Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince
Chapter 241 I Will Surely Kill the Princess of Qi

Chapter 241: Chapter 241 I Will Surely Kill the Princess of Qi

Hong Ling honestly replied, "The breath is faint, but he is still alive."

Liu Wensheng was silent for a long time, then lifted his hand, "I see, you may leave now."

Hong Ling bowed her head and quietly exited.

Clutching her sword, she still pondered, was it her misperception?

Why did it feel like the master cared so much about the person he brought back this time?

As she reached the garden, suddenly a burst of laughter and playfulness reached her ears.

Hong Ling’s thoughts were interrupted, and she couldn’t help but frown, turning towards the culprit.

Song Ting was pulling several younger maids to play hide and seek with him.

Meanwhile, Qi Yu was sitting leisurely on a recliner nearby, flipping through a play script while sipping tea, enjoying her days in comfort.

Seeing her like this, an unnamed anger surged in Hong Ling’s heart once again.

She, with the sword in arms, approached Qi Yu and spoke coldly, "Princess Qi indeed lives at her ease."

Hearing the sound, Qi Yu took a moment from her play script to look up, glanced at her, and didn’t seem to mind the sarcasm in her words, her tone languid, "Move aside, you’re blocking my light."

Hong Ling encountered such shameless behavior for the first time, her heart knotted in frustration as she snatched the play script from Qi Yu’s hands.

Coincidentally she saw the sentimental words on the page, her gaze hardened, and she tore the play script into pieces.

"Ah!" Qi Yu, seeing her actions, leapt up to stop her.

But she was a step too slow, the play script was already torn into several parts, utterly destroyed.

Hong Ling looked at her reproachful eyes, and for some reason, suddenly felt a burst of satisfaction.

However, her pleasure didn’t last long before she saw Qi Yu slump back onto the recliner, reaching around beside her for a moment, and then flipping out another brand-new play script.

"You—" Hong Ling pointed at her, momentarily at a loss for words.

Qi Yu lazily raised her hand to interrupt, "Shh, be quiet, don’t disturb me reading my play script. If you’re bored, look, there’s a little kid over there, go play hide and seek with him!"

After speaking, she lowered her head again, engrossedly returning to her reading.

Hong Ling, filled with irritation, reached out again to grab the play script from her.

This time, Qi Yu had learned from experience, swiftly hiding the script behind her, causing Hong Ling to miss.

"Give it to me!" Hong Ling demanded as she saw the play script being concealed.

Qi Yu, annoyed by her, frowned and looked at her seriously, asking, "Why do you want my play script? There are many more in the Book Collection Pavilion, you can go find one for yourself."

She truly couldn’t understand the actions of the woman in red, her face revealing a trace of confusion.

But upon hearing her words, Hong Ling’s face suddenly changed, her gaze piercingly fixed on her as she questioned, "These play scripts of yours come from the Book Collection Pavilion?"

Qi Yu spread her hands, "Didn’t I tell you?"

Could this person be hard of hearing?

Hong Ling was no longer in the mood for jokes, her complexion pale as she walked away.

Qi Yu watched her staggering figure depart, still somewhat puzzled.

It was just a play script, wasn’t it?

Was it worth such a reaction?

Hong Ling met Qinrui, who had just come out of the kitchen, halfway through her walk and immediately grabbed her, saying, "How could you casually give away things from the Book Collection Pavilion?"

Qinrui was confused by her words, but after thinking it through, she soothingly said to Hong Ling, "The key to the Book Collection Pavilion was given by the master, so you and I needn’t worry about being punished."

She thought Hong Ling was so agitated because she feared the master’s punishment.

But after hearing these words, Hong Ling’s expression turned completely cold, "Why would the master give the key to a person of unknown origin?"

Qinrui looked at her strangely, "If the master wants to give it, he gives it. It’s none of our business anyway."

Hong Ling’s lips moved slightly, almost blurting out, how could it not concern them?

Clearly, they were the ones who had always been by the master’s side.

Why should that woman cause such a big change in the master upon her arrival?

Hong Ling couldn’t understand this, but upon hearing it, Qinrui merely smiled indifferently, "What’s there to be confused about? The master rarely comes across someone who cares for him, so of course, he will be more indulgent."

She hadn’t thought much about it, and besides, in the past few days, Qi Yu had been diligently applying acupuncture and taking the pulse of Liu Wensheng, only she could see the hardships involved.

At first, she too was worried whether Princess Qi might harm the master.

But gradually, she discovered that Princess Qi truly had the benevolent heart of a doctor, only caring about the wounds on the master’s back, with no other harmful intentions.

But Hong Ling could not understand, her face cold, she replied somewhat unwillingly, "Aren’t there doctors in the valley? What’s it to have a stranger treat the master?"

Upon hearing this, Qinrui sighed, "But the master never listens to the doctors in the valley; at least, Princess Qi can get him to take his medicine."

Her eyes darkened, "Just for that, she is thousands of times better than us; the master treats us differently than he treats her."

In fact, she could understand Hong Ling’s feelings.

All of these girls, having been homeless and at the mercy of fate since they were young, would have died outside if they had not met the master and been brought back to the valley.

The better-off ones would end up in a kind family, working for over a decade and then getting married.

The less fortunate could encounter who knows what; even whether they could be clothed and fed was another matter, probably having died from misfortune long ago.

Therefore, once they entered the valley, although the master was always cold and harsh to them,

From the bottom of their hearts, they all knew that the master was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

Because, there was nowhere else under heaven that could offer a better place for these miserable girls, who were not only fed but were taught self-defense and were treated like human beings.

Also, precisely because there were no other men in the valley except for the master, all of them harbored some indescribable affections for him.

Only, she had accepted her fate long ago, knowing well that the master could never fall for any of them.

But Hong Ling was different, always striving to be the best from a young age, with a proud spirit. She had withstood untold hardships over the years and finally obtained the master’s trust.

Of course, she believed she was different from the others.

Yet suddenly, here was a woman who effortlessly took her place, and didn’t even have to try hard.

Anyone would feel irritated in their heart.

But in the end, the master is the master. Qinrui sighed softly, looking away with a touch of pity, and reminded, "Hong Ling, don’t overstep your boundaries, the master will be angry."

This comment hit a nerve for Hong Ling; her face immediately turned deathly pale as if she were frozen in place, staring blankly ahead.

Qinrui held her arm, leading her back to the room and advised her to rest well.

Closing the door behind her, Hong Ling’s voice filtered through a thin veil of a window screen, carrying a bone-chilling coldness, "I will kill Princess Qi."