A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 516: Want to bury the Western Wei Dynasty

In the compartment house.

Yuan Wuyou introduced everyone to the hall, and took the lead in sitting on the main chair under the painting in the middle hall, and bowed to invite several people.

"There's no tea, just speak your mind."

Originally, there was a chair opposite the main seat, but Miyue sat directly next to Yuan Wuyou's main seat. No one from the Zhou Kingdom dared to sit on the chair opposite the queen, so Prince Consort Su sat next to Miyue, and Tuoba Yan sat on the chair opposite Prince Consort Su.

When Yuan Wuyou first saw the two empty chairs opposite him, he felt that the Zhou Kingdom's strict rules and red tape were too oppressive.

But Miyue was still sitting there with a dignified manner. She winked at Tuoba Yan, and he said knowingly:

"To be honest with you, Your Highness, I was ordered by the Duke of Yun to help you capture the female bandit leader of Chishui and take back the money of Grandmother Zheng. By the way, I found out that it was Princess Jiangxia who colluded with the Xiao family of Houliang and secretly spent 300,000 to hire bandits! This led to... the killing of Zhou officials according to the Book of Life and Death!"

"Good fellow... Your Lord's education is really strict. He doesn't need to speak to give orders, just give an eye signal? But I already know all these things. If you don't have important information, I will send you away."

Upon hearing this, Prince Consort Su suddenly stood up and bowed to Miyue:
"Please stay, my lord. I need to discuss this with the king in private."

Yuan Wuyou was shocked. "Good fellow, even if you want to prove that your family education is not strict, you don't have to send him away, right?"

What shocked her even more was that Miyue actually stood up and said, "Since you need to avoid me, I'll leave."

After saying this, the Xianbei man walked out of the door, and even closed the door with his cold, white jade hand.

Yuan Wuyou: "...Prince Consort Su is quite prestigious."

She really didn't understand the relationship between the monarch and his subjects in the Zhou Dynasty.

After seeing the man leave, Su Wei took the opportunity to sit on the VIP chair opposite Yuan Wuyou and said with a smile, "Look, he asked me to be a lobbyist, so why don't you give me room to play? If he doesn't leave, I'm going to quit."

Since the atmosphere seemed to be relaxed, Tuoba Yan, who was sitting next to him, said without hesitation:

"Your Highness probably doesn't know that his reputation in Chang'an is 'Little Su Shi served in the Northern Zhou Dynasty but never served a single day in the court'! Even if his father-in-law, the Prime Minister, came, he couldn't invite him. It just so happened that he came to Nanyang today to visit relatives and friends, and His Majesty came to visit him three times and conscripted him into the army."

Su Wei waved his hands repeatedly, "Ah~ Nanyang really has no counselors, so I have to be the military advisor. If this has anything to do with the Zhou Dynasty, or the emperor's love affairs, I will not come. But your majesty said to bring up the old things of the previous dynasty, so I came."

Yuan Wuyou was even more surprised that Prince Consort Su, who was so dignified and well-behaved in front of others, was so casual and free behind others.

Yuan Wuyou frowned and looked at Su Wei who was sitting opposite her, "Oh? Why do you say that?"

Su Wei sighed, "Young Master, you don't know that my father was enshrined in the Wei Dynasty's Imperial Ancestral Temple and accompanied the Empress Wu of the Western Wei Dynasty during his lifetime. He was a pillar of the previous dynasty, and it is not my wish to receive a salary from the Zhou Dynasty. It was the Prime Minister who insisted on making his daughter a princess and marrying me as his son-in-law. In order to avoid the power struggles of the previous dynasty, I have lived in seclusion in an ancient temple in the mountains for decades. Now I have come out of the mountains to give the Western Wei Dynasty a decent funeral."

Yuan Wuyou was so respectful after hearing this that he stood up and bowed to him. "So you are an old minister of the previous dynasty. I am so sorry for your disrespect! How would you like to bury Xi Wei?"

Su Wei also quickly stood up and bowed to her in return.

