Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 43 Battle for the Throne
Lu Xiaowen and the First Prince ate and lived with the soldiers in the camp.

Although they live together, the coach's tent must be separate.

Xiao Yan was also there, no longer living in Prince Yan's Mansion, the eldest prince took her with him when he came out.The prince's wife naturally had her own tent, and a small tent was pulled up next to the prince's main tent.

But the tent was too crude, and the first prince felt that it was wrong for her to live there, so he arranged for her to live with him.

Anyway, he didn't bring any other women here, and the eldest concubine was not here, so no one could say anything.

In all fairness, the First Prince treats Xiao Yan pretty well these days, he doesn't need to serve him, and he doesn't force her to do that, as if he just got the title of side concubine.

After Xiao Chongdao passed out that day, he recuperated in Yan Wang's mansion, and he couldn't accept it for a while.

Yes, it was true that he wanted to win over the eldest prince, but the price of getting his only daughter was too high, and there was no guarantee that the saint would not be unhappy.

Now I can only hope that the sage still has a little bit of love watching Yan'er grow up since he was a child, and give him a little bit of favor from the Xiao family.

The Beijing officials were not allowed to leave the capital without an edict, and they were already worried that the sage would blame him, so Xiao Chongdao planned to set off before he was fully recovered.

He couldn't take Xiao Yan with him. It didn't make sense for the eldest prince to go to the front line here. She, a side concubine, returned home halfway, so she didn't look good.

After picking up his mood, Xiao Chongdao seemed to have aged ten years overnight.Sitting in the carriage arranged for him by the First Prince, he came on horseback. He was in a hurry and wished he could arrive in a day.

When I returned home, I didn't know what was waiting for me in the capital, and I wished I had walked this road for a year before arriving.

The carriage staggered into the city, and it took half a day at most to get home.

Xiao Chongdao first changed his clothes and wanted to enter the palace to see him.

Mrs. Xiao took care of the wrinkles on her husband's clothes. She had already learned everything in the message in advance, and she looked a lot haggard.

These few days must have been difficult to eat and sleep.

She is also uneasy when the master enters the palace, she just hopes that the fifth prince will not be troubled.With the Fifth Prince still alive, their support is still there.

Xiao Chongdao let out a long sigh, unable to bear the sadness of his old wife, and comforted him: "This is the end of the matter, so don't think too much about it. It's useless to think about it too much. Fortunately, the eldest prince is good to Yan'er."

It's just that there is still a pregnant princess in the palace, how can the princess be kind to Yan'er in the future?

Mrs. Xiao accepted with tears in her eyes. The couple had no other children for so many years, and they never took concubines again. The relationship is very deep.

He has loved this daughter sincerely for more than ten years, and indulged her, but he did not expect to harm her in the end.

The saint in the palace was not angry, he even knew about it earlier than Xiao Chongdao.

Facing Xiao Chongdao who pleaded guilty, he just asked Wei Cheng to move a chair, comfort him to sit down, and comforted him, saying that he was not to blame for this matter.

Later, after the eldest concubine gives birth, the army will return to court, and will make up for the concubine etiquette that side concubines should have.

Xiao Chongdao burst into tears, the string in his heart finally loosened.

Earlier, his eldest son had made an apology, saying that he had belittled the girl of the Xiao family after drinking, and his words were sincere and terrified.

Although it will hurt Gao's heart, she still has to take this responsibility and accept her as a side concubine.I beg him to be the master, to hide it from there for the time being, and let Gao Shi give birth smoothly.

He didn't pay much attention to this son born by Concubine Shun, and he didn't come from a good background, so he never considered letting him inherit the country.

The eldest prince also knew it in his heart, but among the adult princes now, the second brother has bad legs and feet, he is the only one who can handle errands, and the father can only use him.

He did a pretty good job, satisfying his father with several things.

But the third brother will soon be an adult, and he can also do errands.At that time, his situation will be as embarrassing as before.

