rencarnated as a koi fish

BToause of King Jing's indifference, the Emperor was a little embarrassed.

"Fifth Royal Brother, Imperial Father is asking you a question." Mu Tianzhao reminded him with a faint smile.

Because of King Jing's family background, the Second Prince had always been a little afraid of King Jing. Now that he was going to be the Crown Prince, he always wanted to make up for it.

King Jing raised his head, but ignored the Second Prince. Instead, he looked at the head of internal attendants, Luo Ruisheng. When Luo Ruisheng learned that the Emperor only allowed King Jing to enter the palace, he had already made preparations. Since King Jing needed something, he ordered a few of his attendants to bring a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone to King Jing.

Since he couldn't speak, he could just write, but it wasn't convenient.

King Jing took the brush with his right hand, while his left hand was still focused on playing with the fish. He finished writing without looking at the brush and then threw the brush away.

Luo Ruisheng didn't dare to look at what King Jing had written. He lowered his head and personally presented King Jing's words to the Emperor.

The Emperor's gaze fell on the strong and forceful words, and he felt a burst of sadness in his heart.

But this wasn't the time to feel that King Jing's handwriting was good, because King Jing had written "Serves you right."

The Emperor was speechless.

In the Emperor's impression, King Jing had never lied. This was also the reason why he was willing to summon King Jing directly for questioning. In the past, King Jing wouldn't deny it even if he hit other princes. The Emperor didn't think King Jing would lie.

Since King Jing said that the cat deserved it, there must be some twists and turns in the story that he didn't know about. He still couldn't be too arbitrary.

The Emperor looked dignified and looked at Head Steward Luo. "Luo Ruisheng, go and check if anyone else saw it that day."

Imperial Concubine Chou's expression suddenly changed. She had been laying the groundwork for so long, but who would have thought that the Emperor would question her after seeing King Jing's two words that didn't make sense?

But so what if she investigated? It was a fact that King Jing abused cats, and she even had a witness … It would be great if King Jing admitted it, but if King Jing didn't admit it, it would be even better.

The imperial consort wiped the corners of her mouth with a silk handkerchief embroidered with begonia flowers. Her originally somewhat sinister face regained its beautiful appearance.

Xiao Linzi from the Imperial Kitchen was quickly brought over. Since the matter concerned King Jing, the Emperor decided to personally inquire about it.

Xiao Linzi knelt and trembled as he recounted what he had seen that day.

"… This servant saw His Highness King Jing capture the Imperial Consort's cat the moment he saw it."

It turned out that before Madame Chou spoke to the Emperor, she had ordered her trusted aide to bribe Xiao Linzitoery clear that what the witness said was beneficial to her.

"Your Majesty, it seems that I didn't misunderstand. Shouldn't Your Highness, King Jing, give me an explanation?" Madame Chou smiled.

"King Jing, what do you say?"

The Emperor rubbed the space between his eyebrows, feeling a little tired.

King Jing's eyes flashed with a trace of ruthlessness. Xiao Linzi didn't tell the truth, so Madame Chou must have done something in secret. King Jing origin,ally, planned to ask the Emperor to summon the imperial bodyguard who was on duty at the time for a confrontation. In such a large palace, Xiao Linzi might not be the only witness. But after thinking about it, he didn't want to do so.

It was hard to say whether there were other witnesses. Even if there were, it would be useless for both sides to stick to their own version of the story, so there was no need to go through so much trouble. It would be better if he directly grabbed Xiao Linzi's throat. He didn't believe that Xiao Linzi wouldn't change his story when his throat was broken. This was the fastest and most effective way to make Xiao Linzi tell the truth.

… Don't do this!

Li Yu was extremely anxious. He had read the original novel and could roughly guess what methods King Jing would use in this situation. But if he made a move in front of the Emperor, he might fall into the imperial consort's trap. It would also be extremely detrimental to the relationship between the Emperor and King Jing.

But if King Jing didn't use his own methods, what should he do?

