It wasn’t until a few years later, the Yelu’s family seemed to have confirmed some news before they brazenly tore up the agreement and attacked them aggressively. Thinking about it, it was the news of Xie Xuanchen’s death that made the Yelu royal family feel that confident.
At first, the Yelu family didn’t believe it, so they asked around carefully. They even went to the capital several times to confirm the news. After they confirmed that Xie Xuanchen was indeed dead, they were confident to tear up the contract with the Ye Dynasty, and expose Beirong’s unchanging ambition to conquer.
Jiang Mingwei remembered that Yeluyan had led his troops to attack the Ye Empire during the 18th year of the Tianxian Era, which is the 5th year of the Suihe era. Yeluyan gained military merits during this battle and was qualified enough to compete with his brothers for the throne.
Jiang Mingwei remembers this so clearly, not only because this was the rise of Yeluyan’s family, but also the beginning of her sufferings.
It was also because of this war, Yeluyan urgently needed the support of even more military forces, so he married the daughter of the Beirong n.o.ble family. The princess got jealous very easily and brought upon many disasters for Jiang Mingwei. No matter what Jiang Mingwei forgets, she’ll never forget the year Yeluyan got married with the princess.
If it was the 5th year of the Suihe era that the Yelu family started the war, at least it would show that Xie Xuanchen had already been dead for a long time during the 5th year of the Suihe era, long enough for the Yelu family to be confident on starting the war. This year was only the 3rd year of the Suihe era, if Xie Xuanchen died this winter, Beirong sent some people to the capital to confirm the news during the 4th year of the Suihe era, and Beirong confirmed the situation during the 5th year of the Suihe era, they officially declared war then, this timeline made sense.
Events from the previous life were somehow intertwined with the present, and Jiang Mingwei was very confident that Xie Xuanchen would die this winter.
Mrs. Jiang didn’t know that Jiang Mingwei had already confirmed Xie Xuanchen’s death. She was still bitterly persuading Jiang Mingwei: “I know that you’ve always been very pretentious since young, but you shouldn’t trap your vision only in the near future, you should look at the long-term picture. That person won’t live long, just let her be for a few days, what’s wrong with that? She won’t be that arrogant for long, why should you fight with a dead person? Why don’t you take advantage of these few days to put yourself in a better spotlight, the more arrogant she is, the more people will praise you for your compa.s.sion. You’ll shape a good reputation for yourself and this can also please the palace. If you do a good job, the emperor might look after you, you might be able to even a.s.sist Prince Jin in the future.”
Mrs. Jiang was expecting to talk for even longer. Unexpectedly, Jiang Mingwei completely changed her stance from just now, “Mother, you don’t need to continue on, I understand. I understand the prince and father’s efforts. From now on, I’ll head there often. In the future, I’ll let Mu Mingtang take the double share of things. If not, I’ll just give it all to her. Mother, is this okay?”
Mrs. Jiang was overjoyed. She held Jiang Mingwei’s hand and exclaimed: “I’m glad that you understand now. Sure enough, your father is right, marry a woman for her good qualities. You were born to be a virtuous pillar of support. Today is the day they were given the rewards, she is still your father’s adopted daughter after all, if we don’t show our concern towards her, it’ll show us in a bad light. How about, I accompany you to visit Prince An’s Manor?”
Jiang Mingwei snorted in her heart, she said that she came here today for her, but her mother had clearly already arranged everything. In her opinion, it was just an excuse to come and see her. Her true intention was to head to the An Manor to congratulate her.
After all, they are her biological parents. Jiang Mingwei held back her words and said with a smile: “Okay. Mother, let me change into another outfit then I’ll come along.”
“Go ahead.” Mrs. Jiang didn’t know what Jiang Mingwei was thinking, she smiled and watched Jiang Mingwei walk out. As Jiang Mingwei slowly walked away, Mrs. Jiang looked at Jiang Mingwei’s figure from the back, she suddenly felt emotional.
That girl really imitated Jiang Mingwei well. When Mrs. Jiang met Mu Mingtang for the first time, she was only twelve years old, still a child, and she was tanned and thin because of the hunger from her escape. Just looking at those eyes, she could already feel how strong she was. But after taking her home for a few months, Mu Mingtang became fair, and her figure started to look nicer as she kept up with a nutritional diet. Just by looking at their facial features, the two actually didn’t look alike.