"How dare you!" Minister Qin was so angry at Qin Qingyao's outrageous words that his face flushed and his neck thickened. "The Crown Prince is kind-hearted. It's not his fault for something like this to happen! How can you say that!"
"Oh, he's not kind-hearted at all! He's just narrow-minded, self-willed, petty, and a hopeless piece of shit!"
"You..." Minister Qin raised his hand high and almost slapped Qin Qingyao in the face. Qin Qingyao did not dodge or avoid, but looked at him with red eyes, but Dugu Yu stood in front of her.
Minister Qin was so angry that he was shaking, and he didn't slap her in the end.
Qin Qingyao pushed Dugu Yu away and said, "Don't worry about it! Let him beat me. If he can't kill me, I just want to say it. I've been holding it in for a long time!"
When Dugu Yu was pushed away by Qin Qingyao, he went behind Qin Qingyao and held her in his arms. It was not known whether he was afraid that Qin Shangshu would hit her again, or that she would rush up and beat Qin Shangshu up.
"Father, whether it's for the prosperity of Zhaoling State, for the people of the world to have a good life, or for the safety of our family, you can no longer continue to help the prince!"
"If my brother survives this disaster, he must leave the Eastern Palace immediately. I don't agree with him going back!"
Minister Qin said, "You don't agree? Who are you? A married daughter is interfering in her brother's affairs. This is simply outrageous!"
These words really hurt Qin Qingyao's heart. For a bastard prince, you don't want your son or daughter anymore, right?
"Yes! I am a married daughter, I am like spilled water. My last name is not Qin, but Dugu! Then I will speak to you as Princess Wu Ling, Your Excellency, the Minister!"
"If you look down on the other princes, then you should just be loyal to the Emperor and be neutral. If you allow my brother to return to the Eastern Palace, and if you continue to serve that fool, the Crown Prince, I will help Prince Duan rebel!"
"When the time comes, your entire family will be confiscated and your entire clan will be executed. After I die, none of you will be able to escape!"
"You...you rebellious girl..." Minister Qin covered his chest and was about to collapse. He was almost given a myocardial infarction by Qin Qingyao.
Dugu Yu quickly let go of Qin Qingyao and went to support Qin Shangshu, "Father, calm down. Qingqing was outspoken because she was too worried about her second brother. She didn't mean to contradict you on purpose."
Dugu Yu stepped in to stop the fight and spoke to comfort people. This was truly the first time in history that this had ever happened.
Minister Qin took a long time to catch his breath, "How could I have given birth to such a rebellious girl like you!"
"Haha, you must have inherited good genes, otherwise how could your daughter be so smart and clever!"
Minister Qin glared at him, "Who gave you such a playful smile?"
"Why am I so frivolous? I'm telling the truth. Am I not smart? My husband, tell me!"
Dugu Yu, "Smart, smart, as smart as dad!"
Minister Qin: “…”
The father and daughter finally stopped fighting, and Dugu Yu was already sweating. They were indeed biological children, as they both had extremely bad tempers.
The family had dinner together, but everyone looked unhappy because they were worried about Qin Yuelu's injury.
There was no blood transfusion technology in ancient times. Even if there was, she didn't know her second brother's blood type, and she didn't dare to do anything rash. What if the blood didn't get transfused and he got infected?
The more Qin Qingyao thought about it, the angrier she became, and she couldn't even eat.
Before leaving, he said to Minister Qin, "Dad, I'm serious. If my second brother survives this disaster, he must never return to the Eastern Palace!"
"You know, our prince has assigned me several guards with strong martial arts skills. They are selected from the best of the Yanling Army and are not comparable to ordinary guards!"
"If you send my second brother to the Crown Prince again and let him use him, I will send people to the Eastern Palace to assassinate him! Don't worry, my guards are well-trained, and the knives in their hands will definitely not miss!"
Minister Qin, "Get out of here right now!"
Dugu Yu left the Qin Mansion with an angry Qin Qingyao. This was the first time they were kicked out after coming here so many times.
Qin Qingyao was sitting in the carriage with her cheeks puffed with anger. Dugu Yu couldn't help but reach out and poke her, but Qin Qingyao glared at her rudely and rolled her eyes. "What are you doing?"
Dugu Yu nervously withdrew his hand, "No, I didn't do anything."
Although Qin Qingyao and Minister Qin had a huge quarrel, one saying that a daughter who is married off is like water poured out, and the next saying that the whole family should be confiscated and the whole clan should be exterminated, he still felt inexplicably funny. Why?
This is what it feels like to be a family. No matter how much we quarrel or make a fuss, we are still a family. Even if our bones are broken and our property is confiscated, we will all go to the guillotine together.
Dugu Yu looked at Qin Qingyao, who was pouting instead of puffing up her face, and suddenly imagined that one day in the future, a little girl like Qin Qingyao would jump up and down in front of him, pinching her waist and arguing with him, making him so angry that he couldn't breathe.
That feels really fun.
"hehe……"
"What are you laughing at? Can't you see I'm almost pissed off? Which side are you from?"
Dugu Yu reached out and held Qin Qingyao on his lap, "Of course it's on your side."
