Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince
Chapter 86 Do you want to know who poisoned it?

Chapter 86: Chapter 86 Do you want to know who poisoned it?

"Poisoned?" Upon hearing her words, Adi found it hard to believe.

After all, the Princess had always stayed within the hostel, and except for that one trip to the palace, she didn’t meet anyone else. How could she suddenly be poisoned out of the blue?

Qi Yu took out a silver needle and pricked it into the bellflower on Lingya’s forehead. Just as expected, the silver needle turned black.

The evidence was right before their eyes. Although Adi didn’t want to believe it, she had to admit that there was no mistake in what she said.

"Do you know what poison my mistress has been struck with?"

Qi Yu wrapped up the blackened silver needle with a handkerchief, looking at her, "You said before that your mistress has been taking a kind of elixir. Can you show it to me?"

Although she hadn’t yet determined precisely what poison Lingya had been afflicted with, she was sure it had something to do with that bottle of elixir.

The bottle of elixir had always been carefully stored away by Lingya, and nobody else really knew where it was kept.

Fortunately, Adi had been by her side ceaselessly, and the Princess never hid anything from her when taking her medicine.

Adi retrieved the half-empty bottle of elixir from a locked box and handed it over to her, "This is it."

Qi Yu received it, opened the bottle, and took a sniff, a pungent floral scent wafted into her nostrils.

She poured out one of the elixir pills onto the table – externally, it looked like an ordinary brownish-black elixir.

"Is there something wrong with this medicine?" Adi watched her nervously.

If there was indeed something wrong with the medicine provided by the State Preceptor, wouldn’t that mean the State Preceptor intended to harm the Princess?

Qi Yu took another silver needle and pricked it, but this time, the needle didn’t turn black.

"There’s no poison in the medicine," she observed carefully at the base of the needle and said.

Adi breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that the medicine wasn’t poisoned.

But almost immediately, her brow furrowed again.

If the elixir didn’t contain the poison, then where did the poison in the Princess’s body come from?

More importantly, "Can this poison be cured?"

Qi Yu nodded, her tone calm, "It can be cured."

A hint of joy surfaced in Adi’s eyes, but before she could feel relieved, she heard her say, "But I don’t want to cure it."

"Why!" Adi’s eyes widened, staring at her in disbelief.

Under the veil, Qi Yu’s gaze was deep as she glanced at the person lying in bed.

The poison was peculiar, but it hadn’t yet spread throughout the body; a few silver needles could control it.

But if she cured the poison so easily, wouldn’t that bring a lot of trouble upon herself?

Amidst Adi’s fiery gaze, she responded with a composed countenance, "Firstly, curing the poison is not an easy matter. Secondly, even if I did cure the poison, you wouldn’t let me leave through the door. Why would I engage in such a losing proposition?"

Adi’s pupils shuddered; she hadn’t expected this person to be so astute.

Thinking of the people hidden in the shadows, she steadied herself and said forcefully, "If you can’t cure the poison, I will kill you immediately!"

Qi Yu chuckled, not taking her threat seriously at all, "You could kill me, but your mistress... oh, I mean, your Princess would also have to accompany me in death."

"You already knew?" Adi kept her grip tight on the knife, her eyes warily watching her.

Song Ling sensed the tension in the air and stepped in front of Qi Yu to prevent Adi from having an opportunity to attack.

Qi Yu pushed him back behind her with a brush of her hand, speaking lightly, "You Tulan people act so rashly, it would be difficult not to notice."

No sooner had her words ended when someone pushed the door open from outside.

Mu He stepped in with a sword aimed at her, his tone dark, "Since you already know, you must die!"

Qi Yu turned around, her gaze sweeping over the sword in his hand, unflappably saying, "If you kill me, then there will be no one left to save your Princess."

Mu He’s eyes flickered with struggle.

Although he was reluctant to trust this person of unknown origin, aside from her, there was no one else in the capital city who could save the Princess.

Adi lacked Mu He’s patience; she threw her sword aside and knelt down before Qi Yu, "Please, save the Princess."

If the Princess died, she, Mu He, and everyone else would only be able to stay here to be buried with her.

Qi Yu helped her up and, seeing that the two had begun to soften, set forth her demands, "I can save her, but you cannot harm me or my friends."

She paused, then added another line, "Otherwise, I have a hundred ways to make her die even more miserably."

"Fine," Mu He fell silent for a while before he could only agree.

"I need you to do something else for me," Qi Yu continued.

Mu He frowned at her, "What is it?"

Under the wide robe, Qi Yu subtly twisted the silver needle in her hand, her tone playful, "Spread the news of Princess Lingya’s poisoning, and also go to the palace to summon the Imperial Physician."

"No way!" Mu He refused as soon as he heard.

If the news of the Princess’s poisoning got out, wouldn’t he become a sinner!

By then, even if the Princess woke up, once back in Tulan, he would still be punished.

This was also the reason he had been stubbornly suppressing the news, a demand he could never agree to, no matter what.

Qi Yu let out a scoff, "If you can’t do it, then just wait and watch her die here."

Neither of them was willing to give in, and the atmosphere became extremely tense.

Adi felt furious inside, cursing Mu He hundreds of times before picking up the sword she had dropped, slamming it heavily on the table, "Mu He, I know you fear punishment, but compared to the Princess, is your pitiful pride really that important?"

She glared at him, fuming with anger.

These past few days, not only had Mu He suppressed the news of the Princess’s coma, but he also obstructed the search for a doctor on multiple occasions.

She had not even settled that score with him.

But today, there was no way she would let the only person in the entire capital city who could save the Princess walk away.

Mu He snorted, "How dare you, a mere maid, speak to me with this attitude!"

Adi stared back at him evenly, her tone mocking, "When the Princess wakes up, I will have her punish you first!"

Having said that, she no longer looked at Mu He but turned to Qi Yu, "As long as you can save the Princess, I agree to your demands."

Qi Yu nodded at her, "Deal."

Without wasting more words, she had Adi send someone to spread the news in the palace after half an hour while she stayed in the room to apply the needles.

Although Mu He wanted to intervene, Adi had the Princess’s token, and he was powerless against her, so he could only leave with a flick of his sleeve.

Half an hour later, Qi Yu looked at the person who had regained consciousness, restraining her from getting up.

Her tone gentle yet filled with a hint of seduction, she said, "Do you want to know who poisoned you?"

Lingya looked at the mysterious person dressed in black, with an unclear face, her eyes clouded with confusion.

These past few days, although she had been in a coma, a trace of consciousness lingered on.

The feeling of ice-coldness mixing in her body made her extremely uncomfortable, and there was a moment when she almost wished she could die immediately.

But now, this mysterious person had saved her.

Moreover, Lingya felt no hostility from her.

She blinked her eyes and said softly, "Yes, I want to know."