The emperor was very satisfied with King Jing. He thought about many things during the birthday banquet and looked at King Jing frequently.

After the birthday banquet, the emperor called King Jing to talk alone.

Li Yu had just returned to the crystal bottle from Taiye Lake. He had no time to catch up, so he could only wait outside the Qianqing Palace with Wang Xi.

While waiting, Wang Xi took out a lot of red fish food and peach cakes to feed. King Jing's birthday ceremony was unprecedentedly successful. Eunuch Wang felt that the little fish master was the first to contribute, and this was what really needed to be rewarded.

Li Yu didn't eat any of the fish food that the sixth prince threw into the water just now. The arrogant fish didn't even look at it. He swam hard in front of the emperor with all his heart and didn't feel tired at all. At this moment, Wang Gonggong fed him, and Li Yu felt hungry. He quickly swallowed the food, and his cheeks were full.

"Master Yu, please eat slowly." Wang Xi said with a smile.

Li Yu was wolfing down his food when he suddenly heard footsteps.

Li Yu was delighted and looked over with the fish food in his mouth. Then he realized that the footsteps came from outside the palace, and it should not be King Jing.

Li Yu soon saw Mu Tianxiao's gentle and kind face.

...It was the Sixth Prince?

Li Yu was a little disappointed. Why didn't he leave?

He probably came here to wait for the emperor to summon him, but he didn't expect to meet Wang Xi with the fish.

Mu Tianxiao also saw the fish. The Sixth Prince wanted to take a closer look at the fish for a long time, and he was about to approach.

"Sixth Prince, please stay!" Wang Xi frowned and advised.

"The fish raised by the fifth prince, how can I, as his younger brother, not even take a look at them?" The Sixth Prince smiled.

What was he going to do?

Li Yu was so nervous that he even forgot to chew the fish food in his mouth. The tip of his tail quietly gathered a lot of strength. If the Sixth Prince dared to do anything to him, he would dare to slap him!

"Sixth Prince." Wang Xi held the crystal bottle tightly in his arms and warned again and again, "This is my prince's fish. You are not allowed to get close without the prince's permission."

Mu Tianxiao's face became colder: "Why, even you look down on me?"

Wang Xi said neither servilely nor arrogantly: "I don't look down on the Sixth Prince. Although I am a servant, I know that taking without permission is stealing. Why did the Sixth Prince have to come to see the fish while my prince was away?" After

Wang Xi finished speaking, Li Yu almost gave him a fin - if the fins on both sides were enough.

Wuwuwu, the prince actually fought against the sixth prince for the fish, the fish was so moved!

Wang Xi refused to give face, and Mu Tianxiao was very embarrassed. He thought that it would be difficult to explain the dispute with King Jing's personal attendant in front of the Qianqing Palace. Mu Tianxiao quickly softened his expression and said proactively: "Don't be nervous, I just want to take a look, so I won't let you see." Mu

Tianxiao entered the palace directly, but was soon politely invited out by the guard guarding the palace.

Mu Tianxiao glanced at Wang Xi, turned around and left.

It seems that the Sixth Prince's request to see him was unsuccessful, and the Emperor did not want to see the Sixth Prince.

Finally left. Li Yu relaxed a little.

Luo Ruisheng saw King Jing out of the palace, and Wang Xi quickly brought Li Yu to greet him.

"Your Highness, you finally come out!"

Wang Xi handed over the crystal bottle in his hand with a smile on his face. King Jing's habit is to see the fish immediately.

King Jing took the crystal bottle personally and touched the fish's smooth back.

Li Yu immediately rubbed him happily.

The emperor talked with King Jing for so long. If the emperor is very pleased, he can just make King Jing the crown prince. The third prince, the sixth prince, and all these scum will have to stand aside.

Li Yu almost made himself happy. It is not so easy to compete for the crown prince. He knows that this is a fantasy, just to satisfy his mind.

But if he can't make him the crown prince directly, there must be a reward, right?

Li Yu secretly looked at King Jing's face. King Jing was neither sad nor happy. He felt that this reward was a little different.

King Jing signaled Wang Xi with his eyes: Go to Changchun Palace.

Wang Xi responded and led the way. This was Li Yu's first time to Changchun Palace, which reminded him of a secret related to Changchun Palace that had not been solved so far. He had tried to test King Jing, but found that King Jing had no impression of it. If he wanted to understand this secret thoroughly, he could only rely on his own speculation.

