A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 605
Yuan Wuyou walked along the empty long street in the drizzle. He wanted to look for Gao Changgong, but he saw Gao Yanzong standing alone at the end of the street.

He was holding an umbrella, still wearing the same knee-length red shirt, skinny black pants, and combat boots. From a distance, he looked tall and slender, still as handsome and upright as ever.

Her heart skipped a beat and she wanted to stop and hesitate, but her legs seemed out of control and she walked straight ahead.

When he was three or five steps away, close enough for Yuan Wuyou to see clearly the red camellia and white jade tea painted on the bamboo-frame oil-paper umbrella in his hand.

The man under the umbrella had braided hair draped over his shoulders, casting a dark shadow along his long eyelashes. He raised his peach blossom eyes, which were as sharp as brown crystals, making his handsome baby face look sinister and gloomy.

"Your Majesty, I've been waiting for you."

Yuan Wuyou lost his good temper immediately when he saw that he had a gloomy face, pursed lips and looked unhappy.

"What are you doing here? Eavesdropping? You're too far away."

"Don't think so badly of me. Since we've separated, I won't pester you. I just want to show you a way forward."

"What clear path?"

"After discussion, the fourth brother has retreated to the outside of the East Gate, and the Qi army has also withdrawn from Bowang City. The Xiao family will take over this place immediately. Soon... someone from the Xiao family will notify the time and place for the peace talks between the Great Qi and the Zhou."

"Thank you, Your Highness King Ande, for your guidance. I know where to find him now."

Yuan Wuyou took a step forward indifferently, intending to bypass him. As they passed by, the man suddenly said in a low and hoarse voice:
"You still like him, don't you? I knew that once you saw him... you would still miss him."

She paused, stopped where she was, and turned to look at the man holding an umbrella beside her. "Who?"

Gao Yanzong slowly put down the umbrella, revealing a face with handsome features and gloomy eyes covered by the shadow of the umbrella.

"You knew that he had fabricated a ridiculous dream and lied to you for three years in order to imprison you, but you still didn't hate him and forgave him. But you ignored me when I first met you?"

"Enough!" As the drizzle in the sky gradually became denser, a layer of frost covered her face, making her sharp eyebrows and phoenix eyes look even sharper and more intimidating.

"You two are the same, so don't say anything to each other. If you want to use this to control me, then you'd better shut up. I slept with you casually at first because I didn't take having physical contact with you seriously. It had nothing to do with whether it was my first time or not. Now I still don't take you seriously."

Such cruel words came out of her mouth lightly, causing Gao Yanzong's hand holding the umbrella handle to suddenly! Hold it tighter, almost crushing the umbrella handle.

He wanted to hand her the umbrella, but he couldn't lift his hand no matter what. He just curled the corners of his lips and let out a self-deprecating smile.

"I'm not trying to control you or provoke you. I just don't believe it... Is it because you knew him long ago that you can tolerate him no matter how he treats you? Or is it because he's the only one you're truly in love with? What about Fourth Brother?"

"I'm going to find him now."

Gao Yanzong decisively took a step back to make way for her, and raised the umbrella over her head: "Your Majesty, please."

Yuan Wuyou pushed his umbrella away and walked straight past him with big strides without looking back.

I don't know since when, the two of them have never had a harmonious relationship. Apart from such tit-for-tat, they just distance themselves from each other. They are so boring.

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Outside the city, on Bowang Slope, with the enthusiastic guidance of the Qi soldiers, Yuan Wuyou found Gao Changgong again under the two camellia trees.

The drizzle had just stopped, and the violent storms overnight had knocked down many camellia flowers, which fell to the ground, forming a layer of pink and white. Almost all of them were intact large flowers that fell into the mud.

The ghost-faced man with a high ponytail stood proudly, the golden armor he was wearing shining as new after being washed by the rain. The bulky armor made him look quite burly, but it also highlighted his broad shoulders, narrow waist, and long legs. He looked tall and straight, and his whole body was shining.

At this moment, the man was inserting a three-pointed, double-edged spear into the mud, holding the spear shaft with his hand and looking into the distance.

It was not until Yuan Wuyou walked a few steps away and was about to call him that the Ghost-faced General turned around and stared at her steadily with a pair of black eyes from under his ferocious ghost mask with a metallic luster.

He opened his mouth and said:
"Have you completely let go of your fifth brother? He said that as soon as you saw Lord Yuwen... you seemed to be possessed. He said that except for being annoyed with him, you seemed to be able to fall in love with anyone. He—"

She interrupted him with an impatient frown.

"Are you speaking up for him, or are you questioning me?"

"I am speaking up for myself!"

Gao Changgong glared fiercely with his black eyes and roared angrily, then he realized his loss of composure belatedly and immediately restrained his temper. His clear double-lidded phoenix eyes suddenly drooped in frustration.

"Why are you not as emotionally frustrated and hurt as Ah Chong and Lord Zhou, but you don't show your emotions? Is this because you are the first wife and you are determined to win them over?"

"No, in fact, even if you, your fifth brother, and Yuwen Huaibi all left, I would not be surprised, because I have never expected anything to last long. Without hope, there will be no disappointment."

The man glared.
"Even I... am not included in your plan? But from the beginning to the end, I have firmly chosen you every time. Even if we are separated, I have never said that I don't love you to make you and my fifth brother happy..."

"I want to ask you, you clearly choose me every time, but why do you never expect me to take on the responsibilities of a husband and wife? Aren't you keeping your chastity for me?"

Looking at the girl in front of him with sinister eyes and aggressive questioning, Gao Changgong let out a bitter smile from under his grimace.

"Do you doubt my loyalty, or do you not believe in my loyalty to you? Or do you want to drive me crazy?"

"I trust you very much, but I also feel very insecure. You are by my side, but I feel isolated from you even though I know we can't get each other, which makes me feel desperate."

Feeling insecure?

The girl said in a serious tone that she "didn't feel safe with him", which made Gao Changgong feel like he was hit by a stick in the head, but he was powerless to change it.

The long eyelashes on his ferocious face covered his eyes. The man, who was more than half a head taller than Yuan Wuyou, lowered his eyes slightly at this moment, and avoided her gaze in a panic. He was embarrassed about this and said with difficulty:
"Yes... What qualifications do I have for you to trust me? I can defend the borders of Da Qi, but I can't protect the safety of my beloved. To me, love is like the sun and the moon in the sky, close at hand but out of reach. I look up to the love you bestow upon me, but I know that there is a huge gap between you and me, and it is difficult for us to get married."

"What gully?"

"National hatred and family feud. I am not like your father, who was born to be a private soldier of the empress, and shared the same hatred and enemies and went down in history. My country is hostile to your country, and you and I have fought bloody battles across the country."

Speaking of old times, Yuan Wuyou couldn't help but recall the Battle of Luoyang Longmen that made him infamous and famous.

She suddenly narrowed her eyes and fixed her gaze on the ghost-faced man in front of her.