Zhao Jinghan went into the mountains to catch wild game. If the prince wants to eat dumplings, he must have fresh meat.
When he came back with the game, he wanted to ask the princess if the rabbit meat could be used to make dumplings, but he found that the princess was gone.
After shouting a few times but no one paid any attention, he took the initiative to stick his head out to take a look at the two masters' rooms, and like Dugu Yu, he saw the ground covered with ripped flowers.
He threw the rabbit away and just ran out of the yard, he saw the prince coming back with a cold face and tears on his face, holding the limp princess in his arms.
The princess's disheveled appearance, coupled with the horrific marks on her neck, made Zhao Jinghan feel as if all the blood in his body was about to freeze.
He immediately went to get the horses and harness them to the carriage. Without waiting for Dugu Yu's instructions, everything was ready.
The three of them boarded the carriage and sped off towards Yulin City, seemingly forgetting that there was another person, Baiji, who hadn't had time to board yet...
Baiji was nervous all the way back, determined to die to atone for her sins, only to see two wheel tracks in front of the door. She had been abandoned, which made her feel more uncomfortable than being questioned by the prince.
It was all her fault for neglecting her duties. She had failed to protect the princess. The princess had been so kind to her, and the prince trusted her so much, yet she had allowed the princess to be strangled...
Baiji had never hated herself so much before. She hated herself for not living up to her expectations. She squatted alone in the yard, hugged her legs and cried for a long time.
When Prince Duan returned, Baiji had already packed his bags. With two large bags on his small body, he looked like he was going to run away from home.
In fact, there were very few of her own things here. Most of them belonged to those three people. They left in a hurry and had no time to pack up.
Prince Duan looked puzzled. "Where are your prince and princess? What are you doing?"
"Your Highness Prince Duan, my princess is injured. The prince has already taken her back to the city. I have to take my leave now."
Qin Qingyao was injured? How? How badly? Before he could ask any more questions, Baiji was gone.
After Baiji left, Prince Duan realized that no one was cooking at home today. What would he eat?
Did he have to do it himself? He didn't know why, but when he was alone, he would never set foot in the kitchen.
Just when he was feeling embarrassed, Lin Xiafeng came over and said, "Your Highness Prince Duan, I heard that Prince Wu Ling and the Princess have returned to the city. You must be bored here alone. If you don't mind, why not come to our place and have dinner together?"
"General Lu came back from the mountains this morning hunting some fresh game. It just so happens that the young masters are here too, so you should go too."
Since he was not alone, he had nothing to be shy about. At this point, Ling Jingxuan finally returned to the original plot and went to have dinner with Lin Xiafeng.
On the way, Ling Jingxuan was still asking Lin Xiafeng, "Do you know why Dugu and the others are in such a hurry to return to the city?"
Lin Xiafeng smiled slightly, "I don't know. I just heard the villagers say they saw the large carriage from Prince Wu Ling's palace quickly running out of the village, so I guessed they must have left."
Ling Jingxuan nodded and said nothing more. When it was time to eat, she realized that someone was missing. "Where is Princess Anli?"
"The princess encountered a wild beast while playing in the mountains and was accidentally injured, so she went back to the city to see a doctor first."
"She's injured too? Is it serious?"
"It's just some minor skin injuries. If you take good care of yourself, it shouldn't be a big deal."
Having said that, Ling Jingxuan always felt that Qin Qingyao and Ling Anli were both injured. Why did this matter not seem right?
After lunch, everyone went back to pack up. In order to return to Yulin City before dark, they had to set off early.
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Wuling Palace
When the doctor was applying medicine to the marks on Qin Qingyao's neck, Dugu Yu was watching motionlessly. The doctor was already under a lot of pressure, but he kept giving instructions, "Lighter, looser, slower..."
The doctor was so scared that he broke out in a sweat, and his hands holding the gauze were shaking non-stop. "Why don't you do it yourself, Your Highness?"
After finally bandaging the wound, the doctor gave a few instructions, picked up the medicine box and ran away.
In fact, he felt that his instructions were unnecessary. The prince would take care of the princess meticulously without anyone's instructions.
Qin Qingyao's throat was swollen and she couldn't eat, so he even made his own rice porridge and personally imitated her to steam eggs for her.
In fact, Qin Qingyao's life would no longer be in danger after he recovered, but the wound on his neck caused by the whip looked really scary, and he could not speak or eat.
Dugu Yu stood by her side, always appearing cautious, as if he was planning something.
In fact, after all this trouble, if Qin Qingyao no longer knew what Ling Anli was thinking, then she would be really stupid, and it would not be a loss for her to be killed.
She now suspected that she had read a fake novel. How could the heroine's female knight fall for the second male lead?
Since you like Dugu Yu, who was used to death by those two people before, where have you been? If you are so powerful, why don't you come out!