In fact, Li Yu had thought about asking King Jing to take him to Changchun Palace before, but it was not easy to find a reason. After all, Changchun Palace was the residence of the previous emperor and empress. It was very rude for him to ask for a look. Moreover, human form had to pay attention to the time when entering the palace. If he asked King Jing to take him there, King Jing agreed, but in the end he "disappeared", which was too unreasonable. But when he changed to fish form, he could not ask King Jing.

Li Yu originally planned to wait until the day of Empress Xiaohui's birthday. The original book mentioned that on this day, Prince Jing would go to Changchun Palace to pay homage. Li Yu thought that when the time came, Prince Jing would usually bring Yu with him. If he didn't, Yu would cling to Prince Jing and he would always be able to enter Changchun Palace smoothly. Then maybe he could naturally solve the secret?

Unexpectedly, it was still the Wanshou Festival, and Prince Jing went there before Empress Xiaohui's birthday.

Because Prince Jing only proposed to go to Changchun Palace after talking to the emperor, was it the emperor's order?

Li Yu carefully checked Prince Jing's face. Prince Jing must have been rewarded, why was he so solemn...

The group soon arrived at Changchun Palace.

When Li Yu first saw the scenery near Changchun Palace, he became more and more certain that the location of the secret hint was in Changchun Palace, because the decoration on the eaves was very similar to what he saw in the system, and Wang Xi kept saying that Changchun Palace had not been renovated for a long time since the death of the previous emperor.

The main hall of Changchun Palace was dark, and King Jing ordered Wang Xi to light the lights. Cloth for sacrifices was hung everywhere in the main hall, and the tablet of Empress Xiaohui was enshrined on a square altar.

King Jing placed the crystal bottle on the table, and Wang Xi took out three incense sticks. King Jing lit them himself, came to the tablet, and bowed three times solemnly.

Li Yu followed King Jing into the hall, looking for the cloth tiger everywhere, but he couldn't find it for a while. Because the fish body was not very convenient, Li Yu had to give up for the time being.

King Jing was offering sacrifices to Empress Xiaohui. Li Yu stared at him blankly. He could not help but think that King Jing had already brought him to see the elders of Cheng'en Mansion, but now he brought him to Changchun Palace. Empress Xiaohui was King Jing's biological mother.

Li Yu reacted and quickly followed King Jing, waving the fish towards the tablet. Because the incident happened suddenly, the fish was not prepared, so he could only sincerely and secretly recite: "Empress, if you are still alive, please bless His Highness King Jing..."

King Jing saw the fish shaking its head and tail, and after a little thought, he guessed the fish's intention and smiled at him.

After the fish finished "waving", King Jing sat down and touched the fish. Li Yu could feel King Jing's heavy heart through the crystal bottle.

What happened? Was it not a praise but a reprimand?

"Your Highness, what happened to you?" Wang Xi asked with some concern.

King Jing shook his head lightly, and his eyes immediately moved to the outside of the palace. Wang Xi understood that this was in the palace, and it was inconvenient for His Highness to tell him.

King Jing sat for a cup of tea, and then took Wang Xi and Li Yu out of the palace.

It was not until they returned to the palace that Wang Xi and Li Yu learned that the emperor not only did not reward King Jing with a birthday gift, but also asked King Jing to live in the western frontier for a period of time.

In other words, the emperor's "reward" to King Jing was to make King Jing leave the imperial city.

What's going on, how could this be?

Li Yu couldn't understand. The emperor was very happy when he saw the longevity word placed by Yu, and even proposed to hang Tang Yin's painting in the Qianqing Palace. Why did he suddenly turn against King Jing?

He thought he had done nothing wrong, so was there something wrong with the fish array, or should he not have added unnecessary details by presenting the lotus to the emperor?

But if he didn't do that, the emperor would be disappointed once the fish array was dispersed...

Ahem, the emperor's mind is too hard to guess for a fish!

Li Yu reflected on himself, and Wang Xi also felt sorry for King Jing, muttering a few words, King Jing signaled Wang Xi to leave with his eyes. After

Eunuch Wang left, the more Li Yu thought about it, the more he felt that it was his fault. He couldn't eat the fish food and peach blossom cakes that Wang Xi fed him, and kept thinking about all the details since the birthday banquet.

He still couldn't figure it out, and while he was complaining about himself, Li Yu caught a glimpse of King Jing sitting in front of the window with a small lamp, and the dusk made the young man's handsome face blurry.

It was getting late, and after a whole day of hard work, the King of Jing did not go to rest. Perhaps he was just like him, too upset and unable to sleep.

This would not do.

Li Yu shook his head, and quickly transformed into a human form where the King of Jing could not see him. He walked to the window and called out apologetically, "Your Highness."

