The old lady stood up from her chair and pointed at Dugu Yu, trembling. "Prince Wu Ling, you are going too far!"
The old lady had always called Dugu Yu "Yu'er". She was probably the only one in the world who would call Dugu Yu so affectionately, but now she called him King Wuling.
Qin Qingyao was just about to coax the old lady when her mother stood up. Her voice was still gentle, but her face was full of sneers. "Your Highness Prince Wu Ling is really good at this."
Qin Qingyao looked at her mother blankly. Her brothers and sisters were trembling with anger, but she had no idea what was going on.
It's just a pair of jade pendants. Is it necessary to embarrass her husband in front of so many people?
She was just about to say that she was the one who gave the jade pendants to Princess Anli when she heard the eldest sister-in-law of the Yang family speak with a look of shock, heartache and disbelief.
"Your Highness, what are you doing? If you have anything to say, why can't you go home and talk to the princess properly? Today is a big festival, why do you have to humiliate her in front of so many people!"
Humiliating me? What's the connection?
The eldest sister-in-law of the Yang family was heartbroken. "Even if you don't consider the Qin family's face, you should at least consider the health of my old lady, right?"
"Our old lady went to the palace to officiate the wedding with good intentions. Now, you take out the engagement token and give it to another woman in front of her. Are you trying to piss her off to death?"
As soon as the eldest sister-in-law of the Yang family finished speaking, the hall that was packed with more than a hundred people was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. In this hall with more than a dozen charcoal braziers burning, it was even colder than the heavy snow outside.
The old concubine, like Qin Qingyao, wanted to help Dugu Yu, but they were both at a loss for words and no one could think of anything to say.
Dugu Yu looked at a loss, and his shocked and surprised expression made the situation even worse for the Qin family and Old Lady Yang.
Doesn't this clearly tell everyone that he has no idea that it is a wedding token between him and Qin Qingyao?
This was such an important thing, and he didn't even know about it. What did that mean? It meant that he didn't care about Qin Qingyao at all!
Any explanation would be pale. No matter how eloquent Qin Qingyao was, no matter how much she tried to prove that she and Dugu Yu had a very good relationship, in the eyes of others she was just a clown deceiving herself.
First it was Lin Xiafeng, then Ling Anli, haha!
Madam Qin's nails were almost digging into her flesh, but her good manners allowed her to restrain herself. Their Shangshu Mansion had become a laughing stock in the entire Yulin City today, and she could no longer be hysterical and let others look down on her.
No matter how uncomfortable it is, you have to endure and go home!
"Old Concubine, I will take my leave today. I hope you can forgive me for any impoliteness."
The old concubine was also very embarrassed. After all, Princess Anli was her granddaughter, and all these guests were invited by her. It seemed as if she had deliberately invited people to laugh at the Qin family.
"It's okay. It's cold and the ground is slippery. Be careful on the road."
Madam Qin bowed to the old lady and left, "Yao'er, let's go home."
After saying that, Madam Qin walked in front, and Qin Qingyao's two sisters pulled Qin Qingyao away on the left and right.
Qin Qingyao didn't want to leave. Just as she was about to pull Dugu Yu, her two brothers followed behind, blocking her and Dugu Yu's sight.
The old lady also stood up with the help of her granddaughter-in-law and left on the grounds of feeling unwell.
Dugu Yu looked at the pair of butterfly jade pendants in his hands, his eyes burning with worry. He really didn't know that these were his and Qin Qingyao's wedding tokens. He hadn't meant to humiliate the Qin family...
But can you really say that? You haven't even seen your wedding token. This is even more ridiculous than deliberately giving it away as a gift!
He put away the jade pendant and said, "I'm sorry, Concubine. I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, he chased after her without waiting for the old concubine to react.
The first person he saw was the old lady. No matter how he explained, the old lady turned a deaf ear to him, kept walking, and didn't even bother to look at him.
Dugu Yu had no choice but to take two quick steps and kneel down in front of the old lady.
He knew that the Qin family was really pissed off by him this time. If the old lady was willing to help him, it would be much better than him going to apologize alone.
If even the old lady is unwilling to forgive him, let alone the Qin family.
"Old Madam, I know I was wrong, but I really didn't mean to do that. You know, I didn't know Qingqing before we got married, and I didn't care about her at all. I really didn't know that the jade pendant was a wedding token between Qingqing and me!"
The old lady believed this, but she became even angrier after believing it.
"Even if you don't know what that jade pendant is, what do you mean by giving it to a girl in front of the Qin family?"
"Do you think the Qin family is made of mud? How can you destroy the reputation of this whole family like this?"
It would be fine if she gave it to someone else, but she had to give it to Princess Anli. What is that girl thinking? Don’t you know it yourself?
If she really got married, would Qin Qingyao still have a good life?
"I didn't. I didn't intend to embarrass the Qin family. I just wanted to say that I hope Princess Anli can find her ideal husband soon, so I gave her this gift."
"I swear to God, I don't like anyone except Qingqing!"
Not only the old lady, but even Aunt Hu and Sister Yang beside her were shocked by this.
