A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 781 Beauty's Tomb
The two were so engrossed in their chat in the tent that Lieutenant General Mi Qin, who was guarding outside the tent, became impatient and came in to urge them to stop.

Yuan Wuyou didn't dare let Wan Yuwuyu carry him out, but he was concerned about her injury and followed her closely all the way.

As soon as she went out, she saw the outside of Xinye City and the bank of Yushui River.

The Dangxiang finally came to attack Xinye.

However, because Prince Fengling was sent here, he withdrew his troops as instructed and released the prefect of Xiangyang.

At that time, the two of them stood side by side, in front of a sea of ​​poppies, looking into the distance.

Yuan Wuyou noticed with his sharp eyes that there was a stone tablet with "Tomb of Beauty" engraved on it behind him. Just as he was about to explain it to him, Wan Yuwuyu pointed to the Yushui River outside Xinye Slope:
"This river buried three generations of my ancestors."

"what?"

"My grandmother, mother, brother...all died here." He sneered.
"I thought Jingxiang was difficult to conquer, but it turns out that it's just the Zhou Kingdom that wants them dead."

Yuan Wuyou felt embarrassed and didn't quite understand what was said, so he changed the subject.

"I haven't heard that your grandmother has any connection with Xinye, but didn't your mother... die of illness in Chang'an?"

"My mother...actually passed away in Xinye due to illness."

The rhino-armored young man who was standing next to her spoke in a low, gentle voice.

"Three years ago, there was a famine in the Dangxiang tribe, and half of the Tuoba tribe members died of hunger and cold. My mother asked Huaxu for disaster relief grain, but the previous emperor died suddenly and the crown prince was missing, so it was naturally fruitless. At this time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty promised to surrender with food, so my mother led the tribe to go..."

It was the first time that Wan Yuwu told her these old stories. He spoke in a calm tone, but his words became increasingly hoarse and difficult.

Hearing this, Yuan Wuyou's eyes were filled with pain.

"Is that so? Then why didn't you explain... and let me think you were a real traitor."

"What's the point of explaining to others? Betraying the country just to have enough food will only make the Zhou people laugh at you."

The young man tilted his face, which looked like it was cut by a knife, and looked at her with his dark and bright eyes. "What's the point of explaining to you? At that time, your whereabouts were unknown, Huaxu was in danger, and the Tuoba tribe had no choice but to wait for death, except for treason."

Yuan Wuyou choked and said no more.

Wan Yu Wu Yu continued,
"I came to Chang'an and found out that the Southern Liang had just invaded Xinye. The Zhou Kingdom recruited the Tuoba tribe to surrender in order to send my mother to quell the rebellion. After exchanging food for the tribe, my mother contracted the plague of the Southern Liang. The Zhou people refused to treat her and let her fester and die."

"The Zhou Kingdom actually resorted to such a dirty trick? Could it be that Yuwen Huaibi approved it? He was able to let your mother die in Chang'an, but he didn't send an imperial physician to treat her?"

"It has nothing to do with your majesty! I also thought she returned to Chang'an, but later I found out that she died in Xinye... It was the warlord Chi Luoxie who abandoned my mother because he was afraid that the soldiers would get sick. But he was a close confidant of the prime minister, and no one dared to disobey his orders."

"This Chi Luoxie... has done so much harm to people. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets hacked to death in the street by his enemies one day."

"I just erected a tombstone for her today. My mother's remains were thrown in this flower field, and there are only a few pieces left."

His tone was originally calm, but at this point it became heavy and sad.

"I can recognize her bones because there are cracks on her arm bones caused by a knife. After you rescued me from Yongxiang, she cut them herself in order to sever the mother-son relationship with me."

Yuan Wuyou felt the same sadness when he heard it, and instantly gave up the idea of ​​telling him the origin of this flower field.

"Your mother...is a very nice person."

"She is also very kind to her people. It's a pity that once a woman becomes a tyrant and falls in love with a man, she will become unhappy."

When Wan Yuwuyu said this, his deep blue eyes glanced at the girl beside him. He wanted to warn her, but he felt that he was scolding himself, so he coughed lightly and said:

"But I am different from that man!" "Zhou Guo also said that you killed your father on the battlefield."

"Humph, he died of his own injuries! If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn't have waited until a few years ago."

"You can tolerate Zhou Guo slandering you like that?"

"The more vicious my reputation is, the fewer people will dare to mess with me. Apart from the royal relatives of the Yuwen family, few dare to bully me."

At this point, Wan Yu Wu Yu asked softly:
"My mother's tombstone is nearby. Would you like to... accompany me to take a look?"

The young man standing side by side with Yuan Wuyou didn't even turn his head. He loved to stare at others when he talked, but now he avoided her. Was he afraid that she would reject him?

She was stunned for only a moment, then responded, "Let's go."

The two of them walked up to the "Tomb of the Beauty". Yuan Wuyou indeed saw an extra stone tablet with Qiang language written in the middle, but she could not understand it very well.

Yuan Wuyou was stunned. "Why are these two...put together?"

Wan Yuwu looked up at her and said, "You said there was a field of poppy outside Xinye City, which was a witness to your parents' love. There is also a tomb of poppy... I am here to see it with you."

Yuan Wuyou was moved for a moment, but he didn't dare to take advantage of the situation, after all, this was also his mother's grave.

He just looked at the stele next to him and asked, "Should I pay my respects to your mother?"

After saying this, he bowed, but was stopped by Wan Yuwu Yu.

"What are you worshipping? She is the subject and you are the king."

Yuan Wuyou choked, then he said in a muffled voice,

"Apart from the clan members, that is... my family members who need to worship her." As soon as he said this, Wan Yuwuyu hurriedly tried to make up for it.

"I'm just talking nonsense, don't take it seriously."

The two of them looked at each other in silence. After the atmosphere became dead silent, Wan Yuwu Yuchong looked at the two monuments in front of him with empty eyes.

"Every tribe dies because of losing sovereignty, just like my grandmother who came from Rou. When in Rome, do as the Romans do, which means she was annexed by the Han people. Now all the Tanguts are afraid that I will lose my fighting spirit and exchange my kingdom for a beauty. I can't let them down."

"Trading the kingdom for the beauty? Ask them to clarify whose kingdom it is and who is the beauty."

The queen next to him had a steady, clear voice, full of energy. Her tone was relaxed and seemed like she was joking, but it was not difficult to hear her doubts and rebuttals.

Wan Yu Wu Yu grew up with her, so he naturally understood what she didn't say directly, and felt even more sad.

"Everything in front of you now is, of course, your kingdom. But the kingdom they are talking about is in the north, and I guess you have never been there."

"How far north? I've been to Turkic and Shiwei many times."

"When I was young, my mother took me to the homeland of the Rouran, which was further north than the Turkic Shiwei and south of the Tianshan Mountains."

Yuan Wuyou was stunned for a moment, and her eyes suddenly widened.

"...Wait, where are you sending yourself? Go to the North Sea to herd sheep like Su Wu? Don't you want me anymore?"

The boy didn't even turn his head, still looking forward. But he responded to her in a cold tone,
"I'm sorry. I've considered you a relative since I first saw you when I was a child, but that's all. I can't ruin the future of my people because of my personal feelings."

"If you go to Tianshan, won't you also ruin the future of the Tuoba tribe?"

"Today's Dangxiang Tuoba tribe is originally the remnant of the people who migrated south from the Tianshan Mountains! Isn't it the same for your Yuan family?"