Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince-Chapter 45 - Where is the Princess Consort Qi

Perhaps few people knew that the imposing Prince Qi was not afraid of pain or death, yet he dreaded bitterness.

In the past days, he had to drink medicine for several months to treat the poison in his body.

It was not until Qi Yu arrived that it got better, as she managed to replace drinking medicine with receiving acupuncture.

But now, facing the bitter-smelling Chinese herbal medicine, Li Mingjue was reluctant to start for a long time.

Qi Yu stood holding the bowl for quite a while, her hand almost sore.

She knitted her brows and looked at Li Mingjue, then suddenly realized.

His hand was not yet healed!

She was actually expecting a man with a severely injured arm to drink his medicine by himself, what was she thinking.

So, Qi Yu very understandingly took the medicine bowl back in her hands, her left hand scooped up a spoonful of the medicine and brought it to his lips.

“Is your arm not able to move?

Let me feed you.”

Li Mingjue’s gaze, deep and distant, fixed on her, and only after confirming that he truly could not escape, did he open his mouth and take the medicine.

His face tightened, his chiseled cheekbones clenched as he presented an expression akin to bravely facing martyrdom.

But he did not taste the gut-wrenching bitterness at the tip of his tongue; instead, he noted a faint sweetness.

Qi Yu caught the expression on his face, and a small dimple briefly appeared at the corner of her lips.

“Don’t worry, I specially prepared it for you, it’s not bitter.”

She looked at Li Mingjue’s somewhat astonished gaze, feeling quite smug inside.

The discovery that Li Mingjue could not handle bitterness was quite accidental; she often found that the pastries she ordered Zhou Fu to buy would mysteriously disappear by half.

But she could not figure out how it happened.

Finally, after pressing Shen Nanxing, she learned that the missing half-plate of pastries were all taken to Prince Qi’s study.

When Qi Yu found out the truth, she laughed for a while.

Who would have thought that the seemingly fearless Evil God would actually like sweets, and whenever he faced something bitter, he reacted like a child full of resistance.

She originally wanted to tease Li Mingjue about it, but at that time both Shen Nanxing and Zhou Fu stopped her, saying this matter must absolutely not be spread, and Li Mingjue must never know.

Qi Yu thought that perhaps it’s because all men in the world care about their face, especially Prince Qi.

So, she considerately did not reveal the truth.

It was only today that Li Mingjue became aware that the image he had painstakingly maintained had long since collapsed into a complete mess.

Qi Yu held back her laughter, continued feeding him the medicine, and even consoled him, “Being afraid of bitterness is not something to be ashamed of.”

Li Mingjue’s usually pale face flushed a faint shade of pink, his expression taut as he silently finished the medicine.

After finishing the medicine, Qi Yu observed his face carefully and, seeing no major issues, she said, “Let’s go out for now.

Otherwise, the people who come looking for us won’t find us, and then it’ll be hard to explain.”

Li Mingjue was still immersed in annoyance over his greatest secret being discovered, and he responded to her words with a mere nod.

Qi Yu was quite carefree and didn’t think much of it; she murmured a phrase in her heart and brought herself and Li Mingjue back from the warm space to the cold, pitch-dark cave.

She went outside to check, and it was already dark; it must have been three or four hours since.

She had no idea what the situation outside was like now, so she could only stay here with Li Mingjue for the time being.

Without any accidents, Li Tianze should have already noticed their disappearance by now, and he would definitely send people to search for them.

The situation at the hunting grounds was just as Qi Yu had imagined; as dusk approached, Li Ming’an came back leading the team.

He had deliberately made himself look severely injured all over, but in reality, these were merely superficial wounds and would heal in two days.

Li Ming’an knelt on the ground, his voice strained, “Please, Father Emperor, punish me—I failed to bring back the seventh brother!”

Li Tianze sobered up substantially in an instant, his gaze sharply fixed on him, “What do you mean by that?”

Li Ming’an lowered his head even further, “Father Emperor, when I led the men back just now, we didn’t see the seventh brother.

We went searching again, but there has been no sign of him to this moment!”

“Bang—” Li Tianze directly smashed the wine cup in front of him on Li Ming’an’s body, “Imbecile!”

Li Ming’an stayed motionless, bearing the brunt of Li Tianze’s fury, appearing dejected, but his fists were secretly clenched tight under his ample robe.

The raging sea of anger churned in his heart, Old fool, once I ascend to that position, you will be the first one I’ll get rid of!

Noble Consort An and Qi Anran exchanged a glance; in each other’s eyes, they could see a trace of pleasure.

Li Tianze stood up and pointed at the group of people kneeling below, “Search for him!

If you can’t find the Prince of Qi, you’ll all join him in death!”

“Yes!” The officials responded tremulously.

At his command, everyone rode into the deep mountains with a torch in hand.

For a time, the deep mountains, already enveloped in darkness, were illuminated bright as day by the mass of torchlights.

Shen Xihe held a torch with a grave expression, but didn’t mount his horse immediately.

Instead, he glanced in Li Ming’an’s direction.

After he mounted, he quietly followed behind.

Meanwhile, Noble Consort An was still tenderly advising, “Your Majesty, please do not worry.

The Prince of Qi is blessed by the heavens and surely nothing will happen to him.”

Li Tianze had no mood to listen to her, standing up and walking away with a flick of his sleeve.

Halfway through, something suddenly came to his mind, and he stopped, “Where is the Princess of Qi?”

“About that…

responding to your Majesty, the Princess of Qi said she felt unwell and returned to her tent to rest after lunch,” the Chief Eunuch Zhou Fu said, bowing his head.

In the afternoon, a Maid from the Princess of Qi’s entourage rushed over claiming the Princess felt unwell and had gone to rest in her tent after lunch, specially coming to apologize to your Majesty.

At that time, Li Tianze was busy drinking and making merry, and he paid no attention to the news, simply waving it off.

However, Zhou Fu always felt there was something off, so he kept an extra eye on it.

Li Tianze narrowed his eyes, “Feeling unwell?

I should go express my concern personally!”

Zhou Fu’s heart sank; after many years of following Li Tianze, he knew his temperament all too well.

At this critical juncture, he was not going to express concern for the Princess of Qi; he was clearly intending to assign blame.

But he couldn’t say much about it.

With the Prince of Qi missing, His Majesty couldn’t be satiated for even a moment without finding someone to vent on.

Zhou Fu sighed, hoping the Princess of Qi would be smart enough not to infuriate His Majesty.

Then he suddenly remembered, this Princess of Qi…

seemed to be a fool.

Li Tianze, leading his retinue, marched furiously up to Qi Yu’s tent and demanded of the Palace Maids standing guard outside, “Where is the Princess of Qi?”

The Palace Maids hastily knelt down, replying, “Responding to your Majesty, the Princess of Qi has been resting inside the tent all along.”

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“Is that so?” Li Tianze coldly glanced at the closed tent, “Call her out to me!”