Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince
Chapter 239: Go and Check Out That Dungeon

Chapter 239: Chapter 239: Go and Check Out That Dungeon

As the words fell, Liu Wensheng’s complexion visibly turned a shade paler.

His lips were pressed tightly together, his whole body filled with resistance.

Qi Yu didn’t continue but shifted the topic, looking directly at him, her tone confident, "It was the Empress who sent you to kill me, wasn’t it?"

Liu Wensheng had nothing to refute and tacitly admitted it.

However, Qi Yu just smiled, her eyes slightly narrowed, her demeanor lazy, "I’m afraid the Empress didn’t expect that even you couldn’t kill me."

As she spoke, her expression was so relaxed it reached an extreme.

She looked utterly deserving of a beating.

But Liu Wensheng had to admit, she wasn’t wrong in her statement.

Indeed, he couldn’t kill this person.

There were countless opportunities when he could have simply strangled her.

The room fell silent. Qi Yu flipped through a script for a while, then stood up to check the condition of his back.

The golden sore medicine Mo Qingshan provided really had a miraculous effect; the horrific, mottled marks that were visible yesterday had faded significantly by today.

Her fingertips brushed over those ugly scars, and Liu Wensheng’s body stiffened, daring not to move.

For many years, no one had seen the scars on his body, let alone touched them with such gentleness.

Even though he knew this was nothing more than a doctor’s normal action towards a patient.

Yet, a tingling sensation uncontrollably spread from the bottom of his heart.

After a while, he suddenly heard Qi Yu sigh softly, her voice extremely gentle, "Did it hurt back then?"

There wasn’t any pity in her tone, only deep sympathy.

Liu Wensheng slowly closed his eyes, his voice somewhat hoarse, "It didn’t hurt..."

Saying it didn’t hurt was a lie, but so many years had passed, the sharpest pain had dulled.

Now, thinking about it, indeed, it didn’t hurt.

Qi Yu didn’t call him out on his lie but simply smiled, "Then you’re really amazing."

Her teasing words somehow warmed the heart.

Liu Wensheng thought feebly, that if she were to ask about his past right now, he might actually tell her.

Because he completely couldn’t resist this person.

But Qi Yu just mentioned it in passing and didn’t continue to inquire further.

After a while, Qinrui came in with a bowl of bitter traditional medicine.

With the experience from yesterday, Liu Wensheng insisted on drinking the medicine himself, no matter what.

Seeing his "enthusiasm", Qi Yu raised an eyebrow.

Qinrui’s face looked as if she had seen a ghost.

Was this man in front of her really her master?

Why did it feel as though he had been switched with someone else?

After drinking the medicine, Liu Wensheng handed the bowl back to Qinrui. Seeing her still stiff, he frowned.

Facing her master’s deadly glare, Qinrui immediately snapped back to reality, took the bowl but didn’t move.

She looked conflicted for a long while until Liu Wensheng got impatient and she finally asked weakly, "Master, have you been swapped out by someone?"

Qi Yu couldn’t help it and burst into laughter.

Liu Wensheng’s face became extremely displeased. Grinding his teeth, he told Qinrui, "Get out!"

His tone was exceptionally cold, and just as Qi Yu thought Qinrui would be saddened, she saw a spark of light in her eyes and an intense look as she stared at Liu Wensheng, nodded her head, and cheerfully said, "Master, you’ve finally come back!"

Qi Yu couldn’t stop herself from laughing and collapsed onto a recliner.

A loyal servant raised by an eccentric truly thought differently from normal people.

Liu Wensheng looked at Qinrui and for the first time considered the idea of sending her away.

He ground his teeth and said word by word, "Get out!"

Qinrui nodded repeatedly, her eyes shining brighter than before.

"This is her master indeed!"

She carried the bowl of medicine and left, contented.

In the room, Qi Yu was still savoring the interaction between the master and servant, laughing so hard that tears came out.

Seeing Liu Wensheng’s face turn increasingly dark, she forced her laughter down and said to him, "You lie down first."

Liu Wensheng really didn’t want to see her tremble with laughter. After lying down, he turned his head to the other side.

Qi Yu smiled silently, continuing to flip through the script in her hand.

The two people in the room were unaware of the faint footsteps coming from above the ceiling.

Shiqi saw the Prince’s face grow colder and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

A jealous man is trouble indeed.

He silently stepped two paces to the side to avoid getting caught in the indiscriminate attack of jealousy.

Some people seem expressionless, indifferent to everything.

In reality, they are already so full of jealousy that they want to destroy Evil Valley.

He hadn’t forgotten how upset the Prince’s face looked last night while the Princess was applying medicine to Liu Wensheng in the room.

"Go check out that dungeon from yesterday," Li Mingjue ordered coldly after reaching a secluded corner.

Shiqi nodded, "Yes."

He avoided the guards patrolling the valley and went to the place where Qi Yu had been blindfolded and led into the previous day.

The dungeon of Evil Valley was built very secretly; if he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes yesterday, he would never believe such a large dungeon lay beneath this seemingly flat land.

He had watched from a dark corner, everything clear to him.

The entrance to the dungeon was inside that huge ancient tree.

It was just a tree trunk that had long been hollowed out from the inside. Qi Yu placed her hand on the rough bark and turned the mechanism, and the entrance appeared before her.

After people entered, the door automatically closed behind them.

Shiqi looked at the rotten flesh and white bones, and even his usually expressionless face showed a hint of shock.

This place could be more accurately called Hell than a dungeon.

He had seen the most secret cells in the Imperial Palace, which housed those who plotted rebellion.

People who entered there weren’t immediately put to death by Li Tianze, but were slowly tortured with various extreme punishments.

Shiqi had witnessed the execution of those people, their faces twisted to the extreme and their screams piercingly tragic.

The Imperial Palace was never a clean place.

But today, he had seen a place even more terrifying.

He remembered the rumors about Liu Wensheng that circulated in the Jianghu.

It was these rumors that allowed him and the Prince to follow clues to Evil Valley.

It would be more accurate to call this place a pit rather than a valley.

Nestled amongst the mountains, shrouded in mist all year round, nobody would guess that beneath that mist lay flowers, trees, palaces, and people.

And those who unwittingly fell into this place were probably silenced by Liu Wensheng.

With furrowed brows, Shiqi moved forward into the darkness.

The dungeon had not a sliver of light, and the torment endured by those imprisoned here was unimaginable to the average person.

Shiqi lit a torch, casting a sliver of light inside the dungeon.

Those locked up here were extremely sensitive to light.

No sooner had the torch lit up than dozens of eyes turned to look at him.

Even a seasoned man like Shiqi felt a chill run down his spine at the sight of those dead, heavy gazes.

His gaze hurriedly scanned the faces, and when he saw a certain one, his pupils shook.