Murong Ce would definitely notice that Dugu Yu had such a sour face. As a good brother who had been through life and death together, he definitely knew Dugu Yu thoroughly. Otherwise, how could the two of them cooperate seamlessly and be invincible?
The great general who remained calm even when faced with a mountain collapse, now looked as gloomy as a donkey because he arrived a few minutes earlier and spoke a few more words to his princess.
He always thought that Dugu Yu liked Lin Xiafeng, so he would not react to Qin Qingyao. Could he have been wrong?
Giving Dugu Yu a gentle smile in return, Murong Ce decided to play dumb to the end, pretending not to understand even if he did.
The two brothers stared at each other with a dark face, while the other responded with a gentle smile. They looked at each other in silence for half a minute. Qin Qingyao sat aside, like a living light bulb.
She looked left and right, then gulped. Oh my god, what was going on? Did she discover something terrible?
Could it be that these two people developed some gay feelings from fighting?
Qin Qingyao had a look of grief on her face and had already made up an 8,000-word short film in her mind.
Dugu Yu was so proud and angry that his face turned sour. "You still remember to come back!"
Murong Ce stroked Mao tenderly and affectionately, "You are here, where else can I go if I don't come back?"
"You've been gone for so long, and not even a letter has come back. I thought you were dead out there!"
"I'm sorry for making you worry. I missed you too."
"Who the hell misses you? Stop being so sentimental!"
"Okay, you didn't miss me, it was me who missed you, okay?"
…
"Qin Qingyao? Qin Qingyao!"
"Huh? What's wrong?"
Qin Qingyao was brought back to her senses by Dugu Yu's roar, and her whole body trembled.
"Wipe your saliva!"
Dugu Yu was so angry that he wanted to commit domestic violence. This damn girl was actually drooling at him and Murong Ce with a crazy look on her face!
Are you drooling at me or at Murong Ce?
And Murong Ce did not stand in front of Dugu Yu and say sweet words to coax him as Qin Qingyao had imagined, but sat next to her and looked at her with amusement.
Oh my god, she was actually trying to match her husband up with someone in her mind, and the two parties involved are still together. How shameful!
"No... Hehe, well, I'm hungry, let's eat!"
There were three chairs at the table today. Qin Qingyao did not squeeze in with Dugu Yu, nor did she plan to sit in his arms. After all, she was in front of his brothers, so she had to give him some face.
Dugu Yu still picked up some dishes for Qin Qingyao from time to time, because the table was too big and she really couldn't reach many of them without standing up.
Qin Qingyao looked embarrassed, "Hey, my husband, you don't have to pick up food for me. Pick up food for Military Advisor Murong. He has come all the way here, it must be hard for him!"
Murong Ce said with a funny look on his face, "Forget it. I don't dare to accept the food that the general picked up!"
Dugu Yu, "Don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping!"
…
After dinner, Dugu Yu wanted to go to the study with Murong Ce to discuss something. He wanted to ask Qin Qingyao to go with them to listen, after all, it was she who was so eager to send someone to the south to find out what was going on.
But when he turned around, he found that she was looking at his and Murong Ce's backs with green eyes and wiping her mouth. Dugu Yu suddenly felt furious and wanted to take this damn woman back and spank her.
It's completely incomprehensible. What does she mean? Is Murong Ce good-looking?
Dugu Yu and Murong Ce were walking side by side, glancing at him from the corner of his eyes from time to time, secretly comparing in his mind what was there about him that was worth Qin Qingyao, the little pervert, drooling over.
Didn't Qin Qingyao say she liked his appearance? He and Murong Ce, a weak scholar, weren't they similar in stature?
Is it because you get bored with the old and love the new, and want to change your taste once you get it?
The more Dugu Yu thought about it, the angrier he became. He clenched his fists and his teeth chattered.
Murong Ce frowned slightly, instinctively sensing a dangerous aura. "General, are you feeling unwell? How about we talk about this another day?"
Another day? Dugu Yu's first reaction was that Murong Ce was going to come look for Qin Qingyao again while he was away.
"No need, come in and talk!"
Murong Ce walked around the site and investigated for such a long time, and he heard and saw a lot with his own eyes.
First, the disaster in the south was indeed very serious, with grain production reduced and the people suffering.
Second, the imperial court did reduce or exempt their taxes, and the news had spread to thousands of households, and the people all knew about it.
Third, the relief grain allocated by the court did reach the people.
When Dugu Yu heard these words, he suddenly felt relieved for some reason.
Ling Jingxuan was someone he admired and one of the few friends he could call a brother to. Qin Qingyao always had a preconceived notion that Ling Jingxuan was a bad person and that everything he did was ulterior motive.
After being nagging by Qin Qingyao, he gradually began to doubt. After all, when you think that someone may have some kind of plan, no matter what he does, you will feel that there is a hidden meaning behind it.
Now the truth was revealed. Prince Duan's proposal to distribute relief grain and reduce taxes was truly for the good of the people and had no selfish motives.
