That night, Dugu Yu didn't close his eyes. As soon as he lay down on the bed, he felt as if a piece of his body was missing. His heart was empty, and he felt panicked and at a loss.

Habits are really terrible things.

Before Qin Qingyao got married, she was a young lady who never left the house, so it was impossible for her to have any enemies.

After marrying him, she was a little mean to Prince Duan and Lin Xiafeng. At home, she was very friendly to the flower farmers and the servants who swept the floor. She never put on airs, scolded anyone, and never beat or punished the servants.

Everyone in the mansion likes her.

Why does she hate Prince Duan and Lin Xiafeng so much? Why does she immediately turn from a rabbit into a hedgehog every time she sees them?

Is it really like what Prince Duan said, jealous to the point of madness? But why should she be jealous of others?

Also not sleeping that night were Dugu Yu's two hundred personal guards. The last time they were mobilized so thoroughly was to protect Lin Xiafeng.

But he was still a step too late. Prince Duan had already protected Lin Xiafeng very well and he didn't need to worry about anything.

But he still left a few people behind to keep an eye on her safety.

He found that after Qin Qingyao's unremitting efforts, he now seemed to have tacitly accepted that Prince Duan and Lin Xiafeng were a couple.

It seemed like they were more than just friends. How stupid had he been to not see that before?

Then, he heard the last words Qin Qingyao said to him today, "I wish you three a happy marriage and a long and lasting life."

It was obvious that they were meant to be together forever, but he took away the popularity that could have kept him in a happy marriage.

He has many enemies and many people dislike him. He knows this and he is not afraid. But he is really afraid now that someone will hurt his princess because of him!

"Jinghan, take back the people you sent to Lin Xiafeng."

"yes!"

"In the future..." Dugu Yu felt that if Qin Qingyao knew that he had assigned the person originally assigned to Lin Xiafeng to her, she might be so angry that she would run away from home again.

She dislikes everything related to Lin Xiafeng, and her attitude is very clear.

"Let them go back to the barracks!"

Zhao Jinghan frowned, "This... Your Majesty, these four are our best subordinates, whether it's martial arts, stealth, tracking, or reconnaissance skills..."

"That's enough! I don't want to hear it."

"yes!"

The more Zhao Jinghan spoke, the more he felt that he deserved to die.

He sent his best and most trusted personal guards to protect Lin Xiafeng, who didn't need his meddling at all, but he never cared about Qin Qingyao's safety.

Qin Qingyao was always served by the maids who came with her as a dowry. He never cared whether she needed help or not, never thought about whether she would be in any danger, and didn't even give her half a guard.

Even if he could have someone to follow and protect her, this wouldn't have happened today.

The next day, King Wuling asked for leave and did not attend court.

His Royal Highness Prince Duan was bewildered. They had clearly agreed yesterday that he would help him perform a double act in the court today, so why did he just not come without even saying hello?

…

As soon as Qin Qingyao opened her eyes, her head ached badly. After having a hangover, she was really asking for trouble!

She knew where she was without asking, because the air was filled with the faint smell of fireworks and the sound of young monks chanting outside could be heard.

Beside her bed lay a new suit of clothes, plain and well fitting.

After going out, I found that the temple was not in the city, but on a mountain.

After washing up, I followed the sound to the Buddhist hall, knelt behind the young monks, and listened to them finish singing the morning lessons. I felt a lot calmer inside.

"Princess, you must be hungry. You can have vegetarian food soon."

"There's no rush to eat vegetarian food, but Murong Ce, does this count as kidnapping me?"

"Pfft," Murong Ce smiled with his hands covering his mouth, his eyes curved into crescents, as if he really thought Qin Qingyao was funny.

"It's not really kidnapping, it's just a small favor for the princess."

"Help me with what?"

"Since returning to Yulin City and leaving the army, Dugu has seemed to have lost his purpose in life, drifting with the flow and living from day to day."

"He's also being so friendly with Prince Duan and the Sixth Miss of the Lin family. He just does whatever they say without even thinking. It makes me anxious."

Qin Qingyao's eyes lit up. How come there was an NPC in the book who disapproved of Dugu Yu fooling around with the hero and heroine? Why didn't she remember it?

"If this continues, I'm afraid Dugu will not end up with anything good."

Qin Qingyao gave Murong Ce a thumbs-up with both hands, "Great idea!"

Murong Ce laughed again, a particularly happy laugh, "Princess, you are the first person who agrees with me!"

Qin Qingyao patted Murong Ce's shoulder with a melancholy look on her face. "Excellent people are all lonely. If everyone can understand you immediately after you say something, then it means you are talking nonsense, right?"

Murong Ce looked at Qin Qingyao as if he had found a soulmate in life, and then nodded firmly, "Yes!"

When they passed each other on the street, he felt that Dugu Yu's little princess was an interesting person. Unexpectedly, she not only had an interesting personality, but her ideas were even more interesting!

