Cannon fodder and female supporting role, a match made in heaven

A thin ray of morning light filtered through the latticed windows into a corner of the room.

Huimin finished drinking the medicine as usual. At this time, Lu Yan walked in from outside with two strings of candied haws in his hand.

She took the candied haws from Lu Yan, her smile as bright as spring.

Lu Yan smiled and said, "Princess, wait for me to have dinner tonight. I have something to tell you."

Huimin nodded softly: "Okay."

Xiaotao stood aside with a smile on her face.

Huimin watched Lu Yan leave. She couldn't stand Xiaotao's teasing look and said with a red face, "Xiaotao, if you laugh again, I'll go out and clean the yard."

Xiaotao didn't care at all and started cleaning with the broom.

Huimin pulled a branch out of the vase and ripped off the leaves one by one, with a sweet smile on her face.

"Tuanrong, what do you think he wants to say to me tonight?"

Shen Zhaozhao couldn't help but click his tongue twice. The taste of love was so sweet.

At this time, a servant from the mansion brought him a letter, saying that a little girl had handed it to him.

Huimin opened the letter and read it slowly. Her face became paler and paler and she almost couldn't hold the paper.

Shen Zhaozhao asked hurriedly: "What's the matter?"

Huimin folded the letter and put it in the drawer of her dressing table. Her head was buzzing and her heart seemed to be entangled with thousands of silk threads.

Seeing that she was still in a daze, Shen Zhaozhao became a little anxious, so he jumped onto the dressing table and tried to pull out the drawer, but unfortunately it didn't work.

She just hated that she was a cat now.

After a loud clanging sound, she finally took out the letter with great effort, and her claws were all scraped raw.

She blew on the wound while reading the contents of the letter.

The letter said: Lu Yan and Princess Changning are having an affair. If you don’t believe it, just go to the third house from the left on Quehua Street in the east of the city and you will find out.

This news was like a bolt from the blue for Huimin. She couldn't believe it, but she had to find out the truth.

She stood up, without telling anyone or calling a carriage, and walked towards Quehua Street alone.

"Hey, wait for me." Shen Zhaozhao threw the letter and quickly chased after him.

The gate of the mansion was not closed, as if they knew someone was coming.

Huimin's heart was beating like a drum. She was afraid that what was written in the letter was true.

Finally she made up her mind, took a deep breath, and walked inside.

Before she even reached the door of the room, Huimin heard Lu Yan's gentle voice: "Princess, I'll take you back to the Princess's Mansion."

Chang Ning said, "I won't go back. If I go back to the Princess's Mansion, Pei Yan will come looking for me. I don't want to see him now."

Lu Yan's voice was like a sigh and a coaxing: "Ningning, be obedient, it's against the rules for you to be here."

Huimin's eyelashes flickered and she felt a dull pain in her chest.

He called her Imperial Sister Ningning, but he always called her Princess.

Shen Zhaozhao squatted down at her feet and gently rubbed her trouser leg.

It’s better not to have a man who is already married but still misses his ex.

Huimin didn't know when Tuanrong followed her. Her heart ached at the moment, and she couldn't tell whether it was physical or psychological.

She picked it up, trying to get some warmth from her pet.

Shen Zhaozhao let her hold him motionless, the hair on his neck wet with tears.

Chang Ning said, "Brother Lu Yan, do you still remember? I begged you to buy this house. After we get married, we can stay here occasionally. It's just the two of us, and no one will disturb us."

Shen Zhaozhao was staring at the wormhole on the tree when the scene in front of her suddenly tilted. By the time she reacted, she had fallen to the ground with Huimin.

She hurried to check on Huimin and found that she had lost consciousness.

Chang Ning in the room was still saying: "We——"

We are shit.

Shen Zhaozhao jumped out of Huimin's arms and slammed the door hard with his paws.

Lu Yan heard the noise and opened the door.

Shen Zhaozhao was caught off guard and nearly fell to the ground. She now disliked Lu Yan and tapped his trouser legs twice.

When Lu Yan saw the person lying on the ground, his pupils suddenly shrank and his heart was in extreme panic.

"Princess!"

He stepped forward and hugged Huimin tightly in his arms, his arms trembling unconsciously.

Why did she come here?

Lu Yan looked towards Changning suddenly.

Being stared at by him like this, Chang Ning's heart skipped a beat. She stared at Lu Yan's eyes tightly: "It's not me. I don't know how she got here."

Lu Yan picked up Huimin horizontally and walked out quickly without stopping.

