A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 496 But I'm Tired

Gao Yanzong couldn't help but say,
"I know I've let you down. You're the one who suffered the loss anyway. You're a girl, and your reputation and innocence are all on me... In the end, I was irresponsible and let you down, but I'm really not a good person. I can only apologize to you."

Yuan Wuyou narrowed his eyes slightly and said sarcastically,
"That's all? Just saying sorry is all? You don't want to agree to let me take whatever I want anytime, anywhere, and compensate me?"

"...I would rather repay you in other ways than with my body. Besides, you will leave Da Qi and return to your hometown sooner or later. You can't go all the way to Ande County to sleep with me just to collect the debt, right?"

"After saying so much, do you really want to keep me?"

"No, I want to drive you away."

"Why? Didn't you want to elope with me a few days ago? What happened these past two days? Have you become stupid like your fourth brother?"

Gao Yanzong pulled the corners of his lips and smiled bitterly.
"You have learned to be smart. I know what kind of people the Gao family is like. You know what you have to pay if you want to stay here. I don't want to be a concubine who brings disaster to the country. I don't want you to indulge in this, even though you are not addicted."

"Since you know, why don't you come with me? Everything I said in prison before is valid. I would like to take you to Fengling Ferry, Kunlun Yaotai, and Chang'an City that Never Sleeps..."

The man had sad eyes and a bitter expression.

"I'm sorry, Gao Yanzong's last name is Gao after all. I can't give up everything here. I must be able to protect myself before I can have the confidence to talk about love with you. My fourth brother and I will not elope with you, but I hope you... leave as soon as possible."

Hearing this second attempt at persuading someone to leave, Yuan Wuyou felt a lump in his throat, and his throat choked when he spoke again.

"Fools! Both of you are fools... If you hadn't said that today, maybe I would have left more decisively."

"But I'm tired of it."

The man's careless words made the black-shirted girl so angry that she suddenly raised her sharp eyes and looked at him coldly, "What did you say?"

Gao Yanzong secretly gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and said calmly with an indifferent expression.

"I said I'm tired of this kind of entanglement. We were both decisive people in the past. Why do we have to torture each other like this now? At first I was just confused. I didn't understand what magic you had that could make Fourth Brother fall in love with you."

"Didn't you say... that you liked me earlier than he did?"

"Do you really believe it?"

"What do you mean?"

"I've had enough of this. Talking about love with you means nothing but charging into battle. I might as well go to war with my fourth brother. Since there's no love, and you think I'm redundant, I might as well go back to my old life and part ways."

"Hehehe..." Yuan Wuyou laughed at herself, and suddenly she looked dazed. She believed it a little. Gao Yanzong's words were always half true and half false, and he was confident and self-righteous. She couldn't count how many times he had said such things, and now she had coaxed him enough, so she just let him go.

"Gao Yanzong, I'm not a person who loves forever, but because it's you, I want to love you a little more and try my best to love you."

"Oh? Is Gao Yanzong any different?" Gao Yanzong suddenly raised his eyebrows, and his charming peach blossom eyes were full of the deep affection he showed to everyone. He said in a rare frivolous tone:
"You were just seduced by me at first, and then it was your sense of responsibility that got in the way. There was no emotional foundation between us. You even abandoned my fourth brother who was engaged, so why should I be favored by you so much?"

The girl in front of him had a sincere and determined look in her eyes.

"When I first came to the Central Plains, you were the living devil who saved me and protected me. You were my mentor and comrade who fought side by side with me. Later, you were also... our ally and bedmate who huddled together for warmth in the dark corners. I don't want to be so utilitarian with you. We have feelings for each other."

"But I don't think so. I protected you out of inertia. You are very special, but there are probably more people who like me than you have ever met. I just think that your status and position are suitable for me to take your virginity. It's not that I want to keep my loyalty to you."

