A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 617: Borrowing Passage Through Xiangyang
In order to avoid Li Mingjian's resentful gaze, Yuan Wuyou turned around and urged Xiao Tongyan: "No one sitting here is an outsider now, Princess, you may as well speak directly. I am worried that waiting like this will not help. How can those people in Zhou Kingdom listen to you and come when you call them?"

Xiao Tongyan smiled and nodded, "It's because King Fengling spoke frankly. To be honest, I was able to hold Master Chi Luo in my hands, and use this to attract the Duke of Nanyang and others to gather here and actively redeem me. I also have to thank King Fengling and King Ande for their help."

This guy started to blame Yuan Wuyou for the trouble as soon as he opened his mouth.

Thinking of the Jiyang rapist case that led to the Chishui rebels, and the frequent appearances of the Xiao family garrison, Yuan Wuyou had already figured out the connection. But now that the Zhou people were present, Xiao Tongyan was too heavy a blame to bear.

Su Wei, who had been silent for a long time, could not help but ask in astonishment: "Your Highness, when did Princess Jiangxia talk about this?"

Yuan Wuyou's expression did not change, and he continued to smile:
"Princess, please be careful with your words. I and King Ande were trying to find the cause of Jiyang's disaster, and it just happened to be you. You used it as a knife. It's fine if people misunderstand me, but don't drag King Ande and the State of Qi into it."

Xiao Tongyan tutted, "The king is really protective of his shortcomings."

"By the way, I haven't met Master Chi Luo yet. Where is he? I heard that he was imprisoned in the territory of the Chishui rebels and fell into prostitution. If you really rescued him, let me see him."

The Queen of Fengling's turn of phrase was abrupt. She originally intended to remind the visitors from Zhou that the Xiao family was in collusion with the Chishui rebels, but it took a different meaning when everyone heard it.

Seeing that they were close, Li Ming narrowed his eyes and asked her, "Do you love saving Fengchen so much?"

After being reminded by Li Mingjian, Gao Yanzong immediately looked at the princess in brocade robe and title clothes with resentment.

Even Xiao Tongyan, who was sitting in the upper seat, smiled at her and said, "Your Majesty, are you trying to make King Ande jealous? When did you become interested in a prostitute with a rotten dick?"

Upon hearing this, before Yuan Wuyou could explain, King Ande retorted: "Princess, please don't tease me. I am not the uncle and sister-in-law of the Lord of Huaxu. Our relationship is innocent. It is not my turn to be jealous."

Xiao Tongyan's smile grew brighter as he heard this. "Oh?"

However, Master Li, who was sitting at the same table with King Fengling, sneered:
"King Ande, how did you hold back from laughing when you said that?"

King Ande ignored the teasing of the two people and continued to stare at the princess who was looking at him with a smile, but his eyes became sharp.

"Moreover, if she is dirty and smelly and accepts everyone who comes, I will only feel sorry for my brother and advise him to break up with her."

Yuan Wuyou had the hardest time dealing with Gao Yanzong's harsh words, so he simply waved his hand to interrupt him, looking past Li Mingjian who was sitting on the right, and explained to the two princes-in-law who were sitting across an empty table:

"Prince Su, don't doubt me. Someone has a grudge against the Chiluo family but not against me. The Chiluo family is the running dogs of the Yuwen family, but I am not. I am just involved in the affairs of several of them. In order to protect myself, I can only take the initiative to attack and find out the reasons."

After a pause, she turned around, raised her eyebrows and asked Xiao Tongyan, who was standing above her, with a smile, "I am also curious, how did Wei Tuohua train the groom?"

"Yes, I will personally take the king to see him later."

"Don't wait a moment, Princess? Please follow me to the back hall to check your statements. Otherwise, I won't dare to watch this confusing Hongmen Banquet today and will have to leave immediately."

Seeing King Fengling with his hands hanging down, he raised his eyebrows, his amber eyes holding a sharp gleam, and with his golden crown and brocade robe, he looked gorgeous and imposing.

