Chapter 286: Fight to the Death
At least the last person the old lady saw before she died was the princess, and he was so stupid that he fell into someone else's trap!
At this point, the person who made him feel most uncomfortable was Dugu Yu.
This morning in the palace, when he reported the death to the emperor, Dugu Yu stood by without saying a word.
Even after coming here in the morning, he remained silent and indifferent to everything. He didn't ask a single question about what happened to the old lady.
After all, the princess truly remembered the old lady's kindness and was truly heartbroken, but King Wu Ling's indifferent attitude was truly disheartening.
Qin Qingyao and Baiji were taken to the mourning hall by the maid. Dugu Yu and Zhao Jinghan, who were standing in the yard, happened to see the whole process of the eldest lady of the Yang family fighting with Qin Qingyao.
Zhao Jinghan clenched his fists, and it was really hard to endure. "Prince, won't you say a word for the princess?"
"She is the third daughter of the Minister of Personnel?"
"yes."
Not only did Dugu Yu not step forward to rescue Qin Qingyao, but he turned around and left, deliberately avoiding any possible encounter with Qin Qingyao. He simply could not accept that such a completely unfamiliar woman was his princess.
"What's the matter with Madam Yang saying that she killed the old lady?"
Zhao Jinghan said, "You sent the princess to the Yang Mansion yesterday and said you would come back to pick her up, but you never came. The princess was worried that something might happen to you, so she went to the palace with the old lady to look for you. On the way to the palace, they encountered an assassin."
"I sent her here? Why would I send her to the Yang family?" If I had to send her, I should send her back to the Qin family, right?
"I don't know the specific details, only the princess knows."
In the mourning hall, Qin Qingyao knelt with the grandchildren of the Yang family. She looked around but did not see Dugu Yu.
"Didn't they say that the prince also came to the Yang family? Where is he?" They haven't seen each other since they separated at the door of the Yang family yesterday. Qin Qingyao still doesn't know what his current situation is.
Judging from the calmness of the morning court, he definitely did not resign. Then why did he not leave the palace all night last night, and how did the emperor respond to him?
Bai Zhi was nervous when Qin Qingyao asked, "I don't know either. How about I go out and look for her?"
"Go ahead."
"yes!"
Qin Qingyao felt that given the relationship between Dugu Yu and the old lady, he should be keeping vigil for the old lady, but why was there no one there?
How could she know that at this moment Dugu Yu had become that eccentric and awkward person again, and the relationship between him and the old lady was not as warm as she had imagined.
Deep down in his heart, Dugu Yu respected and was grateful to the elders of the Yang family, but when it came down to it, he didn't know how to express this gratitude. No matter how many emotions he had in his heart, he only had two ways of expressing them: expressionless and taciturn.
Now there is one more person who really doesn’t want to see Qin Qingyao!
It is impossible for someone with Dugu Yu's aura to remain unnoticed, so it is not difficult for Bai Zhi to find him.
But she absolutely didn't dare to approach the prince rashly now. She could only wave to Zhao Jinghan from a distance and call him over.
"Commander Zhao, the princess is looking for the prince. What should we do?"
"This place is full of people and noisy, so it's not the right place to discuss the affairs of the palace. The fewer people who know about the prince's condition, the better!"
Even if I were to tell the princess, I would have to wait until I returned home, not here under such circumstances. Otherwise, it would be like another severe blow to the princess!
"Then how should I tell the princess? They can't return to the palace before the old lady's funeral. It's impossible for the prince and princess not to see each other for these three days."
As long as the two of them met and talked to each other, or even just exchanged glances from a distance, Qin Qingyao would immediately notice that something was wrong with Dugu Yu.
Zhao Jinghan sighed lightly. According to the current prince's personality, he would rather not meet the princess for thirty years, let alone three days!
"Just tell the princess that the prince will help General Yang receive the guests who come to pay their respects. Now everything is most important to the Yang family and the old lady. Anything else will be discussed after the old lady's funeral."
"Yes, I understand."
Bai Zhi hurried back to Qin Qingyao and told her what Zhao Jinghan had said, while Zhao Jinghan went to find Yang Tingxiao.
He also knew that it was a thousand wrong for General Yang to worry about the prince in such a situation, but General Yang must have sensed that something was wrong with the prince.
Rather than causing any misunderstanding in the end, it is better to tell him in advance so that he can take better care of the prince.
"General Yang, my prince suddenly lost part of his memory last night because of something he didn't know happened. He doesn't remember anything since April 27th of last year."
Yang Tingxiao, “…”
Zhao Jinghan didn't know the specific reason, so he could only tell General Yang what he knew. At least, the Yang family could still be trusted.
At first, Yang Tingxiao was angry with Dugu Yu and didn't bother to pay attention to him, but now looking at him again, he was alone away from the guests, seemingly very calm, and didn't want to pay attention to anyone at all. In fact, he was just bluffing, afraid that others would get close to him.