The King of Jing looked up and saw him, a smile appeared in his eyes, and he waved at him.

Li Yu suddenly realized that the King of Jing did not rest perhaps not because he was upset, but because he was waiting for him.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry, I, I tried my best, and I don't know how this happened..."

Li Yu stammered as he explained, feeling very aggrieved. Didn't the online articles say that the competition for the throne requires pleasing the emperor? Why did Yu's flattery cause trouble to others? Could it be that the emperor thought that the King of Jing had started to please him, and had ulterior motives?

The luck of fish in some strange places, why can't it be shared with King Jing?

Seeing that he misunderstood, King Jing shook his head repeatedly, held Li Yu's hand and patted it, and pointed to the painting on the wall.

Li Yu guessed for a while before he roughly understood what the other party meant. King Jing said it was none of his business, and King Jing himself also gave the painting.

Li Yu sniffed and said uncertainly: "Your Highness really doesn't blame me?"

King Jing shook his head again and held his hand tightly.

It was difficult to express it in just a few movements. King Jing kissed Li Yu's lips and took the initiative to hold him on his lap.

Li Yu:? ? ?

Li Yu was shocked. What time is it now, and King Jing is still thinking about tofu?

Is he afraid that he will never come back in the future, so he wants to have a crazy meal? Just like

suddenly going to Changchun Palace, is it also because he is afraid that it will be inconvenient to hold a memorial service in the future?

Li Yu felt distressed. Anyway, there were no other fish, but there was plenty of tofu. So what if it made King Jing happy?

Li Yu gritted his teeth and put his arms around King Jing's neck.

King Jing was slightly startled by his sudden initiative, then smiled as he remembered something. He straightened Li Yu's body, held Li Yu's hand, and spread out paper and pen with him.

Li Yu's face turned red. It turned out that sitting like this was not to take advantage of him, but to... write.

King Jing led him to write and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You are fine. Don't worry. Father is not angry with me."

"Really?" Li Yu didn't quite believe it. "Then why did the emperor let Your Highness leave?"

The original book mentioned that the western border was a poor mountain and bad water place, not a wealthy place. The emperor would not let King Jing go on a trip, right?

"Father did not strip me of my title." King Jing wrote heavily with a hint.

Li Yu chewed on this sentence again and again, his eyes lit up, "Not stripped of title, what does not stripped of title mean?"

The emperor hated the second prince and didn't even give him the title of a king. He only gave the second prince the title of Marquis An, and other princes, except for King Jing, have not been given titles until now.

And King Jing's throne is actually the emperor's guilt and consolation to King Jing. If the emperor was really angry and banished King Jing from the imperial city in a rage, he would definitely not have kept King Jing's title.

"Could it be that - the emperor ordered Your Highness to go to the western frontier, not as a punishment, but..."

Li Yu was about to blurt out, King Jing quickly put his finger to his lips and made a gesture to keep quiet.

The emperor didn't say anything clearly, just asked him to go to the western frontier, and the specific order would be given after he arrived.

King Jing himself was puzzled, and later he vaguely guessed the emperor's intention from the fact that the emperor still asked Luo Ruisheng to send him. He always felt that he could get the edge, but he must not say it out loud. The emperor asked him to go to the western frontier, so he had to go.

Li Yu cooperated and covered his mouth, but his heart was boiling all of a sudden.

Since ancient times, a father kicking his son out is either a punishment or a test.

In other words, why did the emperor test King Jing?

Of course, there will be tests only when there is hope. In the past, the emperor rarely interfered with King Jing's life. In the final analysis, the emperor had no hope for King Jing, so naturally he didn't care about King Jing.

So now that there is hope, going to the western frontier may not be a bad thing.

Li Yu figured it out and burst into laughter: "Your Highness, when are you leaving?"

King Jing wrote: "Right away, in these two days. You stay in the mansion and Wang Xi will take care of you."

Although King Jing felt that he was very likely to have figured out the emperor's mind, the western frontier was poor and King Jing was reluctant to let Xiaoyu go with him. In addition, the journey was tiring, and King Jing was afraid that Xiaoyu would not be able to bear it, so he simply wanted Xiaoyu to stay in the imperial city.

He hadn't been very nice to Xiaoyu, so how could he let Xiaoyu suffer with him?

Li Yu, who learned that he was about to stay, said: ? ? ?

Damn, King Jing is going to the western frontier, isn't this sharing weal and woe?

"Your Highness, no, I'll be wherever you are, and we'll go together!"