A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 796 Stay in Jiangnan
At that time, Xiao Qingzhi held a large lotus in his hand, floating on the water from the waist up, undulating with the waves, like a bewitching mermaid. More like a water snake snorkeling on the clear waves of the river, waiting for an opportunity to attack people who fall into the water.

"Why don't you leave? Stay in Jiangnan. It's spring now. I'll take you to Jinling and the West Lake. Jiangnan has thousands of hectares of lotus ponds, fishermen's singing and boats, and a land of fish and rice... I'll give you everything I have."

Summer is almost over, isn’t it too late for spring?
When Yuan Wuyou woke up, she found that she was saved by Xiao Qingzhi. She had experienced too many setbacks in the past few days and was no longer in the mood to question why he was here.

She only lazily looked up at the sun, not at him in the water. It seemed that if she looked at him for one more second, she would be entangled by this water snake and dragged into the water.

The girl leaning against the pavilion pillar spoke calmly and calmly:

"What if the Northern Dynasty's troops attack us?"

The young man swam forward dissatisfiedly, put his elbows on the steps closest to the water, looked at her with his chin in his hand, and frowned:
"Why are you so…speechless? I'm talking to you about love."

Yuan Wuyou raised her eyes slightly, "This is all I can think of when it comes to love. If you don't have weapons in your hands, if you are not strong and powerful, how can you have these conditions to enjoy love?"

"You are just a girl. There are so many male generals to take care of the defense of the country."

"Who cares who the generals point their guns at? They are just generals. I am the king, the emperor. I want the world to be peaceful and prosperous, but I am the only one in the world who can stick to this path."

"You have to sacrifice human ethics and selfish desires on this path. The men in the Northern Dynasty are not worthy of you doing this. Look at them, the Gao family and the Yuwen family. Which one of them is not taking advantage of you?"

"But the people are worth it. They use me, and I use them."

Xiao Qingzhi first stretched out one of her slender legs to step onto the stairs, and then went ashore wrapped in her wet, flesh-transparent gauze dress.

The boy looked at her disappointedly, his eyes pitiful.

"But the people of the Southern Dynasty are your people now. Back then, the Han people migrated south. If you want to revive the Han Dynasty, the Southern Dynasty is the legitimate one. I am related to the Chen Dynasty, so it won't be difficult for me to make you a royal daughter-in-law."

"I don't want to be a daughter-in-law. I am the Empress Huaxu. Why should I be the wife of a clan relative?"

"Do you want to be the Crown Princess or the Queen?" He suddenly laughed, "If you want to come to Southern Chen to control the government, I dare to fight for you and welcome you to the court to announce the emperor's orders."

Yuan Wuyou replied nonchalantly:

"Don't be ridiculous. You are a member of the royal family of the previous dynasty. How dare you, a weak and fragile person, revive the Southern Liang Dynasty?"

"You don't want to stay because you think I'm not capable of it?"

The young man slowly sat down on the steps beside her, not caring that he was soaked through and the white gauze was see-through, and he looked at her with a smile, "What if I can do it? Would you like to be the crown princess, the queen?"

When their eyes met, Yuan Wuyou discovered that his purple eyes were always smiling but not fully reflected.

"Then I won't stay either. I am Empress Huaxu, and the Northern Dynasty should have been mine! Why should I lower my status and become an empress?"

"How stubborn and ambitious."

After sighing, the boy chuckled.
"I really admire your ambition and political views, but unfortunately the time we spend together is always short, and I don't have the opportunity to learn more from you."

"You can come to Fengling Palace to help me with household affairs in the future. I can fight and scheme, but I won't take care of household affairs in the harem."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingzhi narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Tsk... housekeeper? Managing household affairs is the job of the principal wife. Is Prince Fengling inviting me to be his husband?"

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say it."

After saying that, Yuan Wuyou leaned on the pavilion pillar behind him and slowly stood up.

This caused the young prince who was sitting on the steps to hurriedly grab the wet corner of her clothes.

"I'm so scared when you stand up."

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will fight you?"

"Yes, with an opponent like you, what are our chances of winning?"