Xiao Tongyan, who was in a dilemma, threw the list in his hand onto Yuan Wuyou's desk.

"Your Majesty, what you said is absolutely right. I did not intend to hide it from you. Your Majesty, you can take a look at this first to show my sincerity to my friend."

When Yuan Wuyou opened the list and took a quick look, she was secretly surprised. Looking at the names on it, she thought about why they were on the Book of Life and Death one by one, but she couldn't help but look up and ask,
"Where did their hatred come from? How do you want to deal with them? Can you let me know?" Hearing this, Xiao Tongyan slowly stood up from behind the table, waved at her and smiled.

"I was just about to say this. Your Majesty, please follow me to the back hall."

Yuan Wuyou nodded, then glanced at Li Mingjian who was sitting beside her.

"It's just right, you can come and take a look too. The Xiao family has put the imperial seal on the table to show their sincerity. You are from Southern Xinjiang and have never seen the imperial seal before. You won't lose it if you take a look at it in front of everyone today, right?"

With Li Mingjian's ability, as long as he was close enough, even if he couldn't touch the seal, he could still grab it with a hidden weapon in the air in front of everyone.

But Xiao Tongyan didn't give him a chance. He put the jade seal into the box and put it in his pocket. He did it in one go without any delay.

Then he led the King of Fengling, who was wearing a brocade robe that reached his ankles, to the back hall. Master Li followed closely, uninvited.

Said they were going to the back hall, the Silver-Armored Princess who was leading the way in front walked directly out of the back hall door, and the two people behind followed closely behind her tacitly.

Behind the main hall is the main house, with two rows of white-robed soldiers guarding the door.

Xiao Tongyan first walked in and took a look inside, then turned aside to make way, bowed his head and raised his hand to invite:

"I have placed the people brought by Master Li here. Please come in, my lord. I will guard the door for you."

Upon hearing this, the queen's amber eyes couldn't help but be excited. She bowed to Princess Jiangxia, patted her brother on the shoulder, thanked him, and then went into the house alone.

She stepped over the threshold and entered the house. When she looked inside, she saw two people already waiting for Yuan Wuyou.

What caught my eye were two slender men in black, wearing black iron armor and helmets. They were dressed in the attire of the Tiger Guards, who were the personal followers of the Northern Zhou emperor.

Before Yuan Wuyou could get closer, a palace soldier came running over, knelt down in front of her with a plop, and swiftly took off his black iron armor, revealing a face that was burned by smoke and fire.

"Young Master! I almost died with you... If the deputy general hadn't disguised himself as me, I would have been the one who was slaughtered by the palace soldiers in Qushen City just now!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Yu Fei, the governor of Xiangyang, was filled with grievances and almost burst into tears.

"What's going on? Please get up and sit down and talk slowly."

Yuan Wuyou said this as he helped the man up.

The governor of Xiangyang also hurriedly complained, "You know that Bai Lan passed through Nanyang to rescue the little leader these two days, but I just escaped and went to Qushen City to join him, and I was blocked in the city. It was the king's uncle, the King of Heyin, who sent troops to massacre the city. I didn't know that Chang'an had issued a killing order!"

Through the oral narration of the man from Xiangyang who had escaped death, Yuan Wuyou learned that there was a fierce fighting in Bowang City last night, and the fighting in Jingxiang outside was equally fierce.

The reason why she dared to challenge Zhou and Qi at the border and establish herself as king with Xiangyang was because Bai Lan had sneaked through Xiangyang to join the battle. A few days ago, Bai Lan wanted to form an alliance with Xiangyang in the name of rescuing the small leader detained by Northern Zhou, but Xiangyang ignored her.

It was not until recently that the young master of the previous dynasty, King Fengling, showed up that Xiangyang agreed to secretly attack Chencang. This time, Bai Lan also brought along the Xiaocuo allied forces from the Dangxiang tribe who wanted to avenge the Xifeng clan.