Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince
Chapter 91: Is the Princess Jealous?

Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Is the Princess Jealous?

Heifeng struggled for a while, but he was poisoned and all his muscles and bones were soft; he didn’t have any strength at all.

Moreover, he was now tightly bound by someone. Apart from his mouth, he couldn’t move his body at all.

After a while, he finally gave in, "Go ahead and speak."

Lingya gave Adi a look.

Adi squatted down and shook the poison pill in front of him: "This is Soft Muscle Powder. Once you eat it, you’ll be nothing more than a pile of mud for the rest of your life."

"So, you’d better think carefully about whether or not to tell the truth."

Heifeng knew that the people of Tulan were good at making poison. He didn’t dare to confront them head-on, and he moved his lips: "I’ll talk."

Lingya asked, "I want to know, who sent you to poison me?"

Heifeng fell silent for a while. If he exposed Li Ming’an, he feared he would have to live in hiding and leave the capital city.

"Are you going to talk or not!" Adi kicked him. She did not have the patience of a princess.

The pain in Heifeng’s ribs was sharp, as if they were broken, and he grimaced breathing heavily.

"I’ll tell you, it was Prince An!"

Adi’s young face turned cold: "So it was him!"

But Lingya was looking at Heifeng, her tone calm, "Why should I believe you?"

By now, Heifeng couldn’t care less about betrayal; after all, Li Ming’an had long wished to get rid of him.

He gritted his teeth and said with difficulty, "If you don’t believe me, you can go to Prince An Residence and check. In Prince An’s study, there are still letters of correspondence between him and your Tulan Prince."

Adi’s expression changed.

She hadn’t understood why Prince An would poison the princess, but hearing the words "Tulan Prince," she realized.

The one who truly wanted the princess dead was the Tulan Prince.

Lingya had known from the moment Heifeng started talking that he was telling the truth, asking one more question was just to see if she could get more information.

Unexpectedly, she had actually uncovered Li Ming’an’s secret.

And the disgusting truth about her elder brother, who had always been sick.

"Princess, if it’s really the Tulan Prince, what should we do?" At this point, Adi had completely lost confidence. She looked at Princess Lingya blankly, still shocked by the news.

Lingya glanced at Heifeng and decisively said, "Kill him first."

Since he already knew so much, they couldn’t let him live.

A flicker of fear crossed Heifeng’s eyes, but he couldn’t muster any strength and said urgently, "I know even more secrets about Prince An, yes, and also about Prince Qiu and the Princess of Qiu!"

"Really?" A smile curled on Lingya’s lips as her soul-enticing eyes drew closer to Heifeng, and she said gently, "Then explain everything."

Prince Qiu Residence. Qi Yu waited for a while but didn’t see Zhou Fu bring anyone back, so he comfortably closed the gate of the Prince Residence.

Qi Anran had eagerly hoped the Emperor would be furious and send someone to trouble Qi Yu, but nothing came.

The crowd of onlookers had long dispersed, and there she was, still stubbornly waiting.

Qi Yu didn’t even give her a glance and had the gate closed directly.

With a "bang," dust rose, and Qi Anran covered her nose with a handkerchief.

"That wench actually dares to lock me out!" she said through clenched teeth, gripping the handkerchief tightly.

Dong Mei agreed, "Yes, the Princess of Qiu really lacks manners."

Qi Anran turned angrily and glared at her: "It was all your lousy idea!"

If it weren’t for that shallow-minded maid egging her on, how could she have been outwitted by Qi Yu again.

Dong Mei bit her lip, not daring to argue with her.

Qi Anran raised her hand and slapped her, "If there is a next time, I will drive you out of the residence!"

Dong Mei covered her face and sobbed quietly, "This servant knows her mistake."

Qi Anran got on the carriage and did not allow her to come up, making Dong Mei walk back to the Prime Minister Residence by herself.

Dong Mei watched the departing carriage with resentful, unspoken anger and stamped her foot in vexation.

When Li Mingjue returned home, Qi Yu was already leisurely reclining in the backyard on a deck chair and reading a storybook.

Gu Fengmian and Gu Jue had already left the Prince Residence; the weather in the capital city had been too cold for Gu Fengmian, so he left with Gu Jue to spend the New Year in Jiangnan.

The Gu family had few members; in Gu Jue’s generation, there were only five siblings.

Most of the family’s business was actually in the Jiangnan area, with more than ten shops opened there.

Because Gu Fengmian was concerned about Qi Yu, he always thought about returning to see her every New Year’s festival.

This year, not only had they acknowledged each other, but he had also stayed in the Prince Residence for a few days, leaving Gu Fengmian thoroughly satisfied.

Before Gu Jue left, he gave all the keys to the Suiyu Pavilion to Qi Yu, telling her to go whenever she wanted and take whatever she liked.

Despite her newfound wealth overnight, Qi Yu didn’t feel much of it.

The life she had imagined, draped in wealth and counting gold bars every day, turned out to be somewhat bland; she grew tired of counting in the Prince Residence’s treasury after just a few days.

Indeed, once someone obtains something, disappointment begins to set in.

She had just closed the storybook when she saw Li Mingjue hurry in, "Why have you come back so suddenly?"

He had sent word back with Shiqi in the morning, saying he had some matters to deal with and not to wait for him for lunch.

Seeing no anger on her face, Li Mingjue felt the anxious heart in his chest finally settle down, "Did Father give you a hard time?"

When he learned that Qi Yu had not allowed Princess Lingya to enter, he wasn’t worried that Princess Lingya would be angry, but rather that Li Tianze would find an excuse to punish her.

Qi Yu shook her head, "No, he did not."

To tell the truth, she was also somewhat curious as to why there had been no news from the palace thus far.

Her actions earlier had been a clear affront to Li Tianze, and given his concern for his reputation, he should have already tried to intimidate her.

So why was there no movement by now?

Li Mingjue recalled what Princess Lingya had said in the hostel, and he understood, "It seems that Princess Lingya must have said something in front of Father; otherwise, with Father’s character, he surely wouldn’t have let the matter rest."

Qi Yu paused for a moment and spoke in an indifferent tone, "You seem to understand Princess Lingya quite well."

Seeing her lips pursed into a straight line, Li Mingjue chuckled lightly, "Is the Princess feeling jealous?"

"How could I possibly be!" protested Qi Yu. She reopened the book she had finished, feeling a bit unsettled.

Li Mingjue, that scoundrel, was actually slandering her!

Was she the kind of person who would get jealous?

The book in her hands was snatched away, and Li Mingjue bent down, scooping her up in his arms.

"What are you doing, put me down!" cried Qi Yu, panicking.

In broad daylight, what was he thinking!

Li Mingjue patted her shoulder, speaking in a gentle tone, "Be a little more composed."

Seeing all those servants sneak glances at them along the way, Qi Yu felt her dignity slip away.

She gritted her teeth, speaking emphatically, "Put me down!"

Li Mingjue turned a deaf ear to her words, even holding her a bit tighter. He looked down at the person in his arms, who was both shy and infuriated, and coaxed softly, "I only understand one woman, and that is you, my Princess."