A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 775
At that time, there was a field of poppies on the hillside outside Xinye City.

In the most conspicuous place there is a broken monument without a roof, with mottled words on it, and you can vaguely see the four words "Tomb of Beauty".

Yuan Wuyou recalled that when she was a child, her father told her that when he was the governor of Xinye County, he was a Xianbei man from Mobei who had just arrived in the Central Plains and had never seen the world. He thought poppies were the most beautiful, so he planted them in his yard.

But he didn't have the spiritual roots for wood, so he could never grow the flowers. So the Queen Mother asked Jia Sixie, who had just finished writing "Qimin Yaoshu", to help him grow the flowers.

The flowers were planted, and he carefully maintained them in the county government office. Later, a commoner came to beat the drum to appeal for justice, and took a few poppies with him before leaving. He died of poisoning when he returned. He was so scared that he quickly dug up all the poppies in the yard and threw them on the hillside east of the city.

My father remembered that he had buried all the poppies in the ground. My mother felt sorry for him because he was burying the flowers with tears in his eyes, so she had a monument erected with "Tomb of Poppies" engraved on it.

He also put a sign next to it to warn people not to eat it by mistake.

Now, more than 20 years have passed, and the withered poppy flowers buried in the soil have long since taken root, broken through the soil again, and grown into graceful flowers.

But my father had not been the governor of Xinye County for a long time, and I don’t know in which year the tombstone was struck by lightning, splitting the top part where the character “虞” was written, leaving only the four characters “Tomb of the Beauty”.

It's so sad and tragic.

Yuan Wuyou still remembered that his father loved Wan Yuwu Yu because his name contained the word "Yu", which reminded him of Yu Meiren who was buried in Xinye. He also loved him and said that he had a miserable life.

He also told himself that when he succeeded to the throne in the future, he should find a job for the little "Yu Meiren" and trust him more.

He also said that he would bring him to Xinye to see the Concubine Yu in the future.

Now everything has changed. My mother and father are gone, and even the word "Yu" on the monument is gone. All that remains are the poppies of various colors that have broken through the ground, still standing tall and vigorous on the hillside.

Rather than calling it "The Tomb of Concubine Yu", it now seems more like "The Tomb of Beauty".

When Yuan Wuyou saw the poppy, he remembered that he had promised Wan Yuwuyu a few days ago that he would give him nineteen poppy flowers when they met next time.

Even though Wan Yuwuyu's troops were now at the gates of the city with hostility, Yuan Wuyou would not kill him with one blow until he saw him in person and had a falling out with him.

What's more, she is a person who keeps her word. She said she would give him flowers, even if she was about to slap him in the face the next moment, she would still give him the flowers enthusiastically the previous moment.

Thinking of this, Yuan Wuyou, still wearing the golden armor given by Gao Changgong that he wore when he went out in the morning, waded through the sea of ​​flowers to pick the most beautiful and largest poppies.

Later, Yuan Wuyou had just picked a bunch of poppies when she heard the Xiangyang governor who came to bring her a bamboo basket say that the Dangxiang Khan had personally led the Qiang soldiers to Xinye County.

Wan Yuwuyu really rebelled!
It is said that it was because the Zhou State went back on its word and agreed to let the Dangxiang people send his uncle back to Dangxiang, but instead killed his uncle and the escorting Dangxiang people, and sent back a piece of his uncle's severed arm and a token of trust as a provocation to him.

His hatred towards the Zhou Kingdom naturally shifted to the Huaxu King, Yuan Wuyou and the Xiangyang Prefect who mediated between the two.

When Yuan Wuyou heard the reason given by the Xiangyang governor, his eyebrows stood up: "His uncle was killed? I asked Dugu Jialuo to escort him! ... She will never mess it up, right?"

Then he realized, "That's not right? I did it with good intentions, but he didn't pick up the person, and now he's blaming me for it?"

No matter what Wan Yuwuyou thinks, now that his army is approaching the city, Yuan Wuyou has to meet him.

***
A few moments.

Outside Xinye County, on the Yushui River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, Yuan Wuyou, holding a basket of orange-red poppies, looked across the river at the young Dangxiang Khan.

The man had short hair that reached his cheeks, and a ponytail with a fluffy silver wolf tail tied to it on top of his head.

And his unique long braid had loosened and draped over the silver shoulder armor. The hair was soft and steady, but its owner had a calm expression and deep blue eyes with a gloomy expression.

It is exactly that Wan Yu is safe.

The two men met eyes in front of the two armies, across the surging Yu Shui River which was several feet wide.

Wan Yuwu looked at the other side of the river, where the young general in golden armor was being pulled back by the Xiangyang soldiers. She held a basket of flowers and stared at him.

His face was gloomy and calm, but his heart was extremely excited.

How did she come here? Why was she in Xinye? Did she know his plan and come to stop him, or... was she bewitched and coerced by the governor of Xiangyang or the people of Zhou?
Did she meet him by chance, or did she come to be his enemy?
At this moment, Lieutenant General Mi Qin beside him also noticed it, raised his hand and pointed at her opposite and said:
"Look, Khan! She was the one who encouraged you to come back and be yourself, but she's not happy when you really come back."

——Across the river, the fighting in Xinye was equally fierce and the situation was in complete chaos.

Someone beside her desperately tried to drag Yuan Wuyou away, asking her to retreat. The flower basket in her arms was squeezed and deformed, and the poppies inside fell to the ground.

She didn't dare to call him by his past name, and could only tremble and call him "Yu Meiren"...

The governor of Xiangyang heard this and advised, "Don't feel bad for Concubine Yu on the ground. I'll find you a mermaid later!"

Because they were too far away, and separated by the shouts of thousands of troops and the roaring rivers, all he could hear was the sound of water, and Wan Yuwuyou could not hear what she said.

But he saw her lip movements clearly; she was calling his name, the nickname that belonged only to him.

Wan Yuwu's eyes instantly turned red. He couldn't help but pursed his lips and whispered: "Yu Meiren..."

Mi Qinlin, who was standing by, saw the Khan's face change drastically and knew something was wrong. The tyrant woman was using a beauty trap!
Is this right? Is this right!
He saw through the false beauty trap: "My king, Daji has something to say." The real beauty trap: the silent cry "Yu Meiren!"

If the Khan hears "Yu Meiren" a few more times, I'm afraid the scene of Farewell My Concubine will be repeated here.

So the governor of Xiangyang grabbed the queen, while the deputy general Mi Qin tried his best to block his Khan's sight, but failed.

Wan Yuwu watched her being dragged away, his eyes still firmly looking in his direction, until the flower basket in her arms fell to the ground, scattering a bunch of bright red flowers.

He was the best archer and had a very sharp eye, so he could naturally see that the person in her arms was... Yu Meiren.

He thought a lot at this moment.

She knew that her last name was Tuoba, and that she had been gambling with both the Yuwen family and the Yuan family. Now, she was actually pretending to obey both sides, only for her own benefit, and she wanted the Tuoba tribe to use the power of the Dangxiang to annex Huaxu...

Yuan Wuyou knew that he was a true rebel, insidious and cunning, so why did she pick poppy flowers for him and call him by that nickname? Did she... also have some sympathy for him, did she have some special feelings for him?

Thinking of this, Wan Yuwu Yu suddenly realized and he panicked.

He had never been loved by anyone in his life. When he thought about it carefully, the best time of his life was given by her.