A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 723 Guessing Uncle and Nephew
"That's not right. Before I left Chang'an, many powerful and noble families came to the Heyin Palace to ask for his hand in marriage. Didn't I hear that they even broke down the door of his house? Even the eldest daughter came to see him in person. How could he not have a wife?"

Yuwen Queping curled his lips and chuckled.

"That is to say, how could such a young prince, who was once admired by all the noble ladies in the capital, suddenly change his temperament and ignore his relatives? It can only be said that he is too worried and has too many things on his shoulders that he shouldn't have to bear at his age."

"What's on your mind? Did someone hurt him emotionally?"

Yuan Wuyou made a rough calculation and found that her uncle was a generation older than her. He was seventeen when she was five years old, which was indeed the age for him to get married and have children.

But Yuwen Queping directly refuted it.

"If he was really hurt by love, we would understand him, but he became a different person after you and your daughter left. He openly opposed the court, refused to marry and have children, and focused all his energy on fighting for power. No one in the court could do anything to him."

Upon hearing this, even though Yuwen Queping was always careless and casual, Yuan Wuyou also heard her warning.

In fact, whether Yuan Zizhu was supporting Li Mingjian or himself, he was always vying for the power of the Yuan family.

When Yuwen replaced Yuan and the Northern Zhou usurped the Western Wei, he was already seventeen years old and had the ability to distinguish right from wrong and to be independent. In addition, his mother retreated to Huaxu, the Yuan family lost power, and the various blows came one after another...

And after the collapse of the empire, he single-handedly won over the Yuan family's guards and carried the last rays of the Yuan family's glory...Perhaps the fact that Yuan Zizhuo has led the Yuan family's guards to stand in the court until now and has not been overthrown by the Yuwen family is in itself a testament to his loyalty.

Therefore, Yuan Wuyou suddenly didn't hate Yuan Zizhu that much. His mood swings and his indifference to his relatives just protected him and himself.

But Yuwen Queping, the unpopular princess of the Yuwen family, could sense that Yuan Zizhuming appeared unruly but was actually wholeheartedly devoted to the Yuan family, which made Yuan Wuyou feel uneasy.

"No wonder."

Yuan Wuyou pretended to be nonchalant and snorted,

"It is said that the most arrogant desperadoes are those who have no worries. He beat me as a traitor, but like Yuan Baoyue, he has a good impression of Li Mingjian, whom he has only met a few times, and has high hopes for him. I am afraid that in addition to the fact that he is a relative of the Longxi Li family, this is also the reason."

Sister Queping, who was sitting next to her, had just finished chewing a mouthful of roasted beef, and there was still cumin on her plump red lips.

"What's the reason?"

"He's a masculine guy."

"Ah?" Yuwen Queping suddenly widened his blue eyes, blinking his thick eyelashes in disbelief, "Who are you talking about, little one? That old guy Yuan Zizhu?"

The princess, who was dressed in royal attire and wore a golden crown and a high ponytail, raised her eyelids, her baby face looking calm and composed.

"if not?"

"That's impossible. He doesn't have much contact with women. It was only a few years ago when I went to Huaxu to visit you and your mother. At first I thought he had a crush on your mother, but later I found out that he treated you very well."

Yuan Wuyou felt a chill down his spine when he heard this. "What? He was taking care of my child when I was young just to seduce my mother? He really makes me sick!"

"Hey, my dear! Don't worry too much... He doesn't look like a homosexual, nor does he look like a sister-loving guy. I just suspect that he already has someone in his heart."

Yuwen Queping had never imagined that she could think so wrongly, and his face was immediately filled with visible panic.

"Back then, I joked that I should let him marry my niece in the future, so that he wouldn't have to travel all the way to Huaxu to see you. It's better to keep the wealth within the family." Upon hearing this, Yuan Wuyou frowned and lowered his eyes, "Don't slander me. I don't like such a perverted old man. When I think about him coveting my mother, I feel even more disgusted with him."

"Don't think so. Although he is not serious, he is not like Sister Lian. If he really wanted to be your little dad, he would have said it long ago. And he is not that old, right? Isn't he the same age as the one you like, the Lanling King of Qi?"

Yuwen Queping's words awakened Yuan Wuyou, who was stunned for a moment before she reacted. However, she had never looked at Yuan Zizhu as a man. Although he was a jerk, he was her uncle after all.

"How can we compare? Gao Changgong is my fiancé since childhood. He is pure and sincere, loyal and patriotic. No matter how old he is, he is still a young man in my eyes. And he? He is perverted and vicious. I don't doubt that he is in his seventies or eighties."

After saying that, Yuan Wuyou lowered his head and picked up the roasted beef from the plate. The tender crimson-brown slices of meat were still steaming.

"I think he's okay, and he doesn't have any stains. I was annoyed by the pressure to get married before, so I wanted to have a brief romance with him to tarnish my reputation. But he didn't want to. Now that I'm married, I can't cross the line."

Hearing this, Yuan Wuyou raised his head with a stiff neck, his eyes filled with shock.

"That's ridiculous! You can even eat that old guy?"

Yuwen Queping looked at her with a smile.

"How can I kiss him? Yuan Zizhu is an old-fashioned man who wears a golden Nuo mask all year round. He looks intimidating, but he's actually incompetent in sex. If I kiss him, he'll probably hang himself."

"…It's ridiculous that you could say that. I can't see anything about him."

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"Ah, I can see that you just hate him and don't have any thoughts about a romantic relationship. By the way..."

Seeing that she was concentrating on eating meat, Yuwen Queping kindly handed her a glass of wine.

"Come on, go down smoothly. By the way, you are not so unromantic towards my royal brother... are you?"

"I am sure of Yuwen Huaibi! ... It's different from my feelings for him. Although he sometimes does whatever he wants, he has principles and bottom line."

"Yes, my brother is different. If you kiss him, he will run eight hundred steps away and scold you, and then come to propose marriage with a betrothal gift the next day." After a pause, Yuwen Queping smiled.

"Look, you treated him as a child husband and a concubine. But there was no place for him by your side. In the end, he was the only one who took it seriously. For so many years, he had only one obsession, which was to marry you."

"Stop talking about this."

Yuan Wuyou awkwardly picked up a piece of meat and put it in her bowl.

Yuwen Queping nodded in understanding, and with a smile, he put the meat she had picked up into his mouth and chewed it, mumbling as he chewed:

"I know, I know. I won't get involved in your business. Let's just eat meat!"

Several people in the house were eating roasted meat. Because the place was cramped and not far from the door, they suddenly heard a commotion on the street outside, and it sounded like crying, intermittent and vague...

The first thing Yuan Wuyou said was "Bell..." She wanted to ask Bell to go out and take a look, but when she looked up at the table at the door, she found that only Hulun was sitting there in a proper posture.

When he heard the Khan calling him his wife, he lowered his eyes and bowed, saying:
"Reply Khan, she went to the toilet. You tell me to do the same."

Yuan Wuyou was embarrassed to order his subordinates' wives around.