In Another World, Everyone Want to Kill Me!-Chapter 55: The Price of the Bath

Worse still, he knew that if Shang Qinghua actually said those words aloud in public, people would probably agree with him.

It was like a flawless piece of jade colliding with a rough stone of course people would say the jade had lost more.

And Shang Qinghua, undeniably, was that perfect jade.

While Yue Mingxuan... well, in everyone else’s eyes, he was probably just the rough stone.

Fine, Yue Mingxuan thought bitterly, if you won’t be reasonable, then I won’t either.

Since he didn’t have any gold, silver, or rare treasures to give, he decided to play shameless instead.

He crossed his arms while glaring at Shang Qinghua and said flatly, "What if I say no?"

Shang Qinghua spoke in an indifferent tone, "Then tomorrow morning, everyone in the Imperial City will know that the Fifth Prince, Yue Mingxuan, and I have shared skin-to-skin contact."

His voice was calm, but to Yue Mingxuan, it felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured straight over his head.

If this news spread through the capital, his reputation would be destroyed beyond repair and that was one thing.

But worse, those women and men who adored Shang Qinghua would probably tear him apart alive.

Faced with someone even more shameless than himself, Yue Mingxuan could only raise his hands in surrender.

"Fine, fine. What do you want as compensation? But I’ll say this first, I don’t have money or treasures. The only valuable jade pendant I got a few days ago was taken by you."

Shang Qinghua smiled faintly, his tone slow and deliberate.

"Since you have no money and no treasures, then you can use your—"

Before he could finish, Yue Mingxuan interrupted sharply, his eyes widening in alarm.

"Don’t even think about it! I won’t sell my body, not for anything! You’re a dignified prince, how can you talk about forcing people into that kind of thing? I may be a hostage prince, but I’m still of royal blood. The Beirong royal family would never allow such a scandal!"

Seeing Yue Mingxuan stammer in panic, Shang Qinghua’s lips curved into a small amused smile.

The irritation he’d felt a moment ago vanished completely.

"...your medical skills," he finished calmly. "You can use your medical skills to make up for it."

When Yue Mingxuan heard the rest of the sentence, he immediately wanted to crawl into a hole and hide.

All those ridiculous romance novels he’d read in his past life, this was their fault!

They’d filled his head with nonsense so that when someone mentioned "repayment," his mind immediately jumped to "paying with one’s body."

He tapped himself on the head to clear those thoughts and finally regained some sense of reason.

"That’s better," he said quickly. "I’ll help you get rid of the cold poison in your body."

Shang Qinghua looked at him with a trace of approval in his dark eyes.

This Fifth Prince, it seemed, wasn’t as brainless as the rumors claimed.

At least he understood where his own advantage lay.

"I can’t wait that long," Shang Qinghua said suddenly.

He stood up from the bath and casually took a towel to wrap around his waist.

He completely ignoring the fact that Yue Mingxuan was still standing right there.

Yue Mingxuan’s eyes involuntarily swept over him, taking in the man’s flawless figure.

For a brief moment, he couldn’t help but admit inwardly if Shang Qinghua had been born in another time, even top models and movie stars wouldn’t be compared to him.

Still, Yue Mingxuan forced himself to stay composed.

"Then what do you want me to do?" he asked warily.

"I’ll give you three days," Shang Qinghua said as he found his black robe, which Yue Mingxuan had tried to hide and slipped it on smoothly. "If you can’t remove the cold poison in my body by then, everyone will know that you and I have had skin-to-skin contact."

Yue Mingxuan frowned deeply.

He knew the saying "haste makes waste" very well.

To purge such deep cold poison too quickly would harm the body severely.

Even with rare herbs to reduce the damage, the pain would still be unbearable.

After thinking for a long moment, he spoke carefully, "You need to understand, rushing it might backfire—"

"I know that," Shang Qinghua interrupted, his tone growing impatient. "Just tell me if you can or can’t do it."

Of course, he understood the danger of rushing ut.

But after his battle with Xi Yu the previous night, the dormant cold poison in his body had been stirred up again.

Now, it was getting harder and harder to suppress.

No one could know he was afflicted with this illness, not even the emperor.

That was the real reason he had stayed here overnight.

Faced with Shang Qinghua’s firm demand, Yue Mingxuan finally spoke helplessly, "It can be done... but I’ll need four special herbs. The Emberveil Herb, the Blazefrost Lotus, the Honeyveil Core, and the Grimroot Essence."

Each of these herbs was rare and strange.

Their nature went completely against normal medicinal properties.

In ancient times, without modern genetic techniques, these herbs could only be found through rare natural mutations. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Every single one was incredibly precious.

When Shang Qinghua heard that, he understood how dangerous it would be to remove the cold poison in just three days but he had no choice. "I’ll have Mo Yi gather all the herbs. You’ll have everything you need within three days."

Yue Mingxuan hesitated and taking a small step forward. "But the process of removing the poison will be very painful. If it fails, you might..." He paused, then added softly, "Maybe you should think it through again?"

He didn’t even notice when it started, but somewhere in his heart, a strange concern had formed for Shang Qinghua.

Maybe it’s just a doctor’s concern for his patient, he told himself silently.

Shang Qinghua met Yue Mingxuan’s worried eyes and smiled faintly. "A bit of pain means nothing to me."

Yue Mingxuan was stunned for a moment.