Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince
Chapter 131: Has the Prince Become Afraid?

Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Has the Prince Become Afraid?

After changing the medicine, Qi Yu and Li Mingjue left the Prime Minister Residence, treading the moonlight, avoiding the patrolling soldiers, and made their way back to the Prince Residence.

By this time, most people in the Prince Residence had gone to bed, except for a few maids who were on night duty.

Qi Yu thought that since dawn was nearly upon them, there was nothing much to watch over, so she let them return to their rooms.

The maids had all grown up in the Prince Residence and, seeing their own Princess clad in black with her hair standing up such that she was indistinguishable from a man, pretended not to notice and expressed their thanks while kneeling, composed as ever.

Once the people had left, Qi Yu pulled Li Mingjue back to their room.

They lit a candle to drive away the darkness inside.

Qi Yu took out the medicine pack from her space, and under the candlelight, examined it carefully. Its color was no different from ordinary herbs, and it seemed to be a prescription for treating colds, not much different from the medicine pack she had left.

But there was a sparse layer of white powder underneath.

She first sniffed it and detected no particular scent, then took out a silk handkerchief and carefully tipped the powder onto it.

"What is this?" Li Mingjue asked, his curiosity piqued by her cautious movements.

Qi Yu pinched some of the powder with her fingers, closed her eyes, and after mulling it over in her mind, she spoke in a calm tone, "Flowers Powder."

"Flowers Powder?" Li Mingjue had never heard of such a thing and asked with a frown.

Qi Yu suddenly opened her eyes, a chill shining through them, and let out a cold laugh, "Flowers Powder is made from a hundred different toxic flowers and herbs. It’s not simple to collect all these materials; this person is really generous."

The name Flowers Powder was something she had seen when reading a medical book on the Tulan herbal remedies; the process to create it was extraordinarily complex, and its effects were much stronger than ordinary poisons.

Just a little could cause agonizing pain.

Therefore, Flowers Powder had another name, "All Herbs Wither."

Qi Yu, with her photographic memory, never forgot any medical book she read.

When she first came across Flowers Powder, she paid extra attention because the Tulan people had truly mastered the craft of poison-making.

The ingredients for Flowers Powder included over a hundred toxic plants whose growth environments were extremely harsh, surrounded by miasma. One breath of it meant certain death.

Therefore, ordinary people would not dare to touch Flowers Powder, lacking the time, energy or a life to spare to study it.

Flowers Powder was a royal possession, seen only by those in the Tulan Imperial Palace trained in crafting poisons.

It was rumored that the Tulan Emperor used Flowers Powder to kill off ministers who disagreed with his political views.

Having explained, Qi Yu allowed Li Mingjue to realize how dangerous the substance was.

His expression turned grave as he looked at the small packet of the powder, saying, "It seems this matter cannot be separated from the Tulan Imperial Family."

Qi Yu carefully wrapped up the bit of Flowers Powder and stored it away.

Although she had little interest in making poison, Flowers Powder was a rarity, and she decided to keep it; it might prove useful in the future.

Li Mingjue, seeing the gleam in her eyes, couldn’t help but shiver at her excitement.

Marrying a wife capable of healing and detoxifying was a considerable challenge for him.

Remembering how in the beginning he had tried to confront Qi Yu, an unexplained panic rose within him.

Fortunately, he had pulled back from the brink in time, and later, he had fallen deeply in love with her. Otherwise, he might have been dead and buried by now.

Seeing his strange look, Qi Yu guessed the reason and smiled with raised eyebrows, "Is the Prince scared?"

Li Mingjue straightened his expression, adamantly refusing to admit it, and said seriously, "How could that be possible."

Qi Yu didn’t call him out.

Men, after all, like to save face.

However, she really wanted to revisit the past issues and asked, "Initially, Prince, how did you plan to deal with me?"

Li Mingjue touched his nose, looking somewhat embarrassed, and slightly turned his head, saying softly, "It was nothing much, I just had Shiqi investigate your identity a little."

"So, Prince, did you find anything?" Qi Yu thought it somewhat amusing to recall the attitude this man had towards her when they first met.

Li Mingjue had not dared to believe her then, but he had to rely on her to save his life, so he must have struggled a lot internally.

The all-powerful Prince Qi being played by a young girl like it was nothing— that feeling, must not have been enjoyable, right?

Li Mingjue seemed to recall something and a smile played at the corner of his mouth, "Shiqi checked the life story of the second daughter of the Prime Minister Residence, but not a single thing matched with my Princess. From that moment on, I knew you and she were not the same person."

Qi Yu was stunned for a moment, had she really given herself away so early?

However, this was probably all thanks to Li Mingjue’s wariness and cleverness; who else would have thought that they were two different people?

"Then, Prince, after you knew I was not the same person as the second daughter of the Qi Family, did you think about killing me?" Qi Yu stared at him intensely, her eyes carrying a trace of amusement, yet her words were filled with a threatening aura.

If Li Mingjue dared to say "yes," she would spend the night in the study.

Li Mingjue recalled that his first thought upon finding her identity suspicious was not to kill her, but to keep the matter to himself.

Perhaps, from that moment on, he had already wanted to protect her properly.

After hearing his explanation, Qi Yu snorted, "At least you have a bit of conscience."

Initially, to save him, she had put in a great deal of effort.

She was, after all, his lifesaver.

Li Mingjue smiled and nodded, "Madam speaks the truth."

Hearing this address, Qi Yu’s face turned red instantly. She turned her head away, refusing to look at his smiling expression, and said with a contrived tone, "Who... who is your madam!"

The person who had married him in the ceremony was not her, so what was he talking about.

She had not thought about this point before, but now that she did, Qi Yu felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Li Mingjue had almost forgotten about this matter because he had no recollection of the marriage ceremony.

Moreover, on that day he had been gravely ill, lacking the strength to go through the marriage ceremony, which was definitely just a formality.

When he awoke, the first person he saw was the one before him, and since then, he had never considered anyone else for the position of Princess Qi.

But the two had never fully completed the marriage ceremony, and thinking about that, he felt a twinge of regret.

Holding her hand, Li Mingjue said earnestly, "After things settle down, let’s have another wedding."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yu felt it was bothersome, initially wanting to refuse, but seeing him looking at her cautiously, with expectancy in his gaze, she found herself unable to speak the words.

After a while, she nodded and said softly, "Alright."

Bothersome as it may be, after all, it only happens once in a lifetime.

The two exchanged smiles, sitting for a while longer, when they heard someone knocking on the door.

"It should be Shiqi coming back." Li Mingjue stood up, going to open the door.

Following that person all the way back to the Prince Residence, Shiqi immediately came to report, "My lord, I followed that person all the way to the palace walls, and then they disappeared."

Li Mingjue frowned, his tone a bit grave: "Did this person enter the Imperial Palace?"

Shiqi nodded, "Yes, I believe I saw correctly."

Qi Yu was not particularly surprised; after all, in the capital city, there was only one from the Tulan Imperial Family.

She gave a light snort, her tone somewhat playful, "It seems I will have to go to the Imperial Palace tomorrow to meet Princess Lingya."