Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince
Chapter 100 I Think You Look Like You’ve Got a Problem in Your Head

Chapter 100: Chapter 100 I Think You Look Like You’ve Got a Problem in Your Head

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, a long queue formed outside Yongchun Hall once again.

Lu Chen finally managed to slip out of his home early in the morning to join the line, determined to witness the skill of the mysterious owner of Yongchun Hall for himself today.

Lu Zhou followed close behind him, cautiously scanning their surroundings while softly persuading, "Young Master, let’s just go back."

Lately, because Yongchun Hall offered treatments at a low cost and the owner’s medical skills were exceptional, illnesses that required several prescriptions at other medical halls could be vastly improved with just one dose here, resulting in fewer people visiting Tongfu Hall.

Not just the poor who couldn’t afford medical fees, many distinguished officials and nobles also flocked to Yongchun Hall.

Apart from the long wait in line and the consultations being a bit too brief, there wasn’t much else to complain about regarding Yongchun Hall.

At first, the people of Tongfu Hall didn’t take this small loss of business seriously, but as their regular customers switched to Yongchun Hall one by one, they inevitably started to worry.

Lu Chen could hear his father’s deep sighs and groans every day at the Prince Residence, and today he was determined to see if the owner of Yongchun Hall really was as capable as the rumors suggested.

Having grown up in Tongfu Hall, though he had never studied medicine in depth, he had acquired a fair amount of medical knowledge through observation and listening.

If the people at Yongchun Hall thought they could fool him, it wouldn’t be so easy.

Filled with self-assurance, Lu Chen quickly reached the front of the line.

"Next," Qi Yu called out in a detached tone.

When she diagnosed patients, she always lacked any superfluous emotion and didn’t share other doctors’ penchant for making small talk to warm up the patients.

She only thought about improving efficiency to see more patients.

After all, she was not like ordinary doctors, as she could not stay away from the Prince Residence for too long; she had managed to extract two hours in the morning as a result of bargaining with Li Mingjue.

Because of this, she had turned down countless invitations from ladies from prominent families.

Even though she had never been interested in attending those tedious banquets, this behavior worsened her reputation among those ladies from prominent families a bit more.

Those seeking to make trouble even went to the harem to complain to the Empress, and this even disturbed Noble Consort De, who had always preferred to live peacefully out of the limelight.

A few days ago when she entered the palace, Noble Consort An brought up old grievances, using these trivial matters to make things difficult for her, repeatedly claiming she lacked generosity as a princess.

Qi Yu didn’t respond, knowing that the more you argue with someone like Noble Consort An, the more energized she becomes.

If you ignore her, she can only make a fool of herself, and after a few words, she would drop the subject.

Noble Consort De, on the other hand, was somewhat worried that Noble Consort An might blow in Li Tianze’s ear, resulting in a few more people being sent over to Prince Qiu Residence.

It was Qi Yu’s job to offer her a few words of comfort.

In reality, she wasn’t worried about that at all.

Send people?

No matter how many come, they’d never get through the door of the Prince Residence.

Lu Chen looked at the mysterious figure concealed beneath the black veil and extended his hand.

He was eager to see her skills for himself.

Qi Yu felt his pulse and noticed immediately that he was very healthy.

She despised these people who came to the queue without being sick, wasting her time and delaying treatment for others who really needed it.

"Young Master, you’re not sick. Please, go back," she said coldly, not mincing her words.

Lu Chen’s eyelids twitched at her cool tone, feeling a bit guilty.

He feigned composure, pointing at the jaundiced complexion he had deliberately faked, and said indignantly, "Quack! Do I look like someone without an illness to you?"

Through a layer of black gauze, Qi Yu looked at his face and said with an expressionless face, "You look like someone who’s mentally ill to me."

"You!" Lu Chen was so infuriated by her insult that he trembled all over, pointing at her as he prepared to retort.

Qi Yu’s gaze shifted to the side, and Song Ling understood her intent. He placed the packaged medicine down and handed it to the previous person.

He walked up to Lu Chen with a cold tone, "My master treats patients to save lives, not for others’ amusement. Young Master, please leave."

The people waiting in line behind were already impatient. Upon hearing this, they all looked at Lu Chen with condemning eyes.

"What are you doing here if you’re not sick!"

"Exactly, hurry up and leave, don’t waste our time!"

"..."

Lu Chen’s face flushed with shame and humiliation, unable to rebut, he could only leave dejectedly.

Lu Zhou had always disapproved of his lousy idea, and now seeing his own young master being attacked, he could only bow his head and apologize to everyone.

He didn’t dare let anyone discover his identity, so he quickly finished speaking and ran off with his head down.

Song Ling watched the two leave and felt that something was amiss.

Two hours later, Yongchun Hall closed its doors on time.

Back upstairs, Qi Yu saw Song Ling standing still and asked, "What’s wrong?"

Song Ling frowned, "Those two seemed somewhat familiar."

Qi Yu knew he was referring to the man who had deliberately come to cause trouble just now. She carefully recalled in her mind and remembered she had indeed seen those two before.

"Tongfu Hall!" Song Ling suddenly spoke.

Qi Yu nodded, "Correct, those two were indeed from Tongfu Hall."

Before opening the Medical Hall, she and Song Ling had gone undercover to investigate the major medical halls in the capital city.

She had no other intentions but to understand how these medical halls conducted business.

Tongfu Hall was the first one they visited, due to its large scale and renowned reputation.

Qi Yu remembered the day she and Song Ling first walked into Tongfu Hall, a tall man hurried past her, followed by a younger attendant.

If she wasn’t wrong, those two seemed to have gone straight into the back courtyard of Tongfu Hall.

"It seems to be the son of the Tongfu Hall’s steward," Song Ling quickly guessed Lu Chen’s identity.

Qi Yu scoffed, "Spying on us, is he?"

However, that Lu’s son’s tactics weren’t very clever, not even pretending to be sick convincingly.

Song Ling thought back to the recent scene and couldn’t help but shake his head with amusement, "Applying some powder and then trying to deceive people is a bit too childish."

Qi Yu didn’t dwell on the matter, as the person she was waiting for had arrived.

Her eyebrows raised as she looked toward Princess Lingya, who was increasingly resembling herself, and pointed to the seat in front of her, "Please take a seat."

Ever since moving into the palace, Princess Lingya found going out wasn’t as convenient as before.

But yesterday, Qi Yu had suddenly sent a message saying she wanted to see her.

Although Adi strongly objected, Lingya thought it was a good opportunity.

Today, she feigned illness, closely shut the palace doors, and had Adi impersonate her in her room to slip away from the Palace Attendants to Yongchun Hall quietly.

Seeing Qi Yu’s attitude towards her was different from before, Lingya’s lips curled into a slight smile.

It seemed that the Princess from Prince Qiu’s Residence needed something from her.

She took her seat opposite Qi Yu and accepted the tea handed to her with a sense of satisfaction, "I wonder what brings me here today at the request of Prince Qiu’s Princess?"