After breakfast, Qin Qingyao went out for a walk, having no idea where she was.

"Mo Rongce, I should go back!"

"Why are you going back? Didn't you say that it was Dugu Yu who drove you out?"

Qin Qingyao rolled her eyes fiercely. Please, there is a big difference between being kicked out of the study and being kicked out of the house, right?

"Of course I'll go back and fight. I, Qin Qingyao, won't give up so easily!"

"Fight? Is Dugu Yu worth your fight? Do you know that the reason why he married you..."

"Of course I know! The reason he married me was because he was fooled by Ling Jingxuan and Lin Xiafeng. It was all to win over the Qin family and strengthen himself so that he could pave the way for Ling Jingxuan and provide Lin Xiafeng with support and protection!"

Murong Ce: “…”

"My father is the Minister of Personnel, the head of the six ministries. His influence in the court is self-evident!"

"The Qin family are all loyal followers of the prince. Ling Jingxuan has always disliked the Qin family, but she doesn't know where to start."

"And I am the Qin family's most beloved youngest daughter. They hold my life in their hands. Even if the Qin family doesn't join Prince Duan, they can still compromise for me occasionally and help Ling Jingxuan with a few insignificant favors."

With Ling Jingxuan's halo as the leading man, those little favors that the Qin family thought were insignificant, and completely unimportant compared to Qin Qingyao's life and the Qin family's debt to Dugu Yu, finally became the most crucial things in the fight for the crown prince!

"Then, if Prince Duan's people accidentally let the Crown Prince discover that the Qin family is secretly helping him, the Crown Prince will believe that the Qin family are all undercover agents sent by Prince Duan to be by his side, and he will no longer trust the Qin family."

"The Qin family is playing the fence-sitter, pleasing neither side. The final outcome is that no matter whether the Crown Prince or Prince Duan wins, the entire Qin family will not have a good end!"

Murong Ce was really shocked!

"You know everything, and you still agreed to marry him?"

Crazy woman!

"Pfft," Qin Qingyao covered her mouth and laughed very proudly, "I tell you, I can't help laughing when I think about this."

"If Ling Jingxuan and Lin Xiafeng hadn't tricked Dugu Yu for their future plans, how could Dugu Yu, that wooden-headed man who was completely bewildered by Lin Xiafeng, have thought of marrying me?"

Murong Ce really couldn't understand Qin Qingyao. She was still laughing? How could she laugh?!

"Do you really want to marry him?"

"I've been thinking about it for years. This is what I call a dream come true! Hahaha..."

Qin Qingyao was holding her waist and laughing heartily. Murong Ce really couldn't find any adjectives to describe this woman.

"Even if he was deceived by Lin Xiafeng into marrying you? Even if he would frame your entire family for Ling Jingxuan?"

"Hey, please don't wrongly accuse my husband. He was just fooled by that couple. He didn't do anything to offend the Qin family, at least not yet!"

In the original novel, it was Miss Qin San who eloped with someone on her wedding night and wronged Dugu Yu, so Dugu Yu was so cruel and ruthless to the Qin family that he killed them all without blinking an eye.

But not now. It is said that Dad, Big Brother and Dugu Yu are getting along pretty well!

"Oh, Qin Qingyao, you're telling me all this, aren't you afraid..."

"If I don't tell you, don't you know? You know everything, you just don't know that I know it all, right, Great Military Advisor!"

That’s right, she remembered who this Murong Ce was. He was Dugu Yu’s military advisor!

He holds no official position and does not serve in the court, but he is Dugu Yu's good brother.

He is a very, very smart person. When Dugu Yu conquered a country in seven months, he followed him throughout the whole process, offering advice and suggestions, and risking his life!

However, when he returned to the capital, no matter how much the emperor praised him or how the princes tried to win him over, he refused to accept the credit and was determined not to enter the officialdom, so few people knew him.

His role in the original novel is so small that it can be ignored.

All that is shown in the places where he is mentioned, apart from his unparalleled military ability and his superb mind and strategy, is his noble, aloof and free-spirited nature.

He doesn't want money or power, and he doesn't care about anyone except Dugu Yu.

As the male lead, Ling Jingxuan went to win him over in person, which was even more sincere than Liu Bei's three visits to Zhuge Liang's cottage. However, Mo Rongce didn't even look at him!

There is a plot later on where Murong Ce is about to leave Yulin City because Dugu Yu no longer wants to fight and he sees no need to stay.

Finally, Dugu Yu brought Ling Jingxuan and Lin Xiafeng to see him off, which was actually giving the hero and heroine a last chance to win him over, but he still did not stay!

Just now Murong Ce said that if Dugu Yu hangs out with Ling Jingxuan and Lin Xiafeng, there will be no good results. Qin Qingyao immediately remembered who he was and finally understood why Ling Jingxuan couldn't win him over.

Murong Ce looked at Qin Qingyao's smug expression. It had been a long time since he had laughed so happily. How could this woman be so...

"Are you done talking?"