Chapter 303 Embracing New Love and Stepping on Old Love
"The Qin family got angry and refused to let the princess go back with you. You knelt at the Qin family gate all night and didn't even go to the morning court the next morning."
"In order to avoid seeing you, the Qin family father and son also hid at home and didn't go out, and didn't even go to court. Haha, it's quite funny when I think about it now."
"Later, my old lady couldn't bear it anymore, so she went to the Qin family and brought you in. I don't know what you said, but you brought the princess back."
Dugu Yu listened very carefully, but he didn't remember even a little bit of what Yang Tingxiao said.
"After all this, doesn't Qin Qingyao hate me?"
Yang Tingxiao said, "I'm also confused. The princess publicly announced that she would kill anyone who dared to covet her man. Why would she forgive you for your philandering again and again?"
Yang Tingxiao's tone made Dugu Yu feel a little uncomfortable. It seemed as if he was particularly hoping that Qin Qingyao would not go back with him, and that he was not worthy of Qin Qingyao at all.
They did not talk about Qin Qingyao anymore. They set out offerings to the old lady, burned paper money, said a few words, and went down the mountain before dark.
Dugu Yu couldn't remember what Yang Tingxiao had said, but the image of Qin Qingyao strangling Ling Anli's neck this morning was deeply imprinted in his mind.
It really seemed like something a woman who could kill anyone who coveted her man would do. When Dugu Yu thought of this, a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth, but it was too dark and no one saw it.
Wuling Palace
After Qin Qingyao came back, she stood at the gate of the palace, holding her waist, looking at the plaque on her own gate and thinking about life. She had been standing there for nearly twenty minutes. The gatekeepers were nervous and curious at the beginning, but in the end they came out and stood behind the princess, gazing intently with her.
When Qin Qingyao lowered her head and came back to her senses, she realized there were people around her. "What are you looking at?"
"Princess, what have you been looking at for so long?"
Qin Qingyao heard the question from behind and turned around. Behind him was a large group of common people standing there, all craning their necks to look into the palace gate.
“…”
She didn't actually see anything, but when she thought of Ling Anli behind this door, she felt uncomfortable all over, so she didn't want to go in.
"Did anyone come to Prince Yi's mansion today?"
"No."
"Princess Anli has been at our house all day, and Prince Yi hasn't come to pick her up yet? Is he asking a young princess like her to stay overnight in our palace? That's not a good idea!"
Qin Qingyao's words successfully caught the attention of the idle commoners who were standing there staring blankly like her. "Didn't Princess Anli go to the palace to recuperate because she was sick? Why is she in Prince Wuling's mansion?"
Qin Qingyao asked, "Hey, don't you know that the princess has returned? She came to our palace early this morning. Hasn't she returned home to pay her respects to the old concubine and Prince Yi yet?"
The people all shook their heads and said they had never heard of it!
Qin Qingyao asked, "But, today the prince and I went to pay our respects to the old lady, and we were not at home at all. What is the princess doing?"
The fact that Ling Anli liked Dugu Yu was an open secret. Coupled with her various disturbances this year and Lin Xiafeng's instigation, basically everyone in Yulin City knew about it.
It is said that the princess fell ill because Prince Yi did not agree with her relationship with Prince Wuling, so she went on a hunger strike at home.
As a result, more than half a year had passed, and he had just returned from the palace, but instead of going home to visit his elders, he stayed in Prince Wuling's mansion and refused to leave?
At this time, a sly-looking homeless man said with a half-conceited and half-gloating tone, "Princess, I heard that the Sixth Miss of the Lin family went to the Crown Prince's Mansion and stayed there. You'd better be careful!"
Qin Qingyao took out a large ingot of silver and handed it to him. "Thank you for your concern. Your clothes are torn and you don't have new ones, right? You're so dirty. Have you not showered in half a month? Are you hunched over because you're too hungry to stand up straight?"
"If you have the time to worry about my family affairs, why not fill your own stomach first!"
Qin Qingyao finished speaking and waved at the onlookers, "The princess is someone who values her reputation. How could she just stay in our palace and not leave? You must not tarnish her reputation like this."
"Come here, send someone to notify Prince Yi's mansion immediately, and quickly send someone to take the princess back. Everyone, please disperse!"
Qin Qingyao turned and left after she finished speaking, while the gangster holding the silver in the crowd was so excited that his eyes were full of stars, and he secretly spat at Qin Qingyao's back in anger.
He used to be a small fry of Lu Fuman, and he spent his days roaming around the city bullying the weak.
Ever since Lu Fuman died, his life has become increasingly difficult. Now he is bullied by others and is no different from a beggar.
So every word Qin Qingyao said to him hit the nail on the head, shattering the self-esteem that he had guarded so tightly in his heart.
Deep down in his heart, there was something called dignity instigating him to throw the silver ingot back and say in a loud voice, "I don't want your money!"
