A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 913 Blessing My Daughter-in-law
Outside Xinye City, on the hillside where poppies are in full bloom.

In front of the monument of the former king of the Dangxiang, the female Khan, there is a human head wrapped in red cloth. He risked his life to ambush the envoy of the Prime Minister on his way home and snatched it from the coffin that was heavily guarded.

At that time, the young Khan knelt on his knees in front of his mother's monument. He was pious and respectful, and his tone was heavy:

"Mother Khan, I have avenged half of my revenge. I hope this can comfort your soul in heaven."

"I will live well. The Queen of Huaxu treats me very well. I will definitely assist her. The king and his subjects will be of one mind, and the generals and ministers will be in harmony."

Yuan Wuyou, who was standing a few steps behind him, looked at him with his hands down and said, "Is that all?"

Wan Yuwu Yu finally turned his head, looked at her, then turned back to look at his late mother's tombstone, his eyes full of heaviness and tragedy.

"The Lord of Huaxu and I love each other, but the country is unstable in these turbulent times. Maybe... maybe after I leave, I won't be able to visit you for many years."

When he reached this point, his tone became sadder and his voice became lower. Yuan Wuyou, who was standing behind him, felt a blockage in his heart and silently took two steps forward and stopped behind him.

But she didn't say anything to interrupt him.

The young Khan did not look back. He suddenly bent his straight back and kowtowed with his hands clasped together. However, his forehead did not fall on the back of his hands, but hit the ground heavily.

"Please, from your spirit in heaven, bless the Lord of Huaxu. Bless your daughter-in-law."

"Huh?" Yuan Wuyou couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

If he didn't ask his mother's spirit in heaven to bless him, how could he ask her to bless him? But Yuan Wuyou didn't know what to say.

After Yuan Wuyou handed over Xinye to Wan Yuwuyu and asked Wan Yuwuyu to station troops there to guard the city, he let the prefect of Xiangyang leave.

She had no intention of going to Xiangyang with Governor Yu, but wanted to find out the purpose of the Zhou Kingdom sending heavy troops to encircle Nanyang.

But Yuan Wuyou was blocked by Zhou army not long after he left Xinye City. The leader, Duke of Wei, Yuwen Zhi, shouted that he didn't want to kill him alive, and just hacked to death the King of Fengling who was causing trouble for the country and the people!
Yuan Wuyou was stunned at the time: "Isn't your excuse too far-fetched? If I hadn't exchanged my body for medicine, your brother and the others would have died of illness in Xiyang. Why are you repaying kindness with enmity?"

When she mentioned this, Yuwen Zhi became even more excited, pointing at her and cursing, saying that if she had not colluded with the Dangxiang traitors, would he have been transferred to resist the Rouran? Now, the Rouran had just withdrawn their troops, and Nanyang was lost again.

Later, Yuan Wuyou learned from the furious Yuwen Zhi that she had been away for a few days and had no chance to visit Xinye. The Dangxiang Khan sent troops to Xinye in the name of protecting the "Xiangyang Prefect". After entering Xinye, he announced to the outside world that the Jingxiang area was also in the hands of the Dangxiang.

Therefore, the Zhou State believed that Prince Fengling was colluding with the Dangxiang and erased her heroic deeds of sacrificing her life in exchange for medicine. So the new military commander appointed by the Prime Minister sent Prince Heyin and the Yuan family soldiers to attack Xinye.

But the Prince of Heyin refused, saying that it would be impossible unless there was an official transfer order from the Tianguan Palace with the emperor's seal.

Everyone inside and outside the court knew that Prince Heyin had always obeyed orders but not announcements, but he had always been angry but dared not speak out. Advice was useless, so he had gotten used to it.

But when his temper is used on you, you will know what it means to "dislike him but can't do anything about him". The Prime Minister's envoy was turned away by the King of Heyin, and he was furious. Fortunately, the Duke of Wei was transferred back by him and just took over at this time.

Yuan Wuyou encountered Yuwen Zhi because of this.

