A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 621 Punishment in Public
Xiao Tongyan sneered, "Wei Chen, the founding Duke of Rang County? It was him and Wei Xiaokuan and his son who attacked Jiangling. He was the second oldest in the family, but his eldest brother died early. He was the son that Wei Xiaokuan valued the most, but fortunately he died on the way back to Rang County to take up his post."

After her explanation, Yuan Wuyou completely understood Wei Tuohua's life story. It turned out that he was also Wei Xiaokuan's son? She had heard gossip at the beginning. Some people said that before she was born, the court was forcing the emperor to abdicate because the empress had no heir. In order to show his loyalty, Wei Xiaokuan let his eldest son die in the war and let his second son, who had made great military achievements, be adopted as his heir, just to prove that he would not rebel against the empress for his children and grandchildren.

Even after she was born, Wei Xiaokuan still treated her like this. Even after news broke that his second son had also died for his country, he did not care about his life or death.

Wei Tuohua has been training the rebels in Chishui these years. Chishui is adjacent to Yunzhou. How could Wei Xiaokuan not recognize his son? Unless he doesn't want to recognize him.

Then this father-son relationship... is really intriguing.

Yuan Wuyou's respect for Wei Xiaokuan had long been ruined by the three strategies he taught Yuwen Huaibi to keep her. Just as she was about to write a long story about this topic, she saw Yuwen Zhi suddenly turn his head and push the person kneeling behind him:
"I just realized what's going on. You broke into Rang City. Could it be that you are colluding with the Xiao family?"

Seeing the young man in black being pushed to the ground, the guy still felt it was not enough and grabbed his thin neck: "I knew that you, a traitor, are eager to start a war!"

The man who had been kneeling quietly just now was wearing black clothes. He was completely different from the skinny young man in ragged clothes just now. He had broad shoulders, narrow waist and long legs, like a weak warrior. But his face was as pale as if he had been dead for many days, his lips were also white and bloodless, and he had a pair of deep blue eyes that were almost pure blue. His eyelashes opened and closed, and he looked drowsy, as if he was lifeless.

Fearing that Yuwen Zhi would really kill him, Yuan Wuyou quickly shouted, "Stop! Why did the Duke of Wei say that? Even if it was an internal conflict, why punish him in public?"

Yuwenzhi loosened his grip on the boy's neck, shook his hands, turned around and said to her with disdain, "Prince Fengling was so kind that he didn't even ask why? Rangcheng has been in the hands of the rebels for more than ten years. It's simply hell on earth. The Great Zhou just pretends that this place doesn't exist, but this kid actually broke into Rangcheng. If my scouts hadn't caught him yesterday while catching Bai Lan's spy, we wouldn't have caught this traitor."

Hearing this, Yuan Wuyou looked in astonishment at the young man in black, who was kneeling on the ground and not saying a word.

Xiao Tongyan was the first to speak up and refute: "Duke Weiguo, please stop throwing dirty water. Our Xiao family is not related to everyone."

Yuan Wuyou's eyes passed over the black-clothed boy beside him and stared at the huddled boy. "Did you pull out his tongue and not ask him to explain?"

Considering that Wei Tuohua was the founding duke of Rang County, Yuan Wuyou knew that Rang County was still in his hands. She didn't believe that Wan Yuwuyu was colluding with the Xiao family, and why was he colluding with the Chishui rebels?

Hearing this, Yuwen Zhi sneered and pointed at the man beside him, "Look, your old master asked you to explain."

The young man spoke hoarsely to Yu Wenzhi in a trembling voice, "My Lord, please understand. I really have nothing to do with the Xiao family..."

Yuwen Zhi: "I don't believe it."

Yuan Wuyou couldn't bear to listen any longer, "Duke Weiguo, if you can't judge, can you find someone who can?"

"Oh? Why is King Fengling so interested in interrogating the rebel generals under my command?" The boy's eagle-like phoenix eyes were filled with an evil smile.

