rencarnated as a koi fish

After being a favored concubine for a few years, Madam Chou knew that the Emperor always had a place for King Jing in his heart. She hated King Jing more because of this. If the Emperor attacked her because of this, what would happen to the soon-to-be Crown Prince Second Prince?

Madam Chou couldn't just stand by and watch herself and the Second Prince suffer, so she thought of a clever idea!

"Zhao 'er, come, don't make a sound. We have to … quickly hide this fish."

Mu Tianzhao:???

Madam Chou didn't want others to handle it. The Palace of Heavenly Purity wasn't her territory, and the Emperor was sitting on the dragon throne not far away. If she rashly asked her confidant to handle it, she was afraid that it would attract the Emperor's attention. King Jing's fish was dead, so the fewer people who knew, the better.

Madam Chou and the Second Prince blocked the big bowl and discussed in low voices.

Madam Chou's idea was to hide the dead fish first, then pretend that they found it missing. The Emperor would definitely order people to search for it, and she would have time to secretly prepare a live fish. If the right person found it at the right place, they could then transplant it.

"Will it be discovered?" Mu Tianzhao was a little hesitant. He was about to become the Crown Prince, so he didn't want to make any mistakes.

"What are you afraid of?" Madam Chou sneered, "It's just fish stewed in soup. They all look the same, so even King Jing himself wouldn't be able to recognize it."

Madam Chou was so confident that she dared to carry out this plan. Otherwise, would she be waiting for King Jing to make things difficult for her?

Madam Chou glanced at the fish floating on the water with its belly turned white. The fish had to be hidden well and definitely couldn't be found, so it was safest to hide it in her sleeve. No one would dare to search the dignified Imperial Consort's body!

Madam Chou suppressed her disgust and wrapped her fingers in a handkerchief to fish for the fish. Just as she caught the fish, the originally motionless fish's tail shook and it struggled desperately.

Madam Chou and the Second Prince:!!!

Mu Tianzhao was stunned, "Mother, isn't this fish dead?"

How could a dead fish come back to life? This was too strange!

Chou shi did not have the time to think about it. She also did not have the time to talk to the Second Prince. Although the fish was wrapped in a silk handkerchief, it was still very slippery. Now that it was moving so violently, if she accidentally dropped the fish on the ground, this was in front of the Emperor of the Palace of Heavenly Purity …

Since he had already taken this step, there was no turning back!

Madam Chou's forehead was covered in sweat. She was a woman and had been pampered for a long time, so her hands didn't have much strength. On the other hand, Li Yu was very good at struggling. This time, it was even more exaggerated. Coupled with his strong tail, it made it very easy for him to break free.

At this moment, Little Carp was the closest to Lady Chou!

Li Yu had swung his fish tail several times, so he had some experience. After calculating the approximate distance, he swung his tail neatly. He originally wanted to fly over and jump onto the Imperial Consort's body to scare her. Then, he would take advantage of the chaos to take the Night-Luminescent Pearl. Of course, if he wasn't careful and didn't succeed in rolling to the ground, then he would swing his tail a few more times and try to jump back into the bowl. The bowl was very close to him, so it wouldn't be a problem for him to leave the water. Moreover, he had stored enough water in his space.

However, he didn't expect that he would use so much strength that he would break a new record by jumping onto the Imperial Consort's face.

Li Yu:!!!

Madam Chou suddenly felt a chill on her face. King Jing's fish was pouncing on her face!

The Imperial Consort's vision darkened and she screamed in horror, "Ah — —"

When she screamed, Li Yu also panicked. After all, this was the first time he had climbed onto another person's … face as a fish. He subconsciously swung his tail around and slapped the Imperial Consort's face several times!

The Second Prince was dumbfounded. After a series of crisp slaps, he came back to his senses and shouted in panic, "Imperial Consort Mother, Imperial Consort Mother, someone come quickly! Quickly save my Imperial Consort Mother!"

"Quick, Zhao 'er, quickly help me take it off. It's on my face, it's on my face!!" Madam Chou's eyes were blocked, so she was frightened and screamed again and again.

Mu Tianzhao wanted to help, but his hand stopped halfway. He was afraid that if the fish flew onto his body, he wouldn't be able to explain himself!

