The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

"But we only have 70,000 weak soldiers, while the enemy has 160,000 strong soldiers!" Su Yu sighed in worry.

Lu Xiuyuan smiled bitterly, "If we don't charge out now, the soldiers will be so hungry that their heads will be dizzy and their limbs will be weak, and we will be completely finished. It is better to fight out of the encirclement while there is still hope and get a glimmer of hope for survival."

Su Yu and Chen Yi didn't say anything else. They felt that what he said made sense and they couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

"Here is the battle map I conceived. Come and take a look." Lu Xiuyuan spread a piece of rice paper on the table and called Su Yu and Chen Yi to come and take a look.

Three people were gathered together discussing the battle plan, when suddenly, there was a crisp sound of something falling to the ground at the door.

Su Yu frowned, rushed over and opened the door.

The person at the door was "Xia Younan". She was holding two bowls of steaming rice porridge on a tray and looking at him with a little embarrassment.

There was a broom lying on the ground next to her feet. It was obvious that she had accidentally knocked it over, causing the noise.

Su Yu relaxed and asked, "Princess, why are you here?"

Xia Younan raised the porridge in his hand and replied, "It's time for dinner. I'm here to bring food to the prince. Has Su Yu eaten yet?"

"Not yet. I'm just about to go eat. Please come in, Princess." Su Yu greeted him and then pulled Chen Yi out of the room with a tactful look.

Xia Younan walked into the room, put the porridge on the table, glanced at the battle map on the table, and looked at Lu Xiuyuan in surprise, "Husband, are you ready to break out?"

Lu Xiuyuan held his forehead and sighed, "Yes, Tang Guojing deliberately did not come to rescue us. We can only make a final effort and try our best."

Xia Younan nodded, and did not ask any more questions. Instead, he pointed to the fragrant rice porridge on the table and said, "Eat your meal first, fill your stomach before you work hard."

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the two bowls of porridge and couldn't help but frowned.

It was a big bowl full of sticky soup that could hold a chopstick upright.

"There is not much food left in the city. Why did you make such thick porridge? Yesterday I went to the kitchen and saw that the porridge the soldiers drank was simply rice soup, with only a few grains of rice in each bowl." Lu Xiuyuan looked at Xia Younan, seeming a little unhappy.

Xia Younan looked innocent and replied, "Because you are the marshal and the prince, and I am your wife. Our status is more noble than theirs, so of course we have to eat better than them. Is there any problem with that?"

Lu Xiuyuan frowned even more tightly, staring at her sharply, feeling a little confused.

More noble than them? Is this what his You Nan would say?

Younan is kindhearted and never uses her status as an excuse even though she is in a high position. She has said several times that everyone is equal in her eyes and status is just a meaningless thing.

But now, she told him as a matter of course that they were of noble status and should eat better than others.

If someone else said this, it would be normal, but when it came from Younan, he found it a little unbelievable.

"Husband, what's wrong with you? Let's eat quickly, or it will get cold."

Xia Younan didn't realize what Lu Xiuyuan was thinking. She sat next to him and urged him for unknown reasons.

Lu Xiuyuan didn't eat the porridge. He kept looking at her face with scrutiny, as if he was looking for some clues.

Xia Younan felt uneasy when he looked at her, and asked with a slightly trembling voice, "Husband, is there something on my face?"

Lu Xiuyuan shook his head, still staring at her with suspicious eyes, and said: "Younan, I found that since you came here, your personality has become too quiet, you talk less, and you take some rules more seriously."

Even her smile didn't seem as genuine and bright as before.

After spending some time together, Lu Xiuyuan always felt that Xia Younan in front of him was a little strange, and sometimes like a different person.

But this face definitely belongs to his Younan.

Xia Younan's eyes flashed with a barely perceptible panic, but he quickly calmed down and explained, "When we were in the capital, we were carefree and enjoyed a happy life, so my personality naturally became more lively.

"Now we are in an enemy country, surrounded by the enemy, and we don't know whether we will live or die. How can I be as heartless as before?"

Her explanation was so perfect that Lu Xiuyuan had no reason not to believe it.

But he seemed to be still worried about something. He half-lying on the chair, he said tiredly: "Younan, I am tired. Please sing a song for me to relieve my fatigue. Sing the same song you sang before. It is very nice."

Xia Younan's heart skipped a beat, but she remained calm on the surface, smiled slightly, and agreed, "'Okay, then let's sing the song we sang on the swing in the palace. My husband said at that time that he liked the line 'A high position and a generous salary are nothing compared to a spoonful of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar from my wife.'"

Lu Xiuyuan smiled and nodded.

Xia Younan leaned her head on Lu Xiuyuan's shoulder as if she was on a swing, and began to sing the song "Lifting the Pot Among Flowers".

The melody is the same, the lyrics are the same, without any mistakes.

Lu Xiuyuan seemed to be slightly relieved. He put his arm around her shoulders and patted her. He then said, "Little Ye from the orphanage should grow taller. You are always so kind to him. He must be looking forward to you, his sister, going back to see him."

Xia Younan's heart was beating like a drum, and her mind was working rapidly. Recalling the contents of the booklet, she burst out laughing, patted Lu Xiuyuan, and said angrily:

"Is my husband so busy that he has lost his memory? Didn't Xiao Ye always call me aunt? Why would she be looking forward to seeing me as her sister?"

Lu Xiuyuan smiled and said nothing.

It seemed that he was overthinking it.

"My husband, stop reminiscing and eat quickly so that you can lead the troops to break out. Once we destroy Zhujing Country, we can go back." Xia Younan said as she picked up the porridge, scooped a spoonful with a spoon and handed it to his mouth, "Come, I'll feed you."

Lu Xiuyuan sighed, pushed her hand away, and said earnestly: "Younan, I'm not blaming you, the soldiers are in this situation because of my wrong command.

"Now that military rations are scarce and people are starving, how can I use my status to pressure others and let them drink rice soup while I eat rice porridge?"

"Uh..." Having said this, Xia Younan finally understood Lu Xiuyuan's reaction just now, and understood why he talked about those topics that seemed to be reminiscing but were actually tests.

She didn't dare to argue and admitted her mistake, "My husband, I saw that you have been overworked and thin recently, and I felt sorry for you, so I wanted you to eat something good. I know I was wrong, and I won't do it again."

"Then I'll pour the porridge back into the pot and serve another bowl of rice soup. You can drink this bowl." After saying this, Lu Xiuyuan stood up and was about to leave.

"Don't!" Xia Younan hurriedly held him down and begged, "Husband, I said I won't do this again, but this time I made the porridge myself. It's my gift to you. Just eat it, just this once, okay?"

"This..." Lu Xiuyuan looked at the white porridge in the bowl, and thought of the watery rice soup in the soldiers' bowls, and found it hard to swallow.

"If you don't eat, I will never cook for you again!" Seeing him hesitate, Xia Younan simply started to lose her temper.

“You… Lu Xiuyuan was speechless, and finally shook his head, then picked up the porridge and started eating helplessly.

For the first time, he felt that Younan’s temper was not cute at all.

Watching him put the porridge into his mouth and swallow it, Xia Younan's mouth corners slightly raised.