"We are from China, and we are one family. You'd better know the situation and form an alliance, instead of surrendering when the enemy comes to your gates."

The young prince raised his purple eyes with upturned corners and looked up at the girl who was standing in front of him, looking down at him condescendingly.

"If you want to be an empress in the Southern Dynasty, it will be much more difficult than to wipe out the Northern Dynasty and then inherit your mother's career and become the Khan."

"Oh? Are you exaggerating?" "What the emperor brought with him was etiquette and rituals, and the three religions of the noble and humble. Even if the emperor agrees, the noble families and the people who support the royal family will not agree. They would rather live under the rule of a male beggar than bow down to a woman."

Yuan Wuyou didn't take it seriously and said calmly,

"Then you can only wait for death. It seems that you are very clear about the phenomenon of the Southern Dynasty. Do you prefer the royal family or the aristocratic family?"

"My heart is with you."

"Why? We have only met a few times, why are you so inappropriate towards me?"

"I felt like I've known you before. Maybe we're childhood sweethearts who grew up together, but you're at your house and I'm at mine."

"The prince is really good at joking."

Yuan Wuyou kept making jokes, but still insisted,
"I borrowed a boat from the prince. I should go back now."

Upon hearing this, the young man stood up with his frail body, and ran to her again to stop her, "You are seriously injured. I ordered the stove to prepare medicine..."

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Wuyou pulled something out from his sleeve, opened it neatly, and revealed the various colored powders in the silk handkerchief.

"Wu Shi San, huh? I'm young and energetic, so I don't need this stuff. I'll keep it for you, along with what you wanted the maid to feed me just now, and return it intact."

"This is the most superior immortal product since the Wei and Jin Dynasties..."

"I don't want to become an immortal, nor do I want to be involved in these things."

Xiao Qingzhi bit his back teeth and said, "You really would rather break than bend. People who are too innocent are very stubborn and easy to break."

The girl, with her white shirt half wet and a crooked ponytail on her head, had a look of majesty without anger and her demeanor was even more heroic.

"That's good to know. I would rather die with honor than compromise."

The young man narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled in an ambiguous way.

"My Lord, do you know that your pride and strong temper will only make people want to take you away more?"

"A tiger may lose a fight, but it will never give in. It will only practice hard and wait to win again. As for you, my prince—"

The girl suddenly put her hands on her knees, leaned forward slightly, and glanced at him with contempt.

"In the eyes of the tiger, you are not even an equal opponent. How dare a mere rat from Jiangdong claim to tame a tiger? The prince has really shown the bad habits of men in the Southern Dynasty to the fullest."

Facing her ridicule, Xiao Qingzhi was not annoyed. Instead, he continued to smile and praised her.
"The queen is truly a woman of extraordinary talent. I admire her."

These words come from the heart.

Xiao Qingzhi only felt that the female ruler in front of him was too charming, unrestrained, untainted, and tenacious in her own way...

If the world allows equal rights for men and women, she will be the most suitable person to be the emperor. She will definitely do everything well!

Yuan Wuyou was speechless.

Why is this prince like a tree bark? If you ignore him, he will get ahead of you. If you pay attention to him, you are afraid that he will sting you, but you are also afraid that he will feel good.

"Sir, are you going to let me go, or should I fight my way out? You choose a better reputation."

"Why is the king in such a hurry to leave? Are you thinking about the traitorous Tangut Khan?"

Before Xiao Qingzhi finished speaking, she suddenly raised her eyes with a fierce look. "How dare you!"

But he kept talking to himself, "I heard everything. He was outside Xinye City, across the river from you. The army was approaching, but he left as soon as he saw you."

"What do you want to say? Don't get me wrong, we were not in cahoots at the time."

When the young man heard this, his long eyelashes like butterfly wings fluttered gracefully, and his picturesque eyebrows curled up into a sly smile.

"Do you two still need to collude in person? Fortunately, he retreated at that time and did not really attack. Otherwise, once the eight Tangut tribes broke through Xinye County, he would have been convicted of rebellion and would have been a complete traitor. There would be no chance for you and him anymore."

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