The 2nd Prince wouldn’t have cared about a fish before this. However, he couldn’t help but feel cautious towards the fish in front of his eyes. He got screwed over by this fish before. He was practically certain that this seemingly dead fish was most likely playing some kind of game again.
After Qiu-shi was sent to solitary confinement by the Emperor, she once cried herself hoarse in front of him complaining that this fish was part of Jing-wang’s schemes. The 2nd prince also suspected the same before. However, if he wanted to save his image inside the Emperor’s heart, and steady his candidate position as the crown prince, he couldn’t bypass Jing-wang. He couldn’t act disrespectful towards Jing-wang openly again.
Jing-wang’s status was special. He was like a test left by the Emperor for the future ruler. The 2nd Prince must make the Emperor feel that he was a benevolent person, capable of treating all of his brothers well, especially Jing-wang who was born a more noble status than himself. Therefore, even though Qiu-shi, as well as himself, had to suffer a little injustice, he was willing to endure.
Learning from her previous mistake, Qiu-shi told him, no matter what’s going on with the fish, he shouldn’t touch it. Attempting to maintain the status quo, the 2nd prince thought: since he came in with Wang Xi, as long as he pretended he didn’t know anything, Jing-wang couldn’t blame him for anything.
Therefore, that’s what he did. Yet, he still couldn’t stop himself from secretly glancing at this evil fish. After a long time, this fish still didn’t have any movements.
The 2nd Prince’s eyelids twitched. This fish was most likely really really dead this time.
It’s best if he left as soon as possible.
The 2nd Prince said to Wang Xi: “I still have business in my own estate. I must bid farewell ahead of time. If the iridescent pearl is found, just send someone to bring it over.”
Wang Xi shook his head with a smile: “What are you saying? Since you requested it yourself, of course you have to oversee the task yourself……”
Wang Xi attended Jing-wang for many years. He’s encountered Mu TianZhao(2) plenty of times before. This was the first time Mu TianZhao(2) felt this old servant was so troublesome. The more he wanted to leave, the harder it was to go. The inner servant in charge of caring for the fish came over patrolling at this time. They suddenly felt something wasn’t right and pointed at the fish in the fish tank, saying in panic: “Wang-gonggong, how come his highness’s fish hasn’t moved for this long?”
The 2nd Prince: “……”
Mu TianZhao secretly cursed internally.
Wang Xi quickly ran over to take several looks. He knew the little carp often had a ‘habit’ of ‘sleeping.’ Recently the little carp didn’t like moving too much. Wang Xi saw the fish laying properly and didn’t think too much at first. With the comment from the inner servant, he also felt that the fish was too quiet. Don’t tell him, there was something wrong with this fish?
Wang Xi carefully looked at the fish for a while and said with uncertainty: “Guard this place well and send for his highness immediately.”
Expression solemn, Wang Xi turned his head and said to Mu TianZhao(2): “2nd Prince, my family’s highness will be coming over soon. Please wait here.”
Mu TianZhao got screwed over once already by this fish, and had lingering fears. When Wang Xi didn’t allow him to leave, he immediately said somewhat angrily: “What do you mean by this? Jing-wang’s fish has nothing to do with me. I didn’t touch this fish at all!”
“Yo~ 2nd Prince, this old servant didn’t even say anything. What are you panicking about?” Wang Xi said with an ambiguous smile: “You probably don’t know. This fish is my family’s highness’s baby darling. Even the Emperor knows about this fish. Not only you, everyone that entered this room, all must wait for his highness’s personal inspection.”
This was really using one’s position to bully others. He even brought out the Emperor’s name!
Mu TianZhao(2)’s gaze turned cold. Even a servant from the Jing Estate dared to treat him like this, what exactly was Jing-wang’s attitude towards him?
However, the 2nd Prince thought about his Crown Prince’s position…… let this disabled mute feel complacent for a while. Just wait until he obtains the throne, he will definitely make sure this mute won’t be able to cry even if he wanted to.
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Mu TianZhao forcibly smoothed out his expression and said: “Then let’s wait until 5th brother comes over to discuss this.”
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Jing-wang had some impression of this servant. He remembered that they often followed Wang Xi so waved his hand at this servant.
The inner servant received the order and immediately stepped forth and started to converse quietly with Jing-wang.
