Chapter 313: All in a mess
Doctor Hu was carried all the way here by Wu Gang. He looked at Qiuqiu's eyelids, touched its neck, and shook his head. "Princess, please accept my condolences. This dog cannot be saved."
Its tongue was fully extended, turning a scary black and purple color, and its jaw was crooked. It whimpered in pain twice, its body suddenly straightened up, then softened, and it died completely.
The whole process was so fast that no one had a chance to react.
"Ball..."
Qin Qingyao was about to hug it, but Dugu Yu pulled it back into his arms, "What's going on?"
Doctor Hu picked up the meat pie from the ground, sniffed it, and frowned. "Did you just feed this meat pie to the dog?"
"Is there something wrong with this cake?"
"Princess, a large amount of curare tree juice has been added to this meat pie. Curare tree is one of the most poisonous trees in the world. It does not require any additional preparation. Just one drop can cause a fatal blow."
"Even if it just touches a wound, it will kill within a stick of incense. If you eat it directly like this... there is absolutely no chance of survival."
Dugu Yu looked at the mark on the back of Qin Qingyao's hand that had just been scratched by Qiuqiu, and his heart was in his throat. "Let the princess check it immediately!"
"yes!"
"I'm fine. If I were sick, wouldn't I have died long ago? It's my fault. I killed Qiuqiu. It wouldn't let me eat it, but I fed it!"
Qin Qingyao thought of the look Qiuqiu had given her at the last moment, and she completely collapsed. It hadn't wanted to eat in the first place, but it had only eaten because she had fed it, because it trusted her...
She clutched the clothes on her chest tightly, feeling so heartbroken that she couldn't speak and wanted to stab herself.
Dugu Yu dragged her away forcefully and washed her hands again and again after she had just taken the meat pie.
Then he changed her clothes that were stained with biscuit crumbs and Qiuqiu's saliva, and then he came out and ordered, "Go and check for me immediately, who put that plate of meat patties in here!"
Before the guards who received the order left the courtyard, Ling Anli had already heard the crying and panic here, and rushed in like a madman in ecstasy, "Is she dead? Is she dead?"
"Hahahaha, Qin Qingyao, you're dead. I know you're dead. I wonder who can save you this time!"
Qin Qingyao pushed Dugu Yu aside and walked out. "Are you talking about me?"
When Ling Anli saw Qin Qingyao, her ecstatic face immediately turned into anger, madness, and ferociousness. She twisted her hands into claws and screamed in disbelief, "How could it be? How could you not be dead? How could it be!"
Qin Qingyao walked into the yard, drew a long sword from the guard, and stabbed Ling Anli, "Go ask the King of Hell!"
The maids were frightened and panicked, and the guards looked at Dugu Yu at the same time. Should they stop him?
Ling Anli only knew some mediocre martial arts skills and didn't take Qin Qingyao seriously at all. Just when she was ready to fight back, she suddenly felt a pain in the back of her knee and almost fell to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, Qin Qingyao's sword had already pierced her chest.
Ling Anli looked at the marks on his chest that were gradually soaked with blood. He was not afraid or nervous. Instead, he smiled arrogantly and proudly at Qin Qingyao.
"Stab me! How can you kill someone with this strength? Stab me! Do you dare? Even if I've been demoted to a commoner, I still have royal blood flowing in my veins. Who the hell do you think you are?"
Ling Anli said, pointing at the wound oozing blood, "Every drop of blood that has been shed here, I will take back from you!"
"You, Qin Qingyao, and your entire hateful Qin family, everything you cherish and care about, I will destroy bit by bit. I will make you remember for the rest of your life what happened to you for offending me, Ling Anli, and stealing my man!"
Qin Qingyao looked at Ling Anli's smug face, but her mind was filled with the image of Qiuqiu foaming at the mouth and twitching all over. She wanted her to die and wanted her to pay for Qiuqiu's life.
She was trembling all over, wishing she could chop Ling Anli into pieces, but she sadly discovered that Ling Anli was right. She didn't dare...
Ling Anli is the emperor's niece, so who is she? If she kills her now, how many people will be implicated?
There was a commotion at the gate of the courtyard, as if many people were coming this way. Dugu Yu heard the voices of Minister Qin and Prince Yi, as well as the shrill voice of a little eunuch.
Before they entered the room, Dugu Yu grabbed Qin Qingyao and pushed her back hard, throwing her into Bai Zhi's arms. He took the sword from Qin Qingyao's hand, gently pushed it forward, and pierced Ling Anli's heart.
The whole process went smoothly, with no room for maneuver.
The eunuch sent by the emperor to deliver the message saw Ling Anli stabbed through by a long sword as soon as he entered the yard. He was so scared that he screamed and almost fainted.
"An Li!"
Prince Yi rushed over and hugged his dying daughter, while Ling Anli collapsed in her father's arms. Her last words were, "I won't accept Qin Qingyao's death... I won't accept it!"
