That winter, the Great Khan of the Northern Huns lay in his vast tent. Inside, four charcoal stoves burned. Even those in thick fur coats who stayed in the tent for even a short time would break out in a thin layer of sweat.
The Khan summoned his guards and handed them the three leather bags. The guards took their orders and bowed before leaving. The Khan felt his usually drowsy body was unusually refreshed today, fearing that his end was near.
The beautiful queen came in, lifting the thick door curtain and letting in a breath of fresh air. The Khan stared at her. She was an ambitious and cunning woman. His love for her was still as clear as the water of Fengquan Lake, which was obvious at a glance, but his grassland needed the most powerful king.
The queen asked him, "My respected king, are you feeling better today?" The Khan nodded and said, "Lift the door curtain." Two attendants lifted the door curtain on the left and right, and outside was his beautiful grassland.
Although the beauty he loved most in his life was by his side, what he missed most at this moment was the withered grass and yellow world outside. The earth was silent, only the wind blew by, but he could not take his last gaze away from it.
Her king leaned against the headboard, gazing at the grassland, speechless for a long time. The queen urged, "Draw down the curtains; it's windy outside." But her king remained silent. The queen approached him, finally covering her mouth in shock, tears streaming down her face...
Her king is gone... The glorious prosperity of the world has come to an end in the eyes of this king.
The queen found the will beside him, passing the throne to her son.
The three most powerful forces now belonged to the eldest son and his two uncles. She thought for a long time and said that the Khan wanted to pass the throne to the eldest son. Sure enough, the two uncles jumped out.
The three parties competed and agreed that the winner would be the king.
The eldest prince and his two uncles each led an army of 10,000 to attack the three city defenses of the northern army. The outcome of the battle would determine the winner. The winner would become king and succeed the throne as Khan.
The emperor's legitimate son was stunned by his mother's actions. The queen received the will and the imperial edict, which clearly stated that he was the successor, but his mother said that the Khan would pass the throne to his eldest brother.
The crown prince was dejected and speechless. He had long heard rumors about his mother and his elder brother. It turned out that his mother was really willing to give up the throne for his elder brother. What should he do to reclaim his throne as Khan?
Not far from him, his eldest sister-in-law was also crying. He thought she was going to jump into the lake and immediately went to save her. His sister-in-law said that his eldest brother had someone in his heart and that he had told her the truth: after this battle, no matter whether he could succeed to the throne of the Great Khan or not, he would marry the goddess of his heart.
The emperor's son asked anxiously, "Who is it?"
His sister-in-law looked at him with tears in her eyes: "Don't you know?"
The emperor's son was extremely upset. He didn't want his mother to become his sister-in-law. How could he stop it?
The three northern defense cities appeared to have similar troop deployments, leaning against each other. Regardless of which city the eldest prince chose, the queen would have him die there. She had already negotiated this with her two uncles.
As long as the eldest prince goes to war with the northern army, his retreat route will be blocked by his uncles.
The two uncles still had doubts. The queen replied, "Don't you remember what happened between me and the eldest prince's mother? His mother died because of me. He will seek revenge sooner or later. Why not let me take action first?"
He added, "You can let him go, but if you let the tiger go back to the mountain, you won't have such an opportunity again in the future."
How could you not be willing to eliminate a powerful opponent?
But the person carried back was the emperor's legitimate son, and he was dead.
The winner of the competition will become the king, inherit the Khan throne, and issue royal orders.
He went to his eldest brother with the will hidden by the queen. He didn't ask for the throne, but he wanted a chance to compete. He went to his mother and uncle, but they disagreed. He then went to his eldest uncle, but he told him to stop messing around like a child and told him to try again with his eldest brother.
The eldest brother read it and said it was good. He said that as long as you win, you will be the king of the grassland. I will give you this opportunity.
He hesitated for a moment, but his eldest brother said, "Your mother designated me as the Great Khan's successor. I have no way to repay this kindness. Since the Great Khan had already made this decision before his death, this opportunity was originally yours."
These words dispelled the doubts, and the young prince laughed in his heart. When I return as the victor, I will be the king. There is no way I will let you marry my mother, my queen mother.
The emperor's legitimate son took the place of the eldest emperor's son and went to war, full of confidence and ambition. Although he was young, he grew up on horseback, and fighting was like eating and sleeping to him.
Now that he is dead, it seems that he would never believe until his death that it was his two imperial uncles who blocked his way to life.
The queen did have an affair with someone, and that person was not the eldest prince but the younger of the two uncles.
Her plan was to first eliminate the eldest son, then join forces with the younger uncle to eliminate the older uncle. Then, she would take out the imperial edict and declare that her son was the chosen one by heaven.
If the young uncle can ensure that her son can inherit the Khan throne smoothly, then she will keep him. Otherwise, she doesn't mind poisoning him again.
She had poisoned the eldest prince's mother. When the eldest prince's knife was about to chop her neck, the Khan arrived.
Although the eldest prince had evidence, the Khan said that the evidence was insufficient, so it was insufficient and there was no evidence to prove it.
The Khan comforted the frightened woman, saying that it was okay, and even said that she was his queen. The eldest prince was forced to kneel down and apologize to his stepmother.
When she poisoned him again, she wouldn't have as many flaws as she did the first time, nor would she be as scared. When she heard the rumors about her and the eldest prince, she just found them funny. Who spread them? Are they crazy?
All these "ambitions" collapsed when he saw his son's body.
The young uncle thought that this was the eldest prince, and according to the queen's words, he cut off his life.
The eldest uncle knew that this was the emperor's legitimate son, and according to the agreement between him and the eldest son, he cut off his life.
There is no real three-party fight. None of the three parties intends to shoot the deer, they just want to capture people.
Probably only the emperor's legitimate son thought that they would compete to decide the outcome.
The eldest uncle thought, do you really think that he and the eldest prince are blind and don’t know that there is an affair between his younger brother and the queen?
If the emperor's legitimate son had not intervened, it would have been the young emperor's uncle who would have died after this struggle. Now it is just a matter of changing someone else to die. My nephew, you are going to die on your own initiative, so you can't blame anyone else.
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