Qin Qingyao was prejudiced against Ling Jingxuan and she was overthinking it.
Dugu Yu knew that he had not trusted the wrong person, and his mood improved a lot. Suddenly, Ling Jingxuan's image became taller in his mind.
I had been distant from him before and rejected his kind invitations many times, which was really wrong. Besides, he might really be unaware of Lin Manyin's affairs.
After all, His Royal Highness Prince Duan has always been upright. How could he use such a despicable trick on his friend? It must be that bitch Lin Manyin who acted on her own!
Dugu Yu was thinking about when to invite Ling Jingxuan to his house for dinner to express his apology for having doubts about him before.
Murong Ce spoke again.
"However, everything seems perfect and foolproof on the surface, but inside, there are some things that I don't quite understand."
Dugu Yu, "What do you mean?"
"The floods in the south have been severe, and grain production has decreased, but it's not completely wiped out. Their taxes have indeed been reduced by half this year."
"What did you say?"
When the report was submitted to the court, it was clearly stated that the people had nothing to eat and were almost starving to death, so all taxes were exempted this year and relief grain was sent. How come when it reached the local level, the taxes were reduced by half?
Since the people can still pay half of their taxes, it means that there is no such thing as people starving to death. Where did the relief food go?
Murong Ce continued, "The number of victims reported to have died from drowning and starvation reached a total of 6,000. Excluding the elderly, the weak, and the sick, over 5,000 of them were young and strong men between the ages of 14 and 18."
Dugu Yu, “…”
Murong Ce said, "Coincidentally, the relief grain distributed by the court was indeed given to the disaster victims, these victims who died of starvation or drowning."
"Haha," Murong Ce took a sip of tea, "Maybe I'm just stupid and can't see clearly, but it turns out that the dead eat more than the living."
The tall and glorious image of Ling Jingxuan that Dugu Yu had just rebuilt in his mind suddenly fell from the altar and shattered into pieces.
Qin Qingyao's careless words echoed in his ears again, "That much food is enough to feed an army!"
On the surface, everything seems perfect and reasonable, but once you dig deeper, you will find pitfalls everywhere.
This method of concealing the truth is exactly the same as the method used to withhold money in his northwest camp!
He can't believe it if they say it wasn't done by one person!
They don't mind doing bad things secretly, but do it openly and honestly with a trick to deceive people. They make the accounts look more beautiful than flowers. They will cheat you to death and make you sing praises for them!
Although it can only be confirmed now that someone is taking advantage of the floods in the south to secretly raise a private army, it cannot be said that it was Ling Jingxuan's work.
but……
If Qin Qingyao knew about this, she would be absolutely certain that it was Ling Jingxuan who did it!
And she has always been so weird. Whatever she believes in has never failed.
"The court has also approved a tax reduction of half of the three affected provinces next year. What do you think of this?"
Murong Ce, "It has not yet been communicated to the local authorities, and the people are not aware of it."
"I see."
Murong Ce did not have lunch at the palace, mainly because Dugu Yu did not try to keep him.
Qin Qingyao was looking after her plum tree in the garden, so Murong Ce didn't meet her and didn't say hello to her.
Bai Zhi was shivering from the cold. "Princess, it's already the twelfth lunar month. If this plum tree was going to bloom, it would have already had buds. I'm afraid it won't bloom this year."
Qin Qingyao thought about it and said, "Let's go back. It's really cold."
After returning to the room, Dugu Yu was no longer in the study.
"Hey, my husband, are you guys done talking? Where's the Grand Military Advisor?"
"A military advisor is a military advisor, why is he called a great military advisor?"
"It's a sign of respect!"
Respect you!
"What's wrong with you? Are you in a bad mood?"
Qin Qingyao came over and was about to reach out to rub Dugu Yu's brows, but he reached out and grabbed the person into his arms.
Maybe it was because the weather was cold recently and he was using her as a hand warmer, but Qin Qingyao discovered that Dugu Yu especially liked to hold her in silence.
He always liked to bury his face to prevent her from seeing his expression, but he did not hide his fragile and sad emotions at all.
Qin Qingyao hugged his neck with one hand and patted his back with the other, "What's wrong with you?"
"He's gone."
Dugu Yu was answering Qin Qingyao's previous question, but it made Qin Qingyao freeze.
Oh shit!
What the hell is going on?
Murong Ce can leave if he wants to. He doesn't live in the palace. If he doesn't leave, is he going to spend the New Year here? Are you so sad and upset because he's gone?
Qin Qingyao deeply suspected that she had mistakenly read the wrong couple in her previous life. Damn, after all this time, Dugu Yu and Murong Ce were the real couple?!
Where is justice?
Qin Qingyao's stiff and disbelieving expression also shocked Dugu Yu.
He's gone, so what's with that expression on your face? Are you so reluctant to let him go? Are you two in a relationship?
"Qin Qingyao, what do you think of... Murong Ce?"
Oh shit, oh shit… Is this a showdown?
"Haha, well, I'm not very familiar with him."
"Unfamiliar?"
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