Prince Yi stared at the blood-drenched sword in Dugu Yu's hand, his veins bulging. "Dugu Yu! How dare you... How dare you! For this vengeance, the Prince Yi Mansion will never forgive you!"
After yelling, Prince Yi left the Wuling Palace with tears streaming down his face, holding his daughter's body. He had come all this way to take his daughter back, but he had no idea that in the end, he would only bring back a corpse.
His daughter had loved Dugu Yu for so many years, and was willing to go on a hunger strike for him, and even give up everything and lower her status to become his concubine. But he, he actually pierced her heart with a sword!
The young eunuch sent by the emperor to deliver the message was so frightened by this scene that he turned around and was about to run away, but Dugu Yu signaled the guards to stop him.
"Your Majesty, what are your orders? I didn't see anything!"
Dugu Yu had the plate of meat patties cleared away and handed it to his father-in-law. "Have you heard of the arrow poison tree?"
The eunuch's face turned pale and sweat poured down like rain. "Prince...Prince, please spare my life..."
"Ling Anli intended to murder the prince and princess, and even poisoned the food. After being exposed, he became enraged and wanted to assassinate the princess. For a commoner to assassinate a prince is a capital crime, right?"
The young eunuch nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, your Highness is right!"
"Don't be afraid, eunuch. I just want to ask you for a favor. Please help me pass this plate of meat pie soaked in curare poison to the emperor. Do you know what to say?"
"I know, and I promise to tell the absolute truth!" The young eunuch spoke with such certainty that he almost swore to the sky.
Dugu Yu nodded with satisfaction, "Thank you for your hard work, eunuch!"
Looking at this scene, Minister Qin almost sighed out his heart and lungs. He was in no mood to care about the whole story and hurried to check on his daughter.
"Yao'er, are you okay?"
Qin Qingyao shook her head, her throat so sore that she couldn't speak.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying? Are you hurt?"
Bai Zhi supported the princess, her eyes swollen like persimmons, "Qiuqiu is dead."
Minister Qin was completely helpless upon hearing this. "Do you understand what's going on? Just because your dog died, the prince killed the emperor's niece!"
Nonsense, it’s all nonsense!
Minister Qin watched Dugu Yu return the sword in his hand to the guard without changing his expression, as calmly as if he had just killed a chicken. He was truly helpless.
"You just spoil her!"
Dugu Yu said, "Father-in-law, don't worry. Princess Anli has behaved inappropriately. She is pregnant before she even gets married. Moreover, she shamelessly refuses to leave our place. The whole city knows about it. She has already brought disgrace to the royal family."
"Now, the one who wants her to disappear the most is the emperor."
Minister Qin: “…”
In the hundred years since the founding of Zhaoling, there has indeed been no other royal family member who is more shameful than Ling Anli, and she herself has admitted that the poison is related to her.
She intended to murder Prince Wuling and the Princess, and she deserved to be killed on the spot. Even the Emperor could not punish them openly. He might even have to send some gifts to comfort the couple.
Prince Yi is the one they need to worry about the most. Now that Dugu Yu is not attending court, it is difficult for Prince Yi to take action, but the Qin family is still in the court.
"Father-in-law, please be careful of Prince Yi's Mansion from now on."
After Minister Qin returned home, Dugu Yu and Qin Qingyao went out of the city and chose a beautiful place to bury Qiuqiu.
Qin Qingyao stood in front of the small grave for a long time without saying a word. Dugu Yu felt indescribable worry and helplessness in his heart.
"How about I give you a new one? What kind do you like?"
Qin Qingyao shook her head and said, "I will never keep a dog again."
Dugu Yu hesitantly extended his hand, and finally hugged Qin Qingyao firmly, "Okay, I won't raise her anymore."
The eunuch sent by the emperor to deliver the message today was named Yuan Shun. Dugu Yu and Qin Qingyao didn't remember him, but he remembered them.
At the Harvest Festival palace banquet last year, the prince and princess didn't know how to comb their hair after taking a nap, so they asked a young eunuch to help. After he helped the princess comb her hair, there were two pearl flowers that were not used, so the princess gave them to him.
When the steward saw him being praised by the prince and princess, he paid more attention to him, and he also gave the steward one of the expensive golden pearl flowers. In exchange, he got an important opportunity and was promoted.
Unexpectedly, he was promoted step by step since then. In the past year or so, he has gone from being a small eunuch doing rough work in the palace to running errands for the emperor.
Even the steward whom he had once tried to curry favor with had to bow and greet him when he saw him now.
Yuan Shun has always been grateful to King Wuling and the Queen, so he grabbed the job of coming to the palace today, but who knew that he would encounter such a thing!
The emperor is still unaware of what happened in Prince Wuling's mansion today. As the first person to report the situation to the emperor, his words determine the emperor's first impression, so they are crucial!
"Your Majesty, Princess An...Princess Anli..."
"How outrageous! She's no longer a princess!"
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