Chapter 284 Why Last April?
When Zhao Jinghan heard the housekeeper say that something was wrong with the prince, he thought he was making a big deal out of nothing. But when he saw him, Dugu Yu pointed at the furnishings in his study and said, "Throw all that stuff out!"
"And what are those paintings on the wall? Why are there such extravagant vases on my bookshelf? Take them all out!"
Zhao Jinghan, “…”
Dugu Yu was very unhappy when he saw Zhao Jinghan just staring at him with wide eyes and ignoring his orders, "Why don't you do it!"
"Your Highness..." Zhao Jinghan tried to remain calm, then said, "Doctor Hu, who treated the princess, is still in the palace. Your Highness, please wait a moment. I will go and get him over right away!"
Zhao Jinghan turned around and ran out. Dugu Yu sat on the chair with a cold face and great resistance, and then saw several pieces of rice paper with extremely ugly writing on his desk.
There were only six words on it: "Dugu Yu" and "Qin Qing Yao", written crookedly and ugly, with the brush even forked.
"Who is Qin Qingyao?"
Dugu Yu really couldn't stand this unrecognizable study room, so he simply took matters into his own hands, starting with the desk and throwing all the weird things into the trash can!
Doctor Hu was carried here by Zhao Jinghan all the way, and his old bones were almost broken. But when he heard Commander Zhao say that the prince seemed to have lost his memory, he didn't care about himself anymore.
"Your Majesty, do you still recognize me?"
"nonsense!"
"Then...where's the princess?"
Dugu Yu frowned slightly, and Zhao Jinghan knew that he was very annoyed. It seemed that the housekeeper was not making a fuss at all. Their prince really didn't know that there was a princess in this palace.
Such subtle emotional expressions and almost imperceptible facial expressions are only possessed by a prince before getting married.
Doctor Hu calmed himself down and said, "Please allow me to examine you carefully."
Although Dugu Yu didn't say anything, his resistance was very obvious, which scared Doctor Hu a little.
Zhao Jinghan, "Your Majesty, do you know that something is not right with you right now?"
Dugu Yu, "The imperial physician has checked me, and I'm fine!"
"Imperial Physician?" Why would the Imperial Physician examine the Prince? Was it yesterday in the palace? So, the Emperor was the first to know something was wrong with the Prince?
Although he was very impatient, Dugu Yu still told the situation to Doctor Hu and Zhao Jinghan. "The emperor said that the patrolling guards found me. When I woke up, I was in the palace, but I don't remember entering the palace at all!"
"Besides, I don't remember anything that happened after last April!"
Zhao Jinghan's mood at this moment was really indescribable. He opened his eyes inexplicably and found that he had lost his memory for more than a whole year. Anyone would be annoyed and anxious.
Apart from being unaccustomed to the palace, their prince acted as if nothing had happened, which was considered very tough.
As expected, he turned into the former King Wu Ling again, with all his emotions buried deep beneath his expressionless and stern face, never showing any fear or weakness.
Thinking about the man who would throw tantrums at the princess and even act like a spoiled child and ask her to coax him to eat, it seemed like it was just an illusion!
Zhao Jinghan couldn't understand. "Why last April? Do you still remember what day it was last April? Who do you remember?"
Dugu Yu said, "To me, today should be April 28th. I remember drinking with Prince Duan and some young generals in Wangjiang Tower after the morning court yesterday."
Doctor Hu asked, "Anything else?"
"When I came out, I ran into the Sixth Young Lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion. I sent her home and then returned home. But when I opened my eyes, I was in the Imperial Palace. And you told me a whole year and a half had already passed? And there's this strange woman in the palace?"
Zhao Jinghan took a deep breath. "The princess is not an inexplicable woman. On April 27th of last year, you went to Wangjiang Tower to drink with Prince Duan and others. After you came out, you sent Miss Lin Liu back home. During this time, I have been with you the whole time."
"Miss Lin has agreed with you to go to the Flower Festival together the next day. She wants to win the first prize and get the rare green peony."
Dugu Yu nodded, "I remember. What happened next? Did Miss Lin get the Green Peony?"
Zhao Jinghan looked at the trace of concern on Dugu Yu's face. You know, for him in the past, such a small change in expression meant that he had restrained his psychological activities thousands of times.
He really cared about whether Lin Xiafeng got the pot of green peonies. It seemed that if anyone dared not to let her get what she wanted, he would rush to that person's house and snatch the pot of flowers back!
After following the prince for more than ten years, this was the first time he had the urge to commit insubordination. He really couldn't help but want to pin his prince to the ground and beat him up to wake him up!
"She got it."
Dugu Yu suddenly chuckled, his face full of satisfaction as if he was my sister Feng'er. "That's good."
Zhao Jinghan couldn't bear it any longer and asked Doctor Hu, "How is it? Did you find anything?"
Doctor Hu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "The prince's heart pulse is normal, and there are no signs of poisoning. This..."
