A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 548 The Queen Mother Sends Birthday Cakes

Yuan Wuyou didn't know whether to laugh or cry when Xiao Tongyan used himself as bait, and he felt that he was a hot potato.

But Yuwen Huaibi was brave enough. He didn't bring any imperial guards with him, but only a stupid and clumsy confidant. How dare he get involved in this mess?

"Xiao Tong said that we will meet in Bowang City early in the morning. Where are you going to go tonight? Are you going to return to the camp overnight and summon the soldiers?"

Yuwen Huaibi was startled. "Are you... planning to take me in? Tonight, the Bowang City Inn must be full of people from Qi and Chen. I'm afraid if I go..."

Yuan Wuyou shook her head, "I don't even have a place to stay, how can I take you in? There's no place for me in that inn. I can deal with Xiao Tongyan for one night, but..." She looked at him with a smile in her eyes.

"You are all men, and you can't live with her group of female soldiers, so I asked you what you plan to do."

He asked tentatively, "Can you... accompany me to Bowang City and stay at the inn? I promise I won't visit other people randomly..."

Yuan Wuyou nodded, "It seems that this is the only way."

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Bowang City is not big, and there are only a few clean and comfortable inns. Yuan Wuyou directly found one near the west gate.

After all, the pampered Zhou emperor was born into a powerful family and had never stayed in an inn by himself. When he was pulled to the counter by the girl to book a room and was asked by the innkeeper which country his household registration was, the Xianbei man was immediately confused and didn't know how to answer.

Seeing the Nuo-masked man hesitant, the red-shirted girl next to him confidently claimed that she was from Mulan City and was from the Zheng family of Xingyang.

When the shopkeeper heard that it was the noble lady of the Zheng family in Mulan City, he was in awe, but said that there was only one room left, which was just right for the two of them to stay together. The city was busy tonight, and it would be difficult to find accommodation so late at night.

The Xianbei man had a Nuo mask covering his face so nothing could be seen, but in fact his eyelashes were drooping and his eyelids were red. He secretly pulled the wrist guard of the girl next to him and whispered, "Did he misunderstand?"

Seeing the man's thin hand with a silver wrist guard, Yuan Wuyou grabbed his wrist without hesitation and pulled him away, leaving only Yuwen Xiaobo and Jialuo behind.

After they left the house, Yuwen Huaibi asked her, "Are you angry? The store owner's rude words were not arranged by me..."

Yuan Wuyou didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "No, I just felt that one room couldn't accommodate the four of us, and the shopkeeper's words were unpleasant to the ear. I was afraid that this was a scam."

So the four of them visited several inns before they found a restaurant with a suite available. Coincidentally, this inn also had an observation tower, from which one could overlook Bowang City. The best part was that it was opposite the official inn and not far from Du Kangju, which had been raided in the past few days.

When he heard that it was not far from Du Kangju, Yuan Wuyou knew why there were still rooms available.

Not to mention that this restaurant charges a very high price, the main reason is that they made a lot of noise in Du Kangju in the past few days, and there is a government inn watching across the street. In the past, most of the customers attracted from Du Kangju were doing illegal activities. Now that the situation is so tense, the rich dare not come, and the poor common people can't afford to stay.

In order to avoid suspicion and due to housing shortage, Yuan Wuyou and Jialuo lived in one room, and Yuwen Huaibi and Yuwen Xiaobo lived in another.

The four people lived in two rooms separated by a wall.

At that time, the four of them climbed the stairs to the second-floor corridor. Just as they were about to enter the house, they heard a shout from the stairs behind them - "Sir, please stay!"

I could tell from the voice that it was a familiar female voice. I turned around and saw that it was indeed a woman in a red shirt and ponytail.

After all, it was Xiao Tongyan who arranged for Empress Huaxu to bring the cat to Yuwen Huaibi tonight, so he was not too surprised to see Xiao Tongyan here.

As Xiao Tongyan walked up to the second-floor corridor with footsteps as loud as those of thousands of troops, she was seen carrying a bag of birthday cakes tied with oil paper with hemp rope, followed by a group of palace soldiers in black military uniforms.

The group of palace soldiers came straight to Yuwen Huaibi, and regardless of the public, they all lifted their skirts and knelt on one knee. The general in the lead was holding a bag of birthday cakes, and at this moment he knelt in front of the man in the Nuo mask, holding up the birthday cakes with both hands, and said in a sonorous voice!

"We are ordered by the Queen Mother to invite Your Majesty to return to Nanyang to attend the birthday banquet of the Duke of Weiguo!"

Before Yuwen Huaibi could speak, Yuan Wuyou asked in surprise:
"The Empress Dowager? In Nanyang?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone around her turned their eyes to her.

After the general who delivered the letter explained, it turned out that today was the birthday of Duke Weiguo. The empress dowager, who was supposed to be in Chang'an, actually came to Nanyang for a private visit to celebrate his birthday and distributed birthday cakes to his subordinates and confidants. So this was delivered to Yuwen Huaibi.

This is the time to invite him back for the banquet.

As a bystander, Yuan Wuyou had already quietly retreated behind the crowd with Jialuo. He thought that these palace soldiers were making such a loud noise that if the shop owner and other tenants were not deaf, they would know in a quarter of an hour that the Emperor of Zhou had arrived at his humble abode.

She had to stay away to avoid being implicated.

But the Emperor of Zhou obviously didn't want her to be ignored, so he turned around and looked for her everywhere, even holding the kitten in his arms, walked up to her and asked softly, "Do you want to go to the banquet?"

Yuan Wuyou: "..."

It's not my buddy, you're still trying to hurt me? It's your naughty brother's birthday party, what identity should I have to go there?
When Yuan Wuyou was once again stared at by the palace soldiers with sharp, interrogative eyes, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and smile.

"My identity is questionable, and it's against the rules to go to that kind of family banquet. Please let me go..."

Fortunately, Yuwen Huaibi did not force her, but just nodded in agreement. Then he turned to the leading general and declined the offer on the grounds that he would have a bloating after having a midnight snack. He only freed up the hand that was holding the cat to take the birthday cake that he was holding high.

After sending away the palace soldiers, Yuwen Huaibi gave the birthday cake to Yuwen Xiaobo, who was carrying two bags of cakes.

Then he held the cat in his arms.

When the soldiers walked out of the gate and everything calmed down, Xiao Tongyan, who stayed where he was, went up to her and asked, "Have you had your midnight meal?"

Yuan Wuyou shook his head. "I was very busy tonight. You know that. How can I have time to eat?"

"Tsk, poor sister, it's my sister's birthday today too, I'll treat you to a drink."

Seeing Xiao Tongyan patting the pouch on his waist and Chong Yuan Wuyou inviting him to a drinking party, the Xianbei man wearing a Nuo mask suddenly glanced at the little girl beside him and ordered in a cold voice: "Follow me into the house."

"Hey!" Yuan Wuyou agreed, then he realized something was wrong and quickly said to the man beside him, "Bloating is a disease that needs to be treated. You haven't eaten anything, have you? Are you going to have a midnight snack?"

"of course."

Yuan Wuyou glanced at Xiao Tongyan, who was smiling silently at the side, and turned to look at the man in the Nuo mask.

"You have a feast but you don't want to eat it, so you come and drink with us?"

Yuwen Huaibi shook his head, "I don't like crowds."

Hearing this, Xiao Tongyan said with a sigh: "What? Are you chasing me away? Then I'll leave?"