Dugu Yu was very satisfied with Qin Qingyao's behavior of turning back home without saying a few words to Ling Jingxuan. This Prince Duan is becoming more and more outrageous. You want to find a helper yourself, but you also need his wife to help?
If you really defeat the crown prince and ascend the throne in the future, do you want Qin Qingyao to help you handle state affairs?
"Has he been looking for you often lately?"
"That's not the case. It's just that the Crown Prince has been too powerful recently. He's been suppressed too much, so he came to me out of desperation."
Dugu Yu snorted coldly, "Then he can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The Crown Prince has become so complacent that he has forgotten to conceal his wolfish ambitions. The Emperor is already very dissatisfied with him."
"I'm afraid that Jin Yongde, the Prince's Guardian whom he strongly recommended, won't stay in Yulin City for long."
Qin Qingyao nodded. Being dissatisfied was far from enough. It would be interesting when the emperor deposed the prince. He should have been deposed anyway!
The two returned to the palace, and Qin Qingyao followed Dugu Yu to the study. As soon as they opened the door, they saw a man in black looking for something in the drawer of his desk.
Dugu Yu's first reaction was to push Qin Qingyao out, and then fight with the man in black.
Qin Qingyao steadied himself and shouted, "Help, there's an assassin!"
Dugu Yu's study has always been heavily guarded by his personal guards. This man in black actually slipped in without alerting anyone, which really slapped the faces of all the personal guards.
At the same time, this also shows that the man knew the distribution of the guards in the palace and their blind spots very clearly, and was also familiar with the layout of Dugu Yu's study.
In fact, he might have come because he knew that Dugu Yu and Qin Qingyao went out together.
But he didn't expect that the two men would come back so soon after going out, so he was caught red-handed.
Qin Qingyao watched from afar. The man had no intention of fighting and only wanted to escape. He was holding several pieces of densely written paper in his hands.
Isn't that the account book she copied in Arabic numerals? Who would know about this? Who would want this?
Qin Qingyao has only one candidate in her mind, and that's you, Lin Xiafeng!
Since you can't get the secret order of the Yanling Army, you want to find fault with Dugu Yu and Ling Jingxuan?
Before checking the account books, Dugu Yu was indeed unaware that someone in the army had misappropriated military funds. However, after he found out, not only did he not report Ling Jingxuan in time, he also tacitly agreed that they had destroyed the account books and made a fake set to make up for it.
If this gets out, Dugu Yu and Ling Jingxuan will both be in big trouble!
Qin Qingyao was lost in thought when the man in black rushed out of the study, grabbed Qin Qingyao and threw him towards Dugu Yu who was chasing after him.
Although Dugu Yu caught her steadily and did not let her get hurt, Qin Qingyao was still dizzy from being thrown. Damn, do you think I am a sandbag?
She looked at the man in black who was playing hide-and-seek with Zhao Jinghan and shouted, "Zhao Jinghan, ignore him and destroy what he has in his hands!"
The reason why she ordered Zhao Jinghan was because she was afraid that Dugu Yu would be reluctant to let him go.
Facts proved that Dugu Yu really wanted to capture the man alive without destroying those account books, but that man's lightness skills were outstanding. He knew the terrain of the entire palace like the back of his hand. He ran like a loach in it, and it was difficult to catch him whether he was alive or dead.
Finally, Zhao Jinghan chopped the papers into pieces with a few sharp sword strokes, and the man in black ran away.
He just jumped up and down a few times, dodged between a few buildings, and then disappeared without a trace, as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth.
Dugu Yu's expression was solemn, and Zhao Jinghan's expression was even uglier. What Qin Qingyao could think of, they could also think of. Only an insider could do such a way of escaping!
The reason why he couldn't be found was that he had taken off his black clothes and blended in with them. Maybe he was now mixed in with the Royal Guards, looking for assassins everywhere.
Dugu Yu walked back to Qin Qingyao and checked her up and down. "How are you? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. He just came to steal the account book. He didn't mean to hurt anyone."
After Zhao Jinghan came back, he knelt on the ground and apologized, "Your Highness, this subordinate..."
"Okay!" Dugu Yu knew what he was going to say, but the most urgent task now was not to hold him accountable for his dereliction of duty, but to quickly correct the weaknesses in the palace's guards.
"Immediately adjust the palace's guard deployment and make sure to find that man and his accomplices!"
"yes!"
Being able to sneak into the prince's study so quietly would be difficult for him to do it alone, no matter how well he knew the guards of the palace, so it is impossible for him to do it without help!
"Hehe," Qin Qingyao smiled as she took Dugu Yu's hand. "Don't be angry, husband. We didn't suffer any loss."
"How come there is no loss?" Dugu Yu walked over and picked up a few pieces of paper scraps, his eyes almost bursting with anger.
