A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 419 Chapter 419 Death of King Lanling

The person who came was an old minister who was over sixty years old, wearing a crimson official uniform, a black gauze on his head, and holding an imperial edict in his hand. Zuo Fu and You Bi were accompanied by two Ye guards, one holding Shang Fang's sword and the other carrying a tray, and they started Pick up the jug and pour wine into the cup.

As soon as Xu Zhifan made a move to read out the imperial edict, all the Ye guards bowed their heads and knelt down. It was as if I were here in person. Of course, Gao Changgong straightened up and knelt down with his robe lifted up, his hands clasped on his forehead, and he bowed his head and obeyed his orders.

Yuan Wuyou was the only one left in the field who was still standing tall and heroic. She was slicing out the messenger Xu Zhifan with a knife-like look. She stood beside Gao Changgong vigilantly, holding the scabbard at her waist, ready to draw the sword at any time.

But as soon as the messenger opened his mouth, he listed the crimes of Prince Lanling marrying the wife of the enemy's empress under the pretense of Zheng's family in Xingyang, and having liaisons with foreign countries. The emperor then ordered Prince Lanling to commit suicide by poisoning himself with alcohol.

After saying that, Xu Zhifan trembled and hid beside the guard holding the sword, and said: "Princess, don't be impatient and use force! The emperor gave King Lanling to death, so why not the death of an old minister? You see, if the king disobeys the decree, the emperor will surely You will punish me!" He then raised his sleeve and pointed at the Jiujiu beside him.

"This is the poison that was mixed with Lanling wine as tribute from your fiefdom. It can also be regarded as His Majesty's last favor to you."

The Ye guard who was carrying the tray also picked up the wine glass and handed it to Gao Changgong, "Prince Lanling, please go on your way."

After hearing this, King Lanling, who was kneeling straight on the ground, slowly raised his head. His pair of shimmering, dark phoenix eyes looked up, and he stared at Xu Zhifan with a cold light, then turned away slumped, and rushed to his side. The beloved wife, who was wearing a bright red skirt with large sleeves, showed a wry smile and said:

"I, Gao Changgong, have been loyal to the Lord and Daqi in my life. I have only failed you... How have I ever failed the emperor or the Gao family? Why should I be punished with death by poisonous wine? What else can I do! To... avoid this destined death? "

Princess Lanling, who was wearing a sizzling red dress, clenched her teeth and glanced at the old envoy fiercely. Then she lowered her eyes to look at her husband who was kneeling beside her, her eyes filled with wet tears. She said in a trembling voice:

"Why don't you follow me to see the Emperor and clarify your loyalties face to face? Please believe me, please come with me. I will definitely try my best to let you see the Emperor!"

Gao Changgong looked up at her wet amber phoenix eyes, the murderous intention bursting out of her tears. The couple had already formed a tacit understanding for many years. He knew very well what she called "trying her best"... He had already let her down. After killing her for so many years, he can no longer let her die because of him! Bury yourself with yourself...

He reluctantly pulled the corners of his lips and forced out a tender smile. "Is it possible that the emperor can be seen just by me? My Nine Heavens Xuannv... In this life, I am loyal to my Gao family, and I am worthy of heaven and earth. I will only let you down. I don't want you to die in vain for me, and I hope you won't be burdened by me. Return to your motherland in the future, do what you should do, and leave your name in history..."

After saying that, Gao Changgong closed his eyes heavily again, and a string of clear tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

His voice was low and solemn:
"How can Gao Changgong's own guilt affect others to sit with me? I thank the Emperor for leaving my body intact. I... obeyed the order." He raised his hand and went to receive the wine.

Yuan Wuyou had already stood in front of him, grabbed his outstretched hand and said sternly.

"Don't drink! I won't let you die! I'll take you out!"

As she said that, she turned and sneered at Xu Zhifan,
"How old are you? You should have died long ago! You can gain a good reputation by dying to save King Lanling. If you dare to force him to commit suicide again, I will let you and your whole family be buried with him!"

When Xu Zhifan heard this, he was even more frightened and hid behind the Ye Shou people holding the imperial edict. Then he said angrily, pretending to be a tiger:

"Bold! Prince Lanling, you are disobedient in resisting the edict and allowing her to draw her sword to kill the envoy. Do you want to collude with Empress Huaxu to rebel?"

She immediately spat:
"Bah! Gao Wei, your leader of the Qi Kingdom, is an incompetent and foolish king! When Gao Changgong was used, he was forced to fight through life and death. How many days did he live in peace? Just kill the donkey, fearing that he would have made great achievements in the military? Gao Wei was afraid of Gao Changgong. Now he is a very popular minister, and his reputation is more popular among the people than his emperor, right?"

Prince Lanling hurriedly grabbed the girl's hand back. Just as he was about to stand up, he straightened his back and knelt down in an orderly manner. He only stopped him with a voice, "She didn't mean this! I don't dare to disobey!"

