A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 802: North-South Crossroads
Looking at the ghost-faced man who was holding a three-pointed, double-edged spear upside down and coming towards him with a menacing momentum, and seeing the female king who was wearing a mandarin duck-shaped golden armor, he slowly turned his horse around and waited, and was the first to shout to retreat!

"Why did Prince Lanling come here?"

Still several feet away from her, the ghost-faced man said:

"You left without saying goodbye, what do you want to do? You just abandoned my brother, and now you're going to beat up my other brother?"

"Tsk, so Lanling Wang is here to call for punishment? I was promoted to be the ruler of Huaxu State, and I am retired to be the aunt of the Zheng family in Mulan City. What do I want to do? Do I need to report to you?"

"The matter of Mulan City involves too many things. Don't listen to one-sided words!"

"My subject is dead, I have no intention of explaining right and wrong."

Having said this in a deep voice, Yuan Wuyou swiftly took out the white lacquered bow behind him and pointed it in the air at the ghost-faced general coming towards him.

"Back off! If you continue to make trouble, I will aim at you."

Gao Changgong rushed forward recklessly, blocking her bow and gun with his chest, the pair of dark phoenix eyes under the ghost mask sparkled!
"If the king wants to kill Gao Changgong, don't hesitate!"

Before he finished speaking, the troops following him also rushed out, and the female general Zheng Guanqi, who was in the lead, shouted in a stern voice:

"It's already this late, why are you still competing with him?"

Yuan Wuyou followed her instructions and forcefully pushed away the ghost-faced man who was blocking her way. She retracted the bow and arrow with one hand and drew her sword with the other, pointing it at him.

"Back off!"

Gao Changgong said unwillingly, "Do you want to be an enemy of Da Qi?"

The queen sat on a black horse with her back straight, her eyebrows raised and her eyes haughty.

"Aren't you my enemy in every way? Have you ever really treated me as your own? Now you even dare to kill my messenger. How is that different from declaring war on me?"

"Hulu Hengjia killed an innocent person by mistake. Can't you calm down and find out the truth?"

"Isn't the truth clear yet? She means more to me and Mulan City than just 'innocent'. Stop trying to evade the important point!"

Yuan Wuyou suppressed his anger, his brows and eyes were gloomy, and he said sternly:
"Gao Changgong, you have fought in many battles in the south and the north, how could you not know the significance of him killing the envoy in front of the battlefield? You are too biased towards your own people and are exclusive to me. Don't force me to not even give you the last bit of dignity."

The Ghost-faced General was speechless due to her aggressive questioning. Just as she said, he saw everything clearly, but he pretended to be ignorant and just tried to avoid the main point in order to keep her.

And she saw it just as clearly.

There were Zheng Guanqi and his gang of outsiders present, and if he continued to make trouble, he would really not be able to end the matter with her in a decent manner.

The two of them stood face to face for a while and then parted unhappily.

Yuan Wuyou left anyway, alone without taking anyone with her. Only Zheng Guanqi and her Zheng family's private soldiers accompanied her.

But Gao Changgong, who was left behind, hesitated for a while, and finally urged his horse to rush to the front, insisting on riding side by side with the queen's horse.

Yuan Wuyou didn't want to pay attention to him, but the ghost-faced general riding beside her didn't give in and took the initiative to talk to him:
"Will you kill Hulu Hengjia?"

"if not?"

Seeing her staring forward with a determined look, without even turning her head, and even speaking in a cold and harsh tone, Gao Changgong's dark eyes under his ghostly face became even more gloomy:
"So every step you take along the border of Qi State is to fight for every inch of land?"

"how?"

"You are very regal, and I admire that."

"Thank you, Prince Lanling, for your praise."

"King Lanling? Haha... Then how do you treat your fifth brother——"

"Don't mention him!" She interrupted him impatiently, then turned her head and glared at him with a pair of sinister and cruel amber eyes, "I don't want to hear anything about him anymore."

The ghost-faced man bravely spoke in a weak voice, "He was wrongly accused! Think about it... He is not that kind of person."

"Whether it's unjust or not, what does it matter? The child is gone and we have become a laughing stock."

Yuan Wuyou gave a bitter smile and changed the subject.

"If I send troops to attack the Hulu tribe, will you charge in front and fight me to the death?"

"I will avoid it this time. After all, every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. The debt of life of Mulan City and the Tangut envoys is owed to you by them."

"Thank you for your generosity."

"However," Gao Changgong's dark eyes suddenly became sharp, his gaze solemn and murderous. "If you cross the line, I will not give up an inch of land and fight to protect the integrity of the Great Qi territory."

"So you and I always put the country before family, and public before private, right?"

"Isn't that the same for you?"

Gao Changgong spoke with a firm tone and his eyes were resolute and determined.

The moment the two people's eyes met, Yuan Wuyou seemed to hear the sharp sound of swords being unsheathed and the sound of zithers ambushed on all sides.

There was no smiling at each other, nor was there any tit-for-tat glaring at each other.

The two of them looked equally determined, and affirmed each other's consistent principles.

Finally, the ghost-faced man lowered his eyelashes, retracted his dark and murderous eyes, and bowed to her in a deep voice:

"Bowang City is a hundred miles away from Mulan City, but the battlefield of Bowang City is right in front of my king. We cannot go together. I hope you take care."

After saying this, Gao Changgong turned his horse around and left.

Gao Changgong, wearing golden armor, faced the sound of horns and drums coming from the direction of Bowang City not far away. He rode a red robe and a white horse with his high ponytail flying as he walked into the battlefield where the wind was howling.

The Ghost-faced General's back was tall and firm, blending seamlessly with the wind and the yellow sand. He seemed to be born to be part of the battlefield... But in front of Yuan Wuyou, he would also be fragile and hesitant for a moment. He only wished to start a family with her, to have a home to return to, and a stable arm.

Even though she was young and incompetent, trapped in power struggles, and even though she was passionate and did not regard him as her only husband, Gao Changgong loved her wholeheartedly and was only willing to marry her as promised and become husband and wife.

Yuan Wuyou felt guilty for failing him. But Gao Changgong never lived on love. In fact, he was the most fearless and emotionally unaffected person she had ever met.

The two of them turned their backs to each other and said goodbye, but they were going in completely different directions and were irreconcilable.

There are many roads in life, I go to the Yangtze River and you go to Qi.

……

The moment Yuan Wuyou received the white lacquered bow from Feng Lingxin, she knew that the Dangxiang people had met her.

Coincidentally, as soon as she left Bowang City, she ran into Mi Qinlin who was waiting for her with several guards, and only then did she learn the reason for this.

Yesterday, when Mi Qinlin saw that the Khan was in trouble, he took his uncle Wan Yu to find the prefect of Xiangyang. After trusting the person to the prefect, he asked him to find the queen and return the Huaxu tiger talisman.

It was also through the prefect of Xiangyang that I got in touch with Sister Feng.

When Mi Qinlin saw the queen, he put forward a condition that he would only give her the tiger talisman if she took him to see the Khan.

Yuan Wuyou was already worried about Wan Yuwu, and now that his good deputy general gave her a way out, she naturally agreed.

She took back the Huaxu Tiger Tally on the spot and was able to control the eight tribes of the Dangxiang and Bai Lan again. She thought that no matter what the attitude of Qi and Zhou was towards the Dangxiang's border violations, she could at least control the Dangxiang.