This was what Qin Qingyao wrote down while staying up late to help him check the accounts. He had kept it carefully, but it was destroyed just like that. Zhao Jinghan was really cruel. Was it necessary to cut it into such small pieces?
"Hubby, these things are useless to begin with. Keeping them will only cause endless trouble."
"How can it be useless?"
"Are you still planning to expose Prince Duan? Let's not even mention that we haven't found absolute evidence to prove it was him. Even if we did, you'd be an accomplice now. Didn't you agree to the creation of that fake account book from the Ministry of War?"
Dugu Yu, “…”
Faced with Dugu Yu's silence, Qin Qingyao suddenly realized that she might have done something wrong today. She shouldn't have let Zhao Jinghan destroy those accounts.
This matter is not as simple for Dugu Yu as it is for her. As the commander-in-chief, someone is taking advantage of his soldiers, but he knows about it and does nothing about it. What kind of general is he?
She only thought that she was helping Ling Jingxuan and wanted to eliminate anything that posed a threat to Ling Jingxuan and Dugu Yu, but she completely forgot Dugu Yu's position as a general of an army.
"Honey, I'm sorry..."
"It's okay, I'm glad you're okay. Were you scared just now? Go back to the house and rest first. I still have things to take care of."
"good."
Qin Qingyao left the study, feeling very sad. Perhaps even if he got the evidence, Dugu Yu would not expose Ling Jingxuan, but he could at least clean out those double-dealers in the military camp.
He knew very well that there were traitors in the army who were in Cao's camp but their hearts were with Han, and their positions were definitely not low, but he did not find out. He must have been very unhappy.
Regarding this, Ling Jingxuan really went too far!
"Bai Zhi!"
"The servant is here, what happened to the princess?"
"Help me grind the ink."
Qin Qingyao had copied seven books of accounts after all, so she had some idea of what items were on the books and how big each amount was.
The most important thing is that only she and Dugu Yu can understand Arabic numerals, Ling Jingxuan can't understand them!
During lunch, Dugu Yu did not mention the man in black again, and Qin Qingyao did not ask about it either. It seemed that the matter had just passed and did not affect anyone.
But Qin Qingyao could see that Dugu Yu was just controlling his emotions very well. He didn't want to show any negative emotions in front of her, and he would not take his anger out on her.
Although she was indeed wrong in this matter, even if he was angry, it could not be said that he was taking his anger out on her.
The way he protected her and cared about her feelings made Qin Qingyao feel even more guilty.
After dinner, Qin Qingyao spent the whole afternoon writing in the room. Baiji looked at those strange tadpoles and was so curious, "Princess, what are you writing?"
"The account book."
"What account book?"
"The account book of the Northwest Camp."
"Ah? Princess, do you have a photographic memory? You are amazing!"
"How is that possible? Do you think I'm a god? It's been more than half a year, and you still remember it."
"So what are you doing?"
"Just write whatever you want. Do you understand?"
"I don't understand." But just write it casually? Why?
Qin Qingyao showed a satisfied smile, "That's it, you don't understand, Prince Duan doesn't understand either, so they are the only ones who can cook the books, but I can't do it, right?"
After Qin Qingyao finished writing, she put the papers in her arms, then stood in the yard and shouted, "Zheng Mingxuan, come out!"
"Greetings, Princess. I wonder what your instructions are."
"You all know that an assassin entered the palace today, right?"
"I understand. Please rest assured, Princess. I and others will protect you and will not let the assassin hurt you."
"Hey, I'm not afraid of the assassin coming after me, but the assassin ran away, and the prince seemed to be in a bad mood. He didn't even want to talk to me during lunch. I thought about it and finally came up with a clever plan to cheer the prince up!"
Zheng Mingxuan and the other three looked at Qin Qingyao with confusion, waiting for her to continue.
Qin Qingyao put her hands behind her back and said with a smug and confident look, "Our palace is heavily guarded, so I believe the assassin must still be hiding in a corner of the palace and hasn't left yet!"
"You four, you don't need to guard me from now on. Go help Commander Zhao catch the assassin!"
"Remember, you must catch that damned guy before Commander Zhao does, and help me gain merit in front of the prince and make him happy. Do you understand?"
"I obey your command!"
"Well, go ahead!"
After the four people left the yard, Qin Qingyao showed a foxy smile and clenched his fists. Hehe, everything went as planned!
"Princess, what are you doing? There's an assassin in the palace, and the prince must be very worried about your safety. Why did you send these four away?"
"If we don't send them out, how can we get anything done? Come on, go out with me. We have to be back before dinner!"
Wangjiang Tower, this was the first time that Qin Qingyao violated the family rules and came to find Ling Jingxuan without Dugu Yu's permission.
When Ling Jingxuan saw Qin Qingyao, he smiled brightly, "The princess actually took the initiative to come to me. This prince is really touched!"
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