Chapter 360 Touching

He unconsciously hugged Qin Qingyao tightly, and kept assuring her, "No, never again. I am yours, and my life is yours. I will only protect you!"

In fact, Qin Qingyao really wanted to say that you are not allowed to risk your own life even to protect me, but she thought that such words were simply nonsense and Dugu Yu would never listen.

So from now on, she should just be a good boy, not cause any trouble, and never let Dugu Yu risk his life to save her!

Now that she thinks about it, being held in Dugu Yu's arms so nervously and being pampered to the core is completely different from when she first came into this world.

At that time, she followed Dugu Yu around all day long, which made her quite annoying. If Dugu Yu looked at her straight in the eye or smiled at her, she would be so excited that she would be willing to go without food for a whole day.

She buried her head in Dugu Yu's neck, took a deep breath, and said with emotion, "God is so good to me!"

"Where is good?"

"He gave me the best husband in the world. I suspect I might actually be God's illegitimate daughter or something. Otherwise, why would he be so kind to me?"

Qin Qingyao's words made Dugu Yu's nose feel a little sour, because he felt that he was not worthy of Qin Qingyao's emotion.

She was just too generous and too easily satisfied. It had been like this since the day she married him. Even if he did nothing, she was always satisfied and happy.

If he was blessed by God, it was Dugu Yu who had cultivated virtue for eight lifetimes and was able to marry Qin Qingyao as his wife.

Before getting married, even if he used all his imagination, Dugu Yu would never have thought that one day he would become so happy, so dependent on and unable to let go of someone.

Looking back now, sometimes it felt like a dream. He was so afraid that he would wake up from such a dream, afraid that Qin Qingyao would no longer be by his side when he woke up.

Whether he was watching his own mother leave or dying at the hands of the Ghost Saint, he had never felt such fear, because he had never had happiness, so he was not afraid of losing it.

But now, he has been spoiled by Qin Qingyao. He knows what happiness, joy and family are. He can no longer live the kind of careless and zombie-like life he used to.

"Qingqing~"

"Um?"

"I like you so much." Last time when he quarreled with Qin Qingyao who was poisoned, he vowed that he would stop talking after she was detoxified, which made her so angry.

But now, he really couldn't help it. He especially wanted to let Qin Qingyao know how much he liked her.

Qin Qingyao's body was stiff. For a moment, she even thought she was hallucinating. "What did you say? The wind was so strong just now that I couldn't hear clearly. Say it again... "

Dugu Yu did not say it again. He expressed his deep love with his actions and kissed her directly on the lips.

These days, although Dugu Yu stayed by her side every day and watched over her as she slept, he really didn't dare to touch her. At most, he would kiss her cheek or rub her shoulder.

So, this kiss came and went quickly. He was still concerned about Qin Qingyao's injury and did not dare to act rashly.

Qin Qingyao's face turned red due to his sudden confession and kiss. She lowered her head and secretly cursed herself for being useless. After all, they have been married for two years, so why is she still so impatient?

Dugu Yu looked at Qin Qingyao, who lowered her head in extreme shyness, and felt as if a cat's claws were scratching his heart.

This girl acted so aggressive and shameless at the beginning, but she was just relying on the fact that he knew nothing about matters between men and women to appear worldly-wise.

Now Dugu Yu has mastered this skill and has surpassed him. Someone's thin-skinned nature has been gradually exposed. He is shy and can't stand teasing, which makes him particularly lovable.

Dugu Yu took several deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down, then took a wet towel to wipe Qin Qingyao's face, "Go to sleep, I'll take you out for a walk tomorrow."

"OK!"

Qin Qingyao was very happy to be able to go out for a walk. She hadn't left the tent for half a month.

…

In Yulin City, the new emperor had a lot of things to do after ascending the throne, and the late emperor and the empress dowager were about to leave, so Yang Tingxiao did not go back to guard the Yanling Army.

Ling Jingyu clearly did not want to leave Dugu Yu any chance of survival, and Yang Tingxiao was helpless about it. However, for the sake of the old lady, Yang Tingxiao still did one last thing for Dugu Yu.

After he left the palace and returned home, he secretly found a few confidants and told them to spread the news that Princess Wu Ling had been kidnapped and seriously injured before the incident in the palace, and her life or death was unknown.

In order to save the princess, the prince went alone to capture the thief, but his whereabouts are still unknown.

Rumors are actually more like living things. As they spread and grow, they will constantly change their original appearance and even undergo genetic mutations.

The version that is finally known to the public must have been embellished and polished by countless people, and is now very different from the original news.

However, the rumors about the two masters in Prince Wuling's Mansion inevitably changed because someone was fanning the flames and deliberately controlling them behind the scenes, but they did not become too outrageous.

