The Real Young Master Was Sold as a Slave, The Obsessive Crown Prince's Forced Love - Chapter 31
Chapter 31: Beg Me
The carriage curtain that Qi Wang (祁妄) had abruptly pulled aside was thoughtfully re-hung by Ban Jin (半斤).
The carriage started moving.
The rocking carriage headed straight towards the main hunting party. Song Yu (宋魚), still under the effect of the medicine, lay weakly on Qi Wang’s lap.
No matter how miserable he felt, he dared not delay Qi Wang’s important business.
This was his patron!
He was counting on his patron to back him up for his revenge!
He had to clearly explain the situation to Qi Wang.
“Your Highness, Prince Yu asked me who placed me in the Imperial Academy of Medicine, and I told him it was the Earl of Anping’s Residence.” Having just cried, even if he managed to suppress the grievances and distress in his heart, he couldn’t hide the muffled, tear-soaked quality of his voice. “I told him that Song Shi’an (宋時安) stole my juren (举人 – provincial graduate) title. He might have believed it.”
Qi Wang leaned against the carriage wall, his eyelids drooping as he looked at Song Yu.
Thin back and narrow waist, the bit of skin exposed on his neck was extremely fine and white.
He was lying there on his lap, utterly defenseless. If Qi Wang just lowered his head, he could bite him…
His fingers roughly rubbed Song Yu’s back.
“Mmm~”
Song Yu was about to tell Qi Wang about his plan when his back was suddenly crudely rubbed by Qi Wang.
Even through the clothes, Song Yu couldn’t hold back, a low gasp escaping his throat at the sudden touch.
Then.
Qi Wang’s hand passed beneath his chest.
Before Song Yu could react to what Qi Wang was doing, he was flipped over, held by Qi Wang.
He had originally been lying on Qi Wang’s lap with his head down.
Now he was—
Lying on Qi Wang’s lap, facing up.
Oh! He must have flipped me over because it was inconvenient to talk while facing down!
The shock of being suddenly moved was still on his face, one side of his cheek was flushed from being pressed against the knee, his clothes and dark hair were tangled in disarray, his recently cried eyes were a little red, and his face still had faint tear stains…
Qi Wang looked at him in this state, his eyes dark, and pinched Song Yu’s chin, “Why did you cry?”
[Oh my god, this scene is so suggestive, Little Yu lying disheveled on Qi Wang’s lap, it’s practically a spring picture!]
[Little Yu is truly vibrant and luscious!]
[Indeed! But it’s just a fantasy, Qi Wang should be testing Little Yu right now.]
[That’s right, after all, Ban Jin went to ask Su Yunhe, and Su Yunhe said she didn’t know Little Yu was with her, but Little Yu himself said he was with Su Yunhe. Qi Wang must be judging Little Yu’s words.]
Flipped over, Song Yu was now facing up, making it very easy to see the words floating past him.
The dense, sharp pain in his chest was still spreading throughout his limbs and bones, showing no signs of diminishing.
Yet, he dared not show any sign of it.
He merely blinked and said, “I was abducted by Prince Yu, and even drugged. I almost didn’t make it back alive to see Your Highness. The more I think about it, the more scared I get, so I couldn’t help but cry.”
Liar.
Qi Wang thought.
He didn’t believe a single word of it.
If he were truly scared, he would have cried right after being rescued.
But he didn’t expose him.
He just rubbed Song Yu’s scarlet lips with his finger, “So scared, yet you still had the presence of mind to drag the Earl of Anping’s Residence into it?”
Song Yu cried out internally: Dear God!
What is wrong with you!
Why do you have to pinch my lips every time you interrogate me.
He cursed inwardly, but his face remained obedient and well-behaved.
He didn’t directly answer Qi Wang’s question, but instead countered with one of his own, “When Madam Wang assassinated Consort Li, why did His Majesty only convict Madam Wang and not punish the Earl of Anping’s Residence? Not only was it not punished, I heard they were allowed to join this hunt.
“Assassinating an imperial consort is a serious crime, yet His Majesty’s punishment was an inconclusive one.”
His lips were being tormented, and his words came out muffled. Several times, his tongue even licked Qi Wang’s fingers.
Qi Wang’s face looked as though it were wrapped in a storm, “Why do you think that is?”
Song Yu wanted to say: Can you please let go, stop pinching my mouth, it’s a lip, not a toy!
But he said, “Either His Majesty and the Earl of Anping’s Residence have some secret leverage over each other, and His Majesty cannot punish the Earl of Anping’s Residence. Or, there is something His Majesty immediately wants to do, but cannot do himself, so he’s letting the Earl of Anping’s Residence do it, and if they succeed, they can redeem themselves.”
Qi Wang hadn’t expected Song Yu, who was only a teenager, to be able to think so clearly.
Lightly tapping Song Yu’s lips with his finger, Qi Wang asked, “Which do you think it is?”
“The second kind.”
“Why?”
“Because Your Highness killed Madam Wang, everyone will assume that Your Highness and the Earl of Anping’s Residence are now enemies. If anything happens in this hunting ground, it will be seen as the Earl of Anping’s Residence seeking revenge.” Song Yu spoke frankly to Qi Wang.
A sudden smile appeared on Qi Wang’s grim face, a mixture of sarcasm and mockery, “You’re quite direct. Even you can figure out the situation, so is His Majesty that foolish? Isn’t he afraid that I will also guess it?”
Song Yu was full of confidence, “So, the Earl of Anping’s Residence won’t be His Majesty’s only arrangement, or rather, it’s just the visible one.”
His eyes held certainty.
Qi Wang was surprised that he could analyze to this level, and very lightly raised an eyebrow, “So?”
“So I told Prince Yu that the Earl of Anping’s Residence sent me to the Imperial Academy of Medicine. Whether Prince Yu believes it or not, he will investigate the Earl of Anping’s Residence. As long as Your Highness can arrange for Prince Yu to investigate the Earl of Anping’s Residence earlier at the hunting ground, you can then arrange people to assassinate Prince Yu in the name of the Earl of Anping’s Residence.
“This would disrupt the Emperor’s plan, as the Emperor favors Prince Yu.”
Qi Wang let out a sound of amusement, “The abacus you’re playing, the beads are bouncing onto my face. In this way, Prince Yu can directly expose the Earl of Anping’s Residence for harboring evil intentions and stealing someone else’s achievement, right?”
Song Yu chuckled, “Your Highness and I both benefit.”
He smiled slyly, his eyes bright and twinkling. His lips, having been tormented, were bl00d-red, making one—
Want to bite them.
To bite down hard.
Qi Wang massaged those two red lips, teasing him, “But since I came to rescue you, everyone will know that you are my person. Prince Yu might not go and investigate the Earl of Anping’s Residence, and your plan will fall through.
“Moreover, since I dared to come to this hunting ground, I’m not afraid of those overt and covert preparations. I have other plans.
“As for you, your plan has failed, and now you’ve offended Prince Yu. What are you going to do?
“Why don’t you beg me properly? If I’m moved by your begging, I might help you.”