A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 528: Calm Madness

Yuan Wuyou looked at sister Jialuo in front of him and was very grateful to his adoptive father Yuchi Jiong, who really raised her very well. She was simple but had personality.

"People should not be defined, just like no matter what your personality is, I admire you. Only enemies want you to be thin, and only useless men want women to be weak and easy to bully, so they advocate that women should be weak and follow the three obediences and four virtues, so that women can belittle themselves, be innocent and gentle, and act coquettishly and observe female virtues. But a woman who has woken up will not be willing to sleep again, just like Huaxu has worshipped the mother since Nuwa, and women are proud of being strong."

Even though Sister Yuan preached at such a long length, Jialuo listened to it from beginning to end because she spoke in a gentle and flowing tone.

Jia Luo nodded, "I knew it was right to believe in Hua Xu. But I can't understand why Han men, who clearly originated from Hua Xu, went against Hua Xu's will and believed in male roots to pass on to their offspring instead of inheriting the spirit of carrying on the past and creating an endless cycle left by the First Mother?"

"I don't understand why men are so paranoid. Isn't equal rights for men and women the only way to equality? They just lost their privileges." Speaking of Han men, Yuan Wuyou naturally remembered what the Xianbei Emperor Yuwen Huaibi said to her: "The Xianbei are also mother-honored"...

She continued, "I think that the reason why the Xianbei were able to gain the support of Huaxu, become the orthodox Chinese people, and intermarry with the Han Dynasty is because they are essentially a matriarchal nation. They believe that the competent should take the throne, so they loyally followed the Northern Wei princess and the Western Wei empress."

"But that Xianbei emperor actually overestimated his own abilities and wanted you to be his successor? Has he forgotten that if it weren't for you, he wouldn't be alive today?"

"I am not interested in his affairs. I have hated him for ten years. In the final analysis, all my conspiracies and plots are to deceive the people of the world to support me, not to deceive the Xianbei royal family of Northern Zhou. I wonder if these Xianbei people... have been at the top of power for too long? They have also been immersed in the bad nature of betraying their ancestors and taking human lives lightly."

At that time, the things were stored in the government office's warehouse, with two rows of imperial guards guarding the door. No one was allowed to enter without the Zhou emperor's order. Yuan Wuyou naturally did not enter, so he had to go back with Jialuo to the room where Tieqiao was interrogated to find Yuwen Xiaobo.

When I went in, I saw Yuwen Xiaobo and Su Wei reviewing the case files.

She got straight to the point: "What's going on? How did my things get stored in your warehouse? Should all the things that come in and out be counted as part of your Zhou treasury?"

Upon hearing that the little empress had come to kick the door and question him, Yuwen Xiaobo hurriedly came out from behind the table, stood up and smiled apologetically:

"Your Highness, what are you talking about? Aren't you afraid that someone will come and steal things? I was assigned by Your Majesty to help you manage your finances and check and reconcile the accounts. If something is lost in the future, I won't be able to explain it."

Yuan Wuyou walked into the room without paying attention and raised the price. "What a strange thing to say. Whose wealth is he going to manage? It can't be my wealth, right? How can he be qualified to manage my wealth? Don't you think he can get rid of me? What about the things that were promised to me?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. Our Majesty despises gold and silver the most. All the money of the Zheng family will be returned to you."

"In that case, let's hand it over now. Lend me Jialuo for my use."

Yuan Wuyou waved his hand and said to Jialuo, "I'll leave this job to you. Go borrow a few more people from your foster father to help transport the things back to Bowang City. I won't lend them for free. I'll pay them for their hard work."

Jia Luo clasped his fists and said, "Yes!"

Then he turned and left.

Yuan Wuyou followed her out of the door, but ran into "Miyue" standing at the door, still wearing tight clothes and a Nuo mask.

The tall Xianbei man let Jialuo go, but raised his hand to block Yuan Wuyou's way. The two looked at each other, the red-shirted girl raised her face unwillingly, and he also lowered his eyelashes, speaking in a cold voice with a difficult tone:
"Isn't being the Prince of Fengling in the Great Zhou Dynasty more noble than marrying far away to Lanling in the Northern Qi Dynasty and pretending to be the daughter of Zheng from Xingyang? This time... you will follow me back to Chang'an and build the Prince of Fengling's Palace. You can choose the location."

She had that pretty, childish face, but at this moment, she frowned, pursed her plump red lips, and stared at him stubbornly, which made her features look very heroic.

"The title of a king is indeed more honorable, but with my current prestige, I am freer in Qi! If I were to serve as an official in Chang'an and be trapped in your base camp, what difference would there be between me and a hostage under house arrest?"

Before she finished her words, the man in front of her said from under the Nuo mask:
"Yes, you will be freer than me."

"You are embarrassing me. Is there anyone in the Great Zhou Kingdom who is freer than you, the emperor?"

Yuwen Huaibi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and after a moment of silence, he said:
"Once we return to Chang'an, you will never see me again. Even if you sit in the front row of the court, there will be a curtain between you and me. This is because the Prime Minister said that the Emperor's face cannot be seen."

"Now you are in front of me, but I have never seen your face."

"I have eczema on my face recently and cannot be exposed to the wind."

"Tsk, I'm not lucky enough to see the emperor. Wouldn't it be better to lock you up in the palace? It's just right for your concubines." At this point, Yuan Wuyou suddenly had an idea, "Wait, you're not hinting that if I want to see you, I have to live in the harem, right?"

Hearing this, the man suddenly opened his long eyelashes, and shot out a pair of cold deep blue phoenix eyes from under the wooden Nuo mask.

"Even if you live in the harem, you can't see me. Even the queen from the Turkic region never saw me except on the day of her wedding, because the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty could not give birth to a prince of Turkic blood. And the deposed queen also didn't see me for many years because she had to raise a prince. The palaces I can set foot in in the harem can be counted on one hand."

Her eyes widened and she was shocked. "Isn't this house arrest? You are the hostage?"

Yuan Wuyou suddenly discovered that Yuwen Huaibi had a kind of calm madness. It turned out that he was not crazy, but had sentenced himself to death for a long time.

Facing the girl's pair of amber eyes that were slightly sympathetic, Yuwen Huaibi asked tentatively in a deep voice:
"Then...are you willing to return to my hometown with me? If Chang'an can have you, I will have a sense of fulfillment for the rest of my life."

She shook her head decisively, "Rather than debating with scholars in the court and studying political tactics, I would rather fight in all directions and conquer brave generals and charming husbands. Your Majesty has said so much, Tongzhou, you won't want to let me stay, right?"

Looking at the teasing yet determined gaze of the girl in front of him, Yuwen Huaibi said angrily:

"I have already issued an imperial decree to appoint you as the governor of Tongzhou and give you the fief of Xiangyang. The Prime Minister of the Tianguan Palace in the capital has also stamped his seal and approved it. How could he go back on his word? You just listen to me. The Tianguan Palace will post a notice to the world soon. Even if you are nostalgic for Xiangyang, you should go and see the site selection for the establishment of Fengling Palace in Tongzhou, right?"

Unexpectedly, Yuwen Huaibi was just a yamen runner, and he could apply for both things? She really underestimated him, a puppet emperor!

Yuan Wuyou was shocked, but his expression remained calm.
"Thank you for the generous reward, Your Majesty. You can choose the old site where you were born. I believe in your family's vision. Or find me a map."

Reminder again: This book is for girls, and the main audience is girls! ! ! Boys who are reading this, please don’t scold me for preaching, after all, preaching is also for girls.