But the fact is, he kicked the silver into his arms with drool, "You have silver but you don't want it, are you stupid?"
As for Princess Wu Ling humiliating him, haha, he has a hundred ways to retaliate!
After Qin Qingyao entered, the gatekeeper said worriedly to her, "Princess, that stinky beggar looked at you in a very strange way just now. I'm afraid he'll gossip about you behind your back. Do you want me to warn him?"
When it comes to the ability to gossip and spread rumors, beggars and hooligans are second to none!
Qin Qingyao said, "No, lest people say that our palace bullies the weak."
In fact, the reason why Qin Qingyao deliberately provoked him was to make him gossip. The ten taels of silver were hard work fees!
He was able to immediately think that Lin Xiafeng went to the Prince's Mansion from the fact that Ling Anli stayed in Prince Wuling's Mansion. This shows that he has a sharp mind.
He believed that before dark, he would be able to use his eloquence to let everyone in the city know that Princess Anli had entered Prince Wuling's mansion!
Qin Qingyao didn't believe that Prince Yi's Mansion could afford to lose face like this. At that time, even if Ling Anli threw a tantrum and threatened to die, Prince Yi should send someone to forcibly take him away.
However, Qin Qingyao miscalculated.
She sent someone to Prince Yi's mansion to inform him, but they thought the person was just a servant running errands and refused to allow him to see Prince Yi. They just said that their princess was still in Ziyang Palace and had not come down the mountain, so they had to send someone to verify it first, and dealt with the matter.
The so-called seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, this gatekeeper of Prince Yi's Mansion is used to seeing high-ranking officials and royal relatives. His eyes are always on top of his head. He is so arrogant that he even dares to make decisions for his master when it comes to news concerning the princess!
The gangster who took the silver was really smart. He had to gossip with good reason and evidence, so that no one could clear their name even if they jumped into the Yellow River.
If the princess was picked up that night, it would mean that she was just a guest at Prince Wuling's mansion.
If he said something nonsense and it got out, he would immediately offend Prince Yi's Mansion, Prince Wuling's Mansion, and that Crown Prince's Consort, whose status was unknown. He would definitely die a miserable death!
So he held it in, and waited with immense patience until the next morning.
After confirming that the princess had indeed spent the night in Prince Wuling's mansion, he began to talk excitedly among his friends about the love-hate entanglement and the bloody drama of competing for favor and love between Prince Wuling, the princess and Princess Anli.
He spoke as if he had seen with his own eyes the scumbag Prince Wu Ling embracing his new love and stepping on his old one, and he had seen with his own eyes the extremely arrogant princess being beaten up by the prince and the princess, so that she had no power to fight back and was finally banished to the cold palace, with no one to turn to for help.
From then on, the prince and the princess lived a happy life, while the contemptuous Princess Wu Ling died of depression in the small courtyard without seeing the sun!
In just one morning, he had even thought of how Qin Qingyao would die!
There is nothing serious to do in winter, and now Yulin City has banned drinking and entertainment, and all romantic activities are closed, so the people in the city are so bored that their hands and feet are cramping.
Their best pastime was to get together in small groups of three or five to gossip and chat, and suddenly such a big news broke out, which was about the bloody love entanglements of royal nobles. Everyone was so happy!
In just one morning, the news spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and it finally broke the news.
Not only Prince Yi knew about it, but even the Emperor knew about it.
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After Qin Qingyao returned home, Bai Zhi came to report, "Princess, Princess Anli has been arranged to live in Qinfang Garden in the west wing."
The West Wing was basically the place farthest from where Qin Qingyao lived. "Who arranged this?"
"housekeeper."
“That’s really thoughtful.”
Bai Zhi, "But, are we really going to let the princess stay overnight in the palace? I always feel uneasy about this."
"I've already sent someone to inform Prince Yi. Someone should come to pick her up later."
Bai Zhi was still worried, "The princess brought her own maids and even guards with her. It seems like she's planning to make this place her own!"
Qin Qingyao, "Is she here to start a fight?"
With so many people, why didn't anyone come to her rescue when she was almost strangled to death today? They are really able to endure humiliation!
"Never mind that. Is dinner ready? I haven't eaten anything all day. I'm starving!"
"It's ready. Princess, please go to the dining room first. I will go and tell the kitchen to serve the food."
The people in the palace moved very quickly. Qin Qingyao sat at the table alone and started eating. Bai Zhi said, "Princess, won't you wait for the prince?"
Qin Qingyao paused for a moment while holding the chopsticks. After being married to the palace for more than a year, this was the first time she felt that she might not be able to eat if Dugu Yu was present.
"No need, we don't know when the prince will be back."
In fact, if Ling Anli stayed in the palace tonight, Qin Qingyao sincerely hoped that Dugu Yu would not come back tonight, otherwise, what would happen next would be very exciting.
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