A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 642 Never Betray Friends
It was November eighteen years ago, early winter.

In order to accept the surrender of the Shiwandashan tribe of Miao, Empress Yuan Mingjing of the Western Wei Dynasty personally sent her sworn brother Li of Longxi, who was carrying the imperial seal, to the southwest via the Xiaoliang River.

Who would have thought that Emperor Yuan of Liang, Xiao Yi, pretended to escort them, but actually withheld the imperial seal and massacred the Miao and Li people, which led to the detention of the Longxi Li family and the Western Wei attack on Jiangling in anger.

Today, Li Ming saw that they came for the imperial seal from the beginning to the end. He had never really had any thoughts about the Xiao family. It was only after he snatched the imperial seal back from the Xiao family that he felt it was natural and avenged his father.

Therefore, the Xiao family deserved what happened today, including the imperial seal, which was originally snatched from the Western Wei by the Xiao family of the Southern Liang Dynasty. It also caused the Longxi Li family to be trapped in the southern border, and Li Mingjian was lost in the sea! There is a home that cannot be returned, and there are relatives that cannot be recognized!

Li Ming knew that Xiao Tongyan would keep the jade seal close to her body, so he not only didn't care about the difference between men and women, he even wanted to chop her into countless pieces, cut her flesh, and draw her blood!

In an instant, a lot of things happened in the Xiao residence.

First, the white-robed soldiers tried to drive away the Zhou government soldiers who came to deliver the Zheng family inheritance, but they did not expect that there were a large number of soldiers following them, and they had been surrounded outside by Yuwen Zhi's troops.

Li Ming had just stabbed Xiao Tongyan's waist and abdomen with his wrist knife and snatched the jade seal from her arms, but was stabbed in the lower abdomen by Gao Yanzong who was taking advantage of the situation!

The wound on his lower abdomen had not yet healed, and the pain made him gasp for breath, bleeding like a fountain, and he collapsed to the ground.

When Yuan Wuyou drove the carriages carrying the Zheng family inheritance out of the Xiao residence and returned after leaving behind the prefect of Xiangyang, he saw Gao Yanzong, whose hands were covered in blood, handing the jade seal in the brocade bag to Gao Changgong.

Her heart tightened immediately, thinking it was Xiao Tongyan's blood that blocked the two brothers, "Gao Yanzong, you are too cruel... Xiao Tongyan is not dead, right? I have done what I promised you, where is Chi Luoshangen?"

In fact, as early as on Ximen Street, when Gao Yanzong claimed that he came for the imperial seal, Yuan Wuyou believed him.

And when Gao Changgong came to his brother, even though he did not mention the matter of the jade seal, Yuan Wuyou tacitly regarded the two of them as the same class.

But she said the matter of the jade seal so bluntly and coldly, Gao Changgong really felt a little aggrieved. Thinking of his elder brother-in-law being stabbed by his younger brother for personal revenge, his dark eyes suddenly darkened. Just as he was about to speak, Gao Yanzong stopped his brother and said first,

"He's tied to a camellia tree outside the east gate. My brother's lieutenant is guarding him. If you go too late, there's a good chance he's still alive."

Human life was at stake, so Yuan Wuyou quickly let the two brothers go and rushed into the yard to check.

At this time, there were only the dead bodies of the white-robed soldiers in the yard. Xiao Tongyan and her dozens of white-robed soldiers had all escaped.

Yuan Wuyou walked in and suddenly what caught his eye was a young man in black lying in a pool of blood with a woman in black standing next to him.

She hurried over. "Jia Luo, who is this? Did you do this?"

"It was your brother, King Ander, who did it."

Jialuo spoke as concisely as always, without a single unnecessary word.

Hearing this, Yuan Wuyou was startled and quickly covered his lower abdomen with his hands, helping Li Mingjian, who was still bleeding. He looked up at Jialuo and was about to ask her why she didn't save Li Mingjian, but then he thought of her dislike of interacting with people, so he held back his words.

But Yuan Wuyou's heart was wrinkled.

This kid Gao Yanzong pretends to be a fox in front of her. He is so well-behaved and tender when he speaks sweet words to her, but he is so cold-blooded and heartless when he turns around and stabs you.

