Chapter 374 A Nightmare

Almost at the same time, Dugu Yu also moved.

"I will take care of my own princess myself. You can go and accompany your emperor."

After saying that, Dugu Yu slapped Lin Xiafeng on the chest through the air, and directly knocked him away.

Lin Xiafeng hit the corner of the wall with a bang, and a mouthful of blood spurted onto the snow-white wall, as if a huge mosquito had been slapped to death on the wall.

After she landed, she still refused to give up. She spit out blood, got up, and turned to escape.

But before she could take two steps, she retreated again, with fear, hatred and madness on her face.

Dugu Yu and Ling Jingxuan saw a dagger coming out from behind the wall first, and then, to everyone's surprise, Qin Qingyao holding a dagger.

Dugu Yu's face suddenly turned ugly. Why was Qingqing alone? Where did all the people around her go?

Lin Xiafeng leaned his back against the wall, leaning against the corner with nowhere to hide. Suddenly, he laughed crazily, "Hahahahahaha..."

"It's still the same. Even if I do it all over again, it's still the same. I refuse to accept it, I refuse to accept it! Why is this world so unfair?"

Qin Qingyao looked at her without a trace of expression, "Go ask the King of Hell."

When she stabbed Lin Xiafeng with the dagger in her hand, Lin Xiafeng actually grabbed the blade.

Blood kept dripping down, more and more, but Lin Xiafeng's face was filled with madness and viciousness, as if he didn't feel any pain at all.

"Even if I have to die, I will die with you. I want them both to remember me and suffer for the rest of their lives!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dugu Yu and Ling Jingxuan attacked almost at the same time. Before Lin Xiafeng could snatch the dagger from Qin Qingyao's hand, his chest was pierced by two swords.

Lin Xiafeng glanced at Dugu Yu, and also saw the men following behind him. They all glared at her, wishing they could cut her into pieces.

They were so worried about Qin Qingyao and wanted her to die so much, but why?

She slowly loosened her hands. The wounds on her palms were so deep that the bones were visible, but she no longer felt the pain. Her legs finally couldn't support her own weight and slid to the ground.

Snowflakes fell into her eyes with the wind. She looked at the gray sky blankly, with endless resentment in her heart.

"I clearly had a chance to try again, and I clearly had every advantage, but why did I still lose?"

She withdrew her gaze from Dugu Yu, and suddenly broke into a smile. She looked extremely horrible with blood all over her body.

But Dugu Yu had no time to pay attention to her. As soon as the sword fell from his hand, he had already hugged Qin Qingyao in his arms, with her back facing Lin Xiafeng, and held her firmly in front of him.

"You're not even dead... You should have died a long time ago!"

After Lin Xiafeng said this, his neck tilted and he died. Qin Qingyao was shivering in the cold wind, and Dugu Yu held her arms tightly.

Ling Jingxuan pulled out the sword from Lin Xiafeng's chest, and with a few slashes, he slashed Lin Xiafeng's face beyond recognition, ensuring that even his own father would not be able to recognize him.

Then he returned the sword to Dugu Yu's men as if nothing had happened, and then said to Dugu Yu, "You all should go and heal your wounds first. The king and Lord Qin have some matters to attend to, so we will return to the palace first."

Dugu Yu nodded and watched Ling Jingxuan and Qin Yuefeng leave.

Then he took Qin Qingyao's hand and said, "Shall we go back to the palace first?"

"Ah? But I have already dismissed everyone in the palace."

"It's okay, you did the right thing. We're just taking a break and will leave tomorrow."

"You'll never come again?"

"Well, never coming back."

"good."

After taking a few steps, Qin Qingyao suddenly remembered something, "Zhao Lan and the others are still behind..."

Some of the servants in Prince Wuling's mansion had indeed left, but the old housekeeper and some people who really didn't dare to go out and were reluctant to leave were still there. When the servants left, they didn't take anything from the mansion with them, so everything here was still the same as before.

Qin Qingyao had already seen Dugu Yu's injuries and felt extremely distressed. After returning home, she immediately pressed him down on the bed.

Dugu Yu grabbed Qin Qingyao's hand as she was about to undress him, "The subordinates are here. It's inconvenient for you to stay here, just leave it to them. He Ming is a very good doctor."

Qin Qingyao just looked at him, obviously not wanting to leave. Dugu Yu licked his lips and said, "I've been busy since early this morning. I'm hungry. I don't know if the chef in the mansion has left yet. Can you go and make me something to eat?"

"Okay, wait, I'll be ready soon!"

Qin Qingyao ran to the kitchen quickly, and Dugu Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want Qin Qingyao to see the wounds on his body, at least not the ones that had not been treated yet.

"Hurry up."

"yes!"

Qin Qingyao used the ingredients in the kitchen to make rice and four home-cooked dishes. When she came out, it was already dark.

Dugu Yu's whole body had been washed and his wounds bandaged, but he looked very weak and pale, and had fallen asleep on the bed.

