Chapter 264 The barking dog that bites
The next day, Qin Qingyao slept until noon. Dugu Yu lay on his side beside her, supporting his head and looking at her.
Qin Qingyao was just about to ask him why he didn't attend court today when she saw the court robes thrown at the bedside. It turned out that everyone had already left court and gone home.
"Tell me the truth, how many flowers and plants did you destroy yesterday?"
"I don't know... do you like it?"
"like."
"Then it's not wasted." Dugu Yu lowered his head and kissed Qin Qingyao on the forehead. "Get up and eat."
After lunch, Dugu Yu had to go back to the study to get busy. After all, he had just accompanied Qin Qingyao in taking a nap the whole morning and did nothing.
Qin Qingyao was holding the ball in the room, thinking about what gift to give Dugu Yu in return. He was busy giving gifts all day yesterday, but she didn't show any gratitude. It was really inappropriate.
She poked Qiuqiu's little nose and said, "What do you think we should give your father?"
Bai Zhi: “…”
Two days later, Dugu Yu received a gift from his wife, an exquisite little wooden box. When he opened it, he saw a small pink cloth strip inside.
I pinched it with two fingers, haha, a pink triangle panties...
Dugu Yu's mouth twitched uncontrollably. "Is this really for him? You actually let your man wear pink? Are you really not crazy? This damn woman really can't be spoiled!"
He crumpled the panties into a ball and held it in his palm, ready to go find Qin Qingyao to have a good talk, and then he saw her putting a small vest of the same fabric on Qiuqiu.
Dugu Yu, “…”
He didn't even bother to ask himself whether the piece of clothing in his hand was made from scraps of clothes used to make clothes for the dog. He just wanted to strangle the stinky dog to death!
Qiuqiu is a small white dog with gray fur on the toes of its two front paws. Its eyes are as black as big grapes and very cute.
At this time, she was wearing a pink vest, which was so tender and cute that it really made Qin Qingyao's girlish heart burst. "Husband, you are here. Come and see if the ball looks good?"
Dugu Yu grinned, "Yeah, it looks good!"
Then, he walked over and wrapped the thing in his hand around Qiuqiu's neck, and tied a bow...
Ling Jingxuan attended court as usual the day after his wedding. The officials in the court were so distant from him that it felt as if he had not been given a ten-day holiday by the emperor, but had been exiled three thousand miles away.
There is nothing else to say to him except congratulations on his wedding.
Ling Jingxuan smiled bitterly in his heart, but could not show any emotion on his face.
The prince was right in one thing, that is, he was the eldest son and grandson of the Ling family, and he had every right to covet the throne.
So he felt dissatisfied. He felt that when he was ignored, he could make a fuss with a clear conscience and form cliques openly, but others could not, not Ling Jingxuan.
As a prince and not a crown prince, Ling Jingxuan has to be humble when he is proud and not be proud or complacent. He has to smile when he is frustrated and not be dissatisfied or resentful.
On the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, Qin Yuelu, who had been recuperating at home, followed his father into the palace and personally asked to see the emperor, asking for permission to leave the Eastern Palace.
He didn't tell the prince because he knew he would definitely not agree.
What finally made Qin Yuelu make up his mind was that the prince had been too enthusiastic and positive towards him recently.
Ling Jingyu has sent messages three times, asking Qin Yuelu whether his injury has healed and when he can return to the Eastern Palace to work.
No one knew better than Qin Yuelu himself how he treated him. It was hard to say whether he liked him or disliked him much. The prince basically treated him as a servant.
Drafting documents all day long, who can't do this kind of thing?
He clearly had no intention of making use of Qin Yuelu, but he still wanted to keep Qin Yuelu by his side, and was so eager to get him back. No matter how stupid Qin Yuelu was, he should have known that he had other plans.
Qin Qingyao's words kept lingering in his ears. He now believed more and more that the reason why the prince urged him to go back was not because there was something he needed to do, but because he wanted to keep him under his control to ensure the loyalty of the Qin family.
If he goes back, it will be just like what my younger sister said, the prince will use him as a handle to threaten the Qin family and the Wuling Palace, or even become the knife that hurts them!
The fight between the Crown Prince and Prince Duan is now about to burst the window paper. Otherwise, the Crown Prince would not be so anxious to take control of the Qin family!
With the face of Minister Qin and Qin Yuelu's previous contribution in protecting the prince, the emperor would naturally not refuse to see him.
"Your Majesty, I have come to the palace to beg Your Majesty to grant me the gracious permission to dismiss me from my position as the Crown Prince's tutor."
"Oh? Why is that? Did the prince do something to displease you?"
"I dare not. The truth is, my leg was chopped off by the bandits before, leaving me disabled for life. With such a disabled body, I simply cannot face staying in the court any longer!"
