Chapter 278 Our Promise
The number of times he felt happy and laughed out loud in an hour when he was with Qin Qingyao was more than the total number of times he laughed out loud in an hour at other times in the past three years!
"Qin Qingyao, why do you love Duguyu?"
"What?"
Murong Ce asked again, "Why do you love Dugu Yu? You said so much, but I thought you loved him. I didn't see what he had done for you, and I didn't see what he had done that was worthy of your love!"
"He clearly only did something insignificant, yet you were so happy you almost rolled over. Are you that easily satisfied?"
Qin Qingyao frowned, feeling that Murong Ce was acting strangely today. "Haven't we discussed this issue? I love him because he's my man!"
"So, no matter who the man who married you was, you would still love him, right?"
"Of course not! I only love Dugu Yu!" She was just lucky that she happened to marry the man she loved!
"But why?"
"Why so many whys? Love is inherently unreasonable! Even for a man as noble as the Emperor, there are plenty of women in this world who disdain him. Even for a petty thief or a brutal bandit, there are people who love them to the point of being irresistible. How can this be justified?"
Murong Ce was silent for a while, and no one knew what he was thinking about.
Qin Qingyao felt more and more awkward riding in the carriage with him. "Where is Duguyu waiting for me? How long will it take us to get there?"
Murong Ce handed Qin Qingyao a cup of tea and said, "Have some water. We'll be here soon."
Qin Qingyao was a little at a loss. She took the teacup and drank the water without looking at Murong Ce. After drinking a glass of water, she fainted in the carriage and lost consciousness.
When I woke up again, I could hear the clear chirping of birds, beside me was an elegant bamboo house, and outside the window was a bamboo forest rustling in the morning breeze.
Qin Qingyao lay on the bed with her eyes open, her memory slowly returning. Looking at the morning light outside the window and the dew on the windowsill, she had to believe that a day and a night had passed. She was so hungry.
I got up from the bed and as soon as I went out, I saw Murong Ce in a green robe sitting at a stone table drinking tea in the bamboo forest in front of the door.
"Princess, you're awake. Good morning."
Qin Qingyao walked over to the stone table and sat down. "Where's Dugu Yu?"
"Not yet."
"When will he come?"
"have no idea."
Qin Qingyao lowered her head and smiled bitterly. If she didn't know she was being deceived, she would be the biggest fool in the world!
"Murong Ce, are we friends?"
"yes."
"Then what are you doing? Why did you trick me out? Where is this?"
Murong Ce looked at Qin Qingyao, stretched out his right hand, and raised his little finger. "Do you still remember this?"
"What?"
"Didn't we agree to be villains together and help the prince defeat Ling Jingxuan?"
Qin Qingyao stood up from the stone bench with a look of shock on his face. "Are you helping the prince?"
Murong Ce looked at Qin Qingyao with a clear conscience, "Didn't we agree on this?"
Qin Qingyao even forgot that she was hungry. If there was a wall right now, she really wanted to hit it. Is Murong Ce stupid?
"But don't you know that the Crown Prince is a complete idiot! He's not fit to be an emperor. Don't you know that I'm helping Prince Duan now?"
Murong Ce, "I don't know, you didn't tell me!"
Qin Qingyao, "..."
She really almost vomited blood. Murong Ce definitely knew everything, so why did his words and actions make him sound like a naughty child who had to go against his parents to get attention?
She took several deep breaths to hold back from going crazy. "Then I'm officially informing you now that I've given up on the Crown Prince. Can we help Prince Duan together?"
Murong Ce, "But it's too late."
"What do you mean by late?"
"Perhaps at this time, there is no Prince Duan in Zhaoling Kingdom anymore."
"Haha, are you kidding me? Could it be that the prince sent someone to assassinate him? Ling Jingxuan won't die that easily. There's no way this lousy trick will succeed!"
Murong Ce looked at Qin Qingyao with a helpless expression, "Do you still remember when we agreed to help the prince together?"
Can we please not mention this?
"At that time, Dugu asked me to go to the south to investigate the flood disaster. You thought I was going to leave Yulin City, so you came to keep me."
Thinking of the scene at that time, Murong Ce couldn't help but reveal a nostalgic smile. Qin Qingyao felt weird seeing that expression, and couldn't help but move a little further away from him.
"Later, I discovered that Prince Duan had exploited the disaster to defraud the imperial court of a large amount of relief grain, which he then transferred to a secret location to use as supplies for training his own private army."
"Originally, I could have told the Crown Prince about this earlier, but the money that Prince Duan used to support his troops wasn't just the relief food. He also got a large sum from Dugu."
"If I tell this, and someone finds out where all his money came from, both Dugu and you will be in big trouble. That's why I haven't said anything."
"Then what?"
"Lin Xiafeng also knew about Prince Duan's training of a private army, and he sent someone to infiltrate the military camp and obtain evidence sufficient to kill Ling Jingxuan."