He Ming looked at Qin Qingyao coming over and said with some embarrassment, "Princess, the prince needs to rest now, you see..."

"I know, I won't wake him up. Someone is cooking for you in the kitchen. Go and take care of your wounds, then eat and rest. I will take care of the prince."

"Yes, I will bring the prince's medicine over later. Thank you for your hard work, Princess."

Qin Qingyao walked to the bedside, squatted down and looked at Dugu Yu quietly.

She gently stretched out her fingers and touched Dugu Yu's forehead. The temperature was very low, and she didn't know if he would feel cold.

She grabbed Dugu Yu's right hand, wanting to warm it up, only to discover that there were wounds on his palm, knuckles, and palms. The skin was rubbed off, exposing the flesh.

Dugu Yu was a martial arts expert and was good at using the sword. He had thick calluses on his hands, which were formed from years of using the sword.

Qin Qingyao looked at the wounds and felt her eyes aching. She didn't know how hard Dugu Yu used his sword today to grind his hands to the point of peeling skin and flesh.

Qin Qingyao took out the medicine from the small cabinet beside the bed and helped him apply it. The whole movement was extremely gentle. She was afraid that Dugu Yu would feel pain, and she kept observing his expression.

But until she bandaged his wounds with gauze, Dugu Yu didn't react at all and didn't even frown.

"You must be very tired today. You clearly promised me not to get hurt again, and now you're like this again!"

"I forgive you this time, but there won't be a next time, okay? Dugu Yu, please don't get hurt again, okay? Even for me!"

Dugu Yu was unable to get up and eat a bite of the food Qin Qingyao had prepared. He slept until the afternoon of the next day.

Although he only slept for about a day and a night, it felt like a lifetime to him.

Because he had a very long dream, a nightmare.

In the dream, he went back to two years ago. He married Qin Qingyao, but did not give her a grand wedding. Instead, he was absent-minded and perfunctory.

In his dream, he and Qin Qingyao were not in love, because at their wedding, he had already decided to never have anything to do with her again. The woman who was supposed to be his princess eloped with a man at a dinner party, and was caught by Prince Duan and Lin Xiafeng.

In the dream, Qin Qingyao was caught by Ling Jingxuan, thrown in front of all the guests, and scolded, accusing her of being unfaithful to her husband.

Lin Xiafeng said bitterly that she had no vision, saying that the man was simply a good-for-nothing gangster who was no match for King Wu Ling. Every word she said was to speak up for him, but every word she said was to trample on his dignity and face.

That wedding became a joke, and Qin Qingyao was thrown into the side yard by him, out of sight, out of mind.

When Sanchao returned home, he still ignored him. The Qin family knew they were in the wrong, and apart from apologizing continuously, they had no right to blame him at all.

Dugu Yu didn't know why he had such an absurd nightmare, and the strangest thing was that he knew very well in his heart that he was just dreaming. He knew that it was not real, but he was powerless to do anything.

He couldn't kick Ling Jingxuan out of the wedding, nor could he tear the mouth of Lin Xiafeng who humiliated Qin Qingyao.

He even watched as he completely ignored Qin Qingyao after his marriage. From beginning to end, he never had a meal with her or touched a finger of her.

No, he touched her from behind. He slapped Qin Qingyao and made her mouth bleed.

But this slap was not enough to satisfy his hatred. He ordered his men to lock Qin Qingyao up in a desolate yard and not allow her to take a single step out.

He saw himself appearing on the cliff opposite Ziyang Mountain to save Lin Xiafeng. The scene was so familiar, but Qin Qingyao was not there to block the sword for him. Instead, he blocked the sword for Lin Xiafeng, and he almost died.

It was Ling Jingyu who took out the Yuansheng Pill to save him, but Lin Xiafeng told him that Ling Jingyu was just trying to bribe him and use him, and actually had no good intentions at all.

He saw Qin Yuefeng being demoted for his poor handling of a case, saw Qin Yuelin being sent to Jiayi Pass, then the Lu family was slandered for colluding with the enemy country and intending to rebel, and even Qin Yuelin was imprisoned and tortured to death, and all of this was done by Ling Jingyu.

He saw Qin Qingyao dying alone and helpless in the small courtyard, depressed, and he never looked at her again until her death.

He saw the Qin family fall into ruin, with the family broken up and all three of the Qin family's sons dead, all because Minister Qin was stubborn and insisted on supporting the prince from beginning to end, and refused to switch to Prince Duan's camp.

Dugu Yu couldn't understand everything in his dream. He wanted to wake up urgently. He didn't want to look at this ridiculous scene anymore. He loved Qin Qingyao. He was not so heartless to her. Qin Qingyao was not dead. No!

But no matter how he struggled, the dream continued.

The Qin family was uprooted, but it did not cause any ripples in his heart. He only knew how to stand by Lin Xiafeng and Prince Duan, and even felt that they deserved it.

How is it possible? How could he be so stupid and unable to tell good from evil? That's not him, absolutely not!