Qin Qingyao pulled out the account books he had scribbled with his eyes closed from his bosom and slammed them on the table. "Do you know what these are?"
Although he couldn't quite understand those strange symbols, Ling Jingxuan could understand those specific names, and could tell at a glance that they were things that should be recorded in the military camp account books.
"Princess, this is..."
"This is the detailed account of the military expenses of the 200,000 soldiers in the Northwest Camp under my prince's command, from last year!"
Ling Jingxuan's face froze for a moment, "Princess, what are you doing..."
"Your Highness Prince Duan, you don't think you can be completely safe by just stopping right now, do you? You dare to hide something under my husband's nose. Do you think he will let you go until he finds you?"
Ling Jingxuan finally stopped smiling and looked at Qin Qingyao seriously, waiting for her next words.
"I came to you in such a hurry just to tell you that my prince has found evidence that you and some of his men colluded to embezzle military funds. You are dead!"
Ling Jingxuan grinned, "Princess, are you here to see me off to my final resting place, or to tell me to run away? You're truly kind. I've made a great contribution by making a friend of yours."
Bai Zhi stood aside, stiff as a stick. It was such a big thing, and their princess just made up a few nonsense words, but His Royal Highness Prince Duan actually admitted it without any explanation?
This is a capital crime!
However, she didn't know that if someone else came to identify him, Ling Jingxuan would not pay any attention at all, but for Qin Qingyao, he trusted her almost to the point of superstition.
He believed that Qin Qingyao knew everything, and that what Qin Qingyao said was true, so he never thought about denying or making excuses.
Qin Qingyao was very satisfied with Ling Jingxuan's honesty.
"If it were only my prince, considering our alliance, perhaps I could plead for you and come up with a mutually beneficial solution to this problem."
"But for some reason, Lin Xiafeng also found out that you embezzled military funds from the Northwest Camp."
"Today, she sent assassins to the palace to steal the accounts. I think she probably wants to take your head and give it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as a stepping stone to become the Crown Prince's wife. What do you think?"
Ling Jingxuan took a sip of tea, still smiling, "It looks like her assassin failed. The palace is guarded very strictly. He is worthy of being King Wu Ling. I admire him."
"That's enough. Who has time to be so playful with you now? You better stay away from me and don't bring trouble to my prince!"
"Princess, what you said really makes me sad. I thought you came here to care about me, but it turns out you were here for Dugu Yu."
"Nonsense! I'm warning you, no matter who you're colluding with in the Northwest Camp, notify me immediately and tell them to get out of here!"
"You can ask General Gu for help. I will ask my prince to do you a favor and ask him to agree to use legal means to transfer those people to General Gu's command. From now on, they will obey your orders and serve you!"
"You only have this one chance. My prince will never tolerate any sand in his eyes. If you don't take them away and still hope to keep them in the barracks with some evil intentions, then wait for them to be collected!"
"Also! If I find out again that you're trying to be clever with my prince, taking advantage of him, or even trying to trip him up and make him take the blame for you, not only will our alliance be void, I'll also help the prince destroy you!"
When Ling Jingxuan saw Qin Qingyao say the words "I'll help the prince to destroy you" so resolutely and seriously, his heart really skipped a beat, as if someone had hit his chest with a sledgehammer hundreds of times.
He thought they were friends, but in her eyes, Dugu Yu was still everything. If he took advantage of Dugu Yu a little, she would take his life without hesitation?
Ling Jingxuan didn't know why, but a raging anger suddenly rose in his chest, "Are you threatening me?"
"What else?" Qin Qingyao stared at Ling Jingxuan with wide eyes, leaving no room for negotiation. "I'll only give you two days!"
"If you don't deliver that list to my prince in two days, I will send this account to the crown prince and teach him to recognize it word by word!"
"Even if our prince is implicated by you and punished, the most he can do is surrender his military power and stop being a prince. It's a thousand times better than dying with you!"
"Your Highness Prince Duan, please take your time to think about it. I'm going home to have dinner with my husband."
When Qin Qingyao was leaving, she suddenly turned around and saw Ling Jingxuan sitting at the table staring at her motionlessly. It was really scary, but she didn't bother to care.
Just a reminder, "Didn't Xiao Tiantian convey the message? Your Wangjiang Tower really needs to be renovated!"
Qin Qingyao had been gone for a long time before Ling Jingxuan moved his fingers.
I don't understand why, but he felt really unbalanced, so unbalanced that he had the urge to kill someone!
He was facing a death sentence, but that damn girl left him to go back to eat with Dugu Yu? Would he starve to death if he didn't eat with him?