Shen Zhaozhao looked at the receding figure, blew on his paws, and resigned himself to following.

When she reached the end of Quehua Street, she suddenly looked back as if a blessing had come to her mind, and saw a familiar figure entering the house.

Changning was still in a daze in the yard when suddenly someone hugged him from behind.

"Princess, you're not behaving well again." Pei Yan's lips caressed the tip of Chang Ning's ear, and his fingers slid across her delicate neck. "Where did Lu Yan touch you? Here? Or here?"

Chang Ning's expression was full of disgust: "Stay away from me."

Pei Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and forced a smile.

"You called out Lu Yan's name when we were having sex last night, and I haven't punished you yet. Ningning, what kind of punishment do you want?"

Chang Ning's face turned pale, and he said in a low voice, "Mad man."

*

After Huimin woke up, she moved back to the princess's mansion.

Although Lu Yan had always explained that he had not done anything inappropriate with Chang Ning, she already knew that they had once liked each other.

If she had known from the beginning that Lu Yan had someone he liked, she would not have married him, and she would not have been disappointed after having hope.

After refusing Lu Yan's visit for the third time, Huimin had someone hand him a divorce letter.

After the fainting, Huimin's health was much worse than before. Concubine Shu was worried about her and wanted her to move back to the palace.

After all, she was already married, and except for occasionally going back to pay respects, Huimin still lived in the princess's mansion most of the time. It was not until the emperor fell seriously ill that she moved back into her own bedroom.

To make matters worse, in December of the same year, Da Zhao's neighboring state, Yan, colluded with the general and let the enemy troops into the outer city.

The General Guarding the Nation had a large army under his command. After the rebellion, the remaining troops of Da Zhao were powerless to resist. The only hope was Prince Yongping who was far away in the border. Unfortunately, the border was remote and the news was blocked. It would take some time to learn about the situation in Jian'an City.

Dazhao was caught in a situation of internal and external troubles for a time, and the soldiers sent out had their heads chopped off and hung outside the city walls.

The existing military force could only defend the city for five days at most. After entering the city, the enemy troops of Yan State massacred the people outside Jian'an City and forced Dazhao to surrender.

Lu Yan volunteered to go to the border to seek help.

Before leaving, he asked to see Huimin again. Huimin still avoided him, but still gave him a talisman.

When the first snow fell, the third prince of Yan State, the leader of the army, finally became impatient.

"Oh no! The enemy is attacking the city!" The soldiers on the city wall were so scared when they saw the army coming like a swarm of locusts that they pissed themselves and cried out in panic.

The third prince was wearing armor and sitting high on his horse, looking relaxed yet arrogant.

"Listen carefully, everyone in the city. Be smart and let your terminally ill old emperor surrender in person and hand over the Great Zhao Imperial Seal."

When the news reached the palace, the emperor vomited blood several times.

"I will not surrender until I die!"

"No surrender." The Third Prince sneered, raised his hand, and decisively ordered, "Attack the city gate."

With the shouts of charge, black masses of soldiers came like a tide, arrows flew in the air, and blazing flames fell from the sky.

Under the gunfire, people were fleeing and their cries were deafening.

The army struggled for two days, but Jian'an City was already in chaos, with corpses everywhere.

Emperor Xuan surrendered. He dragged his sick body out of bed and planned to restore peace to Jian'an City.

For the common people, it doesn’t matter who is the emperor. What they want is a world where they can live and work in peace and contentment. However, the monarch of Yan State is cruel and doesn’t care about the lives of the common people.

Emperor Xuan was ultimately at the end of his strength. Before he could take a few steps, he vomited large mouthfuls of blood and fell to the ground.

The queen stepped forward to feel his breath and said sadly, "The emperor has passed away."

There was constant crying in the hall.

Someone asked: "Who will present the imperial seal now?"

The prince looked sad: "I will go and offer it."

One of the princes said: "As the crown prince of Dazhao, it is indeed your turn to offer the sacrifice."

"The Great Zhao is about to perish. You and I will not survive. What's the point of being a crown prince or not?"

"Prince Lu has not been captured by the Yan army. He should have met with Prince Yongping. Why not wait a little longer?"

"The city wall will soon be broken, and the reinforcements are slow to arrive. What's the point of waiting for the Yan army to break into the palace and seize the imperial seal?"

There were constant disputes in the emperor's bedroom.

"My brothers, let me present the national seal." A clear voice interrupted them.

Everyone looked over and found that it was their usually frail sister.