A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 544: Listen Less to Rumors

Yuan Wuyou felt a sharp pain in his chest and turned away.

She suddenly regretted starting with Gao Yanzong. It turned out that she couldn't afford to mess with a male fox. She was overbearing, chaste, and possessive. She just wanted a man to belong to her completely, but Gao Yanzong was obviously the opposite of her obsession.

It was not until he caught a glimpse of the girl in red walking out the door with hesitation and determination that Gao Yanzong withdrew his lingering gaze, turned around, picked up his white coat from the railing, wrapped it around his golden dress, and covered his exposed skin.

At this moment, an envoy from the State of Chen, who was drunk from the welcoming wine, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder:

"I heard that Your Highness is having an affair with the young empress? Are you afraid that she will be jealous? Han men are not like the Xianbei people who are controlled by their mothers and must stay faithful to their wives and daughters. Taking a concubine is like forcing them to sell their dicks... Besides, even if Han men get married, who doesn't have women on both sides? If she, as an empress, can't even accept this, how can any man be willing to listen to her orders?"

Hearing this, we know that the Southern Chen Han Dynasty has indeed made a comprehensive analysis of the habits of the royal families of the Northern Dynasties. The envoy originally wanted to win over King Ande by "the common bad habits among men", but he didn't expect to hit the horse's hoof.

Gao Yanzong's eyes turned cold, and he raised his hand to take off the hand that the messenger had placed on his shoulder, "Do I know you? Get out of the way."

As he pinched his bones until they cracked, the envoy finally came to his senses. His face turned pale with pain, and he quickly pulled his hand away, leaving in embarrassment.

It was hard for Gao Yanzong not to think of the King Yuwen of Zhou. He always claimed to be conservative and old-fashioned. He had identified the former crown princess as a child husband and concubine, and he still had evil intentions to rekindle the old love with her... If he really fell, wouldn't he push her directly into the arms of the enemy?
Just as he was standing there in a daze, Princess Wucheng came back. She started with a frivolous question:

"I heard that your Highness' affair with your eldest sister-in-law was exposed and caught by Lanling King, which caused your brother and sister-in-law to break up?"

Gao Yanzong snorted, "So what? The relationship between brother and sister-in-law is not something I can break up. Princess, please stop listening to rumors."

Princess Wucheng narrowed her eyes slightly, "So, Your Highness was assigned by Qi to seduce me today. Have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if she saw you? Judging from her reaction, it seems that she still had feelings for you, but she gave up and left."

"It's just that they have been there, they are all passers-by."

The man uttered this nonchalantly, his peach blossom eyes that used to look at wooden pillars with deep affection, now had a rare cold look, and his deep, magnetic voice also became cold and hard, revealing the chill.

King Ande of Qi was tall and straight, with broad shoulders, narrow waist and long legs, and looked very heroic. Even though he was now wearing a white robe with golden threads, looking like a coquettish person, he stood there like a cypress tree, and even with a cold face, his straight nose and beautiful face made him look very impressive, and he was intimidating without even getting angry.

Obviously, he was not as carefree as he said, otherwise he wouldn't have glared at her with a murderous look on his face.

Princess Wucheng plucked up her courage and said, "Your Highness is so free and easy. It seems that the Queen Mother is jealous and wants to take revenge on me. You are only watching the fun and not protecting me."

"The princess is wrong. You don't understand her. She won't be jealous of you or take revenge on you. She will only be angry at me for not respecting myself."

When he said this, the man's eyelashes were drooping slightly, and his eyes showed self-mockery and helplessness, but his tone was gentle, even a little doting. "Oh? Could it be that Empress Huaxu is so arrogant that she knows she is just a king of a fallen country and dares not challenge the princess of a great country?"

Hearing such shameless nonsense, Gao Yanzong looked at the princess in front of him as if she was a fool.

"Don't be so self-righteous. It's because you are not worthy of her. She is the only daughter of the empress, the most noble and talented girl in the world. I can't even compare to the men of the same social status around her, so what are you? It's not surprising that men in the world love her, so why should you and I be worthy of making her lose her temper and jealous?"

"Oh..." Princess Wucheng narrowed her eyes slightly, with a playful expression, "Your Highness is quite protective of her dignity. Do you still have feelings for her?"

"Princess, are you planning to help her lobby for us to reconcile?"

"No, I don't know her, but I really want to have a taste of what it's like to be with a man she has slept with!" Having said this, Princess Wucheng faced the man's sharp and cold gaze in front of her, and continued to speak frivolously, looking at herself:
"Seeing His Highness being so carefree and romantic, I feel relieved. A man that the Lord of Huaxu has slept with wouldn't be suffering from syphilis, right?"

"Princess, this is what I want to ask. The people of the Southern Dynasty are unrestrained and not as well-regulated as the Northern Dynasty. But..." Gao Yanzong's face turned cold and he glanced at her. "The dance is over, the trouble is over. Even if the princess is not satisfied, I will not accompany you. Please make way."

"Has a temper! Interesting."

Princess Wucheng crossed her arms and said with a sigh, "To be honest, your dancing is really not that good. Your limbs look like they just grew out. You slapped the mosquitoes that passed by. I wonder if Your Highness dares to be perfunctory with me in public and is only gentle with Empress Huaxu, or if you dance like this in front of her too?"

"Humph, no matter how ugly my dancing is, it is not your turn to comment on it."

Speaking of dancing, it really hits Gao Yanzong's weakness. He has been uncoordinated since childhood, and he can't even learn martial arts and swordsmanship, so how can he dance in a coquettish manner?

Fortunately, he had persevered in the sword dance tonight with the intention of stabbing the Princess of Chen to death. At this moment, the princess had no self-awareness and dared to comment on his dance! If it were on the battlefield, he would never tolerate her saying another word.

Gao Yanzong ignored her and walked around her and went straight ahead.

The night banquet at the parade platform lasted until dinner time, when the King of Qi personally invited Princess Wucheng to the inn for a banquet. Only then was Gao Yanzong able to relax and follow the welcoming envoy back to the inn.

In order to make room for the distinguished guest, Gao Changgong moved out of the main hall of the inn and moved into the wing room of the Lady of Runan. Tonight, he did not show up from beginning to end, saying that he was ill and could not see guests. Even when Princess Wucheng wanted to visit him, he refused on the grounds that there was a difference between men and women and that he was already engaged and considered half a married man.

The people of Qi were quite shocked. Wasn't Lanling Wang always reserved and respectful, and even when he was in love with the Lady of Runan, he didn't have any close contact with her? Why did he move into the house of the Princess of Chen when she came?
But the Princess of Chen was not aware of these inside stories.

After Gao Yanzong returned to the inn, he went to the wing room to visit his sick brother, only to find out that the Lady of Runan had just returned and had only packed up her belongings and left.

At that time, Gao Changgong jumped off the bed and chased after her, asking her if she was coming back, but she told him to shut up with a cold and murderous face, and called him "King Lanling" in a distant tone, and also called herself "I"... It was obvious that she was determined to draw a clear line between them.