Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince-Chapter 23 - Are You Not a Fool

Shen Xiheng had just returned from inspecting the Jiangnan region and heard that not only did Prince Qiu’s residence boast a new Princess, but she was also rumored to be a simpleton.

As an old friend of Li Mingjue, he had an inkling that there was more to the story!

“Ali, take my things back to the residence first,” Shen Xiheng instructed an attendant at his side.

Ali, struggling somewhat under the weight of the pile of books collected from various bookstores across Jiangnan, asked, “Aren’t you going back, Young Master?”

With a nonchalant smile, Shen Xiheng replied seriously, “I need to pay a visit to Prince Qiu’s residence to discuss some matters with the Prince.”

Ali made a face, not bothering to call him out.

“Discussing matters with the Prince,” indeed.

He simply wanted to get a glimpse of the said-to-be feebleminded but life-saving Princess of Prince Qiu.

“Then remember to return to the residence early, Young Master.

Master and Madam are waiting,” Ali reminded him, seeing his mind was already halfway to Prince Qiu’s residence.

“Got it,” Shen Xiheng waved dismissively and, fan in hand, casually made his way towards Prince Qiu’s residence.

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“Uncle Li!” Upon arriving at the residence, Shen Xiheng greeted the steward with familiarity.

Upon seeing him, the steward quickly bowed and said, “Lord Shen.”

Shen Xiheng was a frequent visitor to the residence, coming more often than to his own home, and the steward was well accustomed to it.

“Where is Mingjue?” Shen Xiheng looked around but did not find Li Mingjue.

Uncle Li responded, “The Prince has recently been busy preparing for the autumn hunt and is currently in the study discussing matters with some officials.

If Lord Shen has business with the Prince, you might need to wait a while.”

Shen Xiheng nodded indifferently, as he was not here to seek out Li Mingjue on this day.

He then inquired, “What about your Princess?”

Uncle Li looked at him somewhat curiously but still replied truthfully, “The Princess is in the other courtyard.”

“The other courtyard?” Shen Xiheng laughed.

“Your Prince and Princess don’t share a room?”

To this, the steward felt somewhat troubled.

The relationship between his Prince and Princess was truly enigmatic.

Though they were officially married, they had yet to share a bed.

The steward sighed, “Trying to guess the thoughts of the Prince and Princess is beyond me.”

Having said that, he asked Shen Xiheng to wait in the front hall and sent a maid to the other courtyard to invite Qi Yu over.

Even though Lord Shen was a longtime friend of the Prince, he was still a man, and it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to go to the other courtyard.

Qi Yu was listlessly flipping through a book of traditional stories.

These ancient novels were truly too dull, all filled with the stories of talented scholars and beautiful ladies, which she had seen in TV dramas at least eight hundred times.

But there was nothing else to amuse herself with here, so she could only read and complain to Shen Nanxing.

Shen Nanxing didn’t know much about reading, but she could still understand what the Princess was saying.

Moreover, no matter what Qi Yu said, she always thought it made perfect sense, the equivalent of an absolute fangirl in the modern world.

“If the Princess doesn’t like it, we could switch to other storybooks,” Shen Nanxing suggested, seeing her lack of interest.

Qi Yu shook her head, no amount of storybooks could alleviate her boredom.

If only she could leave the house at will, but she was a Princess, and she needed Li Mingjue’s permission to go out.

And she knew without asking that Li Mingjue would certainly not agree to her visiting the places she wanted to go to.

Qi Yu quietly sighed, suddenly missing her modern life.

She hadn’t finished sighing when Chunlan came running in, “Princess, Prime Minister Shen has arrived and says he wishes to see you!”

“Prime Minister Shen?” Qi Yu raised her eyelids and said lazily, “Who’s that?

I don’t know him.”

Chunlan explained with a smile, “Prime Minister Shen is a good friend of the Prince and a regular visitor to the Prince Residence.

He went to inspect Jiangnan recently, so the Princess hasn’t met him.”

Qi Yu stood up and stretched, “Alright then, I might as well meet him.”

After all, he was a living person, and talking to him would be more interesting than reading storybooks.

In the front hall, Shen Xiheng had been craning his neck in anticipation.

He thought that someone who married Li Mingjue must be quite extraordinary.

But when he saw Qi Yu, dressed in a somewhat wrinkled white robe with her hair carelessly tied up, appear before him, Shen Xiheng’s face, which countless women in the capital city were infatuated with, cracked slightly.

“You are Princess Qiu?” Shen Xiheng began to feel sorry for his friend.

The woman in front of him was nowhere close to being a lady of distinction, and she didn’t even have the airs of a modest maiden.

In fact, she even had a bit of a man’s boldness about her.

Qi Yu sat down, poured herself a cup of tea, and responded indifferently, “Indeed, I am Princess Qiu.”

Shen Xiheng’s mouth twitched, but he was sharp enough to notice something.

He looked into Qi Yu’s clear eyes and suddenly said, “You’re not an idiot?”

Although it was a question, his tone was quite certain.

Qi Yu slightly raised her eyebrows, “Do I look like an idiot?”

Shen Xiheng earnestly nodded, “Yes.”

Which family’s Princess would act so casually, and also completely lack the dignity of a Princess?

If she wasn’t an idiot, it was indeed hard to explain.

Qi Yu almost spit out her tea.

She silently set down her tea cup, her tone nonchalant as she retorted, “Truly, birds of a feather flock together.”

Shen Xiheng didn’t comment, flicking his folding fan open and looking somewhat gleeful as he watched Qi Yu.

Qi Yu saw that he had a smug look on his face, and just as she was about to ask, a deep voice came from behind her.

“This Prince would also like to know, what kind of person do I seem to be in the eyes of the Princess?”