A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 610 Pure Interests
After parting with Gao Changgong, Yuan Wuyou had just entered Bowang City when it started to rain.

The rain came fast and violently, and it started to crackle in the blink of an eye, hitting her eyes like beans, making her see stars. Her bandaged left arm was instantly penetrated, and the rain seeped into the wound, causing a pain like gravel and a dull wet pain.

The rain continued to pour. Yuan Wuyou ran towards the old place that Xiao Tongyan mentioned, Baoji Pastry Shop. Before he arrived, he was found by Xiao Tongyan.

She was holding an umbrella herself, and seeing the one-armed girl being drenched, she quickly opened another folded umbrella and held it over Yuan Wuyou's head.

Yuan Wuyou took it without hesitation: "Thank you."

Under the umbrella, Xiao Tongyan vaguely revealed a pair of brown peach blossom eyes, and his smiling words penetrated the heavy rain, coming intermittently:
"There are two most attractive types of men in the world. One is a young man pretending to be a mature man, a young man with a daddy vibe. Like the King of Zhou. The other is an old man pretending to be innocent, a young man with a daddy vibe. Like the King of Lanling."

The crackling raindrops, like abacus beads, hit the oil-paper umbrella above Yuan Wuyou's head and poured down along the edge of the umbrella. She only held the umbrella handle lightly with her right hand, and her five long white fingers were strong and powerful, not moving at all.

The red-shirted girl revealed a smooth pointed jaw from under her umbrella, her full red lips slightly parted, and said in a displeased voice:

"Why are you bringing this up with men again?"

"But seeing Your Majesty surrounded by wolves, I am afraid you will suffer."

Princess Nanliang, who was devoted to restoring her country, seemed to have awakened some interest in gossip when she saw Yuan Wuyou. Not only did she not hear her words of dissuasion, she even intensified her criticism and began to analyze it more enthusiastically:
"Prince Zhou is too young to be innocent, and his affair with you has been made known to everyone. And there is also Prince Lanling..."

"Tsk, shut up!" Yuan Wuyou interrupted her impatiently.

"As for Yuwen Huaibi, he is indeed scheming. Although he is not innocent, he is noble and hates others to treat him badly. But Gao Changgong... he is so stupid in love, how can he not be innocent?"

"But he is very strong, and his figure and appearance are superior. If you just give him a little training, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle him."

The drizzle was misty, carrying with it a chilly dampness. Yuan Wuyou couldn't help but shrink her neck in fear. She didn't want to listen to other people's comments about the men she was close to. Seeing that the chaste man Gao Changgong was being teased, she immediately became impatient:

"Shut up. I think you are tired of living. You don't talk about your attempt to bring all the countries together here, but you keep talking about coveting my man? Last night you dared to say that you like Gao Yanzong, and now you are coveting Gao Changgong?"

"Hahaha... Your Majesty, do you think I am not ambitious? But when it comes to being a tyrant, who can compare to you?"

Before Xiao Tongyan finished speaking, he was glared at.

She felt inexplicably guilty and didn't dare to do it again, so she smiled awkwardly.

"We can't just talk about alliances and interests, we also have to talk about romance to ease the tension. When we talk about men, it's romance, but if we talk about politics, we can't avoid these men. After all, in the current situation, how many female politicians have jumped to the top?"

"As you wish, the border of the three kingdoms is in complete chaos. How to fish in troubled waters is the job of the fisherman, and Gao Changgong and Yuwen Yong are just bait in the dirty stream, covering the net."

"Humans, selfishness is instinctive. If you want to live, you have to be self-sufficient. It is also human nature to covet beauty. If you want to live happily, you have to be well fed and warm and think about sex. And some people... rely on arousing people's lust to obtain the benefits they need."

Xiao Tongyan's last sentence obviously refers to Gao Yanzong.

Yuan Wuyou simply took the sharp corner of the umbrella and poked the edge of her umbrella impatiently.

"Have you reached an agreement on the peace talks? Where are we going next?" "I think the rain will not stop this morning. I have reached an agreement with all the families. Only my Xiao family will be stationed in Bowang City. We will go to Bowang Posthouse to discuss the peace talks at 9:00 pm. If the result is good, I will invite everyone to my courtyard on the outskirts of the city for a banquet. I will provide the meals."

"If we can't come to an agreement, won't we have nothing to eat?"

Before Yuan Wuyou finished her words, the white-robed general opposite her handed her two baskets of pastries wrapped in hemp rope and oil paper.

Even though the air I breathed was filled with moisture from the heavy rain, it couldn't cover up the sweet and rich aroma of the pastries, which went straight into my nose.

Xiao Tongyan smiled and said, "This is Baoji Bakery's signature dessert. I brought it especially for you."

Yuan Wuyou was about to take it, but then he felt that he should not accept it without any merit, so he said awkwardly: "Why are you treating me so special? Are you treating me like a man?"

Xiao Tongyan shook his head, holding an umbrella in one hand and handing her the hemp rope of the pastry wrapped in oil paper.
"We are friends. Don't let dirty love taint our pure relationship of interests."

Yuan Wuyou thought it made sense, so he thanked her, took the cake with his right hand holding the umbrella handle, and walked side by side with her holding the umbrella to the inn.

Xiao Tongyan beside him said to himself:

"You can eat now. The flour used in Baoji Bakery is all grown in Rang County. It is very fine. The honey and nectar used for dough making are also collected from Rang County. That is the hometown of Yu Nong Gong, and it is where the Xiao family's dream of farming in the Southern Dynasty began."

"Are you familiar with the owner of Baoji? I always hear you mention Baoji."

"The shopkeeper is my relative and has also lived in Rang County for a few years." Xiao Tongyan glanced at the cakes in the girl's hand and said mischievously, "The shopkeeper said he had seen you before. When he heard that it was for you, he insisted on giving me two copies of his signature peach blossom charms and lotus cakes and confiscated all my money."

"Could it be that Vedic flower that bloomed?"

Xiao Tongyan was stunned. "Why did you think of him? He has been in Chishui all these years."

"He was the only one who had stayed in Rang County."

"I've already told you that this is my family name. My surname is Wei Tuohua. Forget it, don't guess anymore."

After saying that, Xiao Tongyan rolled his eyes, "You really are such a fool. You only see the man you like and ignore other men who pursue you, right? He is really throwing his seductive eyes to a blind man."

Yuan Wuyou was even more confused by this. His amber brown eyes suddenly widened. "Flirting eyes? What do you mean? Who is that person? Do you know him? Is he from your family?"

"I don't know him, let's go."

So Xiao Tongyan, wearing silver armor and a white robe, strode forward angrily, and Yuan Wuyou had no choice but to follow him quickly, throwing the cakes and umbrella behind him.

The road from the city gate to the inn was not far, especially now that there were few living people in the city, almost all the buildings were deserted, so it was easier to find the way. After all, the battle last night was brutal, and the people in the city who could take their belongings and flee had all fled, leaving only a few alive, and they all stayed indoors, waiting to be slaughtered after the rain stopped.

In the heavy rain, there were two bamboo oil-paper umbrellas floating. Under the umbrellas were a red and a white umbrella. The red one was walking in front, while the white one followed closely but always lagged behind by half a step.