A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 567 How to Chase a Man

"You know everything? No...what did your majesty say?"

Under Xiao Tongyan's deep gaze, Yuan Wuyou's eyes were sinister and his tone was calm.

"Li Mingjian secretly sprinkled firefly powder on you, but he found it on Gao Yanzong's changed clothes. How come you two are so close that you can even rub your clothes against each other? If you don't believe it, just look down and see if there is fluorescent powder on your cuffs. With all the evidence, you still want to deny it?"

Xiao Tongyan subconsciously lowered his head to look at the cuffs, and sure enough, he saw spots of golden light on the red dress. Then he realized that his action of checking had exposed him.

Her blood ran cold immediately, and she quickly stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty, please be clear! King Ande and I have absolutely no private relationship... Although, we have met before..."

Yuan Wuyou pretended not to hear and continued coldly,

"You and he even pretended to break up with me. What's even more ridiculous is that you two clearly suspected that my affair with the Xianbei Emperor was fake, but neither of you checked with me. Why? You knew that Gao Yanzong himself was not innocent, so you were too embarrassed to come to me to take advantage of me?"

Xiao Tongyan's blood ran cold. "Your Majesty, you are very insightful! I don't know if Prince Ande is with others, but he is absolutely innocent with me! I have watched him grow up since he was a child. When I knew Prince Lanling, he was still a fat dumpling not even as tall as a scallion..."

Even though he had known these things earlier, Yuan Wuyou finally believed it now that the testimonies from all parties matched.

But she did not show any emotion, her face was still cold, "Sit down, since I have drawn a clear line with him, I will not vent my anger on you. He came to me just now, saying that he was jealous and unwilling to accept it."

After Yuan Wuyou confessed frankly, he justified himself.

"I'm still unwilling to accept it. Gao Changgong said he loved me, but he actually gave up on me? And he blamed me for not trusting him. Even if he resented my affair with his brother, shouldn't he have made a fuss with me? But he wasn't jealous or a troublemaker. He was generous and decent. It seemed like he never loved me, but he treated everyone equally."

Xiao Tongyan listened with great interest. Seeing that she no longer pursued the matter of his private meeting with King Ande, he was eager to change the subject and coax her to focus her attention on King Lanling.

"Oh, is Lanling Wang really so generous? In fact, as soon as we heard that you broke up with Lanling Wang and fell in love with Ande Wang, we in the Xiao family made a bet."

The little Empress Huaxu slowly turned her head away, her brows gloomy, "What are you betting on?"

"I bet that Lanling Wang will beat his brother down with one punch and take back his wife, or be a good brother who compromises and gives his wife to someone else. In the end, I thought that Lanling Wang, that good guy, was willing to give his wife to someone else, so I'm afraid he would be willing to give his wife away too."

"You said that, as if he had no responsibility at all. He did love his brother, but he didn't break up with me because of him."

"I know that Lanling Wang is a stubborn person, but he is also sensible. He just keeps things in his heart and won't say them. Why did the latecomer win? Because the former did not fight or compete. Lanling Wang did not fight or compete, and the King of Zhou did not fight or compete either."

"The latecomer is superior? It's true that Prince Lanling didn't fight for anything, but Yuwen Huaibi didn't fight for it either? I don't see that."

Xiao Tongyan laughed and said,

"You just say one thing and mean another!" Yuan Wuyou raised his index finger and shook his head in rebuttal.
"I look down on Yuwen Huaibi from the bottom of my heart. He is so self-deprecating and has no rules or status... Even if Gao Yanzong is frivolous and flirtatious, I don't think he is shameless."

"You keep saying that the Emperor of Zhou is aloof and taciturn. He has something to hide. The same is true for Prince Lanling."

Xiao Tongyan retorted with a click of the tongue. Seeing that the little empress was completely devoted to her love affair, he simply rolled up his sleeves and started to act as her love strategist.

"It's just that Lanling Wang has Ande Wang as a comparison, and they both complain to you on behalf of each other, so you naturally think they are both generous. But the Emperor of Zhou doesn't, so if he takes the initiative, you will feel that he is completely different from the aloof person he used to be. Otherwise, if he wants to control you, he will not have the chance to show up."

The most annoying thing was that just as he finished speaking, the little empress next to him slapped the table with a "bang", which immediately frightened Xiao Tongyan.

Yuan Wuyou said impatiently, "Can you please stop talking about Yuwen Huaibi? I think his three palaces and six courtyards are not clean, okay? Let's talk about Gao Changgong."

Xiao Tongyan raised his hand calmly and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Why? Didn't Your Majesty discuss marriage with Lanling King a long time ago? Lanling King is a stubborn person. I believe that if Your Majesty uses his power, he will be thrown back."

"The problem is that he is now unmoved and won't come back! What do you think he is thinking? If he says he has no feelings for me, then every time he sees me, his eyes are full of affection and he has never said anything about breaking up. If he says he has feelings for me, then he pushes me into his brother's arms and doesn't admit to others that he and I are in love."

"It seems that Lanling Wang is too humble in his relationship. King Ande still treats me as his concubine, but he is convinced that he is nothing. He doesn't want anything but just loves you. If you can take responsibility, you should firmly choose him and encourage him, let him be bold enough to treat himself as the principal wife, and then you can rest assured to reconcile with him."

Hearing this, Yuan Wuyou looked at Xiao Tongyan with approval.

"It seems that you really understand men. No wonder you were sent as an envoy to Qi State and were received by Lanling King, who was the most beautiful in his youth."

Xiao Tongyan was horrified. "Don't scare me. I came here with a mission. How could I dare to be fooled by the beauty trap that Qi State is good at? Later, I joined King Ande's army, not because of my identity. Neither of them knew my identity."

"Don't be so cautious. I'm not jealous of everyone. I just want to ask you, how do you get someone like Gao Changgong back?"

"You don't need to chase or coax such a straightforward man, just force him to love you. After all, you two have a foundation of love, he won't blame you for raping a virgin boy, and he will convince himself that it's natural for him to be with you."

"Ah? I can't beat him, right?"

Xiao Tongyan thought for a moment, then looked up and down at the one-armed girl in front of him, fearing that if she used force, Lanling King would break her other arm as well.

"Then do it openly, for example, call him husband directly, and touch him whenever you have time, like an old married couple. After a few days, he will get used to you and naturally think that you and he are husband and wife."

“…I used to be like this.”

Xiao Tongyan choked for a moment, then thought of this female doctor who had hidden her real name, how she went from being a disfigured female prisoner to becoming "Zheng Xuannu", and how she had taken down the brothers King Lanling and King Ande in just a few days. One could guess how she had pursued the elder brother fiercely and charmed the younger brother in the process.