A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 641 Xiao's House Inspection
Yuan Wuyou thought he had heard it wrong and tried to confirm again:
"Is this true? Are you willing to cover your head with a veil? Aren't the rules and etiquette in Shandong the most conservative? How could you allow me to marry you?"

When Gao Changgong heard this, his dark eyes smiled and his gaze was firm.

"The emperor is my relative, Lanling is my fief, and in the territory under my jurisdiction, my rules are the rules. Who dares to laugh at me? What's more, it's not like I haven't married you before."

Yuan Wuyou was stunned, "When?"

"Nüba Temple."

"Oh, I almost forgot if you didn't mention it..."

Gao Changgong narrowed his dark phoenix eyes slightly, and said with a serious look of resentment,
"That's when you said so many sweet words to me. You said you came for me, that you would fight alongside me, and that you would come to marry me as promised... Have you forgotten all that?"

"No, no, no, of course not."

"You said that I was not allowed to take a concubine, but you are the only one I have ever loved."

“……” Upon hearing this, Yuan Wuyou felt that his life was doomed.

Of the Gao brothers, one is like a fox, coquettish and charming; the other is pure and genuine, loving in a frank and unique way.

The man in front of her pretended to be unwilling and asked, "Speak up, don't you want to marry me, my wife?"

"…If I don't marry you, who else can I marry?"

The two looked at each other, and the tense gaze collapsed in an instant, and they smiled at each other.

Gao Changgong suddenly remembered something and hummed,

"I heard someone say at the banquet today that my voice is rough. How is my voice... rough?"

Yuan Wuyou said helplessly, "It's not rough. My Xiaohan's voice is so nice, as crisp as that of a young boy." After a pause, she suddenly looked at the man next to her with a smile.

"You spoke to me with a pinched voice."

Gao Changgong was stunned for a moment, then snorted, "How could I speak with a pinched throat? I always speak like this."

"Oh, by the way, you heard this gossip from Gao Yanzong, right?"

As soon as she raised Yanzong, Gao Changgong suddenly looked lonely, hesitated, and sighed.

"In fact, my fifth brother and I are both conservative people, but he and I have chosen completely different paths. I am loyal to you, but he is betting everything on you. Maybe he can let go and be more unrestrained from now on, but he definitely trusts you and loves you enough to give you his first time as a virgin."

"I know, but you two really make me sad. One of you refuses to take that step with me, and the other sleeps with me and acts like nothing happened."

"He and I are both people who value chastity, but we took two completely opposite paths. I care about it by guarding against it and not giving anyone a chance. I will never entrust someone unless I have absolute trust that I can get something in return. But he is desperate, and he will throw in the towel if he is afraid that he can't keep it."

"Ah?" Gao Changgong suddenly spoke for Gao Yanzong and analyzed him without any reservation. Yuan Wuyou was stunned and just stared at him.

Gao Changgong lowered his black eyes slightly and said to himself:

"When it comes to the chastity that I care about, I defend it with all my might, but he forces himself to be dissolute and not care. It's like facing one's own fears and scars. Some people want to heal the wounds, but he faces the wounds directly and stimulates them to fester. Even if it hurts, he will let himself be numb to the pain..."

He paused. He was clearly talking about his brother, but he felt the same way. His voice became increasingly hoarse and sad. "It's like an ulcer that has rotted deep before it can be healed. The more you care about your self-esteem, the more you trample on it and crush it until you become numb. When you face it again, it's nothing and you don't care anymore. He's always like this. He's broken."

"But I didn't want him to give up. I did... look down on him at first, but I'm not someone who can't take responsibility."

"He has created a reputation for being a playboy and a dissolute man. He risked everything on you because he wanted to go all out with you... He has known you thoroughly and vented his anger enough. From then on, he has a preconceived notion. Even if something unexpected happens in the future, he will no longer be afraid. Even if he is humiliated again, he should feel a little relieved when he thinks that his first time was with you."

The brother and sister-in-law in the room did not talk about their spouses, but talked a lot about their younger brother who was in a difficult situation.

Meanwhile, the outhouse——

Because the solid wooden walls were not soundproof, Gao Yanzong could roughly hear the conversation inside the room, but he was not in the mood to listen carefully.

At this time, Gao Yanzong was sitting on a low couch, taking his own pulse with a heavy heart, and cold sweat appeared on his fair and red forehead.

It's bad... His pulse is slippery and more obvious, but he hasn't had a single meal recently, so he doesn't have food accumulation, let alone phlegm. At most, he has a weak spleen and stomach. Fortunately, her wrist was injured, so she couldn't take his pulse, otherwise she didn't know how much trouble she would have caused.

...After the rain, a deserted house on the outskirts of the city.

The Zhou army that came to escort the Zheng family's carriage arrived late.