This inner servant also didn’t know what precisely happened. He was sent over in a hurry by Wang Xi. According to Wang-gonggong’s words, there was something wrong with the Master Fish. He must ask Jing-wang for instructions. The inner servant couldn’t speak clearly about the specifics. Jing-wang recalled that the 2nd Prince went over to get the iridescent pearl and assumed that this was related to the 2nd Prince, that’s why Wang Xi couldn’t say it clearly.
Did the 2nd Prince hurt his fish?
Jing-wang’s expression instantly turned cold. Waving his sleeves, he dismissed the song and dance. The 3rd Prince was still trying to persuade him. Jing-wang directly shoved the 3rd Prince out of the way and headed towards the back hall without a word.
Very quickly returning to his residence, he saw Wang Xi and the relevant servants all present, along with an ill looking 2nd Prince.
Jing-wang didn’t bother to check if the 2nd Prince was well. Without waiting for Wang Xi to speak, he went over to look at the crystal fish tank.
He saw his fish quietly laying on the white stone bed.
Jing-wang examined for a moment and then reached in a hand to touch the fish’s back. After this touch, his expression changed instantly. He immediately pulled out the little carp.
Wang Xi leaned over, glancing at Jing-wang with the corner of his eyes. He actually saw Jing-wang…… suddenly squeezing the fish’s body flat???
“Your highness, this…… this isn’t the real fish!” Wang Xi quickly realized.
Jing-wang threw the fake fish at Wang Xi. Wang Xi held it, looking at it all over. From afar, this fake fish looked exactly the same as the real fish. But…but it felt very soft, without bones, who knows what it was made out of!
The little carp was not inside the fish tank and the fish tank had a fake fish inside. This was a huge problem!
“Your highness, who could have done this?” Placing a fake fish inside the fish tank, this was clearly someone purposely trying to mislead them. Who could be so audacious?
Most importantly, where was the real fish?
Mu TianZhao(2) originally wanted to make it clear that this time, the fish’s death had nothing to do with him. But he never thought, the dead fish was actually a fake fish. Mu TianZhao(2) practically felt thunderclouds over his head. The most unfortunate thing was that, when all was said and done, he was the only stranger in this entire room of people.
Jing-wang casted a heavy gaze over. The 2nd Prince felt he got screwed over again. This time, he was unexpectedly screwed by a fake fish!
He wanted to say that he had nothing to do with the real fish and the fake fish at all. But more importantly, would Jing-wang believe him?
The 2nd Prince was just about to dispute when his view became blurry; the sword that Jing-wang carried by his side was already placed on his neck.
“5th brother, what, what are you planning to do? This thing has nothing to do with me.”
The 2nd Prince felt like Jing-wang’s sword was about to slice across his throat and was absolutely terrified. Who would have thought Jing-wang would actually threaten him for the sake of a fish!
Jing-wang’s sharp gaze shot towards Wang Xi. Wang Xi said for him: “2nd Prince, please speak the truth.”
“I’m speaking the truth. I only came over to get the iridescent pearl. I…… Although I don’t like this fish, if I were really the culprit, why would I purposely put a fake fish in there? Why wouldn’t I just throw away the fish directly?”
For the sake of surviving, the 2nd Prince didn’t care much about anything else.
Narrowing his eyes, Jing-wang looked at the 2nd Prince for a while, pondering whether his words were true or false. The 2nd Prince gathered cold sweat for quite a while.
Jing-wang finally put down his sword and ordered people to send the 2nd Prince out. As the matter stood, what Mu TianZhao(2) said should have been the truth. This person had no need to do things in such a roundabout way. If something really happened, the first person Jing-wang would have gone after was the 2nd Prince. There was no reason for Mu TianZhao(2) to do such a stupid thing.
Therefore, this wasn’t the work of Mu TianZhao(2).
But the fake fish was indeed for the sake of diverting his attention, to ensure that he wouldn’t be able to notice the disappearance of his fish so quickly. Who would make this kind of arrangement and why?
Just now, Jing-wang was anxious. That’s why he used physical strength to coerce Mu TianZhao(2) into speaking the truth. Now he was more composed and started to order people to search for any changes in the room.
After the inner servants searched, they said: One of the windows to the south was opened. This window was next to the Jing Estate flower garden, however, normally Jing-wang didn’t have the habit of opening this window.
Originally, there were plenty of teacups placed on the ground to make it convenient for the little carp to wander around. Jing-wang had a good memory. He remembered the position of every single teacup. After counting, he noticed there was one missing.
