This Marshal Is Not One to Mess With

Xiao Changfeng commanded the armies of Da Chang and put down the rebellion in the Northern Territory. The empress gave him the title of Grand Marshal of Heavenly Might when he returned, and one of the princes took his rise badly. He went home for his father's birthday without announcing the rank. Murong Yunyan, the woman he was engaged to, broke off the engagement there because he held no title, and set up a martial contest to choose a husband instead. Fighters from Nan Mang came to the contest to challenge Da Chang, and Xiao Changfeng beat them on the platform and let his identity be known. He then found that the Lü family had been dealing with Nan Mang, and that they had taken the compensation money owed to dead soldiers and tried to pull down the hall raised in those soldiers' memory. The prince moved for the throne while this was going on. Xiao Changfeng rode back to the capital and broke the revolt, then dealt with Nan Mang in the south. He married Murong Yunyan and stayed on guarding the country.