Chapter 010: The little mermaid misses the girl?

Together with Prince Ning in the capital, who was Zong Zhengxiao's elder brother, the Zong Zheng family had two disabled princes.

Now, in their generation, there is only one healthy man, Zong Zhengxiao, and it is unlikely that anyone will be able to shake his throne in the future.

For the aristocratic families, in addition to the bad news that Prince Jing had become a useless chess piece, what was even worse was that Zong Zhengxiao captured the people they had arranged to be around Prince Jing, and also followed the clues to capture the instigator in the capital. In addition, with the evidence that had been prepared long ago, he directly dealt with those people.

The action was so fast that they had no time to react.

This was tantamount to a blow to the aristocratic families. How could they stop? So they started fighting with the royal family headed by Zong Zhengxiao, and there were quarrels in the court every day.

Zong Zhengxiao also became busy and could no longer feed Rong Yin himself. He often came back in the middle of the night after Rong Yin fell asleep.

Fortunately, with Rong Yin, Zong Zhengxiao could at least sleep peacefully. If he still suffered from insomnia every night like before, he would probably be tortured to insanity.

As an idle fisherman, Rong Yin's daily activities were eating, drinking and having fun. When he slept during the day and woke up naturally, Zong Zhengxiao had already left.

In the afternoon, Rong Yin was playing with the educational toys that Zong Zheng Xiao sent him out of fear that he would be bored. A eunuch came with two palace maids to clean the bathing pool. Rong Yin glanced at them subconsciously and found that one of the palace maids was particularly beautiful.

Although she lowered her head and looked a little timid, her graceful figure and outstanding appearance could not be hidden.

Rong Yin had no bad intentions towards her, he simply thought she was pretty, just like when he came across a flower in full bloom on the road, he couldn't help but admire it a little longer.

It was the first time for the palace maids to see him. They were used to speaking and acting prudently, so even though they were curious about what the mermaid looked like, they did not dare to look up openly. They could only secretly glance at him out of the corner of their eyes while working.

So when the beautiful palace maid peeked at Rong Yin, she found that Rong Yin was also looking at her. She was so scared that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet. In panic, she accidentally fell into the bathtub.

The eunuch standing nearby immediately scolded him, "You blind slave, get up and work! Don't think of sitting on the ground and slacking off."

Rong Yin wanted to say that the girl just fell down and was not lazy at all.

But remembering his character that he couldn't speak, he could only grab a small wooden sculpture and smash it over. After the eunuch looked at him, he glared at him.

This was not the first time the eunuch had come here, so he naturally knew how much the emperor loved this merman. Seeing this, he apologized immediately without caring what Rong Yin was thinking.

"It is my fault for being noisy and disturbing your peace. Please forgive me."

The eunuch had heard that mermaids could not speak human language, but he thought it was better not to hit someone who smiled at him. Besides, his behavior was not for the mermaids, but for the people above him.

As the eunuch spoke, he secretly glanced at Rong Yin, fearing that he would be unhappy and jump up to attack him. Mermaids are beasts after all, and look at those sharp claws. They are no joke. If he hits him in the neck, he will not be able to get out alive today.

But his worries were obviously unnecessary, as Rong Yin had no violent tendencies.

Seeing that he was no longer making things difficult for the palace maid, Rong Yin was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore and lowered her head to untie the Nine Linked Rings.

In the drained bathtub, the beautiful maid's companion walked over carefully to help her up and asked softly, "Lu'e, are you okay?"

The companion's voice was not loud, but the hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and Rong Yin was not far from them, so every word she said was clearly heard by Rong Yin.

Lu'e? Such a unique and familiar name.

Rong Yin felt that he must have heard or seen this name before, and more than once, but he couldn't find the corresponding memory for a moment.

Until the palace maids finished cleaning and left, Rong Yin still couldn't remember who Lu'e was.

Rong Yin inexplicably started to dwell on this matter. In the evening, Zong Zheng Xiao finally found time to have dinner with him. When Zong Zheng Xiao fed him his favorite sashimi, he actually started to daydream in front of him.

Zong Zheng Xiao asked him, "What are you thinking about? Why don't you want to eat?"

Rong Yin came back to his senses, put the fish fillet into his mouth, and subconsciously replied in his heart: What else can I think about? Thinking about a girl.

Zong Zhengxiao paused in his feeding. Although he was usually calm and steady, his mind went blank for a moment.

The little mermaid was thinking about a woman, and she was thinking about her in front of him. Was that the kind of thing he was thinking about?

If that's the way of thinking, then it's normal for a mermaid, who is a male, to think about females.

Zong Zhengxiao tried to convince himself, but he found that he couldn't do it. He was a little unable to calm down.

At this moment, Si Xi came in hurriedly and said to Zong Zheng Xiao, "Your Majesty, Prince Ji wants to see you."

Prince Ji was the eldest son of Ji Chunqiu, a meritorious official who followed Zong Zhengxiao. When Ji Chunqiu was conferred the title of Duke, he naturally became the prince.

Prince Ji inherited his father's ideals of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. He was also intelligent and usually highly valued by Zong Zheng Xiao. He entered the palace at this time, probably because of some urgent matter.

Zong Zhengxiao immediately calmed down, put down his tableware, and said to the eunuch beside him, "Serve the merman to eat."

After saying this, he walked away with big strides without looking back.

Rong Yin stood there in a daze, watching Zong Zhengxiao's back disappear from his sight, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Zong Zheng Xiao actually left without saying a word to him!

Rong Yin knew that Zong Zheng Xiao had been very busy recently. He had been called away temporarily before. But every time before he left, he either asked her to stay here or said he would be back soon. In short, he never even looked at her like he did this time.

An inexplicable anger rose from Rong Yin's heart. He felt that he was being a little too unreasonable because it was possible that Zong Zheng Xiao just left in too much of a hurry and forgot about it. However, he couldn't help but wonder if there was another reason.

For example, Zong Zheng Xiao no longer liked him and became impatient with him because he had just been distracted when he was feeding him.

Heartbroken, Rong Yin refused the eunuch's offer to feed her and swam into the bathtub with a tearful face, her whole body submerged in the water.

As for Zong Zheng Xiao, halfway through the walk he remembered that he did not say hello to the little mermaid before leaving. He couldn't tell whether he did it on purpose or not. Anyway, he was still a little annoyed at the moment.

When Prince Ji saw Zong Zhengxiao's dark face, his heart skipped a beat. He thought, could it be that his sudden request for an audience made the emperor angry?

But no matter how uneasy he felt, he still dutifully informed Zong Zhengxiao of the important matter.

The reason why aristocratic families become aristocratic families is not only because of their rich cultural heritage, which enables them to cultivate talents more easily than ordinary people, but also because of the amount of farmland they own and the unique skills they possess, which are also the foundation that supports them to move higher and higher.

This time, what Prince Ji wants to report is related to the papermaking industry.