The Real Young Master Was Sold as a Slave, The Obsessive Crown Prince's Forced Love - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: A Stab in the Heart

“Mmm~~~”

Song Yu was desperately trying to act confused, stall for time, and find an opportunity to escape.

The carriage suddenly stopped, and the curtain was violently ripped down.

The light from outside instantly flooded the carriage.

Song Yu looked up—

Ah!

He met the angry gaze of Qi Wang outside, eye to eye.

As they stared, the whimpering sound in his throat hadn’t stopped, still sounding languid—

“~~Mmm~~”

Song Yu:…

Help.

Question:

How can a person simultaneously feel the relief of surviving a disaster, cry tears of joy, and feel utterly mortified and wish they were dead?

Answer:

Right now!

Outside.

Eight-Catty was dumbfounded and spoke his mind immediately, “I thought you were coupling with Prince Yu inside! A fierce battle! I didn’t expect you were playing by yourself? And you can sound like that just by yourself?”

Song Yu:…

Some people are alive, but they are already dead.

“I was doing it to protect myself…” Song Yu weakly explained. “Prince Yu was knocked out by my needle. I was afraid the people outside would suspect something.”

He truly couldn’t muster any strength. His explanation came out soft, sounding just like a spoiled plea.

Eight-Catty frowned. “Why is your breathing so weak? Were you drugged?”

The heart of a physician is benevolent.

Eight-Catty, with benevolent intentions, rolled up his sleeve and was about to climb into the carriage, intending to push Prince Yu, who was lying on Song Yu’s leg, and take Song Yu’s pulse.

“Look! A big bird!”

Just as Eight-Catty stepped forward, Half-Catty suddenly grabbed his arm with a surprised cry.

Eight-Catty twisted his head and hit him. “Your father’s big what!”

When he turned back—

Qi Wang had already bent down and entered the carriage.

Half-Catty grimaced, rubbing his struck shoulder, and released Eight-Catty’s arm.

He had truly given too much today~~~

Prince Yu’s carriage was relatively spacious, but stuffing three adult men in was still cramped.

Qi Wang frowned, his face dark. He entered the carriage and roughly pulled Prince Yu, who was lying on Song Yu’s leg, away—

In the instant he pulled him away.

Song Yu’s disheveled clothes instantly came into view.

Because Qi Wang was half-bent, standing in the carriage, Song Yu looked up slightly at Qi Wang.

His lips were parted, letting out faint breaths. His collar was wide open, his dark hair was messy, and his chest rose and fell thinly…

Song Yu’s earlier seductive moan still lingered in Qi Wang’s ear.

His beautiful face, marred by vulnerability, created an impulse in Qi Wang to shatter that vulnerability even further.

To ruthlessly break him.

“Your Highness?”

Seeing Qi Wang staring at him with an unreadable, gloomy expression, Song Yu trembled inside and called out softly.

Ordinarily, this call would be considered flattery at most.

But now, lacking all strength, this soft call, wrapped in vulnerability, sounded sensuous to Qi Wang’s ears.

Qi Wang’s brow furrowed. He turned and kicked Prince Yu out of the carriage.

Bang!

Prince Yu, like a fat pig, tumbled onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

After kicking the man out, Qi Wang sat down slightly on the outer side of the carriage, shielding Song Yu inside, and ordered Eight-Catty, “Take his pulse.”

Eight-Catty quickly stepped forward.

With Qi Wang inside the carriage, Eight-Catty naturally couldn’t climb in again. He simply said to Song Yu, “Give me your wrist.”

Song Yu said pitifully, “I have no strength at all.”

His voice was right next to Qi Wang’s ear.

Carrying a slight gasp.

Qi Wang’s furrowed brows tightened. “Why are you so delicate!”

He scolded him irritably, yet he grabbed Song Yu’s arm and brought his wrist close to Eight-Catty.

Song Yu was sitting towards the inside. With the pull, Song Yu couldn’t support his body and his entire upper body slid along Qi Wang’s inner arm, landing on his thigh.

Plop~

He fell, collapsing onto Qi Wang’s leg.