"Then keep checking. Don't miss any possible tests until you find the cause!"
Dugu Yu was somewhat unaccustomed to Zhao Jinghan like this, because in his impression, Zhao Jinghan should always obey his orders and would never have too many opinions of his own, let alone order a military doctor to examine him in front of him without his permission.
It's simply outrageous!
"I'm fine. I don't need any tests. I just lost some memory. It's nothing serious. Everyone, get out!"
What Dugu Yu said was completely sincere. After all, in his memory, there was nothing so precious that he was reluctant to forget. On the contrary, there were some things that he wished he could forget completely as soon as possible!
So, the memories of that year and more are gone, and life will go on as usual.
Doctor Hu looked at Dugu Yu and then at Zhao Jinghan, unsure of what to do. Zhao Jinghan was unusually persistent, "Your Highness, you've lost eighteen months of memory. These eighteen months are definitely not 'no big deal'. You must remember!"
Dugu Yu, "What's so important?"
Zhao Jinghan, "At that Wanhua Festival, Lin Xiafeng for the first time..."
"How dare you! Who allowed you to call Miss Lin by her maiden name? Where are your rules?"
Zhao Jinghan was almost suffocated by the anger in his chest after being scolded by Dugu Yu. He was not angry at Dugu Yu for scolding him, but he was angry that his prince actually treasured Lin Xiafeng so much!
But didn’t the prince think that Miss Lin was the best person in the world more than a year ago?
Zhao Jinghan had no choice but to compromise, gritting his teeth and suppressing his disgust and even hatred for Lin Xiafeng, and continued, "It was at that Wanhua Festival that Miss Lin Liu first mentioned the Third Miss of the Minister of Personnel's family to you."
"The third daughter of the Minister of Personnel?"
"That's the current princess."
Dugu Yu really was resisting with every cell and hair in his body, clamoring that he couldn't accept it, "I married her?"
"Yes, you proposed to Minister Qin on the tenth day of the fifth lunar month last year. On the fourth day of the seventh lunar month, you went to the Qin family to ask for the name. On the eighth day of the seventh lunar month, it was the Yang family... The old lady of the Yang family personally brought a matchmaker to the Qin family to propose on your behalf."
"On the eighth day of the eighth month of last year, you married the princess as a prince's principal wife and brought her into the palace to pay homage to the emperor and empress. When you were worshipping heaven and earth, it was Old Lady Yang who sat in the hall. Have you forgotten?"
Dugu Yu clenched his fists. No matter how convincing and indignant Zhao Jinghan's words were, he could not accept them. How could he marry a woman he didn't even know?
"go out."
"Your Majesty..."
"Everyone get out!"
"yes!"
After Zhao Jinghan and Doctor Hu left, he went to the Royal Guard Camp and gave orders, arranging for secret guards to follow the prince at all times and not let him leave the palace easily.
Doctor Hu couldn't find anything and felt extremely ashamed, so he temporarily stayed in the palace so that he could take care of the prince and princess at any time.
Zhao Jinghan went to see Qin Qingyao. She had just taken the medicine and still hadn't woken up.
Before he could even catch his breath, the secret guard sent to follow the prince came running to report, "Commander, the prince has left the palace."
Zhao Jinghan quickly chased after him and stopped Dugu Yu before he left. "Your Highness, is there anything you can do for me? Why don't you tell your subordinates to do it?"
Dugu Yu, "Why, do I need your permission to go somewhere or do anything now?"
"I dare not, but Your Highness, your physical condition is still unclear, and I am worried..."
Before Zhao Jinghan finished speaking, Dugu Yu had already lost his patience. He was a man of his word and didn't like others telling him what to do.
He lost his memory, but not his brain!
“Get out of the way!”
Dugu Yu raised his hand and waved Zhao Jinghan away. Out of instinct, Zhao Jinghan, as a subordinate, would not hide when the prince wanted to punish him, so he took the palm from Dugu Yu.
But it was because of this palm that Zhao Jinghan discovered something was wrong. "What's in your palm, Your Majesty?"
Dugu Yu raised his hand and looked at his right hand. From the tip of his ring finger to the palm, and then to near his wrist, there was a very clear red line, as if it had been cut by a knife before.
But there was no wound on his hand, just a strange red line.
Zhao Jinghan didn't know what this thing was, but Dugu Yu happened to know it.
This is a poison that his crazy master once wanted to develop, called Thousand Day Drunk.
This poison will not take the life of the poisoned person, but will make the person forget all memories within a thousand days.
He once witnessed Ghost Saint administering this drug to a swordsman, then whispering in the swordsman's ear, "Today is March 9th. You should seek revenge on the Lord of Zhao Family Fort."
He kept reciting in the swordsman's ear until he fell asleep, and then sent the man to a small town outside Zhaojiabao.
After the swordsman woke up, he killed the entire family of Zhaojiabao.
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