The imperial consort was already prepared. First, she asked the Emperor not to let Wang Xi follow King Jing. Then, no one could speak for King Jing. Now, there was a very unfavorable witness against King Jing. What should he do?

At that time, other than Xiao Linzi, only he and the cat were present. Xiao Linzi was bribed. He couldn't speak in human language. How could he testify for King Jing? Could he count on that enemy cat?

Or perhaps, there was no other evidence …

Li Yu even forgot to swim. He quietly stopped at the bottom of the bowl and tried his best to recall how the white cat met King Jing and how it bumped into King Jing.

He remembered that when King Jing was changing his clothes, he had peeked at King Jing. He remembered that there seemed to be a bruise on King Jing's leg.

That glance was too hurried. He was a little embarrassed at the time and didn't think too much about it. Besides, for a man, it wasn't strange to have some injuries on his body. Li Yu didn't take it to heart. Now that he thought about it, the bruise was on his calf. It felt about the same height as the cat. Could it be … that it was caused by Piao Xue bumping into King Jing?

It was possible. If it was true, it could prove that King Jing had been attacked by the cat. There was a reason for him to punish the cat!

Finally, he thought of it. Li Yu was excited. Then came the most difficult part. How could he remind King Jing of everything that he thought of?

Words wouldn't work. He could only use a special method!

Li Yu was quick-witted. He focused his strength on his tail and shook it with all his strength.

Splash! Half of the water in the bowl was splashed out by the vigorous shaking of his tail. The Palace of Heavenly Purity was originally so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. The sound of water splashing onto the gold bricks was particularly ear-piercing. It attracted the Emperor's attention.

"King Jing, what's wrong with your fish?" the Emperor asked in surprise.

King Jing originally looked at Xiao Linzi as if he was looking at a dead person. Suddenly, Xiao Linzi pounced on him. King Jing turned around to look at Xiao Linzi. Xiao Linzi was waiting for him.

It was waiting for King Jing to come closer. Now!!!

Li Yu swung his tail quickly and accurately, splashing all the water in the bowl at King Jing.

Originally, in order to tease Xiao Linzi, King Jing had rolled up his sleeves in advance and didn't let the water get wet. Now, he was unprepared and was splashed with water. His cheeks were splashed with water. His chest and clothes were all wet. His pants were the most serious.

King Jing was speechless.

King Jing's face became gloomier. He raised his hand to wipe the water droplets off his face.

Li Yu didn't dare to look him in the eye and hid under the bowl.

Sob sob sob, the tyrant was going to be angry!

But he had no other choice … Who knew if the tyrant would punish him first, then punish Xiao Linzi, and then change his clothes?

Ah, King Jing … was reaching out to him!!

Li Yu closed his eyes. He felt that the tyrant might … kill the fish?!

But after waiting and waiting, King Jing's hand only lightly knocked on his head and stroked his back.

Li Yu was speechless.

King Jing glared at Xiao Linzi, who was causing trouble. He stood up and cupped his hands in salute to the Emperor.

The Emperor understood and said, "Since that's the case, you are allowed to quickly change your clothes. We'll discuss it later."

Wang Xi was waiting outside the hall. When he saw the opportunity, he immediately rushed in with King Jing's clothes and helped King Jing to the side hall to change his clothes.

Li Yu heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, King Jing didn't get angry. He deliberately wet King Jing's pants in the hope that King Jing would see the bruises on his legs when he was changing his clothes and think of using the bruises as evidence. But even if King Jing didn't notice, it didn't matter. He had bought time for King Jing to calm down. Wang Xi was already here. Now, he didn't have to worry about no one protecting King Jing and speaking up for King Jing. King Jing and Eunuch Wang should be able to find a way to deal with the imperial concubine …

On the worse side, it didn't matter if they couldn't deal with the imperial concubine. At most, the Emperor would ask King Jing to apologize to the imperial concubine. In reality, he wouldn't really do anything to King Jing. He would just let the imperial concubine and her son be proud for a while. He would get back at them later.

Li Yu wagged his tail for the sake of the overall situation and waited for King Jing to appear after he was done changing his clothes.

