The emperor was shocked. It was just a reward for a subordinate, how could it be considered as marrying a princess?

But King Jing insisted on saying that the marriage was a reward, and it was indeed the decision of the future King Jing to reward Li Yu, as evidenced by the approval of several memorials in the past. The emperor recalled that King Jing had asked him several times and realized that King Jing was very likely to set a trap for him.

I'm afraid that he was worried about how to reward at the beginning, but he really wanted to promote this marriage.

The emperor was shocked and very angry. He was angry that King Jing was plotting against him, and he was also angry that King Jing suddenly wanted to marry a male princess.

This dynasty did not prohibit male homosexuality. Some emperors in previous dynasties also took male concubines and loved them very much. Even the emperor himself had a male nobleman when he was young for novelty. However, it does not matter whether a man is a concubine or a concubine, because a man cannot have children and cannot occupy the position of the principal wife. If King Jing insisted on taking Li Yu as a concubine, the emperor might have agreed to it. According to the rank of a king, there can be one principal wife and two concubines. Li Yu is a man and a commoner, so it is a good thing for him to be a concubine, and everyone is happy.

But King Jing mentioned the principal wife in his memorial, and he also asked for the position of principal wife for Li Yu. Of course, the emperor would not agree in his heart.

How could a man, especially a man without any background, occupy the position of princess? If he agreed, it would be difficult for King Jing to marry a lady from a noble family in the future. After all, which lady would be willing to be a concubine under a man who could not give birth, and her own children could only be born out of wedlock?

The emperor found a bunch of reasons in a short while. He did not agree with this marriage. King Jing's tricks were just cleverness. If the emperor changed his mind easily, he would not be the emperor. However, it was

not easy to regret his words. The emperor thought about it and simply kept the memorial and did not approve it.

As long as he did not reply, King Jing would naturally not be able to marry a princess.

The emperor was also very angry with King Jing in his heart, and he hated that he could not make a good match.

He had been so worried about King Jing's marriage. King Jing seemed to have no desires, but now he finally wanted to get married. If he liked a girl from a certain family, the emperor would not refuse to help him. But King Jing asked for a male princess. He just thought that this son had some ability, but he didn't expect that he would hurt his heart like this!

The emperor was really angry and planned to give King Jing the cold shoulder and let him reflect on himself. He asked King Jing to go to the western frontier for training to give King Jing a fair chance, not to let King Jing wantonly ask for a male wife.

In a rage, the emperor summoned the old Cheng En Gong and King Jing's grandfather Ye Qian to the palace to discuss countermeasures with Ye Qian.

Ye Qian had met Li Yu a long time ago, and the letter from King Jing to him had been delivered to him a long time ago. Facing the emperor's sudden anger, Ye Qian gave him a few words of advice without leaving a trace.

King Jing asked for a male princess, which finally made the emperor realize that it was time for King Jing to get married. He would never be able to get married without a woman to take care of him. The emperor thought that if he arranged a marriage for King Jing and married the woman first, King Jing might not think about Li Yu anymore.

If he still wanted her, he could make her a concubine. Wouldn't that be better than marrying a male princess directly?

Ye Qian understood the emperor's intention and said with embarrassment, "I wonder if the emperor has a favorite candidate?"

The emperor was speechless when he asked this question.

The emperor had been worried about King Jing's marriage more than once or twice. It was true that King Jing himself didn't care, and it was also true that he couldn't find a suitable one.

The noble ladies in the imperial city who were well matched with King Jing all said in a tactful way that they would rather be the princesses of other princes and looked down on the dumb King Jing.

There were willing women of lower births, but they either had bad reputations, were ugly, or were disabled like King Jing.

The emperor himself felt that they were not suitable, so he had not arranged a marriage for King Jing.

So his son couldn't even marry a normal woman?

The emperor was furious and had to find another suitable woman for King Jing.

Ye Qian tried his best to persuade him, "I have to tell you the truth. I have never seen His Royal Highness Prince Jing ask for help from the Emperor before. His Royal Highness is not a reckless person. He must be sincere. His Royal Highness is different from others. I think it is this sincerity that is more important in His Royal Highness's eyes."

The Emperor knew that Prince Jing had said a lot of good things about Li Yu in his memorials sent to him several times. The Emperor knew that this was indeed a child with good character and had made contributions. If it was someone else, the Emperor might have dealt with him long ago.

Thinking of this, the Emperor became even angrier. Prince Jing was indeed not reckless at all and had been thinking about scheming against him for a long time.

The emperor was very upset when he recalled how King Jing had led him into a trap step by step. However, every step of King Jing was reasonable and logical. He could not find any evidence that King Jing had plotted against him. At most, he could only accuse King Jing of being confused and treating marriage as a joke.

The brat had angered him so much, wasn't he afraid that he would make him stay in the western frontier forever and not be allowed to return to the imperial city?

The emperor knew in his heart that it shouldn't be that bad. King Jing just made some mistakes in marriage. It was different from the mistakes of the second and third princes. Moreover, King Jing was now a prince with merits. If he punished King Jing for this, several ministers would also advise him. The emperor could only scold King Jing in front of the old Cheng Engong.

Ye Qian was very familiar with the emperor's temperament. If the emperor blamed King Jing, Ye Qian would listen quietly, occasionally agreeing with him, but not trying to persuade him. The emperor would get bored after a long scolding. Although Empress Xiaohui had passed away for many years, Old Chengen was still his father-in-law in terms of seniority. It seemed inappropriate to teach his son in front of his father-in-law.

The emperor calmed down a bit.

Another memorial from King Jing arrived soon. Because the previous one was kept in the palace and it had been a few days, the emperor concluded that King Jing had not received the news yet and sent it directly.