He is sorry for Gao's family's marriage, but he needs this relationship.

Yes, where is he really drunk?
The children of the Tian family have understood the truth since they were young, that drunkenness is for others to see, and they must maintain a clear mind to prevent their words and deeds from getting out of control.

Although Lu Xiaowen is smart and capable of fighting, his scheming is not as deep as that of the eldest prince.

He kept getting drunk, and when he was helped to the bed, he didn't know what night it was.

The matter of the Eldest Prince's scheming by accident... can be regarded as helping him.He still felt embarrassed and owed others a favor.

Although he also felt something was wrong after waking up, everything was too logical.

But the current situation did not allow him to think so much, and he immediately moved into the camp, ready to start a war with the Turks.

This is not the first confrontation between him and the Ashina clan. Three years ago, when Ashina clan Min Ri's father, Ashina clan Tusuo, was still alive, as a prince, he also fought against Lu Xiaowen.

Now the enemy is goodbye, and I am extremely jealous.

Although Min Ri became Khan King, his younger brother Sang Xi also has many supporters, and he has been eyeing this position.

If he wins this battle with Duan Chao, he will gain a lot of hearts; if he loses, he will definitely suffer the abuse spread by Sang Xi if he uses the power of the whole family this time.

Min Risheng was tall and burly, looking a full 1.9 meters.The beard and hair are lush and powerful.

His subordinates are also men who are good at fighting, and it is not too much for a close general to say that he has eighteen martial arts.

But one disadvantage is that he has no military advisers under him, so they fight purely by shopping and experience.

Sang Xi had already lost a lot of people when he was fighting for the throne, so this time he summoned the middle-aged men on the grassland to join the army.

This also caused dissatisfaction among some veterans.

His concubine also disapproved of him making a big fuss as soon as he ascended the throne, but he didn't know what to say.

The status of men on the grassland is very high, and the concubine basically has no right to speak except for raising children.

His current concubine is the daughter of the Qiu clan. The status of the Qiu clan is not high on the grassland. He didn't like it when the old Khan bestowed the marriage, because he chose a high-status minister's daughter for Sang Xi. .

He has been wooing that minister for a long time, and his daughter married Sang Xi, so naturally he became Sang Xi's man.

So he has always been indifferent to Concubine Qiu, except for going to her place to eat and sleep, he basically doesn't talk to her.

When he became Khan, in order to show his virtue, he named Qiu as the Concubine Zuo, and the position of Concubine Right is still vacant.

If he wins, he will ask a princess from Duan Dynasty to marry him. I heard that the women in Duan Dynasty are all white and soft, like water.

He narrowed his eyes and fell into infinitely beautiful reverie.

It's a pity that Lu Xiaowen would not give him this chance. On the night of September 50th, he sent [-] elite soldiers to sneak into their grain and grass camp and set it on fire.

What Lu Xiaowen did was really outrageous. Sure enough, Min Ri couldn't sit still. Originally, he could spend more time with Lu Xiaowen, but now that the food and grass are gone, there is no follow-up, and he can only last for more than ten days at most.

He was so angry that he led people to run to the bottom of the city tower and yelled at him in incomprehensible words, such as treachery and cunning.

The eldest prince chuckled lightly: "You useless reckless man."

Lu Xiaowen was also very helpful. After dragging them to eat up the remaining rations, the Turkic people were hungry for several days before opening the city gates to fight.

The tide-like army was fighting together, the Turkic people had been hungry for several days, and the soldiers of the Duan Dynasty all had good food and drink, and sometimes Lu Xiaowen would maliciously let the fragrance waft to a place where they could smell it.

Where are the hungry Turks still rivals?

　It's obviously a performance by three people, only General Lu fell asleep, so he won't dare to get so drunk in the future hhh General Lu should learn to be more careful
　　What Yan'er did is really dishonest, don't blame the eldest prince, Huang Que, for being behind!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)