This gave a very easily assumed impression, someone had placed the fish inside the teacup, and then escaped out the window.
Jing-wang mouthed to himself for a moment and then ordered people to search the room to see if anything else was missing or moved.
After a moment, Wang Xi came to report: “Your highness, nothing else was touched except your wardrobe, which has been flipped through. You’re missing one inner robe and… underpants.”
Jing-wang: “……”
Wang Xi was bewildered. Was there a thief that not only stole his highness’s fish but also stole his highness’s inner robe and underpants?
This thief’s tastes were really too eccentric.
Jing-wang had Wang Xi pass down the order to investigate all suspicious people on the way to the flower garden, especially anyone holding a teacup. Even if they have to dig three inches into the ground, they have to find the little carp back.
As Jing-wang got busy looking for fish everywhere, a young man jumped down from the top of a fake mountain.
An hour ago, Li Yu drank the shapeshifting medicine and lost consciousness. When he woke up, he discovered that he had returned to human shape. Li Yu was very happy. Looking into the bronze mirror and discovering that he had his own face, he was even happier. However, soon after, he encountered a huge crisis that he never experienced before– why after he changed back into a human, he had no clothes at all!
Because he had been fish this entire time, his fish scales were part of the fish so Li Yu didn’t think about the clothing issue. Yet after changing into a human, his clothes were gone! Such an important thing, why didn’t the shitty system mention this!
Li Yu: …… Alright, that’s why it’s called a shitty system.
His top priority was to find clothes to wear as soon as possible.
Li Yu shapeshifted in Jing-wang’s room. When he was still a fish, he lived with Jing-wang all day and night. Naturally, he knew where Jing-wang’s clothes were placed. This place only held Jing-wang’s clothes. Therefore, Li Yu went to the wardrobe to take a casual look.
Jing-wang had all sorts of clothes in his wardrobe. However, Jing-wang’s figure was taller and bigger than Li Yu. People also often wore long robes with wide sleeves in ancient times. Li Yu put on Jing-wang’s outer robe and felt practically unbearable. The inside felt all empty. He even had to walk carefully so he didn’t accidentally expose himself or something……
Not to mention, most of the subordinates could easily recognize their master’s clothes. Li Yu was afraid of being discovered by others and attracting their suspicions. Yet, he couldn’t wear nothing. After deliberating for a while, he picked out one of Jing-wang’s inner robes and underpants.
A form fitting garment was much smaller than the outer robe. The inner robe also didn’t have any embroidery or recognizing marks. It shouldn’t give him away. Plus the clothes that he took out, Jing-wang practically didn’t use at all. It was probably newly made or a reserve. Borrowing it to wear for a while shouldn’t be too much trouble.
In any case, even if Jing-wang wore them before, he still had to endure it with clenched teeth. Innocent pure guys can’t run around naked after all!
There was nothing that could be done about shoes. Jing-wang’s feet were also bigger than his. Wearing large shoes was worse than wearing no shoes. He could move more conveniently without them.
And also hair. In his original world, he had short hair. The system was at least somewhat kind in this aspect and gave him hair that was not too short, yet not too long. It just reached his shoulder. In the ancient world, this shouldn’t look too out of place.
Li Yu carelessly gathered his hair behind his head and changed clothes quickly. Then, he filled a teacup full of fresh water, placed some fish food inside and then placed the three things into his interdimensional space.
He looked at the fish pillow that was currently lying inside the fish tank as his perfect substitute. As long as no one touched it, they wouldn’t be able to discover anything. All of the preparations were complete.
Li Yu deliberately opened the window near the flower garden– of course he wouldn’t leave from this window. The flower garden definitely will have plenty of guests. He only did it to divert people’s attention.
Then, he opened an unguarded window that was next to a fake mountain. After climbing through the window, Li Yu carefully wiped away his footprints and dodged inside the fake mountain.
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The author has something to say:
Fish speaking to himself: Innocent pure guys can’t run around naked! They can only wear the boyfriend’s clothes!
lmao @ the extra
So funny!
Thank You for the chapter (´,,•ω•,,)♡
thanks for the chapter!
lololol so true, mr. fish!
Tnx for the chapter hehe!!💖👌
a thief that steals half a set of clothes and a common carp, this is so hilarious with no context 🤣
can’t wait to see what stuff he gets up to!11
i feel bad for the 2nd prince 😭 SIKE I DON’T DESERVEDDDDDDDD TO BE FRAMED BETCHHH