Ye Qinghuan was wearing a bright red wedding dress, smiling broadly. Princess Jin Jue was wearing a veil with a pattern of gooses playing in the water, holding a jade bottle and a ruyi. Although her appearance could not be seen, a pair of bright red lips could be seen when they were performing the ceremony.
Li Yu was very moved as he watched the young couple perform the ceremony.
He also had a role in the fact that this young couple could break through the original book and be together. He hoped that they would live in harmony and peace from now on.
This was like a perfect omen. There was another couple, and they were also different from the original book.
Li Yu could not help but glance at King Jing, and found that he was also looking at him. Under their sleeves, they touched each other's hands.
Li Yu silently made a wish in his heart.
The wedding was held smoothly under the auspices of Duke Cheng'en. Not long after, an elderly servant came to invite him, saying that an old friend wanted to meet His Royal Highness King Jing.
King Jing took a look at the visitor and knew who he was, so he held Li Yu's hand tightly.
Li Yu would feel guilty. Did King Jing want him to go with him?
Li Yu followed King Jing. King Jing held him with one hand and held the crystal bottle with the other hand. Li Yu knew it was impossible, but he still couldn't help but feel jealous.
Does King Jing like Yu more, or him?
If he compared it with other people, he would definitely not worry, but as for Yu...
After all, King Jing made the entire palace into an oversized fish tank for Yu, and broke many rules for Yu.
And he, the human-shaped Master Li, was also arranged to take care of Yu at the beginning, and King Jing even gave Master Li all ornaments of fish.
Thinking about it this way, it is extremely scary. Maybe it is not because there is a fish in his name, but that he is really not as good as a fish.
No, he must test it sometime. If King Jing dares to like fish more, he will never let him go!
Li Yu was like a jealous god for a moment, completely forgetting that the imaginary opponent fish is also himself.
King Jing was unaware that the little fish beside him was making trouble again. He led Li Yu and followed the servants into the back garden of Cheng'en Mansion.
Deep in the forest and flowers, an old man with white hair and beard was boiling wine on a small red clay stove.
King Jing pursed his lips and strode forward with Li Yu.
"You are here?"
The old man seemed not surprised to see the two of them. He pointed to the two chairs in front of him and said with a smile, "Sit down quickly."
King Jing bowed his head respectfully and took Li Yu to take a seat.
Li Yu was puzzled about the identity of the old man, when he suddenly smelled the fragrance of green plum wine. It was said that the green plum wine in the Cheng'en Mansion was brewed by the old Cheng'en himself. Who could sit in front of King Jing and brew wine?
It was Ye Qinghuan's grandfather, King Jing's grandfather, the old Cheng'en!
"Hello!"
Li Yu was excited and stood up and bowed. The old man in the book was the backbone of the Cheng'en Mansion, but because of his poor health, he did not make an official appearance. Ye Qinghuan died of illness not long after the accident. Now that Ye Qinghuan and the princess are married, the old Cheng'en must be fine. It's just that he didn't expect that he could see this old man in person.
This is the real parent of King Jing!
Ye Qian smiled and glanced at the young man in front of him, and then looked at King Jing.
"What a good kid."
Ye Qian smiled and motioned Li Yu to sit down. He thought he was a good judge of people and could tell the character of a boy of this age at a glance.
"Has Your Highness made up his mind?" Ye Qian asked King Jing.
King Jing nodded with a serious look.
Ye Qian did not ask him the reason, but smiled and said, "Then I have also made up my mind. If Your Highness gives the order, I will do my best." King Jing looked
at him for a moment, with both calmness and gratitude. King Jing lowered his head to pour wine for Ye Qian and also filled a glass for himself.
The two drank together, as if they had reached some important agreement.
Li Yu: ???
Li Yu had no idea what they were talking about from beginning to end, and it was not a good idea to interrupt them in this situation. He just weakly pushed the bamboo cup in front of him to King Jing. Li Yu didn't want anything too complicated, he just wanted to taste the green plum wine, right?
Because of his action, Ye Qian and King Jing were both stunned.
Ye Qian held back his laughter and just watched the show. King Jing glanced at Li Yu, turned around and filled Yu's glass with wine.
However, just when Li Yu happily raised the wine glass to smell it and was about to lick it, King Jing snatched the bamboo cup from his hand and drank it all.
Li Yu: !!!
"Your Highness, you are drinking my wine!" Li Yu protested softly, and the wine poured for him was naturally his.
