A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 970: Injured Ander
When there were only two people left in the tent, Yuan Wuyou still used his fingertips stained with scarlet blood to touch Gao Yanzong's delicate pale face.

"A Chong, look, your fourth brother and I don't blame you. We can all protect you. You have to live well..."

Gao Yanzong shook his head, slowly raised his head to look at her, and said with a weak breath: "I wanted to... ask you, but I didn't dare to ask... I was afraid that I was going to die, and my heart was... dead..."

"What do you want to ask? What do you want to say? Don't talk nonsense. If you continue like this, I will tie you up and keep you by my side to recover."

The man's peach blossom eyes looked at her intently.

"I...I have nothing left. Will you still...take me in like you did before?"

Hearing this, Yuan Wuyou realized that Gao Yanzong had forgiven her. He was much easier to coax than anyone else because he was too sensitive and smart, and he understood human nature. When he was angry, he would say harsh words, but when he forgave others, he didn't even need to say a serious word.

This silly fox is too easy to cajole, and therefore easily hurt. But he is also proud and avoids others by ignoring the fact.

Therefore, Yuan Wuyou's eyes were solemn and his tone was firm:

"I will. I fought for power in Qi just to protect you. I haven't forgotten what I said. You can always trust me, rely on me, and don't be afraid of me..."

Hearing this, Gao Yanzong's eyelashes opened and closed weakly, and he smiled sadly and contentedly. "That... is enough."

Seeing that he was so easily satisfied, Yuan Wuyou felt heartbroken.

Gao Changgong is the light that cannot be melted into the darkness and cannot be covered by the darkness. And Gao Yanzong is the light that walks in the darkness. He has been loving her with his own unique way of expression, forbearing and passionately.

Thinking of this, her nose felt sore, and looking at the bloody handsome face of the male fox in front of her, she felt even more heartbroken.

"Silly fox...you forgive me just like that, isn't that too good of a deal?"

Gao Yanzong shook his head and pulled the corner of his lips, "I don't hate you. It's just that I loved you too much before and forgot that there is no future for you and me."

"How come——"

"——Don't deny it! I know it in my heart. But I want to tell you that Fourth Brother loves Zheng Xuannu, and I love Yuan Wuyou."

"Hmm?" Yuan Wuyou was caught off guard and stunned by his direct and passionate declaration of love.

"The Mysterious Bird of Destiny saved me from despair, and the Morning Star guided my direction... I still love the lively and passionate Yuan Wuyou, not the empress or the wife, but the powerful and struggling Yuan Wuyou, the lively you..."

At this point, the man leaning on her arms buried his hairy head in hers, lowered his face, and said in a stern voice:

"I just hate myself for being incompetent and only holding you back... Please, don't look back. I've returned you to my brother, so just let me keep my feelings... in my heart."

"Gao Yanzong, don't say that..."

"I love you, but I don't want to keep you any longer. Go ahead... Let Fourth Brother come in. I have something to say to him."

Yuan Wuyou was afraid that Gao Yanzong, who was seriously injured, would be emotionally agitated, so he did not dare to force him to stay, and just stood up and left.

As soon as she left the house, Gao Changgong, whose blood had dried on his golden armor, was standing at the door. He turned his head and looked at the sound. His handsome face with strong bones and strong bones was gloomy. "How is he?"

"The mood is much better. He lets you in."

Gao Changgong responded by lifting the door curtain, turning back and waving at her:
"Into the account."

Yuan Wuyou shook his head, "He only asked you to go."

“…This child.”

The brother said helplessly, only told her not to leave, and went in alone.

Yuan Wuyou felt strangely touched. In the eyes of Gao Changgong, his brother Gao Yanzong was still a child. But obviously... he had experienced so much in the past few months.

When Gao Changgong came out again, he nervously ordered the guards to come over and prepare the carriages and horses. He said he would write a memorial to the emperor to send Prince Ande back home with his injuries.

Yuan Wuyou only understood at this moment.

Unexpectedly, after struggling in the Central Plains for so long, Gao Yanzong was the first to lose the chess game and was sent back to Ande County to recuperate.

Gao Changgong was extremely efficient in his work, and the old subordinates he ordered to do the work were also rigorous and quick, and everything was arranged in half an hour.

Gao Yanzong was about to leave, so Yuan Wuyou naturally wanted to see him off.

So when the sun was setting, the two of them went to see them off, with the midday heat gone but the scorching sun still shining on their faces.

At that time, on the road from Bowang to Duyang.

There were two wide rows of carriages parked on one side of the official road, and in the carriage with the door curtain opened, Yuan Wuyou, his armor covered in blood, was kneeling on one knee on the floor at the head of the bed.

She deliberately avoided the bloodstains and scars on his face and held the man's clear and white face in her hands.

Yuan Wuyou looked at King Ande, who was lying on the bed, wearing a clean crimson military uniform but still drowsy. The man's eyelashes fluttered like a butterfly's wings, with a fragile beauty.