"Young Master, you are too polite! I am here at the request of Your Majesty and the Duke of Yun to investigate the Xiao family's revenge case and to clarify the rebellious forces and victims involved in the Jiangling disaster."

After the polite exchanges, Yuan Wuyou sat back in her chair, resting her arms on the armrests, raising her eyebrows lazily and glancing at the scholar sitting opposite her.

"Oh? Are you here for Jiang Ling's matter as well?"

"The battle of Jiangling laid the foundation for the decline of the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Xiao family is full of resentment. The empress indulged Yuwen Tai to issue orders on her behalf, and the ministers who were forced to obey the traitors are also resentful now! All this is due to the empress's inaction." Su Wei's words were sharp. Suddenly, he stared at the little empress with sharp eyes, and his beard trembled as he spoke word by word:
"If you want to hide, young master, then continue to be a tyrant. If you are able to take responsibility, you should come back to clean up the mess left by your mother and comfort and win over the hearts of the old ministers."

Faced with such a piercing questioning, Empress Huaxu's beautiful baby face remained calm and asked in a cold voice:
"Oh? What can I get by cleaning up the mess? The Zhou Kingdom must show sincerity, right?" "The Xiao family came here for revenge today. Duke Wei and the Yu family have expressed their opinions. One offered a plan and sent someone to invite you back, and the other wanted to return the Jade Seal of Heaven to the young master. Our Great Zhou Emperor cannot express his opinion openly, but he has personally fought on the battlefield with you, and has shown his greatest sincerity. It's time for you to express your opinion."

"Having said that, I... naturally am willing to join in." Yuan Wuyou suddenly thought of someone, and glanced outside the door, only to see a dark figure standing there.

"Is he armed?"

"Go ask it yourself."

Having reached a consensus, the three people's "private discussion" was disbanded on the spot.

Yuan Wuyou pushed the door open and saw a Xianbei man in black standing in the corridor, staring at a patch of peonies.

When he suddenly heard footsteps behind him, he turned around in surprise.

"How is the result?"

Su Wei smiled and said, "Of course it's done! Congratulations, Your Majesty, for gaining an ally."

She couldn't help but give Prince Consort Su a blank look, "You make it sound like I'm so unreasonable." Then she turned to look at the man in the Nuo mask.

"You're going there in person because you're afraid they won't be able to invite me? I'd be more willing to go if you didn't come."

Miyue took a step closer to her and said in a clear and calm voice,

"Are you getting bored with the old and liking the new? But you misunderstood. I came here this time just to supervise my subordinates and find out who is trying to assassinate half of the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Then you must keep close to your guards."

"I am not powerless, you can rest assured."

"Are you armed?"

"I brought the imperial sword." As he said that, he drew the sword from his waist with swift movements, and the sword energy almost cut her face.

Yuan Wuyou looked at the Shangfang sword with a golden handle and seal characters in his hand, frowned and said, "You are afraid that others will not know that you are here in person, right? Put this away quickly! Those desperate people in Chishui are not afraid of whether you will kill their entire clan."

Miyue looked puzzled, "Then we are unarmed."

"I have a Gan Jiang sword. You can keep a low profile and protect yourself with it. Come with me to get it from Lanling King later." Yuan Wuyou paused, looking at the surprised look of the Xianbei man, she hurriedly said, "Don't think too much, the Moye sword is in my brother's hand."

The man's eyes lit up slightly, he nodded his chin, and asked impatiently:
"When will you pick it up?"

At this time, Su Fu Ma discovered the blind spot. Regardless of the affectionate look in his own emperor's eyes, he asked in surprise: "Why, you and Lanling Wang are so close that you put things together?"

"Don't think too much and ruin his reputation. Lanling Wang is my arsenal, but he is just a comrade-in-arms, nothing more."

After she said this, she regretted clarifying the relationship with Gao Changgong. As expected, when she turned around, she met Miyue's glowing deep blue eyes.

Before he could speak, she hurriedly said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not helping Zhou Guo just for you. I want the benefits."

What a good trick! But she was finally willing to ask him for something, which was better than having nothing to do with him at all.