One moment you want to help Prince Duan rebel, and the next moment you want to use my people to assassinate the Crown Prince. I haven't said a word against it. Isn't your stance firm enough?
Qin Qingyao had always wanted to keep the Qin family away from the prince. Dugu Yu knew this and she had been looking for an opportunity to slowly persuade her father. However, no one expected this to happen and Qin Yuelu almost lost his life.
She lost her patience and in a moment of desperation, she had no choice but to confront her father in such a fierce manner in order to get his attention and thinking.
Otherwise, it would be the same as the previous times, he would say he would think about it no matter what I said, but once he thought about it, it would become distant and there would be no follow-up.
After the two returned to the palace, Qin Qingyao took a charcoal pencil and drew two circles on a piece of white paper.
"Husband, let's analyze this now. In the first scenario, the murderer is Ling Jingxuan. Regardless of whether it's reasonable or not, or whether the evidence is sufficient, help me analyze what the consequences of this incident will be!"
Dugu Yu held Qin Qingyao in his arms and thought seriously, "Killing siblings is a serious crime. The royal family will definitely not let him go. Once he's in the clan house, he's doomed. It will be harder than climbing to heaven to get out."
Qin Qingyao wrote "Zongrenfu" crookedly under the circle representing Ling Jingxuan.
Dugu Yu, "Not bad, there are no typos."
"If you laugh at me again, I'll beat you up because I'm illiterate!"
"Alright, alright, stop laughing. How could my princess be so intelligent and illiterate?"
Dugu Yu's eyes turned into crescents when he smiled, but Qin Qingyao couldn't help but want to beat him up, and finally bit him on the tip of his nose.
"Seriously, what else? Other things!"
"Other things? Then he's doomed. He hurt your brother. Can the Qin family let him go? Can you forgive him? If you don't help him, who else will?"
"Am I that capable in your eyes?"
"She's very capable. It would be better if she could spend less time on others."
"All the effort I put into others is not even one ten-thousandth of what I put into you. You don't have to be jealous."
Dugu Yu snorted lightly without commenting, "You said you're not jealous, so you're not jealous?"
"What about the benefits? Is there no benefit at all from Prince Duan assassinating the Crown Prince?"
"Benefits? If the Crown Prince is truly dead and Prince Duan can recover, then that can be considered a benefit. If Prince Duan can't recover, then both will perish, becoming a scapegoat for others. Besides, isn't the Crown Prince unharmed?"
"Hehe, so it's a hundred harms and no benefits, right?"
Dugu Yu nodded, "Yes, it's harmful and has no benefits."
The old emperor is still alive, and it's not the last moment to fight for the throne. It's really stupid to shout for war and killing.
"Then let's assume the second scenario. This incident was completely a self-torture scheme directed and performed by the Crown Prince. He is the real culprit behind this!"
"He wanted to put the blame on Prince Duan, but he couldn't bear to suffer himself, so he dragged my second brother to be the scapegoat!"
Dugu Yu, "This..."
"How? What are the consequences?"
"If he succeeds, the Qin family will hate Prince Duan even more and become even more loyal to the Crown Prince. You will also hate Prince Duan and stop helping him. Prince Duan will have to suffer all the consequences of what happened just now!"
"If he fails, Prince Duan can only redeem his reputation if he can obtain solid evidence and force the Crown Prince to confess his guilt."
"Otherwise, as long as he denies everything and insists he's the victim, the matter will be left unresolved. Regardless of whether the Emperor ultimately convicts Prince Duan, he will be charged with brutally murdering his brothers and innocent people."
Qin Qingyao asked, "Then how do you think we can make the prince admit his guilt?"
Dugu Yu, "Absolutely impossible! Even if someone caught the murderer and brought him before the Emperor to testify, the Crown Prince would deny it to death. He could even turn around and say that Prince Duan was desperate and bribed someone to frame him."
After all, the prince is the obvious victim in this matter, so he can cry out for justice at any time.
If this was really the work of Prince Duan, then he either dug out his brain and fed it to zombies, or he was under a spell!
But if this was the prince's own directing and acting, it can be said to be very clever. The seemingly clumsy means are a sure win!
Dugu Yu, "So you believe this was arranged by the Crown Prince?"
"What else? Why would he suddenly come to the palace? It's because sending an assassin into the palace would be too costly, and he doesn't dare!"
"The reason why they chose my second brother is simply because he doesn't know any martial arts, has no self-defense ability, and can't possibly catch the assassin!"
"Think about it, someone with the courage to go to the Crown Prince's palace to assassinate him would definitely go there with the determination to die if he fails, right?"
"But he didn't hurt the prince. My brother, a weak scholar, just slashed him once and he ran away. He wasn't going there to assassinate the prince, he was just looking for excitement!"
Dugu Yu was helpless. "Since you have already made up your mind, why are you asking me to analyze the consequences and pros and cons?"
"I'm just trying to show that I'm fair and just, so you don't think I'm protecting Ling Jingxuan!"
"It doesn't matter whether you protect him or not. What matters is whether the emperor is as smart as you."
What nonsense are you talking about!
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