Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince
Chapter 201: Prince, Your Heartbeat Is So Loud

Chapter 201: Chapter 201: Prince, Your Heartbeat Is So Loud

Qi Yu hadn’t been able to pry any useful information from Lin Wenxuan, so she then turned her attention to the maids of the Lin Residence.

After the evening meal, a maid named Chunxiao, holding a lantern, led the way for her.

Once they were inside the room, the maid gave a bow, preparing to leave.

But she was unexpectedly pricked by a silver needle and rolled her eyes back as she collapsed to the floor.

Qi Yu moved her into the room, poured a cup of tea, and patiently waited for Chunxiao to awake.

She hadn’t pricked her too harshly; the girl would wake up after a quarter of an hour.

However, before starting to question her, Qi Yu intended to make the maid suffer a bit.

Before long, Chunxiao slowly regained consciousness. Clambering up from the icy floor, she met Qi Yu’s slightly raised eyebrows and paused, "Young Master?"

Seeing this, Qi Yu took out the silver needle again and waved it in front of her face, "Do you want to experience the taste of this silver needle again?"

Chunxiao’s legs gave way, and she fell to the ground, shaking her head incessantly, "This servant doesn’t want to!"

Qi Yu gave a faint smile and pressed the needle against the maid’s arm, where the numb points were.

Chunxiao immediately lost all strength to support herself and fell to the ground, staring in terror at the refined Young Master with a face like a finely carved jade.

"Young Master, spare my life, please! This servant doesn’t know when I offended the Young Master. Just say the word, and I will change immediately!"

Qi Yu pressed the silver needle under her chin, forcing her to lift her head.

Chunxiao eyed the needle fearfully, her body stiff, not daring to move an inch.

After a moment, Qi Yu slowly began to speak, "How many years have you been in the Lin Residence?"

Chunxiao hurriedly answered, "To respond to the Young Master, this servant is new here, having arrived only two months ago."

A slight motion flickered across Qi Yu’s brows as she continued to ask, "Apart from you, how many other maids are in the residence, and when did they come?"

Chunxiao replied in detail, "There are a total of five maids in the residence, all of us were bought by Madam two months ago to serve the young master."

Qi Yu, having heard this, already had a plan in mind, and pressed on undeterred, "Where did the previous maids go?"

Chunxiao shook her head slightly, mustering the courage to meet her gaze, "To answer the Young Master, this servant also... does not know."

Qi Yu nodded and retracted the silver needle, "You may go."

Chunxiao let out a sigh of relief and quickly took the lantern to leave.

Just as she reached the doorway, a light, floating voice came from behind her, "If you dare to speak of this matter, I will ensure that you cannot speak for the rest of your life."

Chunxiao’s frame shuddered, and she quickly turned her head back to flash an apologetic smile, "This servant understands."

After speaking, she ran off as if chased by a ghost, hastily clutching her skirt.

When the footsteps faded away, Qi Yu called out towards a dark corner, "Come out."

Soon, the candlelight revealed a tall and handsome figure emerging.

Qi Yu looked at the familiar figure and slightly arched an eyebrow, "What are you doing, Prince?"

Li Mingjue sat down beside her, his expression indifferent, "You are bold, using a silver needle to threaten people in broad daylight."

Qi Yu was about to retort that it was hardly broad daylight when she realized he was referring to the afternoon’s episode with Lin Wenxuan.

Undoubtedly, Shiqi must have told him.

Qi Yu shrugged nonchalantly, then leaned in close to him with ill intent, blowing hot air on the tip of his nose, her tone ambiguous, "Do you know why I dealt with Lin Wenxuan in such a way?"

Li Mingjue was pushed back by her provocative actions, his back hitting the bedpost, his gaze flitting away as he tried to maintain his composure, "Isn’t it to extract information about Miss Su from him?"

Qi Yu braced her hands against his chest and even wickedly made a circle with her touch. She dragged out her words with a breath, "You guessed half right,"

After speaking, she deliberately paused.

Li Mingjue was hooked and itching with impatience, he asked, "And the other half is?"

Qi Yu’s eyes twinkled with a mischievous smile, she leaned into his ear and whispered, "That Mr. Lin has taken a liking to me, and even wants to take liberties with me."

"What?" Li Mingjue’s brows furrowed tightly, but he was being pinned down and couldn’t vent his frustration immediately.

Qi Yu got off him and, seeing his brows knitted tightly, laughed and shook her head, then reached out to smooth the lines between his brows.

Li Mingjue grabbed her hand, his tone cold and stern, "I shall have him crippled!"

With that, he called out, "Shiqi."

Before Qi Yu could stop him, Shiqi had already pushed the door open and kneeled on the ground, head lowered, "Master."

Li Mingjue, holding Qi Yu’s soft, boneless hand, still felt suffocated and ordered in a cold voice, "Take off both of Lin Wenxuan’s hands."

After hearing the order, Shiqi turned and left without a question, truly a Hidden Guard loyal to the bone.

Qi Yu hurriedly intervened, "Stop right there!"

Shiqi halted his steps, turned back, and looking puzzled at his princess, asked, "Does the princess have any instructions?"

Qi Yu helplessly held her forehead, "Both of you need to cool down!"

Li Mingjue snorted coldly, "What, you want to protect Lin Wenxuan?"

Jealousy was about to spread to the entire Lin Residence.

Qi Yu found this amusing and waved to Shiqi, "You can go now."

Shiqi glanced at his prince and, seeing that although he didn’t look very pleased, he didn’t argue with the princess’s words, Shiqi then left assuredly.

As he closed the door, Shiqi was still privately wondering, which kind of jealousy had the prince eaten today?

Inside the room, Qi Yu watched the person who was turning his head away from hers and laughed in stealth for a while.

Then she reached out to turn his head back, their gazes interlocking, and softly said, "I wasn’t trying to protect him. I already gave him a lesson, and besides, the person hasn’t been found yet. Lin Wenxuan can’t get into trouble."

Li Mingjue’s ears reddened from her serious expression. He pursed his lips, somewhat reluctantly acquiescing, "Then we’ll let him off for now."

Qi Yu smiled and pinched his face, praising, "I knew our prince is the most generous."

Li Mingjue didn’t explicitly agree or disagree with her words, thinking to himself, he was not generous at all.

Once the case was solved, he was definitely going to chop off Lin Wenxuan’s pig’s trotters.

Qi Yu didn’t know what he was thinking. She pushed him down onto the bed, lay on top of him, and bent down to kiss his thin lips, "Alright, don’t be angry anymore."

Li Mingjue’s ears turned even redder, grateful that the dim light in the room concealed it well.

Qi Yu knew he was thin-skinned, but she just wanted to tease him on purpose. She breathed a warm whisper into his ear, "Prince, don’t we seem like we are having a secret affair right now?"

Li Mingjue’s face immediately flushed crimson, but he retorted defiantly, "What secret affair? We are a lawful husband and wife."

Qi Yu laughed uncontrollably, collapsing onto him. How had she never realized before that he was so shy?

Worried that she might roll off the bed with too much movement, Li Mingjue could only wrap his arms around her waist, securing her slender body firmly in his embrace.

He sighed contentedly. As Qi Yu listened to his rapid heartbeat, all of her mischievous tendencies came bubbling up.

Her slender fingers tapped his lips and she said softly, "Prince, your heartbeat is so loud."