Just under the screen wall in the front yard, there were eight heavy horse-drawn carriages parked, leaving very deep ruts.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the soldiers from Xiangyang, the white-robed soldiers of the Xiao family, and the soldiers of the Zhou state government formed a circle. Standing in the middle of the front row was King Fengling, who was wearing a cross-collared black robe, his regular uniform, and a sword.

On the left and right sides, there were Xiao Tongyan and Zhou Guolai escorting Yuchi Jiong and Jialuo in the carriage, and Yu Fei and Li Mingjian on the other side.

The Gao brothers and others stood behind the queen, looking at every move of the girl in black.

Yuan Wuyou, who looked calm and serious, was not restrained at all. He went to search for something in each carriage.

But every time the curtain was lifted, the dazzling gold, silver, pearls, jade, gems and porcelain were revealed inside, and even Gao Yanzong, who was standing behind the girl in black, was amazed and his eyes lit up again and again.

Gao Yanzong thought that Grandma Zheng was truly the richest person in the city. Even after being robbed several times by bandits and palace soldiers, she was still able to leave all these belongings to her granddaughter. She could be said to have become rich overnight.

As a result, she didn't even look at the money. She just opened the carriages one by one and asked the Xiangyang soldiers behind her to take out the boxes of things. She took a look at them and then handed them to Yu Li and Su Wei who were recording the accounts in the back.

But she turned to look at the next car, as if looking for something.

It was not until Yuan Wuyou had counted the seven carriages that he found the blood letter of the Western Wei empress and the red-lettered iron certificate with "Yuan Mingjing's personal presence" in the rosewood box in the last carriage.

Finally finding what she was looking for, Yuan Wuyou hurriedly took out the wooden box and spread it out on the stone table in the middle of her courtyard.

Then he frowned and pointed at Xiao Tongyan angrily:

"You guys are so bold! You even dare to steal the blood letter of the previous empress? You also want the customs clearance documents? If my seal was not kept at my grandmother's house, would you dare to steal my seal?"

When Xiao Tongyan was questioned by name, she was startled, then bowed and smiled apologetically: "Alas, I really didn't know about this matter, Your Highness, you are joking. Fortunately, such an important thing was not lost."

Li Mingjian, who had been standing quietly behind his sister, raised his gloomy eyebrows in surprise. "What blood letter? Don't tell me that you have been asking for money from the Zheng family for so long just for this piece of paper?"

The prefect of Xiangyang also hurried forward, staring at the blood letter in the young master's hand, with surprise and joy on his face!

"The late emperor actually left behind such a treasure? Young Master! May I have the honor to see it?"

Yuan Wuyou took out the blood letter and handed it to Governor Yu, but his eyes turned to Li Mingjian.

"It's not just for the piece of paper, it's also for the red seal and the iron certificate."

The Xiangyang prefect took the blood letter from her with both hands with great fear and solemnity, and read it with a look of piety.

Li Ming walked forward and used Yu Taishou's hand to look at the blood letter.

"Saving the original wife and daughter... Ha," the young man suddenly raised his eyelashes, his eyes sneered, "Why, the Western Wei empress had several men in her harem, but she only took Dugu Lang, who had countless wives and children, as her original husband until her death?"

This question, which was asked despite knowing the answer, stumped Yuan Wuyou.

She glanced at Xiao Tongyan awkwardly and said, "This is in public, in Princess Jiangxia's residence. If you have anything to say, go back and make a scene."

The young man in black drooped his eyelashes and snorted with a gloomy face:
"Who wants to go back with you? I have my own family."

Seeing that the brother and sister were about to get angry, Gao Changgong was the first to step forward to persuade them to stop fighting. The prefect of Xiangyang also properly put the blood letter back into the wooden box behind the girl. Only the landlord Xiao Tongyan showed vigilance and suddenly retreated behind the crowd with the sword at his waist.

The next moment! No one expected that the man with the pigtails tied on his front suddenly twisted his waist and flew out!
But he was not targeting the princess, but Princess Jiangxia who was hiding among the white-robed soldiers.

One of them is a female general who can defeat King Ande, and the other is the Holy Son of Miao who has all kinds of unique skills. Their close combat is exciting and tense enough.

The crowd was in chaos, but no one left. They watched the excitement and asked why. Yuan Wuyou looked gloomily at the two men, one black and one white, fighting with fists and feet, leaving afterimages, but he knew what was going on.

Seeing the two men rushing around and kicking over the boxes of gold and silver, Yuan Wuyou hurriedly called for Jialuo and Yu Taishou to come over, gather up the things in her carriages, and take them out of Xiao's house.

The soldiers from the Zhou palace wanted to help, but they and Prince Consort Yu were driven out of the Xiao residence by the White Robe Army.