu heard what he was talking about, he quickly raised his ears.
The other end asked: "Who is that young man?"
"I don't know, maybe your Highness's brother?"
"Did your brother hold you? In my opinion, the one who can be so doted on by your Highness must be either a princess or a concubine."
"Impossible, can a princess also go to the market?"
"It's impossible for a princess, so she must be a concubine."
Li Yu: "..."
Jingwang also heard this incoherent conversation, his face sank, Li Yu thought, the crowd didn't know the truth and talked nonsense, it was inevitable that Jingwang would be angry, it would be good if he was willing to come out and make a clarification.
As soon as he thought about it, King Jing glanced at Wang Xi with a sharp look, as if he had the same idea as him. Wang Xi was startled and immediately ran over to pull a few ignorant people aside to have a conversation. After
handling the instructions of His Highness, the eunuch returned to the team with a smile. The people also returned with a smile, shouting excitedly: "Welcome the prince and the princess."
Li Yu naively thought that King Jing was clarifying: !!! A single misstep led to
eternal regret. How did he become the princess? What kind of reputation would he have in the future?