The Real Young Master Was Sold as a Slave, The Obsessive Crown Prince's Forced Love - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Applying the Ointment

[Why did Qi Wang come? I remember he told Song Yu they shouldn’t meet before the assassination of Consort Li was successful, right?]

[After all, today’s incident involved the Sixth Prince! He must have come to clarify exactly what happened!]

[Qi Wang encountered Song Yu and Su Yunhe chatting and laughing in the palace, and just now Su Yunhe wanted to take the blame for Song Yu. Qi Wang must suspect their relationship.]

[Is he here to test Xiao Yu? After all, Xiao Yu didn’t tell Qi Wang he had an acquaintance in the Imperial Academy of Medicine before coming to the capital.]

As soon as Qi Wang appeared, the text that was already densely floating before Song Yu instantly doubled in quantity.

After quickly glancing over it, Song Yu hurried down from the bed to the floor.

Just as the line [testing Xiao Yu…] floated past, Song Yu’s eyes were resolute, and he spoke clearly, as if making an oath.

“How could there be anyone else? I was waiting for Your Highness!”

Qi Wang looked down at him.

His words were firm and unwavering, but the expression on Song Yu’s face the moment he entered was clearly one of sadness and distress mixed with panic and fear…

If he were truly waiting for him, he should be anxious, eager to see him, and eager to explain something.

But in the thick emotion on Song Yu’s face, there was everything but anxiety.

He sneered internally. Qi Wang pinched Song Yu’s chin. “Waiting for me? Waiting for me to do what?”

Song Yu: …

What’s with this habit!

Just talk, why pinch my chin!

But the other party was the Crown Prince; he couldn’t afford to provoke him!

Damn it~

Forcing himself to talk in the posture of having his chin pinched, Song Yu said cleverly, “Of course, I was waiting for Your Highness to meticulously inquire about today’s events. There’s a big secret in today’s matter!”

Qi Wang noticed that when Song Yu was being clever, his eyes were exceptionally obedient and innocent.

Like a small dog that has been wronged.

This little dog was injured today. His lips and the surrounding skin were bruised and bloody, giving his entire radiant face a sense of brokenness.

This sense of brokenness made Qi Wang almost uncontrollably rub the finger that was pinching Song Yu’s chin onto Song Yu’s lip.

“Ooh~ it hurts”

His lips were already cracked and bleeding from the beating. With Qi Wang pressing down like this, Song Yu immediately trembled all over and whimpered.

Qi Wang watched his brows slightly furrow, a layer of mist welling up in his originally clear eyes, and then, tears streamed from the corners of his eyes…

The whimpering gasp was close by.

Qi Wang looked cold in the dim light, but the finger pressing on Song Yu’s lip increased its force.

It was originally just pressing, but now it became a slow, deliberate rub.

Instantly, the wound on his lip tore open, and bl00d flowed out.

Song Yu trembled all over from the pain, wishing he could jump up and give Qi Wang a big slap.

What kind of pervert is this!

Why is he tormenting my wound!

Rage filled his heart.

Humility was on his face.

Wuwu~

“Your Highness, it hurts so much, I can’t bear it.” Song Yu looked up at Qi Wang, feeling wronged and pitifully begging, “I did something wrong, can you punish me in another way? It really hurts.”

Qi Wang stared at the face.

He had originally come to interrogate Song Yu and ask what his relationship with Su Yunhe truly was.

If he dared to lie even a single word…

But now, Qi Wang changed his mind.

The finger that was inflicting violence on his lip mercifully let go of the poor lip. Qi Wang took out the porcelain bottle from his waist.

While opening the lid, he looked at Song Yu’s lips and asked, “How did you know that eunuch was lying to you? And how did you make him faint?”

As he spoke, he scooped out a light yellow ointment from the bottle and applied it to Song Yu’s lips.

Song Yu: …

What is this supposed to be?

Three blows of the stick followed by a sweet date?

Ruin my lips that finally stopped bleeding, and then apply medicine for me?

Don’t I have my own hands?

Don’t I have my own ointment!

The ointment Brother Ah He gave me is right there; I just forgot to apply it because I was thinking about things.

Rolling his eyes internally, Song Yu quickly backed away, dodging Qi Wang’s finger. “Your Highness, I can apply it myself. Although there is no copper mirror, I can still apply it accurately…”

Song Yu raised his hand to take the ointment from Qi Wang.

Qi Wang lowered his eyes and glanced at the raised hand.

He said coldly, “You only need to answer my questions.”

Song Yu: …

He had no choice but to put his raised hand back down, standing there, letting the other person apply medicine to his lip.

Why does this feel so strange?

“Open your mouth,” Qi Wang commanded with a hint of roughness in his tone.

Song Yu quickly stopped his internal complaints and opened his mouth.

The cool ointment was applied to his lip. To be honest, it was effective. The fiery, piercing pain he had been feeling immediately subsided a lot.

[Uh…]

[This scene, is this really an interrogation? Why do I feel like my phantom limb is getting hard?]

[It’s definitely a bit erotic, especially when Qi Wang said ‘Open your mouth’ and Xiao Yu obediently opened it. I’m literally screaming!]

[Did Qi Wang’s eyes change when Xiao Yu opened his mouth?]

[??? This is called erotic? Does your version of erotic involve tormenting the other person’s wound? This is clearly Qi Wang’s perverted method of interrogation!]

Song Yu wholeheartedly agreed!

Big pervert!

The scent of ointment permeated the air. The sound of fingers rubbing the ointment onto the skin was very subtle, yet very clear.

When Qi Wang’s hand left his lip to apply medicine to the surrounding skin, Song Yu spoke up, his mouth opening and closing:

“I only arrived at the Imperial Academy of Medicine today. Theoretically, not everyone at the Imperial Academy of Medicine knows about me, so how could the Consorts in the palace know about me!”

Of course, Song Yu wouldn’t tell Qi Wang, Hehe, you don’t know, but I can see text in front of me!

He was making up a plausible lie.

“That little eunuch said Consort De specifically requested me to go over, which immediately made me feel uneasy. Moreover, I constantly kept the mission Your Highness gave me in mind: assassinating Consort Li.

“So I made a quick decision and secretly used a silver needle to prick that little eunuch. The silver needle had a stupefying drug on it.”

Song Yu’s eyes were full of—

I’m smart, right?

Qi Wang looked at his bright eyes. Their gazes met, and Qi Wang ruthlessly exposed him. “So, Su Yunhe denying your claim about the Populus Euphratica powder also ruined the assassination plan you had calculated in your heart at the time?”

Song Yu hadn’t expected Qi Wang to guess even that.

He had indeed been planning to escalate the situation, create chaos, and then look for an opportunity to assassinate her.

After all, an Imperial Physician doesn’t even need a knife to kill; one silver needle is enough if the opportunity arises.

Unfortunately…

Wait!

Qi Wang said that Su Yunhe denied his claim about the Populus Euphratica powder, meaning Qi Wang believed his claim that the little eunuch was poisoned with Populus Euphratica powder…

In that case, would Qi Wang think Brother Ah He deliberately intervened? Would Qi Wang become hostile or murderous towards Brother Ah He…

A chill ran through Song Yu’s heart.

Song Yu hastily said, “No, not really. I should actually thank him for denying it at the time. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known how to resolve the situation, and I hadn’t fully planned the assassination anyway.”

Qi Wang stared at Song Yu without blinking.

He took in every subtle change in the little emotions in his eyes.

Heh!

Is he protecting Su Yunhe that much?