Qin Yuelu's simple words not only told the emperor the reason and determination of not returning to the Eastern Palace, but also made it clear to the emperor that he would never serve as an official again in his life.
That's why he said he would not continue to stay in the court, rather than the Eastern Palace.
"Oh? Is he injured so badly? Chen Xi, immediately summon Imperial Physician Zhao to come and check Qin's leg!"
Doctor Zhao was an expert at setting bones and tendons for injuries. After carefully examining Qin Yuelu, he shook his head with regret.
"Your Majesty, Qin Bandu lost too much blood after his injury and was not able to recover in time. Even though his wounds have healed now, some of his meridians have atrophied and broken, making it difficult to connect. I'm afraid he will be unable to walk for the rest of his life."
To put it bluntly, he will be a cripple for the rest of his life.
In fact, with Doctor Zhao's experience, he could tell at a glance that Qin Yuelu's lameness was not entirely caused by the assassin. If he had rested well after the injury, he would never have become lame.
The reason why he was like this was that when the wound was about to heal, it was torn open again artificially.
No one would be so bored and bold as to go to the Qin family to tear his wounds, so this could only have been done by the Qin family themselves.
Doctor Zhao understood what was happening, but he didn't say it out loud. After all, the emperor asked him to come and see if Qin Bandu's leg could be saved, and he didn't ask him why his leg was lame.
Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask, don’t say what you shouldn’t say, and don’t care about what you shouldn’t care about. For the people in the Imperial Hospital, these three rules are more important than their own medical skills!
A talkative person will not be able to survive in the Imperial Medical Service.
Moreover, Qin Yuelu's destruction of his own legs was really not a big deal to him. After all, the dirty tactics used by the royal family to infight with each other were much more advanced than his.
A disabled person really cannot enter the court. No matter why he was injured or how great his achievements are, there is no place for a cripple in the court.
Therefore, the emperor looked regretful and gave Qin Yuelu a large number of rewards. After thanking him again for protecting the prince, he let him leave the palace with Qin Shangshu.
When the prince learned about this, he was so angry that his face turned green. The saying "a barking dog that bites" is really true.
I used to think that Qin Yuelu was a dull guy, who had become stupid from reading too much, and was easy to control. I didn't expect that he would use this trick at the critical moment!
Lin Xiafeng looked at the Crown Prince, who was gritting his teeth in anger, and sneered in his heart, but on his face he said with great pity for him, "Even if Qin Yuelu wanted to leave the East Palace, he should have come to say hello first, but he was actually secretly planning it!"
"You were still waiting to welcome him back, but he went to see the emperor without saying anything. What does this mean? He's been in the Eastern Palace for so many years, and he doesn't even take you seriously. This is really too much!"
The prince slammed his hammer on the table and roared, "Enough!"
Lin Xiafeng was stunned by his yelling and wanted to slap him. Why are you angry with me? If you have the guts, go find Qin Yuelu to settle the score? What a bad temper!
"Prince, even if you don't like to hear it, I have to say something. Do you really think this is Qin Yuelu's own idea?"
The prince looked at Lin Xiafeng with a gloomy face, "What do you mean by that?"
"Think about it, Qin Yuelu is such a stubborn person. If he wasn't instigated by someone, why would he want to leave the Eastern Palace? Since Minister Qin has always supported you, why would he agree to let his son leave?"
"When you were still young, they sent their son here. Now that you are about to inherit the throne, they turn around and leave. Isn't this a conspiracy?"
"I now suspect that the entire Qin family is nothing more than spies planted by Ling Jingxuan around you. Otherwise, why would they suddenly distance themselves from you at this critical juncture? Isn't it because Prince Duan is becoming increasingly insignificant that they're desperate and desperate?"
Ling Jingyu, "How dare they!"
"What are they afraid of? If they didn't dare, would they go directly to the Emperor without telling you?"
Qin Yuelu went directly to the emperor, and he did intend to hide it from Ling Jingyu. It was not because he did not take him seriously, but because he had clearly realized that the prince needed him to stay in the Eastern Palace and would not let him go.
That's why he went to the emperor to make the final decision. As the saying goes, a king's words are true. As long as the emperor agrees, no one can change it. The prince will definitely not confront the emperor and ask him to take back his decision just for a chess piece like him.
Qin Yuelu just didn't want to continue wasting time with the prince, and didn't want to be controlled by him and threaten his family, so he stayed away from him.
After being provoked by Lin Xiafeng, it seemed as if the Qin family and Ling Jingxuan were playing a huge game of chess together, as if there was some shocking conspiracy.
Seeing that the Crown Prince remained silent, Lin Xiafeng continued, "Your Highness should know that Qin Yuelin has been assigned to the Yanling Army by King Wuling, right?"
"What did you say? When did this happen?"
"Probably in a few days. I heard about it in a romantic novel!"
The reason why Lin Xiafeng could make up such a story was because she knew that the prince did not like romantic affairs.
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