Damn, the heroine’s moves are just different!
"But don't worry, I've seen those things. She only found one of Ling Jingxuan's bases, and she didn't know that he had been fleecing the Northwest Camp."
"Plus, the Crown Prince is in a bad situation right now. They must be eager to convict Prince Duan, fearing that he might even have the slightest chance of turning things around. Therefore, no one will investigate too thoroughly. You and Dugu are safe."
Qin Qingyao really didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "No, we are not safe!"
"Murong Ce, I'm sorry I didn't explain it to you clearly, but from the very beginning, the crux of the matter wasn't with the Crown Prince and Prince Duan, do you understand?"
"The Crown Prince and Prince Duan can't threaten Dugu Yu and me in any way. From the beginning to the end, the only person who wants our lives, the only one who can take our lives, is Lin Xiafeng. If Prince Duan is truly completely unable to turn things around, and the Crown Prince successfully ascends the throne, then Lin Xiafeng will definitely be the future Queen!"
"If she becomes the queen and possesses supreme power, that would be the beginning of disaster for Dugu Yu and me. Do you understand?"
Murong Ce obviously didn't understand. He also hated Lin Xiafeng, but he didn't think Lin Xiafeng had enough ability to threaten Dugu Yu, nor did he think that he had the need to kill Dugu Yu and Qin Qingyao.
"Why?"
"Why do you always ask why? How can there be so many reasons for everything in this world? Why are some people born with great luck and perfect fate? Why are some people born with terrible luck and are bullied everywhere?"
"I can't explain it to you, but Lin Xiafeng is destined to kill Dugu Yu, and now she wants to kill me! Believe it or not, if you still care about me and Dugu Yu being your friends, send me home now!"
Murong Ce looked at Qin Qingyao's angry red eyes and her extremely serious face, and knew that what she said was true. She really believed that Lin Xiafeng would kill Dugu Yu.
"Eat first, you must be hungry."
Qin Qingyao really wanted to roar out in anger, "I won't eat!" But her stomach was already growling uncontrollably. She had been in such a hurry to get out yesterday that she hadn't even had breakfast.
I drank a cup of tea with added ingredients for a whole day and night. Damn Murong Ce, he was so ruthless. Did he think I was so awesome that he put so many drugs in it?
Murong Ce got up to cook. Qin Qingyao didn't want to pay attention to him and had no intention of helping. He walked around the house twice and found that there was no possibility of escape.
This bamboo house was in a huge bamboo forest, with no end in sight in any direction. She had no idea which directions were east, south, west or north, and had no idea which direction Yulin City was.
No wonder Murong Ce was so confident in letting her wander around outside and was not afraid that she would run away.
"I'm not very good at cooking, so I'll just have to make do with it."
Qin Qingyao looked at the three plates of unfamiliar vegetables and a bowl of millet porridge, and found that she actually had an appetite. She even despised herself for being so careless!
"What are these?"
"Wild vegetables from the mountains."
It seems that this place is really far away from the city or village, and there is not even a place to buy vegetables.
After Qin Qingyao had eaten her fill, she was determined to go home. Murong Ce looked so calm that he didn't care how much she made noise or fuss and just ignored her, which made Qin Qingyao want to beat him up.
"Don't you want to know when Dugu will find you?"
"Why would I want to know such a stupid question? He must be out there looking for me right now, so anxious. Who has the time to go crazy with you?"
"You should be considerate of him. If he's worried about you, he'll find you eventually. Why are you in such a hurry? Just wait."
Qin Qingyao slapped herself on the forehead. She only realized today that Murong Ce was so pretentious that it was unbelievable. With such a disgusting personality, no one must like him!
Yesterday she thought Murong Ce was brilliant and perfect, like an immortal who had been banished to earth. But today she realized that he was just a seriously pretentious person!
The way Qin Qingyao looked at him made Murong Ce very uncomfortable, as if he was being unreasonable. He was obviously doing this for her own good!
"Prince Duan must be in dire straits right now. Don't you want to know whether Dugu will stay to save him or come out to find you?"
"I've already told you this question is stupid, why are you still asking it?"
Murong Ce, "The hopelessly stupid person is obviously you! You love Dugu Yu to the point of being blinded by love, and think everything about him is good, but what has he ever done for you? In the face of power and wealth, do you think he would choose you?"
Qin Qingyao really didn't like hearing this. "Hey, there's something I need to correct. If Dugu Yu didn't come out to find me but stayed to help Prince Duan, that can only mean three things!"
"First, he trusts you and believes that nothing will happen if I go out with you!!"
"Secondly, he values loyalty and righteousness, upholds principles, and considers the overall situation. He knows that he cannot let the Crown Prince succeed, so he risked being implicated to stay and help Ling Jingxuan!"
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