Song Yu:…

I must have the audacity of a thousand dogs!

“Don’t move!”

Just as he was about to tell Qi Wang it was an accident, Qi Wang pressed his hand on Song Yu’s back, rebuking him in a low voice.

After taking his pulse with two fingers, Eight-Catty quickly gave his conclusion.

“He was poisoned with Yunqing Shuang (Cloud-Light Frost), a soft-bone medicine that causes complete weakness for about an hour after the onset. The effect wears off, and the body returns to normal without any side effects, but once the effect is gone, there will be no trace found during examination.”

In other words.

After the drug wore off, a pulse check wouldn’t reveal that the person had been poisoned with Yunqing Shuang.

“Is it harmless to the body?” Qi Wang confirmed again.

Eight-Catty shook his head. “Harmless, but because of the despicable nature of Yunqing Shuang’s effect, it was explicitly forbidden during the time of the Late Emperor. The law clearly states that once Yunqing Shuang is discovered in a case, the user and the seller are unequivocally sentenced to death.”

As he spoke, he looked at Song Yu with awe.

“Very few people who are poisoned can make the kind of noise you were making. Most are like living corpses. You’re truly remarkable.”

Song Yu:…

This praise for his tenacious spirit, he could definitely do without!

That’s not a scene I want to bring up!

“Prince Yu took you, and you just went along? You couldn’t resist, and you didn’t know to call for help?” Qi Wang’s hand on Song Yu’s back hadn’t moved. His tone was displeased.

Song Yu quickly explained, “I was with Medical Official Su, just at the corridor of the Imperial Physician’s front courtyard. There was no one else nearby. Prince Yu appeared suddenly. Coincidentally, an eunuch came to deliver a message, urging Medical Official Su to quickly assemble. Medical Official Su was taken away by the eunuch, and there was no one around.”

After Song Yu spoke, Qi Wang and the two outside, Half-Catty and Eight-Catty, exchanged a subtle look.

[Those who strongly insisted Su Yunhe was fine, come out and speak now!]

[When Half-Catty asked Su Yunhe, Su Yunhe said he didn’t know Song Yu was accompanying the Emperor; he said he thought Song Yu was at the Imperial Physician’s Office.]

[If Qi Wang hadn’t immediately thought of Prince Yu’s villa in the Western Suburbs and rushed over here, Little Yu would have been finished today!]

[Who poisoned Little Yu with this Yunqing Shuang? Little Yu was already weak when he met Prince Yu!]

Song Yu had been too weak to spare the mental effort to look at the text above his head.

Now, lying on Qi Wang’s leg, he looked up at Eight-Catty, watching the lines of text float past.

The pain in his heart was like a knife suddenly plunged into it.

Did A-He Gege say he didn’t know he was accompanying the Emperor?

Why?

Why!

Song Yu was overjoyed when he saw Su Yunhe at the Imperial Physician’s Office, but no matter how ecstatic he was, he wasn’t stupid.

Incident after incident had accumulated…

A patch of warmth suddenly appeared on his knee. Qi Wang was momentarily stunned.

He looked down at the person lying on his leg.

Crying?

“Your Highness, what should be done with Prince Yu?” Half-Catty asked.

Eight-Catty immediately said, “The drug on Song Yu won’t wear off for at least half an hour. If we take Song Yu back now, as long as a pulse check is done, everyone in the Imperial Physician’s Office will know he was poisoned with Yunqing Shuang.

“This way, even if His Majesty favors Prince Yu and wants to make trouble, he will have to consider the law.”

This was the best solution.

It not only brought Song Yu back but also silenced Prince Yu and the Emperor, preventing them from holding Qi Wang accountable.

Otherwise, as long as Qi Wang insisted Prince Yu used Yunqing Shuang, Prince Yu would have to undergo investigation by the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review.

Qi Wang could even use this incident to strike back hard.

However, this way, almost everyone would know that Song Yu was poisoned with Yunqing Shuang.

Even if Prince Yu hadn’t succeeded in doing anything…

Who could control the rumors?