Because Li Mingjian was injured, Yuan Wuyou could only ask the governor of Xiangyang to send people to rescue Chi Luoshan under the camellia tree outside the east gate. In the evening, the Zhou government soldiers still took Bowang City by force.

So, inside the Bowangguan Posthouse.

The murderous Duke of Wei, Yuwen Zhi, faced the governor and princess of Xiangyang who were sent back to Chiluo Shangen, and in front of the Duke of Nanyang, Chiluo Xie, he said that he would kill the rebellious King of Xiang and punish the traitor.

But Prince Fengling took out the red-lettered iron certificate engraved with "Yuan Mingjing personally present", which was written in blood by the Western Wei empress, and pointed at his nose and said that even if his father crawled out of the grave today, he could not do anything to him.

Yuwen Zhi ridiculed her for using the sword of the previous dynasty to kill the officials of today!
The two groups were in a stalemate for a while, until Su Wei Yuli delivered the imperial edict and stopped the Duke of Wei who was about to execute her on the spot.

At that time, all the generals of Zhou State sat together and asked who would go after the Xiao family army that had fled to Rang County? Yuan Wuyou suggested that the Duke of Wei should go, and mentioned that he was exiled because of his defeat in the war, and this was a good opportunity for him to establish his prestige and fame.

Although Yuwen Zhi was happy that she recognized his martial arts, he did not forget to ridicule her, "At the Hongmen Banquet today, I thought you and her were such good allies, but it turns out you are also an ungrateful person who betrayed your friends."

Yuan Wuyou said calmly: "I never betray my friends. If you think I betrayed you, it means you are not my friend."

“Pfft…Princess Jiangxia probably didn’t expect that the ally she made by providing her with food and shelter would actually turn around and stab her in the back. He didn’t consider her a friend at all.”

Yuan Wuyou smiled slightly and stopped talking.

At this time, the prefect of Xiangyang came to look for King Fengling and said that he had made an important discovery.

Yuan Wuyou went out to ask and found out that he had dug up several rotten corpses under the camellia trees outside Bowang City. The military doctor said that they died of plague. She couldn't help but think of what he said before about the two camellias blooming early and the flowers being poisonous. It was terrifying to think about it carefully.

As soon as the dead body was dug out from under the tree, the imperial edict came down. It was Yu Fu Ma who came to invite her, saying that the emperor was coming in person to give her the imperial edict.

When Yuan Wuyou heard that the emperor had come in person and asked her to receive the decree, she hurriedly pulled the governor of Xiangyang and told him, "Take good care of the troops coming from Xiangyang and be careful of the Zhou army's sneak attack. After giving the order, you and Jialuo will also guard the Zheng family's carriage. If the Zhou Kingdom plots to assassinate you, Jialuo will protect you. Yuchi Jiong dared to fight the Yuwen family for his adopted daughter."

After instructing the rear to be vigilant, Yuan Wuyou straightened his clothes and walked towards the main hall of the inn.

From a distance, one could see the palace, which had been cleared of tables and restored to its former solemnity. Several generals in golden armor were surrounding a nobleman in a long black robe.

Even though that man was standing among several generals wearing helmets, his unusually tall stature still stood out. He was wearing a fitted and slim-fitting black brocade robe with gold patterns, and a jade belt around his slender waist, which made him look particularly thin and gaunt.

As someone behind him shouted, "——Feng Ling Wang is here!"

The man turned around and revealed a face wearing a white jade mask. He was wearing a golden crown and had a high ponytail. He was tall and thin.

His pair of white hands seemed to have no joints, and shone with a cold jade-like luster. At this moment, his long, slender fingers were pressed together, holding up the orange-yellow jade-shafted silk edict.

Yuan Wuyou was still hesitating, wondering if he should kneel down when he blurted out "The decree says". The man then said in a cool and slow voice, "Appoint the Yuan family's royal relative, Prince Fengling, as the successor to the Lord of Suxing Mansion, and concurrently the Governor of Tongzhou..."

He started by talking about the most important things, and although he didn't say anything in vain, Yuan Wuyou was stunned after hearing the first two sentences.

Until he ordered the prince consort to bow and hold up a purple jade token on a tray, and passed it over his head to Yuan Wuyou, saying that it was the "Purple Star Official" jade token waist badge bestowed by the emperor on the Lord of Suxing Mansion, and asked her to accept the order.