But he still forced a smile to comfort her, "Don't worry about me, I'm back home injured, maybe I'll get a promotion in Yecheng."

He is totally different from the fox-like man with seductive eyes he used to be.

Yuan Wuyou was reluctant in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. After hesitating for a long time, he just said in a low voice: "Take good care of your injuries, we will meet again."

Gao Yanzong smiled bitterly, "I am too weak. I can get hurt like this. And... it's so serious. I am sorry to make you and Fourth Brother worried."

Yuan Wuyou lowered her eyes slightly: "Fifth brother has not yet married, so he is naturally spoiled. You should have been a pampered and idle prince. It's time to return to your fiefdom and settle down." At this point, she said casually:

"What kind of girl will you marry if you leave me?"

Her tone was calm and her words were measured, but they were like a needle piercing Gao Yanzong's heart, causing him unbearable pain over and over again.

Gao Yanzong's back teeth were almost bleeding. He angrily opened his sharp brown eyes, blinking his long eyelashes and peach blossom eyes: "Will you marry Fourth Brother?"

Yuan Wuyou: “Yes.”

Gao Yanzong: "Then I won't get married."

As he spoke, he raised his hand tremblingly and showed the dark green ring on his thumb.

"Give it back to you. It doesn't suit me anymore."

"I don't intend to take back what I gave you."

The man smiled sadly, "You gave me up for the sake of the imperial power, and you left me the ring. Isn't it too cruel for me to see it and think of you?"

After a pause, he saw her lowering her eyes and hesitating, so he took off the ring with trembling fingers, stuffed it into her hand, and continued in a thin voice:

"This is your crown prince's ring. Take it back. Don't give it to men casually again. People will think you are a tyrant."

After saying this, Gao Yanzong saw out of the corner of his eye that the white jade ring was gone from her right hand, and he knew that she and King Dangxiang had broken up, and he felt secretly happy.

Yuan Wuyou clenched the ring in his palm. The moment he took the ring back, he felt extremely depressed.

Then, Yuan Wuyou pulled down the wrist guard that contained the blade and gave it to him. "This is known as the sharpest knife in the Western Regions. It is engraved with "Wind has dawned". It was the weapon that Dangxiang Bailan presented to me as a tribute when I was one year old."

As she spoke, she began to fiddle with the wrist knife in front of him.

"Don't underestimate its small size. It is hidden in the wrist guard and popped out with a mechanism. I have tried it many times and it never fails. It is just like Huaxu's imperial sword and tiger talisman. In the past, I could command Dangxiang Bailan. In the future, you can come to Huaxu and see me directly."

After saying that, Yuan Wuyou placed the wrist guard and wrist knife on the cabinet beside his bed.

Gao Yanzong shook his head, his eyes solemn. "The Gan Jiang sword was given to the dog emperor, and the wrist knife was given to me, so what are you going to do?"

"I have other weapons. This is our token of love."

"You just gave me the king's ring and returned it to me, and now you're giving me a token of love?" The man's peach blossom eyes were raised, and his eye bags were curved. After teasing her, he pretended to be nonchalant and asked,
"Does Fourth Brother have such a token?"

"No, he is the sharpest knife, and he has me."

Gao Yanzong looked up at her. His beloved was wearing Ming Guang armor with dried blood on it, and had her tail tied up high in a ponytail. Her face was firm and heroic, and she looked awe-inspiring to the outside world...but now she was kneeling on one knee, bowing her head gently in front of him.

He just felt very happy. The two of them had been together and on and off so many times, and now it was all settled. That is, they still loved each other and had each other in their hearts, but they had no status, and they might even be separated from each other from now on.

But the memories he had with her over the past few months were enough for Gao Yanzong to cherish for the rest of his life. Perhaps in the future, when he was in the ups and downs of the officialdom in the Yecheng court, or died of old age in a corner of Ande, he would rely on memories to survive and support everything he had.

Thinking of this, Gao Yanzong's face, which was stained with blood by her bloody fingers, suddenly smiled, then slowly lowered his long eyelashes and shed a tear sadly.

"Forget me. Just pretend I was never here."

As he said this, the tears in his crimson eyes fell like pearls. After the first tear rolled out of his eye socket, the following bean-sized tears rushed out of the cage one after another...

At this moment, Yuan Wuyou was stunned and his heart was broken.

She hurriedly tried to wipe his tears, but he pushed her hand away. The man's peach blossom eyes drooped stubbornly, and he sobbed and said stubbornly, "My Huaxu dream is over, and we will never see each other again."

Yuan Wuyou curled his lips, grabbed his face, and forced him to look at her. In those wet peach blossom eyes, there was resistance and innocence. "You are all mine now, and you still want to go back to the way things were before?"

The man's fair and handsome face twitched at the corners of his lips, and he refuted unwillingly,
"That's nothing. I'll just treat it as a dog bite. From now on, I'll consider myself a widower. As long as you and Fourth Brother live a good life, I won't turn against you."

"It's better for the three of us to live a good life."

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