"I heard that Prince Fengling reminisced with Yuwen Fuling a few days ago and even encouraged him to steal the imperial seal, causing the Xiao family to accidentally hurt Prince Ande. This traitor is a habitual offender, so I brought him here and sent him to Your Highness."

Yuan Wuyou was used to not showing his emotions, and at this moment, his eyebrows were gloomy, his face was stern, and he said in a deep voice: "I have nothing to do with him, don't try to drag me into this." "Oh? I heard that when King Fengling was in Huaxu Women's Kingdom, he was an old friend of our General Yuwen Fuling. Now he is distancing himself from them, which may make things worse."

Yu Wenzhi squinted his eyes and said jokingly:
"Oh my, does King Fengling really not want him? If he passes this village, he may not be able to survive anymore."

Yuan Wuyou's eyelids jumped. It's not that she didn't want it, she wanted it very much, but under the watchful eyes of the public, any words or decisions she made could cause countless disasters.

She looked at the short-haired man in black with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, but Wan Yuwuyu lowered his eyebrows and did not look at her. Perhaps because of the pain in his body, he felt half-dead.

Since he didn't look at her, she hardened her heart and kept a cold face: "He is a living person, not a dog or a pig. Even if he is suspected and needs to be executed, we still have to follow the procedures of the Qiu government, right?"

"Hahaha!" Hearing this, Yuwen Zhi slapped the table and laughed. He was so excited that he seemed to have found her weak spot. He pointed at her nose and said, "You are such a traitor, Prince Fengling! Are you showing off your true colors?" As he said this, he suddenly stopped laughing.
"Since King Fengling is speaking up for him, please explain to the Great Zhou on his behalf why you frequently associate with this traitor and have close personal relations with the remnants of Jiangling at a time when relations on the border are tense?"

Damn it! When everyone heard that Chong Yuan Wuyou was here, they all looked at her, waiting for her to reply. She had no choice but to keep a straight face.
"Ridiculous! It was your Northern Zhou's Anhua Duke Yuwen Shen who used sex to seduce the leader of the Huaxu Tuoba tribe to lead his troops in treason. I haven't even held you accountable yet, but you are fighting among yourselves and are now mocking me for not teaching him well? If you had known this would happen, why did you incite them and their son to rebel against Huaxu?"

Yu Wenzhi lost his confidence after hearing this question and said in silence,

"That's because he wants to trace his roots, how could I know..." He couldn't argue with the female king who was sitting on the throne, so he turned around, picked up the teacup, and threw it on Wan Yuwu's face along with the tea!
"It's all because of you, traitor! You made me lose face in front of others!"

The tea must have been no longer hot, but the white porcelain cup still hurt when it hit the bridge of the nose. The man's face instantly showed pain and he closed his eyes to endure it.

Yuwen Zhi refused to give in: "If I had known that you were such a jinx who killed your father and angered your mother to death, the Great Zhou would not want a bastard like you!"

Seeing him punishing Wan Yuwuyou in public, making it clear to her, Yuan Wuyou tried her best to remain indifferent.

But when he pulled out the whip and ripped open the boy's collar, revealing the black and purple bruises on his pale neck that looked like corpse spots, and the dark red whip marks, the humiliation became even more severe. Yuan Wuyou couldn't bear it anymore!

He angrily rebuked: "Enough! If you want to teach your men a lesson, don't do it in front of others."

Yuwenzhi twisted his neck and turned his head to follow the sound, his thick eyebrows raised arrogantly, "Your Highness still cares about him."

"I am thinking about you. He and Yuwen Xiaobo are brothers, and they are all relatives from the same clan. Don't let the loyalty of a loyal minister go unappreciated."

"He is just a relative of the same clan, a mere official. Don't talk about him. Even if his father stood in front of me, I would still ignore him."

King Fengling narrowed his eyes slightly, "Did your brother let you out just to bring disaster to the Zhou Kingdom?"

Yuwen Zhi sneered, "Is it useful to use the emperor's brother to pressure me? I know the little things between your highness and the emperor's brother. The emperor's brother praises you, but I don't buy it."