A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 968 968 Not Seeing Her
Yuan Wuyou also had a stubborn temper. He took over the job immediately. After handing the handsome man in scholar's clothes and a golden crown to his brother, he bowed to Concubine Ande and turned back to look for his warhorse.

Afterwards, the wife of King Lanling, who had multiple identities, adjusted her golden armor and climbed onto the black horse.

The Queen of Runan, the ruler of Huaxu State, put on her armor and rushed into the enemy's formation under the gaze of everyone in front of the Qi army. She fought against the Duke of Wei who had already come out to wait for the enemy.

As soon as Yuan Wuyou rode away and arrived at the station, Gao Yanzong saw the smug smiling faces of his mother and Zu Ting again, and Gao Yanzong suddenly came to his senses!
Obviously, someone with ulterior motives fabricated a flesh-and-blood puppet of Concubine Ande and brought it back on behalf of the Emperor of Qi, in order to use the mother and son to attack her and the fourth brother.

Stripping Prince Lanling of his military power and forcing him to defend the city alone, and informing Prince Fengling of Northern Zhou to come to the rescue, each step was a desperate move, trapping the two men in a desperate situation to survive.

But Gao Yanzong found out too late.

Now, Concubine Ande is holding the imperial edict in front of her, as if she were personally present, and she has her own emperor and others supervising the battle behind the scenes. It is obvious that they want to put Prince Lanling and Lady Runan on the fire!
If Yuan Wuyou defeated Zhou, it would be fine, because she had completely offended Zhou and was homeless, which would give her the opportunity to choose a husband and stay in Qi. If she lost, both Qi and Zhou would want to peel her skin off.

Soon, the messenger who was scouting at the front line came hurriedly to report that the Zhou people had set a trap outside Bowang City and were waiting for the Lady of Runan to chase after it and fall into the trap.

Upon hearing the news, the two brothers became nervous and said they should send someone to call her back, but Concubine Ande said:

"Have you put the razor blades on her saddle? Have you fed her horse the glutinous rice dumplings?"

The scout replied, "The blade was taken out and thrown on the ground before she mounted the horse. The Yuanxiao I fed her didn't work."

The concubine angrily shouted, "Waste! What if she comes back alive? Go help Zhou Guo and delay her!"

The brothers were stunned when they heard what Concubine Ande said. It turned out that Concubine Ande had planned to drive Yuan Wuyou out to meet the enemy for a long time, and she also planned to attack her mount! She was going to never come back?

Because horses have a special structure of their esophagus and stomach, they need to eat easily digestible food like hay and eat small meals frequently. Sticky food like glutinous rice dumplings will become sticky in the horse's stomach and will be difficult to digest, so horses cannot eat them. Not to mention Yuan Wuyou's combat horse, which is going to go to the battlefield and work hard!
The intention to kill her was clearly revealed by putting a blade in the saddle seat.

Gao Changgong was the first to ask: "No matter how much the Concubine dislikes her, she shouldn't--"

"——Shut up! You are a traitor and a money-loser. You have no right to speak!"

Prince Lanling was interrupted by Concubine Ande before he could finish his words.

Gao Yanzong, who was standing next to him, took a look at the postures of his puppet mother and Zu Ting and felt that Concubine Ande wanted Yuan Wuyou to be defeated.

At this moment, Gao Changgong, who was holding Gao Yanzong's shoulders and trying to stand up, suddenly felt dizzy due to the rush of blood and fell into his brother's arms again.

Gao Yanzong hurriedly hugged his brother's body and sent someone to call a military doctor.

As expected, his brother had new and old injuries that had not yet healed, and he had been busy and overworked in the past two days. He just fainted due to anger.

Especially on the back of my brother's shoulder, there was a purple bruise, as if he had been hit hard by someone. Although there were no broken bones, it could have affected his nerves and made him dizzy.

After sending his brother back to his tent to recuperate, Gao Yanzong finally made up his mind, packed up his armor, and set out again.

He was going to do the right thing for his brother and himself. ——It was noon, when the sun was at its hottest.

Outside Bowang City, in the Qi camp, in front of the two armies.

King Ande, wearing silver-white armor and full of hostility, faced the scorching sun above his head and knelt upright in front of Concubine Ande who was sitting on a wheelchair.

"Mother! I know I was wrong! Please show mercy..."

"What have you done wrong? You are wrong for being infatuated with her and disrespecting me! Didn't you see how infatuated he is with the fourth boy? She is the same as the Yuan family, arrogant and sentimental, with the bad nature of looking down on ants and playing with people's hearts!"

At this point, Concubine Ande snorted coldly and angrily slapped the armrest of the two-wheeled vehicle beside her: "She treated you like that because the fourth boy doesn't want you anymore. Mother should help you punish her!"

Gao Yanzong excitedly raised his sweaty face and shook his head to refute:

"Don't blame her, mother! I snatched her away from Fourth Brother. It's all my fault. I'm sorry for her. She's already the best girl. She's fighting for Da Qi! Mother..."

"If you want to keep our family from being in chaos and the country safe, you can only have a useless and virtuous daughter-in-law, not a rebellious and strong empress."

"Mother! Please let her go! My fourth brother set her free, so how can I let her be trapped here? Mother, please let her go. I promise that I will never see her again in this life..."

Concubine Ande, who was sitting in front of the battle, felt annoyed when she heard this. She frowned and lowered her eyes, then glanced at her eldest son who was kneeling in front of her.

The mother and son had not seen each other for more than ten years. When they met again, he had grown much taller than her, tall and strong. At this time, he actually knelt in front of her for a little girl who had seduced him and then abandoned her, and begged her to betray the emperor's order and let the little girl go.

Concubine Ande knew that she was no longer a living being, so she naturally could not feel distressed, nor could she comfort the child. She just tried to comfort him according to what she held on to in her memory.

"Son, she doesn't really like any man. She only wants benefits. She is useless now, so it's just right for her to stay in Qi as your concubine. If you send her back to Zhou, wouldn't that be nurturing a tiger to cause trouble?"

Gao Yanzong was the first to have a deep soul-to-soul communication with Yuan Wuyou, and knew her ambitions best. After all, she was someone he regarded as a god, and he would not like her to bow down to the dust.

So he would never think of imprisoning her, clipping her wings, hiding her away in a golden house, or keeping her like a bird in a cage.

But when Gao Yanzong learned that the purpose of this puppet mother's return was to help the emperor get Yuan Wuyou by any means necessary and trap her in Da Qi, he was really about to collapse.

Thinking of this, Gao Yanzong didn't know what to say. The sun above his head made him sweat like rain, which hit his eyelashes and made stars in his eyes.

But he was still worried about her.

"I don't want to cause a quarrel between brothers. I don't love her. I just want to pretend that she has never been here. I beg you, mother, to let her go..."

No matter how much her son begged, Concubine Ande remained as cold and hard as ever. "The emperor said that she must either surrender or die."

After hearing this, Gao Yanzong angrily supported himself with one hand, pulled back his long legs from one knee, and stood up, "If mother insists on doing this, don't acknowledge me as your son!"