And you're threatening me! It turns out your so-called alliance wasn't sincere at all!
Don't you really hate the Crown Prince? Didn't you form an alliance to help me defeat the Crown Prince? But for Dugu Yu, you can turn around and help the Crown Prince fight me without any obstacles?
The more Ling Jingxuan thought about it, the angrier he became. Qin Qingyao was almost at the gate of the palace, but he suddenly lost his patience and flew into a rage, smashing his private room into pieces.
The shopkeeper of Wangjiang Tower was almost scared to death by him, "Your Majesty, what are you doing..."
"This restaurant looks really old. It will be closed for renovations starting immediately!"
"ah?"
"What? You don't understand what I'm saying, right? Go ahead!"
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On the way back, Bai Zhi couldn't hold back and asked Qin Qingyao about her confusion, "Princess, if you don't trust Zheng Mingxuan and the other four, why do you still let them stay with you?"
"If they have any ill intentions, you will be in great danger!"
Qin Qingyao said nonchalantly, "Silly girl, you put them by my side just because you suspected they were up to something bad."
"Think about it, if they were somewhere else, wouldn't they be able to do anything bad whenever they wanted? Having them by my side as my bodyguards, I can't say anything else, but at least my life is guaranteed."
"Because they absolutely cannot harm me under their protection. If they do, it would be a dereliction of duty, and they would lose the prince's trust, or even be expelled from the palace. They are reluctant to leave!"
Bai Zhi was not comforted, but became more and more frightened the more she listened. "Then Princess, since they are reluctant to leave, it means they have some plans for the palace. Maybe they dare not hurt you, but what if they do something else?"
Qin Qingyao frowned. She knew about this, but Wu Gang and the others hadn't completed their mission yet, and hadn't brought back the evidence. What could she do to those four people?
How could she say they were bad people without any evidence? They were clearly doing their duty to protect her!
At the dinner table, Dugu Yu discussed with Qin Qingyao very seriously, "How about I send a few more people to be with you? If you are not used to others, I can transfer Wu Gang and the others back."
"No need, husband. Zheng Mingxuan and the other four are very powerful. I'm safe now. Besides, I just asked Commander Jin for four people, so I'll at least give him four. If you ask for those four people, he'll be short of people, right?"
Dugu Yu smiled and picked up a piece of fish maw for Qin Qingyao and put it next to her mouth. "Don't worry, there are many capable people in the Yanling Army. There will only be more people who are suitable to be captains, not a shortage."
Qin Qingyao narrowed her eyes and smiled, that's good!
"That's not necessary. I think it's fine now. I'll let you know when I need to add people, okay?"
"Well, next time you go out, you must tell me. If I don't have time to accompany you, you must remember to bring someone with you!"
Qin Qingyao nodded heavily, "Okay, I'll remember it!"
On June 24, Wu Gang and Wu Cheng finally brought back news.
They had asked their one hundred brothers to summarize the exercise one by one, and they also personally drew up the combat deployment for the three days and a diagram of all the relationships between the characters.
No matter how much we think about it, the conclusion we come to is that everyone is in their place and doing their job, and no one has deserted their post and taken the opportunity to escape.
The longest ambush time for the fourteen people did not exceed two hours, and they were surrounded by other ambushers who could take care of each other, so they were not absolutely alone.
If you run away halfway, you will definitely be discovered.
Qin Qingyao was not surprised by this result at all; it was supposed to be this way.
Qin Qingyao did not comment on their conclusions, but called the four of them back.
Dugu Yu said that there were many people in the Yanling Army who could be captains, and the departure of four would not cause much trouble to Jin Feiang, which made her feel less guilty.
"How are your four Qinggong skills? Are your stealth abilities okay?"
Qi Mo, "What do you mean it's okay? Princess, you underestimate us too much. We are just secret guards!"
It's because you kept asking us to chat and play shuttlecock all day long that we are becoming less and less associated with the word "secret guards".
Bai Zhi glared at Qi Mo. She hadn't noticed it before, but after comparing herself with Zheng Mingxuan and the other three, she felt that these people were really disrespectful and unruly in front of the princess!
Qin Qingyao didn't care whether they had rules or not. She nodded with satisfaction at Qi Mo's answer.
"Then from today on, the four of you will follow behind them and be my secret guards' secret guards!"
A secret guard of a secret guard? What? Are we supposed to protect all four of them?
Qin Qingyao said, "During this period, if any of you are detected by those four people in the slightest, even if they only suspect you, you will all be fired."
"Not only will you never be able to return to the palace, but the Yanling Army will also be unable to stay here. Do you understand?"
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