She had just recovered from a serious illness and was not fully recovered yet, so she wanted to turn her horse around and run away. Fortunately, Yuan Wuyou did not run far before she turned around and ran into the arms of King Dangxiang, who was waiting outside Xinye City and had rushed over after hearing the news.

However, the Northern Zhou and the Dangxiang were already enemies who would fight each other as soon as they met, and Yuan Wuyou, the King of Fengling, was in the middle and faced a dilemma.

The Zhou Kingdom wanted to kill her, so Wan Yuwuyou naturally refused to let her return to the Zhou Kingdom. However, Yuan Wuyou knew very well that if she openly supported the Dangxiang, the Zhou Kingdom would mobilize the entire country to suppress the rebellion and resist the invasion to deal with herself and the Dangxiang.

I am afraid that even the Jingxiang area will not be spared. At this time, the Dangxiang Khan, who was eager to become king, told Yuwen Zhi that he was unable to pursue the Huaxu King Fengling, so he seized her territory and imprisoned Fengling King in order to help her clear her relationship with him.

After hearing this, Yu Wenzhi was stunned for a moment, "You two? When did this happen?" He looked at Yuan Wuyou with sympathy.
"So, you were abducted and forced by him?"

Yuan Wuyou: "..."

She was stunned for a moment and then quickly retorted, staring with shame and anger, "No, no, we didn't do that, don't ruin my reputation!"

Her eagerness to refute seemed to make things more obvious.

Yuwen Zhi suddenly changed his murderous aura, sighed, and looked at him with sympathy: "Forget it, I can't examine you two. Since you have your reasons, I will keep you alive. Go back and explain to my brother."

As he said this, he asked someone to invite "King Fengling" back.

When King Dangxiang saw that Zhou had no intention of harming her, he withdrew his troops back to Xinye, leaving Yuan Wuyou standing there alone with her horse.

Yuan Wuyou felt very uncomfortable, mainly because Wan Yuwuyu had rescued her. This excuse was too hard to make.

Moreover, Wan Yuwuyu announced to the outside world that he had seized the Jingxiang area and imprisoned her, the ruler of Huaxu State. He also wanted to evade the main issue and use "affairs between men and women" to cover up the fact that he had occupied her territory and usurped the throne. It was clear that he was like Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword and shooting an arrow at the Zhou emperor, intending to annex Huaxu and replace it.

Thinking of this, Yuan Wuyou turned back with gloomy eyes and looked in the direction where Dangxiang Khan left.

The sun was setting at that time, probably around 3 p.m., but the sky was gloomy and the sunlight was blocked by dark clouds.

It seemed to indicate that she had let a wolf into the house and was being sidelined.

Fearing that Xinye was in danger, Yuan Wuyou really couldn't go with Yuwen Zhi.

***
The sun was setting and a drizzle began to fall before dusk.

Outside Xinye City, brightly colored poppies bloomed all over the hillside.

Princess Bailan, wearing a white shirt and armor, was standing in front of the slope, leading only a chestnut horse, waiting for the young King Dangxiang to return with his troops.

After the young man in silver armor came closer, she looked seriously at the deputy generals and guards on his left and right.

"Let them stand back. I have something to ask you."

Wan Yuwu was sitting on the horse, looking down from a high position, glancing at the Princess Bai Lan in front of him with his phoenix eyes, his phoenix eyes full of arrogance.

"What do you want from me? Is it your turn to command my men, and yet you are questioning me? This Khan is not one of your men!"

"You went to rescue the Lord of Huaxu just now? Why didn't you bring him back?"

"Of course she has her own things to do, and she can't be around me every day."

"I heard that you imprisoned her and spent every night with her these past few days?"

"Who said that?" He had always been concerned about things related to her. When he heard someone spreading rumors about his pure love for her, the young Khan's eyes suddenly became gloomy, and he bit his back teeth and refuted loudly!
"False rumors! Slander! Even if I am a jerk, I won't take advantage of someone's misfortune to bully my beloved, right?"

As he spoke, Wan Yuwu waved his hand to let his subordinates behind him go into the city, and he stayed alone.