A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 881 Phoenix in the Mountain
Yuwen Huaibi then pretended to be dizzy and asked the girl in men's clothing to help him out. Yuan Wuyou saw that blood was flowing from his neck and his expression was depressed. He was terrified and tried to stop the bleeding.

She was afraid that he would die on the spot, so she quickly helped him out and found a place to treat him.

Yuan Wuyou originally thought that Yuwen Huaibi was just giving her a way out and pretended to be sick to help her get out.

But when she entered Yuwen Huaibi's room, she found that several waves of people wearing armor of various colors were pouring into the yard. Liu led the imperial guards to surround the yard.

After Yuan Wuyou stopped the bleeding on Yuwen Huaibi's neck and wrapped it with a white bandage, he waved his sleeves and left freely, but she was trapped in the room.

Before he left, Yuwen Huaibi looked at the bewildered girl in men's clothing and comforted her, "Just stay in my house and no one will cause you any trouble."

After saying that, he left.

Yuan Wuyou, who was left in the house, must not be idle.

She paced around the room a few times and found that she was indeed the only one left in the room, so she began to look for loopholes in the house. After a careful inspection, she only saw that the windows were surrounded by iron bars and the door was heavily guarded.

It seems that this house is used to imprison people. I wonder if it was built specifically for Yuan Wuyou by a prophet, or if it was used to imprison Yuwen Huaibi before.

Just as Yuan Wuyou was pacing in thought, someone suddenly came from outside to report that Master Li from Longxi had arrived and was here to persuade Prince Fengling to return to Chang'an with him and recognize his ancestry.

No matter what the reason, Yuan Wuyou was very happy to see him.

When he really met Li Mingjian, Yuan Wuyou discovered that he had undone his usual pigtails, combed his long black hair into a ponytail, covered it with a straw hat, and wore a loose knee-length black shirt.

She was about to tease him about how he suddenly dressed so plainly, but he spoke first, saying that he wanted her to exchange clothes with him, and that he planned to disguise himself as her and stay here.

But he could only help her up to this point; he really couldn't do anything about Wan Yu Wu Yu.

When Yuan Wuyou heard this idea, he was instantly filled with joy, but then he looked at the young man in front of him with worry.

"If you help me escape, aren't you afraid that Zhou Guo will be angry with you and kill you in a rage?"

Li Ming saw Youhong's lips curled up slightly, and her usually arrogant eyes were unusually gentle today. He smiled and said, "That's good. Dying here is like returning to my roots. I don't have to go back to the Shiwan Mountains."

He was smiling, but his words were tragic and bitter.

Yuan Wuyou felt a pang in his heart, "If you don't like it there, why do you want to go back?"

The boy drooped his eyelashes and whispered, "My father is still there."

At this moment, Yuan Wuyou wanted to slap herself in the face. She immediately stopped rushing to leave and pulled the boy who was still standing opposite her to sit on the chair next to her, saying that she had something to say to him.

Li Ming gladly accepted it and took off the straw hat he was wearing while sitting down.

He had just put his hat on the table next to him when his sister, who was sitting opposite him, began to confess:

"I'm sorry...Brother..."

Yuan Wuyou had a thousand words in his heart, but he couldn't say them out loud.

He felt sorry for him, for sacrificing himself to get her out, and for his uncle, who had been trapped in southern Xinjiang for eighteen years.

Li Ming heard this and raised his eyes slightly, glanced at her, and said nonchalantly: "Brother is here."

"You look so strange today. You have this fatherly glow about you. It's not like you at all."

"Oh, then what am I like normally? Arrogant, domineering, vicious and cruel?"

"Of course not, it's just that you seem to be much more mature today. It's so strange. If I didn't know that you don't have a lover, I would have suspected that you were going to get married." Li Ming saw her eyes narrowed slightly, raised his slender jade hand angrily, poked her plump forehead, and snorted while biting his back teeth.
"You girl, you dare to tease me? Don't you say in the Central Plains that the eldest brother is like a father? I was just thinking of my father, and you are just a poor little kid whose parents are both dead."

"You should have been living in Chang'an, enjoying the best of life in a prosperous city, without worries, but you are stranded in a place where even birds can't fly away..."

"At least I came out," the boy said helplessly.
"Do you know what I was most thankful for when I came out of the mountains?"

"what?"

"Guess."

"Contact us and let us know that you are still alive, that you and your uncle are still alive?"

"I'm glad that I didn't miss your entire past."

Their eyes met, and Yuan Wuyou's heart trembled instantly when he saw the gentle and loving eyes of his brother.

She looked at him in astonishment, but Li Mingjian avoided her gaze and continued in a calm tone,
"I'm not a competent brother. I only see you once every few years. My dear sister has changed so much that I always dare not recognize you..."

Hearing this, Yuan Wuyou raised her hand to cover his mouth. Her vision suddenly became blurry again, and she was choked with sobs when she spoke.

"Stop talking, stop talking! You are a good brother, but I am not a good sister. I haven't rescued you yet, and I can only watch you go back into the fire pit..."

Seeing her sister's eyelashes fluttering and her amber eyes moist, the black-shirted boy's sharp eyes were still gentle.

The corners of his lips curled slightly, he smiled, and his cool, slender fingers lifted up half of her warm cheek again.

"Don't cry, sister. Even if I die, I will turn into a butterfly and fly out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to find you."

After saying that, he realized that something was wrong, and said apologetically, "Stop talking, change your clothes with me and go out, I'm afraid that the special envoy of Dazai will come over later."

Li Ming's words made Yuan Wuyou feel even more uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, brother, I still have something to tell you..."

"You'd better pick out the important things to say."

"I've wondered before why golden phoenixes would fly out of some remote mountain valleys. It's only after seeing you that I understand. It turns out that in every mountain valley where golden phoenixes fly out, countless phoenixes may have fallen there."

"Heh." Li Ming laughed, then reached down to touch the bamboo hat on the table, his eyes serious, "Stop talking nonsense and change your clothes."

Yuan Wuyou held his hand with his palm, "Wait!"

Then, the younger sister looked solemn and said resolutely:
"I must rescue you! You are the son of the Longxi Li family, a noble family in Chang'an. Why do they have the right to detain a golden phoenix like you in the mountains?"

"Okay, I'll wait for you, sister."

After a pause, Li Mingjian reached out to touch her face, but only hooked the messy hair at her temples behind her ears.

"If it's difficult, don't come to me. What I'm saying is... just let me die in the Shiwan Mountains."

"How can that be? You are from the Longxi Li family, and you are my brother. I will never let you live out in the world!"

"That's not what I meant. I'm ashamed of you and ashamed to see you."

Yuan Wuyou had been feeling uneasy for a long time when he saw Li Ming's strange gentleness and kindness today. It was only when he heard this that he realized something was wrong.