In the chaos, Li Yu took the opportunity to find a suitable position and swung his tail at the bright pearl again. This time, he carefully controlled his strength and hit the golden buyao. As he wished, the pearl rolled off the buyao.

Imperial Consort Chou originally wanted to attract the Emperor's attention at night, so she spent a lot of effort on the buyao and used this priceless luminous pearl. However, at this moment, the Imperial Consort was so scared that her liver and guts were about to burst. How could she have the time to care about the hair ornaments on her head?

Li Yu tried his best to flick his fin a few times, but he couldn't get the luminous pearl. The pearl was about to fall onto the golden brick.

If he had the pearl, he would have the medicine to restore his human form. He was ready to risk it all!

Li Yu also rushed over to catch the pearl.

The Emperor was drinking tea while waiting for the King Jing. Suddenly, he heard the Imperial Consort and the Second Prince shouting. He didn't know what happened, so he hurried over with Steward Luo. This was the scene that greeted him. The Imperial Consort's hair was disheveled, her face was pale, and her hands were scratching everywhere. The Second Prince stood at the side, not knowing what to do.

The Emperor didn't see Li Yu. The little carp was chasing after the pearl on the ground. In this kind of situation, the Emperor would definitely notice the Imperial Consort and her son first.

"What's going on?!" The Emperor was furious.

Li Yu couldn't get the luminous pearl. Seeing the pearl rolling after falling to the ground, he still wanted to reach for it. However, he couldn't reach it. A hand appeared above him.

This hand held him down when he was about to reach the pearl, causing him to miss the luminous pearl.

Who was disturbing him while he was doing his mission?

Li Yu angrily raised his head and saw King Jing's angry face.

It's over, it's over. Just as he was about to fly away, he was caught red-handed by the tyrant who had just changed his clothes.

Li Yu sluggishly spat out a bubble. He wanted to quickly hide and deny it. However, he was in King Jing's hands. Where else could he hide?

He didn't know if King Jing saw him whipping Madam Chou and snatching the luminous pearl. He … in King Jing's eyes, he must have caused trouble. However, he wasn't brainless and playful. Madam Chou would definitely complain to the Emperor. As long as he returned to the bowl before the Emperor discovered him, the Emperor wouldn't believe Madam Chou's words. After all, how could a fish jump out of the bowl, play a trick on Madam Chou, and then jump back in?

Yes, he had to go back. It was so uncomfortable without water. He also had to think of a way to return to the bowl from King Jing's hands without anyone noticing. However, this was even more difficult than scheming against Madam Chou. King Jing wasn't easy to fool. He had to be very careful …

Li Yu was still crazily moving his fish brain when King Jing, who wasn't easy to fool, held him up and gently put him into the water.

Li Yu, who was suddenly moved back into the bowl and surrounded by water, was shocked!!!

Ah, the tyrant actually put him back in!

Prince Jing glared at Little Carp again. The frightened Little Carp read the dangerous message in the tyrant's eyes. Little Carp was stunned. He could read the dangerous message in the tyrant's eyes.

I'll settle this with you later.

Li Yu was speechless.

No, don't tell me that he didn't do anything before because he wanted to settle the score later?

He didn't want to be fish soup, and he didn't want to die. He might as well let the tyrant pinch him a few times. Li Yu especially flatteringly used his back to nudge King Jing's hand. Was it okay if he took the initiative to pinch him a few times to settle the score?

King Jing was speechless.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to uphold justice for this concubine. I don't know why King Jing's fish jumped onto this concubine's face …"

Madam Chou was still in shock. She cried and knelt in front of the Emperor. She hated King Jing to death. Did she fall into King Jing's trap? Maybe the fish came back from the dead just to trick her and make her lose face in front of the Emperor!

After experiencing the panic just now, Madam Chou had completely lost her calm. Everything she saw seemed like a trap.

The Emperor rubbed his temples and looked at King Jing in confusion. King Jing sneered and pointed his chin at the bowl not far away.

When he put the little carp back, he made sure that no one was paying attention. Since Madam Chou had bribed people to slander him, he should let Madam Chou have a taste of her own medicine.

King Jing glanced at the little carp. This little fish was very interesting. It actually gave him a chance to break out of this situation. It was a godsend opportunity.

The Emperor ordered Luo Ruisheng to go over and check. He saw that King Jing's fish was still swimming happily in the bowl.

