A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 545 The two brothers testify against each other

In the end, she didn't even take away the golden armor that Gao Changgong had given her. She only left him a few carts of money from the Zheng residence, saying that she wanted him to share it equally with King Ande to thank Qi for taking care of her during this period.

Gao Changgong was so anxious that he said, "Even a betrothal gift cannot be so careless," but she rolled her eyes at him instead. She sternly clarified that this was not a betrothal gift to the Gao family, and that King Ande deserved death. His brother, who helped his relatives but not the family, was not much better...

Gao Changgong felt really wronged and was not good at speaking, so he could only follow her and call her to come back early to pick up the goods...

At this point, Gao Changgong, who was leaning on the sickbed at the time, looked at his brother who was sitting beside his bed and listening in silence, and sighed helplessly:

"I heard that she went to the parade ground and had a bad time with you guys... Is she... not coming back?"

Gao Yanzong, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, shook his head and said, "I don't know. Even if you didn't ask, I'm sure you would have guessed what happened just now."

The elder brother on the hospital bed suddenly opened his long eyelashes, his dark eyes were solemn, and his tone changed from the gentle one just now. He asked in a rare deep voice:

"Yanzong, it's time for me to interrogate you. You stole the king's seal and forged documents... Why didn't you tell me earlier about such a big thing? If she hadn't kept her relationship with you and helped you destroy the evidence... This matter is enough to nail you in the history books and be cursed by future generations forever!"

Gao Yanzong sighed, "I know, so it's better if you don't know about this notorious thing. Otherwise, it's fine if it doesn't work out, but if it does, you'll be an accomplice."

"I'm afraid I will stop you. Even though I know she is a person of affection and justice, I dare not bet on her becoming a tyrant."

"If I had known that, given my brother's temper, he would have stopped me. Otherwise, you wouldn't be Gao Changgong... That's why I didn't dare to tell you."

The elder brother's dark phoenix eyes stared blankly at his younger brother who was sitting beside the bed. His tone was so calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter, pretending to be a little adult.

But in Gao Changgong's heart, his younger brother is still a child, but he has grown into the adult in his own mind. He has learned to be silent and tried to be independent, but he can't trust anyone, including his brother.

Thinking of this, Gao Changgong's dark phoenix eyes became even more sad, and his tone was full of deep disappointment!
"She doesn't believe me, so you don't believe me either? Do you two really take me for a fool? Now you're hiding everything from me? I can't lose my brother, and I can't watch her get tricked and killed without knowing anything! Can't you two just calm down and stop fighting each other to the death?"

Gao Yanzong was speechless, "Brother, I really am..."

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, interrupting Gao Yanzong's defense.

Then someone shouted outside the door, "Is Prince Ande in the house? I am here to invite you by order of the Emperor. The Princess of Chen wants you to take her to find the cat of the Lord of Huaxu."

This sudden interruption and questioning made Gao Changgong very confused. He turned around and asked his younger brother:
"What cat? Is Princess Chen familiar with her?"

Gao Yanzong turned around quickly and shouted to the outside, "Lord Huaxu has left the inn and I don't know where he went. I have also gone to bed. You go and report this to the Princess of Chen!"

Hearing the footsteps leaving outside the door, Gao Yanzong turned around, but was frightened by his brother's resentful black eyes!
He stood up out of guilt, then realized that he had overreacted, so he sat on the empty chair at the head of the bed and explained to his brother:
"She just brought me a Persian cat and asked me if I wanted it. At that time, the Princess of Chen asked me to accept it and give it to her. When I heard that, I thought that I was using the things given by my ex-lover to please another woman. Didn't she hate me for that? I said I didn't like cats and didn't want it."

Gao Changgong's dark phoenix eyes were stunned, "Have you determined that she is your ex? Are you really determined to break up with her?" "I did that to distinguish the opposing camps of the two women, but... what you said is not wrong, brother." Gao Yanzong wanted to explain that he was unwilling to do so, but looking at his brother in front of him with complicated eyes and hesitant to speak, he fell silent again.

His ex-lover was originally snatched from his brother. Outsiders thought that he was a philanderer and seduced his sister-in-law and bewitched her. Those who supported him were just watching the fun, and now that they broke up, naturally there were many people applauding.

He should stop now. Since he couldn't return her to his brother and had forced her away, which might make her never come back, he naturally couldn't continue to get entangled with her in front of his brother.

Gao Changgong remained silent, and then his brother also remained silent. He sat on the armchair beside the bed, leaning on the head of his bed with a lost look in his eyes.

There was a lot of noise outside due to the beating of gongs and drums, but the two brothers in the house were still living a peaceful life.

After the breakup, Gao Yanzong felt like he was sick and out of his mind.

The two brothers lay on the bed, one lying on the other, so quiet that only their shallow breathing could be heard. Until the candlelight on the bedside lamp dimmed and almost burned out, making the room even darker.

Gao Changgong raised his arm slightly and wanted to go down to refill the candle, but he found that his brother, who was lying on the head of his bed with his arms crossed, was not asleep, but his face was gloomy with a full head of braided hair and curly bangs, and even his eyelashes were wet.

Gao Changgong couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you? Are you regretting not having a cat?"

Gao Yanzong didn't know why his brother would guess the cat. He just pulled the corners of his lips and smiled bitterly, "I want it, but the cat is in her hands, it's better than giving it to another woman."

"Aren't you afraid that she will give the cat to someone else?"

"That's right! Then I have to go stop them."

An idea suddenly occurred to him, and he stood up without hesitation. Just as he was about to take a step, he tripped over the armrest of the chair and fell directly into his brother's arms!
"Ah! Hiss~" Gao Changgong, whose chest and abdomen were covered with wounds, was hit so hard that he saw stars. Even though his brother quickly got up, the white bandage wrapped around his chest still oozed blood.

Then I heard the girl's crisp voice coming from the door:
"Don't waste your time. There's no need to undo the mistake you made."

The person who pushed the door open was a little girl in black.

Gao Yanzong, who had just gotten up, felt like crying when he saw Feng Lingxin. He said impatiently, "What are you doing here? Don't you know the difference between men and women? This is my brother's bedroom!"

Feng Lingxin sneered, "Just get it straight. Less than an hour ago, this was my sister's boudoir! I came here to find her. If you hadn't angered her, would she have packed up and left Da Qi?!"

——At the same time, outside Bowang City.

When Yuwen Huaibi, sitting in the spacious carriage, heard his confidant outside the curtain report: "Princess Jiangxia has brought Prince Fengling here", this Xianbei man, who was dressed in a spotless white shirt and had not been wet by a drop of rain all the way, could not contain his joy and lifted the curtain to go out to look, but ended up stepping into the mud.

Before he could shake off the ankle-deep mud, he saw the one-armed girl in a red shirt, led by Princess Jiangxia in a straw raincoat, being brought back by a female general in armor holding an umbrella. In her arms was a huddled ball of white fluff.