King Jing smiled and shook his head. It would be terrible if the carp spirit got drunk outside, but it would be enough to let him smell the wine.
Li Yu expressed his anger to King Jing in a grumble, while Ye Qian drank leisurely beside him. The calm and composed young man and the lively and enthusiastic boy made him happy.
He had met Ye Qinghuan and Princess Jin Jue before, and they were both good children like these two.
When Ye Qian saw the pair of jade butterflies held by Li Yu, his smile became even brighter, and he also took out the jade token he received when he got married.
Meeting the parents, it doesn't seem to be that difficult. Li Yu thought while holding the jade token and the jade butterfly.
In fact, he was a little worried at first whether these relatives of King Jing would object. After all, King Jing was gay with him. Didn’t these relatives worry whether King Jing would also have a crooked relationship in the future?
Ye Qinghuan and the princess knew him, needless to say. Old Lord Cheng’en and his wife seemed to like him very much and gave him gifts. Old Lord Cheng’en also secretly told Li Yu when King Jing wasn’t paying attention that he would specially send him a few bottles of good wine next time and took good care of him.
Li Yu: Oh, what’s wrong with this overwhelming sense of responsibility?
Suddenly he felt that he had met his parents, and since his parents were good to him, he had to be even better to King Jing.
Xiaoyu’s inexplicably serious expression made King Jing want to pinch her cheek. Of course
, the people in the Cheng'en Mansion would not object to the two of them. King Jing himself was already past the age of marrying and having children, and he still had no close friend. Now that he finally had someone he liked, they would probably be very happy and eager to help King Jing decide on a marriage right away.
However, King Jing's marriage still had to be decided by the emperor. Bringing Xiaoyu to meet the relatives of the Cheng'en Mansion was the attitude he should show.
Ye Qinghuan's marriage made King Jing, who never envied others, somewhat envious.
King Jing had no doubt that he wanted to marry Xiaoyu, but he had his own considerations on when to let the emperor know and ask for an arranged marriage, especially after he reached an agreement with the old Duke Cheng'en.
He was a legitimate prince of noble status, and he had always been questioned and even assassinated. He was used to it and knew his way of survival. But after being almost framed in the Duke Cheng'en's mansion and several princes successively making trouble for Xiaoyu, King Jing realized that he could not keep the people around him by not intervening in any of the forces. None
of those princes were reliable, and the best way to protect the people he wanted to protect was to become the master himself.
Because he was born with a disability, he still had a long way to go, and the future would be filled with more and more dangers. Before he could achieve a stable life, he was reluctant and could not drag Xiaoyu into it.
Therefore, he could only fall in love with Xiaoyu first, but could not directly determine Xiaoyu's status.
But one day, nothing would be missing.
"Your Highness, I want to take a walk by myself, and then go back first."
Li Yu put the jade butterfly and jade token in his arms and told King Jing.
Because of the existence of the three chapters of the agreement, he was very casual even with his excuses, anyway, King Jing would not ask.
King Jing watched him walk to the edge of the garden, behind a few trees.
There, Li Yu quickly turned back into a fish, and skated back with his tail like skating. The crystal bottle was not far behind King Jing, but was blocked by King Jing's tall figure, and Old Cheng En could not see it.
Li Yu quietly jumped into the crystal bottle. Although King Jing did not stare at the fish directly, he heard the very light sound of water behind him and knew that he had returned safely.
Ye Qian was very excited and ordered someone to bring a chessboard. He smiled and said, "The last time I played chess with His Highness was when His Highness had not moved out of Jingtai Palace. I was ordered to visit him in the palace... So many years have passed in the blink of an eye."
King Jing nodded, letting his grandfather speak for the truth and he himself spoke for the dark.
Li Yu swam to the mouth of the bottle and lay down carefully, thinking about the dumb riddle the two had played before. He felt that it was very likely that he was present. Old Cheng Engong was not willing to say it clearly. Who knew that after he "left", the grandfather and grandson actually played the dumb riddle to the extreme and focused on playing chess.
Li Yu only knew the simplest Gobang, which he could not understand at all, and he felt very sleepy after watching for a while.
King Jing had been distracted by the fish, and when he saw that the fish was about to slip down the bottle again, King Jing cut the Gordian knot quickly. The chess game, which was originally entangled, was cut open in an instant, and the situation became clear.
Ye Qian touched his chin and said, "Your Highness's aura is very different. Is it because of 'him'?"