It looked a little pitiful.
"You just forgot what happened after April 27th last year? Are you sure there's nothing else wrong?"
"Yes, everything else is normal."
Yang Tingxiao walked up to Dugu Yu and bowed slightly, "Your Highness!"
Dugu Yu looked at him and offered him a hand, "General Yang, there's no need to be so polite."
"Today, we have many guests. My Yang family is not very prosperous to begin with, and the younger generations are all naive children. I really can't handle it all by myself. Can you please help me, Your Highness?"
"Yes, General, please go ahead."
Yang Tingxiao very rudely sent Dugu Yu to the back hall to help him check the guest list, organize the funeral gifts, and the details and necessary items for the funeral two days later.
Dugu Yu looked at the filled warehouse and was speechless. Shouldn't this be the job of the housekeepers and maids?
However, at this time, the Yang family really wanted one servant to serve as eight people. The warehouse was an important place, and they couldn't just ask untrusted people to help. Although it was trivial, they had to do it well once they promised to do it.
He really wanted to do something for the old lady, anything would be fine.
Moreover, there were only two servants helping out in the warehouse, and no one else would come. This quietness was exactly what Dugu Yu needed.
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Two days later, the old lady's funeral was held. When she left the house, even the emperor and empress came out of the palace to see her off. Three princes from Prince Yi's mansion came to carry her coffin, and even the crown prince wore plain clothes to escort her all the way to General Yang's tomb, where the couple was buried together.
The people in the city, every household dressed in mourning, spontaneously walked out of the house and knelt down to see the deceased off. Most of the shops in Yulin City were closed. After leaving the city, the funeral procession followed behind, stretching for dozens of miles.
From this scene, we can see how high the status of Old Lady Yang is in Zhaoling State.
The sun was out that day, but there was a strong wind.
Qin Qingyao knelt quietly in the crowd, watching the old lady being buried, watching the grave covered with new soil, watching the overwhelming yellow paper and white banners, and unknowingly, her nails dug deep into her flesh.
"Old Madam, I will make Lin Xiafeng and Mo Dacheng pay for their blood debt with blood to comfort your soul in heaven!"
It was already afternoon when Qin Qingyao returned to the city from the cemetery. She was already ill and had been tossing and turning for several days. It was good enough that she could still stand. However, she did not go home first, but found Yang Tingxiao instead.
"Brother Yang, I have something to tell you about the assassin that night."
"Do you have any clues?"
"Yes, they are disciples of a sect called Cangshan Sect in Jianghu. Their current leader is called Mo Dacheng, a boy of only fifteen or sixteen years old."
"Mo Dacheng?" Yang Tingxiao frowned and thought about it. Why did this name sound familiar to him?
Qin Qingyao only needed to remind Yang Tingxiao a little bit, and he immediately remembered who that person was. But how could the victim at that time be so powerful now and become a murderer?
"But why did he kill the old lady?"
"Although Mo Dacheng is the head of the Cangshan Sect, he is not very interested in the entire sect or the forces in the martial arts world. In this world, he only trusts one person and only listens to one person, and that person is Lin Xiafeng."
"The Sixth Young Lady of the Prime Minister's Residence?"
"Yes, she is Mo Dacheng's adopted sister. He does whatever she asks him to do. The people from the Cangshan Sect wanted to assassinate me that night. It was me who implicated the old lady. I'm sorry..."
The more Yang Tingxiao listened, the more confused he became. "Why did Lin Xiafeng want to kill you?"
Qin Qingyao remembered that when Lin Xiafeng was reborn, he told her that it was she and Ling Jingxuan who killed her.
Perhaps, that was really their fate? Perhaps it had been destined from the beginning for them to be together, a fight to the death.
Either she would be locked up in the small courtyard and die miserably, or Lin Xiafeng would die in the blood-stained imperial city with hatred in his heart!
Some things cannot be explained, and no one will believe them even if they are told.
"I will definitely kill her."
Qin Qingyao didn't say anything else to Yang Tingxiao, but went back home.
The matter between Lin Xiafeng and Mo Dacheng is already very clear, there is nothing to investigate.
But Dugu Yu had been with her at the Yang Residence for the past three days, yet he hadn't come to see her once. Today, during the funeral, he even deliberately kept his distance from her. Was this normal?
After Qin Qingyao returned home, she asked the housekeeper, "Has the prince returned yet?"
"Princess, the prince has returned and should be resting by now. Why don't you take a nap as well?"
They basically endured the three days at the Yang family with their eyes open. No normal person could endure it.
Qin Qingyao returned to the room and found the bed empty. There was no one there. "Where's the prince? Didn't he say he was coming back to sleep?"
Bai Zhi, "Princess, when the prince was about to go to bed, he suddenly remembered that he had some important matters to attend to, so he went to the study."
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