Chapter 9: The Ancient Fish Princess

  "If you want to find the one who killed yourself, take me to see Yin Sheng immediately!" Fei Dian coldly swept his eyes over the eaves of the swallow's tail and said in a low voice to Wan Ying.

  "But... " Wan Ying's gaze also fell on the owl, and she said sorrowfully, "With my current body, how can I possibly see Your Majesty..."

  "You humans, do you always hesitate and waver like this when doing things? Don't you know that many variables have already occurred while you're making decisions?" Flying Electric couldn't help but scold her. "This owl was just trying to scare you, did it really attack? Hurry up and lead the way, I don't have much time to waste on you lowly creatures!"

  Wan Ling was stunned, still looking at the owl with a lingering fear, only to find that it seemed to be just scaring her. She quickly ran to Fei Dian's side in small steps and took him to the Golden Temple where Yin Chen was.

  She walked a few steps and suddenly realized that this person had been saying she was a lowly human, did he mean he wasn't human? Then what was he?

  Wan Lian secretly raised her head and took a look at Fei Dian. He was so handsome, he should be an immortal who had fallen to the mortal world!

  ……

  Inside the golden hall, Feng Lingxue had just withdrawn when Yin Sheng spoke to someone behind a pillar on the other side, "Huan'er, come out."

  Yin Huan was stunned for a moment, then ran out from behind the pillar and walked to Yin Sheng's side, pulling on his hand back and forth with a pair of pure and innocent big eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, saying "Brother, how did you find me hiding behind the pillar?"

  Yin Sheng leaned down, his fingers lightly tapping Yin Huan's nose as he said, "Hmph, you glutton, brother heard the sound of you eating, idiot!"

  "Hehe......" Yin Huan stretched out his oily little paws to hug Yin Cheng, "Huan'er loves seeing brother and Feng Daxia talking together the most, it's even more handsome and domineering than brother's usual look!"

  "Flattery will get you nowhere!" Yin Chen picked up Yin Huan, "Did you run here all by yourself?"

  "No, I told Li Gonggong to wait for me outside the palace."

  "You'd better go back with Mr. Li now, it's late and time for bed."

  "No," Yin Huan tightly hugged Yin Cheng, "Huan wants to sleep with brother together."

  "But brother still has things he hasn't done yet..."

  As soon as Yin Sheng's voice fell, a guard came in from outside the door and bowed to report, "Your Majesty, Princess Ze is requesting an audience."

  "Ze Fei?" Yin Chen was slightly unfamiliar with the name at first, but then he remembered that Ze Fei was the princess of Gu Yu Country whom he had just married recently. However, it seemed like they hadn't met in person yet.

  "What is she doing here?" asked Yin Huan, frowning and looking disgusted. "Doesn't the emperor know it's time for bed? Tell her to get out!"

  "But... Your Majesty, Zefei said that even if she has to wait until dawn, she wants to see you tonight..."

  Yin Sheng, in order to facilitate the conquest of the eastern Yu State in the future, specially married the princess Rouyi of the ancient fish state between Yu and Li States, at that time this matter was also heard from the proposal of Rui Wang.

  Yin Sheng knew that Rui Wang was going to use his hand to strike down his own empire.

  At that time, when receiving the soft ceremony, Rui Wang was also asked to go, so Feng Ling Xuan and Fu Shangshu Fu Wan, who were still trusted in the court, reminded him to be careful about the ancient fish country princess and Rui Wang's collusion.

  Is she trying to sound him out now, or is she finally going to take some action?

  Yin Sheng thought for a moment before finally putting down Yin Huan and saying, "Huan'er, go back. Brother has something important to do."

  "Brother, are you going to see that princess?" asked Yin Huan.

  "Yes, because..."

  "No, brother don't see her, Huan'er dislikes her!" Yin Chen frowned with a small face, begging Yin Chen.

  "Huan'er! Stop causing trouble," Yin Cheng said with a straight face to the reporting guard, "Send Huan'er back to Lingxu Hall."

  The guard received the order and Yin Huan's eyes immediately turned red, staring at Yin Sheng for a moment before turning around and running out without saying a word.

  "Huan'er..."

  Yin Sheng wanted to say something else but ultimately didn't say it.

  After a while, Rongyi walked into the hall alone with a food box in her hand. At this time, Yin Huan was leaning on the chair, lazily looking at Rongyi.

  Rouyi knelt down and paid her respects. Yin Huan immediately waved his hand and said, "Sister Rouyi doesn't have to be so polite, please sit down."

  Rou Yi thanked and sat down, "Your Majesty, why did you call me like this?" Rou Yi raised her eyes, already filled with tears, "Your Majesty, I don't know the customs of the Li State, nor do I know... that newlyweds have to be apart, even more so, husbands and wives can hardly see each other a few times..."

  "Are you eating grapes?" Yin Chen seemed to have not heard Rou Yi's words and picked up the grapes by the couch, asking.

  "Your Majesty..." Rong Yi's eyes were red-rimmed, her lower lip tightly pursed, as if she had suffered a great humiliation.

  "Rou Yi... sister?" Yin Chen revealed a completely innocent and charming smile, "I'm still young, handling state affairs with all my might, naturally I don't have time for other things, sister should understand me."

  This shout made Ruyi's liver tremble.

