Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince-Chapter 71 - The Only Option is to Kill the Princess Qi

Qi Yu, afraid that she had really scared him, quickly suppressed her coughing and grabbed his sleeve to keep him from leaving, looking up at him.

“I know I spoke out of turn; can you please not be angry first?”

Li Mingjue had already been scared out of his wits by her; he hardly had the heart to think about anything else.

He looked at her carefully, and when he saw that she was not in serious trouble, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said somewhat awkwardly, “I’m not angry.”

Qi Yu naturally didn’t believe him, as she had been feeling uneasy these days, and Li Mingjue would surely feel even worse.

Moreover, Uncle Li would sometimes sigh in front of her, saying that the Prince locked himself in the study all day, with no appetite even for meals.

She had thought it over for a long time and decided to clarify everything.

“You should know that there’s something unusual about me.”

Qi Yu kept her head down, not looking at his expression, and continued on her own, “I am indeed not the second young miss of the Qi family, nor am I even from this…

country.”

Li Mingjue listened seriously, and although he already knew about it, his eyebrows were still tightly furrowed as he heard these words.

Qi Yu continued, “I had thought, after I’d cured you, I would leave the Prince Qiu Residence.”

She hadn’t finished speaking when she was tightly embraced.

Li Mingjue said in a commanding tone, “I forbid it.”

He didn’t care what her identity was; since she had married him, there was no chance of her leaving.

Qi Yu smiled silently, patted his arm soothingly, and said, “Prince, let me finish speaking first.”

Li Mingjue fell silent for a while, seemingly worried that she would say something that would upset him.

Having taken her medicine, Qi Yu was struggling to stay awake and spoke intermittently, “But Prince…

you’ve been very kind to me, so kind that…

I don’t want to leave anymore.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she couldn’t resist the effect of the medicine anymore and drifted off into a drowsy sleep.

In the narrow room, it was so quiet that only a soft, faint breathing could be heard; Li Mingjue looked at her sleeping face, feeling that she seemed even more slender than before.

He watched her silently for a while, then got up and adjusted the blanket on her before instructing Uncle Li to find a few thicker blankets for her.

The separate courtyard was the most remote and coldest place in the entire Prince Residence.

Initially, when she wanted to stay here, Li Mingjue hadn’t cared.

Now, he realized how terribly wrong he had been.

Gazing at the pale-faced person lying in the bed, he felt as if cold wind was blowing through his heart.

In the hostel, as soon as Adi returned, she told Lingya about the events that had occurred at Prince Qiu Residence.

She looked at the Princess somewhat fearfully, dreading that she might be scolded.

But Lingya only smiled and showed no intention of punishing her.

She spoke gently, “The Princess of Prince Qiu is ill, the Prince must be very anxious, right?”

Recalling Prince Qiu’s murderous gaze, Adi shuddered.

“It should be, I merely said one thing wrong about the Prince’s wife, and His Highness Prince Qiu wanted to tie me up and bring me in front of the Princess to apologize!”

The bellflower mark between Lingya’s brows had faded slightly, making her eyes appear a few degrees colder.

With a slight lift of her brows, she looked at Adi and asked, “After seeing him today, what do you think Prince Qiu is like?”

Adi thought for a moment and pouted as she said, “His Highness Prince Qiu is very handsome, even more so than the State Preceptor, but he is too frightening!”

She still remembered that gaze, as cold as that of the Princess of Prince Qiu.

And the State Preceptor was always gentle with people, his smile like a refreshing spring breeze, naturally, Adi preferred the State Preceptor.

Lingya did not contest her words.

Adi only knew to judge a person by appearances, but her feelings were the most direct.

She spoke a bit nonchalantly, “It seems His Highness Prince Qiu is very affectionate towards the Princess.”

Adi did not deny this.

“The Princess fell ill, and as soon as the Prince entered, he draped his clothes over her.

The Emperor loves the Empress dearly, but he has never done such a thing.”

Although Adi had simply made a remark, she was able to discern many unusual things from it.

Her father loved her mother too, but it was only the way one treats a pet.

When happy, he would give rewards, but if his interests were infringed, he could discard her just as easily.

In the Royal Family, love is the least of concerns.

Yet since she arrived in the capital, she had discreetly learned many things, the more she heard, the more she felt the emotions Prince Qiu had for his wife were extraordinary.

Others thought the Prince’s wife was just an unfavored fool, but if she really were unfavored, why would there be only her by his side?

Lingya had made her calculations and closed her eyes, whispering softly, “The Princess of Prince Qiu must not be touched.”

Adi did not understand, “Why?”

Although His Highness Prince Qiu was very affectionate towards the Princess, there were so many women in the world.

Even if the Princess were gone, how long could Prince Qiu grieve?

She knew the Princess had come to the capital to marry into the Prince Qiu Residence and they had brought enough bargaining chips that the Emperor of Dazhao would surely agree to this marriage.

She had always been worried that the Princess of Prince Qiu would be difficult to get along with, so before leaving today, she had specifically spoken to Qi Yu, hoping the Princess would not make things difficult for the Princess after she married into the Prince Qiu Residence.

Lingya touched the purple orchid on her forehead, her eyes filled with a trace of worry and a hint of chill, her tone casually saying, “It seems, we just have to kill the Princess of Prince Qiu.”

“Huh?” Adi looked shocked, not understanding why she suddenly had this thought.

Although she knew that Dazhao and Tulan were incompatible, wouldn’t killing the Princess of Prince Qiu in the capital be too risky?

Lingya took out a small bottle from her bosom, swallowed one of the medicine pills, and her tone was resolute, “If the Princess of Prince Qiu is not removed, it will be nurturing danger!”

Adi knew her Princess had to take medicine daily, and every time after taking it, she seemed to become a different person.

She lowered her head, somewhat unwilling to look directly at the chill in the Princess’s eyes, her voice slightly melancholic, “But how can we kill the Princess of Prince Qiu?”

Lingya removed the veil from her face, slowly revealing a face that could bewitch all living beings, her full lips curving into a slight smile as she spoke very softly, “That will depend on Consort An’s skill.”