A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 631: Raising a Shield as an Umbrella
When Yuan Wuyou walked out of the door, Xiao Tongyan told her the bad news, saying that the carriage loaded with Zheng family's money had indeed arrived outside the city, but was intercepted by the king's uncle and transported back to Xi'e City.

After learning of the Xiao family's intentions, he refused to give in and insisted on waiting until the Duke of Weiguo's men returned safely to their base in Xi'e City before he would return them.

As the saying goes, man proposes, God disposes. Besides gangsters, there are bandits.

Although Xiao Tongyan's plan failed, he comforted Yuan Wuyou and said,

"The Zhou Kingdom has sent people to redeem the Duke of Wei and his men, but I evaded them by saying that the King of Fengling had already gone back, and only the King of Fengyi of Northern Qi and Zheng Xuannu were waiting. You can stay or go as you please."

At this point, Xiao Tongyan comforted her and told her not to worry, nor did she need to step in to deal with it. She could just go with him to the villa in the suburbs and wait for Zhou Guo to come and deliver the carriage carrying the Zheng family's money.

By the way, he also whispered to her that Wan Yu Wu Yu left through the back door, and was escorted by Master Li himself. The person who could make Master Li temporarily give up his eyes on the jade seal and go to give it to him must be very powerful.

Yuan Wuyou nodded to show that he knew what was going on, but when he remembered that Prince Feng Yi had not left, he became anxious to see him off.

As a result, when she entered the front hall, she saw Prince Consort Yu and Prince Consort Su sitting in the seats originally occupied by Prince Ande, drinking tea and eating cakes and chatting as if they were at home.

"The biggest flaw in King Ande's beauty trap is that he is not beautiful enough."

Su Wei was shocked, "He's not beautiful enough?"

"He can stand out among ordinary people, but his target is Lanling King, the emperor of our Great Zhou. He doesn't have the majestic look of Lanling King, who is loved by everyone, nor does he have the exotic style of our Majesty. He is not beautiful enough, so he can't be the most special man in the heart of the prey."

"But he can seduce women. I heard that women who love King Ande lined up from the Southern Dynasty to the Qi State. From what happened between him and our King Fengling, I know he plays with women's feelings."

"So what? If you only use your beauty to please someone, it won't last long."

Yuan Wuyou couldn't help but interrupt when he heard this: "Don't make up stories about me abandoning you. In my eyes, Prince Ande is always charming and the most beautiful man in the world."

Before she finished her words, she was interrupted by a cold voice:

"Forgetting friends for the sake of beauty is not what a wise ruler does, my King Fengling."

Yuan Wuyou looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man in black clothes and tights coming in. He was still wearing the half-jade mask and walked calmly from the door.

The Xianbei man slightly opened his light-colored thin lips and continued:
"My sixth brother has an old back injury. If he were to fight, he would suffer. When King Fengling detained him, he didn't hurt him, right?"

The Queen, who was wearing a black shirt, quickly distanced herself from the issue:

"Your Majesty, please do not accuse me. I was not the one who captured your sixth brother. Besides, even if you don't provoke him, he is still arrogant. Who dares to use force on him?"

***
When Yuan Wuyou and Xiao Tongyan were seeing Prince Feng Yi off, they were saying goodbye on the long street outside the gate when they ran into a group of Zhou people.

The leader wore a golden ghost mask on his face, followed by several soldiers in golden armor, and another man holding a three-pointed, double-edged sword.

He raised his hand, and there was a ring on the thumb of his patent leather glove.

The man recognized Prince Feng Yi as soon as he came up and said, "Prince Feng Yi? Oh, you're here to beg for money too?"

Prince Fengyi nodded and said, "So it's Uncle Li."

When Yuan Wuyou heard the name "Uncle Li", he felt it sounded familiar and something suddenly popped up in his mind, but only flashed by.

When two acquaintances met, they naturally stepped forward to greet each other. The next moment, Uncle Li caught sight of the girl beside him from the corner of his eye, and his brown eyes under the golden mask suddenly narrowed slightly: "Who is this?" Prince Feng Yi raised his hand and introduced the girl beside him: "She is the wife of Prince Lanling. Well, they are not married yet, so they must be lovers. She is the aunt of Zheng from Xingyang, and she is here to take back the Zheng family's inheritance."

Li Guojiu sneered: "So she is the boy's lover. As soon as Prince Huaxu died, he couldn't wait to get married."

Seeing that Uncle Li raised his hand and clenched it into a fist, lowered his eyes and pretended to glance at the ring, as if he was ready to fight, Prince Feng Yi quickly leaned forward to block his cousin.

"Is the prince going to fight with a weak woman?"

"How could that be? I just don't like her," the tall uncle Li said condescendingly, glancing at Yuan Wuyou. "Get lost now."

Since Uncle Li disliked Yuan Wuyou, she bid farewell to Prince Fengyi on the spot, turned around and asked the governor of Xiangyang to bring the guards and follow Prince Xiao to Xiao Tongyan's villa.

She and Xiao Tongyan stayed behind, and the two of them walked along the long street, following the large group towards her yard outside the west gate.

***
It was past noon and the sky was still foggy.

Dark clouds gathered over Bowang City, and heavy rain suddenly poured down on the long street near the west gate, making it difficult to distinguish between day and night.

Xiao Tongyan hurriedly turned back to the inn to get an umbrella, while Yuan Wuyou chose to go forward in the rain.

Yuan Wuyou was in a mood that was even more gloomy than the rain, walking on the street with her horse in the rain, looking at the West City Gate that was besieged by the Zhou army not far away. She was alone and had never been afraid of anything.

In the drizzle, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her, but she didn't pay much attention to it until a group of people in black clothes rushed out from beside her, holding shields above their heads to block the rain. They were clearly soldiers from the Zhou Kingdom.

But when they passed each other, the man in silver armor in front suddenly stopped, put down his long shield, turned around, and then raised his legs and ran towards her.

"Your Highness! Your Highness, please stay."

Xiao Yuansu's clear voice penetrated the heavy rain, yet resonated with the crackling sound of the rain, which was very pleasant to the ears.

The first thing this guy did when he came to her was to lift the long brass animal-head shield in his hand and hold it over her head as an umbrella.

Yuan Wuyou raised his eyes with a frown, only to see the man in front of him who was drenched in the rain, still with that emotionless face.

The man's face was like white dough, with feminine and beautiful features, a pair of ruthless peach blossom eyes, and a pair of dark pupils in the eye sockets, which made his eyes look dark and sharp. His eyebrows and eyes were handsome, and he looked a little arrogant and indifferent, but actually a little silly, and very beautiful.

The only flaw was that there was a scarlet bloodstain on his pale face, like a fresh whip wound, which had not appeared at the banquet just now. But he did not say anything, and Yuan Wuyou did not ask any more questions.

Even though his face was wet from the rain, Xiao Yuansu didn't care and remained calm. It didn't damage his looks at all, and even made him look more beautiful.

"What do you want from me? Why don't you go back with your comrades?"

"General Yuchi ordered me to follow the king."

"Are you here to monitor me for Zhou Guo?"

"No! It's not." The man hurriedly explained, his face suddenly showing vivid emotions, his dark eyes shining, his gaze fixed on her. "It was General Jia Luo who wanted to come and look for you. The general was afraid of affecting General Jia Luo's reputation, so he ordered me to do it for her."

The way he stared at her so intently, as if he could only see her, made Yuan Wuyou feel like they had seen each other before.