Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince-Chapter 34 - Pretending to be Sick

These past few days, he had been dealing with various forces with a body that had not yet fully recovered, and he couldn’t let anyone see his weaknesses, already physically and mentally exhausted.

Qi Yu’s antics had unexpectedly eased his furrowed brow.

At this moment, the distance between the two was extremely close.

As soon as Qi Yu opened her eyes, she was greeted with his exceptionally handsome face, and she couldn’t help admiring it silently for a while.

Still, she noticed something amiss, feeling that his complexion seemed even paler than before.

Her expression turned serious, and she spoke with a hint of displeasure, “If you keep this up, I fear you really don’t care about your own life.”

It takes a hundred days to recover from bone and tendon injuries.

Instead, he had taken on such a big problem while he was still sick.

He must think his life was too long.

Li Mingjue knew he was at fault, and since he still needed Qi Yu to tend to his body, he could only humbly ask for her advice, “Then, in your opinion, what should I do?”

Qi Yu, bearing the brunt of the responsibility, rose to flip him over and began to administer acupuncture with experienced ease.

After finishing with the needles, she spoke in a calm voice, “In ten days, the toxins in your body will be completely removed.”

Li Mingjue gritted his teeth and grunted in agreement.

Qi Yu removed the silver needles one by one.

Seeing that his complexion had almost returned to normal, she slowly said, “For these ten days, it’s best if you rest at the residence.

Otherwise, even the Divine Doctor could not save you.”

Li Mingjue’s brow furrowed.

It wasn’t that he didn’t cherish his own life.

But with the autumn hunt drawing near and so many matters to attend to, he simply couldn’t afford to take time off.

Seeing him silent, Qi Yu sighed lightly, “Prince, do you know what it means to ‘build up strength by lying low’?”

Li Mingjue’s thoughts stirred, and he suddenly chuckled softly.

“I seemed to have forgotten that.”

Seeing that he understood, Qi Yu slightly arched her brow, smilingly suggesting, “Feigning illness to get out of it for a while?”

The closer it got to this crucial juncture, the more Li Ming’an and Qi Wei would look for his faults.

Even if he handled everything flawlessly, he couldn’t prevent those people from scheming behind his back.

It might just be better to spread the word that he had fallen ill and pass this hot potato along.

In doing so, those people would lower their guard, giving them an easier chance to slip up.

“These next few days, let Prince Ming’an be busy for a while.

After all, this duty is still yours.

Once the deed is done, the prince can then reap the benefits,” Qi Yu said, lying down wearily and lazily uttering the words with her eyes closed.

Li Mingjue, watching her pretend to be clever and cunning, couldn’t help but ask, “Princess, having been brought up sheltered from the world since childhood, how came you to understand such things?”

Qi Yu’s eyelid twitched as she pulled the covers over herself, feigning death.

Internally, she cursed, Damn man, I help you out of kindness, and you still dare to doubt me!

Li Mingjue looked deeply at the person pretending to be asleep to avoid questions and ultimately said nothing more.

He lay down beside her, still dressed, and had a good night’s sleep.

The next day, during the early court session, the civil and military officials were all surprised to find that Prince Qiu had not arrived.

Upon inquiring, they learned that he had been overwhelmed with preparations for the upcoming autumn hunt and had fallen ill with a cold.

With his illness, some began to have other thoughts.

Qi Wei immediately seized the opportunity to step forward and said respectfully, “Your Majesty, at this critical juncture, Prince Qiu has suddenly fallen ill.

It seems that the responsibilities of the autumn hunt will have to be entrusted to Prince Ming’an.”

As he spoke, the other partisans of Prince Ming’an followed suit, creating a scene as if pressuring the palace.

Li Tianze saw all this and was displeased, but he was also helpless.

He could only take a step back and had the Chief Eunuch Zhou Fu invite Li Ming’an, who had been confined, to come over.

“Your son pays his respects to Father Emperor,” Li Ming’an performed the ritual, pretending to be unaware, “May I ask why Father Emperor has suddenly summoned your son?

Are there any orders?”

Li Tianze looked at the person kneeling below and spoke indifferently, “Your seventh brother has been managing the autumn hunt and has been so tired that he fell ill.

I would like you to assist him for a few days.

What are your thoughts?”

Li Ming’an saw that he was only being asked to help, and the credit would still be attributed to Li Mingjue, which made him somewhat dissatisfied.

He thought resentfully that if it weren’t for the mistake that day, this task would have originally been his.

But in front of the civil and military officials, he could only swallow his discontent and said earnestly, “Father Emperor, you overstate my duty.

Since my seventh brother is indisposed and the autumn hunt is upon us, it is only right that I give my utmost effort.”

After speaking, he gestured to Qi Wei and the Duke from Qin, two influential ministers who had a say in the matter.

Qi Wei was naturally diligent and immediately said, “Your Majesty, Prince Qiu has been indisposed for not just a day or two.

It’s best to prioritize his recovery at this moment.”

However, the Duke from Qin stepped forward and interrupted him.

“Your Majesty, I believe that Prince Qiu has merely caught a cold.

A day or two of rest should suffice, and there should be no issue.

It may be inappropriate to change the person in charge suddenly,” he said.

Li Ming’an did not expect that the Duke from Qin would actually side with Li Mingjue.

He gave him a dark, threatening glare.

The Duke from Qin looked indifferent as if he saw nothing.

He wanted to let Li Ming’an know that the Duke Residence was not siding with anyone in particular but would support whoever had the advantage.

Li Tianze, worried about Li Mingjue’s illness, had no desire to listen to the officials continue their disputes, so he waved his hand, dismissing the court quickly.

In the Prince Qiu Residence, Lou Qingming was taking Li Mingjue’s pulse.

After examining the pulse, he frowned and looked towards Qi Yu, “The illness of the Prince…”

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His hesitancy caused everyone in the Prince Qiu Residence to hold their breath.

Qi Yu was so frightened that she leaned over Li Mingjue, even squeezing out a few tears, crying, “Husband, you can’t die!”

Lee, the Divine Doctor, seemed bewildered and slightly unstable on his feet.

Lou Qingming quickly raised his hand to finish his sentence, “The pulse of the Prince is a bit strange, but it is nothing serious.”

Qi Yu, who had been crying halfway, looked up quickly, “Are you telling the truth?

My husband won’t die?”

Lou Qingming nodded and felt somewhat perplexed.

Was the relationship between the Prince and Princess really that good?

In a place he could not see, Qi Yu was secretly pinching Li Mingjue’s hand, deliberately causing him harm.

Li Mingjue on the bed almost couldn’t keep up the act and had to silently clamp down on that mischievous hand tightly.

The two, one feigning ignorance and the other feigning illness, began to compete with each other in secret under the watchful eyes of all present.