Seeing her face getting darker and darker, Gao Yanzong secretly clenched his hands hanging by his side into fists. His face was still cold and indifferent, and he became more aggressive, "I know very well that the prerequisite for survival is not love, but loyalty. I am afraid of death. If Your Majesty continues like this, I am afraid that you will die at the hands of a man. Your Majesty, don't you want to separate in a decent way?"

A cool night breeze blew up the cloth hanging from her arm. The girl in red drooped her eyelashes and pondered for a moment before saying softly, "In that case, I won't hinder your future. I'll go visit my ex-husband."

After Yuan Wuyou finished speaking, he raised his arm, turned around and left.

Gao Yanzong behind her suddenly stepped forward and rushed in front of her, stretching out his arm to stop her, his peach blossom eyes shining brightly!

"Wait! You've already caused Fourth Brother to be seriously injured for you, so why can't you let him go?"

Having said so much, Gao Yanzong still couldn't stand his brother Gao Changgong being close to others. Between Gao Changgong and Yuan Wuyou, he chose to run to his brother without hesitation.

Only then did Yuan Wuyou realize an absurd, ridiculous, yet true thought, "You chased me away this time not for me, but to stay in Qi to guard your fourth brother, right?"

After hearing this, the man in a pure white shirt nodded calmly with no emotion on his handsome and fair face.

"Yes, I can't leave my fourth brother. I would rather die with him than leave him and elope with his fiancée and live alone."

"Well done, Gao Yanzong, you are truly his brother!"

Yuan Wuyou pointed at the man's nose and added with a sneer, "With your words, I can leave with peace of mind and die in peace!"

Having said that, she turned away angrily.

Gao Yanzong stayed where he was, looking at her back. It was not until the red shirt disappeared that he noticed footsteps approaching from behind.

"If you broke up with her because of me, I would blame you."

When he turned around, he saw his brother standing behind him, wrapped in white bandages. Perhaps he was in a hurry, as he only had a crimson robe on his shoulders.

Looking at his brother's surprised eyes, Gao Changgong said hurriedly:
"I didn't mean to eavesdrop... I just live in the main hall, so I'm close, and I've heard you guys arguing for quite a while." As he spoke, he slowly walked up to his brother and whispered:

"Also, the Emperor is in my room, and he urged me to come out and see you."

Gao Yanzong was slightly surprised, then he smiled calmly and shook his head, "Your Majesty should be satisfied now that you have witnessed with your own eyes that his chess piece did not fall in love with the female tyrant, right?"

"Put this aside for now. The Emperor asked me to discuss with you how to tell her about the marriage proposal from the Emperor of Zhou as soon as possible, and then let her write a letter to reject it. But you broke up with her at this time. How could she reject the marriage proposal from Zhou?"

The younger brother covered his eyes with long eyelashes, then opened them again, with a self-deprecating smile on his lips. "So, brother, are you trying to keep her for your own marriage, or for the benefit of Da Qi? It's hard to have both loyalty and love, brother, you must be in a dilemma, right?"

Gao Changgong felt a lump in his throat, then shook his head, "I'm not embarrassed, it's you who is embarrassed. Because the emperor brought your mother... Concubine Ande." At this point, seeing his brother suddenly look surprised, the elder brother hurriedly continued, "I was also shocked when I saw her today, I thought I saw a ghost..."

Gao Yanzong suddenly grabbed his brother's hand that was hanging by his side, looked at him solemnly and said, "Brother, believe me! That is a flesh puppet created by witchcraft. Someone released her back to force me to surrender and frame the Lord of Huaxu!"

"I was just about to say that she will definitely be in big trouble. The emperor saw her seal on you this morning and he was up to no good. Now he has even called Zu Ting over overnight. How about I, as your elder brother and father, urge her to write a marriage proposal for you and then send it to Zhou as a reply?"

As he said this, his brother, dragging his sick body and wearing his coat, was about to go to the side courtyard where she was, but was stopped by Gao Yanzong.

"Brother, don't go! I'm good at this kind of thing. Brother, go back to your room and recover first."

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