  "Your Majesty, why must you?" Rong Yi wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes and said, "Even if you smile at me like this, I can see that your smile only reaches the corners of your mouth. As a member of the imperial family, I know what it takes to survive and grow up in the palace. But I still hope to live an ordinary woman's life, even after being forced into marriage, I haven't given up hope..."

  "Yongyi sister, don't say that, you were forced to marry me, and I was also forced to marry you, don't bully me..." Yin Sheng weakly raised the grapes and handed them over to Yongyi with a flattering expression.

  "Your Majesty, I was wrong," Rouyi said without taking the grapes from Yin Sheng, and knelt down beside him. "I have been spoiled since childhood, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. These are pastries made by myself, please try some!"

  Yin Sheng slightly raised the corner of his mouth, still with a smile that didn't reach his eyes. He took out delicate pastries from an exquisite food box and said to Rou Yi, "Get up, Rou Yi sister doesn't have to kneel all the time, it makes me feel embarrassed."

  Rou Yi retreated to sit opposite Yin Sheng, watching with her own eyes as he put the pastries into his mouth.

  She saw her goal achieved and couldn't help but smile, so she pretended to brush aside the long hair by her ear to cover up her raised lips.

  Rui Wang also said that Yin Chen is not easy to deal with, and must be careful about something, but in her opinion, he is just a naive young man without any ambition, just like the rumors outside.

  Yin Sheng finished one piece and thought it was good, so he picked up another piece and handed it to Rou Yi's face, "Sister, you eat too."

  Rouyi naturally couldn't eat these pastries, but she was afraid of Yin Chen's suspicion so she still accepted them. She just held them in her hand and didn't bring them to her mouth.

  Yin Sheng seemed to have not noticed, and picked up another piece to eat, with a faint smile on his face, just like an ordinary young man who was not stained by the dust of the world.

  Rou Yi looked at him like that, and for a moment, she was dazed. She held the pastry she knew she couldn't eat and murmured, "Has Your Majesty never touched any of the concubines in the harem?"

  Yin Sheng's chewing motion paused, a smile frozen on his face, as he stared coldly at Rou Yi. Rou Yi suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, as if a cold wind had blown straight into her body from the front.

  "Your Majesty... I didn't say anything..." Rong Yi suddenly felt a little afraid.

  "Huh?" Looking at Yin Xun, who still had a pure and innocent smile on her face, "The concubines in the harem? Actually, they are my benefactors, Feng Lingyu said that I should put more thought into state affairs. Besides, I'm still young after all, right, Rou Yi sister?"

  Rouyi pursed her lips tightly, and the pastry in her hand was almost crushed.

  However, she smiled brightly and innocently at Yin Chen, and finally said, "Yes, Your Majesty wants to be a good emperor, and it's absolutely impossible to be distracted by small things like children's feelings."

  Yin Sheng finished eating and his hand reached out for the plate again, intending to take another piece, but was suddenly caught by a hand from behind.

  Yin Sheng turned his head back with wide eyes, and his astonished expression was reflected in the mirror that suddenly appeared before him. For an instant, it seemed as if the mirror had seen Yin Sheng from ten years ago, or even longer.

  Rou Yi saw the person who suddenly jumped out of nowhere, reacted for a while before remembering to panic, and immediately shouted as she rushed forward, "Assassin! Come quickly!"

  "Shut up!" Jing turned his head and gave Rong Yi a cold stare.

  Yin Sheng pulled his hand out of Jing's, "What's the hurry?"

  Actually, there's nothing urgent. Jing has been protecting Yin Xiang in the dark all along. When he saw Princess Guo of the ancient fish country come over alone with a food box earlier, he felt something was off. After all, it's said that before she got married, she was extremely unwilling and even tried to kill herself, so there's no reason for her to try to curry favor with His Majesty now.

  Jing thought she was going to poison Yin Sheng, but he knew that Yin Sheng still had some common sense about poisonous things, so he didn't come out. However, later seeing Yin Sheng eating these pastries block by block, seemingly without any suspicion, Jing hastily jumped out.

  "Your Majesty..." Rong Yi was still present, so Jing didn't dare speak directly and only glanced at the pastries on the table with her eyes.

  "If there's nothing urgent, let's withdraw for now," said Yin Chen.

  "But......" Jing's face was filled with urgency.

  "I said retreat." Yin Chen's voice was cold, but he slightly raised the corner of his mouth towards the mirror. Only then did Jing realize that the little emperor he had been protecting had grown to be as tall as him.

  He was clever and resourceful, so he naturally knew that something was wrong with the ancient fish princess. Since he wanted to take advantage of the situation, he naturally knew that he wouldn't be in danger.

  He no longer has any qualifications to worry about Yin Cheng on his behalf, he is now completely stronger than himself.

  "Your Majesty, I was too rash."

  "Now that I know, you will naturally be punished by me later."

  "I am willing to accept any punishment!" Jing said, and with a flash of movement, he disappeared in front of Yin Chen.

  Yin Sheng turned around and sat down calmly, continuing to eat the pastries on his plate.

  Rou Yi seemed to have been severely frightened, covering her chest and still with a hint of fear in her eyes, she asked softly, "Your Majesty, no wonder not a single guard was seen in the entire Golden Palace. Are your guards hiding in the dark, waiting to jump out suddenly?"

  "There's no need, just mirror one will do," Yin Chen smiled and comforted Rouyi, "Are you scared, Princess? Don't worry, I'll punish him for you!"