The Emperor was really angry this time, "Imperial Consort, you're lying through your teeth. King Jing's fish is clearly still in the bowl!"

Madam Chou's blood rushed to her head. She was angry and anxious, "Your Majesty, it's true. This fish flew out just now!"

The Emperor frowned, "You mean, it, a fish, can fly. It flew out to bully you, and then flew back?"

This fish was a shadow for Madam Chou. Madam Chou nodded unconsciously, "It's true. Zhao 'er saw it."

"Imperial Consort, are you possessed?"

The Emperor sighed, his face full of disbelief. Madam Chou was originally fine, but she suddenly made a scene. She even said that the fish could fly. How was this possible?

If she wasn't possessed, why would she talk nonsense and even mess up her hair?

"It's fine if you're talking nonsense, but do you want to drag Tianzhao to talk nonsense with you?"

Mu Tianzhao originally planned to help Madam Chou, but when he heard this, he choked. Madam Chou gave him a meaningful look. Mu Tianzhao thought that the Emperor didn't believe him at all. If he insisted on helping Madam Chou, it would probably make the Emperor unhappy. Why should he show off his courage?

Mu Tianzhao could give up anything for the position of Crown Prince. He immediately said sensibly, "Imperial Father is right. This son … didn't see clearly."

Madam Chou looked at her son in disbelief. Mu Tianzhao guiltily moved his eyes away. He was someone who was going to be Crown Prince. What was wrong with wanting to protect himself?

The Emperor said unhappily, "Imperial Consort, even Tianzhao is like this. What else do you have to say?"

"Your Majesty, it's … it's this consort who was possessed. This consort misspoke. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Madam Chou bitterly bit her cherry lips. Her own son didn't help her. What else could she say? She was confused for a moment. The Emperor didn't believe her. It was useless for her to continue complaining. The only thing she could do now was to temporarily lower her head and let the Emperor's anger dissipate. It wasn't worthwhile to fight to the death with a fish at this time.

Just as Madam Chou was apologizing, King Jing's cloud-climbing boots stepped on an embroidered handkerchief. Wang Xi, who had been following King Jing, hurriedly rushed forward and bent down to pick up the handkerchief.

Because he didn't know who this handkerchief belonged to, Wang Xi deliberately shook the handkerchief open to take a look. He was so shocked that he cried out, "Aiyo!"

"Wang Xi, what's wrong with you?" The Emperor had a headache from all this.

Wang Xi said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, this servant seems to have picked up … Imperial Consort niangniang's handkerchief. Why are there fish scales on it?"

As Wang Xi spoke, he raised the handkerchief so that everyone could see it.

It was a handkerchief embroidered with begonias. Even the Emperor remembered that this was the Imperial Consort's handkerchief. Just as Wang Xi said, there were a few fish scales on it.

How could there be fish scales on the Imperial Consort's handkerchief? And right now, there was only one fish in the Palace of Heavenly Purity!

King Jing glared fiercely at the Imperial Consort. Wang Xi seized the opportunity and said on behalf of King Jing, "Fish scales grow on the fish's body and won't fall off easily. Could it be that Imperial Consort niangniang took advantage of His Highness' absence to do something to my fish master?"

Pfft! Eunuch Wang was worthy of being King Jing's spokesperson. Li Yu was overjoyed. He was just a fish. How did he become a master?

What master? The Emperor was stunned when he heard this.

Wang Xi smiled wholeheartedly and explained, "Your Majesty, this servant heard from Xiao Lin that Imperial Consort niangniang's cat is called Cat Master. This servant thought that His Highness's fish must also be called Fish Master."

The Emperor was the ruler of the world. He was the rightful master of everyone. Yet, the Imperial Consort actually let someone call her cat master. Was she putting the cat and the Emperor together?

"Nonsense. You're not allowed to call it that again in the future." The Emperor glared at Madam Chou with dissatisfaction. "Madam Chou, what did you do to King Jing's fish? Why did fish scales appear on your handkerchief?"

Of course, Imperial Consort Chou knew. She had used the handkerchief to catch the fish, but she would never admit it.

Ever since she came to admire the fish, the situation that was originally very advantageous to her had unknowingly reversed. This fish must have a grudge against her. How could she have time to do anything to the fish? It was clearly the fish that abused her!