King Jing just smiled casually. Protecting oneself and protecting others are of course different.
Ye Qian had a rare opportunity to meet King Jing, and he wanted to say a few more words to King Jing. Suddenly, a servant came to report that the emperor had arrived.
Ye Qian immediately went out with King Jing to greet him.
The emperor, dressed in casual clothes, came to the Cheng'en Mansion in person, accompanied by the chief of the former guards.
Originally, it was just the wedding of the prince of Cheng'en and Princess Jin Jue, and it was enough to give gifts, and it was not the turn of the emperor to come. However, because of the mess done by the second prince, the emperor had to appease King Jin Jue and come to take a look in person to show his importance to the marriage.
The court officials and the couple of Cheng'en knelt down and saluted the emperor.
The emperor waved his hand and said with a smile: "The wedding will be as it should be. I just came to ask for a glass of wedding wine." The
emperor sat and talked with the happy King Jin Jue for a while, and the guests' tense strings finally relaxed.
Ye Qian and King Jing walked into the hall one after another and saluted the emperor.
Ye Qian has been in poor health these years and rarely enters the palace. When the emperor saw Ye Qian and King Jing, who happened to be getting married here, the emperor inevitably thought of the old things with Empress Xiaohui.
Since Ye Qian agreed to help King Jing, he must make full use of King Jing's advantages and took the initiative to say, "There is still a house where the late queen lived in the house. Would the emperor like to see it?" After
the death of Empress Xiaohui, the emperor had hardly been to the Cheng'en Mansion, and he was afraid of hurting Jing's feelings. At this moment, he nodded involuntarily. King Jing was the only son of Empress Xiaohui who existed in this world, so the emperor called King Jing to go with him.
King Jing still carried the crystal bottle with him. The emperor took a look and was surprised: "It's only been a short time, and your fish has become like this?" The
emperor then remembered that King Jing had sent him a special memorial to report the changes of the fish. However, the last time the emperor saw this fish, the fish was still black with gold. Now the whole fish has changed color. No wonder the emperor didn't react at first sight.
"It seems that what Kong said is true. This is really the queen of koi." The emperor sighed.
The emperor walked closer and took a look at the fish in the crystal bottle. Li Yu was afraid that the emperor would find out, so he didn't even dare to spit bubbles. He elegantly acted as an emotionless koi.
Fortunately, his fish was not the protagonist today. The emperor soon followed the old Cheng Engong to the house where Empress Xiaohui lived.
The place Ye Qian was talking about was the concubine where Empress Xiaohui lived when she was young. The emperor brought Prince Jing in. Seeing the room full of furnishings similar to those in Changchun Palace, the emperor's vision became a little blurry. He sat down and talked to Prince Jing about a few trivial things about Empress Xiaohui.
Li Yu was hiding in the crystal bottle, in a low position, and noticed a different scene from others. The emperor saw mostly familiar furnishings, but Li Yu found a picture of a maid hanging on the wall. Because it was Empress Xiaohui's concubine, Li Yu guessed whether it was painted by Empress Xiaohui herself.
Prince Jing can also paint. Did he inherit his mother's talent?
It's not impossible.
After Li Yu finished studying the painting, his eyes naturally fell on an inconspicuous wardrobe under the painting.
In a corner of the wardrobe, an old doll was exposed.
Li Yu felt that it was familiar when he first saw it, but after thinking about the black and yellow puppet for a while, Li Yu was stunned.
Isn't this the cloth tiger he saw in the secret of the system reward?
Although it is impossible to confirm whether it is the same one, it is very similar, and the cloth tiger in the secret is still an unfinished product, while the cloth tiger in this room is obviously a finished cloth puppet.
Could this secret be related to Empress Xiaohui?
But the room in the secret is not this one, and Li Yu is very sure that it should be a palace in the palace.
...Could it be the Changchun Palace of Empress Xiaohui?
Li Yu has never been to the Changchun Palace, so he has no way to verify it. For a while, he can only look at the cloth tiger anxiously.
He suddenly had an idea, and his fish mouth kept knocking on the wall of the crystal bottle in the direction of the cloth tiger.
King Jing noticed Yu's impatience, walked over, and saw the cloth tiger in the closet.
King Jing thought for a moment and took out the cloth tiger. The emperor smiled and said, "Your mother likes these very much. She made them for you. There are quite a few in Changchun Palace. Do you remember them?"
King Jing nodded gently.
The emperor's words were like fireworks, exploding in Li Yu's mind in an instant.