Madam Chou also saw the fish that King Jing brought. Madam Chou had been jealous of King Jing for a long time. Even if King Jing wasn't present, Madam Chou still wanted to ridicule King Jing.

Madam Chou stood up and slowly walked over. She looked at the fish in the bowl with interest. She seemed to have thought of something and smiled in response.

Mu Tianzhao also came over and said with a smile, "Mother, what kind of fish is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"

Mu Tianzhao really hadn't seen a living ingredient carp before. His biological mother, Imperial Concubine Chou, had such an attitude, so he asked this question.

Imperial Concubine Chou pursed her lips and said with a sweet smile, "My son is a heavenly noble. How could he recognize such a vulgar thing? It's just the most common fish that can be used to make soup and dishes."

Mu Tianzhao, "…"

Mu Tianzhao couldn't help but smile, "Fifth Imperial Younger Brother's taste is really different. Son should ask Imperial Father to give Fifth Imperial Younger Brother some precious fish."

The mother and son pair said that they were admiring the fish, but in reality, they were ridiculing King Jing. Li Yu didn't even try to cover up and just stopped right in front of their eyes to listen. He was almost disgusted to death by these two people. They actually said that his master's taste wasn't good in front of him — — wasn't this the same as ridiculing him for not being good?!

They even said that he was vulgar. Even the emperor didn't say that about him.

Li Yu angrily shook the water while thinking of countermeasures.

Madam Chou was also attracted by the small carp for a while. After all, she had never seen such a fresh fish.

Just now, when the fish splashed water on King Jing, Madam Chou wouldn't think that the fish did it on purpose. After all — — it was just an ordinary fish that couldn't be shown in public.

However, Madam Chou would never have expected that this fish's guts were sometimes much bigger than she thought!

Li Yu originally planned to throw water at the imperial consort. He had already thrown away King Jing, so why should he pardon a cannon fodder? However, when the imperial consort came closer to look at him, Li Yu suddenly caught a glimpse of a golden phoenix dangling in front of Madam Chou's forehead. In the phoenix's mouth, there was a bright pearl the size of a thumb that flashed past.

Li Yu, "…"

Li Yu secretly cursed. An ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

Could this be … … the night-luminescent pearl that he had to obtain in the side mission of the bright pearl?

The system, which had been silent for a long time, softly said, "Host, you are correct."

Li Yu, "…"

Scamming system, can you be any more senseless?!

He was just a fish, how could he take the pearl in front of the emperor's favorite consort's forehead?!

Throwing water at her directly wasn't feasible. The imperial consort was still some distance away from him. He had to lure Madam Chou closer first.

Then, Li Yu decisively flashed his fish tail. For the night-luminescent pearl and King Jing, he would attack her!

As for how to lure her …

He remembered that the imperial consort in the novel was very scheming, so she was also very suspicious.

Li Yu began to have bad ideas. To deal with bad people, he had to use bad ideas —

How was a fish supposed to turn its belly white?

Li Yu mischievously rolled around and tried to slowly flip its belly upwards. He maintained this position and floated on the surface of the water, motionless.

This position wasn't very comfortable for fish, but as long as he persisted for a while, he believed that it would be effective.

As the second prince and Madam Chou were talking, he was facing the big bowl. Suddenly, he saw King Jing's fish strangely twitching and then flipping its belly.

"Mother, what's wrong with the fish?" The second prince blurted out.

Madam Chou, who was still feeling pleased with herself, also took a look. Her heart immediately sank. If a fish flipped its belly, wouldn't it be dead? But this fish was still very lively just now …

Madam Chou didn't care whether a fish died or not, but this was a fish that King Jing brought to the emperor. Even the emperor knew about it. Now that King Jing had gone to change his clothes, she and the second prince were the closest. How could the fish suddenly die??

Could it be that this was King Jing's plan? Because she used Piao Xue to make things difficult for him, he used a fish to turn the tables on her?

This was very likely. Otherwise, why would King Jing bring a fish to meet the emperor? He was waiting to trick her!