Madam Chou sobbed, "Your Majesty, why don't you ask King Jing? It was King Jing who abused chenqie's Piao Xue first …"

"Your Majesty!"

Wang Xi disregarded everything and knelt down. He loudly said, "His Highness can't speak, but he is being framed for no reason. You know that the bruises on His Highness's body since he was young are not easy to disappear. The entire Imperial Hospital knows this. Just now, when he was changing his clothes, this servant caught a glimpse of bruises on His Highness's leg. The position was actually consistent with the cat's size. That day, it was Imperial Consort Niangniang's cat that bumped into His Highness first, so His Highness taught it a lesson. This servant begs Your Majesty to also uphold justice for His Highness! "

Bruises caused by a cat bumping into him?

Madam Chou's pupils violently shrank. Why didn't she think that King Jing actually had such a flaw?

When the Emperor learned that King Jing was "injured", he was very vexed. He immediately summoned an imperial physician to "treat" King Jing's injury. When he learned from the imperial physician that there really was a bruise, the Emperor was unable to restrain his anger. "It's just a cat, yet it actually dared to bump into my prince. It really 'deserved' to be taught a lesson."

Since it was the cat that took the initiative to bump into King Jing, it meant that Xiao Linzi wasn't telling the truth. Later on, it was discovered that Xiao Linzi had been bribed by Imperial Consort Niangniang. The Palace of Heavenly Purity was in a state of bloodshed.

The Emperor's evil fire was burning. He hadn't even appointed a Crown Prince, yet Madam Chou dared to frame King Jing. In the future, when she became the Empress Dowager, would King Jing still have a way to live?

The Emperor punished Madam Chou by confining her in Zhong Cui Palace. She wasn't allowed to leave without an imperial edict. He originally planned to promote her to Imperial Consort Niangniang shortly after Madam Chou's birthday, but now he wasn't in the mood. The Emperor, along with the future Crown Prince and Second Prince, didn't find her pleasing to the eye.

No matter what, Madam Chou didn't expect that her meticulously planned scheme would end up in such a state because of a fish.

Li Yu had put in a lot of effort this time. With all the noise outside, Li Yu was a bit sleepy. He remembered that there were still two pieces of fish food at the bottom of the bowl. Li Yu pulled himself together and swam over to eat the fish food. Just as he was about to take a nap, he felt that he seemed to have forgotten something.

… … Wait, a bright pearl, I almost forgot!

Li Yu quickly jumped to the surface of the water and looked around.

He found it. The pearl was resting alone in a corner of the palace. At present, no one had noticed that the luminous pearl on Imperial Consort Niangniang's head was missing.

Li Yu was eager to try again. He wanted to secretly jump out and take the pearl away. Even if he couldn't take it away, even if he touched it a little, it would be good. Maybe his task would be completed.

At this time, Wang Xi came over. He smiled and picked up the big bowl he was in and walked out of the palace.

Li Yu:???

It turned out that the Emperor was still reprimanding Madam Chou. King Jing couldn't bear to listen anymore, so he got up and left. Naturally, the little carp, who was with King Jing, had to be brought back with him.

Li Yu: "Hey, are you kidding me? I haven't taken the pearl yet …"

Wang Xi was about to leave the palace with the bowl when he saw the little carp clinging to the edge of the bowl and looking in a certain direction reluctantly.

Wang Xi almost laughed out loud. Shaking his head, he felt that he was thinking too much.

Li Yu saw that the pearl was getting farther and farther away from him. He was afraid that he couldn't complete this task. Li Yu was so sad that he became a little listless.

King Jing, who was beside him, also saw that the little carp was listless. King Jing thought for a moment in that direction and pointed to an attendant to check it out. The attendant quickly came back with a pearl.

King Jing recognized that it was the luminous pearl on Imperial Consort Chou's head. He was very sure that the little carp was looking at this pearl because he saw the little carp chasing after the pearl when he walked out of the side palace after changing his clothes.

So he wanted this pearl so much?

"Master, Master, please give me the pearl!"

Li Yu immediately perked up. She walked over and shook Prince Jing's hand in a fawning manner. She was as flattering as she could be.

King Jing: "… …"

They still had a score to settle. You want the pearl just by twisting it? It's not that easy.