Dugu Yu is so miserable because of his unrequited love for the heroine. Why don't you come out and tell him that you love him? Why don't you take him back from the heroine?
Now Dugu Yu has finally jumped out of the mud pit of the heroine, and the couple is living a sweet life. Dugu Yu is happy all day long, but you jump out to snatch her away and want to kill me?
She really couldn't figure out Ling Anli's logic, but she finally figured out one thing!
That is, the reason why Ling Anli jumped up and down when he saw her before was not because of Lin Xiafeng, but because of herself. Qin Qingyao could understand that love rivals would be extremely jealous when they met.
But she couldn't understand why Ling Anli wanted to kill her. What was human life to her? What was the princess of Wuling Palace to her?
Even if the emperor wanted to kill Qin Qingyao, the imperial edict must clearly state what crime she had committed and what evidence she had.
Could it be that Ling Anli is hopelessly in love with Dugu Yu, and has become obsessed with him, so she is not targeting Qin Qingyao as a person, but will kill anyone Dugu Yu falls in love with?
Logically speaking, apart from this reason, Qin Qingyao really couldn't figure it out. She really didn't have any deep hatred with Ling Anli that could not be resolved until her death, right?
Qin Qingyao’s idea is actually not wrong, but it is never a single straw that breaks the camel’s back, but the accumulation of straws.
In the original novel, Dugu Yu loved Lin Xiafeng wholeheartedly, and Ling Anli never went out to kill Lin Xiafeng.
The reason why she wanted to kill Qin Qingyao was because after one coincidence after another and Lin Xiafeng's persistent "comfort" and "persuasion", she firmly believed that it was Qin Qingyao who provoked her first.
It was Qin Qingyao who maliciously tricked her into performing on stage but didn't let Dugu Yu watch her dance, and even laughed at her stupidity behind her back. It was Qin Qingyao who didn't even give her the chance to say a word to Dugu Yu.
It was Qin Qingyao who unscrupulously relied on Dugu Yu's trust and favor for her, repeatedly provoking the relationship between her and Dugu Yu and vilifying her image in front of Dugu Yu.
He also maliciously used her unrequited love for Dugu Yu to provoke and humiliate her!
She is a princess of the royal family. When has she ever suffered such injustice?
If Qin Qingyao was really good to Dugu Yu, Ling Anli would have endured it for Dugu Yu's happiness. But until now, Ling Anli has always believed that only killing Qin Qingyao would be the best for Dugu Yu!
Only by leaving Qin Qingyao, will Dugu Yu turn back into her big brother Dugu, and become the mighty King Wu Ling again!
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Dugu Yu saw Qin Qingyao lost in thought, and her serious face with a hint of anger made him very uneasy.
He felt very regretful, very scared, and hated himself.
Although Ling Anli confidently said that Baiji wanted to kill Qin Qingyao, he was not a fool and could naturally see that Ling Anli was the one crying "stop thief"!
If he had confessed to Qin Qingyao earlier and told her Ling Anli's feelings earlier, would she have been more cautious and something like this would not have happened today?
“Qingqing…”
Dugu Yu spoke, pulling Qin Qingyao out of her thoughts and making her look at him.
"Regarding Ling Anli, I..."
Dugu Yu really didn't know what to say. He still hadn't figured out how to explain it, because there was really nothing between him and Ling Anli that was worth explaining to Qin Qingyao.
So he ended up just stating a fact, "I don't like her."
As for the relationship between him and Ling Anli, he always thought that apart from the politeness between the two royal palaces, she was a good friend of Ling Jingxuan's cousin Lin Xiafeng, so apart from occasionally meeting and greeting each other, chatting, and having a few meals together, they had no other intersection!
He knew that Ling Anli liked him. This was what Lin Xiafeng told him. Since then, he has been more careful to keep a distance from Ling Anli.
And to him, this love was more like a joke made by Ling Anli. No one had ever mentioned it before, and Ling Anli herself had never said anything in front of him.
Given the locations of the two palaces, it was impossible for them to do so. So no one took it seriously.
Who would have thought that after he married Qin Qingyao, Ling Anli would become increasingly restless, increasingly troubling him, and now even...
Qin Qingyao was speechless and reached out to hold Dugu Yu's hand.
She now understood clearly that what Dugu Yu had told her in the kitchen about a girl liking Zhao Jinghan was actually Ling Anli liking him.
He was testing her at that time because he actually wanted to tell her what Ling Anli was thinking. However, she was too superstitious about the plot she already knew, so she played a joke on Dugu Yu and ended up hurting herself badly.
Dugu Yu said that he didn't like Ling Anli, and Qin Qingyao naturally believed it.
He slapped Ling Anli away with one palm, and she saw it.
I just don’t know if Prince Yi and the old concubine will be furious and refuse to give in if Ling Anli returns home injured.
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