In just less than two days, almost all the people in Yulin City heard about the death of Princess Wuling. This winter is really unlucky!

That’s right, Yang Tingxiao left a way out at the beginning, saying only that the princess was seriously injured and her life or death was unknown. But in the end, the whole thing became a complete story with details.

This story goes that just two days before the incident in the palace, Princess Wuling was kidnapped and held hostage by criminals. The prince loved his wife so much that he actually agreed to meet her alone.

Although the prince was very trustworthy and went alone, the villains did not keep their promise. Not only did they not let the princess go, but they directly took her life.

The prince and the princess were deeply in love, so seeing this scene, how could they remain calm? So they fought with the enemy for three hundred rounds and killed more than a hundred enemies by themselves!

The story up to this point is relatively consistent, but the subsequent versions are somewhat diverse. Some say that the prince committed suicide for love and took the princess with him, while others say that the prince and princess were not actually dead, but just fell off the cliff together.

Some say the prince took the princess, who was still breathing, to find a miracle doctor. Others say the prince witnessed the princess's death with his own eyes, and was so sad that he became disillusioned with the world and retired to become a monk...

No matter which one it is, it makes people sad when they hear it and cry when they see it. The love between the prince and the princess is really too touching.

This also reasonably explains why the two masters of the Wuling Palace never showed up from the death of the previous emperor to the ascension of the new emperor.

The people all sympathized with and respected King Wu Ling. No one believed that he ran away from the city to rebel.

After all, if they wanted to rebel, the best time would be the time when the previous emperor passed away and there was chaos in the palace. Why didn't he come?

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne and everything in the court is running normally, wouldn't it be stupid for him to pop up again?

…

This was the last thing Yang Tingxiao did for Dugu Yu. He stabilized the people's hearts for Dugu Yu and preserved his image as a tall, upright and invincible general in everyone's eyes.

Now he has been given an additional character of being extremely affectionate and willing to die alone to save his beloved wife.

He made it impossible for Ling Jingyu to attack Dugu Yu openly, and even more impossible for him to continue to target Dugu Yu. As long as Dugu Yu did not show up, as long as he did not really lead troops to rebel, Ling Jingyu had no excuse to arrest him openly.

Ling Jingyu could take precautions and secretly send people to hunt him down, but he could no longer continue to accuse Dugu Yu of those false charges.

Because if he did that, he would not be able to stop the people from gossiping about him. As long as the people did not see Dugu Yu rebelling, he would still be the King Wuling of Zhaoling State and their god of war.

If Ling Jingyu persists and insists on chasing after Dugu Yu to encircle him, it will only make him look particularly petty and ugly, and he will be branded as a persecutor of loyal and good people!

Yang Tingxiao believed that although Ling Jingyu was a little stupid and arrogant, he was not stupid. He must have understood the simple truth that it is more important to guard against the people's mouths than to guard against the river.

It is not worth it to let the people of the world stab him in the back just for Dugu Yu, who has already left the court and will no longer come to bother him.

Ling Jingyu soon received the memorial submitted by the Nine Gates Admiral, and he knew exactly what the people in the city had been discussing over the past two days.

He hated the person who spread the news so much that he wanted to cut him into pieces, but it was too late now. The people had already accepted this "fact" because they were deeply moved by the tragic love story between the prince and the princess.

If he tried to restore order at this time and said that Dugu Yu had some ulterior motives, no one would believe him. Besides, he couldn't say that now. He had to be a filial son and guard the late emperor's body!

Before the late emperor and the empress dowager's body came out, all matters were trivial and had to be put aside. Just think of it as Dugu Yu really going to commit suicide for Qin Qingyao, and his death would put an end to everything!

…

Ling Jingyu was very angry, but in the Prince's Mansion, Lin Xiafeng, who had just suffered a miscarriage a few days ago, was still lying in bed recuperating. When she heard the news, she was stunned for a moment, then suddenly covered her stomach and burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha...Finally, she's finally dead!"

She laughed for a long time, then looked at Caiwei with a happy face and asked, "Is she the only one who died? What about Mo Rongce and Dugu Yu?"

She had not forgotten how that damn Murong Ce had troubled her in the past and how he had left her to die without helping her. In her plan, there was no plan for Murong Ce to have a good ending.

Caiwei handed the medicine to Lin Xiafeng and said, "I haven't heard anything about Master Murong. The only thing I can be sure of now is that Princess Wuling is definitely dead."

"As for the prince, some say he committed suicide for love, others say he became a monk. Although there's no definite confirmation, I feel that the prince's condition is definitely not good."