Does Prince Wu Ling really like the princess? Is this really not just to please the old lady?
The old lady was also skeptical of his words. She poked the ground with her cane and said, "Get out of here! If people see you, where's your dignity?"
Dugu Yu no longer cares about his dignity. He shouldn't have gone out today!
With his heart in turmoil, he followed the old lady to the Yang residence. General Yang watched his grandmother happily leave, and then returned angrily like a toad, followed by Prince Wu Ling with red eyes...
Why are King Wu Ling’s eyes red?
I'm dazzled, absolutely dazzled!
The old lady went home so angry that she didn't want to eat. "Tell me, what do you want to do? Do you want this marriage or not?"
When the old lady said this, Dugu Yu stood on the ground at a loss. He had never been so panicked before. Thinking about Qin Qingyao being taken away by the Qin family today, he felt like the sky was falling.
He simply couldn't imagine what the Wuling Palace would be like without Qin Qingyao.
He was now particularly afraid that Madam Qin would go home and complain to Lord Qin. Back then in the palace, Lord Qin had said that if he didn't want the Qin family's daughter, he could send her back. Even if he had to raise her for the rest of her life, the Qin family could afford it.
But now, he was afraid that it was not that he didn't want it, but that the Qin family would not give it to him.
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Qin Qingyao was forced onto the carriage by her two sisters. Her mother could no longer bear it and was so angry that she burst into tears. Her two brothers were about to commit treason and fight Dugu Yu to the death.
The two sisters looked at her with tears in their eyes, and Qin Qingyao was so scared that she didn't dare to speak.
If she dared to speak well of Dugu Yu now, they would probably think that she was under a spell and couldn't tell the difference between good and bad people.
But those two broken jade pendants really had nothing to do with Dugu Yu. She didn't even know what the deep meaning of those jade pendants was.
But she didn't know that everyone in the Qin family knew about it, including the old lady, so this matter was really hurtful.
Qin Qingyao felt distressed when she thought of Dugu Yu who was left alone, but it shouldn't be a big deal, as he seemed to have other plots to do in the afternoon.
Forget it, I'll go back to my mother's house and stay there for two days, let my mother and brothers and sisters calm down, and then I'll go and coax the old lady.
Qin Qingyao had a good plan, but she didn't know that after such a thing happened, the powerful plot master had been eliminated by Dugu Yu, and no one knew who Lin Xiafeng was.
When he saw her being taken away by the Qin family, Dugu Yu felt as if his heart was also being cut out and taken away.
In order to make the old lady trust him and help him, Dugu Yu told her everything.
He did not hide the fact that he had taken an aphrodisiac before consummating his marriage with Qin Qingyao, and the old lady was so angry that she trembled again.
He picked up the crutch and hit Dugu Yu's calf without mercy.
Dugu Yu did not hide, but knelt down and allowed himself to be beaten and scolded without fighting back.
"I'm too embarrassed to come here. You did this yourself, so you should explain it yourself. You deserve it if the Qin family doesn't forgive you!"
The old lady was really ashamed and had no face to see the Qin family. Even General Yang felt a little ashamed to see Minister Qin and Qin Yuefeng.
As a result, the Qin father and son did not come to the morning court the next day, and neither did Dugu Yu.
The emperor was bewildered. "What's going on? Did something happen to your family?"
The prince didn't know either, because it was Qin Yuefeng and Qin Yuelin who went to Prince Yi's Mansion yesterday, and Qin Yuelu had been in the East Palace and did not go home.
The ministers in the court all had subtle expressions, but no one dared to step forward and speak.
Seeing that the emperor was about to get angry, General Yang had no choice but to kneel in front of the hall and said, "Your Majesty, calm down. Minister Qin... he suddenly fell seriously ill. The Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple couldn't leave his bedside. It was urgent and he didn't have time to ask for leave. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
The emperor's mouth twitched. The Qin family asked for leave, and they want you, the Yang family, to speak out?
"Lord Ming, Lord Zhao, your relative is ill. Did you know?"
Ming Yuli, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate of the current dynasty, and the father-in-law of the eldest sister of the Qin family.
Zhao Hongyu, the current president of the Hanlin Academy, is the father-in-law of the second sister of the Qin family.
"Your Majesty, my daughter-in-law did return to the Qin Mansion yesterday and is still at her parents' home."
"So is my daughter-in-law."
The emperor really believes that Minister Qin is in poor health. After all, he is old. It snowed heavily yesterday and it was so cold. The illness is like a mountain falling on him. I hope nothing goes wrong.
"Then what's going on with Prince Wuling? Is he ill too? Or is his son-in-law also attending to his father-in-law's bedside?"
How big must Minister Qin's bed be to accommodate so many people?
The ministers lowered their heads one by one, their faces full of secrecy. The emperor was no fool, so he naturally knew that something was going on.
General Yang really couldn't open his mouth. The Qin family had already been thrown into the eighteenth level of hell yesterday.
In that kind of occasion, almost all the families of civil and military officials in the court were present. Where should he begin?
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