Your Highness, Absolutely Not!

As a medical doctoral graduate, Shen Lian transmigrated into a minor imperial physician in a male-oriented political intrigue novel.

One afternoon, he was summoned to the Third Prince’s villa to treat one of the prince’s male companions.

As soon as he entered, he ran into a man.

What a striking face. No wonder he was the Third Prince’s most favored companion.

Shen Lian got down to business and began asking questions. “Your complexion looks good, sir. How many times did His Highness favor you last night?”

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Prince Qi was at the Third Prince’s residence discussing border defenses and military affairs.

He went outside for some fresh air and ran into a lunatic who immediately asked how many times his third brother had favored him the night before.

The man was an imperial physician who had mistaken him for his third brother’s male companion.

That alone wasn’t enough to warrant killing him, but the little physician diagnosed him with kidney deficiency.

What a bunch of quacks.

How did this one ever get into the Imperial Medical Academy?

A male power fantasy protagonist can be covered in blood or on the brink of death, but he absolutely cannot have kidney deficiency.

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After seeing each other a few times, they got to know one another.

Shen Lian really liked this male companion.

He was arrogant and sharp-tongued, but had a dry sense of humor. When discussing the political landscape, he got right to the point; when analyzing border conflicts, he spoke with commanding confidence.

He was just as insufferably impressive as Prince Qi, the original novel’s male lead.

Shen Lian had only finished the novel because he liked its male lead.

Now that he’d found a substitute, he couldn’t stop praising the young companion, saying every day that he was just as wise and mighty as Prince Qi and would surely achieve great things.

He even promised that once he’d saved enough money, he’d buy the young companion’s freedom.

But the Imperial Medical Academy paid so poorly that Shen Lian could barely keep up with his own debts. He didn’t even have the heart to shower anyone with praise anymore.

One day, the young companion had a eunuch bring in a whole chest of silver and set it in front of Shen Lian.

Smiling at the little physician, the young companion finally let down his guard and revealed his true identity for the first time. “Prince Qi has asked me to thank you for helping him with his kidney deficiency these past few days. It’s only a small token. Please accept it, Lord Shen.”

Shen Lian immediately grabbed the money and ran!

This was an old-school male-oriented novel. Sacrificing brothers made the hero all-powerful, and every time the male lead, Prince Qi, had a breakthrough, it was because an enemy had assassinated one of his loved ones.

He absolutely couldn’t take sides before the male lead succeeded in the struggle for the throne.

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A few months later.

Shen Lian was shelling sunflower seeds and watching the old men in the village play chess.

Suddenly, the ground began to rumble beneath him.

Thinking there was an earthquake, he turned to run, only to see a vast army riding toward him from the distance, whips cracking.

At the front was the Xuanlin Guard, the Great Wei’s strongest force, leading the most elite cavalry of the northern frontier.

They surrounded Shen Lian.

Shen Lian, still chewing on a sunflower seed shell: ?

After being hauled back to the sleeping quarters, Shen Lian, desperate to survive, spent the whole day showering Prince Qi with praise.

But Prince Qi didn’t show off like his former young companion.

He simply watched Shen Lian like a predator watching its prey.

After a long while, he rose and approached, one step at a time.

“You said that once you’d saved enough silver, you’d buy my freedom. Well, I’ve already paid it for you.” Prince Qi lifted him under the left arm with one hand and held his waist and hips with the other, raising him up and pinning him against the wall. He looked up at the little physician, whose gaze had nowhere to escape. “It’s time for you to inspect the goods, Lord Shen. See whether my kidneys have recovered.”

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Theme: Because he does not claim credit, it is never taken from him.