After hearing this, Xu Zhifan stood up straight boldly,

"You'd better not dare! I would like to advise King Lanling, this is Yecheng, not Chang'an! Even if Empress Huaxu has three heads and six arms, can she lead you to break out of Yecheng and escape from Qi? King Lanling, do you want it? Think clearly, your surname is Gao, this is your family! Is it better for you to die and be known as a loyal and martial artist, or is it better for you all to die and be known as a traitor? "

In anger, Yuan Wuyou waved his sleeves and stood up with his sword drawn! Then his phoenix eyes squinted and he looked proudly at the messenger Xu Zhifan and said:
"Don't be alarmist! Your Gao family has soldiers, doesn't Gu's Yuan family have no soldiers? Gu is not a weak woman waiting to be rescued, nor is she a chess piece that you can use to threaten Gao Changgong. Gu would rather die fighting for him! "

"Enough! How can I, Gao Changgong, implicate innocent people for my sins? I will let future generations decide my reputation, merit, and demerits after my death." Seeing Gao Changgong stretch out his other hand and take the poured cup of poison. Drinking, Yuan Wuyou is going crazy! She hurriedly shook off her clenched hand, grabbed the one holding the wine, and screamed helplessly!

"Don't drink! Gao Changgong, I'm going to kill him right now. I'm going to kill Gao Wei!"

The man held the poisoned wine in his hand, and suddenly he turned back his arm and handed it to his lips without knowing where the stubbornness came from!
——Yuan Wuyou rushed over to stop him! But she found that both her hands and sword had passed through Gao Changgong's body. The man in brocade robes in front of her didn't listen to her at all. His eyes were still calm and determined, as if she didn't exist at all...

Yuan Wuyou suddenly remembered that this was a dream.

But when she watched Gao Changgong drink poisonous wine and commit suicide in front of her eyes, she couldn't help but burst into tears! But she couldn't stop it.

I saw the general who was holding the country in his golden robes, kneeling upright and drinking the poisonous wine from the white porcelain cup with his head raised. Then blood started to flow from the corners of his lips, and he fell straight to the ground sideways...

Like a cypress tree being broken at the waist, he fell straight down! First, the tall and thin body of the man suddenly hit the ground, and then there was a crisp cracking sound.

——The fang ghost face that was originally hanging on his waist was shattered, split into two ferocious halves from the center of his eyebrows to his chin.

He was lying on his side in a red robe, with frowning eyebrows and long eyelashes covering his eyes. His beautiful and handsome face seemed to be asleep. The scarlet blood dripped down his bright red lips and his face as clean as white porcelain. It was already mixed with the brocade robe he was wearing.

At this moment, she felt a tearing pain in her heart, his voice, smile, and memories were being pulled away, and she felt like the sky was falling.

She suddenly remembered that when she was five years old, a group of people came and said that her father had great achievements and shocked the emperor. The Yuwen family was afraid that he would help the mother emperor make a comeback, so they forced him to commit suicide by drinking poison... When she was young, she was as powerless as she is now, and she could do anything. No more...

"This is a dream..." She couldn't help but choked up, "This is not true... Li Ming saw you lying to me! If this happened... I would not stand idly by. He said that I was his destination, and he would be with me Holding hands and growing old together, I absolutely cannot..."

Yuan Wuyou was in great sadness, crying so much that he didn't even notice that the scene around him had changed. When she rubbed away her blurred tearful eyes, she could not see her fingers, as if she was sealed in a secret room. In panic and helplessness, she suddenly remembered that name.

"Li Ming, get out of here! Don't lie to me with this, it's all fake! Unless...unless I die in front of him, I will never let him suffer this kind of injustice!"

Sure enough, no one answered her in the darkness. I'm afraid Li Mingjian was still watching her secretly, seeing her crying so miserably and laughing so happily. Apparently she could only escape from the dream by her own will.

How she wished that when she opened her eyes again, she could go back to the tender years and the tender love with Gao Changgong in his prime.

The first dream that Yuan Wuyou experienced was that Gao Changgong died and was poisoned by the Lord of Qi. He died suddenly due to publicity and was given the posthumous title "Zhongwu".

How ironic? This Sima Lanling King of the Three Armies, who has been galloping on the battlefield for decades and charging into battle, is the eldest son of the royal family, and his beauty and reputation are unparalleled in the world! He did not die under the enemy's open and covert arrows, but he died after the truce and peace, and because of the scruples and suspicions of his own emperor.

Not only did she fail to stop Gao Changgong from committing suicide by drinking poison, but she was also sent back to Zhou by Qi because of her failed attempt to kill the envoy. But she, the Empress of Huaxu and Prince Fengling, was stripped of her power by the Lord of Zhou and became the forbidden consort of Yuwen Huaibi's harem...

The scene in front of him moved very fast. In the blink of an eye, Yuan Wuyou escaped back to Yecheng and raised the coffin for her husband, King Lanling. It was snowing all over the sky in June, and the streets and alleys of Yecheng were actually crowded with people. The people who spontaneously paid tribute to King Zhongwu of Lanling chased the coffin for several miles. The people were really crying for it!
Until she saw her beloved buried, her heart died.

She dedicated the pair of pearl and eighteen-seed bracelets she had pledged her love to to Xuannv Temple, and then touched the posthumous seal script she had engraved on the tombstone, "Qi Gu's fake Huang Yue right master Youwei Gong Lanling" "The Monument of King Chungmu" contains sixteen characters in four lines, and then he drew his sword and killed himself in front of his tomb, martyrdom for his love.

These two desperate mandarin ducks, one of them died in a more miserable way than the other!
Yuan Wuyou sneered at this impossible thing that made her heart-wrenching and distraught. Throughout the dream, her consciousness was almost always outside the illusion.

Don't be afraid, babies, this is just an expanded version that fits the true history book.

Reference materials: "Book of Northern Qi", "History of the Northern Dynasties" and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"

If it were the heroine in our book, she would definitely be like: "Stand back and watch my wife fight your way out! Any man who dares to bully my sister? I'll kill you!!"