The emperor picked up the memorial and glanced at it. It detailed a suggestion from Li Yu.

Besides the chaos caused by bandits, there has always been another thing that worries the emperor. There are several towns in the western frontier, and locust plagues occur every year or two. The western frontier

has been in chaos for many years, and farmland is scarce. If there is another locust plague, the people will suffer from hunger and displacement again.

The emperor is also worried that the locust plague will become bigger and bigger. At first, the locust plague only appeared in the western frontier, but in the past two years, other places have also started to have trouble. The emperor

has to spend a lot of money every year to control locusts, but he can't eradicate them. Could it be that the words of a young man would be more useful than the officials of the Ministry of Works who have been in this field for many years?

But it was this young man who helped King Jing defeat the bandits.

The emperor was also curious. Although he knew that Prince Jing was paving the way for Li Yu, he still couldn't help but look on.

Luofeng Town, Prince Jing's residence.

The four little fish born by Li Yu are already one month old. Under the careful care of him and Prince Jing, the fish have changed in size. Originally, they were almost transparent, but now three of the four have grown the different-colored scales that only koi have.

It turns out that Dabao is a fish with golden scales all over its body, majestic and majestic. Erbao is a fish with a silver base and a gold base, which is exactly the opposite of Liyu's silver base and a gold base. Sanbao is the most beautiful, a small silver fish from head to toe. From a distance, the scales on the fish's body look like delicate pearls, dazzling.

Gold and silver are the colors that Liyu has now. At first, Liyu didn't see the fish cubs grow golden or silver scales, so he thought they would not become koi. After all, Yu Dad's own koi identity was obtained by completing missions, not born like this, and it should not be passed on to the fish cubs.

But unexpectedly, one month later, the fish had their own colors. It seems that the appearance of koi is not impossible to pass on, but the fish have not grown long enough.

Among the four young fish, Dabao, Erbao and Sanbao have all changed, and only Sibao is still the same.

Li Yu couldn't help but feel anxious. Sibao's reaction is usually slower than other fish. Could it be that even the scales are the same?

Mingming and Dabao came out at the same time, how could they be so different?

The fish can't speak very well, and can only speak a few simple words. Li Yu has no idea what Sibao is thinking. Dabao, Erbao and Sanbao are all looking more and more like koi. After half a month, Sibao's transparent body finally changed.

Li Yu finally waited for this day.

But the scales that Sibao grew were not gold or silver like his brothers, but gray and black. He turned into an ordinary little black fish, and looked very much like Li Yu when he entered the book.

They were all the same size, so why was there such a big difference?

Sibao has realized his difference these days, and he was a little frustrated that he could not become a little koi like his brothers.

Li Yu saw it, and immediately put the little black fish on his head, and took him around in circles to make him happy.

"Whether Sibao becomes a koi or not, daddy loves you!"

Li Yu said this to the cub without even blinking, which would give him goosebumps if he heard it a few times before.

Sibao was comforted by his fish father, and soon he became happy again.

After the fun, Li Yu turned into a human, put the fish cubs in a crystal bottle and took them to see King Jing.

King Jing was handling official business. Li Yu would bring the fish babies to visit their other father every day. As soon as possible, everyone lived in the same room at night. Li Yu was still working tirelessly to cultivate the relationship between the fish babies and King Jing.

When King Jing saw them, he put down his pen. King Jing was very happy to find that Sibao had turned into a small black fish. Sibao's personality was a bit like Li Yu. After turning into a small black fish, King Jing saw the shadow of Li Yu in Sibao and liked Sibao even more.

Li Yu put the crystal bottle on the table, sat down, and accompanied King Jing to read the memorial for a while.

There were too many "zhihuzheya" on the memorial, and it was ancient Chinese. There was a word written very sloppily. Li Yu tried for a while, but couldn't recognize it, and he fell asleep again.

He always felt sleepy when reading. He kept nodding his head, and the fish babies in the crystal bottle followed him and shook up and down anxiously.

...too noisy.

King Jing glanced at the fish babies in the crystal bottle and made a gesture to silence them. The fish babies all stood still obediently, sticking to the wall of the crystal bottle and staring with wide eyes.

King Jing tore off his outer robe and covered the sleeping Li Yu with it, wrapping Li Yu and himself, creating a warm place that belonged only to the two of them.

King Jing gently hugged Li Yu and kissed his lips. The memorial requesting the title has been sent out, and everything is as planned. We still have to wait patiently for the follow-up.

Dabao watched his fathers' outer robes shake for a while, then turned around. Erbao and Sanbao didn't know why, but they also turned around like Dabao.

Sibao knew that he was a little stupid, and Dabao was sure, so although Sibao was a beat slower, he also turned around with Dabao.

But Sibao still twisted his fish body, looking at his fathers curiously.

Li Yu was sleepy because of an unrecognizable word. After sleeping for a while, he woke up and his mind was clearer. Suddenly, he remembered what the word was.

It was the locust, followed by a disaster

- locust disaster.

Li Yu was startled: "Your Highness, where is the locust plague?"

This is a terrible insect pest! Locusts eat a lot of vegetation. There is a term called locust migration, which describes this scene. A large group of locusts flew over, and the crops that the people had worked hard to grow for a year were gone!

King Jing told Li Yu that locusts were recently found in a town in the western border.

Li Yu's expression changed slightly.

King Jing mistakenly thought he was afraid, and showed Li Yu a map of the entire western border and pointed out the location of Luofeng Town.

Luofeng Town is still far away from the town where the locust plague was discovered, so they are undoubtedly safe.

Don't be afraid.

King Jing comforted Li Yu, saying that he would protect Li Yu and the fish cubs with him.