The bad relationships between the princes, especially the fate of the 6th prince lol. I really hate the 6th prince because of his greed and behavior. I mean, I pitied him a little bit since he came from a poor birth and did not have anything compared to the other princes. but the way his character developed was for the worse. He became greedy, calculating, manipulating, and a plastic jerk. Yeah so I said screw his background he's tr*sh anyway lmao. And during his last fate, I really did pity him for real. He thought he was the one manipulating all of the people in the palace but he was the one being manipulated after all by his "own" trusted "mother" and by that, he even died without knowing it at all. Poor him but he deserved it.

There was also mysteries regarding the ML mutism like who TF did it and kill em

Chu YanYu I felt slightly bad for him it felt like the author took away some of his intelligence when he was supposed to be the clever charming OG shou

I actually usually don't like the idea of mpreg but it worked so well in this novel. The children coming all of a sudden did make me a bit worried since it was early into the relationship but the author handled it so well I can't complain.

When MC finds out he was pregnant, of course, the first thing he expressed was utter disbelief and shock. He berated the system about this damned reality bending thing that is male pregnancy. And forgive me for it's been a while and I can't recall the little details, but I believe MC was given the choice that he can abort these children in his stomach if he wanted to, but if he wants to give birth, he can choose between using his human body or fish body.

If he gave birth in his fish body, the process would be easier but if he chose his human body, the process would be the same as any other pregnancy that happens with women (not more difficult, gods does it annoy me when there is mpreg and it shows that males giving birth is a lot harder. As if giving birth is not hard enough or that women aren't superior to men at all and men still suffer far worse than women do!) . Except the former is painless and the other is painful. He also has the choice of abortion. When I read this part, I was in awe and shock like MC was, not only was the ML a mutual partner but he gets to chose whether he keeps the kids or not?!

You probably are thinking that after that, he told ML right? Aha, wrong you are, he didn't!! MC hid the kids from ML after choosing to give birth in his fish form. He was afraid that ML would notice and wasn't sure how he would react if he found out and it's only right because he was so anxious. They weren't even married yet here they had babies. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT ML'S REACTION WAS WHEN HE FOUND OUT. MAN WAS SO GODDAMN SPEECHLESS, UPSET, HAPPY, AND ACCEPTING. He really could have said WTF (he can't cause he was mute) and just leave MC, yet he didn't, he stayed and he was willing to take responsibility. He even took care of the little bebes for MC, ML TOOK CARE OF THE BABIES. HE HAD AN ACTIVE ROLE AS A PARENT, HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE THAT IN BL----

Is when MC was also accepting about ML's use for contraceptives because he was afraid that the next child would inherit his muteness. RESPECT. BOTH PARTIES HAVE RESPECT AND LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND IT SHINES THROUGH! Not just in this but even when MC makes god awful food, ML would eat them regardless and is so petty he wouldn't even share with his sons. I also love the moments when they both trust one another even if there is some doubt or to the point where there isn't at all. I also love the times when they get selfish and that time when ML thought MC was ascending because he thinks MC is a carp demon, where if he had to chose his happiness or MC's, he would chose MC's happiness. Same with MC when he thinks about the intertwined fate of ML and the original shou, which made him hesitant in responding to ML because he was afraid of ruining what was meant for ML and possibly ruining his life. I also like that all baobeis are loved and that women in this story are respected and are shown just how capable they can be in their own way, unlike most bls that seem to degrade women as just green tea b*tches/white lotuses. I also love that no one really is the big bad in all this, there isn't a designated villain and really it's all just people with grudges and schemes working against or with each other. I also love that in the near end where they travel to MC's world, all that ML wants to know is everything that has to do with MC. I have more but I can't just keep listing or this would never end.

Jing Wang built a large pond in the palace and the whole family played together as a fish family /cri

And ppl could see them playing and thought they were the beloved pets of the emperor. But its the emperor himself playing with li yu and their 5 kids LOL

Jing Wang got a skill to turn into a black fish, bigger than Li yu ;;;;

So cuteee asdf