A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 962: Wind Sweeping Lanling
Last night, Yuan Wuyou saw too many lives and deaths. Human life is fragile and worthless. But behind each of those “grasses”, whose wife or husband is it? Whose parents or children are they? They are the families of the working people!

Gao Changgong in front of her was also eager to form a family with her. Unlike Wan Yuwuyu, who had a wolfish ambition, Gao Changgong was loyal and righteous, and he deserved the best in the world. But his wish was just to form a family with her, a family that belonged to him.

Looking at the girl kneeling in front of him with eyes full of affection and grief, even though Gao Changgong failed to marry Yuan Wuyou, he had already determined that she was the love of his life and his only wife.

"In fact, now, I am indeed as good as dead. I have been relieved of my command of the three armies, but the emperor has asked me to defend the city. If I win, I can retire, but if I lose, I lose."

"Is it because of me that Gao Wei treats you like this?"

"Even if you weren't here, it would only be a matter of time before I was killed because of my achievements."

Hearing this, Yuan Wuyou, who was kneeling on one knee in front of him, looked stunned and couldn't help but sit cross-legged in front of him.

"You actually know yourself... You are clearly sober, why do you still commit crimes knowingly?"

Gao Changgong shook his head and did not reply to her. He just looked at her with his increasingly tender dark phoenix eyes.

"With you, I am not in vain to be a man. I can love you and fight side by side with you in this life. Even if we cannot become real husband and wife, I, Gao Changgong, will die without regrets."

Whatever the beauty said was beyond doubt. At that time, Gao Changgong was wearing such clothes, and he spoke these heroic words in a gentle and cold manner. Anyone would be willing to give his life to her.

Yuan Wuyou's eyes became moist upon hearing this, and he was even more infuriated by Gao Changgong's determination to face death calmly despite his gentle eyes.

"I just hated you a little bit, why do you make me so sad? I won't let you die! I want to take you away!"

Gao Changgong shook his head.

"They want to kill me. Wherever I am, the Zhou army will rush there."

"I won't let you die!"

The handsome man in scholar's clothes suddenly smiled, showing his noble and gentle temperament. "You have a bright future, don't waste your time with an old guy like me... a dying man."

After hearing this, Yuan Wuyou, who was heartbroken, could no longer bear it.
"I'll take you out!" Yuan Wuyou stood up, walked to his side, and grabbed his hand hanging on his knees.

"Stop!" He shouted at her, then suddenly broke free from her hand, stretched out his sleeves, raised his handsome face, and asked her softly, "Does this dress look good on me?"

Yuan Wuyou said sincerely: "It looks good."

The prince of the royal family who was sitting there, his dignified and handsome face suddenly relaxed, his dark phoenix eyes were warm, affectionate and gentle.

"Remember me like this, I plan to look like this in my next life."

Yuan Wuyou shook his head and sat down beside him silently.

"You are beautiful enough, you can stay like this for the rest of your life..."

"What I'm talking about is... taking off my armor and returning home, wearing scholar's clothes, becoming an idle prince, and growing old with my lover. In my next life, I want to live an ordinary life like this."

"Life is long, this life is all we need, I want to love you till we grow old together..."

Gao Changgong sighed, raised his large sleeves embroidered with scales, and gently stroked her messy hair with his big hands.

"In the future... don't like those generals who always want to fight and kill. You should marry a man who is law-abiding, who can go home with you and be your good wife."

Yuan Wuyou shook his head, his brown eyes almost crying. "I want you, I want you! I don't want to marry a good wife to go home with me, I only want you, we have been through everything, and we can get through this time too!"

At this time, Gao Changgong, wearing the scholar's uniform he wore when attending court, had only a sword and a trident-shaped double-edged spear as weapons, and his trusted guards were standing guard outside.

Gao Changgong was about to return to Beijing to take up his new post, and he shouldn't have been injured. In his current state, he wasn't in a position to fight.

Thinking of this, since Yuan Wuyou had come in armor and armed with weapons, he planned to follow his example and fight for him.

At this time, he insisted on staying and guarding him, and refused to leave no matter what.

Just like Gao Changgong protected her before, this time it was Yuan Wuyou's turn to protect him.

Gao Changgong couldn't drive her away, and he felt sad and touched. He complained to her a few words, then sat down with her in his arms.

Until the rain stopped, someone came from outside to report that the Zhou army was approaching and was at the gate of the city.

At present, Lanling Wang's personal guards numbered over a hundred, and together with the guards of Bowang City, there were only a few hundred people. Facing the massacre, although the ratio of casualties between the enemy and us was large, the number of people defending Qi was limited.

Yuan Wuyou had no time to defend the city, let alone control others, so he focused on guarding Gao Changgong. Later, when he saw that the situation was not going well, he pulled him and tried to run away.

But he refused to leave, saying that he could not bear the reputation of a deserter and wanted to die with his soldiers. Yuan Wuyou was so angry that he chopped the side of his neck with a knife, and the man fainted instantly.

Yuan Wuyou hugged his limp body and thought to himself that it was a good thing he was not wearing armor today, otherwise he would not be able to use this trick.

Afterwards, Yuan Wuyou carried the unconscious man horizontally. As they walked out of the door and down the stairs, there were two horses, one black and one white. Wei Xiangyuan had already brought his eldest brother's horse.

Yuan Wuyou carried Gao Changgong to her horse, and asked Wei Xiangyuan to ride Gao Changgong's white horse and follow her to break through to Xinye.

Wei Xiangyuan's eyes were filled with worry, and he tried to stop her at first: "Do you want to kidnap my elder brother? Have you ever thought about how Qi will view him after the news gets out?"

Yuan Wuyou, who was holding the unconscious man in his arms, didn't bother to chat with him, his face was cold and gloomy. "If I wanted to kidnap him, you couldn't stop me, and neither could the Zhou Kingdom."

Wei Xiangyuan knew that he was powerless to stop it, but he also had doubts: "The one coming from outside the city is the Duke of Wei. I'm afraid he won't give you face. If you run into him with your brother, won't you be walking into a trap?"

Yuan Wuyou said confidently: "I have captured Yuwen Zhi more than once or twice. It was only because I knew it was him that I dared to break out."

As she said this, she tied the unconscious man to herself with a hemp rope, and even tied up his long legs which had nowhere to put. Then she pulled the reins and turned back to wave to Wei Xiangyuan.

"Let's go meet him."

Until the cock crowed at four o'clock in the morning.

Dawn comes, and the long night ends.

The morning breeze blew away the lingering smoke from Bowang City, and Prince Lanling, who was ordered to guard the city, was captured.

Last night, Prince Lanling tried the empty city plan again in Bowang City, but failed. He lost the city and fled to Xinye where Prince Fengling of Northern Zhou was stationed. When the King of Qi heard the news, he was furious and the fact that Prince Lanling was dismissed and his military power was taken back could no longer be concealed.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that it was thanks to the bloody battle of "Prince Lanling" Zheng Xuannu in Bowang City that Prince Lanling was saved last night. Otherwise, he would have been killed as well, at least seriously injured.

But Bowang City fell and none of the hundreds of soldiers in the city survived. The blame must be borne by Lanling Wang, who was in charge of the defense. However, it was a well-known and established fact that Lanling Wang escaped to the "enemy" city.